Re: Would a Socket 7 Compaq Deskpro board be a useful purchse?

Posted on 2021-06-23, 23:32

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Great insights everyone, much appreciated, as usual 😀 Of course my comment about me doing something silly was a joke, I hope that didn' t got lost in translation... That watercooled project looks awesome, I bookmarked it for a later reading. Thanks!

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Re: Would a Socket 7 Compaq Deskpro board be a useful purchse?

Posted on 2021-06-20, 01:01

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Amazing how much info, and how quickly, you guys can bring up on just about any topic. I wonder why these people (Compaq, HP, et. al) come up with these bizarre ideas as to this "non-BIOS".... Indeed something very good to know beforehand. Still, your knot making a great job at discouraging me from …

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Would a Socket 7 Compaq Deskpro board be a useful purchse?

Posted on 2021-06-16, 18:52

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Hi! So, I am building a AMD themed retro PC (or at least attempting to) , and in this quest I stumbled upon an ad for a "Socket 7 Compaq Deskpro" mainboard which happens to have an AMD chipset. This includes two riser cards for up to 3 PCI slots and 2 ISA slots, but no CPU, mems, PSU or case. For …

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Re: Is this CF-IDE adapter a viable option for DOS?

Posted on 2021-06-11, 17:46

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Low for dos gaming is like 500kb/sec, which is what you'd get on an era and budget* appropriate 80MB PIO mode 1 drive on an ISA controller. Past the mid 90s you might get 2.5MB/sec on your fancy DMA mode 2 1GB drive in 96... . Great references. I guess making a first attempt with a modest card will …

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Re: Is this CF-IDE adapter a viable option for DOS?

Posted on 2021-06-10, 23:52

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I'm still looking at my options and I realized "133x" in the not-so-expensive cards might mean only 15/20 MB/s , which I assume is low even for DOS gaming... What would be a usable speed that I should be looking for? 50 MB/s? 60 MB/s? Also, generally speaking, what size of card could I expect (*) to …

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Re: Is this CF-IDE adapter a viable option for DOS?

Posted on 2021-06-10, 14:31

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uhm, it's nice to hear this should be as simple as that. Just in case someone else has a comment, and to save him/her from a potentially lengthy write-up, I will add that I'm aware that with larger disks old OSes and BIOS probably won't see them in full and that there is a universe of software …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-10, 14:12

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dinth wrote on 2021-06-10, 12:11: https://twitter.com/MGawronskiKot/status/1402931388123389956 Sweeeet!!!

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Is this CF-IDE adapter a viable option for DOS?

Posted on 2021-06-10, 14:09

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HI, I'm almost sorry to post this, I know CF/SATA IDE adapters have been discussed a lot as I've been though many threads already, but as someone suffering from what I call 'digital claustrophobia' I am having a very hard time considering to spend more money on a CF adapter + second hand 4/8 GB …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-10, 03:18

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BitWrangler wrote on 2021-06-09, 23:26: ADZ has higher temperature rating I think, how long will it take 7 volts on LN2 though? 🤣 yeap, I got that one to tinker and push it and the other one to "treasure it" 😜 Surely nothing spectacular around here, but hey, it was my first retro-purchase!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-09, 23:09

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Down the rabbit hole, step 1 ... AMD_Am586-X5-133-lowres.jpg Just arrived!... Finding a mainboard for building my theme system is proving impossible so far, but as these are becoming more rare and I got them for a good price i figured I'd get them before they're gone... Now I have to keep diggin' …

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Re: Advice on socket 7 choice?

Posted on 2021-06-09, 15:05

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Guys, again, thank yo so much for the data! I really appreciate the time you take to answer this in such detail. I'll pull the trigger on the best I can find based on these loads of info and what is available to me. At some point I need to start with something and eventually will improve it as I …

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Re: Advice on socket 7 choice?

Posted on 2021-06-09, 13:14

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I'd go with a board with Intel 430TX chipset. Those are fast and reliable and the software for it is easy to find. If you can, try to find a board that has a USB as well. This will make it a lot easier to copy files over. 430TX also has great USB support.. the ALi board with Alladin IV+ I had was a …

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Re: New forum suggestions/Feedback

Posted on 2021-06-09, 13:01

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There is a "watchlist." Look at the top right of any thread and click the eyeball. Go to you control panel and open your watchlist. yes, but unless I am missing it I can't "watch" a thread and not be notified on every new post. I'd like to bookmark threads to be able to go back to them when I need …

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Re: New forum suggestions/Feedback

Posted on 2021-06-09, 06:00

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There is a "watchlist." Look at the top right of any thread and click the eyeball. Go to you control panel and open your watchlist. yes, but unless I am missing it I can't "watch" a thread and not be notified on every new post. I'd like to bookmark threads to be able to go back to them when I need …

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Re: Reasons for Glide?

Posted on 2021-06-09, 05:51

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Thank you guys for your in-depth comments. I really appreciate the time you've taken and the links you've provided me. Cheers!

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Re: Advice on socket 7 choice?

Posted on 2021-06-09, 05:41

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Hi, So, for what I gather TX Pro is an ALi M1531 relabeled 430TX chipset? TX Pro = ALi M1531 (Aladdin IV+) VX Pro = VIA Apollo VP1 (VT82C580VP) @canthearu [...] and will usually support stuff like booting from CD-ROM. Ouch, I had fogotten how inconveniente it was not being able to boot from a CD or …

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Advice on socket 7 choice?

Posted on 2021-06-09, 04:19

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HI all! As it seems I will not be finding any 486 mainboard in the foreseeable future I am evaluating putting together a Socket 7 sys.... Now, those I find appear to be either earlier models with single type memory (30 pins?) and a slot for L2 cache or newer models with 30 and 72 pins slots but no …

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Re: New forum suggestions/Feedback

Posted on 2021-06-05, 14:08

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May I add a vote for a "Bookmarks" feature? Following threads as a workaround has several drawbacks: it floods our mailbox, consumes your bandwidth, and it doesn' t allow us to actually build a list of valuable threads. O.C. this is still a great site! Cheers!

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Reasons for Glide?

Posted on 2021-06-05, 13:57

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Hi there, So, as I am trying no to succumb in a Voodoo card obsession I'm wondering why does people stick to Glide games. I'm sure this must have been asked before but I wasn't able to find the answer. I am aware of the breakthrough they meant back in the day, I know how much better a Glide game …

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Re: What is this forum doing to me??

Posted on 2021-05-30, 13:08

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Yeah... well, I won't risk it that much, but definitively will be pushing it a bit around, 🤣.... I can't believe I'm even considering the chance to pay 100 bucks for a floppy emulator. Insanity!!

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