Re: Pocket 386, the brother of Hand386 and Book8088, the story so far ...

Posted on 2024-04-30, 15:54

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by happycube

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I don't have one, but I'd suspect formatting smaller partitions on larger drives - as long as the drive is picked up OK - should work with reasonable speed and is worth trying IMO.

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Re: PicoMEM : Pi Pico on ISA, with full Memory and I/O bus access

Posted on 2023-12-09, 13:16

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by happycube

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Eben Upton hinted that rpi is working on another chip with more PIO, GPIO, and a bigger Cortex-M chip... whenever that comes out 16-bit ISA shouldn't be a problem, but the chip will likely need to be directly integrated to the board. (I really want 480Mb USB myself, but I don't know if that'll …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-11-29, 02:25

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by happycube

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If you're really lucky you'll get a 66mhz Deschutes (mostly 333's but some slower parts were bumped up as well) which would be a bit cooler.

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Re: Passive GeForce 8400 GS running at 100C.

Posted on 2023-11-29, 02:23

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by happycube

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Thankfully it's probably new enough to not suffer (the worst of) bumpgate!

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Re: Super slocket-iii and Tualatin p3 1.4 SL657

Posted on 2023-08-25, 18:43

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by happycube

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Note that this was the Dodgy Cheap Slocket that was at computer shows until the end of (their) time that didn't meet specs. If you can get a better one, get one.

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Re: Voltage error on Asus P5A-B

Posted on 2023-07-22, 19:06

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by happycube

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LC... I think that's a Deer brand. Their first few models were an attempt to make decent PSU's, but they gave up pretty quickly. Throw it in e-waste after cutting the power wires from it so nobody's tempted to rescue it. Seriously, it's that dodgy!

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Re: Is a P3 coppermine and a geforce 4 4200 powerful enough to run nglide?

Posted on 2023-07-08, 01:36

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by happycube

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I think you need a full DX9 card to run nGlide at all, so a 4200 won't do sadly.

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Re: S-MOS Systems PIX 3D, what the hell was this? Was it ever released?

Posted on 2023-03-09, 02:06

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by happycube

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https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/embedded-revolution/article/21240911/jon-peddie-research-stellars-shortlived-run-in-3d-graphics-processors - a story on the company, it eventually got absorbed into Broadcom. Looks like it was a bit too early for an embedded GPU STB offering though, and …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-03-09, 01:31

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by happycube

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I remember a 5-6 years ago more than one Canopus Pure3D (V1 and V2 models) showed up on ebay for I think ~$80-$100 each, sealed in box . At the time I was like "ehh... they must not be that rare if there are that many on here for this price. I don't need to spend $100 right now..." ... then they …

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Re: Your opinion on the ATi Rage IIC and Rage Pro

Posted on 2022-08-21, 17:40

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by happycube

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If the chip has "3D" boldly on it, it's not very good at it. (edit: but not, as seen above, completely terrible either 😀 )

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Re: An ATI Radeon 9600 with Mobility Radeon 9700 chip. Its normal?

Posted on 2022-08-12, 03:12

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by happycube

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Looking at some chip info, the Mobility 9700 is the same die (RV360) as the 9600XT.

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Re: Which of three FX 5xxx cards to choose from?

Posted on 2022-07-19, 03:57

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by happycube

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Looks like Vibra128 is a late devolution of the Ensoniq AudioPCI - if you want to go that way you might as well get an Ensoniq version. For Win98 either the 5700 or 5600XT iff 45.23 can be talked into unofficially running on it.

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Re: Cost of living strikes!!!!

Posted on 2022-07-16, 13:11

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by happycube

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Back to OP, the later thin clients (like a Dell/Wyse 5060 and 5070) are capable of driving even 4K displays OK, and pretty cheap.

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Re: HP z800 ( WinXP Beast )

Posted on 2022-07-15, 15:43

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by happycube

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Those'd also make nice Hac Pros, if you're so inclined.

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Re: Are These Motherboards Worth Repairing

Posted on 2022-05-31, 03:33

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by happycube

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None for Coppermine, which are the best ones. The 430HX is in many ways the best intel Socket 7 chipset (with full tag SRAM it can cache over 64MB)

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Re: What vintage CPU socket saw the biggest increase in CPU horsepower from release to retirement?

Posted on 2022-05-10, 07:43

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by happycube

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_604 also lasted a very long time - from 2002 to 2008 (Dunnington), and compatible with Socket 603 (early P4 Xeon).

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Re: Here's an idea: using high endurance (micro)SD cards meant for continuous video recording as storage for retro gear

Posted on 2022-05-05, 16:21

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by happycube

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Agreed - at current prices they're expendable - and it's not like floppy disks didn't fail either! (But it's still better to get quality cards and reduce e-waste IMO.)

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Re: What the best Pentium 4 (533mhz fsb)?

Posted on 2022-05-04, 02:40

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by happycube

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I googled up an ixbt review and they used a 3.06 - it depends on the chipset's stepping aparently. The 2.8/1mb/533 was basically a Celeron (low FSB, no HT, but still 103W TDP) with full cache IMO. A 'good' match for cripppled/factory ewaste models such as the Dell Dimension 3000 IMO...

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Re: HUGE collection for sale on eBay

Posted on 2022-04-21, 14:45

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by happycube

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Free Geek Twin Cities - https://www.freegeektwincities.org/ I never made it to CR, but my housemate would have (rightfully!) been... displeased... if I went from CA, let alone pick up half as much stuff. But I think 3-4 of each era someone's interested in makes sense, especially given the conditions …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-04-08, 23:24

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by happycube

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A few items from a local trash trader... I don't even mention price I paid... but lets say it was comparable to a good business lunch. Both machines in nice Enlight cases (the more recent case is missing the USB ports cover, but I will make one on a 3D printer). Dual socket Abit BP6 needs recap but …

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