Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-11-09, 22:46

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Unfortunately it doesn't actually power on or anything. It had a large mouse nest in it and was totally disgusting everywhere, it was coated in years of dirt and it even looks as though it has been painted mint with a brush by the previous owner. And I thought Skyscraper's spider was amusing - …

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Re: Cleaning up old kit

Posted on 2015-11-09, 22:42

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^^ that stuff sounds awesome. Is it anything like Scrubbing Bubbles (TM)? I found this video somewhat unsettling. I don't know if it was the cavalier fashion in which he tossed the cables into the water, the presence audio but the lack of dialogue, or the bottle of Jager on his workbench. Also …

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Re: List the fancy schmancy words you are surprised that you use

Posted on 2015-11-09, 21:00

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And I'll never get affect/effect right. I had to settle for my own simplified logic just to give myself a sense of order on that one. I'm pretty sure it's wrong, but I couldn't handle figuring out the real rules behind it. I've never actually thought of a way to remember this but lots of people …

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Re: List the fancy schmancy words you are surprised that you use

Posted on 2015-11-09, 11:50

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Continue to use the word if you refuse to be edified, as some people do, just know that you are contributing to the sad reason that words like this are actually in the dictionary. Amen to that. What's worse is when something becomes so well-used that it becomes 'accepted'. Like people saying till …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2015-11-09, 11:48

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Didn't Jeff Wayne effectively do both of those things recently? Not sure, I just heard something like that. Funny you should mention ol' Jeff as I think he falls in the gaps between 'remastering' and 'reworking'. I remember a remixed version of 'War of the Worlds' appearing in the early nineties …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-11-09, 11:40

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A lot of goodies (mostly Voodoo cards, creative sound cards and Matrox cards) is leaving for me today and should arrive on Monday. They're being sent by my friend at the recycling center. Here are some pics - most of the stuff is identified and labeled. Click for bigger pictures! Can barely wait :) …

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Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2015-11-07, 14:18

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y2k se wrote: 2011 Nissan Altima 3.5SR. 15% FormulaOne Pinnacle Series tint. That tint is outrageous! Loving it.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-11-07, 08:02

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Nice to see you're back on it, Artex. Getting a bit more sleep now? 😉 I have only ever heard of the Speech Thing so it was nice to see one.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2015-11-07, 00:58

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Not strictly retro - more like facilitating retro. I got seriously hacked off with all the system builds I have been doing recently, particularly installing and reinstalling Windows (mostly XP for my graphics card benchmarking project and repairing Windows 7 laptops) in particular the friggin' …

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Re: What Piece of PC Hardware Have You Owned Longest

Posted on 2015-11-07, 00:47

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edit: No, strike that LAPC-I answer. My oldest hardware is one particular 8MB SIMM RAM I bought for the same Olivetti 486 as above with my own money back in '95. I still have that RAM in the same bag with dozens of other SIMM chips. But unfortunately that's not as cool response as the Roland one... …

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Tribes Games for Free

Posted on 2015-10-31, 22:38

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Not entirely sure if this is the correct forum, but Hi-rez Studios have, as part of their 21st birthday, released all their legacy games for free. I've never played them, myself, but you can bet I'll be firing up my Pentium to give them a go now!

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Re: What Piece of PC Hardware Have You Owned Longest

Posted on 2015-10-31, 16:39

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I used to have that Gravis gamepad, but....not anymore. I remember it came with a peg you could screw into the d-pad and use as a joystick. Did that controller have L/R buttons? I can't remember. I got it primarily for emulators at the time :p. But there were never enough buttons for emulating roms …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2015-10-27, 20:59

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Finally made a list of what I recovered from the garage. And I've only gone through about half of it so far: ASRock 775i65G mobo (Socket 775) 5x Gigabyte M61PME-S2 (Socket AM2) Gigabyte GA-686-LX3 (Slot 1) Biostar P4M900-M7FE (Socket 775) Gigabyte GA7IX (Slot A) Intel PII 550 SL3F7 Intel Celeron D …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-10-27, 10:17

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386_junkie wrote: i have (75MHz 386) Blue Lightning! That is indeed a special find - congrats!

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Re: Phil’s massive Windows 98 SE graphics benchmarks project

Posted on 2015-10-26, 23:15

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When compete this will essentially be the definitive benchmark of all time. Nice idea!

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Re: List the fancy schmancy words you are surprised that you use

Posted on 2015-10-22, 14:39

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I said superfluous and was roundly mocked by my students.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-10-22, 14:38

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I finally managed to get one of these: This is the AMI Fast Disk caching SCSI controller with a 386sx CPU. It seems to be one of the better SCSI controllers for VL bus. It hasn't arrived yet, but I still need to figure out which system I can stick it in anyway. Paid 24USD with free shipping. I also …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2015-10-22, 07:28

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And when I look back - I see this.... http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/attachment.php?attachmentid=27394&d=1445467288 Woah!!! Not sure what's more impressive - the PCs or the guitars! What's the black one in the middle? Has it got a keyboard on it ;) I'm also curious to know what sequencing …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2015-10-21, 22:46

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Thanks for the extended diagnostic info - I love how much personality old hardware has. New boards are so... cold. I really hate on LPX boards. AT is definitely my fave form factor. Not your greatest haul, admittedly, but the SX2 softens the blow slightly.

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Re: Toshiba Cuaderia 100 Tablet PCs

Posted on 2015-10-21, 07:31

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"This is going to be short and VERY special interest but I wanted to put it out there since I’ve searched all over the internet and back and couldn’t find the answer myself. If you need to get into the bios on your Toshiba Libretto 50CT, reboot it and hold down the ESC key until it comes back with …

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