Re: Famous computer slogans and quotes ?
Posted on 2024-11-03, 16:43
I have a NEW Slogan. “Play Hard, Play Smarter”
Re: 'Poor Man's 386' build (YT video & Channel)
Posted on 2024-11-02, 08:07
I saw Linus tech tips has a Hacksaw in his work shop too.
Re: 486 Multimedia dream build ( 1993/94 )
Posted on 2024-11-02, 08:01
More photos Easy Win-95 install Wish I had a computer like this back in 1993/94
Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today
Posted on 2024-11-01, 12:40
Guys, this is the Best sounding Mini Bluetooth Speaker of this size. It has two speaker drivers inside and sounds great. I compared to other small bluetooth speakers of this size and this one sounded the best. This speaker sounds better than other speakers this size selling for $100 It has a Nice …
Re: Vogons users, how do you deal with anxiety?
Posted on 2024-10-28, 22:12
Chicken Noodle Soup and Baloney Sandwiches. Calms your Nerves and Helps you Sleep Better too.
Re: What are you eating/drinking? (the vogons food thread)
Posted on 2024-10-28, 17:13
Bacon and Eggs with Starbucks Breakfast blend Coffee Home Brew. And Taco Bell HOT Sauce.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2024-10-26, 12:28
Got this beautiful Slo1 board, a Soyo SY-6BA+ III which should be one hell of an overclocking board if all the reviews are to be believed. Likely paid too much for it but I doubt Ill ever have another slot 1 board with this many options for Overclocking. Comes with a Slotket and CPU, I think its a …
Re: 486 Multimedia dream build ( 1993/94 )
Posted on 2024-10-25, 09:28
Windows 95 ?……No Problemo Guys, Today is “Its Beat up the 486 Friday.” So today we will be reliving 1995 and Installing Windows 95 on a 486 from 1993 All my components are from 1993 except VLB video card is from 1994 and 8x CDROM is from 1997 I think. I don’t have a working older CDROM drive so I …
Re: Posts your Halloween/Octoberfest Builds
Posted on 2024-10-24, 14:39
This is Still one of my Favorite Voodoo-3-3000 computers with AMD K6-III+ @ 550mhz Very Reliable and Stable. I always liked how Smooth Windows runs on these AMD K6 CPU’s.
Re: HP Visualize P-Class Pentium III: Dual Windows 2000
Posted on 2024-10-22, 17:50
All you need is 256mb of RAM for WinNT 4.0 best performance. 128mb for Win98 You only need 512mb of Memory if your Application requires more Memory. Thats for sure the minimum requirerement to run the OS conveniently. Nevertheless I upgraded my X-Classes to the max of 8x 256MB ECC reg, because I …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2024-10-21, 11:36
A friend of mine, really likes the old Cardinal hardware, so i grabbed this video card off ebay. It went for an okay price. I also got this wild hair up my ass and took pictures with my Sony Mavica FD83. (its one of those Floppy disk digital cameras. https://i.imgur.com/A4olTrR.jpg The pics came …
Re: My super fast highend 486 build!
Posted on 2024-10-20, 16:18
I have an AMD 5x86 running at 160mhz too. It Still can’t play MP3’s or Most Video’s. So what is the point ? You Need a Pentium class computer for this. The 5x86 barely runs Win95.
Re: HP Visualize P-Class Pentium III: Dual Windows 2000
Posted on 2024-10-20, 16:14
All you need is 256mb of RAM for WinNT 4.0 best performance. 128mb for Win98 You only need 512mb of Memory if your Application requires more Memory.
Re: HP Visualize P-Class Pentium III: Dual Windows 2000
Posted on 2024-10-19, 13:37
I could not find it in any of the documentation but I think this computer was built in consideration of the hearing impaired or to be put in loud places. Because the LCD screen will display a “Happy Face” like a Mac when it is operating okay and a “Sad Face” when something is wrong with hardware. A …
Re: LGR's home severely damaged by Hurricane Helene
Posted on 2024-10-17, 17:03
Mt sisters family lives in Tamp bay Florida and her daughter lives in North Carolina They have been thru Both Helene and Milton now. They are okay too but their houses suffered some damage too. LGR live in an Old house with News Paper insulation and just inadequate for today’s climate. It maybe a …
Re: HP Visualize P-Class Pentium III: Dual Windows 2000
Posted on 2024-10-17, 16:13
I remember the First HP Kayak I helped setup in 1997 was for an education center I was working at. The instructor could not get the sound working or networking so he called me to work on it. I got it fix and working. I later worked at another company and I recommended they purchase some HP Kayaks …
Re: IBM PS/1 Multimedia Consultant with Sound blaster ( 1993 )
Posted on 2024-10-16, 17:44
Okay, I fixed the floppy drives. Turned the ribbons connecting the two floppy drives needed to be re-seat. I also benchmarked the computer. With L1 cache Disabled I get a score of 65 in topbench With L1 cache Enabled I get a score of 144 in topbench For reference a 286@20mhz gets a score of 50 A …
Re: Computing Eras and Interest.
Posted on 2024-10-16, 10:28
The first REAL computer I used was an AST Advantage 486, with an integrated Cirrus Logic video chipset, a sound-galaxy-washington, and 4mb of RAM. I have some fond memories from that period. Oh ASTs... I had an AST 486 with a Cyrix 486, an integrated Cirrus Logic video chipset, a real ISA SB 16, …
Re: 1133 Mhz Tualatin-S in Asus CUSL2-C
Posted on 2024-10-15, 17:13
Yes, I think I updated the bios to newest version. I am using a CPU cooler called tornado or something like that and I am using a fan speed controller And I have the fan speed set to about medium. I am using the Bios Soft CPU menu default settings. CPU settings = 133 x 10.5 = 1.4ghz Originally, I …
Re: 1133 Mhz Tualatin-S in Asus CUSL2-C
Posted on 2024-10-15, 16:43
He is pulling your leg - the board in that photo is a DFI CA64-TC which supports Tualatin cpu's out of the box. Yeah, but I later purchased another Asus CUS2-C motherboard and it working again. I can confirm because the Asus CUS2-C is listed in bootup screen with Tualatin 1.4ghz CPU. I am using …
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