Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-06, 12:57

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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A package that was supposedly (as per the sellers words) lost in the mail nearly 2 and a half months ago containing a GeForce2 MX 64MB and a 3DFX Voodoo3 3000 AGP mysteriously showed up. Now we get to see if something can survive 2 months in the mail. I still have absolutely no idea what this …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-05, 21:17

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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A package that was supposedly (as per the sellers words) lost in the mail nearly 2 and a half months ago containing a GeForce2 MX 64MB and a 3DFX Voodoo3 3000 AGP mysteriously showed up. Now we get to see if something can survive 2 months in the mail. I still have absolutely no idea what this …

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

Posted on 2017-09-03, 20:59

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Gave an IBM ThinkPad T42 to my cousin as a birthday present. Loaded it up with a bunch of games he loves, eg. Sims 2, Roller Coaster Tycoon, etc. He's very happy. Nice XP gaming laptop Sims 2? I thought the T42 had a radeon 7500 at best. Nah, mine has a 9600 with 64MB video RAM The T42P can even …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-03, 20:57

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Zalman CFNS-9000 (I think the model number is that.). I own one. It's an LGA775/1151 cooler. They have after market brackets for a bunch of sockets though i suspect you have the 1151 brackets or AM2 brackets. It's a good solid cooler. Wow... really? A full quote for this short answer!? If you have …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-03, 17:54

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Today was a good day! https://i.imgur.com/o2glZ8U.png I saw an add for a job lot of old hardware for a measly 5 of our British pounds (equivalent to about one and a half Costa coffees) with a low quality picture of 'stuff' on a bed, but it included a picture of a motherboard with what looked like …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-02, 02:11

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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More thrift store stuff. -Beige PC tower w/ Intel 845 motherboard, socket 478 Celeron 2.0ghz, 512MB DDR266, onboard video/sound, 80 GB WD Caviar w/ password locked install of XP Home. A few bulging caps but it works fine (so far.) - $10 -Boxed HDD caddy - 75 cents -Mouse Systems serial mouse - 99 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-01, 23:33

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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More thrift store stuff. -Beige PC tower w/ Intel 845 motherboard, socket 478 Celeron 2.0ghz, 512MB DDR266, onboard video/sound, 80 GB WD Caviar w/ password locked install of XP Home. A few bulging caps but it works fine (so far.) - $10 -Boxed HDD caddy - 75 cents -Mouse Systems serial mouse - 99 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-01, 20:50

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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I found an HP Vectra VEi 8 with unknown configuration; apparently a P3 Slot 1 with integrated Matrox G200 and Crystal CS4280, for 15 bucks.. Not sure if I will get it though as I have a system that covers the era. Just curious şf there is anything special about their builds or cases.. Integrated …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-01, 15:40

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Jade Falcon wrote: I had a 290 in a p5d sli. It never had any problems I'm sure its an issue that varies between the different BIOs and vBIOS and between different brands of R9 290. Mine was a Gigabyte Windforce Dual BIOs

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

Posted on 2017-09-01, 05:43

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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I count this as "dumpster find" as it was free (I only had to pay the shiping) I received : ~100 5"1/4 DD floppy disks as well as ~100 3.5" floppy disks (most of them seem to be DD too), a 5"1/4 cleaning kit which was only used once as well as a functionnal 5"1/4 floppy disk drive. They are full of …

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

Posted on 2017-09-01, 05:41

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Deksor wrote: Hide it from sunlight ? There's not really other solutions than this ... Yeah. Don't place it near a window. Ideally you may consider placing it in an interior room. I forget which type it is but there's one type of light bulb that's safer for plastics.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-08-31, 23:42

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Actualy Phenom is is quite obsolete for todays standards - no AVX, SSE4, not even SSSE3 support. It is 8 years old after all. I just replaced my Phenom II X4 925 last November, and it was just starting to feel a little sluggish. Good system to last me ~7 years (the longest I've ever used a …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2017-08-31, 11:22

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Good man! :) Wouldn't be too concerned about Shattered Lands, that is reasonably common. Yeah, I have several sealed jewelcase versions of it. :lol: What were the other two games by the way? And, what would you have done if it was Akalabeth and Ultima I for 5€/apiece? :-D Reach for the Stars and …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-08-31, 04:12

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Picked up a free Dell Inspiron 6000. 1.83ghz Pentium M 750, 128mb Radeon x300 graphics and a whopping 512mb of DDR2 533mhz. Luckily I have a pair of 512's handy to bump it up to 1gb. Heck may even have some 1gb chips laying around. Came with no HDD but otherwise complete and in great shape, and the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-08-31, 03:53

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Not really retro but will probably be used with my retro stuff at somepoint. Mitsubishi X....D211U 2300 DLP Lumens XGA projector. Has anyone here tried playing 90s PC games on a projector? I tried some TR:L on it just as my initial image quality test and it definitely beat out my laptops display ( …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-08-29, 22:27

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Got this HD3850 AGP today. Untested, but I will gamble it for just 5 euro. It looks fine, but I think I'm missing the cable for the power. Or I don't have a suitable power supply... http://i.imgur.com/6cunkrXl.jpg?1 It's an 8 pin. Use a 6 pin to 8 pin adapter, there's no way its actually using the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-08-29, 17:19

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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So, I haven't bought this.......YET. But would simplify the whole process of collecting.... :exclamation: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Computer-Warehouse-for-sale-100s-of-Vintage-Computers-Keyboards-More-/192286567641?hash=item2cc52c2cd9:g:Ss0AAOSwhIFZnbb8 :exclamation: Maybe someone should do a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-08-27, 00:13

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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That's what young kids and unexperienced people want - as long as it blings and looks fast ;) Yeah, good PCs are sometimes the ugliest. I bought an Alienware M14X in college with a 2540m, GT555M. Traded it for a dell precision M6600 2820qm, 6970m. Literally twice the power and roughly the same …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2017-08-26, 14:09

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Finally picked up my first boxed Larry games! Was pretty lucky to get these, they popped up on a local classifieds site for €10 each and I was in the right place at the right time. The guy reckons he had 50+ messages between when I set up the deal and when I picked them up. They're mostly complete …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-08-26, 06:08

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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I never bothered to get a price as I knew it would be too much to ship. The guy also had 2 Windows 95 dells supposedly that I knew would be too much to ship. The guy didn't know shit about computers either which worries me. I halfway think they were stolen or something because of that. He ended up …

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