Re: Pentium 166MMX tower of power.

Posted on 2014-01-16, 00:59

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by badmojo

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Thanks vetz! Yes we do seem to be in sync with our systems, definately a case of great minds thinking alike! Yeah the SB16 had such a bad name around here that I didn't even try my CT2230 when I found it in a curb-side pickup, but when I finally gave it a try after messing around with all sorts of …

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Re: MediaVision Pro Audio Studio XL

Posted on 2014-01-15, 21:56

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by badmojo

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I can't answer any of your questions I'm sorry but I'll shamelessly ask one of my own - what's the XL stand for (extra large??) and what's the difference b/w this and a standard 'studio'? Regarding the lack of sound in DOS mode - I had trouble with my Studio when using an incorrect version of …

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Re: Pentium 166MMX tower of power.

Posted on 2014-01-15, 21:36

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by badmojo

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Btw, seeing as though I've got the same case, do I need to change any settings on the rear of the display to correctly display a triple digit cpu as opposed to a dual digit cpu? This rig was originally running a 486 SX-25 whereas now I've put a 486 DX4-100 in it. Yes you'll definately need to …

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Re: Pentium 166MMX tower of power.

Posted on 2014-01-15, 10:14

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by badmojo

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grab a riva128 pci vga and say goodbuy to keen and similar problems ;) *gasps* - but would that be period accurate?! '97 or so - not far off I guess. I actually have one of those but have never considered it for this machine. Thanks for the tip, I'll give it a go and see how the performance and …

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Re: o

Posted on 2014-01-15, 09:49

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by badmojo

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Does your turbo button function? If so, does it work "on the fly" or do you have to have your system off to switch it on or off? Is there a Turbo button header on the ASUS VX97 then? No it doesn't - I've seen a couple of socket 7 boards with a turbo button but most don't in my experience. A turbo …

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Re: Pentium 166MMX tower of power.

Posted on 2014-01-15, 09:18

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by badmojo

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Why don't I see the network adapter here? Over past years transferring files to retro PCs over network has become number one option for me. I even have collected a coaxial network kit consisting of 2 ISA nics, a hub featuring 1 coaxial and 8 RJ-45 ports and a bagfull of cables, connectors, …

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Pentium 166MMX tower of power

Posted on 2014-01-15, 04:04

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by badmojo

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I was mucking about with my P166 machine recently and decided to make a thread about it - I built this machine a couple of years ago but didn’t do a thread on it at the time, and I like to have a place to record the changes I make over the years. It's fun (for me) to look back on. The specs are: …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-01-06, 09:10

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by badmojo

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DonutKing wrote: Got a boxed Thunder Board for $15 You did what now?! Please explain how you did that!

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Re: Sound Blaster PRO2 proper PC speaker Connection

Posted on 2014-01-05, 22:48

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by badmojo

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There is a card, the PAS 16, which I believe gets the PC speaker sound from the BUS or something like that. But this means the POST beep won't get recorded as the card needs software to initialise. Yes the PAS16 does do that but not consistently I don't think; some games still manage to beep and …

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Re: Phil's Ultimate VGA Benchmark Database Project

Posted on 2014-01-04, 02:39

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by badmojo

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That ARK2000 chipset is very fast in VGA mode but can't keep up with a Matrox card in SVGA, and can't match the beautiful image quality of the Matrox either!

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2014-01-03, 21:52

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by badmojo

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It's my second computer (C64 was the first). Though I don't know why IBM chose this exotic Optic chipset... Where's the C64? IBM did make some very handsome PC's, but yeah what's with the OPTi Viper chipset? The Redhill guide states that the Viper was an unreliable flop, have you had any trouble …

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Re: Phil's Ultimate VGA Benchmark Database Project

Posted on 2014-01-03, 05:15

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by badmojo

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GL1zdA wrote: What about adding Quake? Quake won't run without a maths coprocessor, so do I just leave the quake score blank in the spreadsheet, or do you not want systems that can't run quake?

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Re: Phil's Ultimate VGA Benchmark Database Project

Posted on 2014-01-03, 05:07

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by badmojo

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I see, so this is the zip doing this? Why does it work for other. Ok I'll look into it! No it's not the ZIP, it's simply the way I copied them over. I burnt them on to a CD, then copied the files from the CD to my DOS machine using XTree Gold. This process leaves the files with read-only …

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Re: Phil's Ultimate VGA Benchmark Database Project

Posted on 2014-01-02, 23:50

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by badmojo

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9956 realtics cannot be... Yes that's the output of whatever was saved last in RESULT.TXT. I would delete the entire BENCH folder and unzip it again. I had this problem too, and it was caused by RESULTS.TXT being write protected - I'd copied your folder over to DOS from a CD. My suggestion is that …

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Re: What is the real difference between VIBRA16 and SB16?

Posted on 2014-01-02, 22:12

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by badmojo

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The configuration procedure differs for true PnP cards in DOS - you have to run the creative PnP config stuff first or DOS won't be able to 'see' the card. From memory it's called CTCM. Hopefully you won't need that though, my Vibra16's only need a SET BLASTER line, followed by a call to diagnose. …

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Re: Phil's Ultimate VGA Benchmark Database Project

Posted on 2014-01-02, 06:16

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by badmojo

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Hi Phil I'm Rob and I like old computers 😀 Fantastic effort mate, I've been meaning to benchmark my various retro machines and this will make things very easy, and being able to compare my results with others around the world on a level playing field is a big bonus. Results incoming.

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Re: Game launcher/commander like utility for DOS 6.22?

Posted on 2014-01-02, 03:11

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by badmojo

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I rediscovered the menu I used back in the day and I'm loving it. It's called Power Menu, and it is quite powerful. Lots of config options and only takes up about 3K of memory. It's great to have easy access to all of the stuff on my HDD - here I was using the command line like neanderthal man. …

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Re: What is the real difference between VIBRA16 and SB16?

Posted on 2014-01-01, 20:18

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by badmojo

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I have a couple of Vibra16's with a real OPL3 and think they're a great card, but I shelved them because of the hanging note bug, which all of the Vibras seem to have. So yes you can get MIDI going out of the game port, but be aware that you might get the odd stuck note. It's not a big deal really …

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Re: New Year's Resolution - Exit Retrogaming?

Posted on 2014-01-01, 09:37

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by badmojo

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Everything in moderation I say - it sounds like you have heaps of hardware, and that can get you down. I've recently made an effort to cull my collection back to just those machines which a) work, and b) which there is some chance I'll actually use. Then I gathered together any relevant spares for …

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Re: Your speaker and headphone system(s)

Posted on 2013-12-31, 22:29

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by badmojo

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I bought a pair of the MS1's years ago when my computer setup was within hearing distance of the sleeping kids. They do sound nice but their open nature means that anyone sitting in the same room can hear what's going on, and one of the phones fell off at one point, which required some glue to fix ( …

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