Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-07-15, 14:18

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New GPU to replace integrated S3 Trio on 120 mhz pentium board. Not sure if upgrade or sidegrade though :D Might give you a boost with vquake. The 2D part is less than renowned for speed though. In general they are supposed to be very light on the CPU for their 3D abilities, so while someone having …

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Re: Was there ever really an MS-DOS 6.23, 6.24 or 6.25 or is it an urban myth?

Posted on 2023-07-15, 14:05

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Pretty sure MS-DOS 7/7.1 was the next version but it was really a puppet OS by that time having been integrated into Windows 98/98se, cant remember what version Win95 OSR2 used, only 95 rig I have runs 95 on top of 6.22.

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Re: new Windows 2000 fan project writes drivers for modern hardware

Posted on 2023-07-15, 12:50

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I want new drivers for winxp instead windows 2000 specially new video drivers for recent nvidia gfx cards I wouldn't mind working Pascal drivers, I doubt that it would even be possible to get RTX Turing based cards working under XP in an acceptable fashion, the base OS hardware support simply isn't …

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Re: Pentium Pro

Posted on 2023-07-15, 12:40

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I had the Floppy version of 95 sitting around doing nothing, seemed like the perfect fit for a Pentium Pro box ! Win95.. Ah, the memories! I've had a few Windows 95 CDs.. One served me well for playing Frisbee with my little sister, another one turned into a shiny wall clock. 😂 I know its rather …

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Re: Pentium Pro

Posted on 2023-07-15, 12:39

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The Serpent Rider wrote on 2023-07-15, 12:37: Nexxen wrote on 2023-07-08, 21:32: What is this? Pentium Pro agit-prop thread??? 😀 Conspiracy to hike up PPro prices even more! They seem to be rising quite fast all on their own, have watched the PP 200 1Mb models climb to about double what they were a …

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Re: Pentium Pro

Posted on 2023-07-15, 12:34

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I have a Pentium Pro 1Mb 200 system that I paired with a PCI MX400, 8Mb Voodoo2 and a AWE64 Gold, its a rock solid late DOS early Win95 system that can throw some early 3D gaming around. I had the Floppy version of 95 sitting around doing nothing, seemed like the perfect fit for a Pentium Pro box ! …

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Re: new Windows 2000 fan project writes drivers for modern hardware

Posted on 2023-07-15, 12:30

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USB 3.0 is well documented, I wonder if anyone has attempted to write a basic universal 2K driver for it, would be great to get USB3 working.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2023-07-15, 08:39

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I get that some people might worry about killing the SSD .. but I would worry more about the retro hardware dying first, modern SSDs are mostly bullet proof these days ..unless its Micron based. Pretty much my thoughts. Even if the SSD dies before anything else, replacements are abundant and cheap, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-07-15, 08:01

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Radeon X800GTO 512MB - 27$ Nice, remember having a similar, only Fireblade Edition with 256MB - but man, that turbine aka stock cooler was awful! Loud as hell, I had to take it down and replace it for some aftermarket solution from AC, IIRC. You don't like the sound of a jet turbine coming from …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2023-07-15, 07:43

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Back in 1999 nobody thought of SSD, but why not try it today. So today I installed a SiL 3114 based SATA PCI controller alongside a Transcend S230 128GB SSD and after a bit of trial and error got it to work with Windows 98SE, even got the SSD aligned by some miracle. Plus I'm only using a 32GB …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-07-15, 04:56

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Something rather rare popped up today, a Cyrix MII 400GP 2.2v at a reasonable price, had to have it. Filename Cyrix MII400GP.jpg File size 241.92 KiB Views 1306 views File comment Seller Photo IIRC only the 433GP is faster but I have never actually seen one of them in the wild let alone seeing a 2. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-07-12, 07:20

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Quick second post ...Just scored a second Compaq Armada 1750 for my collection, depending on what parts it has it might become a spares machine for the one I have already, it does come with all the Compaq accessories including the original travel bag and PCMCIA ethernet card.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2023-07-12, 06:31

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Today I entered a world of pain. That is to say, trying to get a couple of slocketed Coppermine CPUs working in my rev 1.05 P2B-DS. I got so very close to getting them working. Everything works great until I jumper them for Dual CPU then it ceases to POST. After doing some digging, I think I've …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-07-12, 04:28

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Anyone else here like some old beige case action from Lian Li ? Managed to win an auction for this PC10 beauty, includes all the accessories and even the promotional materials. Will make a perfect home for my Athlon XP 2400 rebuild, have all the bits for it just needed a fitting beige case for it ! …

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Re: Diamond Monster 3D II - what 2d card to go with it??

Posted on 2023-07-09, 11:05

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Thanks, That is what I kind of thought was the best combo. But outside opinions make me feel better About modding the cable. That could be fun. Where to get the chokes the I do not have to cut the cable? Links or threads? I do not know what I should be searching for. What setting/switches would be …

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Re: Asus USB/MIR reverse engineering

Posted on 2023-07-09, 10:02

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Just checked, CablesOnline charges $70 for shipping to EU (via Fedex) .... insane. I'd be willing to buy one or two via ebay or privately, if anybody is ordering. Same to Australia, 72 USD (~107 AUD) shipping for a 7 dollar part.. WTF There is no fucking way it costs that much to send this tiny …

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Re: Diamond Monster 3D II - what 2d card to go with it??

Posted on 2023-07-09, 09:29

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The Geforce 3 with the Voodoo2 would be a combination that covers a huge range of games and API support, the Voodoo2 can even be made compatible with DOS Glide games with a few Autoexec settings, the GF3 naturally has a great DOS 2D core so there wont be many issues using it there nor in Windows for …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-07-09, 07:35

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it should run at 10000Ghz with little issue. You need a power supply that can deliver 1.21 Jigowatts, at least. Nice find. Also have one from the project here at Vogons. :) oops uhh ill go correct that speed Its possible the seller is from here, they do have a couple more for sale, cant link here …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-07-09, 06:04

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new sound card based on ESS1868 chip with SAM DREAM syntesizer Nice looking card .. dont suppose they are selling these cards ? or did you fab it yourself ? Cant afford an Orpheus II but one of these if its a reasonable price would be prefect, always liked ESS cards and the 1868 was an excellent …

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Re: Pentium Pro

Posted on 2023-07-08, 15:37

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https://overclockers.ru/lab/show/77627_2/retrokloking-razgonyaem-pentium-pro-socket-8#4 Looks like it if you check results. It's a very interesting article and the author has more (click on his username). He even goes as far as putting S8 cpus on S8-to-Slot1 adapters. https://overclockers.ru/lab/ …

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