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  1. phatboy

    NeXTCube

    this is seriously cool. They are potentially the best looking RAM sticks ever too! :)
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    What retro things have you done today?

    Quite a result today, checked FB marketplace and saw the guy I got my P182 case from had posted up an advert trying to find me as he lost my details and had found all the drive rails and other accessories for the case and also an extra modular cable for the PSU. Went and picked them up on...
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    What Retro Games Are You Currently Playing?

    Yeah i got a few championships in and beat 3 head to heads to get the hot rod, cop car and NASCAR then found crash mode again and didn't look back :D
  4. phatboy

    What Retro Games Are You Currently Playing?

    Started on Burnout 2 on the cube yesterday and lost good few hours Still so much fun!!!
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    What retro things have you done today?

    Always found that, Old stuff + almost maniacal will to succeed = success (eventually :D)
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    Why was the early 90's so successful for UK game production?

    21st century entertainment were down the road from me in Newbury, Didcot in their glory days of knocking out Pinball Dreams and Fantasies.
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    What retro things have you done today?

    Getting there now apart from the EZ plug molex location utterly triggering me and I need to work out a final route that doesn't have to mean the PSU cable sags across the board / top GPU Also after saving this beauty from the skip at work it's now sporting a fresh XP Pro OS and is running...
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    What retro things have you done today?

    Been away for a week so haven't touched anything for a bit but got home to find the 2nd card of my cheap 9600gt setup had arrived. Both together owe me a whopping £16! :D Installed and connected the EZ Plug as demanded by the A8N-SLI and they are up and running, detected through drivers and...
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    What retro things have you done today?

    Last day in the office before holiday and spied this Lenovo T60p thrown in a dispose pile. Was apparently found in a cupboard and was heading for the skip in the rain, powered on first time on its own battery!! holds charge nicely and it's 4:3!!! Quick conversation later, safe to say it's...
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    What retro things have you done today?

    Be interesting to see how my 3800x2 build does vs. this when I get it done :)
  11. phatboy

    What retro things have you done today?

    MS combat flight simulator is a gem! First thing I played when i got my sidewinder FFB joystick :)
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    What retro things have you done today?

    Just managed to snag a 9600gt for £5 plus few quid shipping. Just need another one now for the SLI 3800x2 Decided to go 8/9th gen over 7th to get DX10 loveliness
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    What retro things have you done today?

    Nearly bought one of these, was one for like £20 on eBay a few months back but I forgot and it went. Wasn't you was it lol
  14. phatboy

    Anyone been to any of the Arcade Club's?

    Group of friends and i are looking to make the journey up north and do a few days as it's quite the trek. Think it's the Bury one we are considering too Great to see the positive replies about the place in here :)
  15. phatboy

    Google Pixel 6/6 Pro

    apologies, yes i have tried both the power + volume up and down options with no joy sadly Thanks Ben
  16. phatboy

    Google Pixel 6/6 Pro

    evening all Was just sat watching tv with Pixel 6 on charge and tried to bring it up out of standby and its is completely dead, wont start, do a hard reset, anything........ Anyone know of a dark magic to make it snap out of it? been faultless since release day and this is sadly out of the...
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    What retro things have you done today?

    Finally all in one piece, running like a champ in the garage lab. Frustratingly I have found you are meant to have rails for the 5.25 drive bays which I didn't get any of :(. Drive is haphazardly hanging in bay with screws stopping it falling. Found someone has made an STP file on...
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    What retro things have you done today?

    Quick play around with settings earlier after work and the Athlon 3800x2 is up to 2.2GHz with hopefully more left in it in the decent zalman cooler in place. This was just using the auto OC settings in the BIOS, just choosing the 10% option. I think my old Manchester years ago did 2.55GHz I...
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    What retro things have you done today?

    So up early this morning so got the windows activation gumpf out the way for XP. Nice that MS still have a nice portal for it. Found drivers for the X-fi and it works a treat which is brilliant. So windows is now fully up and running with drivers installed for near enough everything. Currently...
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    What retro things have you done today?

    Very true. Mine is the original need for speed SE. LOVE that game and one day it just decided it doesn't run anymore out of the blue :(
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