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

Posted on 2017-07-24, 16:48

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Is anybody worried that the hobby is focusing too much on prestige and exclusivity? Seems to me that point was passed quite some time ago. Are there not many people out there building 386 or 486 systems because they neeeed to have this vital piece of PC History for the sake of preservation because …

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

Posted on 2017-07-24, 12:55

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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As I stated before, in the previous thread, I don't have "much" of a problem with sellers that over price items. More on that below :) I have more of a problem with those that pay outrageous prices for them because of laziness or conspiracy. The later, believe it or not, is more common than some …

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

Posted on 2017-07-24, 06:54

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Get a grip on yourselves people, we're talking about the price of old computer bits here - if that's the issue that keeps you up at night then you're doing OK. And as for AbandonwareGuy - who instigated this price pity party yet again - I'm under the impression you're maybe 17 years old? So are we …

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

Posted on 2017-07-23, 17:01

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Looks like Electromyne is selling stuff on eBay. Prices are high for 90% of things. 10% prices are ok to decent. But their international shipping is very reasonable (at least to US). Hercules GF2 Ultra http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hercules-3D-Prophet-II-Ultra-64MB-AGP-GeForce2-Ultra-VGA-Video-Graphics- …

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

Posted on 2017-07-23, 09:10

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Looks like Electromyne is selling stuff on eBay. Prices are high for 90% of things. 10% prices are ok to decent. But their international shipping is very reasonable (at least to US). Hercules GF2 Ultra http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hercules-3D-Prophet-II-Ultra-64MB-AGP-GeForce2-Ultra-VGA-Video-Graphics- …

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

Posted on 2017-07-23, 05:11

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Looks like Electromyne is selling stuff on eBay. Prices are high for 90% of things. 10% prices are ok to decent. But their international shipping is very reasonable (at least to US). Hercules GF2 Ultra http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hercules-3D-Prophet-II-Ultra-64MB-AGP-GeForce2-Ultra-VGA-Video-Graphics- …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-23, 05:09

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Went to a flea market near my grandparents when traveling and stopped by a really nice Russian guys stand with computer parts again. Some GeForce and Radeon cards, three zip drives, a floppy drive, sealed zip and floppy disks, two SB Live cards, two 40 gig hard drives, aaaand.. A 3dfx Voodoo3!!! …

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

Posted on 2017-07-22, 22:53

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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God getting 9x OS's running on grey box dells is a nightmare. Tell me about it, I've had a hard time getting Windows 98SE to work on my Dimension 4300S with the new hardware I've put in over the years, it seemed like it was easier to install 9x on my Optiplex GX260, then again that was back when …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-22, 22:47

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Just picked up a £10 eBay bargain with my favourite badges on. New monitor and keyboard, both as clean as the day they left the factory...and the new monitor is a lot less BZZZZ-CLUNK_FZZZSSSS than the old one. http://www.wildw.co.uk/images/gw1.jpg And they also came with this beauty, Pentium III …

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

Posted on 2017-07-22, 07:42

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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I finally got my Rage Fury MAXX working! I'm glad I didn't give up and trade/sell it off as broken. It might get it's own system if I can spare one. Congratulations, what was wrong with it and when can we expect benchmarks? Anywho, I finally got my Dimension 2400/2.6GHZ Celeron/512MB DDR/TNT2 M64 …

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Re: BFG Technologies FX5900 Ultra Artifacting

Posted on 2017-07-22, 05:47

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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I've fixed a couple of cards very temporarily with baking. 8800GT and a notebook GF Go 7900 board. They only lasted a month or so. Electrolytic caps usually go pop though on older / cheaper cards. Alright, I think I'm going to shelf this card until I get around to getting a heat gun that way I can …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-22, 00:00

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Stojke wrote: I've only seen ATi Rage cards fit into those slots, they have a small bracket, usually found in Compaq desktops. Theres a few different models of Matrox cards with that type of bracket too. G200's and Millinium IIs I think are the ones I've personally seen.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-07-21, 23:57

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Got bunch of untested graphics cards on local auction website. Usually I don't bother with untested computer parts, but each one of these cards started with prince low as 0.25 euro. If seller is honest, least one of them should be in working order - I thought, and I set very low bids. WP_20170722_ …

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Re: BFG Technologies FX5900 Ultra Artifacting

Posted on 2017-07-21, 20:38

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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The Serpent Rider wrote: As soon as it hits the XP loading screen everything goes straight to hell. Looks like GPU issue to me. Was BGA failure an issue with FX5900 cards? Maybe I should bake it?

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

Posted on 2017-07-21, 06:38

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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The hard drives are locked to the motherboard or I would have replaced it. I didn't want to lose 7 years worth of save games though. I guess you're a bit too young to remember the xbox modding scene or you may have caught the tail of it like I did. There are quite a few ways of making it work, way …

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

Posted on 2017-07-21, 05:11

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Not to mention the original Xboxs game library is excellent. It's also probably the best way to play games from that generation that didn't get a PC port. I just today managed to get my Xbox working. Damned suicide battery decided to leak nasty stuff all over my motherboard. I dunno personally I've …

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

Posted on 2017-07-21, 05:08

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Not just that, it's a great emulation machine. Although now we have better solutions they cost money compared to free xboxes. Not to mention the original Xboxs game library is excellent. It's also probably the best way to play games from that generation that didn't get a PC port. I just today …

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

Posted on 2017-07-21, 03:00

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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who likes the Xbox? lol Me! Chuck on XBMC and makes a good media centre as long as you don't want HD. or the 8GB IDE drives are useful for older PC's But openly admit rest of your finds are much more interesting Not just that, it's a great emulation machine. Although now we have better solutions …

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

Posted on 2017-07-20, 20:50

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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Co-worker was cleaning out his office, and this was behind some books on his bookshelf. Thats a good spot to put a laptop! Complete with proprietary power brick! I snatched it up pretty quick when he was disgusted with the age of the thing. Looking up the model and part it was supposed to be a …

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

Posted on 2017-07-20, 07:39

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by TheAbandonwareGuy

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My Compaq with a P166 has the same BIOS. It weirds me out. I had a 486 motherboard that had that, and that was amazing to see that BIOS, which did look like Windows 3 with the layout, and the BIOS supports the use of either a keyboard or mouse. I'm pretty sure BBISHOPPCMS World did a video on those …

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