Re: Best Sound/Graphics combo for Windows 98?

Posted on 2016-06-21, 00:42

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Whenever i see the GF2 GTS Mentioned i think of this funny ass commercial for Halo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meLg7jSHT20 I've nearly bought a GTS a few times because of that video. I'd be lying if i said i'm not curious how Halo would perform on one. I always just remind myself how Halo looked …

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Re: Best Sound/Graphics combo for Windows 98?

Posted on 2016-06-20, 23:18

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Dell Dimension 4600 series with SoundMax Audio. And yeah i had heard something about them ''being the last geforce cards with directx 3 support in hardware'' but i wasnt sure. For an FX should i go all out and get a 5900 Ultra or just go with whats cheap (5200/5500/5600)? Keep in mind i want to play …

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Best Sound/Graphics combo for Windows 98?

Posted on 2016-06-20, 22:08

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Ok, so one of my XP machines is getting reconfigured for Windows 98 since i finally acquired a decent CRT (along with an Antec 350 watt PSU Out of an abandoned mobile home of all places) and well, you guys are the experts on this so i figured i'd ask for advice here. Currently the system has Dell …

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Re: What is with the prices on retro cards lately? (not a sale/appreasal post)

Posted on 2016-05-27, 18:58

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Yeah building connections is important. Just got a EVGA 680i SLI mobo in exchange for my 9800GX2 (i had no motherboards that support it) which is a deal that came into existance because i bought a Gateway M685E laptop off reddit for $50

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Re: What is with the prices on retro cards lately? (not a sale/appreasal post)

Posted on 2016-05-27, 08:59

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Well, I did grab the last of them while they were there, but I have yet to get them working as I've been busy doing other thingsthet. No doubt I will, as similarly, an advantage of being poor is that you have no choice but to make things work. I'm partial to fixing things with copious amounts of …

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Re: What is with the prices on retro cards lately? (not a sale/appreasal post)

Posted on 2016-05-27, 06:59

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Also by recyclers i meant raid the drop off points of dedicated E-Waste centers. If someone see's me the worst they can do is nothing. Technically until they take them inside (i believe) they havent technically taken posession of them and therefor they can be taken.

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Re: What is with the prices on retro cards lately? (not a sale/appreasal post)

Posted on 2016-05-27, 06:56

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Meanwhile in the UK, nobody really sells much of anything - I am skeptical that many people ever owned anything worthwhile in the first place - and it is against the law to pick up trash. Luckily, this doesn't apply on council estates because there's an unwritten rule that anything in the front …

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Re: What is with the prices on retro cards lately? (not a sale/appreasal post)

Posted on 2016-05-27, 05:49

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Ive posted ads in craigslist, facebook groups, etc. Ive yet to recieve one email or phone call. What am i suppose to do? Front myself as a recycler and just horde everything. Hey, thats not a half bad idea. lol Too bad i dont have a license (again expelled before i could get mine) prevents me from …

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Re: What is with the prices on retro cards lately? (not a sale/appreasal post)

Posted on 2016-05-27, 05:40

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Wow this thread has blown up. Anywho, first off. Its not just middle aged men in this hobby. I'm 16, my first computer was a Gateway P3 which my aunt gave me when i was 4. Had a computer constantly since then and have been relativly fluent with them since around the 6th Grade (I got expelled from …

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Re: What is with the prices on retro cards lately? (not a sale/appreasal post)

Posted on 2016-05-26, 03:28

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Yeah i have seen 40 lb boxes of card listed for gold recovery before. Similiar things for CPU's. Potentially i could buy one of those lots and find a V5500 in it. Or it could be all networking cards. You never know. EDIT: This is what i meant. Alot of this is still usable. http://www.ebay.com/itm/2- …

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Re: What is with the prices on retro cards lately? (not a sale/appreasal post)

Posted on 2016-05-26, 02:38

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Stop over paying for stuff, problem solved. If we all our foot down, then the sellers will either stop selling stuff or lower the prices. "People shouldn't steal", "people shouldn't overpay and inflate prices" - the human race must disappoint you on a regular basis :lol: And this "it's the …

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Re: What is with the prices on retro cards lately? (not a sale/appreasal post)

Posted on 2016-05-26, 02:26

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Theres also the Military who stockpile parts for there systems due to the length of time there in service (the Navy still has a few DOS applications in service...) and when those are no longer needed due to the systems they were for being phased out those parts end up in military surplus stores. On …

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Re: What is with the prices on retro cards lately? (not a sale/appreasal post)

Posted on 2016-05-26, 01:38

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Theres also the Military who stockpile parts for there systems due to the length of time there in service (the Navy still has a few DOS applications in service...) and when those are no longer needed due to the systems they were for being phased out those parts end up in military surplus stores. On …

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Re: What is with the prices on retro cards lately? (not a sale/appreasal post)

Posted on 2016-05-25, 22:46

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Can someone clue me into where people are finding all these cards for the prices mentioned? I can't even find another GeForce256 on eBay so i know its not there. I live in the center of Rural Southern Illinios, aka Farmland so i never see PC parts used (and when i do its on craigslist and there …

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What is with the prices on retro cards lately? (not a sale/appreasal post)

Posted on 2016-05-21, 06:59

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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This is all just educated speculation but it seems like older parts are going up in price when they should be going down (and not the collector grade stuff, im talking stuff that was sold in millions and isnt even rare and is certainly only valuable to people like us who look for this stuff.). I …

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Re: Where to find SIMMs for a CT3600 Soundblaster?

Posted on 2016-05-21, 00:32

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Not familiar with old mac's but a quick google seems to think they use 72pin RAM http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_performa/specs/mac_performa_5200cd.html Its easy to tell though, if the RAM fits great, if its too long its 72 pin Early 486's and below also used 30 pin if you have any of …

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Re: Where to find SIMMs for a CT3600 Soundblaster?

Posted on 2016-05-19, 09:08

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Ok, i read somewhere the RAM from old Performa macs would work? is that true, i have a broken one i could harvest the ram from

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Where to find SIMMs for a CT3600 Soundblaster?

Posted on 2016-05-19, 05:29

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Bought a CT3600 Soundblaster AWE32 (Real AWE32 or not to be debated?) along with pretty much an entire Pentium 3 system of a scrapper today anyways its missing the SIMMs that should be on it. Via some research ive come up with the following info about the cards RAM It needs 2 1, 4, 8, or 16MB 30 pin …

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Re: What's the best FM music you've heard?

Posted on 2016-04-07, 03:07

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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I got some floppys off ebay a while back (1000 to be percise) and id say ive found around 2000 dos era audio files ranging from VOC to everything in between. Screamtracker, protracker, etc just in the small portion of disks ive bothered to go through. Ill upload some later since i dont think any of …

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Re: Can anyone tell me more about this particular SoundBlaster 16?

Posted on 2016-04-07, 02:47

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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(Im the youngest non-troll member of this forum at 16) I'm 14 :P And couldn't you just take a pocket knife or something and break the plastic around the cable? Why yes certainly if i wanted to break the card, the cable, or at best have the plug jammed in its slot with no wire to help me grip it.

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