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What Makes a Vintage Gaming PC?

June 4, 2022June 4, 2022 DanielUncategorizedLeave a Comment on What Makes a Vintage Gaming PC?

These days if you asked a group of people what a retro gaming PC was, you’d get a pile of different answers! That’s because there are entirely different generations who want to re-live a specific era. My experiences spanned 3…

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[Solution] Frozen on Verifying DMI Pool Data

March 2, 2022March 2, 2022 DanielUncategorizedLeave a Comment on [Solution] Frozen on Verifying DMI Pool Data

Had a really frustrating time recently with a M5ATA Biostar Socket 7 board. This system is a Pentium 233MMXQuantum 6GB72pin EDO or 128pin SDRAMW/standard floppy, CDROM & SB sound. It all started with random CDROM errors while reading discs. I…

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There’s A Team Preserving Vintage PC Knowledge

December 28, 2021December 28, 2021 DanielUncategorizedLeave a Comment on There’s A Team Preserving Vintage PC Knowledge

Long ago… when you bought a motherboard or an entire computer, you’d get a set of books, installation and driver disks. If you needed help, you could telephone the manufacturer or write a letter. Some had dial-in bulletin board systems…

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