Re: Help with my first retro PC build?

Posted on 2017-03-09, 22:29

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Reviving this topic because I have some updates and ergo some questions.. I managed to get it to post! although the CMOS battery appears to be dead (CMOS checksum error and CMOS battery failure error at POST) but some things I'm not sure about: The board has the following case headers marked: TURBO …

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Re: Help me identify this video card from a potato photo please?

Posted on 2017-03-09, 09:20

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The banshee still isn't bad though. in many ways it's more of a proto-v3 rushed out for the oem market. They're among the last 3dfx cards vendors could put out I know but lack of multitexturing kills it for me, especially when I have a 12MB Voodoo 2 PCI drop-in card on demand.. It would be an …

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Re: Help me identify this video card from a potato photo please?

Posted on 2017-03-09, 05:19

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A cookie? 😀 Thanks a lot for the ID though. For a moment I thought I had found a very cheap Voodo 3 1000 listed as just a graphics card.. I already have a Voodoo 2 12MB, I guess I'll pass on this one.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-09, 05:10

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Wow, you are a hero for saving that CPU indeed.

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Help me identify this video card from a potato photo please?

Posted on 2017-03-09, 05:06

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I think it's some kind of Voodoo 3 AGP but the AGP slot lock is missing, and it's certainly not PCI either, but looks definitely like a Voodoo 3.. I just need to confirm that it's not a MAC version or anything before I buy it :) Anyone seen this card before? https://img.letgo.com/images/49/37/bb/9d/ …

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Re: Tualatin Celeron vs Williamette Celeron

Posted on 2017-03-08, 11:00

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Thanks for the very resourceful discussion. I have a tangential question. I wanted to drop in a Radeon 8500 to my Tualatin build for period correctness but I cant seem to find any for a reasonable price. I instead grabbed a 9600XT and a 9800PRO for five bucks each. Is the 9800PRO way overkill for a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-07, 14:42

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Well, the most interesting piece of hardware I bought in the last few months has arrived, finally. http://image.bolterandchainsword.com/uploads/gallery/album_11505/med_gallery_60983_11505_233559.jpg Compaq MX 11800 Finally, I have a keyboard that can seriously injure my hands, wrists or knee. Yes, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-06, 12:14

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Just use a 40 pin ribbon cable (not a UDMA66+ 80 conductor version). The manual explicitly says not to use a PATA cable and that it would cause electrical damage.. I have a feeling it's a load of bullshit, but wouldn't mind clarifying. I've found pictures of the original cable and the only …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-06, 10:31

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Impulse purchase: http://image.bolterandchainsword.com/uploads/gallery/album_11505/med_gallery_60983_11505_359517.jpg The panel is quite yellowed and there is no remote and connector cable included however, which kind of throws a spanner into my plans. http://image.bolterandchainsword.com/uploads/ …

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Re: Party like it's '98: My first MMX build

Posted on 2017-03-06, 09:17

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Oh it's certainly not over, I thought of this thread as kind of a build blog as I move forward with it.. I actually opened up and cleaned the PSU, this is after cleaning it, the dust was incredibly dense. I did not however remove and clean the fan, I am planning on completely replacing it with a new …

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Re: Tualatin Celeron vs Williamette Celeron

Posted on 2017-03-05, 19:42

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Is the PIII-S 1400 anything rare? Because I can grab one for around $20. Should I? And is it compatible on all Tualatin boards?

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Party like it's '98: My first MMX build

Posted on 2017-03-05, 18:53

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This build is now finalized. Finished build pictures are in this post . --- I went down to the garage and thoroughly cleaned and put together what I so far have: http://image.bolterandchainsword.com/uploads/gallery/album_11505/gallery_60983_11505_246605.jpg http://image.bolterandchainsword.com/ …

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Re: Tualatin Celeron vs Williamette Celeron

Posted on 2017-03-05, 18:43

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Im using the Celeron because I already have it. 😀

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Re: Tualatin Celeron vs Williamette Celeron

Posted on 2017-03-05, 12:20

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Thanks for the feedback. The issue for me is that a socket 478 build even though I have a board I can drop a Northwood P4 into is not half as interesting or nostalgic to me as a Socket 370 Pentium 3 build. I never liked or owned it and if I were to do a 2.8ghz northwood P4 or similar build I would …

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Tualatin Celeron vs Williamette Celeron

Posted on 2017-03-04, 19:56

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I'm about to start building an ATX Windows XP machine with components from circa 2002. I currently have a Tualatin Celeron 1300 with board and 512MB SDRAM as well as a Williamette Celeron 1700 with board and 512MB DDR RAM. I'm not sure which I should go for. IIRC Tualatin P3's basically destroyed …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-03, 09:29

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Redhat is not FREE in the sense that you don't get to use it as a standard GNU/Linux distro, aside from images being free in cost to obtain (yet this, I honestly didn't know until today=. I misremembered the RHEL fork becoming main alongside Fedore as 6.0, it was after 9.0 as someone pointed out. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-03, 04:35

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keenmaster486 wrote: Well, Red Hat Linux is a paid product. It was not until after 6.0 when they did away with RedHat and went ahead with RedHat Enterprise. The Fedora project today is a free RedHat linux fork maintained by RedHat so its essentially still free.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-02, 14:30

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Parts are coming in the mail.. http://image.bolterandchainsword.com/uploads/gallery/album_11505/med_gallery_60983_11505_179228.jpg Creative Sound Blaster AWE64 Value CT4500 The case also arrived today, shipping cost as much as the case did almost, but now I have housing for my P3 build, and an extra …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-01, 17:22

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Right, so I went on a new month buying spree.. And got: Creative Audigy 2 Platinum SB0240 with the Front Panel (Apparently no remote, we'll see) Creative Sound Blaster Live! CT4760 (Apparently the best one to get? This is for a Celeron 1300 system) Creative Sound Blaster AWE64 Value CT4500 (Got …

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A few questions re. Audigy 2 and Audigy 2 ZS

Posted on 2017-03-01, 10:21

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Grabbed an Audigy 2 Platinum (not sure if remote is included) and an Audigy 2 ZS. Can I use the Audigy 2 Front Panel with the ZS? One of them will go into my current gaming rig and one will go into my Pentium III - I want to use the front panel but not settle for the Audigy 2, so just asking..

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