devius wrote on 2026-06-03, 20:31:

Seems a bit of a waste to use 2x Voodoo2 in SLI on a Pentium MMX. Do you really get any benefit from using SLI instead of a single card?

Higher resolutions and a small performance increase. Nothing like it would get if the voodoos were in a P2 300 or 400.
But for pentium 3 i have a voodoo 3 so im good there.

Its also just cool. That computer is running at 262 MHz and you can tell there is a slight but noticeable boost in framerate over the 233 .
I dont see it as a waste at all. I dont really need another system with a voodoo 2 . I have all eras of PC gaming covered that I want

It's kinda a RETRO RIG!
Anyone remember these! Such cool machines. I remember drooling over these in Best Buy around 1998 🤣!
This is my Sony Mavica MVC-FD85 which was released Feb. 2000. It was heavily marketed during that iconic Y2K millennium wave as Sony's premium "High Resolution" floppy camera. The FD85 was a massive deal because it shattered the standard ceiling by introducing a 1.3 Megapixel Super HAD CCD sensor, stepping image dimensions up to a sharp 1280x960 pixels. The Storage Strain: Because it was shooting true megapixel files onto an old-school 1.44MB floppy disk, the math got incredibly tight. At maximum image fine-quality resolution, a standard floppy disk could only hold about 6 images total before hitting full capacity. That exact restriction is precisely what gives the camera its authentic "digital film roll" nostalgia factor today. The FD85 handles modern 12-bit color rendering beautifully, features awesome internal legacy digital processing effects like "Negative Art" and "Sepia", and doesn't suffer from the grainy low-quality limits of the older 1997 models. I also own a MVC-FD73 which was a 1999 model that features the low-tier 1997 0.3 Megapixel (640x480) resolution. At Max Resolution ("Fine" Mode): Image files clock in around 35KB to 60KB each. This gives you roughly 25 to 30 photos per disk. In Standard Resolution ("Standard" Mode): It compresses the files down to around 20KB to 30KB, allowing you to squeeze a massive 45 to 60 photos onto a single floppy, Much better than the 6 on the FD85 🤣. Luckily the FD85 and newer models had a Floppy to Memory stick adapter for a dual media Format. Sadly I do not have the adapter it was probably lost in 2000.

BadFox_1 wrote on 2026-06-08, 11:46:

It's kinda a RETRO RIG!
Anyone remember these! Such cool machines. I remember drooling over these in Best Buy around 1998 🤣!
This is my Sony Mavica MVC-FD85 which was released Feb. 2000. It was heavily marketed during that iconic Y2K millennium wave as Sony's premium "High Resolution" floppy camera. The FD85 was a massive deal because it shattered the standard ceiling by introducing a 1.3 Megapixel Super HAD CCD sensor, stepping image dimensions up to a sharp 1280x960 pixels. The Storage Strain: Because it was shooting true megapixel files onto an old-school 1.44MB floppy disk, the math got incredibly tight. At maximum image fine-quality resolution, a standard floppy disk could only hold about 6 images total before hitting full capacity. That exact restriction is precisely what gives the camera its authentic "digital film roll" nostalgia factor today. The FD85 handles modern 12-bit color rendering beautifully, features awesome internal legacy digital processing effects like "Negative Art" and "Sepia", and doesn't suffer from the grainy low-quality limits of the older 1997 models. I also own a MVC-FD73 which was a 1999 model that features the low-tier 1997 0.3 Megapixel (640x480) resolution. At Max Resolution ("Fine" Mode): Image files clock in around 35KB to 60KB each. This gives you roughly 25 to 30 photos per disk. In Standard Resolution ("Standard" Mode): It compresses the files down to around 20KB to 30KB, allowing you to squeeze a massive 45 to 60 photos onto a single floppy, Much better than the 6 on the FD85 🤣. Luckily the FD85 and newer models had a Floppy to Memory stick adapter for a dual media Format. Sadly I do not have the adapter it was probably lost in 2000.

