Actually it did catch on, but in mobile devices not PC.
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Do I want this load of.... Stuff. looks like a P4 desktop (horizontal white and black) and the tower could be a little older based on lack of USB ports...
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/297048171827754/
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/297048171827754/
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Looks like a Dell GX200.
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I'm not particularly interested in dell desktops though. That top CRT looks like it could be a flat screen maybe which would be nice!
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And they're gone. Ah well
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Bad luck.
The answer to that question is always 'yes'.
They're may have been saucy selfies on the HDD.
The answer to that question is always 'yes'.
They're may have been saucy selfies on the HDD.
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Safe to say that a quick journey into the loft this morning was worth it!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h8l57MN--3h2Aw2AuCe_5hSRjP61_V5z/view?usp=drivesdk
Totally forgot I had the depths of doom box set that I was given a few years back, now worth a fair old whack which is cool
The pile of xplosiv games include panzer dragoon, battle chess, sega touring car, virtua cop and Matt Hoffman's bmx. And in the little case logic box is:
Incoming
Destruction derby 2
G police
F1 97
Rollercoaster Tycoon
Rollcage
GTA London
Flight sim 98
Theme park
Unreal
FA/18 Korea
Woohoo
The box itself has some real great stuff in it, big box Amiga and Pc wise and a few speccy bits too
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hDsQ1xqgCyXyAy9sJSVJnJHyxJDtzoh4/view?usp=drivesdk
Edit: oh and a few more in a little bag!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hMljFSjx9DlXSzvJo9GKOY7JWGWhq5fO/view?usp=drivesdk
Know there is more somewhere as haven't found big box European carmageddon and quake 1 yet.....
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h8l57MN--3h2Aw2AuCe_5hSRjP61_V5z/view?usp=drivesdk
Totally forgot I had the depths of doom box set that I was given a few years back, now worth a fair old whack which is cool
The pile of xplosiv games include panzer dragoon, battle chess, sega touring car, virtua cop and Matt Hoffman's bmx. And in the little case logic box is:
Incoming
Destruction derby 2
G police
F1 97
Rollercoaster Tycoon
Rollcage
GTA London
Flight sim 98
Theme park
Unreal
FA/18 Korea
Woohoo
The box itself has some real great stuff in it, big box Amiga and Pc wise and a few speccy bits too
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hDsQ1xqgCyXyAy9sJSVJnJHyxJDtzoh4/view?usp=drivesdk
Edit: oh and a few more in a little bag!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hMljFSjx9DlXSzvJo9GKOY7JWGWhq5fO/view?usp=drivesdk
Know there is more somewhere as haven't found big box European carmageddon and quake 1 yet.....
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Safe to say that a quick journey into the loft this morning was worth it!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h8l57MN--3h2Aw2AuCe_5hSRjP61_V5z/view?usp=drivesdk
Totally forgot I had the depths of doom box set that I was given a few years back, now worth a fair old whack which is cool
The pile of xplosiv games include panzer dragoon, battle chess, sega touring car, virtua cop and Matt Hoffman's bmx. And in the little case logic box is:
Incoming
Destruction derby 2
G police
F1 97
Rollercoaster Tycoon
Rollcage
GTA London
Flight sim 98
Theme park
Unreal
FA/18 Korea
Woohoo
The box itself has some real great stuff in it, big box Amiga and Pc wise and a few speccy bits too
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hDsQ1xqgCyXyAy9sJSVJnJHyxJDtzoh4/view?usp=drivesdk
Edit: oh and a few more in a little bag!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hMljFSjx9DlXSzvJo9GKOY7JWGWhq5fO/view?usp=drivesdk
Know there is more somewhere as haven't found big box European carmageddon and quake 1 yet.....
Nice, syndicate was one of my favourites at the time.
