Re: Surviving the late 90's without 3Dfx

Posted on 2015-09-29, 14:36

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The engine only gained significant use toward the end of 99 so surviving wasn't much of an issue then... When I read this post, all I could think was "Hmm... maybe I'll start a thread entitled 'Things You Know a Little Bit Too Much About But Probably Shouldn't'". For years I felt my DOS experience …

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Re: Surviving the late 90's without 3Dfx

Posted on 2015-09-29, 09:59

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I had a Diamond Stealth 64 Video 2001 (Trio64+) in an AMD DX4-120 for my DOS gaming years, so nothing in resolutions above 320x200. Having a 15" monitor that couldn't do more than 640x480 didn't help much anyways. The game that impressed me the most in terms of software performance was Screamer. I …

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

Posted on 2015-09-28, 05:51

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diyhw wrote: I had tried to upgrade i486DX2 /66 cpu on my old ISA mainboard FIC-486-VC-HD Socket1 with Amd 5x86 /133 CPU + OC Nice OC hack! Where did you find info for the rewiring?

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

Posted on 2015-09-28, 05:49

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Today, together with a few friends of mine, I've managed to finally make coming back to life my 'new' IBM ThinkPad 370C - now I can continue my search for the huge Docking I with internal ISA slot... I really need one of these for my Tecra. I do know of a supplier that had one but it's expensive so …

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A Long Time Ago, In a Galaxy Where Windows Doesn't Exist Yet...

Posted on 2015-09-27, 20:45

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...Microsoft decided to release Excel on the Mac rather than on PC first. This somewhat fascinating article was linked from a Slashdot article about the 30th anniversary of Microsoft Excel and describes a market landscape that seems almost inconceivable now.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-09-27, 19:57

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Skyscraper wrote: On the other hand you won 8x 486DX4-100 CPUs for £5 today with cheap local shipping 😀 As we say here, "swings and roundabouts"...

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-09-27, 18:26

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I missed out on an ET4000 because I'm cheap. But then I'm interested to know who would pay €50 for one.

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

Posted on 2015-09-27, 13:23

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Given that the system I got yesterday was complete, I thought it would be amusing to replace the main computer (Core 2 Quad, LCD, Windows 7) with the one I got temporarily. I thought the Quickshot speakers and working Deskjet were a particularly nice touch. Can't wait to see the kids faces tomorrow …

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

Posted on 2015-09-27, 09:23

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Caluser2000 wrote: IMAG0226.JPG Just playing around with bootable CDs using PLOP boot manager on my 386. Thank you for the invaluable tip - this, I will be using!

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Re: Noob question. Socket 370 motherboard doesn't boot properly.

Posted on 2015-09-26, 16:09

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How about the 'Reset Configuration data' option in the BIOS? Set that to yes and it should refresh the NVRAM next time you turn on. Also, have you tried the cards in a different order in the slots? I had this exact problem with a P4 board after reflashing the BIOS and couldn't be bothered to work …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-09-26, 15:50

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Nice case! Loving the vertical floppy drive. I went to collect a free computer today after putting a request out for 'very old computers' on a recycling email list last month and want disappointed. Well I was a bit. From the outside I was hoping for a DX or DX2 but, much to my surprise I found a …

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

Posted on 2015-09-25, 21:17

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CelGen wrote: ...all just so I could run a cable from a punched card reader interface to the card reader device itself. And the award for 'Most Retro Activity 2015' goes to... 😉

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Re: Dead P200 Machine?

Posted on 2015-09-25, 18:17

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Looking at this image of your motherboard, I would put money on the BIOS being the small labelled chip just below the RAM slots: So yes, not socketed. EDIT: image swapped for zoomed version

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Re: Duplicate Hardware in Your Collection

Posted on 2015-09-25, 15:12

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worse yet, I've spent so much money getting my '89 BMW E30 back on the road - I have a garage full of parts for it and even got a spare (almost identical) car I picked up for 400 euro. Some cars aren't worth getting back in the road. That one is. I don't know whether I'm going to bother spending …

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Re: Dead P200 Machine?

Posted on 2015-09-25, 15:04

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The BIOS can only run if the CPU and RAM are present and you can obit see the results if you have a graphics card so this is your basic system. Anything else is considered 'peripheral'. I've never used one of those diagnostic boards that plug into an ISA or PCI slot (some cars do either) so I don't …

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Re: Dead P200 Machine?

Posted on 2015-09-25, 12:09

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I happen to have a couple of spare MMX 200s lying around if you wanna try that route? Next step after that would be to replace the BIOS chip itself I guess.

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Re: Scariest Level Ever?

Posted on 2015-09-25, 10:48

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kixs wrote: This scared me back then on Atari 800XL when I played it for the first time and had no idea 😉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK3Ti99IEF0 I'm dying. That was hilarious!

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Re: Duplicate Hardware in Your Collection

Posted on 2015-09-25, 10:45

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Skyscraper wrote: I think its more likely you need therapy for your compulsive worrying about other peoples therapy needs. 😜 Hmm... you have a point. I was at a station once and saw some trainspotters. I found this amusing so I took a photo. I then realised I was a trainspotter-spotter.

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Re: Duplicate Hardware in Your Collection

Posted on 2015-09-25, 10:27

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Next question: how many of you have had therapy for the issues that manifest in the above? Bit personal, so I'm kidding, but you get my point 😉

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Re: Toshiba Tecra 500CDT CD drive "gone"

Posted on 2015-09-25, 10:23

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Cool idea! Does the drive have to be "Toshiba Tecra compatible" or can it be any drive? My floppy drive is a "Toshiba 3.5" FLOPPY DISK DRIVE" (ZA1215P02). It's for the proprietary floppy port on the side of the laptop. Yep, I need to get me one of those. I've seen the drive itself on eBay from a …

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