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 Today, 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 Today, 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 Today, 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!!! 😀