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

Posted on 2021-07-11, 06:43

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How does it sound at shutdown? Make some recording, there is a lack of hdd noises collection thread on the forums! Here's the recordings of my HDD, since that definitely counts as a retro activity. Just_HDD.ogg This one is with the fan and speaker disconnected, and the case open. Open.ogg Fan and …

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

Posted on 2021-07-10, 05:36

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lolo799 wrote on 2021-07-09, 22:29: How does it sound at shutdown? Make some recording, there is a lack of hdd noises collection thread on the forums! I'll do that this weekend.

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

Posted on 2021-07-09, 19:49

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Removed the dead battery, the mobo reminds me a bit of the Acorn A7000 one by its size.20210709_123109.jpgTransferred some files via floppy disks to try Linux/m68k20210706_200050_1_1.jpg 20210709_123553_1.jpgIt lives!20210706_195337_1_1.jpgWaiting for some extra RAM to arrive. Lovely booting and …

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Re: ~20 Windows 98 SE Installs later....STILL isn't 100%, ever

Posted on 2021-07-09, 19:46

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not all do garbage collection :) Even then, if you have a drive being mostly static the garbage collection doesn't need to be ran as often as a boot drive in a modern use system. If you dual boot would a modern OS perform the garbage collection on all partitions it can see even if the delete …

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Re: ~20 Windows 98 SE Installs later....STILL isn't 100%, ever

Posted on 2021-07-09, 05:58

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zapbuzz wrote on 2021-07-09, 04:48: not all do garbage collection 😀 Even then, if you have a drive being mostly static the garbage collection doesn't need to be ran as often as a boot drive in a modern use system.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-07-07, 20:57

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Well, I think this might be the best deal I've ever gotten. It was $5 total, with the 8MB upgrade included. Filename image0.jpg File size 1.8 MiB Views 624 views

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-07-07, 20:50

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xcomcmdr wrote on 2021-07-07, 14:02: Brutal Doom is boring after the first half hour or so. So overrated. That's what people sadly don't focus on. It's got the "OH MAN THIS IS AWESOM BLOOD AND GUTS" that also made its way in to the new games, but little else once you get past that.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-07-04, 01:28

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Nice machine! Got an older model last week with a coax network card installed, I'll need to find some Ts and terminators... 20210704_000957.jpg 20210704_001023.jpg20210704_001702.jpg You managed to score the one good 68k based Mac LC. It isn't crippled by having a 16 bit bus working under the 32bit …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-07-03, 22:43

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Nice machine! Got an older model last week with a coax network card installed, I'll need to find some Ts and terminators... 20210704_000957.jpg 20210704_001023.jpg20210704_001702.jpg You managed to score the one good 68k based Mac LC. It isn't crippled by having a 16 bit bus working under the 32bit …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-07-03, 04:39

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Well, I managed to find myself yet another vintage Macintosh, this time one of the First-Gen PPC based machines that has that nice guitar boot chime. image0.jpg Here's a shot of that nice old processor, after the literally 26 year old thermal paste was removed. image1.jpg And nicely, it came with 90 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-26, 00:49

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Here, have the PCI Geforce 5500 that I got earlier today for $10. I was originally going to throw it in my PowerMac G3 B&W, but as it turns out it lacks any kind of hardware acceleration in OS9. So, it'll sit on the shelf until I have something that can reliably utilize it. It's kind of overkill for …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-05-30, 19:21

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I've been playing through Mass Effect Andromeda following me completing the original trilogy with the Legendary Edition. It's still not great, but it's at least better than I remember it being before I gave up a few years back.

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Re: Looking for advice on a rather odd, sneaky kind of build.

Posted on 2021-05-30, 07:42

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I agree with others here and suggest Athlon 64 or newer (cheap, fundamentally similar to modern hardware, transfer certain components to modern build, etc). I don't mean to offend, but just would like to pose the questions: If your brother-in-law is the end user of the practice computer, what does …

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Re: Looking for advice on a rather odd, sneaky kind of build.

Posted on 2021-05-30, 02:29

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All that is going to be TOO old for teaching modern systems builds. Modern systems have high focus on airflow, CPU cooling and proper cabling. You will want something like an old Core 2 or Core i3 system, as a minimum, if you want to teach building modern systems. They are cheap, have the LGA …

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Re: Looking for advice on a rather odd, sneaky kind of build.

Posted on 2021-05-30, 01:02

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Now, challenge there is that ATX12V and 500GB storage support contradicts your requirement for ISA and DOS. Tbh. I don't think that adressing and interrupts are remotely relevant even for a power user on a modern system, so unless he wants to start low-level developing, I'd drop them. In this case, …

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Looking for advice on a rather odd, sneaky kind of build.

Posted on 2021-05-29, 23:29

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For once I am not asking for help for myself, well, at least as the end user of this system. I am perfectly fine with my Pentium 100/233 system, and my various Macintoshes, but I am at a bit of a loss for an idea that I have been mulling over in my head. Below is where I will explain myself. The …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-05-15, 17:52

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... I am actually on the lookout for a keyboard that feels good, uses PS/2, and is black. Probably too expensive, but I got myself this little beauty as a PS2 investment for the future. One of the last mech keyboards that still has PS2 and is otherwise satisfying to use (MX brown for me): https:// …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-05-14, 17:07

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Pierre32 wrote on 2021-05-14, 08:55: You just need a black keyboard to complete that beautiful Darth Vader retro setup. I am actually on the lookout for a keyboard that feels good, uses PS/2, and is black. bjwil1991 wrote on 2021-05-14, 10:17: Or like The Rolling Stones, Paint it black. Just …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-05-14, 08:45

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Earlier today I managed to find these less than pretty Roland MA-8 speakers, and I was more than happy to have something that better suits my SC-55. image0.jpg I need to but a screwdriver that can actually get down to the screws on the right speaker so that I can fix the volume pot being scratchy as …

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

Posted on 2021-05-08, 19:46

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These past few days I decided to play through Project Wingman in VR, since my Ace combat itch wasn’t scratched by the seven numbered games. I can thoroughly recommend Project Wingman if you can do it in VR. I felt even more aware of the battles, and it kind of made me want to upgrade my system so I …

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