Re: 386 SX40 build

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Andy1979 wrote on 2020-07-09, 12:19: Post removed as I have dismantled and sold this system Who cares if you've sold it... we all like systems as such and we don't care to whom they belong to! Don't delete old posts!

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Re: PC Chips M321 + AMD 386DX 40 No Post No beep

Posted on 2020-07-09, 17:50

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I've only inserted a 486DX class cpu wrong - two times on the same motherboard with the same cpu and maybe one year apart 🤣 Both cpu and board survived 😁

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Re: ISA video cards in DOS - where is the cap?

Posted on 2020-07-06, 09:17

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These slooow vga cards shouldn't be used even on a faster 286 where every % of FPS count 😉

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Re: ISA video cards in DOS - where is the cap?

Posted on 2020-07-03, 12:04

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Best of the best ISA VGA cards in DOS are cards based on Cirrus Logic GD5434 chipset.

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Re: 386 50mhz Overclock: Very Slow, No Cache?

Posted on 2020-07-03, 11:08

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You can also try the Ti486SXL2-50 cpu. It will run at 50Mhz by default, maybe even higher...

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Re: 386 50mhz Overclock: Very Slow, No Cache?

Posted on 2020-07-03, 10:18

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I guess cache chips aren't working good at 50Mhz... try lowering the OC to 45mhz or something in between 45-50.

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Re: Advantages of Dual Pentium3 or dual Pentium motherboards for retro PC?

Posted on 2020-06-30, 20:54

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SETBLASTER wrote on 2020-06-30, 17:41: ...but are those really worth it? Nothing is really worth it... it's just old junk 🤣 Some like 3dfx, some like overclocking old hardware, some like dual systems, some like to play old games... whatever makes you kick and are willing to spend money on 🤣

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Re: S3 ELSA winner refresh rate madness

Posted on 2020-06-27, 21:01

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Did you manage to solve the problem? I had similar problems but on a LCD monitor.

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Re: My Collection of Retro Video Cards 1998-2008

Posted on 2020-06-22, 22:48

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It's always nice to see someone who makes a list of what they have. I didn't get to it yet... it's on my to-do list - make the damn inventory! 🤣

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Re: Eco-warriors to the rescue!

Posted on 2020-06-22, 12:37

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I just don't understand why do you state like the climate change is man made as a fact? I've posted a few links, watch it and tell me your opinion. Watch this video. It's full of facts and very interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEWoPzaDmOA

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Re: Eco-warriors to the rescue!

Posted on 2020-06-22, 10:34

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Climate is supposed to be changing. All we can do about is cleanness and this is all I'm for. Earth will regulate its self like it did before humans and like it will long after us... No one can predict what will happen for sure. Everything is guessing for the most part - too many variables.

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Re: Eco-warriors to the rescue!

Posted on 2020-06-21, 21:47

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Look at pictures of alpine glaciers from a century ago compared to today. What else could be causing that? It's a boon for archaeologists incidentally because old villages that have been covered for centuries in ice are coming to light again. So what does this tell you? That in the past the …

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Re: Newly made ISA CL-GD5434

Posted on 2020-06-21, 19:02

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I know your posts are about a month old and this is perhaps slightly off-topic now, but.. - Windows 2.03 (plain, no /286 or /386) already supported 256c and high resolutions (say 1280x1024) if a sutiable driver was used. In fact, Windows 2.x had a completely different palette system than 3.x. It …

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Re: Eco-warriors to the rescue!

Posted on 2020-06-20, 09:59

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The climate is definitely warming. We know this from things like melting glaciers and shrinking sea ice. The controversy is over what (or who) is causing it. Not really. At least it doesn't warm any more. Looking in the past few years it is slowly beginning to cool and cooling is way more …

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Re: Eco-warriors to the rescue!

Posted on 2020-06-19, 17:22

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It's the Sun. Sun controls the Earths climate. Also note that the Earth is not a closed system and everything is connected... What goes on with the weather nowadays is because of Earth's weakening magnetic field as the Sun is going slowly to it's grand minimum. With weak magnetic field the jet …

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Re: Eco-warriors to the rescue!

Posted on 2020-06-19, 12:52

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Climate of the Earth is not a constant and it always changes. It has nothing to do with human CO2 output. Pollution is bad but it's another matter as CO2 is not a pollutant. Just one question. How much CO2 should be (PPM) or what the average temperature of the Earth should be?

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-06-16, 07:25

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When seller ships to the incomplete address and the packet is returned to him and then expects me to pay for another shipping! He blames eBay automatic label printing and now this is somehow my fault. My address hasn't changed and all the other sellers could print the label just fine... since I want …

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Re: Worth Getting a 286 or 386 DX 40 or just using a K6-III?

Posted on 2020-06-13, 20:23

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My opinion: 1. You can always use DOSBOX and skip any messing with the real hardware. 2. If you had a 286 or 386 back then, then you'll eventually want the real deal down the road. So why not get it now. 3. if you don't have the space and want only one machine, then you can probably get away with K6 …

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-06-12, 09:34

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... But then there's people trying to pull crap like charging $400 for a VLB Tseng Labs et4000. (Yes, that was a real listing I sought a few days ago) Like..i get price and value is subjective and rants regarding it might be down to entitlement but.. Idk what bubble you live in but no Tseng Labs …

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Re: AGP System, 939 Athlon 64 FX-60, HD3850 Windows XP (New+Old)

Posted on 2020-06-10, 19:16

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I'd try to get the cpu to 3Ghz. I've OCed Opteron 170 to 2.9Ghz with air cooler. At 3Ghz it isn't stable. About shippings... I'm waiting about three weeks for a package from France... At the moment I can't ship to UK, Australia and Japan at all.

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