Re: IBM Thinkpad 380 to the Max.

Posted on 2024-03-25, 21:00

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by Intel486dx33

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One of the Best Laptops of 1997 This Laptop had the Best TV commercial. They don’t make laptop commercials like this anymore. On a Color CRT TV with 720p in 1997 Video link: https://youtu.be/N0zHan7E7Ps?si=bRt2Y3tDvHdsCzIh

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2024-03-21, 12:23

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Guys, These are the best value balanced headphones with good battery life. They have an App for connectivity and EQ. Crystal clear Voice and Treble. Base is Good too. NOT to Heavy in the base but a more balanced sound. But they do have a base boost setting in EQ app. Extremely comfortable to wear. …

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Re: Back-in-Black ( Pentium-lll , 933mhz , with Voodoo-3 )

Posted on 2024-03-19, 17:27

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by Intel486dx33

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i am back up and running better than before. I like looking at all the old Porsche photos and memorabilia

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Re: 2024 - End of the era of Retro Computing Youtube channels?

Posted on 2024-03-18, 18:19

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by Intel486dx33

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Nancy Pelosi wants to Make Tic-toc Better.

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Re: 2024 - End of the era of Retro Computing Youtube channels?

Posted on 2024-03-18, 14:10

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by Intel486dx33

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Tik-Tok……..I think Short clips are the Future of Retro computer channels. People are busy and don’t have time to watch a documentary about a retro computer product. People just want a short fix. These long youtube videos about retro computers are boring. I think she knows. https://youtube.com/shorts …

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Re: The most coolest IDE hardrives....

Posted on 2024-03-16, 17:06

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by Intel486dx33

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These old Conner drives are like tanks. They “take a lick’en and keep on tick’en”. I never thought much of these drives but they have proven me wrong. I compared to an IBM hard drive of the same time period and capacity and the Conner drive WON in performance benchmarks. I was in SHOCK !…… I Never …

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Re: Your most shitty motherboard?

Posted on 2024-03-15, 14:23

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by Intel486dx33

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Dell Optiplex GX computers. These Motherboards were plagued with Bad Capacitors. Otherwise Good computers.

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Re: Back-in-Black ( Pentium-lll , 933mhz , with Voodoo-3 )

Posted on 2024-03-15, 13:54

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by Intel486dx33

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I have a NEW hard drive upgrade.

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Re: Your most shitty motherboard?

Posted on 2024-03-14, 17:25

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by Intel486dx33

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Gateway 2000 486-33 ( Micronics motherboard ) Reasons: Limited Bios , Bios is Very Flakey AST Bravo 486-33 ( Proprietary motherboard ) Reasons: Proprietary bios, Limited Bios, unable to upgrade cache

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Re: My Stupid Retro Builds [New: Dual Slot 1 P3-1100MHz!]

Posted on 2024-03-13, 11:28

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by Intel486dx33

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She is a beauty, A Real looker that catches you eye. Maybe add some white LED strips and lights. And White Fans or ALL Noctua Fans. But she is a Beauty.

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Re: eBay Voodoo 2's (Project BRICK) Retro build

Posted on 2024-03-09, 18:57

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by Intel486dx33

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Many years ago I purchased a few Voodoo cards NOT working hoping I could fix them. So far I have been able to fix 3 out of 6 of them. Some had simple problems like Graphics artifacting which was an EASY fix by re-flowing the RAM chips with NO-Clean flux. I just poured some No-Clean Flux on the RAM …

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Re: The World's Fastest 486

Posted on 2024-03-05, 17:22

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by Intel486dx33

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This one. It has 4 wheels like a Mac Pro for going pretty fast.

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Re: Back-in-Black ( Pentium-lll , 933mhz , with Voodoo-3 )

Posted on 2024-03-05, 08:37

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by Intel486dx33

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My Newly replaced hard drive just died so I will have to get a new one.

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Re: Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Drive questions

Posted on 2024-03-04, 14:20

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by Intel486dx33

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You need to hook up the Molex power too. Straight 40 pin IDE ribbon works. You can buy on eBay. Hook up the red line with #1 on drive or little triangle You also need the Black cable for FireWire but might not be needed for basic functions. In Win-10 or Win-11 You can use the driver from Audigy RX …

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Re: best version of Office to learn

Posted on 2024-03-04, 11:29

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by Intel486dx33

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If you really want to be the “Star” of the company Master using MS Office. I remember when I was in a computer technical school back in 1995 that taught all the Microsoft certification classes The Students Mastered MS Windows, Office and Access. They Helped set up the School with a really cool MS …

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Re: best version of Office to learn

Posted on 2024-03-04, 05:38

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by Intel486dx33

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Office 365 basic I think is $3 a month.

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Re: best version of Office to learn

Posted on 2024-03-03, 11:19

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by Intel486dx33

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Yes, Okay and Microsoft is discontinuing support for Microsoft mail and switching to Outlook mail. I use regular MS-mail and I like it because it’s EASY to understand. I find Outlook mail confusing. There was a time when there was NO Internet Explorer ( I.E.) or Netscape web browsers. NO Cloud …

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Re: best version of Office to learn

Posted on 2024-03-03, 05:19

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by Intel486dx33

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Well. If you never used a computer or Office program before Video instruction is an EASY quick way to learn the Basics. I good primer to books or live classroom. Especially if your english is not very good. Computer terminology can be very difficult to understand at times. It’s like reading …

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Re: What to do with a Core 2 system (...now that there's better stuff around)

Posted on 2024-03-02, 11:10

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by Intel486dx33

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I think the Intel Core 2 or quad is still a good computer that can run MS Windows, Unix, Linux, OSX, etc. Win XP and Vista and Win7 Probably best as a WinXP retro gaming computer. Has good support, is dependable and proven reliable computer. Supports AGP, PCI, USB, DDR2 and DDR3, IDE and Sata drives …

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Re: best version of Office to learn

Posted on 2024-03-02, 10:49

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by Intel486dx33

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Back in early 1990’s I used some VHS tapes by “Mr Professor” to learn DOS, MS Win-3.11, and Office. It cost about $500 for the tapes set back in 1990’s Later Mr Professor came out on CD and was allot less expensive. But Video instructions is better than Books. I also took Microsoft certification …

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