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Re: Gotek like Optical Driver Emulator - Is it possible?

Posted on 2024-11-24, 16:29

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I've been testing the ZuluIDE recently and it's very usable for a whole bunch of my needs. So far: Installing Windows 98 SE works Both the OAKCDROM.SYS and VIDECDD.SYS drivers work redbook audio plays in both DOS and Windows (tested Quake, Quake II, Redneck Rampage, Centipede, The House of the Dead …

Re: Sticky rubber coatings: what to do?

Posted on 2024-09-13, 14:12

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My Saitek X55 did this. So cross, it wasn't even that old. Electronics manufacturers need to stop putting this rubberised coating on things. I hate it... It was a total pain to clean off. Isopropyl Alcohol and lots of elbow grease and microfibre cloths is my recommendation. Have another cloth damp …

Re: Does anyone know if the X-Fi cards are pin compatible with Audigy 2 ZS front bay units?

Posted on 2024-07-17, 15:55

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Looking at the 5.25 bays for the Audigy 2 range and the Xfi and they look like they have the same IO (except the missing FireWire on the X-fi). The pin count and labelling on the headers looks the same. Does anyone know (or can try) if the ZS front bay works when connected to a PCI X-Fi card? For …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-07-15, 21:38

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Got this Radeon X800 XL AGP which the seller was kind enough to keep cushioned on the carpet. Description said they got it from a charity shop and couldn't test it. Always a bit suspect when things are "untested", but given the other stuff they were selling it seemed believable they weren't the …

Re: Best DDR1 2GB kit for overclocking on XP (AMD S939)

Posted on 2024-07-15, 11:35

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Rav wrote on 2024-07-15, 02:51: You want any random sticks that have Winbond BH-5 chips on them. If you are lucky you can get good sample that can run at DDR400 speed at CL1.5... or instead at 500-550 @ 2-2-2-5 BH5 / UTT do not exist in 1gb sticks.

Re: Roland MT-32 bad sound

Posted on 2024-07-14, 14:19

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

So bit rot on the eeprom? Actual corruption of the samples?

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-07-14, 13:30

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I bought this today ... and a 2GB Corsair DDR PC3500 kit to go with it. The Pro ones with the twinkling LEDs. The RAM was a bargain... the CPU... well, I've got one now.... Holy Toledo Batman, it's an FX-60. Hope it appreciates the RAM, my 939 board is in dustsink mode since.... crap probably …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-07-14, 13:28

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I bought this today ... and a 2GB Corsair DDR PC3500 kit to go with it. The Pro ones with the twinkling LEDs. The RAM was a bargain... the CPU... well, I've got one now.... Do you regrow kidneys? I'm interested... LOL Nice cpu. Pc3500 allows for some OC. I've been looking for 500MHz and IIRC even …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-07-14, 08:27

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I bought this today ... and a 2GB Corsair DDR PC3500 kit to go with it. The Pro ones with the twinkling LEDs. The RAM was a bargain... the CPU... well, I've got one now....

Does anyone know if the X-Fi cards are pin compatible with Audigy 2 ZS front bay units?

Posted on 2024-07-12, 07:13

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Looking at the 5.25 bays for the Audigy 2 range and the Xfi and they look like they have the same IO (except the missing FireWire on the X-fi). The pin count and labelling on the headers looks the same. Does anyone know (or can try) if the ZS front bay works when connected to a PCI X-Fi card?

Best DDR1 2GB kit for overclocking on XP (AMD S939)

Posted on 2024-07-11, 20:31

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Just wondering if anyone remembers which 2GB kits (2x1GB DDR1) were good for overclocking on AMD S939? I remember Winbond BH5 (or UTT) and Samsung TCCD being very high performers but they topped out at 512MB a stick if I recall correctly... Struggling to find a good lead on high quality kits that …

Re: Opteron 165 oldskool overlocked Windows XP build - how'd I do?

Posted on 2024-07-01, 17:52

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

That's a hell of a XP rocket nice job. Those opterons had quite the OC potential that was a fun scene to follow back in the day. Not sure why but the Opteron totally passed me by. I just remember feeling very flat about my 3700+ pulling less MHz than my Mobile Barton while also refusing to drive my …

Opteron 165 oldskool overlocked Windows XP build - how'd I do?

Posted on 2024-06-29, 08:21

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

I've been playing around with a Windows XP build lately. It's a sort of 939 System Redux for me. Back in 2005 I replaced my DFI Lanparty nF2 Ultra B + Mobile Barton with a DFI Lanparty UT nF3 + 3700+ I have to admit, I never loved that system. It just felt flat and unexciting after racing Mobile …

Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2024-06-26, 18:54

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

My first proper gaming build after a long long break from PCs (K6-2 266 and Voodoo 1) was an nForce 2 build. It was awesome. Paired it with a Gainward 6800GT GS. Just an absolute beast. The main reason DFI Lanparty Ultra B ruled this period (and something that your benchmarks will not reflect) was …

Re: Help me decide... soundcard for my Win 98 Pentium 3

Posted on 2024-06-16, 17:29

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

So I've put the Audigy, AWE64 and the Yamaha LWHA151A00 (I'm a sucker for that genuine OPL synth chip...). I did a multi-card config a few years back on my Socket 7 system but can't remember much about the process... I also think I was running Win98 on top of DOS 6.22... Anyway, any recommendations …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-06-14, 15:09

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Picked up this ti4200 with a passive Zalman cooler today.

Help me decide... soundcard for my Win 98 Pentium 3

Posted on 2024-06-13, 15:50

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I'm building a P3 Tualitin 1.4GHz system. It's designed to play Windows 9x era games with some DOS compatibility (speed will be an issue I know...). I have in front of me 4 ISA cards and 2 PCI cards. Any thoughts on what would work best for this system? PCI Both cards are Audigy 2 (one is ZS) - both …

P3 booting from SATA PCI problem

Posted on 2024-06-12, 22:52

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I'm tinkering with a Gigabyte GA-6VXE7+ (Apollo 133 Pro) system. It's a Windows 98 system. I added a Sil3114 PCI card and flashed it with the non-raid BIOS. I booted into GParted via the Ultimate Boot CD and could see my SSD attached to the PCI card. I set the partition (127GB) and then cloned my …

Re: Voodoo 2 setup and testing help

Posted on 2024-06-08, 14:13

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Demolition-Man wrote on 2024-06-08, 12:41: Sorry to hear that. What game (s) did you test? Quake II and Unreal black polka dots and technicoloured puke...

Re: Voodoo 2 setup and testing help

Posted on 2024-06-08, 12:02

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

RIP this Voodoo 2 Artefacts like a champ 🙁 Returning to seller.

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