Re: VGA Capture Thread

Posted on 2018-06-15, 19:50

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I've been meaning to post about this for a while, but kept forgetting. I've been meaning to put together a capture setup for months now and finally did so over the past couple of weeks. I've captured some footage but it's still very much a work in progress. This was meant to be a short post but kind …

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Re: What do build with this Lian Li case ?

Posted on 2018-06-01, 06:21

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I actually kinda like it.

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Re: The Lazarus Project - Rebuilding my first PC!

Posted on 2018-06-01, 06:05

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This is going to be a somewhat messy post but I've already written two other writeups of it... I installed a Voodoo2 accelerator! Well, I did that a week ago, actually, but I finally got around to properly testing it. l6-3.jpg That's the seller's picture- I was so excited when I finally got the card …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-06-01, 03:22

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thrift-2.jpg A bunch of honestly pretty random bits. A lot of maybe junk, maybe treasures. ATI X800 All-In-Wonder, no cables and no idea if it works. Need a power adapter to test it. 10 high-density 5.25" diskettes. I just want to see if my drive works... Intellimouse Explorer, very gross but might …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2018-05-30, 05:46

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This is my "almost free" Pentium 4. I've had it for a couple of weeks now and I did a video on it but it's just a little side thing so not really worthy of its own thread. p4a-2.jpg I got this from my parents' acquaintance, it was just sitting in a basement collecting dust. Around the same time, one …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-05-17, 22:13

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Technically I got most of this for free, but I can't seem to find the other thread and I did pay for one thing. My friend gave me a bunch of old-ish parts that he didn't want anymore. I say old-ish because the oldest are from the late 90s and the newest from maybe 2010. old parts.jpg In approximate …

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Re: The Lazarus Project - Rebuilding my first PC!

Posted on 2018-05-05, 06:34

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I assembled the system! Well, actually I assembled it a few days ago, but it took me this long to get everything together. Here's the video and the writeup . build1.jpg This was probably the worst build I've ever done, yet at the same time the best build I've ever done. Building PCs today is …

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Re: Ebay 7" VGA monitors

Posted on 2018-05-01, 07:26

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Out of curiosity, what are you using to test 720x400@70Hz? I have a few devices I want to try at this resolution to see if they work.

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Re: What recent hardware has the best chance of becoming "retro" in the future?

Posted on 2018-05-01, 07:23

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We have lots of ways making old games work on a newer pc like dosbox or glide wrappers...even if there was a perfect emulation for all the old hardware. I don't get why people shill for emulation so hard. It's utter crap 90 percent of the time. Number of times I have installed a game from GoG onto …

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Re: The Lazarus Project - Rebuilding my first PC!

Posted on 2018-05-01, 07:01

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Finally (mostly) caught up, with a video and writeup for the above. My horrible jury rigged (I didn't have a battery holder so I used a tealight instead) Dallas RTC seems to work and the system is able to boot from floppy. It doesn't seem to like the floppy I wanted to use, but my other one works …

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

Posted on 2018-04-30, 01:05

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I modded a Dallas RTC. To expose the pins, I used a small hacksaw, which worked very well. It was dead as a doornail- I measured 0.04V across the battery! I know it's not strictly necessary, but I sawed through the top of one of the pins until I read 0V to the bottom. Messy and annoying, but simple …

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Re: XP Era Gaming Machine

Posted on 2018-04-29, 23:26

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It will be solely for XP Games, so no Directx 10 or 11, nothing that runs fine under my Windows 10 rig (8700k/GTX1080ti). Out of curiosity, which games did you have problems with on your modern rig? I tested several titles from 2000-2007, and all of them ran with only three having serious caveats. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-04-29, 19:03

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Technically this was yesterday, but I went thrifting and also checked out the Freegeek garage sale. I picked up a bunch of bits and baubles: thrift-1.jpg The fan is a big scary Delta with three blades, an inch and a half of thickness, and close to an amp of power draw. I bought it because it's loud …

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Re: The Lazarus Project - Rebuilding my first PC!

Posted on 2018-04-29, 18:29

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Things have actually been moving much faster and somewhat smoother than anticipated. I have another video and writeup , covering in depth the motherboard testing mentioned above. But that's actually not where I'm at. I'm one step ahead already. I actually already have a case. Well... a whole …

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The Lazarus Project - Rebuilding my first PC!

Posted on 2018-04-28, 06:14

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I'm not really sure how this project came about. I kind of stumbled across retro hardware videos (LGR, Philscomputerlab, and others) while trawling YouTube a few months back and at some point I realized that a) this stuff is pretty cool and b) I still have a few bits left. I haven't done hardware in …

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Re: When did prices on eBay skyrocket?

Posted on 2018-04-25, 18:49

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I remember Pat the NES Punk did a podcast episode that talked about this a while ago, he seemed to place the blame on eBay's "Buy It Now" mechanism. Before that, everything was auction-based and with many people starting at $1-$10 to avoid high listing fees, things ended up selling at a lower …

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Re: Bumpgate? What Bumpgate?

Posted on 2018-04-22, 18:53

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I like XP64, but I know it didn't catch on so I definitely see the humor in using it for a "bad timing" mid 2000s build. I don't think the Athlon64 fits that description though. On that point, the one thing that would make this even more "bad timing" is if it used one of those late, high powered 64 …

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Re: Need help deciding whether to buy AT Full-tower case

Posted on 2018-04-18, 14:43

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AT cases are so rare in my area that I'd jump on just about anything. How badly do you need an AT case, and how hard are they to get?

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Re: What recent hardware has the best chance of becoming "retro" in the future?

Posted on 2018-04-17, 21:38

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I think anything rare, high-end, or unusual will be what's desirable/valuable in the future. Generally, I don't think today's hardware- or anything past maybe 2005- will be as big of a deal as older hardware at all. It'll be outdated, but it won't be retro, and the appeal will be even more fringe …

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Re: Currently, what is your main flagship project?

Posted on 2018-04-17, 16:07

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My flagship project is the one that's getting me back into hardware after a long hiatus and what brought me to this circle: rebuilding my first PC! I actually kept the original motherboard, CPU, and some of the cards though I have no idea if any of it works. Why am I doing this? I'm not entirely …

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