Re: VIA C3 1200A (nemiah) vs Celeron Tualatin 1000 vs Pentium III-S 1400 512K - short review, features and performance d

Posted on 2023-09-26, 18:09

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by HanSolo

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I just can't find the auction or the seller (or any of his auctions) on German ebay. No idea if something's wrong with their search or if that is intentional :( Edit: I just found it - with Ecosia (yes, I avoid Google). What a shame one has to use a search engine for this... Unfortunately the …

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Re: VIA C3 1200A (nemiah) vs Celeron Tualatin 1000 vs Pentium III-S 1400 512K - short review, features and performance d

Posted on 2023-09-26, 09:55

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by HanSolo

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Seems he doesn't sell in Europe. It doesn't show up when I search on German ebay (It's out of stock anyway, but even in the past auctions it's not there). The Nehamiah is available here but with 35 Euro it's too expensive for my liking (for a chip that I'm unsure if I'll really use)

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Re: VIA C3 1200A (nemiah) vs Celeron Tualatin 1000 vs Pentium III-S 1400 512K - short review, features and performance d

Posted on 2023-09-26, 08:52

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by HanSolo

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Unfortunately Ezra CPUs are pretty much impossible to get. (At least that's my experience in the last few years)

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Re: Using old floppy disks?

Posted on 2023-09-25, 17:37

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by HanSolo

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I guess it is the right thread to ask this question ... ... so if a floppy is dirty, is there a way to clean it (without destroying it)? Any suggestions? Some time ago I copied a pile of C64 disks from different sources over to the PC. Many of those that showed read errors had visible spots on the …

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Re: How about a new remake of old cases?

Posted on 2023-09-24, 00:33

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by HanSolo

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Or... they could be done similar to the transitional era of the AT-ATX cases. Y'know, the ones where you had the PSU mounted above the CPU. Well, then a similar AT case could be built even smaller :) You must be having baby AT in mind, since AT isn't that small. That's correct. I only ever had Baby …

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Re: VIA C3 1200A (nemiah) vs Celeron Tualatin 1000 vs Pentium III-S 1400 512K - short review, features and performance d

Posted on 2023-09-24, 00:19

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by HanSolo

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You're right that the clock speed doesn't say anything when comparing different CPUs, but both Tualatins are basically the same core with the Pentium running at 33% higher FSB which usually results in 33% faster CPU speed. A slight difference here is the 0.5 higher muliplier and the larger cache on …

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Re: How about a new remake of old cases?

Posted on 2023-09-23, 13:36

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by HanSolo

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I would buy them. But for small cases it would have to be 'real' AT, because they can be build smaller than ATX. The small ones in your images don't have room for an ATX board so a replaceable panel won't work. Or... they could be done similar to the transitional era of the AT-ATX cases. Y'know, …

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Re: How about a new remake of old cases?

Posted on 2023-09-23, 12:59

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by HanSolo

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I would buy them. But for small cases it would have to be 'real' AT, because they can be build smaller than ATX. The small ones in your images don't have room for an ATX board so a replaceable panel won't work.

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Re: VIA C3 1200A (nemiah) vs Celeron Tualatin 1000 vs Pentium III-S 1400 512K - short review, features and performance d

Posted on 2023-09-23, 12:51

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by HanSolo

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I agree. I did mention the GPU bottleneck and the fact that I want to redo all benchmarks with a Geforce 4 Ti4200. The P3S is clearly bottlenecked by the 5200, but the tualeron not so much. The term 'bottleneck' is misleading because every influence of a graphics card distorts the result in such a …

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Re: VIA C3 1200A (nemiah) vs Celeron Tualatin 1000 vs Pentium III-S 1400 512K - short review, features and performance d

Posted on 2023-09-22, 11:01

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by HanSolo

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Such comparisons are always interesting. And time consuming to create, I suppose :) There's about a 23% performance difference between the C3 1200A and the Tualatin Celeron 1000. Not great, not terrible. I suppose the C3 1200A performs close to an 833MHz Pentium 3 Coppermine. If you mean the actual …

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Re: Can a PS/2 Keyboard be incompatible with a computer or is something just broken?

Posted on 2023-09-21, 20:23

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by HanSolo

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Did you try it without the case? I had a similar problem (DIN keyboard with adapter). It turned out the adapter was slightly short and was blocked by the case

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Re: Problem with use of modern ATAPI device in 1990s Toshiba 470cdt / 490xcdt / 530cdt and similar retro laptops

Posted on 2023-09-18, 16:36

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by HanSolo

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I have the BIOS updates from the official Dynabook support (I have downloaded them when they were available). Yes, seems like Dynabook removed all downloads for the old Toshiba notebooks some months ago. That's really a shame :( I couldn't even find an email address to contact them. I really hate …

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Re: Which one of theese Pentium 1 motherboards would you recommend me to buy?

Posted on 2023-09-16, 09:17

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by HanSolo

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Get them all! 🤣 What are you planning to do with it? A fast Socket 7 platform? Slowing it down to play old games? Both? Which CPU do you want to use and do they all support it? Is the AT-case already set in stone or can that still be changed to an ATX one?

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Re: 386/486 build in a mini ATX case ?

Posted on 2023-09-10, 19:04

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by HanSolo

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No need to drill anything. Just use some plastic spacers to keep it away from the metal plate. The board is held in place by the ISA cards and the one metal standoff. I mean these things

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Re: Searching for small microATX case

Posted on 2023-09-10, 13:13

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by HanSolo

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It has to support 4 slots, so a mini ITX case won't work. And both cases are even deeper than the Chenbro mATX 😀 I think it can't get any smaller than that one unless without any drive bay. But it seems that there are no such cases with low profile slots optimized for volume/size

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Re: Searching for small microATX case

Posted on 2023-09-10, 01:24

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by HanSolo

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Could you measure the depth from front to back?... sure Thank you. Unfortunately it has the same depth like most of the cases. More or less it's the depth of the mainboard + depth of an optical drive. The Chenbro case uses a slim drive that is mounted partially above the board, making the case 10 …

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Re: Searching for small microATX case

Posted on 2023-09-08, 00:41

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by HanSolo

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finger and medion minitower for scale :smirk: Thank you for the pictures! Look like plain (which is good!) cases. The width and height can't get any smaller. Could you measure the depth from front to back? That is the problematic dimension of most cases, in particular those with full size drives. …

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Re: Searching for small microATX case

Posted on 2023-09-07, 22:37

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by HanSolo

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For example HP Elitedesk 800 G3 is shorter depth (front to back) due to hard drive turned sideways and uses notebook type optical drive, but board is not ATX. What processor are you intending to use? The board seems to have mATX dimensions and the HP would be a nice solution since it's only 31 cm …

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Re: The million dollar question on retrocomputing

Posted on 2023-09-06, 22:37

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by HanSolo

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Perhaps, deep down, I am more of a user than a collector in my true nature, but the lack of free time 'forces' me to merely collect things instead of using them. Maybe you're a hoarder? lol I think for most of us, the reason to get into retrocomputers was exactly that - to restore old/retro …

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Re: Anyone know where to find these printer ribbon cartridge refills?

Posted on 2023-09-06, 22:21

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by HanSolo

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New cartridges are dry? I thought they are still being produces because dot matriox printers are sill in use today.

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