Re: Pentium II 450 Build

Posted on 2019-08-30, 10:47

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SB live is from 1998, but the SB0060 is a later model live 5.1 the first versions are CT4620 and CT4670 and the first live drive came with a platinum version in 1999 iirc. I was still rockin an AWE64 value back then ^^

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

Posted on 2019-08-30, 09:53

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Caluser2000 wrote: did some sorting. I need to do that sometime... preferably soon before I get lost in the boxes full of cards 🤣

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Re: Pentium II 450 Build

Posted on 2019-08-30, 09:48

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if you're going for full accuracy, I think the SB0060 is from 2000? and the first live drive came in 1999? someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-08-29, 16:11

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this absolute beauty arrived today :), I was anxious about having it shipped, but it was packed very well and survived the jorney across countries just fine it seems :) hardware28_01.jpg unfortunately I could find almost no information whatsoever about this monitor ... but it has a composite and …

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

Posted on 2019-08-29, 12:09

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I like your workshop 😁

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Re: I forget there are those unlike us

Posted on 2019-08-29, 11:28

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Their disinterest did make the start of my hobby relatively smooth sailing though. They wanted to give me more than I could carry! D: SOmetimes quite literally! lol They were the ones saying it was worthless junk, so I got their stuff for free :P everyone I asked just said "oh I already threw that …

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Re: ID this S3 PCI video card.

Posted on 2019-08-28, 01:39

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sweet, this is a really nice PCI card 😀

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-08-27, 13:56

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I think I spotted that one for sale. Despite really wanting a V4, I decided against it... looks like a good call. Make sure the seller knows how much value he destroyed. Imi, also bought from the "screwdriver-man"? ;-) my cards look similar. haha yeah, their kind seems to be spreading... I jumped …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-08-27, 10:01

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found a scrap box locally for once... warning: graphic content. whyyyy 😢 Filename hardware27.jpg File size 214.28 KiB Views 1567 views 😵

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-08-26, 21:18

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oh no, now I have to sort through all of these :lol: hardware26.jpg Gravis Grip Multiport including 4 gamepads a bunch of Saitek pads, Logitech Wingman, several other multi-adapters and pads 2x Sidewinder Force Feedback Pro, 1x Sidewinder Joystick Gravis and several others... not pictured: I also …

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

Posted on 2019-08-26, 12:58

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bfcastello wrote: Don't know how to classify this, as a retro or modern activity. But I installed WinAmp 5.8 on my Windows 10 Enterprise VM, along with the classic skin running on it. Oh, memories... I also still use winamp today, and I don't see any need to change that 😀 it really whips the …

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Re: another LCD died, RIP Dell 1901FP

Posted on 2019-08-26, 11:27

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Why is it that, these LCD monitors are reaching the "capacitor failure" stage of their life, while millions of much older CRTs keep marching on with very few capacitor problems? It's a shame because those little 4:3 Dells are quite good. Capacitor plague-related thing maybe? Hope it's just cap …

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Re: gotek emulator not working "drive not ready"

Posted on 2019-08-26, 11:18

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thanks, I assumed reflashing it would probably fix it and I'm planning to reflash them in the future anyways, I just wanted to get it up and running now so I can actually go and start to test stuff 😀

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Re: I forget there are those unlike us

Posted on 2019-08-26, 10:17

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different interests are perfectly fine... but if someone is passionately talking about their hobby and interests being old PCs telling them "It's a pile of junk" is just insensetive and rude and a sign of bad character.

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Re: gotek emulator not working "drive not ready"

Posted on 2019-08-26, 09:35

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so... the version of the Gotek does matter after all, after I couldn't get mine to work I ordered another one... this time a SFR1M44-U100K that gets mentioned the most, plugged it in, and it just works. the second jumper is set differently on this one ootb, it bridges JA and J5, I only found one …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-08-25, 11:07

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tell you the truth its hard to believe that apple II clone or whatever was damaged like that during shipping. Expansion cards don't get unscrewed and come out on their own and fly around inside of a case. It must of been like that and then whoever sold it shipped it like that because they were dumb …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-08-24, 21:15

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Your clone is something more than a standard apple 2 clone. Apple 2 does not use standard PC type 34 pin floppy drives. The floppy drives on the right hand side appear to be standard apple clone floppy drives connected to a standard clone apple 2 floppy controller. The standard floppy drives on the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-08-23, 22:14

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^^^Wow, that sucks! Hopefully you can fix it! An Apple II that looks like a old PC? O.O I got these things a couple of days ago for frrrrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. :D free is the best kind of payment :D it's the same as this board apparently: https://www.oldcomputr.com/wp-content/ …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-08-23, 16:08

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good news and bad news... so I got my first desktop case some time ago, this one: hardware25_01.jpg and I got another one today: hardware25_02.jpg notice any similarities? what are the odds :lol: also got another oddity drive: hardware25_03.jpg someone please stop me :D ...and now for the bad I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-08-23, 13:09

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How much is an SC-55 worth these days, a clean one? There is an unboxed one for sale locally for around $130 and I think that's way too expensive.. I see them regularly go for around around 100€ or more :( all the other midi modules I have I got for 50€ or less, even the MT-32 (though that was me …

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