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This wikipage is basically an attempt at condensing the threads on Vogons into a single list to make it easier to find threads containing interesting bits of information. Everything is roughly listed into separate categories and this list can be seen as a continuous WIP

Some of these threads are several years old though, so please consider not kicking an old thread and instead create a new thread, optionally with a link to the old thread.

Retro systems, their collectors and their stuff

What retro activity did you get up to today? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39993

What game are you playing now? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=35778

Ebay auctions cheap/special not for me, but maybe for you? [READ RULES] http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=34088

Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=31667

Bought these (retro) hardware today http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=17341

Bought this (Modern) hardware today http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=47147

Bought these games today http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=16803

I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread. http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43144

post up pics of your "computing area" http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=23136

Retro Rig Photo Thread http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=27940

Post pics of your CRT monitors http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=37997

VOGONS Driver Library http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=30649

VOGONS Wiki reference http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=34699

"The international hardware museum of Vogons" http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45838

Kind of missing the point of building machines. http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46151

Who else here hoards "insane" amounts of hardware? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=28547

Retro Hardware Collections http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=26892

NIB still sealed collections http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46461

To unbox or not unbox (old HW) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46446

How do you store your computer parts? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=29820

How do you organise / sort / store all your retro gear? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=30972

How do we store our (hardware) collection? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46031

This is a bad idea right? (How to clean dirty computer components) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46438

How many computers do you own? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45786

How many computers could you possibly build? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45819

Minor (or major) injuries from gaming or building/using computer...? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39324

Great collectors of Vogons! What's missing in your collections? :P http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=38166

Duplicate Hardware in Your Collection http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45018

Things you regret giving or throwing away? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=41410

What do you NOT have enough of? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=51653

How brand crazy are you guys? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=51527

What was your worst screw-up with retro tech? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=51482

Good reading for people new to retro computing http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=27661

Spelling and grammar pet peeves around here http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45816

Disporpotions between different countries when it comes to old hardware http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=38642

Reasons to punch eBay sellers in the face http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44989

Question: Why do you think retro computing is important? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42783

Old computers for daily tasks? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39681

Lowest system you tried for everyday main PC http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43564

Trustworthy buyer? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42484

Vintage hardware lovers - do you really love vintage hardware or simply pragmatism? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=36531

How many of you guys still use CRT monitors on all your retro computers (and maybe your modern ones too) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43005

You Know You're a Hopeless Retro Geek When... http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=41990

What do you drive? (about cars, mostly) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45397

Let's get to know eachother a little better :) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39524

So what do you guys do... you know, in real life? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=36337

Tell your story. What made you sign up to Vogons? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39700

What machines did you use in High School? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44353

List the CPUs you owned when they were new http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46197

POLL: What is your favorite x86 vintage processor? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=38293

First computers you've used http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42224

What's the hardest part of building a retro rig for yourself? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48860

Spam, spam, spam (Report spammers here!) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=28438

VOGONS is no marketplace! (locked topic) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=27446

Windows

Any good Windows 3.1 games? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44496

Best version of Windows 95? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=29535

Useful Programs, Patches, and Drivers For Windows 95, 98, 2000, Etc. http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44890

Your favorite retro apps? (apps? programs!) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=40977

Any interest in a MS Windows Security Update CD? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=31258

List of Web Browsers For All Operating Systems http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=12102

XP-era games that have trouble running on Win7/8 http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42396

Windows 95 setup guide (late 2013) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=36770

Tetrium's guide to Windows ME (tips and tricks that make ME run well) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48258

Windows Me - "Misunderstood Edition" (collection of the benefits of Windows ME) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=47562

What is the memory "sweet spot" for a Pentium III Windows 98 SE retro-gaming system? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=41227

>512MB with Windows 98... http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=35361

Win 9x/ME and ram http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46463

Was there ever a non-upgrade non-OEM Win95 retail CD? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43517

Windows NT 4.0 on Pentium 133 http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43343

Win98SE or WinXP for Tualatin 1.4S+i815? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42937

Windows ME http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=26652

Is Windows 2000 good for anything? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39547

windows xp box http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=38982

Windows Server? (Windows 2003) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43336

