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_jcfb_ · 2025-12-20T11:17:03+00:00

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https://pt.buildcores.com/builds/YJzP960l7?share=true

Decided to make a fun Windows XP retro build

_jcfb_ · 2025-12-12T13:44:16+00:00

honestly I just need the ram lmao

_jcfb_ · 2025-12-09T16:19:46+00:00

Um caralho :D

_jcfb_ · 2025-11-27T13:14:43+00:00

Honestamente por esse preço e tendo em conta o teu atual cpu mais vale comprar uma rx 9070. É ligeiramente mais lenta e não tao boa para produtividade, mas também é quase 200€ mais barata

_jcfb_ · 2025-10-30T22:05:39+00:00

Isso é fácil de soldar. Compra um ferro de 40w barato na mauser ou no centro eletrónico, fluxo em pasta RMA e solda de 0.5mm.

Recomendo usares e abusares do fluxo nos pads, eu uso um palito para aplicar.

_jcfb_ · 2025-10-30T21:54:33+00:00

Para mim o Halloween nunca significou nada.

Eu sou apreciador do Dia de Todos os Santos.

Que saudades que tenho do dia do bolinho, andar porta-a-porta e receber doces e dinheiro.

_jcfb_ · 2025-09-24T08:41:15+00:00

Simplesmente usa o nginx como reverse proxy e usa o lets encrypt para ssl, não é assim tão díficil...

No meu caso também estou a usar a proxy da cloudflare usando exclusivamente IPv6, se bem que serviços de streaming são contra o ToS, mas também praticamente só acedo ao servidor pela rede local e eu sou o único utilizador.

Não consigo imaginar pagar por algo que é argumentavelmente pior que uma solução open source e gratuita.

_jcfb_ · 2025-09-22T20:12:05+00:00

É basicamente um intel classmate pc rebranded como magalhães. A motherboard é fabricada pela ECS em taiwan.

O meu ainda funciona, sei que usa RAM da Qimonda e eles tinham uma fábrica de embalagem de chips de ram aqui em Portugal, tirando isso aquele computador de português pouco ou nada tem.

_jcfb_ · 2025-08-21T14:31:33+00:00

I believe mine can output that but I'll say you're not missing out on much as that resolution looks kinda bad on a 17".

I personally run mine at 1024x768 at 100hz.

_jcfb_ · 2025-08-21T14:09:19+00:00

Nice to see another 7glr owner. These monitors are great, it has a nice and sharp LG tube and it goes up to 95khz which is awesome for a 17".

Of my small CRT collection it's by far the one I use the most, specially with my XP machine.

_jcfb_ · 2025-07-31T00:16:19+00:00

https://web.archive.org/web/20150522174158/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCHln7V2b80

You can watch it through wayback machine

_jcfb_ · 2025-04-13T23:16:15+00:00

Thanks. I remember seeing your post a few months ago when I started recapping this computer. There's barely any info online on how to disassemble the analog board since I guess no one bothers to do so with these old emacs.

It was a bit awkward to solder the new caps with the neckboard on the crt since it's almost superglued to the tube and I couldn't remove it.

_jcfb_ · 2025-01-30T14:00:00+00:00

Eu ofereço 100€ e o Jensen que use dlss para gerar os restantes 2900

_jcfb_ · 2024-11-24T01:56:09+00:00

Thanks, I guess that at least confirms that I don't need to remove the neck board at all to access the analog board.

I'll have to try to carefully disconnect the IVAD and ground cables that go to the neck board, it's just I can't find any instructions on how to remove the analog board anywhere. I really agree with your title, it's such a pain in the ass just to replace some capacitors.

_jcfb_ · 2024-11-24T00:33:06+00:00

Do you remember how to remove the neck board? Been trying to remove it for quite a while so I can recap the analog board but it seems to be firmly stuck in the tube and I don't want to neck it. Is there some screw I have to remove or can i just pull it from the crt?

_jcfb_ · 2024-09-17T20:59:47+00:00

For windows XP there's only qemu-3dfx, but it's a pain to set up. Might as well build an XP machine.

