Re: Best Motherboard for my 90’s pc?

Posted on 2019-04-23, 10:41

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by rasz_pl

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That's funny.... I remember 2003/2008 as dark times in PC gaming. All games were more or less a ripoff of each other, and were they did not rip each other off, they just took and re-issued old ideas from the mid-90's. The FPS shooter genre died during that period Far Cry F.E.A.R. BioShock …

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Re: sb 16 ct2230 problem

Posted on 2019-04-23, 10:16

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by rasz_pl

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it can be anything, grab multimeter and check

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Re: Celeron 700 vs Pentium 400

Posted on 2019-04-23, 10:10

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by rasz_pl

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Gahhhrrrlic wrote: I should have mentioned I installed the via_hyperionpro_v524a.zip drivers from phil's lab it doesnt work you still didnt say what graphic card you are using anyway its not the celeron 700 at fault, its either no drivers/bad drivers/bad gpu, or some crap running in the background

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Re: Anyone try a new off-brand PSU w/ strong 5v rail?

Posted on 2019-04-22, 19:50

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by rasz_pl

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try loading 12V rail a bit

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Re: Celeron 700 vs Pentium 400

Posted on 2019-04-22, 19:43

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by rasz_pl

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My Mobo is a PC Partner Apollo Pro 133 I never had PC Partner products in my hands in Europe, but according to redhill.net.au they were average run of the mill, definitely not terrible. Apollo Pro 133 on the other hand .... expect tons of compatibility problems Mine is in the neighbourhood of 5 …

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Re: ASUS TX97-X dualplane CPU's wont work !

Posted on 2019-04-22, 14:25

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by rasz_pl

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RFD3055 LT1084 NDP603 are probably interchangeable in this design mosfets usually go bad short, so buzz it out with a multimeter

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Re: Celeron 700 vs Pentium 400

Posted on 2019-04-22, 14:18

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by rasz_pl

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Is it normal for a P2 400 to do a better job at playing say... Unreal Tournament than a Celeron 700? no The weird thing is, the minimum system requirements are 200MHz. 233Mhz, and those are post stamp sized window at 15fps absolute minimum specs So, under what circumstances is the game playable at …

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Re: PC tower cases by year

Posted on 2019-04-22, 09:05

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by rasz_pl

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A Taiwanese friend of me in Berlin back then, who operated an PC import export shop told me that many of his customers from the former Soviet bloc had to purchase their PCs in Germany because of import regulations (that fell only years after the communist regimes) that made direct import from ROC ( …

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Re: Motherboard capacitor repair ?

Posted on 2019-04-21, 18:36

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by rasz_pl

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Replace those old tantaluns with eletrolytic caps, they are cheap and reliable. I've always had success doing it. there are different uses for different types, cant just blindly swap and expect it to work https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/232631/ceramic-caps-vs-electrolytic-what-are- …

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Re: Help me choice for a VLB, 5V 486 configuration.

Posted on 2019-04-21, 18:34

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by rasz_pl

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jammaster wrote: Did you think a 5V DX2-66 can overclock easly at 80Mhz ? A 3.3V AMD, sure, but a 5V ? I ran one back in ~1995, so yes

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Re: PC tower cases by year

Posted on 2019-04-21, 18:18

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by rasz_pl

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In Poland for some unexplained reason the top of the line PC case in ~1994-1997 was something like this https://images83.fotosik.pl/21/fe26f70ab49c1accmed.jpg https://a.allegroimg.com/s400/03340b/5494987949e28e3a18fd76843236 ass shot of big tower version from gaming magazine: https://i.imgur.com/ …

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Re: Help me choice for a VLB, 5V 486 configuration.

Posted on 2019-04-21, 16:49

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by rasz_pl

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Hello! She have an optionnal 10pins connector for an 3.3V VRM. (between two ISA slots). ...And with staying in 5V. finding a VRM is almost impossible. VRM is trivial to make, you are probably just missing a linear regulator a rare CX486DX2-80 on a 40Mhz FSB Intel 486DX2-66 should overclock just …

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Re: What is this Logitech card?

Posted on 2019-04-21, 16:30

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by rasz_pl

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8255 and counters = bus mouse

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Re: Motherboard capacitor repair ?

Posted on 2019-04-21, 16:24

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by rasz_pl

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mlcc capacity is more of a guideline than a hard stat, it changes with bias voltage https://www.murata.com/en-us/support/faqs/products/capacitor/mlcc/char/0005 then you have high defect rate in high mechanical stress scenarios (smd cap + flexing board = actual real world house burning FIRE) but for …

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Re: Ultimate 1995 PC build; graphics card reco?

Posted on 2019-04-20, 23:03

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by rasz_pl

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1995 2D and FMV/CD-ROM games in pure MS-DOS 6.22 So Pentium ~120MHz. Anything will do, speed differences in 2D are minimal, good brand (Diamond etc) S3, Matrox or ATI will work just fine. I've had very good experiences with the S3 Trio lineup. They seem to be able to provide a very clear and sharp …

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Re: What's the best CRT monitor for DOS gaming?

Posted on 2019-04-20, 21:36

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by rasz_pl

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For low res graphics 15khz displays optimal. 240p content should not be upscaled to 480p as it happened on pc. 30khz monitors all of you mention are far from the best solution For my first PC I used normal 21 inch TV and VGA-to-Euro RGB cable with special TSR driver, worked like a charm for 320x200 …

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Re: SIS6305 16MB PCI

Posted on 2019-04-20, 21:08

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by rasz_pl

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so why are you downgrading? Is it a downgrade? It does have twice the ram and it's not like that ATI card is exactly fast. I will definitely run some benchmarks on both when it comes in. There is practically nothing you could play on 486 that ill benefit from 3D accelerator, 2D quality tho .. 305 …

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Re: Do Socket7/Win9x systems benefit from 64MB+ RAM

Posted on 2019-04-19, 12:08

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by rasz_pl

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in reality anything running well on K6-whatever will not require nor benefit from more than 24-32MB ram.

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Re: Chips & Technologies F64300 VLB vga question

Posted on 2019-04-19, 11:57

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by rasz_pl

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on some cards more ram means wider bus

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Re: Trouble with Roland Monitors and PC sound cards

Posted on 2019-04-19, 06:01

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by rasz_pl

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impedance mismatch, not that those are great speakers or anything

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