Re: cyrix 5x86 120 and the m919 motherboard

Posted on 2014-08-15, 07:55

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by Jolaes76

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Only in FPU calculations. With ALU (whetstone bench), it is the other way round: the 3x40 Mhz Cyrix is MARGINALLY better than the 4x33 AMD ONLY when ALL possible M1sc features are ON . Point of reference is feipoa's benchmark results.

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Re: cyrix 5x86 120 and the m919 motherboard

Posted on 2014-08-15, 07:31

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by Jolaes76

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I doubt you really can enable ALL major M1SC enhancements in the BIOS. I would rather use the IBM tools, Peter Moss utils etc. to do that.

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Re: GUS Classic resources and SB emulation questions

Posted on 2014-08-14, 10:27

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by Jolaes76

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keropi, you might find this interesting (a lot of the links are dead but you can still download some classic demo stuff): http://www.oldskool.org/demos/explained/demos … html#editorials

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Re: Zeppelin: Giants of the Sky with General MIDI - Myth or reality?

Posted on 2014-08-13, 09:58

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by Jolaes76

in DOS

in DOS

First of all, Mobygames is not a reliable source of information. Old lesson for Vogons :( Isn't this game an Amiga port ? To my ears, the soundtrack of the Youtube vid sounds more like Paula than YMF262. Of course, I can be mistaken. There is a patch (v.1.01) availabe for the German version - but I …

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Re: My 1999-Turn of the Century Gaming Build

Posted on 2014-08-13, 05:53

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by Jolaes76

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A very versatile build, indeed. Excellent balance of speed, compatibility and quality/stability. I will take a look at all the throttling software I have when I get home (although I know you prefer hardware throttling, but in Win9x, with ACPI availabe, things can get much smoother than in DOS) and …

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Re: SoftFSB, CPUFSB and the ASUS P3B-F

Posted on 2014-08-12, 09:44

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by Jolaes76

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Have you tried CPUCool v8.0.6 ? That version can be registered and made nag-free.

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Re: cyrix 5x86 120 and the m919 motherboard

Posted on 2014-08-11, 04:38

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by Jolaes76

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Use the best cooling solution you can get - paste, heatsink, fan. From the Cyrix OC threads it is obvious that not even 3.6V is enough for a stable 133 Mhz system. You need a very fine motherboard + cherry-picked CPU combo and at least 3.8V -3.9V by the trimmer mod. Honestly, if you have only one of …

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Re: Jumper settings on two VESA Local Bus Graphics cards

Posted on 2014-08-01, 08:30

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by Jolaes76

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My guess for the GD 5428 is: allow IRQ 2/9 usage ON - OFF General hints: you find these jumpers on VESA VGA cards: IRQ 2/9 enable, memory size, write wait state 0/1, FSB <=33 Mhz / FSB over 33 Mhz plus some, especially earlier models allow for RAMDAC related settings like refresh rates for 800 x 600 …

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Re: GUS Classic resources and SB emulation questions

Posted on 2014-07-30, 11:13

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by Jolaes76

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I also have a GUS classic somewhere... never had the time to try it, other than a simple diagnostic run. Then again, having virtually all major ISA soundcard leaves a LOT of other cards to be tried and tested... SB emulation is bad on the GUS, AdLib is horrific from what I heard. I am using the GUS …

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Re: Yamaha Sound Card (ATC-6631) Questions

Posted on 2014-07-30, 07:10

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by Jolaes76

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Reversed alignment = a very good chance for a fried daughterboard :( Look at this thread for some cheaper garage-tech solutions: http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=278884 If money is no concern, you can buy something like this (probably for your new daughterboard) : http://www.ebay.com/itm/ …

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Re: ID this card please

Posted on 2014-07-12, 05:09

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by Jolaes76

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I might... but cannot find it right now 🙁

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2014-07-10, 07:52

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by Jolaes76

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sure, if this helps the site run... just not let it descend into driverguide hell 😀

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Re: AWE32 detection issues

Posted on 2014-07-10, 06:31

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by Jolaes76

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Make sure the *.drv files are in place. By default, you have those in "c:\sb16\drv". Also check if you have this line in autoexec.bat: SET SOUND=C:\SB16

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Re: Counter Action - Error executing overlay #1.

Posted on 2014-06-20, 11:25

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by Jolaes76

in DOS

in DOS

Assuming that we are talking about a pure DOS install> I have just checked the method below, works for me with the 1997 UK Mindscape version of the game. The CDROM drive letter is not important. 1. Choose full install type. 2. When the installer finished copying files and sound setup is ready, copy …

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Re: vi15g vlb sis471

Posted on 2014-06-18, 11:11

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by Jolaes76

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Ftp searches are your best bet. Here they are: http://www.filewatcher.com/b/ftp/ftp.aopen.co … os/vi15g-0.html

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Re: Counter Action - Error executing overlay #1.

Posted on 2014-06-18, 11:00

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by Jolaes76

in DOS

in DOS

well, the game keeps track where you installed it from so you will need to put and mount the files to that path. AFAIK the install location is coded into the file "game.cfg" If a simple subst command is not enough, you can try fakecd or fakedr as this game does not have CD Audio tracks. Again, mind …

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2014-06-13, 06:56

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by Jolaes76

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Done, thanks.

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Re: Dos Problems - Crashing

Posted on 2014-06-13, 06:51

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by Jolaes76

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in DOS

What vetz said. Some hardware issue you are having is negated in a dos box on Windows. - Try stripping it down to a minimalistic DOS config, reducing (removing / replacing) RAM if you can - I know 32 Mb is practically the smallest and for some games even that is too much, but you can use eatxms or …

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2014-06-12, 07:00

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by Jolaes76

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I have noticed I linked one of my uploads into the wrong category. Adaptec AHA-1542CF BIOS v2.11 in> motherboard files Please relocate this to SCSI. I will take better care next time - yet if there is a way for a normal user to amend this sort of problem (other than delete and re-upload, please tell …

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Re: What soundcard should i keep.

Posted on 2014-06-10, 07:10

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by Jolaes76

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Theoretically, that Aztech Sound Galaxy Pro 16 II ( AZT2316R + CS4231A-KL + OPL3 + WBH) is the most versatile one-card solution. SB Pro, Adlib, WSS compatible with a working WB header. Regarding sound quality - your mileage may vary depending on the actual cards.

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