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

Posted on 2017-10-20, 14:10

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You haven't seen the $25,000 VHS copy of beauty and the beast in a beat up case? Anyone can set any BiN price. Sometimes it's to scam ppl on craigslist "look at what they're going for on eBay"

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Re: So I had a stupid idea about how to build a really fast 486...

Posted on 2017-10-20, 14:02

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Anonymous Coward wrote: If you want a stupid fast 486, just get a Winchip. Also, if you want a stupid socket 7, just get a Winchip. 😁

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Re: IBM 5151 Monitor Issue

Posted on 2017-10-20, 13:52

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Well somewhat "the point" of buying a Tandy was the better color support at the time, BUT they also did mono monitors, which would have been favoured for business work, spreadsheets etc. It's best to double check though. Another oddity that can confuse is that there are mono monitors that work on …

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Re: Trouble with mouse in serial mode.

Posted on 2017-10-20, 13:45

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I believe that the logitech and ms pinouts were different. I don't know if it would help much if you specifically seek a MS adapter, given that most vendors are probably clueless, vs just hitting up thrift stores etc and trying what you find. Another thing that can bite you in the arse with onboard …

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Win9x games requiring specific DX versions?

Posted on 2017-10-20, 13:26

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Hi there, Just wondering if there was ever a good fix for games wanting very specific direct X versions. Don't currently have a 9x system I'm messing with, but remembering this as one of the biggest pain in the arses when it came to 9x gaming, so wanna be prepared as I get back into it. What I mean …

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Re: "ESC" key not working in DOS prompt on Windows 98

Posted on 2017-10-20, 13:13

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Changed keyboard type or deleted keyboard settings out of config files? https://www.computerhope.com/keybhlp.htm

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Re: Remote DOS shell

Posted on 2017-10-20, 12:16

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Yes, think you can do it simplistically by piping the console, How remote is remote? You want to be outside your home network? The problem mostly is security, all the old stuff has been cracked to hell and back with numerous vulnerabilities and exploits.

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Re: DEC HiNote Ultra CT475 - A 486 "Ultrabook"!

Posted on 2017-10-20, 02:49

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IR file transfer can be quite fast. ... If you've got another system with it, was common up to PIII machines. I like C&T graphics, they are usually fairly fast for their era and don't have too many quirks or deviations from normal. I still can't figure out how Intel bought them up then produced such …

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Re: U5SX 486-33F Build

Posted on 2017-10-20, 02:32

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So what might be going on, is that the motherboard doesn't have enough refresh line capability to supply a refresh for more than a handful of RAM chips. Now in some BIOSes, there is a cryptically named refresh strength setting in the advanced chipset setup, maybe playing with that might get you …

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Re: Playstation CPU/GPU compared to PC

Posted on 2017-10-20, 02:00

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Weird, for some reason I had it in my head that the PS had the proto PowerVR chipset, must have been confusion with the dreamcast having the pvr2

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Re: Duke Nukem 3D stuttering with Dreamblaster X1

Posted on 2017-10-20, 01:22

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Possibly means it was one produced from late 95 on, the obtanium factor for anything other than ATAPI IDE CDROMs at that point had swung pretty much to "un".

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Re: IBM 5151 Monitor Issue

Posted on 2017-10-20, 00:57

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If you REALLY want to get into it... https://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_monfaq.html Beware high voltages though, work with one hand in your pocket and the other hand holding a beer, while you yell direction at someone daft enough to twiddle a knob with his knuckles 1/4 inch away from a tube charged …

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Re: Playstation CPU/GPU compared to PC

Posted on 2017-10-20, 00:23

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The PlayStation looked good/fast because it ran at low res, only up to 640x480, it had no OS and driver overhead because it was single platform so games could be more on the metal and not need to consider driver standards and differences in hardware. The 33Mhz MIPs CPU may have been faster on a …

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Re: Advice for building a Pentium 3 gaming PC?

Posted on 2017-10-20, 00:00

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Was that the board, there was 5 voltage jumpers and the manual just had the 5 settings... BUT there were multiple undocumented voltages available by using 2 or 3 jumper caps at once, instead of the one?? There use to be a site about P2B mods and tricks, but dunno if it's still around.

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Re: So, in terms of PIII-era "gaming" laptops...

Posted on 2017-10-19, 15:30

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Jade Falcon wrote: If I were to buy a laptop from the 90's I'd go for one with a rage, if I wanted to play games. I remember finding a rage gl driver that was at least twice as fast as D3D for quake engine games. Not sure if that was a specially tweaked non-official one or what, it was fairly …

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Re: Intel AL440LX

Posted on 2017-10-19, 15:23

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I only really hate it for the fact I can't overclock the FSB much past 66mhz. I reach a freeze by 75mhz. That might be the CPU, the early PII 233 and 266 didn't overclock, I mean really didn't, had a board that had the 68Mhz setting, and had a 233 and 266 crash at that speed. Then came a die shrink …

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Re: So, in terms of PIII-era "gaming" laptops...

Posted on 2017-10-19, 15:08

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keenmaster486 wrote: The Neomagic card isn't the worst thing in the world. For a laptop, it's pretty good. Had it in a PII laptop, wasn't overly impressed, struggled through the monster truck madness demo sorta playably though.

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Re: dis mobo, 486

Posted on 2017-10-19, 15:03

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Anonymous Coward wrote: Maybe a 3.3V DX2-66 can run without, but the 5V model needs either a fan or heatsink for reliable operation. Also, cyrix and AMD dx2s may need them more than intel. Edit: Though wait, have I ever seen a cyrix DX2 without a bonded on passive heatsink?? Don't think I have.

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Re: dos games using xms on 286?

Posted on 2017-10-19, 15:00

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I seem to recall some versions of MS Flight Simulator used it, maybe even required it. Prior to version 5 I suspect but can't remember which specifically.

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Re: Advice for building a Pentium 3 gaming PC?

Posted on 2017-10-19, 01:24

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Yes the P2B was a classic. One of the boards known to run Tualatins well. I bought a box of "untested" motherboards from somewhere cheap in the early oughts, and had several P2Bs and close relatives in there. Yah, it appeared "untested" meant tested, found faulty and some parts robbed off some, …

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