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7 hours ago, Dabombinable said:

I need to find a DVD drive built like this. No belt, no worries. These Lite-on drives should outlive most retro ODD (this is my 52x drive with the fromt swapped) btw-48x has a dead motor and it has yellowed with the case.

Could swear I have a Philips and Sony built like that...

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9 hours ago, SimplyChunk said:

Is that IDE or SATA?  I think i got a couple of Liteon IDE drives kicking about somewhere

IDE. SATA is reserved for my 400GB RAID 0 array. And even then only SATA 1 drives work.

Pretty much I'll always have one of the high RPM CD drives in a build simply due to even 22x DVD drives topping out at 48x. Which is still slower than my 1998 LG - 50x CD-ROM. Yes that includes my current Ryzen rig.

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Welp.. No pic yet i'm afraid but just wanna let you know i completed Super Mario Land 2 The Six Golden Coins last night on my Gameboy Pocket.  Went in to the last level with 30 lives ended up with just 8 left..I'd forgotten how hard some of these old Gameboy games could be XD.  Gonna pickup Super Mario Allstars + Super Mario World double cart soon to test out my SNES hooked up to my 14" Bush CRT

 With all the Trolls, Try Hards, Noobs and Weirdos around here you'd think i'd find SOMEWHERE to fit in!

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On 5/14/2022 at 1:48 PM, frozensun said:

...just tried, bringing 1080p YT vid to this oldie is a torture...it does run 720p but painfully slow.

I can not believe about this.

I mean even all my cellphones run 1080 without issues.

I have a similar PC:

AMD Athlon64 x2 4600+ 2.4GHz

4GB DDR2 800MHz

MSI nVidia GeForce 9500GT 1GB

Haven't tested how YouTube runs on Win 7, but on Win XP SP3 it can play perfectly 1080p video from YouTube (tested in Chrome and Firefox) and the CPU sits at 50-60% usage even. Don't have a recent picture of it inside or running, but here's how it looks outside and the setup. Both Windows versions are on different 80GB SATA HDDs. The HDD that can be seen trough the hole in the front is a 500GB one and I use it as a backup (usually not plugged in when using the PC). The Win 7 install I use for testing HDDs/GPUs, but mainly HDDs in the front bay (the black one in the third 5.25" bay), can't remember what it was exactly called, I guess I'm too tired to think properly. Some day when I have time I can take a picture of the inside and it running.

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Main PC: Acer IPISB-VR│Intel Xeon E3-1270 3.4GHz│AeroCool AirFrost 4 with Noctua NF-A9│16GB DDR3 1600MHz Dual-channel│nVidia GeForce GTX1060 6GB│Cricual MX500 250GB SSD + WD Blue 1TB 7200rpm + Seagate 1TB 7200rpm│Windows 7 Pro x64 & Windows 11 Pro│CoolerMaster Silencio 352M│Seasonic M12II-520 EVO 520W│Acer SA220Q 22" 1920x1080

Secondary PC: MSI H81M-P33│Intel Core i7-4790 3.6GHz│DeepCool Ice Edge Mini FS V2│16GB DDR3 1866MHz (1600MHz) Dual-channel│AMD R9 270 2GB│WD Green 120GB SSD + Seagate 1TB│Windows 11 Pro│Acer Aspire M1930 case│CoolerMaster B500 v2 500W│Samsung S19B300 1366x768 & Fujitsu-Siemens P15-1 1024x768

Test PC/Nice XP PC: ASUS M2N│AMD Athlon64 x2 6000+ 3.1GHz│CoolerMaster unkown model│4GB DDR2 800MHz│nVidia GeForce 9500GT 1GB│Hitachi Deskstar 80GB 7200rpm + WD Raptor 74GB 10000 rpm│Windows 7 Pro x64 + Windows XP Pro SP3│TurboX Case│Zalman 450W│LG Flatron L1718S 17" 1280x1024

