Re: Multimeter recommendation

Posted on 2024-04-22, 11:34

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by CharlieFoxtrot

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Fluke is my recommendation. Fluke's are nice, indeed. However, I don't know if their price tag can be justified if one is going to use it only occasionally for a hobby. If anyone finds a used one for a decent/low price though, definitely grab it. Nowadays you can get as good multimeters as Fluke …

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Re: Equipment and tutorial suggestions for recapping cards?

Posted on 2024-04-11, 06:04

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by CharlieFoxtrot

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If you are going to make this kind of stuff as a business, you better be proficient about it because otherwise you may just end up screwing up people’s equipment. I’ve personally repaired and recapped all kinds of stuff for many years and I think I’m generally relatively skillful at it at least in …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-03-27, 17:44

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by CharlieFoxtrot

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The heatsink is good enough for the 9700, the issue is the metal shim to protect the die that surround the chip is a little bit higher than the gpu itself which then cause the gpu to overheat and gone. Not every R9700 had that shim issue. For example I had one back in the day with shim with exactly …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-03-25, 19:33

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by CharlieFoxtrot

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Beware of that cooler on the 9800. You're lucky if the card works - they were notorious of failing with that heatsink. Yeah, I know. I haven’t tested these yet, but all these are from the original owner. He had bunch of other fascinating stuff for sale starting from the 70s and 80s and he said that …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-03-25, 17:35

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by CharlieFoxtrot

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Got this haul for a relatively reasonable price of 60€: 9800etc.jpg GPU on top is Asus V8200 Deluxe, a GF3 VIVO card. It is one of those "original" GF3s, so it is not a ti200 or ti500. You don't bump into these that often, at least where I live. GPU below it is Sapphire Radeon 9800pro AIW. Again, …

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Re: Newly made ISA CGA cards with real 6845s?!

Posted on 2024-02-27, 08:15

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by CharlieFoxtrot

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So I got the card in my hands, and notwithstanding my capture setup barfing a bit, the card does seem to deliver on very high if not 100% IBM CGA compatibility. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atWSy1o8CkE Thanks for sharing this with us. I'm not really interested in the Book8088 because I don't …

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Re: Newly made ISA CGA cards with real 6845s?!

Posted on 2024-02-27, 08:06

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by CharlieFoxtrot

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So I got the card in my hands, and notwithstanding my capture setup barfing a bit, the card does seem to deliver on very high if not 100% IBM CGA compatibility. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atWSy1o8CkE That is great news! I also took the plunge and picked my card yesterday from the post. Haven’t …

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Re: Newly made ISA CGA cards with real 6845s?!

Posted on 2024-02-15, 13:36

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by CharlieFoxtrot

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I have also been eyballing this card. I’m in the process of sourcing chips, PCBs and components for Micro 8088 build with compact 3D printed case. I’m going to make Kiselev’s VGA card for it too, but I really want a true RGBI CGA card as an option for connecting it to my Philips CM8833MkII. This …

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Re: CF card options for HDD replacement

Posted on 2024-02-08, 13:09

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by CharlieFoxtrot

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But when a SSD is used with an IDE adapter, there is no support for TRIM command. What is the performance of a SSD in these conditions after a while ? PATA can support TRIM, but getting there through a SATA bridge with an OS < Windows 7 is going to be really tough, so you are probably safe assuming …

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Re: What modern PSU can be used with high end Athlon XP retro build ?

Posted on 2024-02-06, 11:49

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by CharlieFoxtrot

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Not trying to thread necro, but what series of caps did you use to recap the enermax with PCE-TUR? I recapped a 465-VE and 301-VE with Rubycon ZLJ and they must be too low ESR as my oscilloscope has them oscillating on the output unfortunately. Also you are totally correct on these crappy caps …

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Re: Any modern psu's that have large 5v rails

Posted on 2024-02-06, 11:39

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by CharlieFoxtrot

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So what would be the maximum reasonable build with such a PSU? PIII / Duron / Athlon up to 1GHz? I used Corsair CX450M happily with my Slot1/P3 800MHz Coppermine/GF2 GTS and it has 110W combined for both 3.3V and 5V rails and max 20A for both. It has separate rails, so it is not group regulated. …

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Re: 3D games you would like to see in high resolution

Posted on 2023-11-21, 11:22

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by CharlieFoxtrot

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https://i.postimg.cc/R0DFCBnF/IMG20231112234727-1.jpg Would love to see these in SVGA. They don't even need to be textured. If they had clean hi-res polygons like those in Su-27 Flanker, Hornet 3.0, or A-10 Cuba!, then I would be a happy camper. ah yes, good choices - thats what i think of as high …

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Re: Radeon 8500 image quality problems

Posted on 2023-11-20, 17:42

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by CharlieFoxtrot

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The Serpent Rider wrote on 2023-11-20, 17:01: What about analog signal through DVI? Good question. I didn't actually test it as I used the VGA output to my CRT monitor. I should have an adapter, somewhere.

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Radeon 8500 image quality problems

Posted on 2023-11-20, 16:18

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by CharlieFoxtrot

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While ago I got this reference design Radeon 8500, although it might be an LE based on the Powerstrip default clocks (250,250): https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1207482#p1207482 For having some new Win98 hardrware fun I decided to change the insides of my win98 box (P3-800, Abit BH-6, GF4MX440 …

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Re: My first Socket A build

Posted on 2023-11-20, 08:16

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by CharlieFoxtrot

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Fans of that era are very noisy. I have Thermaltake Volcano 11 CU which has very noisy ball bearings. I doubt modern silent fans can provide the same airflow. Noise is a major downside of Socket A builds. Quiet fans are available for Socket 754 but these tend to have problems with AGP in Windows 98 …

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Re: Retro motherboards with onboard video and audio.

Posted on 2023-11-18, 07:19

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by CharlieFoxtrot

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I lowkey wanna see a benchmark faceoff for win98 pre-2000 stuff, on duron 600 on boards with the various early socket A onboard graphics solutions, cyberblade vs savage vs SiS 315. ... though it got a bit better later on socket A with unichrome and NF2... I have heard tell that if you restrict …

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Re: Signal output quality difference S3 Virge vs Matrox Mystique

Posted on 2023-11-15, 09:44

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by CharlieFoxtrot

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It would be interesting to know if these issues are similar with CRTs. I know that some older video cards or chips do have colour problems with more modern LCDs, although S3 cards in general aren't generally considered bad in this regard.

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Re: Ideas on my first retro build

Posted on 2023-11-14, 18:01

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by CharlieFoxtrot

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However, I want to pick certain parts that are hard to find and potentially expensive. The idea is to have a retro PC than I can play on, but I will probably get over it pretty soon. When that time comes, it would be interesting to have a collectable piece that appreciates in value over time. I …

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Re: Best LCD for DOS games running on old hardware

Posted on 2023-11-12, 09:39

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by CharlieFoxtrot

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Yes a lower volume of unit production would increase the cost of those units. The wages they pay for their workers making them also the additional cost of that same worker not making another unit also increases the cost. Most people have zero idea about production costs. They just see a monitor …

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

Posted on 2023-11-11, 21:56

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by CharlieFoxtrot

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Nice! I think this period is when I decided onboard sound was good enough and stopped using sound cards. (As soon as AC97 mobos were out I guess) Pretty sure the last sound card I bought was a Hercules Game Theater XP. Never bothered with Audigys and whatever - is there really any substantial …

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