Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-25, 04:05

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I have seen those Socket7 ATX boards before. I believe there is even 486 ATX boards out there. Yeah, me too but those were usually MVP2 FIC boards and similar. Not HX motherboards. Anyway, any recommendations for a good vintage Full ATX case? Preferably not a big tower and not server case... I have …

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

Posted on 2023-05-23, 23:47

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How do you get the fdd or odd in there 😂 Which SD card adapter do you use in the build? I may look at going back as the install I have (smallest sata 2,5" I could find on a ide to sata adapter) seems to be hanging and not quite sure what is causing it.. No removable media in this build, other than …

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

Posted on 2023-05-23, 00:32

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Almost finished setting up my old cobbled together P3 Slot 1 machine. Had to use a more modern PSU and Case for logistics reasons. I am trying to get retronas running on a vm as it is a real pain trying to get files over to the machine, which is fine for small files now I have usb drivers running. …

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Re: Are prices for retro hardware slowly coming down?

Posted on 2023-05-22, 00:50

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managed to score a 17" ViewSonic for only $50 shipping from the US - it has to have been a listing error on the vendor's part, but either way it's shipped and on the way!) Is it was listed as brand new? Not at all! It was just under the wire $$$-wise for it to be worth it to roll the dice on it, so …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-21, 21:12

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Looks like my Voodoo 3 3000 PCI is “only” a 2000, but it was still cheap at £50. The ones on eBay are all mentally priced! Arrived tested and working, which is nice. IMG_1938.jpeg IMG_1939.jpeg The PCI Voodoo 3, 4 and 5 cards go for a large premium over their AGP brothers, if you only paid 50 quid …

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Re: Are prices for retro hardware slowly coming down?

Posted on 2023-05-21, 21:07

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Speaking for myself, I just got into retro computing less than a year ago. I'm in a position where I never kept any of the stuff I had back in the 90's - early 2000s, so I'm looking to re-create things I used to have (or wished to have had). I'm in Canada and in a small enough community where stuff …

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

Posted on 2023-05-18, 22:38

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^^^ My understanding is that LX predates 100MHz+ FSBs, so didn't include any dividers for the other busses; anything other than 66MHz will always be overclocking on an LX. the 440LX chipset doesn't support katmai P3s. they may function in that the voltage and multiplier is supported, but results …

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

Posted on 2023-05-17, 23:40

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Picked up an ASUS P2L97-DS dual slot 1 mobo and have been having a time with it. I was recently messing around with a baby AT slot 1 board and discovered the joys of the 440LX chipset. Now with this dually, I think I might actually hate the LX chipset - this thing has been fighting me every step of …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-14, 04:15

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Doornkaat mentioned I could get something up to 533MHz with a slocket, but I'm not sure how as this mobo is strictly 66MHz FSB and only lists jumper settings up to 5x multiplier. 🤔 Those Mendocino Celerons have a fixed multiplier. Multiplier jumpers are irrelevant with them.😎👍 Schweet, thanks!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-13, 22:21

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If BIOS upgrades support later CPUs (and even without on some boards), the jumpers can be ignored by those later CPUs or setting 1.0x or 2.0x, or whatever, can become 6.0x, for example. The Asus P2L97, for example, also goes up to 5.0x on the multiplier jumpers, but it can support all Mendocino …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-13, 20:37

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Don't mix EDO memory with SDRAM memory. You could end up sending 5V to the SDRAM modules and may kill them inadvertently. Super Socket 7 is the exception, but on Intel chipset motherboards it's not advisable to do so. You may also end up with timing problems between the two if the motherboard can't …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-13, 20:28

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Found this kit today at the flea market 20230513_095812.jpg Asus P/I-P55T2P4 rev 3.0, P233 MMX + cooler, 2x32 MB EDO RAM, 512 KB cache module and an S3 Trio64 DX PCI. Everything works just great except the S3, so I'm pretty happy :) That is a great find, COAST module and everything! Too bad those …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-13, 04:22

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That weird baby AT Slot 1 motherboard I bought a while ago arrived and it works! IMG_4489.jpg I'm used to worrying about fans clearing DIMMs on Slot 1 mobos but.. not usually with the GPU. Gotta wonder why the practice of putting DIMM sockets immediately below the AGP slot never caught on. And.. now …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2023-05-06, 00:42

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Here's another picture of my janky setup (I'm pretty sure I posted one before) , excuse the rats nest of wires. Oooh that Microsoft Sidewinder 3d Pro 🤤 (in front of a rather silly amount of MIDI boxes!) - I recently bought a modern Logitech joystick to play the modern Descent remakes and... damn, …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2023-05-03, 18:33

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There existss provenance for this model. It is a "Super Slocket-III" wich on its turn derived from the "Maxtium CPU370 Daughter card" (Mendocino Celeron only). The original design was developed by "Kikumaru's Tecnical Laboratory" from Japan and marketed under the brandname "A-Max".s-l1601.jpg …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2023-05-02, 18:52

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My room circa 2000... Filename room1.jpg File size 70.91 KiB Views 1876 views Obviously in the middle of something, no idea what. 😂 Think I see a P2-350 CPU and something on a slocket on the bed...

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2023-05-02, 01:15

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Great build! What kind of slotket is that and also curious what cpu heatsink you're using? It looks to be pretty lightweight in combination with the Noctua fan. Thanks all for the kind words. 🙂 No idea about the slocket - made in China and looks pretty generic. You're not wrong about the heatskink …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-01, 23:48

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So I saw this.... thing listed on eBay and jumped on it. It's got an actual 440BX chipset on it, believe it or not. I didn't even notice the sneaky AGP slot - see it there? s-l1600.jpg Anyway, it hasn't arrived yet and I have no plan for it, but I'll probably try to make it fit in some case it has …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-05-01, 00:39

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So I saw this.... thing listed on eBay and jumped on it. It's got an actual 440BX chipset on it, believe it or not. I didn't even notice the sneaky AGP slot - see it there? s-l1600.jpg Anyway, it hasn't arrived yet and I have no plan for it, but I'll probably try to make it fit in some case it has …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2023-05-01, 00:21

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Hi, new to Vogons! I'm not sure how much period correctness is the rule or just the desired aesthetic round here but... this ain't it. 😂 For this one I wanted to build a nice slick Slot 1 system, but put it in a modern case because... why the heck not. Anyway: IMG_4412.jpeg ABIT BF6 Pentium III …

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