Hey, I bought a used one a couple of years ago I think it works.
Do you have the PC software CD ?
I want to try out on my retro Sony Vaio laptops

Intel486dx33 wrote on 2026-06-08, 12:02:

Hey, I bought a used one a couple of years ago I think it workshop. Do you have the PC software CD ? I want to try out on my ret […]
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BadFox_1 wrote on 2026-06-08, 11:46:

It's kinda a RETRO RIG!
Anyone remember these! Such cool machines. I remember drooling over these in Best Buy around 1998 🤣!
This is my Sony Mavica MVC-FD85 which was released Feb. 2000. It was heavily marketed during that iconic Y2K millennium wave as Sony's premium "High Resolution" floppy camera. The FD85 was a massive deal because it shattered the standard ceiling by introducing a 1.3 Megapixel Super HAD CCD sensor, stepping image dimensions up to a sharp 1280x960 pixels. The Storage Strain: Because it was shooting true megapixel files onto an old-school 1.44MB floppy disk, the math got incredibly tight. At maximum image fine-quality resolution, a standard floppy disk could only hold about 6 images total before hitting full capacity. That exact restriction is precisely what gives the camera its authentic "digital film roll" nostalgia factor today. The FD85 handles modern 12-bit color rendering beautifully, features awesome internal legacy digital processing effects like "Negative Art" and "Sepia", and doesn't suffer from the grainy low-quality limits of the older 1997 models. I also own a MVC-FD73 which was a 1999 model that features the low-tier 1997 0.3 Megapixel (640x480) resolution. At Max Resolution ("Fine" Mode): Image files clock in around 35KB to 60KB each. This gives you roughly 25 to 30 photos per disk. In Standard Resolution ("Standard" Mode): It compresses the files down to around 20KB to 30KB, allowing you to squeeze a massive 45 to 60 photos onto a single floppy, Much better than the 6 on the FD85 🤣. Luckily the FD85 and newer models had a Floppy to Memory stick adapter for a dual media Format. Sadly I do not have the adapter it was probably lost in 2000.

Hey, I bought a used one a couple of years ago I think it workshop.
Do you have the PC software CD ?
I want to try out on my retro Sony Vaio laptops

I do not have the FD's CD YET. I will have the Mavica MVC-CD300 CD sometime this week... I wonder if the software package is the same?

Yeah,
the problems I have experienced with old Sony cameras is that the capacitors go bad
And cause the cameras not to work anymore.
Let me find this old mavica and see if it still works.
It’s in storage in my garage somewhere.

BadFox_1 wrote on 2026-06-03, 08:01:

I feel you. Sometimes we do dumb things thinking we are doing the right thing. I also had a Laser 128 WAY Back in the day sadly the cat pee'd on it and shorted it out. hahaha. The late 80's-90's was a magical time. GOOD LORD Vista Nearly 20 years.... Man I'm getting OLD! I remember my one and only experience with Vista since around that time i went FULL Apple. I bought a HP DV6000 laptop with a x2 Turion. everyone was griping about Vista around me I never had any issues and really enjoyed that laptop. It ran for MANY MANY years with the original Vista install... I've thought about putting Vista on my Athlon 64 Rig and I may one day is xp 64bit annoys me enough.

I actually have a Vista dv6000 that still runs! Although it runs a centrino and I don't have a history with it, I got it a few years ago. But it's a solid little machine! It's funny I've only ever used vista when I went out of my way to, in actuality I skipped from XP straight to 7. All my experience with vista has been positive, although I've run it pretty much only on ideal hardware!

Law212 wrote on 2026-06-03, 14:58:

I bought a desk off marketplace to put my retro PCs on. They were under my modern PC for so long and it was messy and cramped. N […]
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I bought a desk off marketplace to put my retro PCs on. They were under my modern PC for so long and it was messy and cramped. Now i have a retro spot thats much better . I finished setting up the two Pentiums and setting up the desk last night. Though I need to clean up the wires.

