Re: ALI1487 / 1489 dma support win95 + dos udma enabler

Posted on 2014-08-26, 02:14

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by Anonymous Coward

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I only know of drivers for 9x. If you can't get drivers for NT then I guess it can't be turned on. No idea as to how good it is, as I've never used it before. I always go SCSI.

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Re: ALI1487 / 1489 dma support win95 + dos udma enabler

Posted on 2014-08-26, 01:51

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by Anonymous Coward

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As far as I know all PCI 486 chipsets should be capable of offering DMA modes for IDE. I know the SiS has one.

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Re: What to do with my 486?

Posted on 2014-08-26, 01:38

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by Anonymous Coward

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I'd keep the system. Although in these forums people seem to prefer using DOS software on Pentium II+ systems, I think it's better to experience the software on the hardware it was intended to run on. 486s are quirkey, but you can trust me that 386s are no better. If you think VLB cards are big, you …

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Re: 486 four-eighty-six or four-eight-six?

Posted on 2014-08-24, 01:33

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by Anonymous Coward

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Lol it seems all the ways I'm saying things and have heard anyone else say them are all the exact ways that annoy you. Yep. Pretty much all wrong, but you did get gigabyte right. :D Maybe Canada is like the bizarro world of the American midwest. I also don't like GUI being read as "gooey". That's …

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Re: A Real Game I've Never Played Before Appeared in my Dreams :o

Posted on 2014-08-23, 16:14

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by Anonymous Coward

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You guys dream about videogames? All I ever dream about is being in school or doing something boring,

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Re: 486 four-eighty-six or four-eight-six?

Posted on 2014-08-23, 14:20

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by Anonymous Coward

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I've never heard of a "PC card" to refer to ISA before. This is PC card as I know it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_card Maybe that's what 8-bit ISA was called before the XT came out. I know the busses between 1983 and 1988 were referred to as "XT bus" and "AT bus" before EISA came out. Were the …

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Re: 486 four-eighty-six or four-eight-six?

Posted on 2014-08-23, 07:54

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by Anonymous Coward

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I hate it when people try to make every acronym sound like a word. You should only say it as a word if it sounds good....like SCSI. I like the people who used to call every 16-bit ISA slot an "EISA" slot because they had never seen a 32-bit EISA slot before and just assumed that AT bus was an …

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Re: 486 four-eighty-six or four-eight-six?

Posted on 2014-08-23, 03:36

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by Anonymous Coward

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Except for the 286 and the 386, you need to add the extra 80 at the front for street cred.

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Re: IBM PS/2 Model 80 'Blue Lightning' Restoration / Recapping

Posted on 2014-08-22, 14:36

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by Anonymous Coward

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My CPU upgrade module is made by Evergreen and I don't think it has any switches, but I do remember the software being highly configurable. I'll look into this Int 15d thing, there's probably a way to turn it on through software. I do believe my drive is made by alps. It powers on and it tries to …

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Re: IBM PS/2 Model 80 'Blue Lightning' Restoration / Recapping

Posted on 2014-08-22, 00:26

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by Anonymous Coward

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I have one of those PS/2 1.44meg drives in my IBM 5170. The drive was originally a 720k model that was available in late XTs and ATs, but I found that it was mechanically identical to the ones used in the PS/2s so i was able to mount it in my bracket. Unfortunately the drive doesn't work. I tried …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-08-21, 04:20

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by Anonymous Coward

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-3dfx Voodoo3 3000 PCI (SDRAM) $10 https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-CcAePRNu0Wc/U-y9VxVhRiI/AAAAAAAAEwM/OjfpIfWYatQ/s400/Voodoo3.jpg This card arrived DOA. However, I was able to bring it back to life by reflashing the BIOS. I booted the system with a working S3 card and the 3dfx both installed …

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Re: 30 years of graphics AMD - a faux pas

Posted on 2014-08-20, 02:37

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by Anonymous Coward

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I also don't appreciate the whole "30 year anniversary" bullshit. ATi is long dead. Rest in peace.

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Re: Last games that originally ran on Voodoo 2 SLI cards.

Posted on 2014-08-19, 14:07

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by Anonymous Coward

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SLI should work in Windows 2000. I believe back in the olden days I used to run a Geforce2 GTS paired with an Obsidian2 SLI card.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-08-19, 13:57

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by Anonymous Coward

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I never liked that clown on the Matrox Mystique box. Yeah. Fuck that clown. That's probably one of the main reasons I went with a Rage II rather than a Mystique. The Mystique was a good card, but the clown ruined it for me.

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Re: Got a 5x86-100GP and a VL/I486SV2GX4 for FREE

Posted on 2014-08-19, 06:42

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by Anonymous Coward

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I disagree. I like the expression "full retard". It sounds much better than "full developmentally disabled"

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Re: 486 four-eighty-six or four-eight-six?

Posted on 2014-08-19, 06:36

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by Anonymous Coward

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Nobody called it a "four eighty sucks"?

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Re: Got a 5x86-100GP and a VL/I486SV2GX4 for FREE

Posted on 2014-08-18, 15:42

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by Anonymous Coward

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Running a disk controller above 33MHz on VLB is always going to be a problem. Best to avoid that situation.

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Re: Futuristic racing movies?

Posted on 2014-08-18, 12:42

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by Anonymous Coward

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The original 1970s version of Death Race 2000 is fucking hilarious. I don't even know how anyone could remake that movie. It's so bad it's good.

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Re: Graphics problems just won't fix :(

Posted on 2014-08-16, 00:27

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by Anonymous Coward

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The 8mb memory expansion for the ATi Rage II is useless in 2D modes. For some moronic reason it doesn't give you extra resolutions or colour depths. I bought the 8mb version new in 1997 and it was just about the biggest disappointment of my life. Apparently it's used as texture memory in some crappy …

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Re: Graphics problems just won't fix :(

Posted on 2014-08-15, 08:49

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by Anonymous Coward

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This is an interesting thread to me, because I like to use DOS 6.x/Win3.1 as well. I have been building a PCI 486 and I am trying to select a good graphics card for both windows and DOS. Most of my efforts have been focusing on the latest model graphics cards confirmed to work in 486s. From what I …

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