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so i have spoiled the clean line a bit, i wanted my old drives in the same box, so moved in the 5.25" which has badly yellowed and the Zip drive, i also swapped the 3.5" drive which is now working
Also have ordered a 256mb compact flash card, and im going to install Calledra Open dos, i created the disks for these a few years ago, but the 386 i was going to use it on needed to much work beyond my knowledge which i gave to a forum member some time ago. I have 4 boxed of Shell branded unused floppies mix of 5.25" 1.2 and 360k
Also have ordered a 256mb compact flash card, and im going to install Calledra Open dos, i created the disks for these a few years ago, but the 386 i was going to use it on needed to much work beyond my knowledge which i gave to a forum member some time ago. I have 4 boxed of Shell branded unused floppies mix of 5.25" 1.2 and 360k
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So few games I am finding arent giving any sound. Namely nfs2 se and rollcage. Rollcage cd music working absolutely fine but no fx. NFS is giving nothing, 3dfx is working though which is nice
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Halfway through theme hospital now. Getting there 
Also got the duke3d intro recorded: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNCXYg0tf5U&ab_channel=LJRRetroPCs
Got this bundle of software coming tomorrow(Well today now its 1am...). Really happy to get the Dell dos disks to go with my dell stuff! The rest is probably just fluff
Also got the duke3d intro recorded: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNCXYg0tf5U&ab_channel=LJRRetroPCs
Got this bundle of software coming tomorrow(Well today now its 1am...). Really happy to get the Dell dos disks to go with my dell stuff! The rest is probably just fluff
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Plugged the 478 rig in to see it would POST.
All old parts, never used together, some of them bought untested, couple of bits I've had in a box for years...
Wasn't even sure if the CPU was compatible with the board, or if I'd wired the front panel connectors up properly, or anything.
POSTed first time with a single beep, screen lit up, everything seems to be detected, I even connected the front panel up the right way. That went far better than I could have hoped!
All old parts, never used together, some of them bought untested, couple of bits I've had in a box for years...
Wasn't even sure if the CPU was compatible with the board, or if I'd wired the front panel connectors up properly, or anything.
POSTed first time with a single beep, screen lit up, everything seems to be detected, I even connected the front panel up the right way. That went far better than I could have hoped!
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Plugged the 478 rig in to see it would POST.
All old parts, never used together, some of them bought untested, couple of bits I've had in a box for years...
Wasn't even sure if the CPU was compatible with the board, or if I'd wired the front panel connectors up properly, or anything.
POSTed first time with a single beep, screen lit up, everything seems to be detected, I even connected the front panel up the right way. That went far better than I could have hoped!
It's always a damn fine feeling when that happens!
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Having a bit of a head scratcher with this sound problem, Just tried quake 3 too and that is completely missing sound as well so that is Rollcage, Q3 and NFS2 SE.
Having a look through DXDIAG at the DX files I seem to have "old versions" as it puts it in my system still it is using. So DX7 is installed but v.40 dsound.dll is still there. it gives a warning about it but when you do a suggested reinstall its still the same?
Update - So now Quake 2 that has always been spot on has lost its sound too.
Heard that DX is like an impossibility to fix on 98, just reinstall and bite the bullet?
Having a look through DXDIAG at the DX files I seem to have "old versions" as it puts it in my system still it is using. So DX7 is installed but v.40 dsound.dll is still there. it gives a warning about it but when you do a suggested reinstall its still the same?
Update - So now Quake 2 that has always been spot on has lost its sound too.
Heard that DX is like an impossibility to fix on 98, just reinstall and bite the bullet?
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I left it sitting for a week before trying the first power-on because I didn't want to ruin the feeling of achievement by it not working.
In other news, I just accidentally spent £9 posted on what I thought was a mint condition silver-plastic-fronted Pioneer IDE DVD-RW drive, but I now suspect that it is actually a beige one which someone has painted.
e; Update, no it is actually silver. The plastic tabs on top are beige no matter what facia it came with, black, beige, or silver.
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
Potential bargain here for someone up norf. Gateways usually sell really well
Potential bargain here for someone up norf. Gateways usually sell really well
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hopefully that bios password is cleared with battery removal ?
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I'm sure it would be!
Just got a 4 way KVM switch so now I can have all 3 PCs hooked up! And use the 4th slot for my main pc to use the old screen as a 2nd monitor.
Was sold as untested but works fine
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I'm sure it would be!
Just got a 4 way KVM switch so now I can have all 3 PCs hooked up! And use the 4th slot for my main pc to use the old screen as a 2nd monitor.
Was sold as untested but works fine
thats another thing i remember binning back in the day!