Re: IBM XT style and similar paddle switches

Posted on 2019-11-18, 16:26

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I was lucky enough to get a handful of these over a decade ago in a scrap box full of electronics parts from ebay, I haven't seen them specifically anywhere, but you can find them attached to old PSUs sometimes.

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Re: What to do when Windows 7 support ends in a few weeks time?

Posted on 2019-11-18, 16:08

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Properly implemented software telemetry is anonymous - no data should be collected/stored that can connect an observed event to a personal (e.g., user name, file name, IP address). That's in theory. What's in practice? I don't know. And if they do tell you? Do you believe them? Of course not. So …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-18, 15:56

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the ARK2000MT has "added video acceleration" whatever that means exactly ^^

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-18, 15:22

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nice 😀 I've been looking out for one of these as well, so far no luck.

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Re: Looking for my First PCs Case

Posted on 2019-11-18, 14:30

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I still don't know what case you're looking for, both of the ones you posted are ATX. my dad also threw out the first case I purchased for myself some years ago 🙁

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Re: Looking for my First PCs Case

Posted on 2019-11-18, 14:01

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but those two that you have posted are completely different from each other? do you have a picture of your case anywhere?

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Re: What to do when Windows 7 support ends in a few weeks time?

Posted on 2019-11-18, 13:41

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diagnostic data is personal data, anything I do on my machine is personal, you even just said "people's usage patterns" what is this if not personal. what websites you visited at what time can be considered "diagnostic data" what files you open can be considered "diagnostic data" when and for what …

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Re: What to do when Windows 7 support ends in a few weeks time?

Posted on 2019-11-18, 12:43

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Actually, Win10 gives you tons more control over these things. You can actually select what you agree to be collected, when and by whom; you can give/deny access to specific features for individual apps, etc. No other version of Windows gave you this much control. Granted they may not have been …

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Re: Looking for CD-R writer/burner drives the late 90s

Posted on 2019-11-15, 14:48

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I think most writers from that time period were SCSI, I'd be interested in this too, I can check if I have any.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-14, 20:55

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Predator99 wrote: cyclone3d won the price 😎 but I posted it first, I want my cookie 😢

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-14, 20:52

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http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/cpu/item/ … nvidia-riva-tnt STB VELOCITY 4400 still a nice card :p also voodoo2s tend to go for more than €50 usually, so it wasn't a crap deal either.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-14, 20:43

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that's a riva TNT :p voodoo 3 was released 1999 ^^

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-14, 20:25

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Thanks, very nice!! No, I usually dont bid on full systems. Prices are too high and I dont have space left... says the person buying up all of the scrap lots ^^ yeah the price wasn't that great of a deal or anything, but I can use all of the parts in it and if everything works... like if you add up …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-14, 20:02

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Hi Imi, nice PC and nice board! Think I have the same one here https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=53419&p=639662&hilit=MORSE+KP+286#p639662 Can you also post pictures of the EGA-card and the case please? Whcih BIOS revision does the board have? yeah, I recognized it because you posted …

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Re: GPU to pair with this system?

Posted on 2019-11-14, 16:38

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My wording was not the best ether. My language skill are very poor, sorry. I'm not sure on the CPU. I know back in the day I had a fx5950 ultra P4 on an Ic7-maxx, I think the CPU was running around 4ghz. I had a 1.4ghz Piii before that, it played UT03 fine from what I recall. Bare in mind I was …

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Re: GPU to pair with this system?

Posted on 2019-11-14, 16:19

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as in january-june 2000... work is exhausting ^^ sorry... anyways I still think you're going to be a bit short of CPU power for ut2k4

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Re: GPU to pair with this system?

Posted on 2019-11-14, 16:10

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sorry my bad, I interpreted early/mid-2000 as around the first half of 2000 🤣

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Re: GPU to pair with this system?

Posted on 2019-11-14, 15:47

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I feel like UT2k4 is going to be a bit of a stretch with this system also not really a mid2000 game :p

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Re: Adding a Fan to the Voodoo 3000? Powered by the card?

Posted on 2019-11-14, 13:57

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a small fan is heaps better than no fan, and probably more than adequate to cool it properly. remember these cards were passively cooled to begin with, just any airflow will help a lot with keeping them cool, they don't use huge amounts of power.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-14, 10:37

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dionb wrote: Alaris Leopard rev C with IBM 486SLC2-66 and an IIT co-pro for good measure. mine has the exact same botchwire, guess they came from the factory like that ^^ I don't have a matching FPU for it though.

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