Re: Right to repair discussion (split from What retro activity did you get up to today?)

Posted on 2021-10-20, 21:35

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by TechieDude

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I've been away for a while due to mandatory army service (as if I didn't already have enough on my plate), and this happens... Is there really a reason not to have R2R? It doesn't mean you should ALWAYS repair, just that you should be able to keep something working for longer than what some …

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones

Posted on 2021-06-06, 18:52

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by TechieDude

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Ulfenknulfen wrote on 2021-05-30, 13:18: Hello. I had an ALS100 with quite a bit of hissing interference. Replacing capacitors has helped. Paddy Same values or different? It didn't really help in my case...

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Re: Emulation on Windows NT 4.0

Posted on 2021-05-30, 13:29

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by TechieDude

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Because Windows NT 4.0 has limited DirectX support, if you want to run emulators that require DirectX, it would be best to use Connectix Virtual PC (up to version 5.2), QEMU 0.9.0 or Bochs 2.3.6 and run your emulators under Windows 95 guest (that has DirectX 8 support). If you have found a emulator …

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Re: Pentium M Build Log

Posted on 2021-05-06, 13:47

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by TechieDude

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A little fun fact, Vader never said that, instead he said "No, I'm your father!". Just another case of Mandela effect, I guess.[/details] That's not quite it either. He says "I am" not "I'm." https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mwtaM0GC-js Crap, you're right! Though that's mostly forgetfulness on my part …

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Re: Pentium M Build Log

Posted on 2021-03-08, 22:57

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by TechieDude

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Seems like a great build. Nice to see people experiment with what the P4 should have been to begin with. Seriously, what were Intel thinking when they made that Netburst thermonuclear disaster? Spoiler "Luke, I'm your father" A little fun fact, Vader never said that, instead he said "No, I'm your …

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Re: Sound Blaster Audigy 2 PCI Sound Card SB0240

Posted on 2021-03-08, 19:23

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by TechieDude

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Does this use the same driver CD as the 2 ZS? If so I'd think you would be ok I have that card and the 2 ZS, and the same drivers don't work with it. However, there is a driver CD that works well with the SB0240 and has both WDM and VXD drivers. I have it somewhere, let me find it first, and I'll …

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

Posted on 2021-03-08, 10:27

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by TechieDude

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...because Windows 10 killed itself by wiping the C:/-drive during an upgrade. Perhaps it is becoming self-aware? Back in the day you needed a stupid user or a virus to cause such an event... :D You've got to be kidding me... Didn't something similar happen with 1809? This is why I got sick of it. …

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Re: Retro Hardware Collecting rants

Posted on 2021-03-02, 16:26

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by TechieDude

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I apologise if it is a bit off-topic, but I recently browsed ObscureGamers (I don't have an account there) because I'm also interested in Beta versions of games, as well as prototype hardware and devkits (WAAAY out of reach, but one can dream!), and, honestly, what I saw was horrible. They prided …

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Re: Tillamook 266MHz and working L2 cache?

Posted on 2021-03-02, 12:45

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by TechieDude

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BAD NEWS II: today I got another (2-nd) P-MMX-Tillamook, for the 2-nd socket. No luck: in the POST there is shown "i(unknown)", and that's all. The same result using one or two Tillamook(s). For instance, I used another two Pentiums P54C (without MMX) -> the POST results in "Intel(P54C)x2". As I …

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Re: New old build

Posted on 2021-02-07, 22:24

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by TechieDude

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Well, for starters, welcome to the forums! As for your board, what revision is it?

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2021-02-07, 20:27

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by TechieDude

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The current office space is probably half the size, so I had to lose most of the bookshelves and resorted to custom building the desk and some of the shelving myself to get what I wanted. Desk getting built, with underhanging cable trays and 1U rack mounting brackets under the desk edge for AV …

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Re: SB16 issues

Posted on 2021-01-18, 22:10

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by TechieDude

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No, I don't mean -12V. It is true that hard drives and many floppy drives don't work without +12V. It's also true that a power supply should not indicate "power good" is +12V is out of spec (inside the supply). Yet, many mainboards work without +12V if they rely on POWERGOOD instead of probing …

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Re: SB16 issues

Posted on 2021-01-18, 21:45

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by TechieDude

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Maybe I am missing something important,but after installing the drivers for my CT2290 on a DX2-66, I get no output on the speaker jack but on the line-out. It 'works' but I hear a lot of other noises too and not a clear,crisp sound. So I switched it for a CT2920 and the same thing happens. Is this …

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Re: My retro PCs and games collections

Posted on 2021-01-18, 14:19

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by TechieDude

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Awesome builds! Though you should probably avoid anything Turbo-X like the plague. Too many crappy experiences with that netbook I got back in 2009... Also, how about you post pics?

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

Posted on 2021-01-16, 12:24

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by TechieDude

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Does compiling Super Mario 64 for PSP and playing it there natively count? I had quite a bit of trouble getting the PSP toolchain to compile and install on my laptop for the last 3 days but I finally found a (surprisingly) working guide from 2011. I only needed to add a few lines to my login scripts …

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

Posted on 2021-01-06, 22:49

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by TechieDude

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i feel you man, i was doing some cleaning in my appartment and look what happend to my Thinkpad 760ED after 1 year in storage: https://i.ibb.co/pRpBdwq/IMG-20210105-0648044.jpg https://i.ibb.co/fHJ587w/IMG-20210105-0648286.jpg it smells like some type of glue and now its shorted (no power/no lights …

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Re: A good cheap no frills handheld emulator with SD slot.

Posted on 2021-01-06, 22:23

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by TechieDude

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Guys: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pQZoVB5PCR8 Tremendous piece of emulation (PSX/PS too!) got 2 of them and it's just masterpiece... SNES, NES, Megadrive, Saturn, Arcade, Mame, Amiga, DosBox... And many more! Im getting over 60fps in Resident Evil 2, Tomb Raider 2, Wipeout, Alien Trilogy... Built …

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Re: A good cheap no frills handheld emulator with SD slot.

Posted on 2021-01-06, 11:00

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by TechieDude

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Well, the PSP works very well for me, and you can always run CFW on it without actually flashing it, making it permanent or modifying it in any other way. Only downside to that would be that you have to launch it every time you power it on, which can get a bit annoying. However, making it permanent …

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

Posted on 2020-12-25, 17:31

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by TechieDude

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It's folded into a new, bizarre shape, the front fork completely bent under the rest of the bike and the grips bent... I can't even grip what they did. The driver offered some other bike, btw. As for the rest, let's see some lawyers/insurance company match. I don't even have an idea how to assess …

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

Posted on 2020-12-16, 20:47

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by TechieDude

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The bike is completely done for. Unfortunately. But thanks anyway, everyone. And today I finished with the 20-120GB HDDs so I continued my tests with FDDs and CFs. Storage days, I say. Well, if the frame isn't bent, it should be fixable. Worst case scenario, you might salvage some spare parts from …

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