Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-26, 23:37

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by TrashPanda

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

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Yes, all of us of "Member" status or above probably already watch necroware & similar videos for a long time, and many of us repair boards and things ourselves. My point was, that board looks to have 30+ traces likely needing repair. Many tightly packed together. I would guess it is at least a " …

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Re: new old computers

Posted on 2022-01-26, 23:33

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Sadly I'm lost by the quote and the reply. No matter I'll just buy whatever suits me, knowing full well that breaking the bank for cutting edge hardware never makes any sense (unless you're loaded or your livelihood requires it). I don't shoot for bottom of the barrel, sometimes wind up there …

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Re: new old computers

Posted on 2022-01-26, 23:31

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People will buy crap budget hardware to relive something in their youth and just because it's cheaper then what top end gear is going to cost. Well that and 12 months younger, crap budget hardware, is as fast as 12 months older high end.... or not even. Just after June 6th 2001 enthusiasts were …

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Re: That one computer you dream of owning? I finally aquired mine! And it needs some TLC.

Posted on 2022-01-26, 23:22

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Great to see the old girl has found her retirement home and someone to look after her, grand old ladies like that dont deserve to be stashed in a attic.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-26, 23:13

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by TrashPanda

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I would never buy this. It's just an auction I saw today, a 386 motherboard populated with a CPU, RAM, and ensmeared with a variety of lovely acid-based compounds, predictably centred around the general batterial regions. corrosion.png It seems we have reached the stage of highly corroded 386 …

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Re: WebOne - proxy for old browsers to make them Web 2.0-capable

Posted on 2022-01-26, 15:26

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@ATauenis, love it! Thank you for this answer. I'll definitely check that out at one point - i already have hayes modem emulation at 33.6k working over serial port and now i need to pipe that proxy in and i will have a full 90s experience! /shudders in horror ...I still have nightmares of suing a …

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Re: new old computers

Posted on 2022-01-26, 12:56

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People said P4's would never become desirable yet more and more 478/775 builds are featuring here in recent years. "retro" XP builds are also becoming more common, which will flow onto the XP overkill builds Give it enough time and even the current gen hardware will be "worth it" maybe not with us …

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Re: new old computers

Posted on 2022-01-26, 10:36

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Your core 2 duo/quad. Atom such and such. Your socket 1366/115n xeon appurtenance. How do you feel about them? Most of us have 1 or more (or many more, you little hoarding so-and-so) hanging around. My main PC, which I'm using right now, is a Q9550, 8 GB RAM, HD7850. Good for web browsing, watching …

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Re: new old computers

Posted on 2022-01-26, 07:08

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Is your computer newer than your car? It used to be you would switch computers every couple of years and switch car a couple of times a decade. Teh more worrying question is Is your new computer more expensive than your car ? For me thats a yes, the GPU alone with worth more than a lot of second …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-26, 06:47

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I love these comparisions; and I see them all over the boards: They go something like this: "oh, you're crazy buying so-and-so hardware which was practically brand new, which you spent all of 2 minutes looking for; I searched 3 years and found a broken down piece of crap which I fixed up, and it's …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-25, 23:13

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$400 for an AWE32? You crazy, man. I have one AWE32, a CT3980 so a PnP model with OPL3. Not the best, not the worst. I found it on sale for next to nothing in a second hand PC parts shop; it was in miserable shape, missing its bracket, a voltage regulator, a few caps and had broken SIMM slots. I …

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Re: the war machine

Posted on 2022-01-25, 22:46

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Looking through the links you posted it seems you built a close build of what was in the War Machine M1 Elite, can't get more period correct than that. M1 Elite CPU: Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 @ 3.66GHz; Motherboard: Evga 122-CK-NF68-A1; RAM: 2GB G.Skill PC2-6400; HDD: 150GB Western Digital Raptor …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-25, 22:19

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by TrashPanda

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A while back I picked up a massive lot of Creative PCI sound cards on eBay for around $40. I still have to test most of them. There were something like 60 cards total. Lots of Live and Audigy cards and even an Audigy 4 card. Not sure we will find huge lots like that any more, most of them have …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-25, 20:59

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by TrashPanda

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Just ran across what appears to be a very nice deal on eBay, its a lot buy out auction for 6 sound cards for 60 USD 3x Sound Blaster Live! (CT4780) 2x Sound Blaster Live! (CT4870) 1x Sound Blaster Audigy 2 (SB0400) Not sure I have a use for that many sound cards but it might be nice to have some …

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

Posted on 2022-01-25, 16:50

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by TrashPanda

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Bus mouse: https://deskthority.net/wiki/Bus_mouse#Microsoft_InPort Looks like there are some adapters that would allow a USB mouse to be used with one: https://www.waitingforfriday.com/?p=827 I was going to pitch it but I think Ill hold on to it, would be fun to hook a USB mouse to it and use it in …

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

Posted on 2022-01-25, 16:23

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I dug up a Microsoft InPort ISA interface card from one of my older storage boxes (Was cleaning house of old parts) and notice it has what looks like a PS2 port on it anyone know what it was used for ? I have never used a MS InPort device before and I dont recall where this card came from but it …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-25, 16:14

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I managed to find a 129 megabyte HDD on ebay for just over 20 bucks for my IBM PS/1 a few pages back. I put in a 120 GB HDD and it read it as a 500 and something meg drive. WHile 500 megs is better than 129, I was it as authentic as possible. So I will wait until the 129 meg drive comes and install …

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Re: new old computers

Posted on 2022-01-25, 13:34

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People said P4's would never become desirable yet more and more 478/775 builds are featuring here in recent years. "retro" XP builds are also becoming more common, which will flow onto the XP overkill builds Give it enough time and even the current gen hardware will be "worth it" maybe not with us …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-25, 11:58

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by TrashPanda

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yes but there are always cheaper and better alternatives that often get the same result or even better its really hard to justify even my actual k6-2 with voodoo 3 2000. I got the parts for free over a span of 15 years just because i repair computers. If that wasnt the case im sure would have end …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-25, 11:44

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by TrashPanda

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yes but there are always cheaper and better alternatives that often get the same result or even better its really hard to justify even my actual k6-2 with voodoo 3 2000. I got the parts for free over a span of 15 years just because i repair computers. If that wasnt the case im sure would have end …

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