Future workshop PC: ASUS M4N68T-M-V2│AMD Phenom II x6 1055T 2.8GHz│Some 130W tower cooler│8GB DDR3 1333MHz Dual-channel│AMD Radeon HD4670 512MB│Samsung Spinpoint 640GB 7200rpm│Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64 + Windows Vista Ultimate SP2 32bit│Medion MD8840 case│Antec VP350P 350W│Lenovo L220x. 22" 1920x1200

HTPC: HP Elite 8200 USDT│Intel Core i7-2600s 2.8GHz│6GB DDR3 1333MHz Dual-channel│Intel HD Graphics 2000│WD Blue 1TB 5400rpm│Windows 7 Pro x64│JVC LT-32VF30K 32" 1920x1080

New Main laptop: HP ProBook 455 G9│AMD Ryzen 5 2625U 2.3GHz│16GB DDR4 3200MHz│AMD Radeon RX Vega 7│1TB NVMe SSD│Win 11 Pro│15.6" 1920x1080
Old Main laptop: HP EliteBook 8470p│Intel Core i7-3610QM 2.3GHz│16GB DDR3 1600MHz Dual-channel│Intel HD4000 Graphics│Kingston 240GB SSD│Win 7 Pro x64│14.1" 1600x900

Secondary laptop: HP EliteBook 8470p│Intel Corei7-3520M 2.9GHz│8GB DDR3 1600MHz Dual-channel│Intel HD4000 Graphics│2 x Crucial BX500 500GB SSDs│Win 7 Pro x64│14.1" 1600x900

Main phone: Sony Xperia X Compact│Other phones: Sony Xperia L3, Sony Xperia Z3 Compact (x2){and both are dead now}, Sony Xperia E3, Sony Xperia Tipo + 12 more (not going not list everything)

Most other PCs and laptops I own:

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Small laptop: Acer Aspire One D255│Intel Atom N550 1.5GHz│2GB DDR3 1333MHz│Intel GMA3150 256MB│Western Digital 500GB 5400rpm KingDian S100 32GB Apacer AS350X 120GB SSD│Win 7 Ultimate x64 & Win 10 Pro x64 Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 32bit & Q4OS│10.1" 1024x600

Old secondary PC: ASUS A7V8X-X│AMD Sempron 3000+ 2.0GHz│Titan CPU Cooler│1.75GB DDR 400MHz│nVidia GeForce FX5700LE 256MB│2 x WesternDigital 40GB 7200rpm (sadly one seems to be dead)│Windows XP Pro SP3│Some case│Codegen 300XA 350W│Dell E173FP 17" 1280x1024 & Fujitsu-Siemens P15-1 1024x768Philips 200P4 20" 1600x1200

"The Old" PC: eMachines eTower 466i│Intel Celeron 466MHz│512MB RAM PC133│nVidia GeForce FX5200 128MB PCI ATi 3D Rage Pro AGP 2x_ 4MB│Seagate Baracuda 40GB 7200rpm│Windows 98SE & Windows XP Pro SP3│IBM P50 14" 1024x768 CRT

"The Floppy" laptop: Clevo 2700C│Intel Pentium III 1.1GHz│512MB PC133 SDRAM│SiS 630 32MB shared│Samsung 40GB│Windows XP Pro SP3│15" 1024x768

"The P4" laptop: HP Pavillion ZD8000│Intel Pentium 4 3.2GHz│2GB DDR2 666MHz Dual-channel│ATi Mobility Radeon X600 256MB│Seagate 100GB│Windows XP Pro SP3│17" 1440x900

Dell laptop: Dell Latitude D600│Intel Pentium M 1.6GHz│1.5GB DDR 333MHz│ATi Mobility Radeon 9000 64MB│40GB IDE│Windows XP Pro SP3│14.1"  1400x1050

