Re: Another PS/2 Mouse ISA (ISA8) card adapter

Posted on Yesterday, 11:24

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by amadeus777999

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I can confirm that Socket 4 Intel Batman motherboard (and most likely all derivatives of this design) will work with PS/2 ISA adapter even without touching AMIBIOS. Which is crucial, since I can't even enter BIOS with dead RTC battery. Great to hear - I especially had the Socket4's in mind when …

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Re: Golden age of computing for personal computers

Posted on Yesterday, 10:06

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by amadeus777999

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For me it would be the 1993-1995 window(486 core + Doom).

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Re: Why is Amiga so popular with retro community ?

Posted on 2021-04-08, 13:06

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by amadeus777999

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I have absolutely no idea what those teams are. To me they sound a bit like fortnite teams made up of 12 year old angry gamers, screaming bad words at each other, while sitting alone in a dark room in front of their xbox or what not. :-D But yeah... Hardcore windows gamers, who knows only how to …

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Re: Why is Amiga so popular with retro community ?

Posted on 2021-03-30, 11:31

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by amadeus777999

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Well, that attitude of being different, and feeling superior and so on goes on today, even in the PC community. Just look at forums dealing in modern systems, and see how extreme some of the brand fans can be. "Team Green", "Team Red" and "Team Blue". I have absolutely no idea what those teams are. …

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Re: The bet. Can a card in this state be repaired?

Posted on 2021-03-27, 09:59

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by amadeus777999

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Superb work!

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Re: Cyrix MediaGX build

Posted on 2021-03-27, 09:57

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by amadeus777999

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Interesting system and swell Doom score.

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Re: Why is Amiga so popular with retro community ?

Posted on 2021-03-24, 21:51

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by amadeus777999

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The Amiga was a fascinating machine for its era but if you weren't into programming it was hard to feel the magic in the later 90ies. After I got my P60 and Doom I never looked back.

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Re: Is it worth it to build a 486 66 or 133 machine using VLB vs SOcket 7 with level 1 and 2 disabled?

Posted on 2021-03-24, 21:42

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Real hardware always beats emulation but I guess most of the "retro crowd" will also be happy with just using emulation.

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

Posted on 2021-03-24, 21:34

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by amadeus777999

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Finally got around to installing OpenStep(x86) on an older PC. I wanted to compile the original idbsp source but I didn't know which libraries to include so I have a bit of reading to do. OS looks very nice but is not that awesome to use if one's not "use"d to its way of handling things and I'm also …

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Re: LuckyStar LS-486e Rev:D Hardware Upgrade Guide

Posted on 2021-03-18, 17:40

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by amadeus777999

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Unfortunately I have no board of rev. D. but the guide's awesome - props!

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Re: Understanding what usefulness of PII 400 or 450 vs PIII 800?

Posted on 2021-03-11, 09:42

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by amadeus777999

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From what I remember the PII 450 was an expensive luxury back then as it cost around 700$+ here. After I bought two CeleronA300s for 160$ it was of course not so tempting anymore. Nowadays I would go for the PII 450 as it used to be a kind of "end of an era" cpu.

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Re: Hello, World! :D - Robert B's PC builds - oogle away freely :)

Posted on 2021-03-08, 10:20

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by amadeus777999

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Great job cleaning and "refurbishing" those components! Seems like somebody's got quite the large warehouse.

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Re: Good value PC for Win98 - evading the RETRO TAX

Posted on 2021-03-06, 22:37

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by amadeus777999

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Unknown_K wrote on 2021-03-05, 17:44: I agree about P4 systems being the cheapest way to go.

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Re: Battle of the Made in U.S.A 486 computers.

Posted on 2021-03-06, 09:38

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by amadeus777999

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Caluser2000 wrote on 2020-05-20, 09:03: Nobody here gives a rat fat about the "Made in USA" Act Speak for yourself and nobody else.

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Re: Dude, you're getting a Dell

Posted on 2021-03-03, 20:43

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by amadeus777999

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcj34XixuYg And as Kiss is my witness, I'm gonna buy another Trans Am. And I'm gonna drink until it comes true. A Pentium 4 Dell is a lot like a Trans Am. The serious modern world may scoff at it with judgmental derision, but it does the job with enthusiasm and noise …

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Re: P55c at Overclocked to 300mhz?

Posted on 2021-03-03, 12:08

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by amadeus777999

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Some beautiful scores and overclocks - the 333mhz is pretty beefy. I have one running @124x2.5(~310mhz) on an ASUS P5A-B. It does take only 450 realtics to run demo3 of SW Doom which translates to 165.9fps. It's kinda "rendered" obsolete by the existence of the Tillamook though.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-03-01, 16:20

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by amadeus777999

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That cartridge is very interesting - watching the video right now. Bought another "batch" my favorite cpus...

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Re: Dude, you're getting a Dell

Posted on 2021-03-01, 10:35

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by amadeus777999

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Enjoy the DukeNukem3d Mission Pack - "Time to Divorce".

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Re: Strange stuttering in Doom, Blood, etc.

Posted on 2021-03-01, 10:33

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by amadeus777999

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Cache controller seems cool but may be the trouble maker. Maybe try a normal HD and see if the pause remains there.

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Re: Best and worst sound cards you have ever owned?

Posted on 2021-02-26, 21:13

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Worst: CT4810 I believe - sounds bad even to me. "Best": CT4390 - beautiful card and sounds pretty good. My fav. is the CT3600 + a bit of added ram though.

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