Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2023-05-20, 22:20

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by Intel486dx33

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Later I replaced the Synoptics hub with an HP Pro Curve Switch. My year 1998 thru 2004 cable modem home network. With 20-inch Sony Monitors, HP Computers, HP Officejet, and Printers. CD’s were popular back then. 50mb/s internet download speeds. Wiki Link to @Home Networks: https://en.wikipedia.org/ …

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Re: In your opinion, what are the 5 best pci graphics cards from the late 90's?

Posted on 2023-05-20, 21:44

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For DOS game play compatibility anf good game play performance. 1) S3 trio64 DX/VX ( Play and play cards with great compatibility. ) 2) ATI Rage 3) Riva TNT 4) Matrox Millennium / Mystic 5) Geforce MX Last ) Voodoo 3 3000 ( Very few still around because of over heating issues and leaking capacitors …

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Re: Five sound cards, one computer? Questions before I buy

Posted on 2023-05-20, 19:40

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by Intel486dx33

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You might want to read about the “MIDI General” build. He posted his config files too. Link: Re: The MIDI General

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Re: Nostalgia for vintage PCs in the future

Posted on 2023-05-20, 17:08

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Retro computer community just has allot of old people from the 1970’s , 80’s and 90’s that want to revisit old computers from that era when they grew up because they either did not have a computer back then or were to busy working or doing other things to really get to understand what computers were …

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Re: What are you eating/drinking? (the vogons food thread)

Posted on 2023-05-20, 16:52

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Costco bakery pastries Apple Danish and Croissants My Mother and Sister just came back from Vacation tour in Europe and they brought me this Starbucks Cup from Paris and some Pasties from France including Original French Croissants. They are almost the same as Costco Bakery Croissants. But the …

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Re: Original Voodoo 5 6000 prototype for sale on eBay

Posted on 2023-05-12, 17:24

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by Intel486dx33

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All my ISA cards still work and they would be easy to fix if they some how stopped working. It’s NOT a secret that PCI video cards were plagued with poor design, bad SMB soldering and manufacturing process. Cheap components like capacitors. That why so many PCI video cards stopped working or …

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Re: Original Voodoo 5 6000 prototype for sale on eBay

Posted on 2023-05-10, 14:57

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by Intel486dx33

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I remember I replaced my PCI Voodoo card with a PCI Riva TNT because it had better graphics. I think I was running Win98.

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2023-05-10, 13:28

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by Intel486dx33

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My year 1998-2004 home lab. We were in the Development region of Silicon Valley where we first had High speed cable modems. When it first rolled out there was NO to little network security. You could go on Microsoft Network neighborhood and see all the computers in your neighborhood, Share printers, …

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Re: Original Voodoo 5 6000 prototype for sale on eBay

Posted on 2023-05-07, 23:49

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by Intel486dx33

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How many Voodoo cards do you own ? I have about 10 And 4 of them don’t work because they over heated and the capacitors burst and leaked all over the PCB Destroying the traces. That why there are so few of these cards around today. Poor design, cheap components, and bad manufacturing process.

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Re: Original Voodoo 5 6000 prototype for sale on eBay

Posted on 2023-05-07, 21:36

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The Ship has sailed on the Voodoo cards. They are Over Hyped and over priced for used hardware with bad manufacturing and design. You don’t need a Voodoo card to play most DOS games in Good Quality. The “S3 Trio64 DX”. Will play 95% of DOS games in good Quality. I would NOT pay more than $60 for a …

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Re: List of VLB IDE Controllers

Posted on 2023-04-30, 03:59

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by Intel486dx33

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I need a driver for the Controller - DTC-2278D, VLB ( 2 channels ). that offer support for hard drives larger than 420mbs.

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Re: List of VLB IDE Controllers

Posted on 2023-04-29, 08:34

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by Intel486dx33

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What about this one. It’s a Mystery to me. I bought it NEW on eBay but I can’t find any drivers or jumper setting or documentation for it. Its a “Acculogic sIDE-4/VI” I’m testing with that exact card. I’ve had the best luck with the IDE driver in this bundle: http://vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php? …

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Re: List of VLB IDE Controllers

Posted on 2023-04-28, 19:34

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by Intel486dx33

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What about this one. It’s a Mystery to me. I bought it NEW on eBay but I can’t find any drivers or jumper setting or documentation for it. Its a “Acculogic sIDE-4/VI”

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Re: Easy Win-95 era gaming PC.

Posted on 2023-04-27, 00:44

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by Intel486dx33

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The CPU that Changed the Game. The Intel Pentium came in like a “WREAKING BALL” and Obliterated the Computer Industry back in 1990’s It completely Dominated the Computer Industry and Made Win-Intel the Power House it is today. With ease of use Win95/98 and the Power of WinNT this Low cost CPU and …

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Re: 486 Multimedia dream build ( 1993/94 )

Posted on 2023-04-22, 21:01

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by Intel486dx33

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I have a NEW Design. "Never Obsolete"

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Re: Ethernet switch and router

Posted on 2023-04-22, 00:36

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by Intel486dx33

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HP or Cisco.

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Re: My Dell Dimension XPS 1997/1998 Build

Posted on 2023-04-19, 18:00

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by Intel486dx33

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Isn’t Intel MMX CPU mainly a Win98 CPU ?……Most Win95 computers were not MMX.

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Re: Anyone notice the eBay shipping costs have doubled!?

Posted on 2023-04-17, 23:12

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by Intel486dx33

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Yeah, just like NASA is spinning off workloads to SpaceX, Blue origin, and Virgin Galactic. I see the government doing the same with the postal service.

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Re: Anyone notice the eBay shipping costs have doubled!?

Posted on 2023-04-17, 21:39

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I have a feeling the USA government is going to make the US Postal service a privately owned company soon. They have always been talking about it and with all the changes happening in commerce in America I think it might happen soon. It actually makes allot of sense since allot of stores are closing …

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Re: Anyone notice the eBay shipping costs have doubled!?

Posted on 2023-04-17, 15:25

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by Intel486dx33

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Yes, there are many factors why the U.S. Postal service is NOT Turing a Profit but it started after about 1995. But in order for them to turn a profit they need to charge more. They was a time that they want to Shut down the US Postal Service and have it become a Privately owned Company. After all …

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