Future workshop PC (dead): MSI MS-7302│Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 2.8GHz│Stock cooler│3GB DDR2 800MHz│AMD Radeon HD7470 2GB│Samsung Spinpoint 640GB 7200rpm│Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64 + Windows Vista Ultimate SP2 32bit│Medion MD8840│FSP Group 250W│Samsung SyncMaster 730bf 17" 1280x1024

Old Secondary PC: HP IPISB-CH│Intel Core i5-2320 3GHz│DeepCool Ice Edge Mini FS V2│8GB DDR3 1333MHz│AMD R9 270 2GB│WD Green 120GB SSD + WD Blue 1TB 2.5"│Windows 7 Ultimate x64│Acer Aspire M1930│CoolerMaster B500 v2 500W│Samsung S19B300 1366x768 & Fujitsu-Siemens P15-1 1024x768

 

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4 minutes ago, Mitko_DSV said:

I have a similar PC:

AMD Athlon64 x2 4600+ 2.4GHz

4GB DDR2 800MHz

MSI nVidia GeForce 9500GT 1GB

I also have a similar PC, funnily enough. Love messing with the Athlons.

 

Haven't done anything with it since the move last year so it's still packed up unfortunately.

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Just now, Mel0nMan said:

4? 4S?

4 GSM, yep! It's not running iOS 5 legit; rather I'm using the de rebus antiquis to trick iOS 7 iBoot into running iOS 5 iBoot to boot iOS 5.

bootROM/iBoot exploits are weird.


My 4 CDMA (on iOS 4 not downgraded with tricks since you can't) arrives today, can't wait for that!

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1 minute ago, FakeKGB said:

4 GSM, yep! It's not running iOS 5 legit; rather I'm using the de rebus antiquis to trick iOS 7 iBoot into running iOS 5 iBoot to boot iOS 5.

bootROM/iBoot exploits are weird.


My 4 CDMA (on iOS 4 not downgraded with tricks since you can't) arrives today, can't wait for that!

Are the GSM and CDMA very different?

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Just now, Mel0nMan said:

Are the GSM and CDMA very different?

Very different. The CDMA 4 has no SIM slot, and uses the 4S's shell design just without a SIM holder.

It also ran iOS 4.2.5-4.2.10, while the GSM 4.3-4.3.5 instead.

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Could probably post these here

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They won't read, I have some work to do but they're rather good looking doorstops if worst comes to worst. 4gb Bigfoot, 3gb Fireball, 850mb Seagate (I'm pretty sure a few vintage Macs used this drive)

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24 minutes ago, Mel0nMan said:

Could probably post these here

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They won't read, I have some work to do but they're rather good looking doorstops if worst comes to worst. 4gb Bigfoot, 3gb Fireball, 850mb Seagate (I'm pretty sure a few vintage Macs used this drive)

That Fireball contrasts nicely with the bigfoot.

Edit: Shame the drives are broken. I'd love to see their comparisons between my own old HDD (tested back in 2017 back when my PC had a 4790K):
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I feel sorry that my Dad throw in garbage my good old Pentium I With turbo boost to 100MHz and compressed WD drive of 850 MB.

And me throw Amiga 500.

But here in my room is left this lovely rig from my profile pic.

If someone is insterested to see, I can post pics soon...

I think I even have P III in a car garage dunno yet if it is working or not...should!!

 

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3 hours ago, Dabombinable said:

That Fireball contrasts nicely with the bigfoot.

Edit: Shame the drives are broken. I'd love to see their comparisons between my own old HDD (tested back in 2017 back when my PC had a 4790K):
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I have a database of disk benchmarks, you might like this. Not very detailed, but I have several IDE models from the 90s and 2000s tested. Smallest is 40gb though, so not quite that level

HDD.xlsx

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iPhone 4 CDMA is here!
It's a weird little iPhone. It looks like a 4S, but it's a 4 at heard with an A4, not an A5.

My model is running iOS 4.2.6, which means it was not updated ever in its entire lifetime (yes I know iOS 4.2.5 exists but that was only on a few prerelease models, when the 4 CDMA was released it ran 4.2.6). How I lucked out with this I don't know.