The Comp on the left in the small case is a pentium 1 233 MMX running at 262 MHz. The motherboard is a TX97 With an ati rage pro and 2 Diamond Monster Voodoo 2 12 Meg cards in SLI. It also has an awe 32 with some extra ram.
The computer to the right in the tall case is a 486 DX 2, 66Mhz. It has an ati mach 32 1 meg video card and a Media Vision Jazz 16 running Dos 6.22 and i might add Win 3.1
The computer on the bottom is a Pentium 1 , 233 MMX with an ati rage pro, Vibra 16. I need to add a cd rom to it. I did have a scsi cdrom attached but i cant find the install cd right now .
Not pictured at my P 3, P4 and my other 486 DX 2 66.

absolutely lovely setup, love period correct desks, always brings it all together big time! Especially the desks with the shelves up top, just perfection!!! 😀

2Buck wrote on 2026-06-08, 16:49:

absolutely lovely setup, love period correct desks, always brings it all together big time! Especially the desks with the shelves up top, just perfection!!! 😀

Thanks ! I'm glad someone else appreciates that the desk is also period correct. I love this set up , I just need a good KVM set up but now I am enjoying my retro PC set up immensely

Law212 wrote on 2026-06-09, 14:30:

Thanks ! I'm glad someone else appreciates that the desk is also period correct. I love this set up , I just need a good KVM set up but now I am enjoying my retro PC set up immensely

I wish I could see it, but your chosen image host doesn't display images in the UK.

BadFox_1 wrote on 2026-06-08, 11:46:

This is my Sony Mavica MVC-FD85 which was released Feb. 2000. It was heavily marketed during that iconic Y2K millennium wave as Sony's premium "High Resolution" floppy camera. The FD85 was a massive deal because it shattered the standard ceiling by introducing a 1.3 Megapixel Super HAD CCD sensor, stepping image dimensions up to a sharp 1280x960 pixels.

Great cameras. I have the FD90 which is 1.6Megapixel, and two FD73 cameras. For the FD73 I also have an add on lens that can be used to do closeups.

RetroPCCupboard wrote on 2026-06-09, 21:24:

BadFox_1 wrote on 2026-06-08, 11:46:

This is my Sony Mavica MVC-FD85 which was released Feb. 2000. It was heavily marketed during that iconic Y2K millennium wave as Sony's premium "High Resolution" floppy camera. The FD85 was a massive deal because it shattered the standard ceiling by introducing a 1.3 Megapixel Super HAD CCD sensor, stepping image dimensions up to a sharp 1280x960 pixels.

Great cameras. I have the FD90 which is 1.6Megapixel, and two FD73 cameras. For the FD73 I also have an add on lens that can be used to do closeups.

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They are a cool piece of history and I never thought about it but the original FD7 was $900 in 1997 and the FD5 was $600. I don't remember them being that much but they where and you'd think at those prices they wouldn't sell but in 1997 Sony FD5 and FD7 sold over 50% of all digital camera sales. They did so because in 1997 it took an act of god to transfer pics from your camera to your PC for Processing... The FD made it painless and the people LOVED it despite the price. I also now have a CD300 a CD400 and I bought a FD75 and a FD92 🤣 They are like Computers they are Multiplying 🤣 It's a SLIGHT Addiction I'd say... Here is a pic of my FD73.

Finally finished my year 2002 build.

The specs are:
M/B: Intel 850MD
CPU: Pentium 4 2.0A Northwood
RAM: 512Mb Samsung PC800 RDRAM (4x128Mb RIMM)
Graphics: GeForce4 Ti4200
Sound: Creative SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 Digital

All this in a tiny MATX/SFF package with some case modes to provide adequate cooling.

I run Win98SE on this bad boy so I decided to go with SB Live! instead of Audigy2, because none of the games seemed to go past EAX2 and I'm not running Prey or Doom3 on this thing, not even HalfLife2.

Asus B85M-E
Intel i7-4790K
16 GB DDR3
NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X (Maxwell)
Auzentech X-Fi Prelude 7.1
512 GB and 256 GB SSD's.
XP / Windows 7 / Linux (Zorin OS) tripleboot.

Windows XP overkill or a budget gaming rig?
This build could be both. I call it “The Garbage” since most of the parts were salvaged from e-waste (apart from the GPU and the sound card). The name is also a nod to a location in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games. I use this rig to play slightly modern games on a CRT.

The motherboard might not be the fanciest, but it has a PCI slot for the sound card, which I really wanted to use, and Windows XP is officially supported by ASUS. I couldn’t make up my mind about the OS, so I installed three. Linux is there in case I ever want to use Steam for more modern-ish gaming. So far, I’ve been using Windows XP for pre-2010 games and Windows 7 for anything newer.

