Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-04-12, 13:44

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by Baoran

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I bought a set of 90's sound blaster cards, old voodoo cards and an I/O card from a single seller. I paid quite much for them, but I think I saved some money because I only had to pay for shipping once and you never know when you can find such old cards. Also seller tested the cards before I bought …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2018-04-10, 00:33

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by Baoran

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I have 3 computers in the picture there. 486 33Mhz and K6-III+ on the desk and the bottom one is Athlon64. Monitor is standard 19" 1600x1200 75Hz CRT.

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2018-04-09, 18:36

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by Baoran

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I don't have huge amount of space for computers, so this is my small retro gaming corner. I have not found a good KVM switch yet, so I still have to switch cables when I switch the computer I use. Filename corner.jpg File size 1.78 MiB Views 2374 views

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Re: Best laptop for DOS/Win9x gaming?

Posted on 2018-04-09, 15:17

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by Baoran

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How about something like thinkpad T21? It has felt like pretty good for retro gaming for me so far.

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Re: Period correct build?

Posted on 2018-04-08, 20:21

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by Baoran

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I think period correct build is good for those when you want to replicate a pc that you used to have. Of course for most people changing parts that don't change the experience of using the pc like power supply or cooling don't matter that much.

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Re: My Athlon 64 build adventures.

Posted on 2018-04-08, 15:35

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by Baoran

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I just noticed that even Phil made similar of build as mine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yryjIuPijjo I got a bit better performance in crysis perhaps thanks to the second core. He didn't install win98se to dual boot but he could have thanks to there being win98 drivers for all the hardware. …

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Re: What Stupid Thing Have You Done Recently with Your Retro Gaming Machine?

Posted on 2018-04-02, 22:44

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by Baoran

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I think similar topic already exists What was your worst screw-up with retro tech?

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Re: Roland MT-32 power supply.

Posted on 2018-04-02, 15:42

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by Baoran

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I was looking at roland PSB-230 EU at one site, but it didn't list MT-32 in the list of devices it is compatible with. Perhaps it isn't listed just because it is so old though.

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Re: 3dfx Voodoo5 9000 optained!

Posted on 2018-04-01, 11:45

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by Baoran

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Somehow those 4 power connectors look too big compared to the rest of the card....

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Re: Roland MT-32 power supply.

Posted on 2018-03-31, 17:36

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by Baoran

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After few days the original mt-32 power supply started making buzzing noise, but the output voltage is still the same when there is no load. Any idea what might be causing that and if it is safe to continue using it?

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Re: How many floppy disks do you have? And what do you do with them?

Posted on 2018-03-30, 01:06

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by Baoran

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SW-SSG wrote: Eh, 20 or so 3.5" ones, in a box somewhere. I backed up the data years ago. Most of them have likely expired by now. Why they would expire? I just recently re-formatted all my 3.5" floppies that all are 20-30 years old and none of them had any bad sectors.

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Re: How many floppy disks do you have? And what do you do with them?

Posted on 2018-03-29, 20:21

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by Baoran

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I have around 40 3.5" floppies which I use with my 486 pc mostly. The only 5 1/4" floppies I have are original games, so I am hoping to find some of them in near future.

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Re: Windows 98SE - Disc drives causing crashes

Posted on 2018-03-25, 23:29

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by Baoran

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Since you didn't change anything in the system when this problem started, something must have failed. I would probably first test both of the drives in another computer and if they work, I would feel that the problem is most likely with the motherboard or the ide controller there. If I still really …

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Re: Windows 98SE - Disc drives causing crashes

Posted on 2018-03-25, 19:11

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by Baoran

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Can you tell specs of the system?

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Re: DIDN'T buy this retro hardware today

Posted on 2018-03-25, 19:09

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by Baoran

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I have one of those Radeon 1950 pro agp cards, I just don't know what to use it for. There is no win98 drivers for it and there is probably much better cards if I built a windows xp system. What kind of system they would be good for? The thing that I would have wanted to buy but didn't was a working …

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Re: Roland MT-32 power supply.

Posted on 2018-03-25, 10:30

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by Baoran

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I have been thinking of getting universal power supply for the unit just in case. My main problem is that when they come with different types of connectors, I don't actually know which one (if any) actually fits the MT-32 unit. Most of them seems to let me change polarity so that won't be a problem. …

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Re: Having Trouble Removing Permanent Marker from Computer Case

Posted on 2018-03-24, 15:06

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by Baoran

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I was under the impression that isopropyl alcohol was effective at removing permanent marker. However, I am not sure how it would react with the paint or plastic. Isopropyl and lots of scrubbing worked when I got a CRT monitor that someone had writen on with a permanent marker. Not sure if the type …

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

Posted on 2018-03-24, 14:31

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by Baoran

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I had some cleaning up to do: Filename dirty1.jpg File size 1.72 MiB Views 381 views Filename dirty2.jpg File size 1.71 MiB Views 381 views

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Re: Your most surprising result in benchmarking?

Posted on 2018-03-23, 20:52

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by Baoran

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My most surprising result when benchmarking is how much the video card matters even in old 386 and 486 PCs and dos games and how much you can cripple the system if you put a basic slow isa vga card to the system. You can turn a 486 into a 386 in games by doing so.

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Re: Roland MT-32 power supply.

Posted on 2018-03-23, 17:36

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by Baoran

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I posted picture of it here Bought these (retro) hardware today It is dated 0389. I honestly don't know how to open one of those without breaking it.

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