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

Posted on 2020-12-27, 20:28

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the_ultra_code wrote on 2020-12-27, 13:31: Spitz wrote on 2020-12-27, 12:16: Well ... I bought another retro PC ... My wife is surely gonna make me homeless now 🙁 I heard if you buy enough retro machines, you can stack them up on top of each other to create a rudimentary hut. 😜 Thx mate - good idea …

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

Posted on 2020-12-27, 12:38

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edit: adding to my post above only after I'm confident I didn't seriously hurt myself 24 hours ago I took a major fall down the stairs to the basement with my retro PC in my arms. Believe it or not, the first thought through my head as I was falling was "Don't let the PC get hurt!". I ended up …

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Re: Spitz retro-PCs

Posted on 2020-12-27, 12:17

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Well ... I bought another retro PC ... My wife is surely gonna make me homeless now 🙁 It's a 386..... #11...

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

Posted on 2020-12-27, 12:16

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Well ... I bought another retro PC ... My wife is surely gonna make me homeless now 🙁 It's a 386.....

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Re: Winter Holiday Restoration. ( 2001 )

Posted on 2020-12-27, 11:40

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Nice one. I live in Europe there's plenty of Gateway retro systems to find out here.

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Re: Are my PPro 200Mhz, Voodoo2 SLI, Quake 2 benchmark results OK?

Posted on 2020-12-24, 21:45

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My guess is that Intel could have sold ppro233’s if they only offered it in 256kb varieties, the bigger cache modules likely couldn’t clock any higher than 200 Not really. They just didn't had enough headroom, so to speak, to make 233 Mhz models. Shipping a CPU which edges on maximum stable clocks …

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Re: Geforce 4 Ti 4200 performance issues

Posted on 2020-12-16, 11:38

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I remember playing NFSU on my P4 2.8Ghz 1,5 GB RAM GF 5900XT - believe me or not it felt like the game wanted SERIOUS more.... So Your 1.7 is definitely not enough... "Recommended Requirements OS: Win Xp 32 Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2.0GHz / AMD Athlon XP 1500+ Graphics: AMD Radeon X1050 or NVIDIA …

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Re: The Ultimate 486 Benchmark Comparison

Posted on 2020-12-14, 21:33

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This are some snapshots from my Toshiba T4850CT (486 DX4/75, 8MB RAM download/file.php?id=88419&mode=view ) laptop benchmarks:

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Re: Yet another 486 DX4-100 build

Posted on 2020-12-10, 13:00

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What a great photostory and mint condition of parts!

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Re: Spitz retro-PCs

Posted on 2020-12-07, 19:18

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Big Benchmark is coming soon

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

Posted on 2020-12-07, 18:59

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After fixing 3 laptops had to tidy up little bit to do some tests (benchmarks!) and post it later on 😉 Siemens 486 (PCD-4ND) Toshiba 486 (t4850ct) Toshiba P120 (700CT) 2nd Toshiba P120 (Tecra 510CDT) Toshiba P133 (430CDT) Toshiba P166 MMX (300CDT)

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Re: Spitz retro-PCs

Posted on 2020-12-07, 17:20

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Playing Winamp on a DX4/75? Impressive! Had to overclock my x5/133 to 160 to avoid stuttering back in the day .. Don't know how.... But it's working! That's pretty cool! What bitrate, etc.? Hmm it seems that it goes on 100Mhz Turbo mode (don't know exactly how it's turning on) - , bitrate 128kbps

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Re: Spitz retro-PCs

Posted on 2020-12-07, 08:01

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H3nrik V! wrote on 2020-12-06, 07:09: Playing Winamp on a DX4/75? Impressive! Had to overclock my x5/133 to 160 to avoid stuttering back in the day .. Don't know how.... But it's working!

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Re: Spitz retro-PCs

Posted on 2020-12-05, 22:27

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[Hmmmm addiction? can't be!] There it is.. #3 PC, This time a Laptop Toshiba T4850CT. Specs: https://usermanual.com/document/7530/toshiba-t4850ct-specification.html In short: 3.3V SL enhanced i486 DX4 75MHz (16KB internal cache; integrated math coprocessor) 10.4" full-color Active Matrix, Thin Film …

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Re: Amiga A500 Neccesary equipment

Posted on 2020-12-05, 21:47

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Well. with an A520 You can get color too. There is also RGB-Video to Scart cable to connect with TV and 2x RCA for sound ( IMHO best option to start). AV Cable: https://www.ebay.pl/itm/Commodore-Amiga-A500-A600-A1200-A2000-RGB-Scart-Lead-TV-Video-Cable-NEW/254623532468?hash=item3b48bec5b4:g: …

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Re: Power Supply Recommendations for a dual P3 System

Posted on 2020-12-03, 22:08

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I would say 400W with an active PFC will be just fine. Aim for Fortron, Seasonic, Chieftec..... Modern PSU will be suitable even for older setups as we talking about ATX. Care for standard molex plugs rather than the sata ones when buying new, modern ATX PSU.

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Re: Toshiba Satellite 300CDT password removal

Posted on 2020-12-02, 15:09

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Ok... I've just hack it... Through LPT port. It'll work with almost all toshiba laptops, even modern. You need to short pins: 1+5+10, 2+11, 3+17, 4+12 6+16, 7+13, 8+14, 9+15, 18+19+20+21+22+23+24+25 And power on! .... That's all folks... In attachment You can see my Frankenstein project.

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Toshiba Satellite 300CDT password removal

Posted on 2020-12-02, 10:39

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Hi I've managed to repair 300CDT model (moffset damage) by myself but now it's asking me for the password. After dismountling the batteries rtc/backup nothing happens... Maybe some of You discovered already a way to disable it? Maybe there are some pads that needs to be shorted?

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Re: SD Card to IDE Adaptor issues with FIC Slot 1 motherboard.

Posted on 2020-11-25, 05:08

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In my case, I've made the partitioning using FDISK, deleted all garbage (SD card 32GB after Amiga use) created new partition >2000MB (I don't remember if agreed "use large partition ... Bla bla" in fdisk so check it out too) then created 2nd with the rest of remaining space. 2nd was corrupted under …

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Re: What is your oldest working Brand name computer ? - ( Challenge ).

Posted on 2020-11-22, 14:41

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Bull Micral 65 from 1984.... it's a 286 7Mhz.

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