Re: [WIP] BlackLight: A Pentium II / NT 4.0 Multimedia Workstation feat. Hand Built Water Cooling Blocks

Posted on 2019-11-18, 07:00

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Sorry it's been awhile. Life and all that. Here's what I've worked on on and off over the last month in spare time. https://i.imgur.com/nui0ykVl.jpg Baby fittings! G1/4 10/13mm compression for comparison. https://i.imgur.com/SyZNuz9l.jpg https://i.imgur.com/fbQE6Ztl.jpg Everything cut out for the …

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

Posted on 2019-10-22, 07:46

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Modern activities for retro PCs! Designed a Socket 478 water block that can be made with minimal CNC (none at all if desired) + a saw, drill press, sharp knife, metal files, taps and a soldering iron. Need to keep overclocked NetBurst P4 from bursting into flames. https://i.imgur.com/GPp83r2.png …

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Re: [Build Log]: Dimension95 - A Retro DOS/95 Build & Project for Modern Internet Interactivity... and much more!

Posted on 2019-10-18, 07:10

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Once again, tradition rears its ugly head. As I mentioned in another post of mine, the PSU I was planning to use for this project died (Corsair CX850M). While in storage inside its box. Approximately 45 days out of warranty. Before even getting the chance to test my cables. While I'll attempt to …

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Re: [WIP] BlackLight: A Pentium II / NT 4.0 Multimedia Workstation feat. Hand Built Water Cooling Blocks

Posted on 2019-10-15, 04:06

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It is quite an interesting colour. In my PC room with cool LED lighting, it has the colour of an SGI O2+. In another room that still has quite warm, near incandescent coloured lighting, it looks a lot like the Indigo 2. Here's some updates! Everything is now fully painted. The top cover is still …

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Re: [WIP] BlackLight: A Pentium II / NT 4.0 Multimedia Workstation feat. Hand Built Water Cooling Blocks

Posted on 2019-10-13, 09:53

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So in the end I decided against the window. If I decide to keep the build, it'll make putting a monitor on top of it quite difficult. With that out of the way... today I did some painting. The grey is too glossy, but that's nothing that can't be fixed with some sanding once painting is completed and …

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Re: [WIP] BlackLight: A Pentium II / NT 4.0 Multimedia Workstation feat. Hand Built Water Cooling Blocks

Posted on 2019-10-11, 06:39

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Although I can finally say I do work up to your standard, Also used a sock to stop and old server scratching the floor, figured it's missing its feet, socks are meant for feet, so basically the same thing anyway right? Absolutely. Nothing better to protect the floor from anything else above. ;) …

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Re: [WIP] BlackLight: A Pentium II / NT 4.0 Multimedia Workstation feat. Hand Built Water Cooling Blocks

Posted on 2019-10-10, 06:34

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I purchased my adhesive and I'm currently testing it out on some scrap rubber and aluminium. I've also installed the pump & reservoir into the case. As you can see, I used the high tech, very practical solution of a spare sock to be the buffer between the case and my hard wood flooring. It worked. …

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Re: Last night I dreamt

Posted on 2019-10-08, 23:23

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I will admit I've had more than my fair share of dreams involving finding or coming across the opportunity to obtain hardware or software for free. The disappointment is real when waking up.

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Re: [WIP] BlackLight: A Pentium II / NT 4.0 Multimedia Workstation feat. Hand Built Water Cooling Blocks

Posted on 2019-10-05, 06:09

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A Closer Look At The Hardware Motherboard: AOpen AX64 Pro This motherboard is from the old family business. It was in service from the early 2000s until 2018. As such, it's a bit dirty but works a treat! I'd love to give it a clean but I don't have enough isopropyl left at the moment. Aside from …

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[WIP] BlackLight: A Pentium II / NT 4.0 Multimedia Workstation feat. Hand Built Water Cooling Blocks

Posted on 2019-10-05, 06:09

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Yeah, another project to take up my time when I haven't even finished the last one. Sue me! This is nothing more than a project of circumstance, with the right parts being around at the right time. https://i.imgur.com/USJHIia.gif Project Outline Every PC component used in this build is hardware I …

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Re: [Build Log]: Dimension95 - A Retro DOS/95 Build & Project for Modern Internet Interactivity... and much more!

Posted on 2019-10-01, 03:29

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Made some of these custom modular cables today! One cable is 4x Molex connectors for the top bank of hard drives. The second was going to be 2x Molex, 2x FDD connectors but that didn't work out. Daisy chaining floppy connectors doesn't work with the pin terminal so I opted for 3x Molex, and can use …

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Re: [Build Log]: Dimension95 - A Retro DOS/95 Build & Project for Modern Internet Interactivity... and much more!

Posted on 2019-09-25, 05:11

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Sea parcel showed up today. No tracking updates. Just showed up at the door. Was getting worried that it was lost given all my other parcels by sea had tracking the whole way. A few pics of the (admittedly boring) goodies. I'd also obtained some things since the last post. https://i.imgur.com/ …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-09-19, 10:04

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Got myself a free* (only had to pay postage cost of $15 + leaving a $5 tip as a thanks, therefore I consider it buying) USRobotics 56K X2 V.Everything modem. You know, that dead 56k standard? I got it for my Pentium I project since I can reliably "emulate" a dial-up connection, I wanted a nice modem …

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

Posted on 2019-08-26, 02:34

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That's a lot of CPU stickers, does it really have 3 CPUs? Nice find, that's a great selection of cases :) I took every Slot 1 sticker off the cases there I could find and stuck it on there for ease of transport. I didn't know what CPU I'd end up putting in there so I'll just use the right one when …

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

Posted on 2019-08-25, 12:08

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Great to hear I'm rolling in cash with that case. Or since it's empty, the more likely use is a fun HTPC. :lol: Went back tonight. Walked again because exercise is fun. Some bloke took the opportunity to line up all the cases - presumably after looking through them all and being disappointed. …

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

Posted on 2019-08-24, 13:23

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Was on the way to the shops and came across a junk pile, with seven PCs! Sadly - all empty. I did find some goodies in the pile though. It was admittedly a bit tough carrying a box of sound cards and a bag full of miscellaneous bits around through the supermarket, but that's life when you walk to …

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Re: Ion Fury - A new Build Engine game

Posted on 2019-08-21, 06:29

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Ran the latest build of eDuke32 on an XP (x86) machine with a Pentium 4 2.4GHz Northwood, 1GB RAM and a Matrox Mystique. It was... rough, to say the least. 100% pegged CPU usage, eats an additional 1.5GB of HDD space for page file, barely playable framerates. This is with Polymer renderer off. It …

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

Posted on 2019-08-09, 14:08

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Excellent, I have been thinking about building something similar to this setup: https://dogemicrosystems.ca/wiki/Dial_up_server in the last weeks. However this solution feels like overkill because I have no real practical use-case. All my retro boxes have Ethernet uplink so there's no real need for …

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Creating Your Own Dial-Up Connection At Home: No Line Simulators Needed!

Posted on 2019-08-09, 13:47

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I posted about this here originally. Here's how you can do it yourself to get that authentic dial up experience on your own PCs. I know there's guides and videos out there on how to do this, but I haven't personally come across a post detailing exactly what you need to do for a PC-based web browsing …

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

Posted on 2019-08-09, 09:24

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@x0zm_, do you have somewhere some instructions to share for the "server" part vm with modem? For the VM #1 configuration, what is the configuration for that? I'll re-do it again, take screenshots and do a write up for it later tonight or tomorrow. It's fairly straight forward, just took a bit to …

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