Re: Games to play on a socket 7 machine with SiS 6326 graphics.

Posted on 2021-09-22, 05:58

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I would not hold out much hope for the 6326 because one article I read said it was 60% of an ATi Rage (not 128) Pro and one third of an NVidia Riva 128. The Rage 128 Pro is considered similar to the Riva 128. I'd rather say Rage 128 Pro is similiar (in terms of performance) to Nvidia Riva TNT or …

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Re: Socket 7 Motherboard AT Port to PS2 Keyboard Converter Issue

Posted on 2021-09-12, 16:42

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Actually I have 2 IBM branded PS/2 keyboards: - one is working fine with everything from 286 to i7 5775c. - second one doesn't 😀 It only works with newer native PS/2 motherboards.

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Re: Help to find ChroMetal drivers for S3 cards

Posted on 2021-09-12, 16:33

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4.5 for w9x: https://savage3d.tistory.com/516 4.3 for 2k/xp https://www.bodnara.co.kr/bbs/bbs.html?imode= … w&num=78557&D=8

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Re: Help to find ChroMetal drivers for S3 cards

Posted on 2021-09-12, 09:01

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Here: https://vintage3d.org/driver.php

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Re: Win 3.1 (not the workgroup variety) and winsock explosion :)

Posted on 2021-09-07, 18:08

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Here is interesting post about 286 and TCP/IP network https://habr.com/en/post/436006/ Unfortunately author also failed with web browser 🙁

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Re: Memory management on a 1MB RAM 286

Posted on 2021-09-07, 10:10

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There are known two good solutions which provides UMB memory for 286 systems. However, it depends on the chipset ... UMBDRVR: http://www.win3x.org/win3board/viewtopi ... anguage=en and The last byte memory manager http://files.mpoli.fi/unpacked/software ... ntents.doc

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Re: What graphics card for a Pentium II 400?

Posted on 2021-09-07, 09:19

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I would go for the GeForce 256 since it allows you to use early nVidia drivers. [...] Geforce 256 was also known to be power-hungry. So, if you have weak motherboard take it into consideration. Geforce 2MX is on the same performance level with definitely lower energy consumption. I remember times …

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Re: FX 5200 AGP - Best models

Posted on 2021-09-05, 10:22

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There are full size cards with only half of the memory chips populated. I'm almost 100% sure that they are 64bit. You may also consider buying Geforce FX5500. Those are practically the same as FX5200. Earlier drivers can be easily modified to work with those. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= …

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Re: MiniPro TL866II+ firmware update

Posted on 2021-09-04, 08:24

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This post probably will clarify your doubts: https://gitlab.com/DavidGriffith/minipro/-/is … #note_269118186 Didn't try it myself though. I've always updated firmware in windows (I have older TL866A).

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Re: File manager better than the windows' file explorer?

Posted on 2021-08-31, 15:35

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Double Commander https://doublecmd.sourceforge.io/ Far Manager https://www.farmanager.com/

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Re: Floppy disk imaging - what program to use?

Posted on 2021-08-30, 06:13

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Back in time very popular was DiskDupe (at least in Poland).

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Re: First PC build in 15 years (build log)

Posted on 2021-08-27, 20:03

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Unfortunately I lied... Actually my card is UM9008F 🙁 Sorry for the confusion. Anyway I would try to set IRQ to 3 (disable COM2 in BIOS). Also most common I/O port is 0x300h. Try with those values.

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Re: First PC build in 15 years (build log)

Posted on 2021-08-27, 09:48

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I think chinny22 is right. Try to set resources (I/O port, IRQ) by lanset.exe from this archive http://vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=838&menustate=34,0 Then adjust the same in Windows device manager (for NE2000 compatible card). I'm using UM9003AF card in my 286, albeit only with its packet …

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Re: Best LCD with crt quality

Posted on 2021-08-26, 06:52

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I'm very pleased with my last pickup: NEC Multisync LCD1970NX datasheet . It has S-IPS panel. There is also version with PVA panel datasheet that I don't know. Contrary to its documentation it supports frequecies as low as 15kHz/50Hz. So it makes possible connecting HGC/CGA/EGA graphics cards (with …

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Re: Anyone Using a SB Audigy under 98SE with DX7 Just Fine?

Posted on 2021-08-20, 21:32

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Guess I can try it, and if any games give me issues, I can always reinstall (the 98SE install on the machine has been through a lot); I'd rather not though. You can use program like DirectX Eradicator to completely remove DirectX from computer and install earlier version. https://www.raymond.cc/ …

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Re: S3 AGP Cards (and possibly others) Too Bright

Posted on 2021-08-20, 06:25

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Just use s3black.com from this post Re: S3 AGP Cards (and possibly others) Too Bright in autoexec.bat. This is all you need 😀

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Re: DX6/7 Retro GPU choice via features for a P2-300

Posted on 2021-08-20, 06:20

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About the Geforce 4 MX while I didn't use it I agree it might be a great late DX7 card but still far from period correct. It might work I suppose but the driver overhead might be a bit too much for the old cpu and also I'd check the bus wattage compatibility just like for the Radeon 7500. Anyway I …

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Re: DX6/7 Retro GPU choice via features for a P2-300

Posted on 2021-08-19, 09:46

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I would use Radeon 7500LE. Radeon 7000 doesn't have TnL engine. Even on P2 400 it is usable. Beware ot third party Rage/Radeon builds - they can have poor analog VGA image quality. Build by ATI cards have excellent image ! Although not period correct - Geforce 4MX is also very good card. Excelent …

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Re: Best driver for FX5200 on Windows XP

Posted on 2021-08-18, 08:39

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Can you show us rest of your build ? Most important is motherboard I think (especially its chipset). I'm not familiar with MechWarrior series. Are the newer games also performing that bad? I.e Quake 3, NFS5 etc ? Edit. Ok. Mechcommader 2 is from 2001, so should be more or less period correct to your …

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Re: Genoa Systems Spectrum Model 4600N - manual ?

Posted on 2021-08-18, 07:55

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It's really funny that SuperSpectrum may be worse than Spectrum 😀 I will play with dip switches certainly ! I hope the card is not damaged. I can use Commodore 1084S for experiments. Also just finished Necroware's mce-adapter, and will check how they cooperate.

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