Re: if Intel or AMD decided to make a limited version in 2015 of an oldschool cpu, what would you want to exist?

Posted on 2015-09-22, 22:01

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by ibm5155

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I'd prefer if they did some new motherboards + CPU limited edition bundles :) 386DX for sure, 486DX2 or DX4 would also be cool. That would be nice too, Like that new commodore 64 motherboard that you can replace the old one, and has some plus on it. I would like a super socket 7 that could support …

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if Intel or AMD decided to make a limited version in 2015 of an oldschool cpu, what would you want to exist?

Posted on 2015-09-22, 13:22

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by ibm5155

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It's more about imagination, but, what socket/slot would you want they to release a special version and the dream specifications :D Mine would be: a Super Socket 7 processor, 1GHz clock processor that could downclock without any problem to 66MHz, and also some virtual downclock that could reach 4MHz …

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Re: what hardware were you using in 1999?

Posted on 2015-09-21, 01:14

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by ibm5155

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Well it's the start was at the start of 2000, I hope it count. Intel Pentium 3 1GHz, ATI Radeon 7200 64mb ago, 384mb ram, 40gb hdd and a 19" crt monitor

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Weird clock with setmul

Posted on 2015-09-20, 19:18

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by ibm5155

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So, I found it weird that when I looked, my K6-III+ 400 was at 670 for a short moment O_O. I discovered it was caused by the use of the command "Setmul L1DX L2D" with that command, my clock will not stop in a single value. when I set my clock to 400 I saw anything btw 409- 450 but not at 400, and …

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Re: CF Card Through IDE - SLOW!

Posted on 2015-09-20, 15:47

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by ibm5155

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From my fast test, the boot time on Windows 98 compared with a Pentium mmx233 and a K6-III+ 400 changed nothing on a the boot time. The onboard ide is an Ultra DMA/33, the hdd supports Ultra DMA/100, maybe with an external controller I would be able to see the speed gain from that upgrade

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Re: My computer got crazy O_o

Posted on 2015-09-20, 15:35

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by ibm5155

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Ok, I did a swap from the last pci slot to a higher one (the one where he was was in bridge with an isa slot). Now it's working just fine, thanks for the derp tips :D... Also, I think I'm going to use an pci wifi board on it, I tried one but it let the computer reeeeally slow, and didn't work with …

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Re: K6-III+ 450 fastest overclock

Posted on 2015-09-16, 18:30

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by ibm5155

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The MS-5184 can have the FSB up to 130 (or 133?) MHz. But, I don't want to risk my stuff :S, I'll just try to overclock by software my K6-III+ 400 to 450 or 500 (Since the boot time didn't changed from the Pentium mmx233, more because the slow IDE interface). I'm using the same stock cooler kid from …

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Re: What to use to open old bios?

Posted on 2015-09-08, 23:40

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by ibm5155

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I still remember how pissed I was with Award with their bios upgrade software, It just failed to upgrade a damn bios in the mid and then you lost the computer use... I was in a game, add the working bios on computer, turn on, remove it when booted and insert the corrupted bios, now I tried with a …

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Re: My computer got crazy O_o

Posted on 2015-09-08, 19:58

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by ibm5155

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The pnp os is always at no, if not the sounds played in Windows 9x will end into a infinite loop. About swap the USB card, I'll try that later

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Re: My computer got crazy O_o

Posted on 2015-09-07, 12:58

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by ibm5155

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Quick note: today I enabled it again, without changing any stuff, and voala, it worked, what the heck is going on O_o. But then, I restarted it and it ended up in a black screen and the hdd light got stucked in red ¬¬. I'm going to safe mode and set to automaticaly set these configs that I set to …

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My computer got crazy O_o

Posted on 2015-09-07, 12:51

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by ibm5155

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So, yesterday my bios only recognized my amd k6-3+ as a Unknown MMX at -66MHz, but, it worked fine for a long time playing starcraft 1. Today, something weird happened, the computer recognized it as a amd k6-3+ and it was Always freezing in the boot process, I discovered that the cause was the usb …

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Re: K6-III+ vs Pentium mmx

Posted on 2015-08-31, 13:30

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by ibm5155

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Hmm, from the quake perspective, there's almost no gain (on the point of view from the diference of a pmmx to a k6-iii) I went to a K6-III+ because I discovered that my motherboard that I bought was a super socket 7 (I was actually just searching for some baby at socket 7 with agp). And also, …

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Re: K6-III+ vs Pentium mmx

Posted on 2015-08-30, 13:39

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by ibm5155

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I know the difference is high, but I was curious about what an k6-iii+ upgrade would result in term of performance. (and also, other tests like a Pentium mmx with 100MHz fsb, usb sound card performance...) Some weird note, idk what happened with quake 1 software benchmark, but the result from k6-III …

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K6-III+ vs Pentium mmx

Posted on 2015-08-30, 02:57

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by ibm5155

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Since there isn't many tests comparing direcly a Pentium MMX to a K6-III, and since I got a K-6-III+, I decided to give it a try to compare the performance btw a Pentium mmx 233 and a K6-III+ 400 http://i.imgur.com/85AF9OG.png The image isn't just about the pmmx vs k6-iii+ but, it includes alot of …

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Re: DOS/W95 High-End Build

Posted on 2015-08-30, 02:35

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by ibm5155

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On my ex Pentium mmx 233 I could run almost everything fine, if there was some dos game that wasn't running I would just disable l1 or l2 cache or even run moslo :D At the end, I ended up to a k6-iii+, for being able to change the clock by software, so I could have a more precise control about …

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Re: Guillemot Maxi Sound 64 Lite

Posted on 2015-08-23, 21:35

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by ibm5155

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I have a Guillemot Maxi Sound Game Theater 64, and It Works quite well, there's two kind of fm playback, one when played in Windows, that's made by ess, and another one, that's played in dos mode, that's kind of a opl3 clone (The only dos game that could play the ess fm synth in dos was warcraft 2 …

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Re: meet the COMMODO 3000 system

Posted on 2015-08-21, 00:26

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by ibm5155

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That's true, I was requires to name a contact to buy it in USA and then he would send it to my country, if you want I can pm you about his contact Edit: I'm from Brazil too

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Re: meet the COMMODO 3000 system

Posted on 2015-08-18, 23:27

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by ibm5155

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Where did you get it at that price?! For $5,00 I wouldn't mind grabbing one myself. Unfortnetly, the last units were sold this week, but, here was the link http://www.ebay.com/itm/AMD-K6-III-400ACR-SOCKET-7-CPU-PROCESSOR/231574628355?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo% …

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Re: MS-5184 Award bios, what does this beep code means?

Posted on 2015-08-15, 20:23

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by ibm5155

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It looks like I found a new award bios code 😁 That beeps means the "bios file is corrupted"

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Re: meet the COMMODO 3000 system

Posted on 2015-08-15, 20:20

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UPDATE: -Bios update \o/ (got a new eeprom from the seller with the bios ready, he actually added the rom that I have and not the new one... so I need to do some trick on it, since, award bios updater just killed the bios ...) -Bios reupdate D: (doing some bios swap I finally could erase that Doom …

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