Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-05-10, 23:28

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by vlask

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A free gift....good people are still living. Compaq PowerStorm 300 PCI version for Alpha based workstations. So no testing - tried it, but it somehow magically disable boot from hdd and even FDD, so can't boot even to DOS. Want to sell it? I actually have an Alpha and was looking for a reasonably …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-05-10, 19:24

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by vlask

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A free gift....good people are still living. Compaq PowerStorm 300 PCI version for Alpha based workstations. So no testing - tried it, but it somehow magically disable boot from hdd and even FDD, so can't boot even to DOS.

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Re: Diamond Stealth 24 VLB drivers

Posted on 2017-05-01, 09:47

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I bought this card recently- and god I am hoping I'm right that it's better than a Mach32- and I had a look on the driver library just now... I don't see any. It's an SC 805 based card- perhaps there's generic drivers that would work? Enjoy..... http://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/Hardware/Diamond/display/ …

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Re: What newer GPUs are too new!

Posted on 2017-04-25, 20:46

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Anything i cant put into mine test board 😉 - so im limited to max AGP8x cards.... Thats why im not benchmarking PCI-E cards - this needs good CPU - still too expensive - have to w8 for time, when Core i5 will be lowend.... 😁

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Re: BitchinFast 3D 2000!!

Posted on 2017-04-02, 21:44

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gerwin wrote: The 'Video Loca' and other spanish references were already there in the original ad in 1999. Attached the Maximum PC ad sourced from google books, which is more readable then most scans currently shared on the net. Looks like card have 3 Ramdacs but only 2 outputs...Looks like one is …

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Re: BitchinFast 3D 2000!!

Posted on 2017-04-02, 08:09

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Some more fun easter eggs in that video: -PCI slots look too long. Maybe 64bit PCI? -8 memory slots with what look like DDR (I don't remember RAM sinks being around prior to DDR1) -Slot CPU with some interesting socket heatsinks on either side -single ISA slot for DOS compatibility ;) 1 - yes it is …

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Re: S3 Trio64V+ vs Trio64UV+

Posted on 2017-03-23, 17:32

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by vlask

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Get the 2nd that has more vram and could also be faster because of the later "gpu" Wrong :wink: 2nd one is lowcost version using system memory share to increase its memory size. It have 4 chips, but only 1MB of memory and maximum is 1.5MB. If he get somewhere another chips, then can have 2MB of …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-03-21, 17:50

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Legend 64MT

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Re: Hercules Terminator 128/3D graphics card - Trio3D

Posted on 2017-03-21, 17:32

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I'm surprised the Wayback machine has kept an intact copy with files. It sometimes works, but only for files under 1MB. If its over, then you get damaged file....But its life saver when looking for info about cards from mid 90s. Most companies ended before 2000.... For example you can download even …

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Re: Does anyone still have a S3 Trio 32/64/Virge cards?

Posted on 2017-03-21, 13:01

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Thanks a lot! The "P" and "X" are interesting. I haven't seen the '732 chip before and thought the Trio32 were also '764 based. I think only 732 variants of Trio32 chips exists. Im not aware of any other versions. They were quickly replaced by various Trio64 chips.... http://vgamuseum.info/index. …

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Re: Does anyone still have a S3 Trio 32/64/Virge cards?

Posted on 2017-03-20, 23:17

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with rom tested Trio64 86C764X 2MB - ok Trio32 86C732-P Diamond Stealth SE - ok Trio64UV+ 86C767 - reboot Trio64V2/DX 86C775 Elsa - reboot Trio3D 86C365 AGP Gainward - reboot Matrox Millennium 2064W-R3 - goes to white screen, but see only first 2 rows of text stretched over whole screen - unreadable …

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Re: Hercules Terminator 128/3D graphics card - Trio3D

Posted on 2017-03-19, 17:32

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Or from archived S3 site... http://web.archive.org/web/20091124031058/htt … .aspx#id_365drv

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Re: What would be the rarest build?

Posted on 2017-03-01, 19:36

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by vlask

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Intergraph TDZ-610 workstation released in 1996 with maxed out Realizm V25-GT card (64MB texture memory + geometry acceleration) would be very rare config. And i think that Windows 2000 would be running fine on 4xPentium Pro 200Mhz and 1GB or memory :-) (Sold with win NT, but i had cheaper dual cpu …

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Re: Rage128 32MB OpenGL issues

Posted on 2017-02-28, 23:36

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XP drivers at amd/ati site - i guess they should work on Win2000 to... http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/archive/legacy-xp Looks like they have w2k section too... http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/archive/legacy-2k

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-02-27, 19:34

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by vlask

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DEC Powerstorm 4D50T (MSMT406) aka underclocked Intergraph RealiZm Z13 sold for DEC workstations. But finally have texture memory modules (16MB) for mine RealiZm Z13 and RealiZm II ZX13.

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Re: Dual Athlon MP build. BSOD during XP install.

Posted on 2017-02-26, 10:37

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by vlask

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Mine MSI K7D Master had random blue deaths. Found out, that i need to change memories. Been using 2x1GB DDR ECC - no errors in memtest, but random freeze all the time or no boot at all. After changing memories to nonecc its fine. So try other brand of memory. It could help. In single cpu config …

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Re: How do I flash VBIOS on an S3 card?

Posted on 2017-02-22, 19:22

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by vlask

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Back in 1998 i found some tool, that converted bios to exe file - then we set it run in autoexec.bat and problem was solved without reflashing anything. Mine Savage 3D card didnt supported reflash in pc anyway. It was only way how overcome this....But won't remember name of tool and don't know if it …

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Re: Are ATI RAGE PRO or Intel 740 rare AGP Cards?

Posted on 2017-02-21, 08:54

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by vlask

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Intel 740 4Mb AGP versions from intel are rare (PCI versions are even more). 8MB from various other sellers were not few years ago. But now they are not so common. So they might be in future rare, but only for collecting use. Not usable for 3D. ATi RAGE PRO are common - used in many many desktop oem …

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Re: Soviet Era I/O card

Posted on 2017-02-14, 22:56

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by vlask

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Cards are Czechoslovak. Maybe from one of TNS series computers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prAv5QHn84U Machines in video are different but some TNS computers were PC compatible. Design of PCB looks similar to mine czechoslovak Hercules card from PC clone named "PC 16NB". So maybe for same …

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Re: 1999 PC and the mystery of the Geforce 2 MX

Posted on 2017-02-14, 22:45

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Never seen any GeForce 2MX sold without heatsink! Last nvidia card not using any cooling was Riva Vanta LT 8MB. Every Geforce had any. So there are 2 explanations why yours is so slow. 1]Someone removed heatsink from your card and now its overheating 2]Dell made it without heatsink as 2D office card …

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