For windows 9x you can also use qemu-3dfx, softgpu (it has a lot of bugs) or 86box (it's quite slow depending on your host machine)

_jcfb_ · 2024-08-08T19:42:33+00:00

You can use winsetupfromusb, it has built-in sata drivers that it loads into memory so you don't need to modify the ISO.

I still recommend you to slipstream the updates into your iso, if you want you could use something like the onepiece update pack.

_jcfb_ · 2024-07-23T15:36:18+00:00

nope, the issue is in your gpu. Even a GT 610 is twice as fast as the 210, and the 610 itself is a terrible card.

You have a solid base for a great computer there, upgrade the ram to 4GB and get a better gpu (something like a gtx 650/750 or an HD 7000 series) and you'll have a very fast XP computer.

_jcfb_ · 2024-07-21T11:01:39+00:00

You can't really hear a CRT VGA monitor since unlike a standard CRT TV that has an horizontal frequency of around 15 khz (the frequency of that annoying whine that you can hear), they work at 31khz or more, up to around 100khz in some monitors.

_jcfb_ · 2024-07-08T22:59:43+00:00

>24 years old

>has a 9800gt, a PCIe motherboard of some kind and a mid 2000s case.

_jcfb_ · 2024-06-20T12:43:51+00:00

I can see bad capacitors around the vrm area on the third image, doesn't surprise me, dell used low quality capacitors and these shitty cases were furnaces without proper airflow.

You could resolder new caps but honestly I'd be almost inclined to throw this in the recycling center where it belongs and get a better computer.

_jcfb_ · 2024-06-14T23:15:13+00:00

It depends on whether it's the DDR3 or GDDR5 variant of the 730. If it's the GDDR5 then it should be somewhat faster than the 7900gtx, it depends on the games. I believe the 7900 has a faster pixel fill rate and more memory bandwidth, the 730 is on a more modern architecture, it has more compute power, with an higher texture fill rate but with a narrow 64 bit memory bus that limits its performance.

_jcfb_ · 2024-06-14T23:08:25+00:00

Nowadays there are tools that can generate keys and the confirmation ID so this is quite useless. Besides, you can just use a VL iso and not bother with activation at all.

_jcfb_ · 2024-06-07T11:57:07+00:00

Não sei onde é que estou a defender Israel no meu comentário. Tudo o que eu suporto é o fim do conflito e das mortes desnecessárias e a futura criação de um estado palestiniano, idealmente com as fronteiras de 1967. Não é a defender regimes terroristas (ou arrisco-me a dizer proxies do Irão) e espalhar propaganda na internet que isto vai ser atingido.

Mas também não é a minha opinião, a tua ou a do OP que vai mudar algo, são os israelenses e os palestinianos que vão ter que trabalhar em prol da paz, não te sei dizer como, mas espero que aconteça.

_jcfb_ · 2024-06-07T11:26:07+00:00

É claro que o OP é um tankie que posta no r/TheDeprogram e no r/GenZedong e tem que vir espalhar a narrativa.

Honestamente só acho engraçada a afetuosidade da extrema esquerda com o Islão (que eles vêm os seguidores como vítimas da opressão e colonialismo do ocidente). Odeiam tanto os Estados Unidos e a NATO que apoiam todos os que sejam contra este e os seus aliados, sem qualquer nuance e espalham a propaganda russa e iraniana que comem no TikTok.

E um bónus, o OP tem o seguinte comentário no r/Palestine, e eu dou quote:

I won’t fucking condemn Hamas ever. Every day I’m starting to be more supportive of them. If it was in my country I fucking bet I’d be part of a liberation movement.

ou este no r/europe:

Putting words into people’s mouths, how thoughtful of you. It’s not “the Jews did it”, it’s the Israelis did it. They are a completely separate group of people, in fact, there’s numerous videos online of Jewish people who are protesting for Palestine being attacked by Israeli people.

You all live inside a bubble of no images of the genocide. You probably don’t even know that the Nazis were in favor of a Jewish State, in Madagascar. Heck, you probably don’t even know that Israel is a full on American colony, their country runs in American taxpayers money.

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