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At the time it was locked to Verizon (and known as the Verizon iPhone), and so it won't activate as Verizon no longer activates phones without VoLTE.

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It has no SIM slot.

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Here it is compared to my 4 GSM and 4S.

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4 GSM is on the top, 4 CDMA in the middle, 4S is on the bottom

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4S is on the top, 4 CDMA in the mdidle, 4 GSM on the bottom. 

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6 hours ago, Mel0nMan said:

Could probably post these here

 

They won't read, I have some work to do but they're rather good looking doorstops if worst comes to worst. 4gb Bigfoot, 3gb Fireball, 850mb Seagate (I'm pretty sure a few vintage Macs used this drive)

God I love Bigfoots. Also love me a good Fireball. 🤤

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Intel Core i5 11400 w/ Shadow Rock LP, 2x16GB SP GAMING 3200MHz CL16, ASUS PRIME Z590-A, 2x LSI 9211-8i, Fractal Define 7, 256GB Team MP33, 3x 6TB WD Red Pro (9TB partition for general storage + 2TB partition for dumping ground), 4x 8TB WD White Label/Red (Plex) (all 3 arrays in their respective Windows Parity storage spaces), Corsair RM750x, Windows 11 Education

Sleeper HP Pavilion A6137C

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Intel Core i7 6700K @ 4.4GHz, 4x8GB G.SKILL Ares 1800MHz CL10, ASUS Z170M-E D3, 128GB Team MP33, 1TB Seagate Barracuda, 320GB Samsung Spinpoint (for video capture), MSI GTX 970 100ME, EVGA 650G1, Windows 10 Pro

OptiPlex 7040M

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Intel Core i7 6700, 2x16GB Mushkin Redline (stuck at 2133MHz CL13), 240GB Corsair MP510, 130w Dell power brick, Windows 10 Pro

Mac Mini (Late 2020)

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Apple M1, 8GB RAM, 256GB, macOS Sonoma

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6 hours ago, FakeKGB said:

Which phone is this?

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ITS AN IPHONE. HEY YOU GOT ANY GAMES ON YOUR PHONE? CAN IT PLAY THE FORTNITE?

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2 minutes ago, Bitter said:

CAN IT PLAY THE FORTNITE?

It can play Fortnite, but not the Fortnite. On the scale of Fortnites, it's probably a 5/7. Why 7, you ask? That is the number of nites per fort. 

 

So to answer your question, it can the fort night 

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6 minutes ago, Bitter said:

ITS AN IPHONE. HEY YOU GOT ANY GAMES ON YOUR PHONE? CAN IT PLAY THE FORTNITE?

Nope, the IPA of Fortnite no longer works.

I also don't have any games on it because iOS 4.2 doesn't have a Purchased tab, so I can't download older apps, and iTunes don't download them.

 

Amazing!

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50 minutes ago, FakeKGB said:

Nope, the IPA of Fortnite no longer works.

I also don't have any games on it because iOS 4.2 doesn't have a Purchased tab, so I can't download older apps, and iTunes don't download them.

 

Amazing!

Need that Cydia lol.

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10 hours ago, Mel0nMan said:

I have a database of disk benchmarks, you might like this. Not very detailed, but I have several IDE models from the 90s and 2000s tested. Smallest is 40gb though, so not quite that level

HDD.xlsx 10.04 kB · 0 downloads

Still got to add the results - (over 5 years later). But these are the drives that I had tested (since then I've gotten some others working that I had thought were dead):
HDD benchmark results.ods

 

The difference going from 5400RPM to 7200RPM used to make:

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We do not sell cosmetics. We just blind animals."

 

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5 hours ago, Mel0nMan said:

That is the number of nites per fort

there's 14 nites in a fort

 With all the Trolls, Try Hards, Noobs and Weirdos around here you'd think i'd find SOMEWHERE to fit in!

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