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[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 113 points 1 year ago (2 children)

ATI Rage 128, 3Dfx, S3 Savage, Intel 810, SiS, VIA and Matrox MGA DRM drivers

Those are some ancient cards! Can't believe they're supported this long.

[–] addie@feddit.uk 51 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I still have a Rage 128 hanging around as a 'temporary head' for installing headless servers. Many happy nights playing Thief: The Dark Project with it, and now it's only good for rendering a TTY at a barely acceptable resolution. And soon, not even that. Goodbye, little e-waste :-(

[–] grue@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Frame it and hang it on the wall.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

Surround it with the box art of the games it powered so many years ago for extra nostalgia power

[–] KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

That brings me back to my first PC build, 20 years ago, using parts my friends had discarded cause they were too old.