Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-03, 05:23

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by Brawndo

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Snagged this big boy locally, a Dell P1110 21" CRT. I believe it's a Dell branded Sony G500. It needs G2 voltage adjusted because it has the runaway brightness issue, but that shouldn't be a problem. These can be fine tuned with WinDAS, so a little time and massaging the settings and should be a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-05-26, 19:44

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by Brawndo

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Looks like old component prices have come back down. A voodoo 5500 just sold on eBay with 1 bid for $349. For that price it's almost worth it. I already have one, but for somebody looking for one who doesn't want to pay north of $600 as I've seen some sell for.

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Be careful how you store your stuff!

Posted on 2022-05-24, 20:08

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by Brawndo

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So last night, I dodged a bullet. I have a lot of stuff, retro and otherwise, stored in cardboard boxes in a spare room downstairs, mostly stacked on the hardwood floor. Well we had an issue with a leaking pipe in the wall and it began to flood the room! Fortunately we caught it before it got too …

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Re: What scary games require booze to take the edge off?

Posted on 2022-05-16, 03:45

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by Brawndo

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FEAR gave me some good jumps the first time I played through it. I remember one part when you climb down a ladder then turn around once you're on it and you see the legs and feet of the ghost following you. Scared the crap out of me.

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2022-05-16, 03:42

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by Brawndo

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Got these for an upgrade to my main system. Ryzen 9 5950x - new 64GB DDR4-3600 CL16 ASUS ROG Strix x570-e motherboard with EK monoblock. Also ordered 2x more fans to complete the push/pull water cooling setup this system will have. You're going to love that system. My main desktop I built a year …

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

Posted on 2022-05-16, 03:37

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by Brawndo

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Technically I did this the last weekend, anyways I checked pretty much all my non-in-box mainboards for bulged capacitors and did a re-organisation in the storage to make them more easy to identify Also found few CPUs I forgot in the socket who knows when :D Man I hope you don't lose your balance …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-05-14, 17:45

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by Brawndo

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Sadly it lacks the ISA slot.. I hate when they have printed the f**king ISA on the PCBm but yet no one bothered to install one... Not sure if someone try, can solder ISA slot there... I could be wrong, but it's possible the BIOS wouldn't support ISA even if you did solder a connector on, in which …

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Re: GA-5AX prices on Ebay are outrageous; why?

Posted on 2022-05-14, 16:23

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by Brawndo

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If you check ebay pretty much every day for this stuff, eventually you'll find a fairly priced one and be able to scoop it up (relatively) cheap. You just have to be diligent in searching. Awhile ago when I was on a SS7 board buying spree, a specific board I wanted was an Aopen AX59 Pro (shhh it's …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-05-14, 15:29

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by Brawndo

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wow that's cool! I still have mine, original 360 (xeonon?) and I always wondered why it never died with RRoD; it was an overheat related thing, right? is there an approximate amount of use hrs after they are likely to fail? I used mine definitely less than the avarage console gamers I think, played …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-05-14, 06:01

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by Brawndo

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Latest loot. Bought on eBay, an Extron 128 video switch in incredible condition. Figured I'll get one while they're still cheap. Since I'm going RGB with all my old consoles, I needed a good way to centralize all the connections. https://i.ibb.co/Tg14N79/20220513-234335.jpg https://i.ibb.co/80Kjrm2/ …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-05-09, 03:28

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by Brawndo

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I love the local treasure finds. One man's junk is another man's treasure. Just picked up this 36" Sony Trinitron Wega CRT TV for $40. It's my second Sony 36" CRT strictly for use with the old school consoles and light gun games. It's got a little cracked plastic on the top, but a little glue and …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-05-07, 22:21

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by Brawndo

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I love the local treasure finds. One man's junk is another man's treasure. Just picked up this 36" Sony Trinitron Wega CRT TV for $40. It's my second Sony 36" CRT strictly for use with the old school consoles and light gun games. It's got a little cracked plastic on the top, but a little glue and …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-04-30, 01:06

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by Brawndo

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I wasn't aware there was anything faster than PC3200 back in the day, also, since I wasn't much of an overclocker. I think I only put together 1 DDR400 machine, and that was it. Some board based on Gigabyte, which I can't recall. I remember RAM speeds going up to at least 4000-4400 back then, but I …

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Re: Some eBay sellers are assholes

Posted on 2022-04-30, 00:59

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by Brawndo

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Well all you have to do is move on, wait for another opportunity. The free market dictates sellers can ask whatever insane price they like for their stuff. That also means it can sit for years unsold because the price is too high and nobody is willing to pay it. The real value of anything is only …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-04-29, 04:33

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by Brawndo

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Received this gem today, brand new in sealed box, a first generation Xbox 360 Pro, system board either Xenon or Zephyr due to the 203-watt power supply printed on the box label. I couldn't pass it up because it's definitely got the original blades dashboard, version old enough to be exploited via …

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Re: What's the most recent dumb tech mistake you've made?

Posted on 2022-04-24, 04:14

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by Brawndo

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I recently made the mistake of buying an Xbox 360 slim from a thrift store without testing it first, just assumed all would be well. Got it home and set up, beeps when the power button is pressed but won't turn on. Now I get to try to figure out what the issue is. Of course it's none of the easy …

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

Posted on 2022-04-24, 03:51

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by Brawndo

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Not today but a couple weeks ago, I finally got around to testing the Voodoo 5500 card I bought years ago, works great! Currently running it in a period correct 2000 era system with a PIII 1.0 GHz. Gave it a quick run through Need For Speed II SE, one of my favorite 3dfx titles from back in the day. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-04-24, 03:39

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by Brawndo

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Got this! External SCSI SyQuest 230MB 3.5" drive. Full set, will archive the floppies unless they are already archived. For whatever reason, it also seems to include coincidentally 230MB MO disk. I have an internal 650MB MO drive - i wonder, if it would work with that? Wow, I actually (very vaguely …

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Re: What Voodoo graphic to buy?

Posted on 2022-04-13, 00:00

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by Brawndo

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Cuttoon wrote on 2022-04-12, 16:39: Honestly, if you have three voodoo cards, you should be buying none at all. The market is tight enough. Give others a chance without paying through their teeth 😉 Nonsense. I've got 8 Voodoo cards and it ain't enough 😉

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-04-01, 05:04

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by Brawndo

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Not sure if this stuff would be considered "retro," may be too new, but I've been on somewhat of a Fanatec steering wheel controller buying spree the past couple of weeks. I've been a "fan" of Fanatec since the original Xbox days, owned a couple back when, sold them, and now looking to reclaim what …

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