Re: SHARP Transmeta Efficeon laptop

Posted on 2022-12-01, 11:26

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I wasn't actually sure it would work, but yes, the Mebius 100% can boot off USB thumb drives, not just CDs. And yes, I made certain to back up the XP install before wiping. IMG_20221201_024405.jpg Every 25% or so, it pauses copying for a few minutes, but it's finished. I picked BTRFS as my …

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Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2022-12-01, 07:14

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Still blows my mind to call the PlayStation 3 "retro." It doesn't feel that long ago to me but no, it's more than 15 years old at this point. What is time. I think this video has a good perspective on what "retro" would be, at least regarding game consoles. Yeah that makes a lot of sense. It really …

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

Posted on 2022-12-01, 07:10

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Finished a backup of an old laptop hard drive that had Windows 8.1 on it. Next step is verifying the image and reinstalling with Mageia 8 as I've been meaning to get around to trying it as a former Mandriva user, and a small T2 SDE-made Linux install entirely as a blank slate for my GNOME 1.4 fork. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-11-30, 00:52

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Not bought, but arrived: my Asus K7V, currently stuffed with the 700MHz Pluto it shipped with. Sometime soon I'll be going and getting some components to fill out the build a bit more so I can switch out the 5200 LE with my Radeon 8500DV. Eventually I'll think about switching that out with an Asus …

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Re: Entirely questionable Digital Trends article: "The 5 worst Nvidia GPUs, ranked".

Posted on 2022-11-29, 06:27

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To be honest, I considered the NV1 and disqualified it from my list because it was 1995 - there really weren't many standards of anything 3D back then besides I guess OpenGL, so quads probably weren't really an invalid choice for a home game fastening machine. I'm sure there are other reasons for it …

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Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2022-11-29, 02:10

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I am going to confess to this crime prior to committing it: the spare case I have that I'm about to install the K7V into has a Raidmax RX-630SS power supply in it. I don't really want to use it, but I don't have any other PSUs spare and the cable routing panel won't come off, despite there not being …

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Entirely questionable Digital Trends article: "The 5 worst Nvidia GPUs, ranked".

Posted on 2022-11-29, 01:19

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Link The List: [*]GeForce GTX 480 [*]GeForce GTX 970 [*]GeForce GTX 1060 3GB [*]GeForce RTX 2080 [*]GeForce RTX 3080 12GB The GTX 480 I can see on the list. But can you think of anything else more worthy of being on the list? I can. GeForce 210, MX4000, the good old FX line as a whole, and the TNT2 …

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Re: Retro Styled Modular IPS Display for old and new systems

Posted on 2022-11-28, 02:27

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To be honest, I don't mind 5:4 at all whether stretched on a CRT or square pixel on a flat panel. If this was, say, 2560x2048 that'd be pretty cool, as I'm someone where 90% of the things I do on computers is vertically scrolling. I would even like a 4:5 or 3:4 display. 2:3 is pushing it a little …

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Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2022-11-25, 17:25

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I tried to fix a PS3 having a bad power supply. Did turn on for a few seconds and then powers down. I shorted the plus and minus prongs from the psu to the mobo when getting it together. It doesnt power on anymore :) Still blows my mind to call the PlayStation 3 "retro." It doesn't feel that long …

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

Posted on 2022-11-25, 04:05

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Sounds pretty good. If I were still cool with amd64, I'd probably want to pretty much follow along with that same setup. I myself just bought some USB drives -- two 16GBs and a 64GB -- and am going to upgrade this laptop to Mageia once they arrive.

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Re: Windows XP how much people still use for MAIN OS?

Posted on 2022-11-25, 02:40

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I did use XP to go online in the past year; I used roytam's build of Basilisk - http://rtfreesoft.blogspot.com/ If you are behind a NAT / properly configured firewall, there should be no issues for light browsing on reputable sites. However, I would never use XP as main OS. Windows 7 32 bit does …

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Re: your last purchased retro graphics card or any of your collection

Posted on 2022-11-24, 19:06

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Well, it's still the FX 5200 PCI, but before that were a Radeon 9200 SE and the Radeon 9800 Pro that's currently in my G4 Quicksilver. I'll update with photos at a later time, because I'm not near either Radeon. For the FX, it looks like this.

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Re: Retro Styled Modular IPS Display for old and new systems

Posted on 2022-11-24, 18:01

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Thomas Electronics in New York still produces CRTs for institutional users, they might be a place to start on such a quest. Someone mentioned that they only make them up to 5"; even if that's true, that just means making it a rear projection display rather than a conventional CRT.

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Re: SHARP Transmeta Efficeon laptop

Posted on 2022-11-23, 07:58

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I've been meaning to give an update, but I've never gotten the opportunity. I've had the time, but I have no clue where my USB stick I use for OS installs is. So to that end, I've gone and ordered two 16GB Micro Center sticks and a 64GB one. The plan is still ReactOS first, then Windows 98 SE, then …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-11-22, 20:32

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Welp, genuine sorry to anyone here who had their eyes on that Asus K7V listed on Big Auction Website, I just bought it for the Big Athlon Project. I'll take good care of it and follow through with any requests anyone has for testing anything regarding it so as to make it in some small way everyone …

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Re: Retro Styled Modular IPS Display for old and new systems

Posted on 2022-11-21, 16:44

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I wouldn't get one for console if it's got poor response times, that really does matter. Donkey Kong Country is significantly harder on a flat panel display than on a CRT in my experience.

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Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2022-11-20, 09:45

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At risk of going too far in the direction of modern, a Prescott/Smithfield with a GTX 480 Ti would let you do your taxes and make s'mores on the same desk. Pair it up with that NZXT fire hazard case, an SSD because hard drives are the one thing I really am glad are gone, and any PSU labelled "90 …

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Re: the unofficial Vogons server centric thread

Posted on 2022-11-20, 08:07

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For modern, I'm saving up to build a modern workstation/daily desktop build that I'm hoping will last me the next 10-15 years. IBM POWER9 02CY297 (will later switch out to an 8-core, or a 160w 16-core, whichever is cheaper) in a Raptor CS Blackbird motherboard, with 32GB of RAM and a Radeon RX or …

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Re: How many working computers do you have right now?

Posted on 2022-11-20, 05:39

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Known (ordered by age): - Dell OptiPlex GX1 SFF (350MHz Pentium II, 1999) - PowerBook G3 (333MHz 750L, 1999) - Power Mac G4 (450MHz 7400, 2000) - Power Mac G4 (2x800MHz 7450, 2001) - iBook G3 (900MHz 750FX, 2003) - SHARP Mebius Muramasa PC-MM2-5NE (1GHz Efficeon TM8600, 2004) - iMac G5 (1.67GHz …

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Re: Retro Styled Modular IPS Display for old and new systems

Posted on 2022-11-19, 21:29

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Solution for what, the fairly low availability of a real CRT monitor these days? I don't see what problem this sets out to solve. I'd certainly like to have a flat panel lying around in a fullscreen aspect ratio and not have to pay the $800 for a 28" MateView, but if it's a 50 or 60Hz panel like I …

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