CL GD5422/20 vs 8900c on 386

Posted on 2025-05-12, 17:35

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by amontre

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Recently acquired GD5420 and GD5422 and wondering will my 386sx 33 performance improve vs. current 8900c ? Filename IMG_9240.jpeg File size 1.96 MiB Views 139 views File license Public domain Filename IMG_9237.jpeg File size 1.75 MiB Views 139 views File license Public domain

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Yamaha MU80 - Preferred mode

Posted on 2025-05-11, 01:24

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by amontre

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What are the consensus on which mode to use for playing games on GM ? Filename IMG_9199.jpeg File size 1.03 MiB Views 155 views File license Public domain

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Re: Slow performance for Celeron 733 + FX 5500

Posted on 2025-04-08, 03:52

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by amontre

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So what are I did was swapped the Celeron with a P3, seem that I have a couple of it, so I started with P3 600 which immediately improved the score of 3dMark99 to 3400ish ! So thank you all for the suggestion.

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Slow performance for Celeron 733 + FX 5500

Posted on 2025-04-07, 14:47

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by amontre

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I’m in midst of configuring Win98 rig with Socket 370 Celeron 733 with a Nvidia FX 5500. The chipset is SIS630 with 256mb PC100 RAM. I intend to play some 3D accelerated games on this rig but notice a quite slow performance for Warcraft 3. My 3DMark99 scores for 3D is 1365. Nvidia driver is 56.64 …

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Re: So, anyone bitten the bullet on the EIZO FlexScan S2134?

Posted on 2025-04-07, 14:33

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by amontre

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Been using S2133 in the last few weeks as i am building Win98 rig and 800x600 are gorgeous on this IPS screen. I have 2 of em as my standby CRT replacements. I believe the ‘K’ suffix refer to body color of Black. There is also rarer white version which is mostly for medical uses.

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Re: How many "hobbyist" PCs do you have?

Posted on 2025-03-11, 09:26

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by amontre

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On my setup : 1. Pentium 133 2. 486DX2 66 3. 386SX 33 4. Amiga 1200 5. MSX2+ On Workbench 1. XT Upcoming/Planned 1. iMac G3 2. X68000

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Re: Eizo 2133 greyscale issue

Posted on 2025-02-26, 13:31

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by amontre

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It is ok now, did a few factory reset and now it’s back to normal.

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Eizo 2133 greyscale issue

Posted on 2025-02-26, 10:47

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by amontre

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Picked up Eizo 2133 LCD as a back up for my CRTs. Tested it today with 16 step grey scale (Video Test Bench v4.5) and noticed there a few missing bar on Eizo compared to my CRTs. Is this Eizo broken or need to be configured? IMG_8508.jpeg Eizo 2133 577cbe7c-7984-4175-a3e8-b03a2460f5f5.jpeg Samsung …

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Re: New to LCD in MS-DOS

Posted on 2025-01-08, 08:54

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by amontre

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I’ve been using CRT for all my retro stuff, VGA monitors and Sony BVM for retro consoles. Today i came accross IPS LCD Eizo S2133 and it seem underwhelmed for me taste. Is there anything need to be configured on the computer (S3 Virge DX + Voodoo2 8mb) to improve contrast ratio or black level ? The …

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Re: New to LCD in MS-DOS

Posted on 2025-01-04, 14:59

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by amontre

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I also need to find a way to adjust the LCD to display grey color. Below comparison between LCD and my Viewsonic CRT. Filename IMG_7256.jpeg File size 1.32 MiB Views 376 views File comment Eizo LCD File license Public domain Filename IMG_7259.jpeg File size 1.51 MiB Views 376 views File comment …

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New to LCD in MS-DOS

Posted on 2025-01-04, 14:16

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by amontre

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I’ve been using CRT for all my retro stuff, VGA monitors and Sony BVM for retro consoles. Today i came accross IPS LCD Eizo S2133 and it seem underwhelmed for me taste. Is there anything need to be configured on the computer (S3 Virge DX + Voodoo2 8mb) to improve contrast ratio or black level ? The …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2025-01-04, 13:56

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by amontre

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Bought this LCD monitor Eizo S2133 IPS 1600x1200 which is 4:3 instead of 5:4. Has been CRT user for all my retro stuff and was quite underwhelmed with the LCD visual. Filename IMG_7253.jpeg File size 1.5 MiB Views 1381 views File license Public domain

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-11-25, 19:08

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by amontre

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PicoMem with Adlib module. Was planning to use it on a XT but couldn’t find one. Do you think it’s worth it to use on ISA 486dx2 machine ? Filename IMG_6949.jpeg File size 1.68 MiB Views 1345 views File license Public domain

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5.25” Floppy only work with 3.5” disk inserted

Posted on 2024-11-03, 10:11

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by amontre

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

As per title, I recently installed a 5.25” drive to my 486DX2 build but my 5.25” drive only able to read and write the 1.2mb disk if I there is a disk in 3.5” drive. Any ideas why its behaving and how to solve this?

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Re: Monkey Island 1 Ultimate Talkie freezes during speech

Posted on 2024-10-11, 17:06

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by amontre

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Mine was the opposite, 2.0a4 freezes but 1.9 works

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Re: Monitor Utility for DOS

Posted on 2024-10-09, 20:15

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by amontre

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Here you have the UNICENTRE utility with an explanatory text. Thanks. I did the the adjustment for all the modes and added univbe into autoexec.bat but once i exit to dos, the command prompt screen or Norton Commander itself are not adjusted as per what i did in Unicentr . My guess is that those …

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Re: Monitor Utility for DOS

Posted on 2024-10-07, 12:52

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by amontre

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kixs wrote on 2024-10-07, 12:15: Should be included at least in SciTech Display Doctor 6.53. Ok got it ! How does it work ? I made the changes and save the setting . Does it work as TSR ? How do i boot with the settings ?

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Re: Monitor Utility for DOS

Posted on 2024-10-07, 11:51

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by amontre

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Grzyb wrote on 2024-10-07, 10:54: I think UniVBE/SDD included something called "UNICENTER"... I cant seem to find UNICENTER

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Monitor Utility for DOS

Posted on 2024-10-07, 10:41

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by amontre

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My CRT front face panel are not working and i cant adjust the geometry and Im too scared to open the monitor. It’s a 486 machine with built in Wingine DCX onboard display. As you can see, its too squashed i cannot use the panel to adjust. IMG_6231.jpeg However i tried using a utility from Trident …

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Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors

Posted on 2024-10-02, 03:31

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by amontre

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NEC 17 and 15 CRT to match the desktop. Acer Monochrome 14. JVC-TM15cg for my Amiga 1200 which i would love to switch to commodore’s 1084. On Console side a pair of Sony BVM D20 and A20

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