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

Posted on 2019-05-31, 14:52

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Played around with John Romero's SIGIL WAD for Doom in the MBF source port on a Pentium 120 today. Didn't actually play through it since I'm waiting for my physical copies as I wish to play with the Buckethead soundtrack first, but I did take a few screenshots in different maps that I swapped around …

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

Posted on 2019-05-19, 07:25

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What kind of finish does that leave behind? I've been tempted to do my X24 which isn't bad yet , but definitely will be in the near future. (Thankfully the only "rubber" Thinkpad out of the three I own.) If it leaves a nice matte black plastic I'd be fine taking it off, but not if the finish …

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

Posted on 2019-05-19, 05:41

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It's compatible with late ASUS AT boards like the TX97 series, super socket 7 boards, and such. Wonderful. I know where it's going then! Trip number four, here's what I got. Just a singular thing this time, but a bloody awesome one: IBM ThinkPad 600E! It's in rough shape externally. The rubber has …

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

Posted on 2019-05-18, 15:32

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If memory serves those blue Traveling Software cables shipped with LapLink. Fantastic, that seems to be it. Found the exact cable in their KB article. Good to know, will keep it then. I've got the same burden as you. Three boxes full of metal, plastic and tidbit case parts. Probably, in my case, …

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

Posted on 2019-05-18, 14:04

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If you have any 3.5” ones for Dell Dimension Xps D series (they are not standard) please let me know :) Got any photo of the exact one you're after? I can try sort through it and see. I'm sure someone will give a reasonable price to take them off your hands, though it might take a little while to …

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

Posted on 2019-05-18, 05:48

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Here's an oddball find. Coming back from voting at our federal elections today, came across this huge box of various ABS drive bay covers. There's got to be at least 200 of them in here in all different shades of beige, yellowed beige, sprinkled alongside a couple of black and silver, and even some …

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

Posted on 2019-05-08, 06:57

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Today I went hardware shopping and build planning. I'm helping a friend build their MAME/Emu cabinet - namely the hardware side. Since it'll be built with an LCD monitor for practicality, using HLSL was certainly a requirement. Other emulators are more GPU friendly, so we needed something not too …

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Re: FB Marketplace Gateway Rebuild - Beginner Build Log!

Posted on 2019-05-07, 14:14

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Showing up as Pentium II is not unusual when using a modded CPU. The BIOS just doesn't have the microcode for Tualatin to display it properly at boot, so that's why it shows as PII. Does it boot with the original Celeron CPU that was pictured in your first post?

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Re: Post photos of your Rarest or Unique computers or components.

Posted on 2019-05-06, 09:07

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Intel486dx33 wrote: @xozm That Aopen Motherboard is really sweet. What case are you going to put it in ? It'll be a surprise, if certain companies get back to me in time and agreements happen as discussed. 🤣

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Re: Post photos of your Rarest or Unique computers or components.

Posted on 2019-05-03, 03:56

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Unfortunately in the process of packing up possessions for an impending move in the coming months, so I have to rely on what I have on my imgur account, which were mainly taken to quickly show it for a thread or to someone personally. Most of my Canopus cards don't have pics either. I'll get nicer …

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Re: IBM APTIVA MASTER RACE!

Posted on 2019-05-01, 13:44

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Intel486dx33 wrote: My IBM Aptiva socket 7 motherboard has an option for an Intel Pentium or AMD K6 CPU. I've always liked that case design. Something about it is just... right.

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

Posted on 2019-05-01, 13:10

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That is pretty darn cool to see that. What are the requirements to watch videos on there? I have systems from the 486 to Athlon 64 running Windows 95C to Windows 98SE. Also, is there a special software to use that translates YouTube.com to an older machine that has Media Player 6.3 installed? I've …

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

Posted on 2019-05-01, 09:55

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Messed around some more with YouTube on old Windows/Browser. Went with Windows Media Player 6.3 this time for better codec compatibility with encoders available on ffmpeg. Significantly cuts down on the time required as shown in demos. Demo 1 - 486 Advertisement Demo 2 - i9 Advertisement Properly …

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

Posted on 2019-04-28, 04:28

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More tinkering with my YouTube to NetShow 2.0 thing. Now that's interesting. I knew that many old browsers could display video after downloading a video file, but Is this an actual streaming format? ASF perhaps? I recall that ASF was patent encumbered and had little support (though I suppose …

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

Posted on 2019-04-27, 13:22

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This weekend's stupid project: More tinkering with my YouTube to NetShow 2.0 thing. I was going to go with RealPlayer since it's superior in almost every measurable way, except the fact that I hate it and it's unstable. Outputs four files -> 28.8k modem streaming compatible, 56k modem streaming …

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Re: FB Marketplace Gateway Rebuild - Beginner Build Log!

Posted on 2019-04-26, 13:32

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Replacing stock heatsinks comes with a decent risk of damaging the card, as it is thermal epoxied on. There are guides on how to remove it, but I wouldn't say it's worth the risk unless you can live with the risk of losing what you just paid. Replacing the pretty piss poor stock fans will do a nice …

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Re: FB Marketplace Gateway Rebuild - Beginner Build Log!

Posted on 2019-04-25, 12:39

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People tend to ignore the FSAA option the Voodoo5 brings to the table. The quality of the 3dfx FSAA was unmatched for almost an entire decade(!). And the card gives you 32-bit support while being fast enough to actually use this. I really love the card. Yes, it couldn’t match the fastest cards of …

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Re: FB Marketplace Gateway Rebuild - Beginner Build Log!

Posted on 2019-04-25, 04:58

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Looks like a nice setup you've got in the works here. That TNT2 is basically one of the entry/lower end models. Not terrible not fantastic either. If you're wanting high framerate, high(er) resolution 99-00 games you'll want to look into something higher end. If you want to keep in that sort of …

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Re: Socket 370 cooler for a modded Tualatin?

Posted on 2019-04-24, 21:20

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I've used a Spire WhisperRock IV, the aforementioned Copper Silent III, a waterblock and even forced a couple of stock coolers onto those modded tualatins. Realistically you should be fine with any option, feasibly the larger coolers with the longer mounting brackets, or adjustable mounting brackets …

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Re: Public FTP servers thread

Posted on 2019-04-24, 01:25

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Just a couple off the top of my head. A small but interesting server containing MIDI/Sound things from an Australian University. ftp://ftp.monash.edu.au/ A bunch of early to mid 90s soundbanks & MIDIs - including MT-32 and GUS specific files, along with a lot of MIDI files in general. Also featured …

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