Re: Someone with cx5x86 here?

Posted on Yesterday, 21:37

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Cx5x86-100@120MHz with several hidden features turned on, Riva128 PCI 3DBench 1.0c 76.9fps Chris's 3D Bench 91.3 pts (54.7fps) PC Player Benchmark 21.7fps Quake Shareware 320x200 15.6fps Norton SysInfo 316.8 Speedsys 63.7 NSSI 63345 Dhrystones, 23370 KWhetstones Hi!!! thanks for testing One …

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Re: Someone with cx5x86 here?

Posted on Yesterday, 19:07

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Cx5x86-100@120MHz with several hidden features turned on, Riva128 PCI 3DBench 1.0c 76.9fps Chris's 3D Bench 91.3 pts (54.7fps) PC Player Benchmark 21.7fps Quake Shareware 320x200 15.6fps Norton SysInfo 316.8 Speedsys 63.7 NSSI 63345 Dhrystones, 23370 KWhetstones

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on Yesterday, 13:19

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I have similar FX5200 built on a blue PCB by ASUS. I use it as my goto test bench video card because it works in older AGP slots and has a DVI out. Perfect for what I need it for.

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Re: OS and Hardware picks for a Socket 8 System: Tell me about yours?

Posted on Yesterday, 12:51

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I built my Socket 8 system to (mostly) recreate Computer Gaming World's "ultimate gaming rig" from their Jan 1997 issue. They used a Pentium Pro 200 for that build. Parts I used included: Pentium Pro 200 (512kb cache) Supermicro P6SNE (Intel 440FX) Matrox Mystique 4MB Diamond Monster 3D - Voodoo 1 …

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Re: 4-axis joystick with LHX Attack Chopper

Posted on Yesterday, 12:35

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I see what you mean, but I can't see how that will solve the problem. The game automatically selects Joystick 1 and that can't be overridden. The 4-axis joystick is detected as 2 joysticks, one for each for the axis, so then I'd figure the 4-axis joystick would be detected as joystick 2 and …

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OS and Hardware picks for a Socket 8 System: Tell me about yours?

Posted on Yesterday, 12:35

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I've always wanted to build a Socket 8 system. I've been holding off for a Dual Socket build with my matching 200MHz 512K CPUs, but a motherboard for that has not crossed my path in the last five years and I am starting to lose hope that it ever will. As a result, I decided to YOLO the build and go …

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Re: Someone with cx5x86 here?

Posted on Yesterday, 08:04

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I have one running at 120 and can run any bench you need.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on Yesterday, 05:41

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Jccwu wrote on 2024-04-25, 15:27: I loved the boxed versions hardware I have that WaveRider 32+ board myself and would love it if you could scan the manual and/or image the disks.

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

Posted on 2024-04-25, 14:31

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5160s don't have onboard IDE but I have seen a lot of later Turbo XT clones with IDE on board, along with a full whack of i/o and even video. There are also some 8 Bit IDE cards, but they are nowhere near common. I have 286 boards with onboard IDE but never owned an XT board with them. You never …

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Re: 4-axis joystick with LHX Attack Chopper

Posted on 2024-04-25, 13:16

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Can't you use a Gameport Y cable and a dummy DB-25 adapter to emulate a Joystick 1 to get around the issue? I'm pretty sure this can also be done in software if someone tried. It can definitely be done in emulation.. Not sure I quite understand what you mean here. Could you elaborate? You know …

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

Posted on 2024-04-25, 11:53

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Out of curiosity, where do you plan to connect the IDE device since this is just the ROM? Directly to the motherbaord or to a separate dumb Multi-IO ISA card. That's exactly what I was thinking, XTs don't have on board IDE and don't take 16-bit ISA cards. Unless this Turbo XT is some modern clone …

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Re: need some help to pick the right athlon cpu?

Posted on 2024-04-25, 11:07

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Voodoo 3 stops scaling well except in fringe cases like Deus Ex (in which you can benefit from going up to a 2GHz AthlonXP) beyond Athlon/Pentium III 800 so if you get something in that ballpark you will not experience any bottlenecks.

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Re: 4-axis joystick with LHX Attack Chopper

Posted on 2024-04-25, 11:05

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Can't you use a Gameport Y cable and a dummy DB-25 adapter to emulate a Joystick 1 to get around the issue? I'm pretty sure this can also be done in software if someone tried. It can definitely be done in emulation..

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

Posted on 2024-04-25, 10:52

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konc wrote on 2024-04-25, 10:18: appiah4 wrote on 2024-04-25, 09:45: Built an ISA ROM card, hope to use it as an XT-IDE card for a possible future Turbo XT build.. Out of curiosity, where do you plan to connect the IDE device since this is just the ROM? Directly to the motherbaord or to a separate …

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

Posted on 2024-04-25, 09:45

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Built an ISA ROM card, hope to use it as an XT-IDE card for a possible future Turbo XT build..

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Re: Mini ISA ROM Card

Posted on 2024-04-25, 09:43

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Reminds me I still need to build this.. OK, so I got around to building it: EEPROM ISA Card v0.1.jpg A few questions: 1. I see there are polarity markings for the capacitors. I used 100nf ceramics, and I see other builders also have done the same. I am thinking this should not be an issue in a DC …

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Re: Geforce4 Ti4200 - Black screen

Posted on 2024-04-25, 08:25

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I have the same board, and I run it with a Ti4200. It runs fine. However, a Voodoo 3 does not. That is quite strange. I have 4 x 6BXC rev 2.0 boards and also 2 x older rev 1.9 boards (which don't have the jumpers), and, still, Voodoo 3 3000 cards work fine with all of them. What issue are you …

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Re: What is the LAST 5 DOS Game ever made for DOS?

Posted on 2024-04-24, 13:21

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Quake Fallout C&C: Red Alert AH-64D Longbow Descent II Duke Nukem 3D Theme Hospital X-COM Apocalypse Dungeon Keeper Daggerfall LSL: Love for Sail Though I played these via OS/2 Warp, mostly, running a BBS in the background. Such great memories..

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Re: 1997 period correct retro PC build

Posted on 2024-04-24, 13:10

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Pentium 166 is a nice upgrade. Anyway, my suggestion for a 2D graphics card is S3 Trio64+/V2 or Cirrus Logic like CL-GD5434. Why? If I may. What is wrong with Millenium II? I do have S3 Trio in my drawer, lol I suppose the poster above mentioned those two cards due to being more compatible with …

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Re: Geforce4 Ti4200 - Black screen

Posted on 2024-04-24, 10:30

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https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/gigabyte-ga-6bxc-rev-2-0 is even worse, as seen on teh picture there is LDO right next to AGP slot LX8384 3.4V at 5A = ~17W max power to AGP slot. You might need to solder a wire between ATX 3.3V and AGP 3.3V, lifting output leg of LX8384 is optional. The 6BXC …

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