Re: Getting my first 3dfx card. Any advice?

Posted on 2024-12-20, 16:31

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by Intel486dx33

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Use a compact flash card or SSD in your computer. 256mb of RAM for best performance Put a good heat sink and fan on your Voodoo card to prolong its life. This 3dfx chip runs very hot. Get a Fast CDROM 32x or Faster Apply Windows updates, service packs and patches. Especially if you use an AMD CPU.

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Re: 1993 486-33DX Build

Posted on 2024-12-20, 15:34

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This was the Most Popular computer specs in 1993 486dx-33 ISA motherboard 4mb RAM Svga video card Sound blaster 16 compatible sound card 2x CDROM ( Panasonic or Sony ) 120mb IDE hard drive Svga monitor 14.4 kb dial up modem 3.5 and 5.25 Floppy drives Windows 3x and DOS 5.0 This was the Specs of my …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-12-20, 05:24

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by Intel486dx33

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Grabbed this PCI EvilKing Voodoo3, card looks to be in good condition but its untested so fingers crossed. Wasnt expensive either due to being untested. EvilKing Voodoo 3.jpg I purchased two of these not working. Yhe video came out messed up. The fix was to reflow the memory chips. If you have some …

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Happy Holidays 2024 was a Good Year.

Posted on 2024-12-18, 01:48

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by Intel486dx33

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Happy Holidays Guys. 2024 was a Good year in California for Rain water, Snow levels, Grape growers, Wine makers, Farmers and Ranchers. Economy was Okay too. I think the weather conditions are getting back to normal in California. 2025 Should be a Good year too for Farmers and Ranchers. 2025 Maybe …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-12-18, 01:09

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I purchased another one of these beige 17-inch displays for $20 USD. It was up for auction for two months and no one wanted it. So I offered $20 and got it. I love these Beige Displays. They Brighten up a room and Make me feel so Good. These Beige computer cases and Displays really do change your …

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Re: 486 Multimedia dream build ( 1993/94 )

Posted on 2024-12-18, 01:04

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I purchased another Display for $20 USD, It looks and works like NEW.

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Re: Still using XP and dont want to change

Posted on 2024-12-17, 08:28

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”Windows XP is a Beast”. I Had WinXP Pro running on a liquid cooled HP z400 and z800 workstations Specs: Dual Xeon ( 12 cores, 24 threads 64gb ECC Memory Sata SSD Raid controller Bluray drive GTX 960 Post Link: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1086854&hilit=hp%20z800#p1086854 Post Link: …

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Re: Does anybody have an idea on how I can further upgrade my system?

Posted on 2024-12-16, 11:34

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by Intel486dx33

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Upgrades to consider: 1) Network card. It’s so convenient having a Network card. Makes life very easy. You can use a Network card from HP, 3com, or Intel. They are very well supported. 2) Get a WiFi extender and Switch. I use the TP Link WiFi-N Extender.Just pair with your home router and plug in …

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Re: Still using XP and dont want to change

Posted on 2024-12-16, 02:04

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Some print shops still use it to run old versions of photoshop and indesign software. Also used to run old industrial ink printers and plotters and programs. I used an old Black Dell Optiplex tower with Pentium-4 and learn Photoshop, indesign, Adobe Suite, Microsoft Office, etc. It’s still a good …

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Re: HP Visualize P-Class Pentium III: Dual Windows 2000

Posted on 2024-12-14, 10:23

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by Intel486dx33

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My Kayak-XU has Dual Pentium-III@500mhz 512mb SDRAM Matrox G450 Dual head for dual monitor support. Iwill 66 or High point IDE adapter for adding Zip drive Onboard Fast wide SCSI Dual Seagate Cheetah SCSI hard drives HP Night director Network card Parallel adapter for adding an additional paralell …

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Re: Still using XP and dont want to change

Posted on 2024-12-13, 09:13

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Back in 2014 I noticed hospitals and State government agencies still using WinXP.

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Re: 486 Multimedia dream build ( 1993/94 )

Posted on 2024-12-13, 09:05

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“I am a Believer in Windows 95 again” Guys, My memories of Win95 from 1995 are NOT very good. This operating system gave me allot of frustration when it was first released back in 1995 My old ISA motherboard 486 computer with 486dx-33 and 4mb of RAM could hardly run Win95 So I had to upgrade all my …

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Re: Pondering the recreation of an early "Multimedia" PC... if it exists.

Posted on 2024-12-11, 20:46

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I think IBM and AST were among the first to Mass produce the “MultiMedia PC” for the Public Back in 1993. IBM had the 486 PS/1 Multimedia edition. https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=774740&hilit=ibm%20ps%20ps%2F1%20multimedia#p774740 AST had the 486 Bravo Multimedia edition https://www.vogons. …

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Re: 486 Multimedia dream build ( 1993/94 )

Posted on 2024-12-11, 08:58

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I am pretty sure it’s a 486 computer.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-12-10, 15:26

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by Intel486dx33

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Just arrived on the mail a small lot of pc cards: Cards.jpg A pair of unremarkable pci network cads, a modem, and 2 sound cards for the low price of 18€. The ESS card sounds nice for a 1MB sample rom, the rendition of Monkey island is rather nice. This card is somewhat obscure, and the only …

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Re: IBM PS/1 2133

Posted on 2024-12-10, 11:06

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by Intel486dx33

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Make sure you try out these Original IBM Disk images. https://ps1stuff.wordpress.com/download/downloads-for-type-2133/ They are of the original installations that came with your computer. You will learn allot from them because they are loaded with Dos tools and Diagnostics and Batch files. For …

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

Posted on 2024-12-10, 10:48

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Happy Holidays from Silicon Valley in Warm Sunny California Here is my latest Costco haul. Guys, I have not tried this Starbucks Hot Coco yet but is Smells Amazingly Rich in Chocolate. I can’t wait to taste it. I am going to Make a Caffe Mocha $9 for a can of Coco at Costco.

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Re: Benefits of building a 386 computer ?

Posted on 2024-12-09, 14:37

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by Intel486dx33

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My 386 computer just sits on the Shelf. I never use it. Last time I used it I noticed the plastic around the hard drive started to melt. That old hard drive hardly works any more. For playing DOS games a 486dx-66 or higher is Best. Or a 1st gen Pentium or AMD K6 You can always SLOW DOWN a CPU by …

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Re: Ram sizes and costs in 1997 and 2000.

Posted on 2024-12-08, 13:43

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by Intel486dx33

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In 1997 I was working for a BIG computer companies in Silicon Valley. And for High end corporate business computers 16mb ot ram was enough for most computers running Win95 or NT 4.0 32mb of Memory for Servers runing WinNT 4.0 Server. Commonly mostly Unix servers used 64mb or more of Memory. RAM was …

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Re: 486 Multimedia dream build ( 1993/94 )

Posted on 2024-12-05, 16:31

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by Intel486dx33

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Guys, “This is the Best Win95 VLB motherboard 486 Ever”. Well, anyways it’s pretty good. It’s so fast and reliable for a 486 computer running Win95 This is how a 486 computer is suppose to perform. ”I Feel the Need for Speed”.

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