Re: Please help out with this motherboard

Posted on 2012-06-27, 22:23

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by Dhall

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I contacted our "local 80286 dealer" and he offered me a cpu for 5 bucks. I would like ask for your help in deciding which one to with based on the specifications of the board in my first post. I know next to nothing about that board but I trust you will have an idea on what cpu it can use.... cpu …

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Re: Please help out with this motherboard [UPDATE help needed]

Posted on 2012-06-24, 08:40

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by Dhall

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AC wrote: Sorry about the mistake in my post. I'm in mainland China and some of the photos must not be loading in properly. The only other board I saw in the thread was a 8086 board, which was too small to make out the details. In the very first message in this thread there is a link: "80286?"

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Re: Please help out with this motherboard

Posted on 2012-06-23, 09:13

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by Dhall

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Thanks Luckybob. Just bought it. If I manage to get my hands on a cpu and 8-bit cards I will head over there. Good to know Hierophant. I'll keep my eyes peeled for boards with two BIOS chips.

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Re: Please help out with this motherboard

Posted on 2012-06-21, 21:19

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by Dhall

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To the OP, about whether to buy that board, it really depends on the price... The price is around 4-5 dollars. Not much, but I know many other things to spend five bucks on...But now that you put it that way (about finding a 286 cpu) I'll buy this. If you're just getting into retro hardware, I …

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Re: Please help out with this motherboard

Posted on 2012-06-21, 17:33

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by Dhall

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That is the highest resolution I can upload, thanks for the replies guys. Thanks for the details Megatron. Unfortunately I do not own this board yet and my question is: should I buy it without the cpu? Do I stand a chance of finding such a cpu somewhere? Also, now that we are at it, take a look at …

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Please help out with this motherboard [RESOLVED]

Posted on 2012-06-21, 12:40

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by Dhall

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Does anybody know what type of motherboard this is? Is it a 386? or a 286? Is the cpu missing from the upper left socket? 80286? Thanks in advance!

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My bleeding heart...

Posted on 2012-06-14, 14:15

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by Dhall

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Just a quick post for those, who like looking at tip-top shape old hardware and well-put-together configurations. The backstory is that some guy got bored with life and decided to sell his collection. When I asked him why he explained: "I have to move to a smaller flat, and that is why I have to get …

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Re: Interesting Mx300

Posted on 2012-05-19, 11:57

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by Dhall

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Thanks to all for the answers. When I get my hands on both I will let you know the results (after you tell me how to test properly sound cards 😀 )

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Re: Interesting Mx300

Posted on 2012-05-16, 15:26

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by Dhall

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Thanks for the link, Gerwin. Unfortunately I don't speak Chinese, so I fed the page to the google translator. Of all the jumbled up sentences I found these interesting: "Only the good things themselves, others with inferior goods, after all, not a good thing; or the Aureal indeed its customers …

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Re: Interesting Mx300

Posted on 2012-05-16, 13:09

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by Dhall

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I know they look similar, but why isn't there a "2" on the first chip? The Vortex and Vortex 2 chips are not the same.

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Re: Interesting Mx300

Posted on 2012-05-15, 22:29

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by Dhall

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It doesn't mean anything if a chip has a "vortex" OR a "Vortex2" label?

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[Resolved for now] Interesting Mx300

Posted on 2012-05-15, 21:52

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by Dhall

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I would like to ask your opinion about 2 cards I am about to buy. Both are advertised as Monster MX300s but....I'm not so sure anymore. First: http://szamitastechnika.vatera.hu/pc_asztali_szamitogep_alkatresz/hangkartya/monster_sound_mx300_hangkartya_pci_1591229078.html If you click on the photon on …

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Re: Virtual sound Canvas and Dosbox [Resolved]

Posted on 2012-04-10, 07:48

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by Dhall

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Sorry guys, apparently I'm blind as a bat when it comes to reading the description and not the comments. Thanks for directing my attention toward sound fonts.

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Re: Virtual sound Canvas and Dosbox [Resolved]

Posted on 2012-04-09, 22:23

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by Dhall

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Played by a "real SC"? What do you mean? In the video Mau1wurf1977 clearly states that it is a virtual sound canvas.

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Re: Virtual sound Canvas and Dosbox

Posted on 2012-04-09, 19:07

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by Dhall

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Thank you for your answer. It turned out, that it actually worked and it was me, who could not perceive the difference immediately. I don't know, maybe it is my fault, or I have too high expectations. I've always had the impression (based on other people's opinions) that the Sound Canvas was the …

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Virtual sound Canvas and Dosbox [Resolved]

Posted on 2012-04-09, 11:05

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by Dhall

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Greetings, I would like to ask for your help on how to get dosbox to use edirol Virtual Sound Canvas 3.23 I got the VSC installed and I can set it as a default midi device in windows, it also plays midis well, so I think the program works properly. In the Dosbox readme I read the following: add a …

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Re: 1998 "retro" build alternatives

Posted on 2011-12-30, 17:19

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by Dhall

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Just to note the Geforce 256 32mb released in oct 99. Grab a DDR version! Oh yeah, I knew something escaped my attention. The Geforce256 indeed. Unfortunately, I cannot just "grab" anything so easily. I learned that to order from the States the shipping costs more than the actual product, so I'm …

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Re: 1998 "retro" build alternatives

Posted on 2011-12-30, 15:16

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by Dhall

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Actually, I DO want to recreate everything exactly as how it was back then. Call it whatever you want, I am basically recreating a part of my youth, which I spent happily back then. This includes load times. About the limitations: it may sound weird, but these "boundaries" are actually there to help …

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Re: 1998 "retro" build alternatives

Posted on 2011-12-29, 20:33

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by Dhall

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Thanks Maf, but unfortunately I only possess 1 Voodoo card....(8Mb Diamond). If I manage to get my hands on another one (say an innoVision 12MB) is it possible to use sli?

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1998 "retro" build alternatives

Posted on 2011-12-29, 20:24

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by Dhall

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For those of us born between 83-88 (roughly) the 1997-1999 era was the golden age of computer gaming. For this reason I would like to ask for your advice on some parts of a 1997-1999 computer build. What I have so far: CPU: Intel P2 slot 1 400 Mhz (not too fast, not too slow) MOBO: Slot 1 Asus p2b …

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