Re: Techmedia resurrection - 486 build

Posted on 2022-09-20, 14:28

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Hey, that is pretty cool. I love the marketing and that just screams late 90s/turn of millennium in my mind. As for this particular machine - I think it gets a 3C905 card, and the Stealth 3D in the PCI slots. So that’s that, probably no SCSI craziness. Sorry to disappoint :D Processor has arrived …

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Re: Techmedia resurrection - 486 build

Posted on 2022-09-19, 20:09

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Oh wow, I missed that thread! Thanks! (And thanks Luckybob for doing that video - awesome dude!) The case is super interesting and I really hope it works out. I tore down the front panel to just plastic and gave it a quick bath - hey, good as new now. The rest of the case looks, well, like it got …

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Re: Techmedia resurrection - 486 build

Posted on 2022-09-19, 19:13

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Case Disassembly This is..not bad! I mean, it's going to be an epic cut once I finally forget to wear gloves around this thing, and slice my hands open, but.. https://i.imgur.com/rjEfghv.jpeg This case is sold as "new" and came in what appears to be the original box, but it also looks like it had a …

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Techmedia resurrection - 486 build

Posted on 2022-09-19, 19:04

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I figure a few others on this board might have picked up one of these cases or barebones systems, as they seem to be abundant from a certain US eBay seller. I looked at these cases from time to time and kept thinking, darn it, I don't want to deal with AT..I don't want to deal with AT.. And then, …

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread

Posted on 2022-07-22, 19:02

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Ha, I definitely don’t want to add complication to the procure/assemble/sales/distribution process, but that card would look hot in red or black. 😁

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread

Posted on 2022-07-19, 21:51

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Oh man, a sequel to the excellent Orpheus I! I am totally in (and darn it, that dark PCB color actually looks pretty good!)

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Re: Competition! Win a 3DFX Voodoo3 Graphics Card. ----#Quake3toTheMax----

Posted on 2022-06-13, 17:27

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I feel bad for running that card to the limit, but I figure at least I did so with heatsinks on all of the RAM, and as big a cooler as I could fit on the GPU core. I couldn't get much more out of the GPU past that, so I'm not going to continue to push it.

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Re: Windows XP nLite and Unofficial Service Pack 4

Posted on 2022-06-12, 17:55

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I like to keep this pretty simple personally - In nLite, and starting with a Windows XP SP3 ISO, I integrate this update pack: https://www.wincert.net/forum/topic/17130-repack-onepiece-xp-post-sp3-aio-international-update-packs-final-v110/ If your target is a processor WITH SSE2, you can also …

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Re: PCjr: Your favorite cartridge game machine is ... a server

Posted on 2022-06-11, 18:03

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I gave it a "beep". 😀 I love these projects - good job.

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Re: Running online DRM games offline guide

Posted on 2022-05-29, 04:26

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This is outstanding- thank you very much! I have also been paying attention to your github work..don’t think any of it goes unappreciated.

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Re: Running online DRM games offline guide

Posted on 2022-05-28, 20:16

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Wanted to say thanks for the intel here. I am beginning this journey (finally), as it’s pretty tough to ignore the convenience of Steam vs installing from media, patching, etc. I’m focused on pretty mainstream titles 1998-2005 or so; all of them I reckon will show up in Metacritic top 20 for each …

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Re: Competition! Win a 3DFX Voodoo3 Graphics Card. ----#Quake3toTheMax----

Posted on 2022-05-16, 05:45

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Yes, to clarify: with the Athlon the maximum clock speed allowed is 850MHz - so 170x5 is the fastest we can get the memory to go, 1:1 with the front side bus. I have not messed with getting the memory to run faster than the FSB, but I have yet to read anything that shows that there might be more …

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Re: Competition! Win a 3DFX Voodoo3 Graphics Card. ----#Quake3toTheMax----

Posted on 2022-05-12, 18:07

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You all are right, it is pretty interesting for a number of reasons to see what the "out-of-the-box" configuration produces given a hardware configuration. I do not normally overclock anything - particularly retro parts; but these Thunderbird processors are not exactly rare, and I am not pushing …

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Re: Competition! Win a 3DFX Voodoo3 Graphics Card. ----#Quake3toTheMax----

Posted on 2022-05-07, 05:25

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I submitted my first attempt. My rig might have more in it - 380fps? Actually might be possible. My first run was <100fps. It took a lot of reading to get beyond 300fps. But I really started to understand how the game worked and all of the settings. Very fun competition. My experience with Q3 prior …

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Re: Interesting ultrasonic cleaning result

Posted on 2022-05-01, 03:55

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Thanks! The stuff seems to work and act like flux, so that makes good sense. Interesting that none of the other boards reacted this way, but I guess it could be the type of flux and/or solder that was used? Anyhow - aside from this incident, I was able to get very good results from the cleaner …

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Interesting ultrasonic cleaning result

Posted on 2022-04-30, 15:52

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Apologies in advance for the noobness of this post - but I am genuinely curious about what might have happened here. I got a 20L ultrasonic cleaner for various projects, including PCB cleaning and restoration. Of course before dumping anything in that I care about, I reached into my “non functional” …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-04-29, 15:41

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...recently bought... also for projects...All are 256MB. All but two are some kind of Corsair Platinum/Ultra/XMS, whatever 'go-faster' branded. 7 sticks@500MHz 12 sticks@466MHz 3 sticks@400MHz (1 is Kingston HyperX) 4 sticks@375MHz (1 is Kingston HyperX) 1 stick@333MHz Wow, congrats!! What is the …

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Re: Remember The 8-Bit Guy's "Found at Computer Reset" Executive Workstation? I got one on the bench :)

Posted on 2022-04-26, 19:55

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Awesome video! Love that you went the distance and got this very unique machine repaired and ready to run. Well done sir!

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Re: Competition! Win a 3DFX Voodoo3 Graphics Card. ----#Quake3toTheMax----

Posted on 2022-04-11, 20:29

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I think it's a super fun idea. I wish there were more of these types of competitions here on the board to be honest. My stance is, we can grumble about the rules, or play the game and see what we can get out of the hardware we have. It ain't really about the prizes, it's about how far you can push …

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Re: Competition! Win a 3DFX Voodoo3 Graphics Card. ----#Quake3toTheMax----

Posted on 2022-04-10, 20:43

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This is awesome!!! Time to learn some stuff - to clarify, if I compile or use code from the ioQuake3 project - that’s all good, right, as long as I maintain server protocol compatibility with vanilla 1.32?

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