Re: Which USB 2.0 cards for old motherboards
Posted on 2022-04-10, 02:03
I have no idea how that works but it sounds awesome
Re: PCI Graphics Roundup - DOS
Posted on 2022-03-11, 10:57
appreciated, thank you
Re: PCI Graphics Roundup - DOS
Posted on 2022-03-10, 13:36
Pierre32 wrote on 2022-03-10, 12:59: When I benchmarked my PCI cards, my FX5200 didn't fare well. the 5200 was a disaster anyway, when coming from a gf4 it was a downgrade
Re: PCI Graphics Roundup - DOS
Posted on 2022-03-10, 11:53
What is the reason for Quake running on PIII 933 to produce less FPS even at 640x480? What is best way to get Quake to have better frame rate, not the hard ware listed here for "PCI graphics round up - dos"? Cheers, quake just being quake, cpu based 3d rendering hit a wall. there was a reason why …
Re: Voodoo graphics mod 4 to 8mb
Posted on 2022-03-07, 23:36
now I want to know how the story ends
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-03-07, 08:12
MMaximus wrote on 2022-03-07, 08:03: Does the 39320 works in a standard 32-bit PCI slot? Or does it require a PCI-X slot to function? usually PCI-X cards work in legacy PCI slots in their compatibility mode (i.e. losing all their PCI-X benefit)
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-03-07, 07:48
cyclone3d wrote on 2022-03-07, 05:07: That being said, for retro/vintage machines I'll take a SSD over any spinning rust drive any day I stick with IBM-DHEA drives on my retro PCs. if I don't want any drive noise I can directly use dosbox
Re: High End Windows 98 PC - I could use some alternate opinions.
Posted on 2022-03-03, 16:27
lawyerpepper wrote on 2022-03-03, 16:19: Everyone should do what pleases them and meets their objectives, IMHO. I totally agree on that. I just wanted to come back to our Berlin hipster with his SCSI nonsense
Re: High End Windows 98 PC - I could use some alternate opinions.
Posted on 2022-03-03, 15:48
SCSI drives are heavy and noisy, I don't see the practical (!) benefit in retro PCs. All the stuff you are going to do on these old computers will be random access, you will almost never do stuff that will achieve linear reads and high troughput
Re: High End Windows 98 PC - I could use some alternate opinions.
Posted on 2022-03-03, 12:12
wouldn't be too expensive to try it out: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JJTVGZM https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0037ECAM2
Re: High End Windows 98 PC - I could use some alternate opinions.
Posted on 2022-03-03, 12:01
wouldn't that be fascinating to try it out on a VIA chipset with Vlink bus (266MB/s)?
Re: High End Windows 98 PC - I could use some alternate opinions.
Posted on 2022-03-03, 11:54
if only all that bandwidth could be used I would put in NVMe drives in a heartbeat
Re: High End Windows 98 PC - I could use some alternate opinions.
Posted on 2022-03-03, 11:45
SCSI is overrated... more a "look how cool I am" feature for retro PCs in 2022
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-03-03, 09:56
witzig. german guys as funny as always
Re: Which USB 2.0 cards for old motherboards
Posted on 2022-03-03, 09:46
slightly offtopic: I avoided the entire USB compatibility mess by adding simple ethernet NICs to my retro PCs so they can simply copy everything they need at any given time from my main PC which acts as a network server
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-03-03, 09:43
Cuttoon wrote on 2022-03-03, 09:40: (especially for cases without 3.5 bays) well you can get a 5,25" 3,5" bay for 2,50€
Re: Orchid Kelvin 64-ISA VGA card, quick test
Posted on 2022-03-03, 09:40
Unfortunately I don't have the results anymore, but from benchmarking on my 386 the Kelvin64 yielded the best results which is why it's still in there
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-03-03, 07:47
Me too! It came with my module, from Japan seller. Which likewise came with the original manual, unused - in Japanese naturally. It has been nice to have the remote control, shining in it's original wrapper, sitting in my drawer for X months/years since I got it. But beyond that, the question is: …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-03-02, 22:07
Ontopic: got this shiny Roland SC-55 remote control in mint condition
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-03-02, 21:47
Just FYI, since in another thread someone was doubtful on this point recently, but I might be preaching to the choir, you should match voltage closely, but amps can be anything from 1 to 10 times that number, and the only reason really to limit it to 10 times, is to make sure you're pulling enough …
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