Re: Packard Bell Club... what to do!

Posted on 2020-05-28, 00:16

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by RichB93

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[...] Yeah, I was thinking of maybe adding a Voodoo to this and 95B (sans Internet Exploder guff) to make it into a nice little DOS box. The newer Compaq board I put in there will probably move to another case at some point. The integrated video in the SiS 620 is slowing the whole system down by …

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Re: VIASBCFG - VIA SBPro configuration tool for VIA VT8231 & VT82C686/A/B chipsets (v0.10a)

Posted on 2020-05-23, 21:20

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by RichB93

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Just tried on my NEC Versa C140 laptop (which has been stuck on a pile for ages because it's not the most amazing spec, but this would make it somewhat useful), and it initialised okay (VT8231), plus the FM Emulation loaded, but I couldn't get any sound output sadly. Anything I can do to help …

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Re: VIASBCFG - VIA SBPro configuration tool for VIA VT8231 & VT82C686/A/B chipsets (v0.10a)

Posted on 2020-05-10, 18:17

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by RichB93

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Just tried on my NEC Versa C140 laptop (which has been stuck on a pile for ages because it's not the most amazing spec, but this would make it somewhat useful), and it initialised okay (VT8231), plus the FM Emulation loaded, but I couldn't get any sound output sadly. Anything I can do to help …

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Re: Voodoo2 8 to 12MB RAM upgrade - is it really that straightforward?

Posted on 2018-10-07, 18:31

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by RichB93

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Man, I need to get some decent chips and try to get this working. Super disappointed that it didn't work first time. Thermalwrong, where did you get the RAM?

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Re: Voodoo2 8 to 12MB RAM upgrade - is it really that straightforward?

Posted on 2018-08-25, 12:23

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by RichB93

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Perhaps look for any differences in resistors / capacitors around the chips between the 8mb and 12mb versions. I've been considering trying the same thing myself so I hope you succeed :D There's a similar thread here on a german forum: http://extreme.pcgameshardware.de/tagebuecher/210864-reparatur- …

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Re: Voodoo2 8 to 12MB RAM upgrade - is it really that straightforward?

Posted on 2018-08-18, 17:32

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by RichB93

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Hmmm... so, the RAM has been soldered and the cards work! But, it’s show 6MB of TMU RAM, not 8MB... very odd. Will keep updated! It could well be duff chips. Countless reflows and checks but still not playing ball so I’ll leave it there. Guessing bad chips. I’ll remove them and maybe return to this …

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Re: Voodoo2 8 to 12MB RAM upgrade - is it really that straightforward?

Posted on 2018-08-18, 10:55

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by RichB93

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The RAM has arrived and I'm en-route to my brothers... Watch this space!

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Re: NetWare - Ultimate Retro File Sharing?

Posted on 2018-08-17, 08:04

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by RichB93

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Roman78 wrote: I also have those Netware 5 Training-Kits here, including license disks. But not Netware 4. I asked my colleague, but he disposed those disks during the last clean-up. 😒 Would v5 be suitable? It still supports IPX from what I can tell.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2018-08-16, 21:49

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by RichB93

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Will create a new thread when it's fully complete, but for the time being, here's a pic of the cable management on my favourite PIII build. I found a couple of SCSI 50 to SCSI 68 adapters and a nice cable to make the CD burner cable that much neater! IMG_0048.jpg Good job, so many people don't …

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Re: Tillamook 266MHz and working L2 cache?

Posted on 2018-08-16, 15:55

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by RichB93

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Holy crap! These are some tasty chips now that L2 is working.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2018-08-16, 12:22

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by RichB93

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Will create a new thread when it's fully complete, but for the time being, here's a pic of the cable management on my favourite PIII build. I found a couple of SCSI 50 to SCSI 68 adapters and a nice cable to make the CD burner cable that much neater! Filename IMG_0048.jpg File size 242.01 KiB Views …

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Re: NetWare - Ultimate Retro File Sharing?

Posted on 2018-08-15, 17:21

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Yes, the licensing is a problem. Yes, I'm not quite sure what to do about that other than purchase some on eBay and hope they work... but I understand from reading that 4.x comes with a 2-user license without adding on any other add-on licensing... which I think should be more than enough for what …

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Re: VGA -> HDMI

Posted on 2018-08-15, 09:48

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by RichB93

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I'd just get a cheap display that has VGA input to be honest. Easier, and gives you a dedicated display for the systems, as I imagine that you're using your current display on another computer at the moment?

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Re: NetWare - Ultimate Retro File Sharing?

Posted on 2018-08-15, 09:36

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by RichB93

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Sounds like a good idea - I have my older machines set up with TCP/IP and use FTP to transfer files, but a VM running this seems a bit better, plus games that are IPX/SPX only would benefit. Problem is, I can't find a license for NetWare... Don't really fancy spending a ton of cash on a kit from …

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Re: Is anyone aware of the Casio SW-10 Softsynth for Win9x?

Posted on 2018-08-13, 13:38

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by RichB93

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Sorry I didn't pick this up! It's nice and straightforward as you've found out, saves installing the other guff.

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Re: Was this an April fools joke or is it real ?

Posted on 2018-08-02, 22:09

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by RichB93

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Well multiple AGP slots is clearly written in that spec agp30.pdf I linked above. It was definitely at least "fathomed". I've been searching around google and turned up nothing. Not even a leaked prototype. That said I didn't find (off topic) this board in my searches, and I would really like to …

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Re: Old 3dfx splash screen with voodoo2 ?

Posted on 2018-08-02, 20:18

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by RichB93

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So. 3dfxspl2 is for Glide 2x games, spl3 for 3x. No surprises there. As shown, you can transplant older versions, except for the fact that older drivers had the splash screen more tightly integrated into the drivers themselves. I imagine if someone were to disassemble / reverse engineer it, it could …

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Re: Old 3dfx splash screen with voodoo2 ?

Posted on 2018-08-01, 20:48

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by RichB93

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Yeah, you can get it with old drivers, but I'd love to find a way of transplanting the old splash into the newer drivers! EDIT: Had a play but I can't find the equivalent file in the older drivers :( You can use the Quantum 3D intro though which is pretty spiffy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= …

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Resolution patching for 3DFX version of Ignition

Posted on 2018-07-25, 20:48

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by RichB93

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Had a look around on the 'net and can't find any information on this; as the title says, is it possible to patch this game to run in a higher resolution? By default, it is fixed to 512x384, and I assume this is so it can run on the 4MB Voodoo1 card; but on my Voodoo2 cards I'd love to run it at …

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Re: Good card to pair with Voodoo-2 PCI ?

Posted on 2018-07-21, 13:54

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by RichB93

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I like Matrox cards but the G2xx and newer cards have problems with scrolling in some dos games (e.g. Commander Keen, Jazz Jackrabbit)

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