Re: With prices down, are you buying a new GPU, waiting for the next generation, or staying on the sidelines?

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I would like to upgrade to a 27" 1440p monitor and buy a GPU for it. Since I only play older games I was thinking of buying something like a used RX 580 or GTX 1070 which should be enough for playing older games on high resolutions. I recently upgraded to a 27 1440p screen with 120 hz and so far my …

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Re: Is it worth throwing away nostalgic stuff?

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Jo22 wrote on 2022-08-14, 10:14: ^Psst. There's a rumor that the OP is a chatbot.. It's more kind of a running gag, though. ;) I guess we got used to the fact th […] Show full quote ^Psst. There's a rumor that the OP is a chatbot.. It's more kind of a running gag, though. 😉 I guess we got used to …

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Re: Is it worth throwing away nostalgic stuff?

Posted on 2022-08-14, 08:21

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Muz wrote on 2022-08-13, 08:58: Is it worth throwing away nostalgic stuff, old pc games, etc.? How can throwing away something be worth anything? This question doesn't make any sense. Especially if you ask it in a forum full of people who collect old nostalgic stuff...

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Re: 20th Anniversary of Vogons

Posted on 2022-07-05, 19:35

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Glad to see this little corner of web 1.0 still standing! Congrats Vogons!

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Re: Restoring a small form factor 486

Posted on 2022-07-05, 19:30

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Have you considered respraying or modding the case? It's a nice form factor but I can't say it looks very good 😅 Maybe you could do a cool vinyl wrap or something.

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Re: PiGUS: Gravis Ultrasound emulator on an ISA card with Raspberry Pi

Posted on 2022-06-18, 16:57

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Very cool project! It's always cool to see people trying things like this. Makes me happy. Sorry that your thread got hijacked by people arguing about FPGA 🤕

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Re: Mah systems retro, old, newer (Radical stuff)

Posted on 2022-06-18, 08:30

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That's a beefy Turbo XT, running at 14 MHz. Must perform close to a 10 or 12 mhz 286, I reckon. Did you try adding extra cards? From what I know, most ISA cards aren't going to be happy at that 14 MHz speed.

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Re: MonKey Island 3 Easter Eggs on Blood Island

Posted on 2022-06-04, 19:16

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theDUBBER wrote on 2022-06-01, 21:30: Today I'm going to show you another easter egg. In Monkey Island 3 go to the fair of the damned and try to get the sign where Murry is displayed. https://youtu.be/fN6gNdXpt80 That is a weird one. Looks more like a glitch than an Easter egg.

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Re: What was the most surprising/odd thing you've found on an old computer?

Posted on 2022-06-02, 19:57

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I've seen the occasional personal info and porn but what struck me the most was my (back then) girlfriends laptop. It was passed on to her from her aunt, who committed suicide. You could see all her research in her browser history on the ways she wanted to end it, including cyanide. Very confronting …

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Re: MK8330 : new soundcard based on the CMI 8330 chipset

Posted on 2022-05-28, 10:03

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Awesome job at making this card! 😀

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Re: Pentium 133 DOS gamer dream machine.

Posted on 2022-05-26, 19:26

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Jura Tastatura wrote on 2022-05-26, 14:19: Intel486dx33 wrote on 2022-05-26, 11:30: What do you recommend ? W98 booting directly to DOS. 😀 W98SE booting directly into DOS 😁

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Re: Something no one remembers that I finally dug up - The Intel MMX Groove Machine.

Posted on 2022-05-26, 08:30

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I've never seen this demo. Good work on sharing this piece of history!

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Re: Restoring a small form factor 486

Posted on 2022-05-16, 14:53

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You could check the voltage on the VRM. I've seen a few examples of those getting worn out over time. According to your SBCs manual, it should read 3.3 or 3.45 volts (based on jumper settings).

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Re: Restoring a small form factor 486

Posted on 2022-05-15, 20:46

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That's a nice system and a nice thread! Good read :) A single beep on start up should be normal, so can't say for sure that the CPU is dead. Often you would get a specific beep code for CPU issues. Take off the heat sink and feel if the CPU runs hot at all. Is the keyboard responding with a numlock …

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Re: Voodoo3 AGP / CPU bottleneck?

Posted on 2022-05-14, 07:50

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Which voodoo3 do you have? If you want a bit of extra performance, there are plenty of good programs to squeeze some more mhz out of the cards. I managed to get my v3 2000 running as fast as a v3 3000 without any issue.

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Re: Voodoo3 AGP / CPU bottleneck?

Posted on 2022-05-13, 21:12

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Is UT99 not a "glide native" game like Unreal is? Performance/fps aside, will the Voodoo3 or GF4 Ti4200 provide better rendering/image quality in that game? Yes, UT99 has great Glide support, but the game is just more demanding graphically than Unreal. As for image quality: this is where the Voodoo …

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Re: Voodoo3 AGP / CPU bottleneck?

Posted on 2022-05-13, 19:04

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I've got the exact same setup here . I've got mine overclocked to 504 Mhz. It runs titles like Quake 2, Unreal and Half-Life really well. Also racing games like Dethkarz and Collin McRae Rally run with good FPS. I've also happily played Conflict Freespace (1) on this system. As soon as you get …

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Re: IPX network on MS-DOS

Posted on 2022-05-13, 18:35

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I've attached all 3 in a zip here for anyone else in the future. LSL and IPXODI are the final versions, PNPODI probably is but cant confirm lsl.com, 2.11 ipxodi.com, 3.00 Beta 5 I was tinkering with my IPX network to get a game working and I found that I have even newer versions of these tools. …

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Re: Building a 486 DX-4: the Compatibility Machine

Posted on 2022-05-12, 18:31

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Luke4838P wrote on 2022-05-12, 16:01: Bump for a question. Is the charging circuit here? Are you certain this motherboard charges the battery? If so, you might be able to swap the battery with a ML2032 instead. Did you manage to grab the BIOS by any chance?

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Re: Building a 486 DX-4: the Compatibility Machine

Posted on 2022-05-09, 17:06

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I can't read the description on the side of the battery without having to take the entire motherboard out. But I can see that mine has a green leaf icon on it with "No Mercury & Cadmium", so I assume mine is also a ni-mh battery. And it doesn't like Queen. There are several tools to grab the BIOS: …

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