Re: Voodoo 1 and Voodoo 3 in same PC

Posted on 2012-10-23, 17:42

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by tincup

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You are correct Gc - statically linked to the exe. But the end result is that in some cases you don't need to mess with Glide.dll at all. The easy test is to simply install the Voodoo 1 card withou drivers and try running games. Adding SST variables to your boot files works in many/most cases but I …

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Re: Voodoo 1 and Voodoo 3 in same PC

Posted on 2012-10-22, 19:20

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by tincup

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Some early 3dfx accellerated games use their own 3D drivers and just need a Voodoo 1 board installed to work - ie, no 'glide' drivers are needed. EF-2000 3dfx for example. In this case you just pop the Voodoo 1 board in alongside the Voodoo 3 and the game sees it. I did this with a Voodoo 5500 until …

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Re: Cause For Concern

Posted on 2012-10-22, 15:18

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by tincup

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a mere tweak to the EULA will cover that, and if they start poking into sales taxes for bartering...

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Re: Calculators?

Posted on 2012-10-22, 14:52

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I still use a Sharp EL-506P, a mini sci-calc that slides/stores into a little vinyl book style cover. From the mid-80s still works fine - just needs a coin battery every so often. Wish I'd saved my slide rules from High School.

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Re: Cause For Concern

Posted on 2012-10-22, 00:42

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by tincup

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...to mention it would undermine several thousand years of accepted commercial practice.

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Re: Cause For Concern

Posted on 2012-10-21, 21:18

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and pretty soon a loaf of bread will include a EULA "in purchasing this bread the purchaser agrees not not share, sell, loan or bequeath this bread or any portion of this bread to any other person or persons." All in the name of the "intelectual rights" movement and other corporate strong arm …

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Re: Calculators?

Posted on 2012-10-21, 02:38

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Sometime in 1971-73 my dad got me a rechargable scientific calculator for Christmas. It blew me away - I felt like I'd been given a IBM main frame and practically felt unworthy... I'm pretty sure it was a "Melcor", I remember it being a "Melcor 2000", but a quick net search didn't come up with that …

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Re: Hardware that makes you drool - Your wish list

Posted on 2012-10-21, 02:11

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by tincup

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oh, nothing in particular...

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Re: Mixing DirectX Versions (Or Rig Building Philosophies)

Posted on 2012-10-20, 12:47

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Jorpho wrote: tincup wrote: 8.0a was the last version officially supported by W98 I assume you mean 95. yes..., and 9.0c for W98.

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Re: Mixing DirectX Versions (Or Rig Building Philosophies)

Posted on 2012-10-19, 16:08

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by tincup

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Acronis 8 works fine with W9x so the image restore solution could work well for your needs. Install only the OS in C:, put games etc. on D. This way you only image a few hundred megs and it goes quickly. Then build as many OS configurations as you like, making an image of each and saving them on D. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-10-19, 04:05

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by tincup

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I salvaged a bunch of AWE32/64 audio card from work machines, with the extra clips, but tossed them a few years ago... yikes.... what was I thinking...

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Re: windows8

Posted on 2012-10-09, 04:21

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Yes the Library feature is nice. But my desktop shortcuts take one less click to access and it's easier to manipulate the contents since it's all copy/past rather than "make this part of Library X". But the Library system works very nicely.

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Re: windows8

Posted on 2012-10-08, 18:39

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I've done something like for years using folders that hold shortcuts to games and apps, then making desktop shortcuts to these folders. The desktop folder for Games for instance links to a main shortcut folder on D:, and which also contain subfolders for game types and utilities. I can keep track of …

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Re: windows8

Posted on 2012-10-08, 16:34

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The old right-click context menu->search was the best 95% of the time for home/hobbyist use.

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Re: windows8

Posted on 2012-10-08, 15:39

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@ Malik - disabling W7 search sounds interesting, but what do you use instead? A thrid-party utility, or is there a simpler process buried somewhere in there? Unless you mean disabling Indexing, which I did right away... along with Hibernation, System Restore etc...

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Re: windows8

Posted on 2012-10-03, 20:18

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Well, after much cogitating on the subject of W8, I finally upgraded my home/hobby rig to *W7* a few weeks ago after a great run with XP 2005-2012. Skipping Vista was a good idea [as was skipping ME and 2K] and I'm getting a similar vibe from W8 - actually a worse vibe. I'm not looking for a " …

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Re: windows8

Posted on 2012-10-02, 16:29

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So you can skip the Metro front end entirely, and use it simply as a computer? I have yet to download/use mainstream apps for W7 [CPU-Z, CCleaner etc. are not "apps" in modern talk right?] - will such app freedom still apply to W8?

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Re: Curious Thought... PCIe Slot Version The Cause of So Many Problems...?

Posted on 2012-10-01, 19:06

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I'd be tempted to image your current OS then fresh install with basic drivers and only the stuttering game in question. If the problem goes away continue your system setup, if it persists, look to some of the upgrade recommendations posted so far. I run a Phenom II 555 BE [stock 3.2] @ almost 4.1 on …

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Re: Suggested specs for a full speed DOSbox machine?

Posted on 2012-09-28, 17:18

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by tincup

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I've always needed to set Cycles to Max by hand..

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Re: Is there really a need?

Posted on 2012-09-27, 17:03

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by tincup

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I fall into the GPU driven camp as well. My legacy builds are each based on specific video card requirements: Vanilla S3 + Voodoo 1/SB: Pure VESA, and the V1 eliminates need need for messing with environmental values on the V2 rig. Rendition Verite/Voodoo 2 SLI/Vortex 1: For Hind/Apache and IndyCar …

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