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Re: Floppy disk imaging - what program to use?

Posted on Today, 13:37

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Omnidisk is great for running in DOS, that's my go-to when i'm not on Win2k or higher. On a vintage system Herne data systems software works great http://www.herne.com/mdisk1.htm Are its image files non-proprietary? Interested if it is compatible with Linux / OmniFlop They are raw not compressed …

Re: Project 386-16SX

Posted on Yesterday, 21:23

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

2gig of ram is pretty impressive looks like an Old Pc Partner board. Will have to Peruse TH99

Re: MP3s slightly slower on old '90s pc with CMI8330

Posted on Yesterday, 02:26

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

One of two options here 1. Different sound card 2. Mess around with the FSB and/or ISA clock rate I always wanted to test an original ssa/5 90 with a 1x multiplier and an 83mhz FSB

Re: What is this IBM 486 board?

Posted on 2020-06-04, 02:17

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

http://ps-2.kev009.com/pcpartnerinfo/ctstips/e572.htm Anonymous is right sorry, odd that the FRUs pointed there

Re: Need help with AMD K6-2 support on EPOX EP58-MVP3C-M

Posted on 2020-06-02, 23:02

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Some boards have difficulty with async operation with a k6-2 cpu Make sure all your pci /bus clock stuff is set right And if it were me I would try 50mhz x 2.5x multiplier you see if there is any life.

Re: MP3s slightly slower on old '90s pc with CMI8330

Posted on 2020-06-02, 22:45

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Demetrio wrote on 2020-06-02, 22:43: If I reduce mp3 bitrate, there's a chance that the playback speed will improve? Improve how? Audio accuracy, probably not Audio loading time, skipping and buffering = better

Re: Your oldest favorite computer game?

Posted on 2020-06-01, 17:10

in Milliways

in Milliways

As a kid I found paratrooper to be a lot of fun, in its green screen glory on my uncles then new 5150 with upgraded graphics. Agreed although I was in the IIe and doesn't rate as my favorite I think my point is at a given time different games were my favorite Paratrooper was one of three games I …

Re: Your oldest favorite computer game?

Posted on 2020-06-01, 02:09

in Milliways

in Milliways

As a kid I found paratrooper to be a lot of fun, in its green screen glory on my uncles then new 5150 with upgraded graphics. I also found the games from the Channel F to be fun as a kid, one of the games looked like you were flying a spaceship in the first person, sadly the game cart burnt up. It …

Re: Will a PGA168 TI486SXL2-66 work in a standard 486 motherboard?

Posted on 2020-05-30, 18:19

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Only if the board supports it, some boards can’t be setup/jumpers for the TI chips

Re: Fascination with the lowest end hardware from a given class

Posted on 2020-05-29, 12:16

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

For a period of time I had a 386-12mhz system, I found it frustrating to work with Its graphics (always ended up with CGA), small hd, etc. It seemed slower than most 286’s

Re: Smallest Win9x installation possible to fit a 64Mb Hard Drive

Posted on 2020-05-29, 12:03

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

http://bednyazhka.narod.ru/Spesial/98-ME-2000-XPlite/nano98.htm Good luck getting *any* software running on that, as you'll have hundreds of missing DLLs. That's just a (nice) proof-of-concept, but not a usable OS. 98lite is perfectly useable but as you add in things (like networking) the OS …

Re: Floppy disk imaging - what program to use?

Posted on 2020-05-29, 03:40

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

On a vintage system Herne data systems software works great http://www.herne.com/mdisk1.htm

Re: Smallest Win9x installation possible to fit a 64Mb Hard Drive

Posted on 2020-05-29, 03:18

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Seriously https://www.litepc.com/98lite.html http://bednyazhka.narod.ru/Spesial/98-ME-2000 … lite/nano98.htm Even China Dos union if you have to.

Re: What's rarer: AMD X5-160, AMD K5-PR200, Cyrix 5x86-133GP, or Cyrix MII-433GP

Posted on 2020-05-23, 01:24

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I really would be curious to know just how the MII-433 @ 300 MHz compares up to the Pentiums. One day I'll get around to the ultimate socket 7 comparison. My gut feeling is that it is somewhere between a P233MMX and a P266MMX, perhaps even a slow slot1 celeron. My 2.2v Mii-433 overclocks to a real …

Re: 3-Pin DIN Monitor connector

Posted on 2020-05-23, 00:21

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

That appears to be identical to the common 5 wire color analog cable I have. Only way to know is to put probes on each wire or open er up and see where the pins go Ground and 5v is easy to ID, Good luck

Re: Favourite 1996 games?

Posted on 2020-05-23, 00:16

in Windows

in Windows

I downloaded Mafia II Definitive Edition and holy crap, it's several times the size of the original, 64-bit, uses (slower) D3D11 renderer instead of D3D9 one, loading times are longer, physics effects are a bit glitchy, stutters a bit, even on consoles, positional audio seems inaccurate in places, …

Re: Smallest Win9x installation possible to fit a 64Mb Hard Drive

Posted on 2020-05-13, 18:36

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

austinham wrote on 2020-05-13, 12:38: What about windows 98 lite? Not sure how small it is, but it’s worth looking into. The minimum install is 4mb, add drivers and directX and things bloat up fast.

Re: 386SX build, reccommended parts?

Posted on 2020-05-11, 03:04

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I always liked the DTK 386sx-25 systems due the at form factor the socketed cpu and various bios timing options, not the best (no sx is) but quite flexible compared to other sx systems.

Re: Project: First Person Shooter History

Posted on 2020-05-07, 20:14

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

what about Catacomb Abyss games? My thought exactly, this (and Catacomb 3-D) should be the starting point of this project as long as the title contains the word "history"... Why not just start with Hovertank, then? Wolf3d is as good a starting point as any, imho. Hover tank is the first MSDOS game …

Re: What games for a 286-6

Posted on 2020-05-07, 20:05

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

candle_86 wrote on 2020-05-07, 19:38: Wrong on CPU speed it's 12mhz and turbo makes it 6mhz. If that makes a difference I played Wolf 3D on a 10mhz Tandy 1000rlx and was satisfied in the day. 12mhz will run most anything 286 “good” per the standards of the day.

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