Vintage Hardware Wallpapers http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=40163

Vintage OEM Desktop Wallpapers - Let's make a repository! http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44836

Retro Hardware Themed Desktop Wallpapers! (contains custom-made desktop wallpapers) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45549

Motherboards

Too many Retro PCs? Let's build a 4 in 1 Retro Gaming PC! 386, 486, Pentium... http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44205

Test:486 undocumented jumper settings http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=23968

Core2 / AMD Phenom board legacy support (floppy, serial, parallel, etc.) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46082

8GB of DDR1 in a socket 939 system http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=40567

Dual PIII-S Tualatin 1.4 GHz Success Stories http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=32786

Good Pentium 3 Board with ISA and Tualatin Support? (this thread ended up resulting in the creation of this page) https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=45876

slot or socket http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=38850

Which Slot 1 CPU retention bracket? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46250

286 motherboard http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33076

Soft on-off switch for AT motherboards http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46479

Best 386 Motherboard? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=49376

Best Socket 7 AT motherboard http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=49399

Best Super Socket 7 Motherboard? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=49052

Best Slot 1 Motherboard? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=49054

Best Socket A (462) Motherboard? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=49069

Socket 478 Motherboards with PCI-E Slots (contains a list of these boards) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=50655

Why 478 and not 775? (quite extensive info of many of their differences) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=49861

List of motherboards with SB-link (PC/PCI) header http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=48205

DS12887 drop-in replacement (talk about a Dallas replacement) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=37404

CPUs

The Ultimate 486 Benchmark Comparison (very extensive. Includes lots of in-depth talk about 486 hardware and maxing performance) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=28470

The Ultimate 686 Benchmark Comparison (very extensive) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=34666

Graphics card for VIA C3 1200 build http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42526

Cyrix III (i.e. VIA C3) for vintage gaming? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=28473

S370 Board for Nehemiah Core ? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46071

SetMul - Multiplier control for VIA C3 / AMD K6 Mobile / Cyrix 5x86 (also seems to work on classic Pentiums) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=38613

Cyrix appreciation thread (lots of info and pics about Cyrix and early VIA chips) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=31111

P55c at Overclocked to 300mhz? (P55C a.k.a. Pentium 1 MMX) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=21248

Tillamook (The PPGA Mobile Pentium 1 MMX CPU at 266MHz and its problems) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=28362

Pentium 4 Cedar Mill 3.4 GHz - more than just hot air http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=38344

What's your favorite thermal compound? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48800

pentium mmx vs pentium http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44896

Rare CPUs (includes many pics). http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=37366

CPU cooling (HSFs)

These all in theory fit the same socket http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=29418

Intel heatsink pushpins are ANNOYING! (mostly LGA775 etc) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44060

Super Socket 7 cooling http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44545

Power Supply Units (or PSUs)

A tale of two PSUs (lots of in-dept talk about the build quality of specific PSUs) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=37757

Advice on new parts for old system. http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46149

PSU - bust the myth (more in-dept talk about PSUs including some good links) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46516

Graphics cards

Graphic cards and CPUs history trees, wanna help? (project by vogons member vlask) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=32967

3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33483

3dfx Archives - The Collection & Discussions Thread http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=29887

Voodoo 2 DOS Glide compatibility matrix http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=35721

Voodoo3 models overview http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46471

Has anyone tried mating V3 TV with DVI? (Voodoo 3 3500 (a.k.a. Voodoo 3 TV) display connector) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=42111 and Voodoo3 3500TV, connect to monitor? (P&D/PnD connector instead of the ociginal octopus cable) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=27699

3dfx filter shader! http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=36470

Most rare and most common 3DFX cards in excistance? (also some talk about non-3DFX cards) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46490

Surviving the late 90's without 3Dfx http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45081

Teach me to love ATI Rage (includes some info about the many differences of the Rage graphics chips) https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=50705

S3 Trio3D/2x - is this just a rebadged ViRGE or more? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=30576

suggestions for my 386dx40... EGA / RGB vs VGA http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45583

Any good 3D pci graphic's card out there? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46224

Modern graphics on a 486 http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33879

