Re: Any millionaires around?

Posted on 2012-02-03, 16:14

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by gwb

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Am I missing something? >"We can provide documents to prove that the parts were shipped directly from the AMD factory to our facility" >"If it weren't for the fact that we purchased the parts directly from ARROW Electronics"

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Re: Cyrix appreciation thread

Posted on 2012-01-28, 04:59

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by gwb

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A coworker kindly donated this to me today...now to build up a proper system to do some testing!

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Re: Quantum3D AAlchemy 8232

Posted on 2012-01-27, 02:06

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by gwb

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Regarding MediaGX performance, I would have to ask what exactly your experience was with the procs as I have had nothing but pleasant experiences with them

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Re: Cyrix appreciation thread

Posted on 2012-01-26, 05:08

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by gwb

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I would be game for a Cyrix fan club. IIRC VIA owns some of Cyrix and National Semiconductor (who bought Cyrix initially iirc) sold a patent to AMD. Did not know there were still some people who hold Cyrix so fondly in their retro nostalgia, very cool indeed. feipoa- just read your Ultimate 486 and …

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Re: Please delete: Quantum3D AAlchemy 8232

Posted on 2012-01-25, 13:47

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by gwb

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have an old Cyrix 6x86 system pr133 and 233 that I like to occasionally dabble around with. I've been meaning to post some pictures of it here, but I can't find the time! gwb edit: Just noticed your avatar *high five*

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Re: Quantum3D AAlchemy 8232

Posted on 2012-01-25, 05:42

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by gwb

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Read my above post!

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Re: Quantum3D AAlchemy 8232

Posted on 2012-01-25, 02:43

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by gwb

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hi Professerson, you must be in the wrong thread. We are discussing Cyrix here!

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Cyrix appreciation thread

Posted on 2012-01-25, 01:17

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by gwb

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I love Cyrix processors, currently have a pr233. Discuss your collection or Cyrix system

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Re: AWE64 and DOS/ Win98

Posted on 2012-01-10, 04:08

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by gwb

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks all for the info, I've since scrapped this plan 🙁

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Re: Strange floppy problem

Posted on 2012-01-02, 01:34

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by gwb

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Figured it out, the controller was disabled in the advance settings tab in the BIOS 🙄 Knew it was something simple!

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Strange floppy problem

Posted on 2012-01-02, 00:01

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by gwb

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I'm trying to resurrect an old Packard Bell 486sx multimedia sff computer and recently started have problems with the floppy. I am thinking the controller is the issue. The computer starts and tells me that is does not see the floppy. The drive does not light up nor performs a "sweep" when powered …

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Re: What sound card is this and does any one have the drivers for Win 98 and Dos/Win3.11?? Uses crystal cs4231-kl chipse

Posted on 2011-12-16, 03:38

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by gwb

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks so much for the help guys, I really appreciate it. Great community indeed! 😀

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Re: What sound card is this and does any one have the drivers for Win 98 and Dos/Win3.11?? Uses crystal cs4231-kl chipse

Posted on 2011-12-15, 04:53

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by gwb

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Does anyone happen to have P16II-1.ZIP laying around? I can't seem to find a working link of it

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Re: What sound card is this and does any one have the drivers for Win 98 and Dos/Win3.11?? Uses crystal cs4231-kl chipse

Posted on 2011-11-23, 03:52

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by gwb

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Sorry to bump an old thread. I am looking for the Sound Galaxy Pro II 16 drivers. The links are broken and driverguide is useless. Any help is appreciated. Thank you Edit: I found P16IIB-1.ZIP and P16IIB-2.ZIP at ftp://ftp.aztech.com/SUPPORT/DOWNLOAD/sg/P16II/P16IIB-1.zip and ftp://ftp.aztech.com/ …

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Re: Oooohhhh Graphite Ultracades

Posted on 2011-06-04, 19:58

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by gwb

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I sold a boxed Raven, two 8164s w/ the PSU, and a 200sbi a few weeks ago

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Re: GF4MX460

Posted on 2011-04-19, 01:31

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by gwb

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Tetrium wrote: swaaye wrote: yup. I challenge ye retro crazies to find one. Might as well go overclock a standard 440 😜 Aw! That's no fun!

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Re: GF4MX460

Posted on 2011-04-19, 00:36

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by gwb

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I believe the part no. may be "180-10075." Interestingly, nVidia lists the card on the driver download page.

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Re: Liquid Cooled Dual P3 Rig

Posted on 2011-04-18, 14:22

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by gwb

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Very cool stuff, what do you plan on doing with it?

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Re: Phoenix ATX-G P4-with-ISA-board

Posted on 2011-04-18, 14:07

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by gwb

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You can see my thread on my industrial mobo adventure. Never got my awe64g working with the board and ended up jumping ship 🙁

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2011-04-18, 03:43

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by gwb

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I have had this card lying around for a very long time and finally decided to build a system for it. I do not have the original chassis for it so I decided to use a very tall ATX case for it that I got on Craigslist a while back. I am planning on mounting both PSUs in the case, but the drive bays …

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