Re: General advice for building first retro gaming pc

Posted on 2023-05-23, 22:14

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by HanSolo

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the mainboard on the other hand is really essential and it is really important to pick the right parts. I am studying a lot about mainboards now to make no mistake when picking up one. There are no mistakes, only happy accidents :) I went the other route - buy everything that looks interesting for …

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Re: Are prices for retro hardware slowly coming down?

Posted on 2023-05-23, 13:24

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by HanSolo

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Some things keep going up, like AWE64 gold cards. There used to be a soft limit around $200 but lately it's been going up to $250-$300 which fortunately don't seem as attractive and they're taking longer to sell. Looking at the sold items on ebay I see 10 x AWE64 Gold cards sold for 120-180 Euro. …

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Re: General advice for building first retro gaming pc

Posted on 2023-05-22, 21:04

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by HanSolo

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For me one fun part is scanning through local ads and see if something interesting/cheap pops up. One approach might be simply getting what crosses the way for little money. Pretty much the only part that costs real money is the mainboard. All the rests can be reused later in case one finds a better …

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Re: Are prices for retro hardware slowly coming down?

Posted on 2023-05-21, 14:57

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by HanSolo

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There isn't a fixed value for any of this, it's mostly just luck. On day one it's $30, day 2 it's $200, day 3 it's $5. Indeed that seems to be the case with the soundcards above. I did some more research and the prices for them are just all over the place. E.g. CT 1350 were sold apx. from 15 to 130 …

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Re: Are prices for retro hardware slowly coming down?

Posted on 2023-05-21, 11:38

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by HanSolo

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but most retro enthusiasts want to feel the physical hardware Hardware retro enthusiasts are niche of a niche. Majority just want to play old games hassle free. Maybe collect some actual physical games on top of that. But that hasn't changed and the niche is only getting bigger (at least that's …

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Re: Are prices for retro hardware slowly coming down?

Posted on 2023-05-21, 11:11

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by HanSolo

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Legacy hardware is a finite resource that is reducing in usable quantities relatively consistently (thanks entropy!), as such prices will in general only increase with time. ..as long as interest in it isn't declining faster :) So you would say that my observation was just an exception or simply …

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Are prices for retro hardware slowly coming down?

Posted on 2023-05-21, 10:43

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by HanSolo

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Recently I watched some retro items and was suprised for what prices they were sold. E.g. an old Soundblaster CT1350 for 45 Euro, a SB16 with OPL for 20 Euro, Tualatin-mainboards for around 50 Euro. Honestly I was expecting higher prices, but must also say that I don't look for these items very …

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Re: 120gb m.2 sata ssd with ide adapter on the toshiba portage 300ct or 320ct

Posted on 2023-05-18, 10:38

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by HanSolo

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I have a Toshiba Satellite 320CDT and wasn't able to make a 120GB M.2 Sata SSD with adapter work. Not even on a Satellite 4000 which is a Pentium 2 model. Don't know if it's the size, or the fact that it's a M.2 drive, or if the problem is my specific SSD, or the adapter. hi HanSolo does the …

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Re: Which SB Audigy can I use?

Posted on 2023-05-17, 12:35

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by HanSolo

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If cleaner output and EAX support for Windows games aren't enough, how about the 10-20 fps (iirc) advance PCI sound cards have over ISA sound cards in games. According to Phils computer lab, can't remember what games he used for testing. Au contraire! :) Depending on the actual PCI card, ISA cards …

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Re: Trying to read data out from old floppy disks

Posted on 2023-05-13, 08:15

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by HanSolo

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I think it's unusual than none of the disks work. Some time ago I backupped a lot of C64-disks and they pretty much all worked. Some had errors but in general pretty much all of them were readable. However old 5.25" disks are surely more reliable than Noname 3.5". What disks exactly do you use? Were …

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Re: Need air flow help in a minitower....

Posted on 2023-05-12, 11:01

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by HanSolo

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stu_e_hughes wrote on 2023-05-12, 09:30: i'm wondering if adding some fans will just do more harm than good by sucking in the dust. My take on this might be somewhat provocative, but I just don't care about dust and never have. Simply blow it out from time to time when the layer is too thick 😀

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Re: Is Cirrus Logic CL-GD5426 VLB any good?

Posted on 2023-05-11, 12:08

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by HanSolo

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Thank you everyone for your responses. Looks like this card is not that interesting, so I'll wait for something else. Don't need it urgently now. According to theses tests ( #1 , #2 ) it pretty much doesn't matter which VLB card you use under DOS (at least of the 4 he tested). They all perform …

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Re: Original Voodoo 5 6000 prototype for sale on eBay

Posted on 2023-05-11, 11:17

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by HanSolo

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I got myself a TNT in late '98 because I needed a capable AGP card for my new Celeron 300A. That card I used for more than a year and never felt like I needed anything more. With the above prices I would also say that the Voodoo3 was not for everybody. Adjusted for US inflation that's $270 for a V3 …

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Re: 120gb m.2 sata ssd with ide adapter on the toshiba portage 300ct or 320ct

Posted on 2023-05-11, 10:30

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by HanSolo

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i have Toshiba Portage 320CT with its docking station and i need a storge option for it and i have a tough time choosing between m.2 sata ssd with ide adapter or a sd card with ide adapter, is sd card with ide adapter will be safer option? Hard to say, but I think you could maybe choose a smaller …

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Re: Original Voodoo 5 6000 prototype for sale on eBay

Posted on 2023-05-10, 18:32

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by HanSolo

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I never had a 3dfx card in their heyday. I was aware of them, and I can remember wanting a Voodoo 2 at the time. But they weren't cheap, Voodoo3 was cheap. October 1999 suggested retail US $99.99 Voodoo3 2000 and $149.99 Voodoo3 3000 Quoting myself October 1999 in Europe https://www.vogons.org/ …

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Re: 120gb m.2 sata ssd with ide adapter on the toshiba portage 300ct or 320ct

Posted on 2023-05-10, 12:09

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by HanSolo

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I got mine from ebay. They were sold as unused and I trusted the (private) sellers. However I don't mind too much for this usecase. It's not as if I store critical data on it. If it works then it will probably be fine for as long as I use it.

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Re: 120gb m.2 sata ssd with ide adapter on the toshiba portage 300ct or 320ct

Posted on 2023-05-10, 10:51

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by HanSolo

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Somewhwere here on Vogons I read that some M2 Sata SSDs are not fully compatible so maybe it depends on the model. I also have a 8GB M2 Sata SSD which worked fine so I tried the one with 120GB which didn't. I don't remember exactly but I encountered many strange problems. (One was the original FDISK …

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Re: 120gb m.2 sata ssd with ide adapter on the toshiba portage 300ct or 320ct

Posted on 2023-05-09, 23:44

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by HanSolo

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I have a Toshiba Satellite 320CDT and wasn't able to make a 120GB M.2 Sata SSD with adapter work. Not even on a Satellite 4000 which is a Pentium 2 model. Don't know if it's the size, or the fact that it's a M.2 drive, or if the problem is my specific SSD, or the adapter.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-09, 16:27

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by HanSolo

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I was totally dumbfounded the first time I figured that out. So I went back through my container of non-working motherboards and trying new batteries had 15 suddenly spring to life. I did as a control pull the battery and try again and sure enough they all played dead. So it's one of my go-to …

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Re: Can someone help identify this internal Sony floppy drive?

Posted on 2023-05-09, 15:32

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by HanSolo

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There's still an auction on ebay with many of them (from California)

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