AGP Speed http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44650

Collectible video cards http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=28451

S3 Savage 2000 http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=23802

VGA PCI S3 Number 9 Virge 325 card, basic info. (talk about Number9 graphics cards) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=28069

Looking/searching for s3d (S3 Virge specific) games (interesting talk about S3 mostly) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=26498

Matrox Roundup G200, G400, G400 MAX, G450 and G550 http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=41580

Graphics cards signal comparison, image quality http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39335

3dfx Oral History Panel [ 2013 ] http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39518

Best graphics card for dos gaming http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48051

GF2-GTS what drivers should I test? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48226

Geforce3 Ti 500 vs Geforce 6200 (lots of talk about FX5900 as well) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=47142

Best WinXP Video Card http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=47815

Fastest WinXP Graphics Card? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=47949

Ideal graphics card for Socket 7 setup (lots of talk about i740) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=29144

Matrox Roundup G200, G400, G400 MAX, G450 and G550 http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=41580

Sound cards

Sound cards - from best to worst (running for over 10 years, very extensive talk about old sound cards) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=9990

The New Creative Labs Sound Blaster Drivers Collection. (Updated 6th Jan. 2014) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33023

Soundfont recommendation thread http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=31883

ISA Sound Cards with Internal Wavetable http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45313

SB16 vs DBs (hanging / stuck / wrong notes in MIDI) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=20849

Aztech Sound Galaxy cards http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48887

Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42431

ISA or PCI sound card? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=34235

PCI sound cards...so whats out there? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=29024

A3D Vortex 1 any good? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=47935

Aureal Vortex2 Project http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=41928

PCMCIA Sound Cards http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=30840

Music Quest MPU clone cards, anyone interested in them? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43875

Advise on PCI Sound Card? (includes some info about SB-Link) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=49172

PCI Sound card for Windows 3.11 & Dos 6.22? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48921

Have you opened your SC-55 to check the battery inside? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=36424

Media (HDD, Optical, Magnetic, etc)

IBM PS/2 floppy disk drive restore / repair (also covers pc floppy drives) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46462

the end of optical media http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44227

Single floppy mainboard workaround http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42296

Any software out there who can mount formatted .img files? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46331

Jewel cases for 3.5" Floppies? This is weird. http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=40387

IDE or SATA hard drivers on retro computers? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=49372

Other hardware

Good high resolution computer crt monitor? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46088

what are your favourite ps/2 mice? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43793

Mouse Polling Rate in Windows 98SE http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=50329

Post pictures of all your (strange) memory modules here for all to see :) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46138

PS/2 to Microsoft Serialmouse Adapter Converter http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=42862

Any Inexpensive USB Flightstick Recommendations? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=46445

Widescreen monitors and 4:3 aspect ratio compatibility thread http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=39136

Games!! What is Vogons without talk about games? :D

List the PC games that you have beaten http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=11328

List of Free Games http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=22210

PC Game Compatibility List http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=8784

Game Acronyms List (TA is missing :( ) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=10287

DosBox FAQ http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=14081

Scariest Level Ever? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45028

I need a list of good PC multiplayer games that do not require the internets http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45415

Any Unreal Tournament gamers here? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44614

Cinematic Platformers (Prince of Persia, Another World style games) list http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=36256

Most memorable games you've played http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43073

Most disappointing games? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=26075

Preserving Old Discs http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44656

Benchmarks

DOSBox 0.74 CPU Benchmark http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=43280

Phil's Ultimate VGA Benchmark Database Project http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=37844

The All-amazing super-de-douper SuperPi thread! http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=31086

Post your retro computer superpi results here! (older SuperPi thread) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=25288

My 3DMark01 Mega Thread http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33459

3DBENCH CPU Benchmark Database http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=26175

Great PC! But can it run Crysis? http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=44145

Post your 386 Speedsys results here http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33059

Let's benchmark our systems with caches disabled http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=47548

Doom 3 timedemo shootout with period correct hardware. http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=40892

7-zip benchmarks for over 60 CPUs http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=47460

Video for CPUs - The Software Decode Reference Thread (listed here for lack of a better category) http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=45820

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