Re: K6INIT: AMD K6-3/3+/2(CXT) initialization driver for MS-DOS

Posted on 2023-09-29, 12:13

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by badmojo

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This is great thanks OP, I'm testing this out and am getting some speed improvements compared to the previous optimisation tool I was using with my K6-2+. My only suggestion would be to include a command line param that lets you turn off the output, it's very verbose!

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-09-27, 12:24

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by badmojo

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I've been hearing a lot about Balders Gate 3 and it sounds good - the only thing stopping me from buying it is that although I've played a lot of RPGs in my day, I've never really gotten in to party based, isometric, strategy RPGs. As an experiment I'm trying my hand at Divinity: Original Sin 2 …

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Re: The difference between a computer user (even advanced user) and a guru. How to be one?

Posted on 2023-09-26, 23:53

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by badmojo

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Personally I never get anywhere with a vague goal like "I want to be able to modify hardware". The few really clever things I've done in my life happened because I identified a problem that really bothered/interested, and then I obsessed over it, chipping away at the problem and learning the …

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Re: C64 fans seem to me more passionate and committed than retro-computing fans

Posted on 2023-09-26, 10:54

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by badmojo

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Yet, C64 people are way more enthusiastic, passionate, committed, and productive in keeping the C64 myth alive in 202x than retro PCs people. What are you basing all these statements on? Was there a poll I missed? The C64 is far less complicated than a PC, and it is what it is. But what would a …

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Re: Want to upload DOS program!

Posted on 2023-09-25, 23:50

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by badmojo

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Harry Potter wrote on 2023-09-25, 22:14: Is this helpful? I read what you wrote twice and still don't understand the purpose if this tool - what problem does it solve?

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Re: Working K6-2+ doesn't work for me.

Posted on 2023-09-23, 21:14

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by badmojo

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I don't know if the following helps with something, but I had similar POST issues with a K6-2+/450ACZ CPU on a Gigabyte GA-586ATV motherboard. The last two official BIOSes for it (1.28 causes restart loops and with 1.23 it doesn't perform POST) nor the modded one from Jan's website (based on 1.28) …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-09-19, 23:50

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by badmojo

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I have real trouble getting back into a game after a break - I really only play RPGs so there's often a lot of story to keep track of, and my memory is terrible. I'm struggling to even find the energy to start a game these days sadly. It feels a bit like my imagination's dead but I think it's just …

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Re: Essential Windows 98SE software and tweaks?

Posted on 2023-09-19, 01:14

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by badmojo

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PS2Rate is great 👍 DriverCleaner Pro and RegCleaner are a couple of other useful tools.

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Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2023-09-15, 05:24

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by badmojo

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That's pretty damn spunky 👍 Why you no drive it for 3 years?

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Re: Sound cards that support MPU-401 Intelligent Mode?

Posted on 2023-09-14, 23:59

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by badmojo

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The Ensoniq Soundscape isn't properly intelligent mode compatible, it just does some trickery to make it a bit more compatible than your standard UART MPU-401. It doesn't work with Gateway for example.

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Re: X2GS : Waveblaster board with dual soundbank support, official Dream/Roland licensed GS bank

Posted on 2023-09-13, 23:41

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by badmojo

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I had to turn the amp on mine down quite a bit because it was too loud, but in saying that I wasn't comparing it to a DB50XG, which is brutally loud too.

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

Posted on 2023-09-12, 07:22

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by badmojo

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After 5 hours of sun. Can you see it? Yes it's clearly whiter. I have a case here that needs to be a shade whiter so am tempted to try this. I have an aversion to putting plastics in the sun but I don't know why - I've done some retrobrighting in the past and that obviously requires putting plastic …

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2023-09-10, 23:52

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by badmojo

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I dunno maybe because he has a lot of items people are just going ape and impulse bidding? This is definitely a factor I think - I've sold sort-after stuff and been disappointed with the price when it's just an individual item I had for sale, but when selling a large number of things with multiple …

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Re: Starfield is released

Posted on 2023-09-10, 23:44

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by badmojo

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I got a refund. I was super excited to play this after BG3. But during the early access period, I saw it was no better than Failout 76. A true bugthesda mess. Yeah I'm done with it, maybe I'll check it out again in 10 years when they release the SE. I saw lipsink issues, floating trees, quick saves …

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Re: Building a 486 VLB system

Posted on 2023-09-09, 02:40

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by badmojo

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I am looking to build a 486 VLB system and can't quite decide on a CPU, I'm torn between a Pentium overdrive 83, a 486 DX4 100, AMDs 5x86 sounds like in reality you want a Pentium PCI system :-) The first retro machine I built was a 486 but yeah, I quickly remembered why I was so desperate to …

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Re: Building a 486 VLB system

Posted on 2023-09-08, 04:12

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by badmojo

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I tried a POD 83 for a while and found it to be a little bit unstable at times - I can't remember the scenario but it couldn't run something that a regular 486 in the same motherboard could. A DX33 or DX2 66 are the classic 486's in my book but DOOM won't run smoothly on those, so I'd go with DX4 or …

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Re: Starfield is released

Posted on 2023-09-08, 00:52

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by badmojo

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mothergoose729 wrote on 2023-09-07, 23:43: Skyrim in space sounds like a pretty good time. I loved Skyrim don't get me wrong, and I'd need play through some actual content before I'm qualified to comment, it's just the space setting that I don't like the idea of. I'm much happier roaming an earth- …

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Re: Starfield is released

Posted on 2023-09-07, 23:30

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by badmojo

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I spent 10 bucks on a month of MS Game Pass to give this a shot - I have no interest in the setting and the thought of space ship battles and base building leaves me cold, but the reviews are good so I was curious. I'm only a couple of hours in but from what I've seen it's a solid game - it looks …

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Re: Ultimate DOS rigs: Pentium MMX vs K6-2/3 vs Via C3 vs... something else?

Posted on 2023-09-07, 12:07

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by badmojo

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I'll have to do some reading on the C3 too, I know nothing about these. There's always more to discover in this hobby!

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Re: Ultimate DOS rigs: Pentium MMX vs K6-2/3 vs Via C3 vs... something else?

Posted on 2023-09-07, 04:00

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by badmojo

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I've settled on a K6-2+ 450Mhz for my DOS machine, but the slowest it goes is ~33Mhz 486 territory. That's with L1 and L2 cache off, and the lowest multiplier (using SetMul of course). I've had limited success using SetMul and then a slow down utility on top of it but those are troublesome and …

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