Re: Clock Generator Overclocking

Posted on Yesterday, 03:37

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And it seems the async settings don’t work.. any idea why? Async never did work on anything before PC100, to be honest it should have never been included at all. Most early 75/83mhz FSB Socket 7 boards would run async with only Cyrix branded CPUs and even then I had strange stability issues. Put in …

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Re: Best (Super) Socket 7 motherboard?

Posted on Yesterday, 03:01

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There are several boards that were rock solid at 133mhz FSB I would argue those are some of the best

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Re: Modifying the POD83's voltage regulator for overclocking

Posted on Yesterday, 00:39

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feipoa wrote on 2021-01-31, 00:25: Replacing the clock crystal doesn't always work as it messes up the timing of other systems, most notable will be the the floppy controller not working properly. Disable onboard floppy controller, run an ISA floppy card problem solved

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Re: 20mhz 286's

Posted on 2021-03-06, 15:35

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Harris originally planned on offering chips up to 33mhz but had too low of yields Would have been quite interesting having a 286 that ran circles around many 386 machines

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Re: TANDY Dos-Gaming-Thread (1000RL/HD)

Posted on 2021-03-04, 20:21

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by rmay635703

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btw. still searching for a gui that supports 640x200@16 and has icons like geoworks or qm3. Right now I have installed gem12 and deskmate. I don't like deskmate, I prefer gem. Wonder if the Windows 2 Tandy 1000 4 color driver could be hacked for the more advanced 16 color mode? Not Saying Windows …

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Re: Any memory optimizations on 8086 CPUs with EMS ?

Posted on 2021-03-04, 20:15

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I would run a memory address tool to see what actually has memory in the 1mb address range. Considering you have 2mb of memory it’s possible some of it exists or is addressable without any drivers loaded in the lower 1mb space. If so you can manually load drivers in whatever free memory blocks that …

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Re: PC games on consoles

Posted on 2021-02-25, 22:15

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Out of this World - snes - Original Game 1991 “Another World” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_World_(video_game) Always thought (at the time) it was an amazing game but after finally playing it It is a gotta do everything as prescribed game of memorization. Still decent looking for a “ …

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Re: Frys electronics is Closing.

Posted on 2021-02-25, 18:28

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Well if you dont support local retailers they go out of business. People just aren’t building there own computers anymore. Software purchases are all done online today and downloaded over the internet. No people are buying any new computers anymore . I’ve never “bought” a downloadable (probably …

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Re: Frys electronics is Closing.

Posted on 2021-02-25, 00:00

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Honestly I’m amazed Newegg is still in business Eventually there will be only one

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Re: RGB Monitor on MCGA output

Posted on 2021-02-24, 18:12

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no one wants some garbage downscaler converting to interlaced, they want native 15kHz progressive scan separating or combining sync is trivial with a $5 used extron box from ebay Your thinking of RCA composite not RGBS component Targa signalling My Futura 100 portrait system sends a native 512x480 …

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Re: RGB Monitor on MCGA output

Posted on 2021-02-23, 12:56

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You likely have another issue , Combined sync Most RGB+S did not support separate sync like vga in analog mode. You would need to check the pinout to know for sure. Like I said an averkey or a multitude of other vga-> tv adapters would solve your issue without much thought converting your signal to …

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Re: RGB Monitor on MCGA output

Posted on 2021-02-22, 23:23

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by rmay635703

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Classic 9pin 15khz Targa style RGB+Sync is not compatible with VGA unless you drive it through a specific Averkey VGA-TV adapter that has RGB analog or SCART capabilities. These screens generally were Broadcast TV monitors Amiga / Commodore and multiple standard ready for CGA/TTL/Analog/RCA/RGBS

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Re: Mad experiments with NT4

Posted on 2021-02-20, 21:36

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It would be funny to reshell a few Windows 7 related components on NT 4

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Re: Made in USA 386 with Media Vision PAS16 - The PC that looks like a Mac Pro

Posted on 2021-02-20, 00:21

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Intel486dx33 wrote on 2021-02-19, 19:27: Would adding an “Intel 387 math-coprocessor” over ride the motherboard onboard CPU and turn this into a 387 computer ? Nope, A 386 w/ a 387 coprocessor computer

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Re: Memory requirements of DOS games that works well with 386DX 33?

Posted on 2021-02-11, 22:38

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by rmay635703

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No you rarely need to expand memory. Many dos 386 games will run fine on 4mb (or less) The question is what games / goals do you have? For me I’ve always pretty much used the system as it came but obviously if you only have one machine you need to expand it to handle your intended software. Also …

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Re: 2D side-scroller with a skeleton guy?

Posted on 2021-02-11, 13:14

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Studman86 wrote on 2021-02-10, 07:39: Hateful Chris (2000). Found the answer on another site. I know it's been many years now. May this answer find you in good health. Be well <3 Odd I would have figured Decap Attack https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decap_Attack

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Re: Conner peripherals - 40mb

Posted on 2021-02-11, 03:59

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by rmay635703

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I would start with a voltmeter dead power supplies are pretty common, just chop off a connector and wire it up to your supply old school splice and crimp

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Re: Opera for Win 95 on a 486 or Pentium

Posted on 2021-02-10, 21:30

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You pretty much are on track Wonder if kernelex does anything? http://kernelex.sourceforge.net/wiki/Opera

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Re: Ports of Sonic CD, 1,2 remakes to DOS

Posted on 2021-02-09, 14:18

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I always thought a game like Jazz Jackrabbit could be reshelled with different graphical assets, sprite interactions and maps Would be sonic like and much less resource heavy than these modern interpretations. Sadly not allowing “Sonic” to fire the gun would be a buzz kill

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Re: Overclocking the Rise mP6 (Lynx)

Posted on 2021-02-06, 18:32

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matze79 wrote on 2021-02-06, 18:02: Performance Wise i would say its like Cyrix 6x86 MX If RISE would have released 4 years earlier :0 and gotten clocked faster later 😉

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