Re: The Ultimate 686 Benchmark Comparison

Posted on 2021-11-29, 00:58

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by Bullmecha

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Thanks for the info, I had skimmed through this post looking and read a bit on what you had posted. Will explore options as I am still deciding what price I want to pay for the pair and I noticed someone else here had issues with the W6-Li board and the OD CPUs

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Re: The Ultimate 686 Benchmark Comparison

Posted on 2021-11-28, 23:15

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by Bullmecha

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Do you have any benchmarks for dual Pentium pro CPU's ? Am running dual 200 at the moment and thinking of getting two Overdrives and was curious of the performance difference. Thanks

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Re: Heavily corroded PCChips M912 motherboard

Posted on 2019-06-04, 03:21

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by Bullmecha

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I think I may have that exact PCChips board here somewhere 🤣 Need to do another clean up of all my hardware and see where it is.

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Re: USB Transfer Cable that shows up as a Mass Storage Device on Windows 98 / ME

Posted on 2019-06-04, 03:15

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by Bullmecha

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I am very curious to see this ME rig of yours, can you toss a few pics up ?

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Re: CF adaptor issues.

Posted on 2019-05-29, 01:38

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by Bullmecha

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I found quite a few CF card threads here, do a search and see what you can find. I tried it with my 286 Packard Bell Legend and just tossed a 400MB mechanical in it with partitions of 202 (or so) MB and it runs fine. There is help here though just search and see. Good Luck

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Re: ebay NOS dual pentium pro build

Posted on 2019-05-29, 01:28

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by Bullmecha

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Nice to see another dual Pro. I have a W6-Li Micronics dual pro setup, sitting in the closet 🤣. Looking for a good EEB case to drop it in thats ATX and not AT. Hope it gets up and running soon.

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Re: Found the vintage PC motherlode...

Posted on 2019-02-28, 02:34

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by Bullmecha

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What part of Texas LoL, as I'm in the middle I'd like to visit . A PCjr would be nice to add here in the room of odds and ends. I have a 2yr old daughter i'd like to have a few older systems for her to learn on, then move up the chain as I did. Hope it all works out well for you there too.

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Re: Value Time Machine... Best bang for your buck.

Posted on 2018-10-03, 23:39

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by Bullmecha

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I have an AT board that might have potential for this. If you could do a bit of reading here, https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/600-mhz- … et-7,210-4.html, tell me what you think about it. I may get back into it and try some things out myself , if i get time.

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Re: XP machine opinions

Posted on 2016-09-05, 04:32

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by Bullmecha

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Well, I don't own the EE but I see your point on the 775. Think I'll do some more testing as I have more to do on them as far as OC. After that I'll run that crysis bench to see exactly how they match up. I'll get some pics of the cpuz and such for the "play Crysis" thread after that. Got way too …

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Re: XP machine opinions

Posted on 2016-09-04, 01:36

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by Bullmecha

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Thanks for the extra replies.... Played with both the boards today and got an OC on the P4 3.2, currently on the Asus at 3.51 with stock volts and cooler, RAM is at 433. Will get to the long tests soon just poking around on the BIOS and such for now to see what will or won't boot. Is that chart for …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2016-09-03, 01:47

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by Bullmecha

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Nice setup Kanecvr, are all the display items still working? My GF would shoot me if I did that much of a setup in my house. Luckily I have it functional for me now, it's listed somewhere in this thread.

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Re: My 486 Build

Posted on 2016-09-03, 01:39

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by Bullmecha

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So far it looks like a nice tidy build. Hope it all goes as planned and we see a finished product sometime soon.

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Re: XP machine opinions

Posted on 2016-09-02, 23:47

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by Bullmecha

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Thanks for the reply... I agree with the go big statement but as I don't gather hardware on a frequent basis, I work with what I have acquired. I have a few other AGP cards floating around, mostly ATI I think, but the 3850 was the card to have when I got it. Crysis was a nice game to see on that …

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XP machine opinions

Posted on 2016-09-02, 23:20

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by Bullmecha

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Hey all, Recently I have been rummaging around working on my P55t2p4 box and I came across some items for a good, not best, XP Pro machine. Its a toss up really as I think any of these systems will be good enough for the games I own. Most of my games aren't too intensive, some are but I am going to …

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Re: My Asus Socket 7

Posted on 2016-08-30, 20:31

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by Bullmecha

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It posts just fine at 83mhz FSB, only registers 400mhz but i think it's the BIOS limit. BIOS is already at 107, i think is the version. Need to do a RTC replacement and then start loading the OS onto a CF or maybe a hard drive. Just pushing this board to its full potential with the CPU, not worried …

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Re: My Asus Socket 7

Posted on 2016-08-26, 01:46

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by Bullmecha

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Hey all, Got time to tear down the case I was planning to use. Found the cancer I didn't want to find. Will have to sand and paint internal case area. Other than that the only issue I see is for airflow, 1 front fan and no mount area for a rear so it's gotta exhaust from PSU. Picture time..... …

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Re: My Asus Socket 7

Posted on 2016-08-25, 01:48

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by Bullmecha

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Would this chip work for that socket as well.. http://www.jameco.com/z/CY7C199-25VC-Major-Brands-SRAM-Chip-Asynchronous-Single-5-Volt-256k-Bit-32k-X-8-25ns-28-Pin-Molded-SOJ_279831.html As to upgrades and parts vs parts.. thanks for the input. I will consider what to do with it after I get it …

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My Asus Socket 7

Posted on 2016-08-23, 02:46

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by Bullmecha

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Greetings all, I am now in the process of building a small, not quite best spec, socket 7 system. I will possibly upgrade parts at a later time but for now I have the following.... Asus P/II-P55T2P4 Rev 3.10 64mb RAM ATI Rage Pro 128 32mb PCI Video SB 32 PnP CT3600 with 30 pin ram slots DFE-530tx …

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Re: Post your 'current' PC

Posted on 2016-08-18, 00:12

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by Bullmecha

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Greetings all, My newest upgrade for your eye enjoyment, from my previous build on page 15 in this thread. IMG_0840.JPG Weird it shows sideways in the post lol but it does correct when I click it, oh the oddities we see. Specs = I5-6600k (oc to 4.6) cooled by H110i GT AIO 16gb Ripjaw V DDR4 2666 …

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Custom Pentium Pro cooler

Posted on 2016-08-05, 22:04

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by Bullmecha

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hey Vogon followers, Just wanted to pick your brains about where I can get coolers for my PPro's. Running a dual W6-Li and want to get a bit more cooling on the cpu's instead of the stock coolers. Any ideas or info is welcome. Thanks

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