I think I’ve had this build for about two years now. During that time, I’ve played through the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R. trilogy along with a ton of different mods. I also enjoy playing these newer pixel-art point-and-click adventures like The Last Door and An English Haunting on this rig.

Lodge_ wrote on 2026-06-23, 12:10:

Asus B85M-E Intel i7-4790K 16 GB DDR3 NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X (Maxwell) Auzentech X-Fi Prelude 7.1 512 GB and 256 GB SSD's. X […]
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Asus B85M-E
Intel i7-4790K
16 GB DDR3
NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X (Maxwell)
Auzentech X-Fi Prelude 7.1
512 GB and 256 GB SSD's.
XP / Windows 7 / Linux (Zorin OS) tripleboot.

Windows XP overkill or a budget gaming rig?

as an all in one triple boot i'd say its pretty cool, specs great for games even fairly modern ones, all SSD too!

Lodge_ wrote on 2026-06-23, 12:10:

Asus B85M-E Intel i7-4790K 16 GB DDR3 NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X (Maxwell) Auzentech X-Fi Prelude 7.1 512 GB and 256 GB SSD's. X […]
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Asus B85M-E
Intel i7-4790K
16 GB DDR3
NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X (Maxwell)
Auzentech X-Fi Prelude 7.1
512 GB and 256 GB SSD's.
XP / Windows 7 / Linux (Zorin OS) tripleboot.

Windows XP overkill or a budget gaming rig?
This build could be both. I call it “The Garbage” since most of the parts were salvaged from e-waste (apart from the GPU and the sound card). The name is also a nod to a location in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games. I use this rig to play slightly modern games on a CRT.

The motherboard might not be the fanciest, but it has a PCI slot for the sound card, which I really wanted to use, and Windows XP is officially supported by ASUS. I couldn’t make up my mind about the OS, so I installed three. Linux is there in case I ever want to use Steam for more modern-ish gaming. So far, I’ve been using Windows XP for pre-2010 games and Windows 7 for anything newer.

I think I’ve had this build for about two years now. During that time, I’ve played through the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R. trilogy along with a ton of different mods. I also enjoy playing these newer pixel-art point-and-click adventures like The Last Door and An English Haunting on this rig.

I approve! I went HEDT with an X79 and two Titan X GPU's for mine and also triple boot, but with XP/7/10 (With extended "updates"), which i also use as my daily driver. 😀

gerry wrote on 2026-06-24, 13:45:

as an all in one triple boot i'd say its pretty cool, specs great for games even fairly modern ones, all SSD too!

Alexraptor wrote on 2026-06-25, 19:24:

I approve! I went HEDT with an X79 and two Titan X GPU's for mine and also triple boot, but with XP/7/10 (With extended "updates"), which i also use as my daily driver. 😀

Nice! Yours is a total overkill for XP 😄 and also a great daily driver as well! I could use mine as one too, but the 17" CRT kind of limits that use.

I really like the versatility of this build. I use it for everything from early 2000s titles up to around 2015. If I want a bigger display or higher resolutions, I just switch to my modern setup. Still, for gaming, I mostly prefer a CRT.

Admittedly these are taken on a Fujifilm DX-7 for my website, so the pixel count is near zero compared to a modern camera, but this is my build.

I've had it for quite a long time, but this year took to starting it all over again with a fresh lick of paint for inside the case too - not that I ever see it.

Primarily it's period to about 2000/2001 ish, even if the CPU was a bit old by then. A lot of the things are by extension of

- Intel Pentium III / 500MHz (overclocked to 550... because I can)
- 64MB PC100 SDRAM (this was 192MB but I've a module fail)
- 3Dfx Voodoo 3 2000 AGP 16MB
- Creative Labs SB Live! PCI
- WD Caviar (Black) 40GB IDE Hard Disk Drive
- Pair of DVD-ROM drives
- Intel 10/100 PCI Ethernet Card
- AMR Modem Card
- Adaptec PCI SCSI Card
- Chaintech 6ATA2 Motherboard
- Windows 98 Second Edition

- HP 5181 "multimedia" keyboard
- Dell/Microsoft Intellimouse - Indellimouse?
- Boston Acoustics BA735 Dual Speaker and Subwoofer set
- HP Deskjet 890C Colour Printer
- HP ScanJet 3300C USB Scanner
- Minolta ScanDual F-2400 35mm/APS Film Scanner
- A very uninspiring 14-inch monitor
- Obviously, the aforementioned Fujifilm DX-7 digital camera, amongst many others.

