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

Posted on 2017-07-28, 22:07

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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elod wrote: Began digging out my testing desk. Getting close, I think tomorrow I'll be able to finish and close the case of a P4S build too long in the making. It's s478, Northwood, 2.4? with XP. Should I go ATi or NV? Never had the former back in the day... DX9: ATI DX9.0c: NVIDIA

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Re: Awesome CL Pickup

Posted on 2017-07-28, 20:22

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Added more to first post. That Panasonic is one of the early rugged laptops. Those were built to military standards for endurance IIRC. I remember there was one model I read about that was supposed to be able to withstand being ran over by a car or something. It survived battery leakage. Seems like …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-28, 00:16

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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That Gigabyte motherboard came in today. Works correct mostly. The CPU fan has a wobble and was attached by what I assume to have been an amatuer as it was plugged into the case fan power. Has a 733MHZ Pentium III, 768MB of ram (of which 512MB is detected. I need to trouble shoot that) and an ATI …

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

Posted on 2017-07-27, 21:35

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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My least fav thing to do. Change out thermal pads and compound. This time a Gainward 5900 non-Golden Sample 128MB card. IMG_0440.JPG That has nothing on the nightmarish hell that was my BFG FX5900. Silver grease based thermal compound on everything as the result of the previous owners poor …

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

Posted on 2017-07-27, 21:32

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Took a Gateway TB3 Performance 500 computer I have had sitting in my closet for a few months out and did a complete restoration. Cleaned it out, wiped the hard drive and did a fresh install of 98 SE, even put a Gateway background on for a nice touch :) It's a 500MHz PIII, 64 MB SDRAM, 16 MB TNT2 …

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Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online

Posted on 2017-07-27, 16:34

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Jade Falcon wrote: WOW, I know that's a simple fix and all, but dang that's a lot for the board. Also the AT port has some rust I almost wonder if this isn't some sort of shady money laundering listing.

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Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online

Posted on 2017-07-27, 15:47

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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oeuvre wrote: wut, $10,000 486 mobo http://www.ebay.com/itm/486-ISA-VLB-Motherboa … M-/263101980326 LMAO, it doesn't even fully work. The last ram slot is broken.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-27, 14:16

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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I like to own prestige cards but I like to put them into systems and build entire prestige systems that I actually use. Same here but I hate the idea of killing or damaging a rare piece of hardware by mistake. You have to be pretty careless to kill post-2000s hardware. ESD was a major issue with …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-27, 13:46

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Let me know when you won't to get rid of that card I'm surprised you who has owned everything from a GF256 to a V6 6k doesn't already have one. I knew they were rare but I didn't think they were that rare. Well I never really had many rare nvidia cards. Or even a gf256 for that matter. But I have …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-27, 09:16

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Jade Falcon wrote: Let me know when you won't to get rid of that card I'm surprised you who has owned everything from a GF256 to a V6 6k doesn't already have one. I knew they were rare but I didn't think they were that rare.

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Re: Awesome CL Pickup

Posted on 2017-07-26, 23:03

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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xplus93 wrote: Added more to first post. That Panasonic is one of the early rugged laptops. Those were built to military standards for endurance IIRC. I remember there was one model I read about that was supposed to be able to withstand being ran over by a car or something.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-26, 16:32

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Not sure if it is retro, but it is not modern though (2009-2010). After years of searching I've finally found it: http://vgamuseum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/LRB1-front-150x150.jpg http://vgamuseum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/LRB1-back1-150x150.jpg http://vgamuseum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2017/ …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-26, 15:18

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Bought a Compaq EVO N610C off eBay for $30 shipped. No adapter but I have one that fits it I believe. Has password locked Linux SUSE 10.0 (from 2005) on it. I'm just hoping this didn't belong to some black hat hacker who locked the bios or something because I really don't want to go through the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-26, 13:20

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Sooooooo I had some extreme luck on Marktplaats.nl yesterday. I bought two old systems and I picked them up today: http://i.imgur.com/v6YSrsMl.jpg I was quite happy with the tower on the right, it's a well known design and looks great! It even has a 'fake floppy drive' bay cover :) A bit yellow but …

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Re: Electromyne and others overpricing. Changing face of the hobby. Opinions?

Posted on 2017-07-26, 08:46

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Price inflation frustrates me too. I used to see listings on E-bay for Amiga 2000 and 3000 desktops for $200-$300 all the time, now they're going for $600 or more. I have no doubt overpaid for some of my items (286, 386 and 486 specifically) although nothing like $200 for a single motherboard or $ …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-25, 20:46

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Core 2 Extreme QX9650 3.0Ghz - SLAN3 (10 years in a few months so it's at least old :P ) The CPU ended up costing about 43 euro including shipping which I find a decent price. Still a good processor. You could modern game on it easily if combined with a good motherboard and GPU. Games haven't …

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Re: Electromyne and others overpricing. Changing face of the hobby. Opinions?

Posted on 2017-07-25, 17:23

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About the LGR thing, I saw his Unisys video and checked the eBay page where someone was selling them. At that time it was 85 dollars. Checked a day later, seller hiked it up to 95. Checked it the next week and I think it's now around 145 dollars, officially putting it out of my price range for the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-25, 16:11

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Core 2 Extreme QX9650 3.0Ghz - SLAN3 (10 years in a few months so it's at least old :P ) The CPU ended up costing about 43 euro including shipping which I find a decent price. Still a good processor. You could modern game on it easily if combined with a good motherboard and GPU. Games haven't …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-25, 08:44

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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My V3 that I got for $15 BIN mislabeled as a rage xl was mysteriously "lost" by the sellers mail carrier and never made it to the post office. I was refunded and I'm pissed about it. The seller lost nothing, they realized they sold something at a fair, non scalping value and committed fraud by not …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-25, 08:18

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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My V3 that I got for $15 BIN mislabeled as a rage xl was mysteriously "lost" by the sellers mail carrier and never made it to the post office. I was refunded and I'm pissed about it. The seller lost nothing, they realized they sold something at a fair, non scalping value and committed fraud by not …

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