Re: Source for AT computer cases

Posted on 2017-08-01, 23:53

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by KCompRoom2000

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I've picked up tons of AT cases and systems (basically as many as I want) whenever I want them. Maybe different towns/regions are different though? I'm in WA state, so not sure how things are recycled over there or if they even resell to the public... Worth checking out though for sure. Man, thank …

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Re: Last PC games supporting Windows 9x?

Posted on 2017-08-01, 23:43

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by KCompRoom2000

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Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures (2006) - Windows 98/ME The Sims 2: Apartment Life (2008) - Windows 98SE/ME (according to the back cover) School Tycoon (2003) - Windows 98/ME The Incredibles (2005?) - Windows 98/ME Tony Hawk's Underground 2 (2004) - Windows 98/ME These were from most of the games I …

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

Posted on 2017-08-01, 21:51

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by KCompRoom2000

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I've replaced the CPU fan on my HP e-Vectra - the original fan sounded like a toy car motor and it didn't seem cool enough to properly maintain the CPU's temperature, the replacement fan (which is a Cooler Master 80mm fan from a busted heatsink) sounds much nicer and feels cooler so that's nice, I …

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Re: How do you decide what to keep and what to toss?

Posted on 2017-08-01, 07:57

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by KCompRoom2000

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To answer the title, I have some factors that come to play for me to decide on getting rid of computer components: 1. Does it work? - if the component doesn't work at all no matter how hard I try to fix it and how many systems I test it on, I typically junk it; as far as complete systems in …

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

Posted on 2017-07-31, 06:58

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by KCompRoom2000

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Today I decided to install an S3 Virge 325 2MB PCI Graphics card into my Socket 5 PC. Did this for no other reason than I had the card in storage and decided it might be a slight upgrade, as originally this PC was using it's onboard S3 Trio64 1MB Graphics. Seems to work well enough though I've yet …

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Re: Best low-profile PCI graphics card?

Posted on 2017-07-30, 20:51

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by KCompRoom2000

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junk the PCI only board and find a cheap 478 board with AGP, Actually, even though this is a Dell, this is still highly possible because the Optiplex 170L Small Desktop uses the same motherboard form factor as the GX2x0 series so you might as well replace the 170L motherboard with a GX260 or GX270 …

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Re: Just got a lot of new retro stuff to make new content for the community

Posted on 2017-07-29, 22:16

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by KCompRoom2000

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and this mysterious Logitech box, I really have no idea what it is, it has two PS/2 connectors only, one green and one... orange ?! WTF I've never seen a PS/2 orange connector before, only green, purple and white... I've never seen an orange PS/2 connector, either. It seems Logitech used that color …

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Re: Electromyne and others overpricing. Changing face of the hobby. Opinions?

Posted on 2017-07-29, 22:07

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by KCompRoom2000

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There's been slabbing in plastic for console games and hardware for years now...and I want to stab all of those idiots in the head when I see it happen. I'm sure some moron will do the PC hardware slabbing for special items. It's all about the money for the people who seal their stuff up, not about …

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Re: What speaker setup are you using on your vintage machine?

Posted on 2017-07-28, 23:16

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Right now my P1 Rig is using the Logitech S120 speakers that I commonly use on my main driver which was decommissioned for a week due to motherboard/case mishaps, these are pretty much the only speakers I'll use nowadays because they have a built-in power cord rather than the stupid phone-charger …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2017-07-28, 23:04

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by KCompRoom2000

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I've recently installed Monster Truck Madness (1) on my Windows 95 gaming rig, pretty impressive visuals for 1996 if I do say so myself especially with the Direct3D acceleration on the Rage Pro Turbo card working perfectly. Done some racing around on the first three circuit tracks with 4 CPU-driven …

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Re: Senrew's Late Win98 Machine

Posted on 2017-07-28, 05:46

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by KCompRoom2000

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Anyway, back to the old questions. Any suggestions for upgrades on maxing out this machine while keeping 98 compatibility? I recommend an ATI Radeon 9600-9800 or an nVidia Geforce 6600-6800 if you're looking for a better video card with 98 and XP support, maybe a Geforce 7x00 if you don't mind …

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Re: Do you reformat preformatted floppies?

Posted on 2017-07-25, 21:07

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by KCompRoom2000

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I can't really say much about 5.25" floppies, but most of the time I reformat 3.5" floppies whenever I plan on using them for something. Sometimes when I image them I skip formatting if it's a preformatted disk (image as in burn an *.IMG onto one with RawWrite/WinImage) but that sometimes led to …

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

Posted on 2017-07-25, 20:56

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by KCompRoom2000

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Is the Celeron 433 a Slot 1 or Socket 370? Interesting system as well. It's a Socket 370 Celeron on a Slotket adapter, the CPU was pulled from an old Gateway that suffered from motherboard failure a few years back, my motherboard is an ASUS P2B-VE which was supposedly from an HP Pavilion desktop of …

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

Posted on 2017-07-24, 23:11

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by KCompRoom2000

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Well, my Celeron-433 rig is finally ready now that the replacement floppy drive has been installed. last night I got around to reinstalling Windows 95 OSR2.1 on its new Maxtor 13GB hard drive, and today I've added the finishing touches. The Intel chipset driver was the first driver to be installed …

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Re: What Windows OS for this Machine

Posted on 2017-07-22, 20:07

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by KCompRoom2000

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The Dell website only explicitly lists drivers for Win98... but maybe there are Me drivers bundled with the 98 drivers? I haven't downloaded them to look yet. The Windows 98 drivers will work on Windows Me, since this is an early/mid 2000s laptop I would imagine the drivers are mostly WDM so …

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

Posted on 2017-07-22, 19:54

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by KCompRoom2000

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God getting 9x OS's running on grey box dells is a nightmare. Tell me about it, I've had a hard time getting Windows 98SE to work on my Dimension 4300S with the new hardware I've put in over the years, it seemed like it was easier to install 9x on my Optiplex GX260, then again that was back when …

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Re: What Windows OS for this Machine

Posted on 2017-07-21, 21:44

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by KCompRoom2000

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Before you consider installing 98SE or ME, you should make sure you can find appropriate drivers for those first. The last time I've checked, Dell still has Windows 98 drivers for the Latitude C640 which is the Inspiron 4150's business counterpart, I've managed to get Windows ME to work on an …

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Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online

Posted on 2017-07-19, 23:11

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by KCompRoom2000

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https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/sys/d/vintage-pc-pentium-ghz/6191218801.html https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/sop/d/vintage-pentium-mmx-pc-with/6195684582.html Here are a couple good systems that are overpriced, $200 for a P3 tower and $400 for a P1 system bundle (with a Roland SC-55)? …

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Re: Show me your HP!

Posted on 2017-07-18, 00:34

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by KCompRoom2000

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This is the HP e-PC C10, this was my first desktop computer back in 2005, it went through several stages of disrepair (mainly a motherboard failure in 2011) but I managed to restore it in working condition in 2014. DSCN1927.JPG The current specs are: - Intel Pentium III @ 933 MHz - 256MB PC-133 …

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

Posted on 2017-07-16, 23:37

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by KCompRoom2000

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Since I've been taking a week-long break from computers, I'll be listing the activities I've done within the month so far rather than activities for just one day. I've upgraded my iMac G3's hard drive from a 13GB Maxtor to a 30GB Quantum Fireball, the opening process was tricky but I managed to do …

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