Re: Dual PIII-S Tualatin 1.4 GHz Success Stories

Posted on 2012-10-04, 04:22

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by luckybob

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I had one of these cases back when they were new. http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Antec-VINTAGE-Performance-Series-II-Metallic-Gray-Tower-Case-/330803084482?pt=US_Computer_Cases&hash=item4d05667cc2#ht_1236wt_1139 AWESOME case. I modded mine with a window and blue led lights in the grill. I still ahve a …

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Re: SCSI/NIC : ISA vs VLB

Posted on 2012-10-03, 20:14

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by luckybob

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

VLB video + VLB scsi + isa nic. that would be "optimal". If you cant get 2 cards to play nice on VLB then drop the scsi. Adaptec 15XX isa cards will saturate the isa bus @ 3mb/s And honestly, that is MORE than enough to play old games. Honestly, I only would buy adaptec cards. their drives are easy …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-10-01, 22:55

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by luckybob

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It was borked. In a nutshell 32bit code wouldnt run right.

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Re: L2 cache seems to be disappeared

Posted on 2012-10-01, 06:04

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by luckybob

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

usually with 10 sockets, the tag ram is supposed to be 64kx1 bit rams, or sometimes its for a "dirty bit" either way, its not as easy ans the "normal" 9 socket L2 cache.

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Re: Quite a SCI-FI thing

Posted on 2012-10-01, 06:02

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by luckybob

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Drop the hard drive into another machine. I use a usb <-> ide adapter. Then use WINIMAGE to make an image of the hard drive. Then you can do whatever you want with it. It will do a bit for bit copy of the entire hard drive. I recently did this to save a windows 2000 laptop a family member had. She …

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Re: CPU usage on Mac

Posted on 2012-10-01, 01:27

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by luckybob

in DOSBox General

in DOSBox General

is dosbox, boxer?

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Re: Help needed to identify this old card

Posted on 2012-09-30, 21:37

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by luckybob

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The card seems to contain building blocks for an Adlib clone (UA010=OPL2, UA011=DAC, LM324=op-amp, LM386=speaker amp, backpanel has volume pot and audio output connector). It also has seems to have a joystick interface (NE558 and pinheader for external DA-15 joystick connector). It definitely has …

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

Posted on 2012-09-30, 21:20

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by luckybob

in Milliways

in Milliways

its also a FIRST generation pci-e board. First generation ANYTHING tends to be buggier than a hooker with the sniffles. Remember pci when it first came out? USB? Windows 98?

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Re: L2 cache seems to be disappeared

Posted on 2012-09-30, 16:39

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by luckybob

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The cache is definitely off. I would double check your motherboard jumpers. Triple check the resistor packs that are removable. One might be broken.

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

Posted on 2012-09-30, 07:07

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by luckybob

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ITS MATHS TIEM! Fastest x2 processor (6400+) http://www.ebay.com/itm/230856481233 $80 new QUALITY power supply http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703035 $65 4 sticks of ram http://www.ebay.com/itm120323363642 $40 All told $185. If passmark benchmarks can be believed, then the …

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

Posted on 2012-09-30, 06:00

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by luckybob

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afaik, anything that can be done in xp can be done in windows 7. That said, I Hate microsoft. They screwed me on vista and I've pirated my OS ever since. Keep in mind I bought 3.1,95,98,2k,xp and then vista. So i'm what I would consider a "loyal" customer. I'm not new to computers. My first one was …

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

Posted on 2012-09-30, 05:13

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by luckybob

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Apparently you haven't played Civilization V. That game can bring my dual processor 12-core beast to its knees. It consumes a good 4gb of ram on my system, and at peak I've seen it crunch my 12 cores to average 90% total usage. That said, look at getting an i5 2500K setup. Its probably 3-4 times …

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

Posted on 2012-09-30, 04:51

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by luckybob

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I remember having this issue a LONG time ago. It was my sound card doing it. I know it sounds funny, but I remember updating my audio driver and it going away. Also, skyrim on 2gb of ram? I'll admit, I was shocked to hear that. I suggest taking up a collection.

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Re: L2 cache seems to be disappeared

Posted on 2012-09-30, 02:30

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by luckybob

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

run cachechk v7 under dos with no thing else running. no autoexec, or config.sys speedsys is also helpful, because it will generate a picture we all can look at.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-09-28, 01:39

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by luckybob

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

i swear, this thread attracts so much darma...

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Re: Calling on all CPU's for the Ultimate 686 Benchmark Comparison

Posted on 2012-09-27, 03:28

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by luckybob

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

For the cost of a g200 you could lend me those chips... I'm looking for an excuse to spend a weekend in the garage. ^.^

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Re: The search for a good cd-rom drive for dos cd games

Posted on 2012-09-26, 17:22

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by luckybob

in PC Emulation

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A little secret? The 40x Plextor scsi drives work WONDERS. they are near silent and FAST. 40x lite-on drives are also very good. they are ide.

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Re: How to shrink a preallocated VMWare Virtual HD?

Posted on 2012-09-26, 15:45

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by luckybob

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I'd use winimage. first convert the hdd image to dynamic, thus shrinking it to the smallest size. then convert it to whatever size you want from there. Or just leave it at dynamic, that works too. link: http://www.winimage.com/winimage.htm

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Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow

Posted on 2012-09-23, 00:56

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by luckybob

in Release Announcements

in Release Announcements

getting dos games is expensive? in the last 2 weeks i've picked up three dos games. ( and sever other pre 2k ones) XF5700 mantis - experimental fighter Visions of aftermath: the boomtown <= i'm REALLY wanting to play this one echelon The last one claims it requires 384k of ram. All told, I spent …

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Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow

Posted on 2012-09-22, 21:43

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by luckybob

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get a mac and start doing mac games from the same era. Sure the big titles are going to be the same but there were a lot of apple exclusive titles that could have some light shed on them. #beatingadeadhorse

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