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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-08, 13:08

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Bought a Dell Precision M4400 "mobile workstation" ... I have one already, upgraded to a C2D mobile P8700, and 4Gigs of DDR2. I would've really liked 8Gigs, but 4Gig DDR2 SO-DIMMS cost an arm and a leg. I stumbled across one then at the recycling station's store, and for some reason opened the lid …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-06, 22:29

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Got an 80 GiB 2.5' Seagate Momentus for my ThinkPad G41, whose disk had failed fatally with bad blocks enough to not be able to start a Windows installation. Cost less than US$20, though 2.5" IDE is not something that lies around every corner these days ...

Re: Show me your testbench

Posted on 2024-02-05, 06:49

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I've decided; in the light of nothing reasonably priced available, to put the Ender 3v2 and Fusion 360 into work. I've let myself get inspired by this https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4935303 and am in the process of constructing a similar setup, using the tray from the ThermalTake as a base, and …

Re: Show me your testbench

Posted on 2024-02-05, 06:44

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vutt wrote on 2024-02-04, 11:54: My reasonably priced one 😀 I got this one I think 6 or so years ago for retro my build in mind for 15 EUR brand new. Well I can say it was objectively priced. Still paid for it so I'm using (part) of it. That's a cool take on it 😀

Re: A NOT-SO EPIC Dual Pentium Pro Build

Posted on 2024-02-03, 22:20

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luckybob wrote on 2024-02-03, 15:45: nope. the scsi drives you have are too fast, that cache will never get any use. its 110% dick waving. Ain't this hobby too some extent about just that? 😎

Re: Pentium Pro Socket 8 CPU Cooler

Posted on 2024-02-03, 07:19

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I would guess that the heat spreader on hold tops would spread the heat enough to make it less critical if the cooler sits right on top of the actual dies or not. In the 1 meg, it might matter more, as the aluminum heat spreader doesn't seem to be as capable.

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-02, 05:10

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Took a chance on an "untested" Voodoo 2 auction because the price was right, and a localish seller (cheap shipping) and well: IMG_0559.jpeg Hmm, ok, not the end of the worl... IMG_0558.jpeg Oh. 🤦‍♂️ Was it shown in the original listing? s-l1600.jpg Pretty much. Oh well, caveat emptor baybee! If …

Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2024-01-31, 06:37

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Again, ALU wise, FPU is hopeless ... Umm, no? https://thandor.net/benchmark/33 PR133 is about Pentium 90 levels of performance in Quake (which is more than twice as fast as an Intel 486DX4-100), quite possibly the most FPU intensive application you will ever run on it.. So no, it is not hopeless …

Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2024-01-31, 06:34

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Actually, the K5 has really nothing to do with a 486 (you may be mixing it up with the 5k86) and the PR133 is faster than the Pentium 100.. Again, ALU wise, FPU is hopeless ... Umm, no? https://thandor.net/benchmark/33 PR133 is about Pentium 90 levels of performance in Quake (which is more than …

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

Posted on 2024-01-31, 05:09

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I recently started running local ads where I offer to come pick up people's "80's and 90's" era computers or parts, for free, no matter the condition to keep them from going to the landfill. I attempt to clean/repair what I can, strip suspected good components off what I can't fix to use as spare …

Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2024-01-30, 17:00

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Sure, it was meant to be an alternative to the Pentium, but since my other currently available option is this P100 Olivetti, the K5 is closer to a late 486 than a P100. Actually, the K5 has really nothing to do with a 486 (you may be mixing it up with the 5k86) and the PR133 is faster than the …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-01-29, 11:40

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I'd suppose some early Deschutes might work as well with the latest BIOS. went through my PII graveyard box and found a SL2QC Klamath 300 which is perfect. Never thought I would go digging through that box again, I should really do some testing and sell off the PII 400s in there. The latest BIOS …

Re: Show me your testbench

Posted on 2024-01-25, 11:56

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in Marvin \ System Specs

nd22 wrote on 2024-01-25, 10:31: Cooler master haf xb evo can be configured as a test bench, "normal" pc, taken to a lanparty; it's stackable... you name it! Yup, that's the case I have for my daily driver 😀

Re: 3 (+3 more) retro battle stations

Posted on 2024-01-25, 06:26

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in Marvin \ System Specs

I randomly found this circuit which is a bit strangely named "CPU gearbox" Page 86 of Elektor Electronics 303 Projects book project number 060 https://archive.org/details/Elektor_Electronics_303_Circuits/page/n85/mode/2up It's for a 6502 system, but what I'm thinking is that it might be useful for …

Re: Peltier cooling 486 CPUs - is this viable for everyday use?

Posted on 2024-01-24, 10:02

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Check out the construction of the Coolermaster V10. That might inspire some custom with/without active TEC cooling. In short, the TEC is mounted on it's own heat pipes alongside the normal radiator ...

Re: Hardware by Year Build Guide

Posted on 2024-01-23, 21:14

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Think I got my dx2/66 in '95 (or maybe even '94). It had 8Mb memory and 1Mb VLB graphics. In '97, I think, I got a spanking new K6-233 with no less than 32Mb. That was upgraded to a Celeron 450A (which for some reason was marked 300A 🤣 ) i '99, that had a whopping 128Mb ...

Re: Help with choosing components (Early XP build)

Posted on 2024-01-23, 20:50

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

The Parhelia PCI-X - isn't that a 64-bit card, i.e. longer than the PCI slots?

Re: Acrylic 2003 build (January 2024)

Posted on 2024-01-23, 20:48

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in Marvin \ System Specs

Bruno128 wrote on 2024-01-13, 19:30: [*]ABit NF7-S V2.0 with Thermalright SLI-IFX chipset cooler Is that the heatpipes standing right above the GPU?

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

Posted on 2024-01-23, 06:11

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The past few days things have settled down and I've been able to print a much more suitable Compact Flash card holder since I now have much more than 10, this design screws into the bottom of a wood shelf and uses VHB tape on the front to attach while keeping the space above fully usable. This …

Re: What do you stockpile?

Posted on 2024-01-23, 06:03

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Holy fudge! Does it shred the HDD in total, or must the plates be removed and fed separately? I work in nuclear and the government makes the whole disk get shredded. They are worried about someone getting the plutonium. They take this level of physical security to disks but get 13 findings of non- …

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