Tualatin, ATI/3Dfx, 98SE Gaming build (build log)

Posted on 2017-02-13, 19:32

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The goal here was to recreate the system that got me through late high school and college. The original system was: Intel D815EEA2-U, 1200mhz P3,512MB RAM, Voodoo5, SB Live. I'm going for a different video setup with the new build, but otherwise it will be very much the same. Games intended to be …

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Re: Recognizing Compact Flash Cards

Posted on 2017-02-07, 21:30

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I currently use the following adapters and all have worked flawlessly. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812200158 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812200688 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822998003 The CF card itself could certainly …

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Re: P-4 laptop what can be used for ?

Posted on 2017-02-07, 17:09

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What kind of drive do you run your OSes from? 1.8" HDD? CF card? I have a CF card in my Thinkpad X40 running XP SP2 and recently it developed broken USB drivers, also installshield doesn't want to cooperate, can't even re-install the Intel USB drivers. I agree that Thinkpad X systems are highly …

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Re: P-4 laptop what can be used for ?

Posted on 2017-02-06, 19:54

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I have a Thinkpad x32 (1.8GHz Pentium M, 2GB RAM, 16MB Radeon Mobility) that I use primarily for travel. It's really light weight, works well for web browsing, light gaming, and non-HD movies, and I don't worry too much about it getting lost or stolen. It also puts out far less heat than my i7 …

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Re: What are builds you want to make someday?

Posted on 2017-02-04, 19:51

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I don't know, i'm pretty much done. In working condition i have 12 systems. I do not know what to build? I'm in a similar situation as far as pretty much having everything I want (at the moment): 386/387DX40 has been complete for 10+ years. The only thing I need to add is a 5.25" floppy drive. Also …

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Re: Can you show photos from games on your CRT monitors? + need monitor advice

Posted on 2017-01-27, 01:32

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It has a Trinitron tube and I love it, except for the first 30 minutes it takes to warm up its red beam and give me a greenish tint meanwhile. I had a 17" Dell Trinitron that did this and I ended up getting rid of it. I am a fan of the Trinitron though - I love the picture. I use a Sony CPD-G220R …

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Re: HUGE 1997*-2003 video card performance benchmark thread (Q3, Unreal, DK2, 3DM2k, 3DM2001)

Posted on 2017-01-26, 21:03

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I would be curious to see exactly how a Radeon 7500 stacks up against the other ATi's. I know we can make good estimates/approximations, but I *just* built a Tualatin system with a 64MB 7500 DDR as the primary card (will be doing a Voodoo2 SLI setup with it down the road as well). Back in the day, I …

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Re: The Vogons Game Server is Back Up!!!

Posted on 2016-12-28, 22:14

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That was me! Good times! 😵

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Re: The Vogons Game Server is Back Up!!!

Posted on 2016-12-27, 20:14

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Jade Falcon wrote: Anyway if your in the USA you should get a round 75-150ms, if your over seas you should get around 125-250ms. Albuquerque, New Mexico

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Re: The Vogons Game Server is Back Up!!!

Posted on 2016-12-27, 17:17

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Tried getting on yesterday, but my ping was 1000+ Got back on this morning and it was a much more playable 150, give or take. I am playing on my K6-2+, Voodoo3, Win98SE box 😎 Thank you for hosting! I'm planing to setup a Starsiege Tribes server here later on down the road.

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Re: Building a Super 7 for 'Younger' gaming, suggestions, and new to site.

Posted on 2016-08-13, 16:34

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If you have any problems running the CPU, you might have one of the board revisions that are too low. Or you might have to update the BIOS to the newest, wich are a beta BIOS. With the P5A, rev. 1.04 is the one to have. Newer revisions actually break full compatibility with the K6 plus processors. …

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Odd behavior with 80GB Seagate PATA drive

Posted on 2016-06-14, 03:46

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A little background on the configuration here: I have a Asus P5A SS7 system setup using both the onboard IDE and a Promise SATA TX2+ which has two SATA ports as well as an additional IDE channel. To my knowledge, there are no hardware conflicts. Connected to the onboard primary IDE, I have/had a …

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Re: SSD Worth it?

Posted on 2016-06-01, 15:47

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An SSD is always worth it, no matter what the system. Agreed. My K6-2+ rig runs Win2K on a 120GB Intel SSD through a Promise SATA TX2 Plus controller and Win98SE on a 32GB compact flash card. I have it set so the OS drives are more or less hidden from each other, but share an 80GB Seagate drive for …

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Re: Jetfighter IV Fortress America

Posted on 2016-05-31, 20:02

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Will look tonight, thanks!

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Jetfighter IV Fortress America

Posted on 2016-05-31, 18:39

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I've recently re-installed Jetfighter IV on to my K6-2+/98SE system. It seems to be working fine, but I'm curious if anyone here has the "update 4" patch or could point to a good, working download. So far, I've found a bunch of malware downloads, dead links, and the one download that seems to work …

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Re: AT&T 6386SX/EL WGS

Posted on 2016-05-16, 00:19

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Finally did a little work with the system today! Video memory before: 256k vid 1.jpg 256k vid 2.jpg Video memory after: 512k vid.jpg Modified the Dallas RTC. Works perfectly! Dallas RTC mod 02.jpg Dallas RTC mod 01.jpg I also tried the SB16 and CDROM only to discover that the SB16 is dead (has bent/ …

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Re: AT&T 6386SX/EL WGS

Posted on 2016-05-13, 01:02

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To date, I haven't done much as far as working on the system. Work takes up most of my time, but at least that gives me money to buy more parts! So far, I've bought: a Sound Blaster 16 CT2940 with the IDE channel, a Creative Labs CD-ROM drive (crossing my fingers that it works with the Sound Blaster …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-05-05, 15:26

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Asus P5A Motherboard With a K6-2 500. Looking forward to doing a build around this, Have a Voodoo 3000 AGP and will probably buy one of those Audician 32 Yamaha Sound Cards. Was thinking of changing the CPU to a 2+ or III+. Any Recommendations? I looks like you have a P5A rev. 1.06. 1.05 and higher …

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Re: Uses for Each Windows

Posted on 2016-04-27, 00:02

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DOS + Win3.1: Running on the Compaq Prolinea 4/33 (have owned since new). Started out with 3.1. Went to 95, 98SE, Freesco Linux (spent almost 10 years as a router), and now back to 3.1 :). Announcements 5, Office 4.6 (I think), and of course all the MS entertainment pack games. Win95B: OS of choice …

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Re: AT&T 6386SX/EL WGS

Posted on 2016-04-19, 13:32

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The 387SX ATT 387sx.JPG Sockets for adding video memory. If anyone knows what type of memory chips I need or where to find them, that info would be appreciated! ATT vram.JPG The battery is completely dead in this thing so I could use some pointers on repairing/replacing it: ATT Dallas.JPG BIOS …

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