I think next up will be an internal ZIP drive, because why not. It's my main 98 PC for compatibility with older devices and software and does this job very well. Plus it's nice to play Grim Fandango from time to time. 😀

Lodge_ wrote on 2026-06-26, 03:57:

Nice! Yours is a total overkill for XP 😄 and also a great daily driver as well! I could use mine as one too, but the 17" CRT kin […]
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gerry wrote on 2026-06-24, 13:45:

as an all in one triple boot i'd say its pretty cool, specs great for games even fairly modern ones, all SSD too!

Alexraptor wrote on 2026-06-25, 19:24:

I approve! I went HEDT with an X79 and two Titan X GPU's for mine and also triple boot, but with XP/7/10 (With extended "updates"), which i also use as my daily driver. 😀

Nice! Yours is a total overkill for XP 😄 and also a great daily driver as well! I could use mine as one too, but the 17" CRT kind of limits that use.

I really like the versatility of this build. I use it for everything from early 2000s titles up to around 2015. If I want a bigger display or higher resolutions, I just switch to my modern setup. Still, for gaming, I mostly prefer a CRT.

I'm blessed with a 19" Trinitron tube which has modern games and UI's looking crisp and sharp at 1600x1200. 😀 Most modern game I've played on mine is Battlefield 6, ran beautifully!

Alexraptor wrote on 2026-06-28, 15:01:

Lodge_ wrote on 2026-06-26, 03:57:

Nice! Yours is a total overkill for XP 😄 and also a great daily driver as well! I could use mine as one too, but the 17" CRT kin […]
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gerry wrote on 2026-06-24, 13:45:

as an all in one triple boot i'd say its pretty cool, specs great for games even fairly modern ones, all SSD too!

Alexraptor wrote on 2026-06-25, 19:24:

I approve! I went HEDT with an X79 and two Titan X GPU's for mine and also triple boot, but with XP/7/10 (With extended "updates"), which i also use as my daily driver. 😀

Nice! Yours is a total overkill for XP 😄 and also a great daily driver as well! I could use mine as one too, but the 17" CRT kind of limits that use.

I really like the versatility of this build. I use it for everything from early 2000s titles up to around 2015. If I want a bigger display or higher resolutions, I just switch to my modern setup. Still, for gaming, I mostly prefer a CRT.

I'm blessed with a 19" Trinitron tube which has modern games and UI's looking crisp and sharp at 1600x1200. 😀 Most modern game I've played on mine is Battlefield 6, ran beautifully!

I've been wanting to mess around with my CRT on my modern system but I've been too lazy to do the research to figure out what I can get away with converting the HDMI signal to vga without losing or altering the signal in a perceptible way, can I ask what your setup is?

Shagittarius wrote on 2026-06-28, 15:47:

Alexraptor wrote on 2026-06-28, 15:01:

Lodge_ wrote on 2026-06-26, 03:57:

Nice! Yours is a total overkill for XP 😄 and also a great daily driver as well! I could use mine as one too, but the 17" CRT kind of limits that use.

I really like the versatility of this build. I use it for everything from early 2000s titles up to around 2015. If I want a bigger display or higher resolutions, I just switch to my modern setup. Still, for gaming, I mostly prefer a CRT.

I'm blessed with a 19" Trinitron tube which has modern games and UI's looking crisp and sharp at 1600x1200. 😀 Most modern game I've played on mine is Battlefield 6, ran beautifully!

I've been wanting to mess around with my CRT on my modern system but I've been too lazy to do the research to figure out what I can get away with converting the HDMI signal to vga without losing or altering the signal in a perceptible way, can I ask what your setup is?

Like I posted a little higher up, I run a pair of Titan X GPU's, mainly because they are the best one can get that supports both Windows XP and 10.

But the Titan X (Maxwell) is also the last top-end card to have native analog output, and is equipped with a 400MHz RAMDAC. So I just use a standard DVI-I to VGA pin-adapter and connect my screen directly to the GPU for a pure signal. 😀