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

Posted on 2019-12-25, 09:30

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by appiah4

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I was lucky enough to own a QuickShot II Turbo when I had my Atari 800XL and it was awesome. I really enjoyed the QuickShot II Plus on a friend's C64 - it was pretty good. That said, my experience is worthless today. Majority of my 8/16-bit home computer gaming was done with QuickShot Python 1s …

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Re: 386 motherboard recommendation

Posted on 2019-12-25, 09:21

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by appiah4

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In my experience 386 boards are not abundant enough to start looking for a recommended model or configuration.. Buy whatever looks to be in good shape and cheap, I'd say.

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How to discharge a PSU completely before changing the fan?

Posted on 2019-12-25, 09:20

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by appiah4

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I have an FSP 300W ATX PSU I want to use with a Slot or Socket A system (it has a pretty decent 5V rail) but the fan is gone and needs replacing. I have to desolder it and solder some jumpers in its place to use a different 80mm fan. I don't want to kill myself in the process though, and this thing …

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Re: Voodoo 5 5500 - Worth money?

Posted on 2019-12-25, 09:18

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Stealth for sale threads are now a thing? Lol

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-12-25, 07:47

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by appiah4

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https://i.postimg.cc/TyjW46dW/ATI-All-In-Wonder-Pro-Video-Out-Breakout-Cable.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/JD1Bw20Y/PCChips-MB560-TG-ATX-Backplate.jpg An ATX backplacte 3D Print for my PCChips MB560TG motherboard and a video out breakout cable for my ATI All-In-Wonder Pro PCI (which will be used for MS- …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2019-12-25, 07:43

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Speaking of crippled super socket 7 systems, here is my K6-2/500 build with an MVP4 mATX motherboard that doesn't have enough slots for me to run my Voodoo 2 SLI configuration :blah: I hope to find an ATX MVP3 board for cheap at some point.. https://i.postimg.cc/nCMBcgk6/K6-2-MVP4-01.jpg https://i. …

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Re: VIA MVP4 and Voodoo2 SLI stuttering issues..

Posted on 2019-12-25, 07:41

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by appiah4

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The problem here was memory bandwidth, using the onboard VGA caused a severe crippling of the memory bandwidth for the system, installing a discrete video card fixed the issue. I no longer have enough PCI slots for an SLI configuration though, so the system runs on a single Voodoo 2 now https://i. …

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Re: To end the AMD v. Intel debate.

Posted on 2019-12-23, 14:46

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oeuvre wrote: PowerPC and x86 will both be simultaneously supported... somehow. No 68K support? 🙁

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-12-23, 11:46

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by appiah4

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Why are these boards called "Batman's Revenge" and what is special about them?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-12-20, 21:22

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by appiah4

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https://i.imgur.com/uNxMI7wl.jpg Mystery box came today... packaged like this. Pentium 133MHz Socket 7, COAST module, 2x16MB SIMM RAM, an ATI mach64 PCI video card, an ISA modem, a 2.1GB Western Digital HD, floppy drive, 12X CD-ROM, 250W AT PSU. And... a Creative Sound Blaster 32 CT3600 (no RAM in …

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Re: The Case Badge Thread

Posted on 2019-12-20, 15:25

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by appiah4

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wiretap wrote: They are hosted on Imgur. Do you have a firewall or ad blocker that is preventing viewing them? I'm at work now, so I'll have to Zip this evening or weekend. Imgur is blocked in my country. Dont ask.. 😒

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Re: The Case Badge Thread

Posted on 2019-12-20, 11:43

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by appiah4

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@wiretap: I can't access any of the images you posted above.. Any chance you could zip and attach them to a post?

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2019-12-20, 10:41

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IBM Aptiva 2153-E44, AMD K6-2 300Mhz This is the one without the AGP slot right? If it is, I had trouble finding a PCI accelerator (besides Voodoo) that would make it more of a gaming rig. I had plenty of AGP cards, but nothing for the PCI (besides the Voodoo cards). :dead: Radeon 7000/VE PCI are …

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Re: VOODOO 2 SLI Memory reporting

Posted on 2019-12-20, 07:44

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I feel Voodoo 2 was pretty future proof despite its architectural shortcomings. Yes, the framebuffer memory limits it to 1024x768 even in SLI but the card was released in 1998 and people did not game at higher than 1024x768 all the way into 2001 or thereabouts. I was still gaming at 1024x768 when …

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Re: The Case Badge Thread

Posted on 2019-12-20, 07:24

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by appiah4

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I have been getting case badges printed for my cases for a while now: Here are the images I used so far, in a zip file. There are several sticker images in there you may find interesting.

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Re: To end the AMD v. Intel debate.

Posted on 2019-12-20, 05:46

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Oh.. So Rambus made the deal with themselves? Wait, what? Intel whored themselves at the customers' expense. Intel and Rambus went to bed together because Intel would actually get paid by Rambus if RDRAM succeeded . The level of irate vitriol, and corresponding lack of reasoning that you display …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2019-12-20, 05:23

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by appiah4

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I love those Aptiva cases.. they are the quintessenial K6-2 boxes to me.

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Re: MP-32 : Pi based MT32, GM, ... module

Posted on 2019-12-20, 05:22

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by appiah4

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So hyped about this thing...

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Re: Heads up: Vogons will be updated

Posted on 2019-12-19, 11:09

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by appiah4

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Qbix wrote: In general, the contrast between text and background will increase significantly as that is on the low side currently. This is a welcome change. Also, please don't change your avatar, ever.

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Re: To end the AMD v. Intel debate.

Posted on 2019-12-19, 09:45

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by appiah4

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If you are joking with the above, it's not funny. If it was serious, then I had a good laugh, thanks.

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