Re: Spitz retro-PCs

Posted on 2020-09-04, 09:54

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imi wrote on 2020-09-03, 19:58: at least they're laptops... they don't take up that much space ^^ True 😉 so... I plan to gather only desktop PC units from now on and stash it verticaly to spare some space 🤣

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Re: Spitz retro-PCs

Posted on 2020-09-03, 19:09

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WELL HERE WE ARE ... 7...8... AND 9 ... My Wife is gonna kill me very soon........ I've tried to tell her that I bought it all for ~50EUR but she doesn't believe me ..... #7 Toshiba TECRA 510CDT #8Toshiba Tecra700CT #9 Sattelite 300CDT

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Re: Fastest ISA video card for Doom

Posted on 2020-08-23, 20:35

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On my 486 dx2@80 + Trident 9000(d) 1MB it's not playable, I mean on full size view. When I've change it to PCI Ati Rage 4MB - it's way better but still.... Limp.

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Re: Spitz retro-PCs

Posted on 2020-08-18, 05:59

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dr.zeissler wrote on 2020-08-17, 09:40: Why that Samsung MP 741 as Monitor ? 941mp is great, good quality made, nice looking pixels, wide resolutions support, very loud speakers and multiple connectors! Dsub, dvi, jack, cinche, svideo, scart...... ( it's a TV!)

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Re: Spitz retro-PCs

Posted on 2020-08-15, 12:29

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Yeahhh... My wife started asking for divorce lately :D Those cases were great back days. In my modern PC I need to change the housing too but there is a major problem - 8 out 10 doesn't have 5.25" bays anymore ... WTF???? So the market is forcing me to buy one that doesn't meet my stylish …

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Re: Spitz retro-PCs

Posted on 2020-08-15, 08:38

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#6 (... Addicted...) 486dx2@66MHz Atc 1245B Mainboard 12MB RAM HDD WD 1.2GB Trident 1MB ISA Soundblaster PRO ISA Ekhem .... 7 & 8 is coming too in few days ... Madnesssssss

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Need help with Toshiba 430CDT keyboard

Posted on 2020-08-01, 08:32

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Guys I'm struggling with this laptop keyboard. When I press "left arrow" it's triggering the "help" key, If I want to input "k" it gives me date in notpad - so the "F5" key. Yes I'm checking the foil right now, I can see some previous repairs (new traces made by liquid silver) but everyrhing seems …

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Re: 3D games run slow. Slower than my old voodoo 1 and geforce 2 gts of the time.

Posted on 2020-07-31, 14:00

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Does Voodoo 2, Banshee and voodoo3 play all very old glide title in 3dfx glide mode like : NFS II + III, Wipeout XL, TombRaider1, Croc, MotoRacer and many more? As an voodoo2 Diamond II I asure You that it will!

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Re: 3D games run slow. Slower than my old voodoo 1 and geforce 2 gts of the time.

Posted on 2020-07-31, 11:22

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Still 223MMX is way too weak for voodoo3... I had this card (2000 ver) both on Celeron 466 and Pentium III 800 in the past and believe me - on 800Mhz felt like it wanted moreeeee!

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Re: 3D games run slow. Slower than my old voodoo 1 and geforce 2 gts of the time.

Posted on 2020-07-31, 06:52

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To be honest, I would search for Ali chipset motherboard with some AGP slot. Even though ~233 Mhz is still a bit slow for Your purposes.... I have Voodoo2 sticked into K6-II 400 and I think that's perfect... We are speaking about PCI card.... Even for a GF2MX this Pentium is acting as a bootleneck …

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Re: Were CD-ROMs common on 386 computers?

Posted on 2020-07-28, 07:06

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Back in 1994 I had 386/Dx 40 with Aztec Soundcard that had and IDE port so a Creative 2X CDROM was attached. But it was a custom build PC so I believe that there is no chcance that 386 came out wth CDROM as a standard.

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Re: Spitz retro-PCs

Posted on 2020-07-26, 10:00

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#5: Toshiba Satellite PRo 430CDT: Pentium I 120Mhz 48 MB RAM 1.2 GB HDD GPU 2MB ESS 1688 Sound Card Windows 98 Active TFT CDROM 10x Good condition!

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Re: Spitz retro-PCs

Posted on 2020-07-26, 09:52

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#4 system: Siemens Nixdorf PC-4/5ND: 486 DX4/100 24 MB RAM GPU Trident 2MB HDD 800MB Floppy 1.44 Windows 95 LCD ... STN ;/// will search for an active TFT. Soundblaster&OPL3 compatible soundcard. All in good shape.

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Re: Spitz retro-PCs

Posted on 2020-07-21, 20:47

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Tear off success

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Re: Toshiba T4800CT adventures: inspections, necessary repairs, and lots of testing

Posted on 2020-07-21, 20:40

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T4850CT fresh user here: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=877039#p877039 I've just finished dissasembly ... Because an error P10 were shown on the LCD - my advice guys.... change the caps - those are really far too big in my laptop.... Even this single on the soundcard :/ Does the 4800CT also …

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Re: Spitz retro-PCs

Posted on 2020-07-20, 20:38

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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: Spitz retro-PC

Posted on 2020-07-16, 19:52

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Did you exchange your TNT2 for a Rage Pro? Yes I did. TNT2 was causing problems on this mobo, but on other one is running 100% OK. What do you think of the Rage Pro? I never ended up using one (partially because of their relatively bad rep and because I had plenty alternatives at the time) but in …

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Re: Pentium 75Mhz + FIC 2010+ consternation

Posted on 2020-07-11, 11:41

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Horun wrote on 2020-05-23, 01:14: I do not know where you live but a P133 go for $10 or less in my country and would upgrade to at least that speed, if not higher. Same here, but to be honest it's a sentimental thing, I've been using this CPU 23 years ago and wanted to stick to it so i won't …

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Re: Spitz retro-PC

Posted on 2020-07-11, 11:39

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Tetrium wrote on 2020-05-24, 23:10: Did you exchange your TNT2 for a Rage Pro? Yes I did. TNT2 was causing problems on this mobo, but on the 2nd it's running 100% OK.

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Re: Spitz retro-PC

Posted on 2020-05-22, 22:56

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Ok so I've made some changes im my 1st PC specs: Specs: #1 - Mainboard FREETECH P5F93 (SSocket7 1*AGP, 2*ISA, 3*PCI, 2*SIMM 2*DIMM, UIDEx2, USB) - CPU AMD k6-2-400mhz (Intel Pentium 75MHz as reserve) - Memory Micron 392 512 MB RAM DIMM 100MHz - GPU Riva TNT2 32MB ATI Rage PRO Turbo AGP 8MB + 2* …

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