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Re: "Lone Wolf" Retro/Daily Driver

Posted on 2019-02-10, 00:12

I knew I'd get some great feedback from this forum. I started down the path of making a viable, updated XP Pro image for gaming as well as server admin, disk archival and so on. This will replace the Win8.1 partition. Loosely, I followed https://ryanvm.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=10609, which …

Re: "Lone Wolf" Retro/Daily Driver

Posted on 2019-02-06, 16:03

I wouldn't use 8/10 on anything core 2 duo or older with less than 8GB RAM and SSD I agree with you on Windows 10 - there's a lot more going on there that you'd want more grunt for. Or, you'd have to do some real tuning in Group Policy/etc to shed background tasks and try to optimize. Then it would …

"Lone Wolf" Retro/Daily Driver

Posted on 2019-02-05, 20:40

The Mission: put together a quiet, compact, extremely capable system with the widest range of software and operating system support possible. Before someone dismisses this as yet another attempt at a be-all-end-all retro box , here are some of the specific use cases I had in mind: Optical and …

Re: Why can't I send private messages?

Posted on 2019-01-29, 06:01

in Milliways
Agreed - thanks for bringing it up! I'm not able to send PMs anymore (I have some from previous years, but can't do anything now). Vast majority of the time it's not a problem, but I suppose I'll keep trying to contribute and hopefully will get the privilege again someday. Thanks to the mods for …

Re: "Outrigger" OR840 build

Posted on 2019-01-28, 23:56

I agree with both of you. This project fits solidly into your reason #2, luckybob. I'm recreating Maximum PC's Dream Machine, it called for SCSI, so there ya go, commence the waving. For other builds, I've cared not at all for period correctness or whatever - give me every modern convenience I can …

Re: "Outrigger" OR840 build

Posted on 2019-01-26, 06:19

Thanks! I'm excited to be back on track with this build. Capacitor Shopping List Next-level OR840 badassery (namely, stable operation with up to 2GB RAM) can be achieved through a derivative of this parts list. My mission was to try to extend the life of this board as long as possible, and exceed …

Re: "Outrigger" OR840 build

Posted on 2019-01-26, 00:20

Back In Action Now that's (almost) a Dream Machine! Sure wish I had one of those super fancy full towers ........ :cool: https://i.imgur.com/qeIivsN.jpg This haphazard bench test aims to progressively work all of the hardware in (and eventually, you know, install a real OS). The OR840 has been …

Re: "Outrigger" OR840 build

Posted on 2018-12-29, 17:46

Many thanks for the reply while away on holiday! Plans for surgery are underway. I'm very grateful - a coworker has agreed to take the board and verify/replace the caps..he's done more than a few of these types of projects, so it's in quite good hands. I'll be cleaning the remainder of the parts, …

Re: A build to remember.

Posted on 2018-12-29, 17:27

I agree with the thoughts on the unofficial service packs. I just don't bother - introduced too many complications (and bugs!). As for the hardware, sounds like a great build. My retro "daily driver" is a Pentium E5800 with 2GB RAM and a 6800 Ultra. I do have to run rloew's VMM patch for the amount …

Re: "Outrigger" OR840 build

Posted on 2018-12-17, 13:51

An interesting finding as I'm going through the OSCON + electrolytic capacitors on the board.. OSCONs: At grid position H8 on my OR840, there are 4, 8mm diameter Sanyo OSCONs here (marked C8H1, C8G6, C8H3, and C8H2). These are, best I can tell, Sanyo 10SP270M's, rated at 10V, 270uF . The larger 10mm …

Re: "Outrigger" OR840 build

Posted on 2018-12-16, 20:11

On the bench doing some basic functional verification of the expansion cards: Quadro 2 Pro - this card technically became available a month after the Dream Machine 2000 issue, but I figure this is a workstation and therefore deserving of a workstation GPU. Performance should be somewhere between the …

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