Re: When PC became soulless for you?

Posted on 2022-07-10, 18:33

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... Guys, what's borderline for you? Or maybe you are still excited with new computers and the charm is still here? The 'PC' was never soulless. Biggest thing to happen to the original IBM PC standard was the cloning of it by Compaq et al that opened up a flexible 'open' standard for its hardware. …

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Re: What music are you listening to?

Posted on 2022-07-10, 16:45

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Some old-skool Massive Attack: Unfinished Sympathy: https://i.imgur.com/eXZ8XvA.png

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Re: How did you get started on retro computing?

Posted on 2022-07-09, 22:29

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eesz34 wrote on 2022-07-07, 21:43: What was the point/event that made you decide to intentionally obtain and run old hardware? ... Never got rid of stuff, just revisited older stuff, usually after over-hyped new stuff. Just various stuff merging into more stuff.

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Re: 20th Anniversary of Vogons

Posted on 2022-07-09, 22:18

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Just passing by - here's to another 20 years!! Cheers all for maintaining and contributing to this site!

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Re: Help with information about this ET4000AX card please!

Posted on 2022-07-09, 22:04

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For slowdown machines, you can pair slow ISA VGA cards with fast PCI cards in the same machine; much like using slow PCI cards with fast AGP cards in the same machine. With a slow ISA VGA card matched to a 'slowed' down fast CPU, you can get appropriate speeds in speed-sensitive games where certain …

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Re: Split from the recently bought retro hardware. Discussion about Geforce FX5xxxx series.

Posted on 2022-06-18, 17:36

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The Serpent Rider wrote on 2022-06-18, 17:14: NV38 can't do hardware video decoding? No, the transistor count specifically related to the quality of video playback was reduced from the NV35 die. And this reduction was used to boost clockspeeds for the NV38 die.

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Re: Split from the recently bought retro hardware. Discussion about Geforce FX5xxxx series.

Posted on 2022-06-18, 16:57

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I think this is a mistake. The NV18 is the GeForce 4 MX 440 AGP x8. The NV18C is the MX 4000. Also, the defining factor between the FX 5200 and the 5600 isn't the clock speed but rather the lack of color and Z compression. This was a terrible bastardization in the name of product segmentation. The …

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Re: New forum suggestions/Feedback

Posted on 2022-02-20, 20:52

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Are there any known issues using Android and posting? I just had a weird series of erroneous posts/ double/ triple posts when trying to edit. Cheers.

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Re: Settling the VIA C3 performance debate once and for all :-)

Posted on 2022-02-20, 20:46

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Warlord wrote on 2022-02-20, 20:42: so unless your SS7 has a turbo switch that works well, than it's not more flexible than a ezra-T, th.anks for confirming . Yes, this info looks to be buried from years ago with all the SS7 hype.

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Re: Settling the VIA C3 performance debate once and for all :-)

Posted on 2022-02-20, 20:41

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Re: Settling the VIA C3 performance debate once and for all :-)

Posted on 2022-02-20, 20:37

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As a follow-up to a discussion that started here , I've decided to create a separate thread where I (we) can make an accurate comparison (based on empirical data) between VIA C3 and other platforms. ... I did these tests years ago, and the conclusion for 'best' slow platform with the largest CPU …

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Re: Settling the VIA C3 performance debate once and for all :-)

Posted on 2022-02-20, 20:31

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Double post.

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Re: Settling the VIA C3 performance debate once and for all :-)

Posted on 2022-02-20, 20:30

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Posting errors.

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Re: Settling the VIA C3 performance debate once and for all :-)

Posted on 2022-02-20, 20:22

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Re: Motherboards to underclock Pentium 2

Posted on 2021-11-19, 18:53

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We were discussing underclocking of Pentium 2. It seems likely that Pentium 2 <333 MHz made before week 34 1998 are unlocked. I was interested in examples of slot 1 motherboards that can set the multiplier and fsb in bios and how far you can go. Maybe even 1x50mhz is possible? Most flexible CPU in …

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Re: PCIE Graphics Card

Posted on 2021-11-19, 18:28

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Do you remember the PCX 5950 sporting a different, much larger cooler than the 5900s? The AGP FX 5950 apparently came with a dual-slot cooler very similar to the FX 5800 (some single-slot designs exist, but they all have crazy dual or even triple fan coolers), suggesting that the FX 5900 cooler was …

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Re: In your opinion, what are the 5 best pci graphics cards from the late 90's?

Posted on 2021-11-17, 23:04

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Yes I know, everyone will say 3dfx, ati, nvidia... But in what order? And why? I like these: 1. Apocalypse 5D (Tseng 6100 + Power VR PCX2) combined with... 1. Obsidian2 X24 (Voodoo 2 SLI, single slot) 3. ATI All-in-Wonder 128 Pro (nice multimedia card with everything thrown in) 4. Powercolor S3 …

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Re: PCIE Graphics Card

Posted on 2021-11-17, 22:50

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Googulator wrote on 2021-11-15, 17:47: j^aws, by any chance, have you managed to find your elusive 5950? Not quite. I found another PCX 5900 in a random box though - this one from Asus rather than Gigabyte.

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Re: Turbo switch functionality on high end 486 & early Pentium 1 systems

Posted on 2021-11-08, 21:20

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Yes, definitely cumbersome with changing jumpers. However, I have plans to build an external jumper switch-box for all controllable jumpers (audio/ video/ motherboard) when everything is finalised, hopefully. Otherwise, I personally wouldn't bother to open the case to change jumpers. I had exactly …

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Re: ISA sound cards with digital out.

Posted on 2021-07-07, 23:41

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Maxi Sound 64 with daughter card. Turtle Beach Pinnacle with daughter card. Certain AWE32s and SB32s have pins for digital outs.

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