Re: What is it with overpriced LGA1155 gear

Posted on 2020-09-25, 00:58

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by darry

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I noticed that for the last few years, LGA1155 boards have continued to be in demand, and even a mediocre H67 board quickly sells for $60 or more. Did everyone suddenly start building XP retro rigs? It's almost comical watching this stuff sell like hotcakes, so what gives? I just bought a sub-20 US …

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Re: Widescreen monitors and 4:3 aspect ratio compatibility thread

Posted on 2020-09-24, 20:29

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by darry

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Digitally reprocesses the signal to correct mastering errors and regenerates the video at a higher line and pixel rate format, providing native-resolution video for LCD, DLP and plasma displays so in short, yes :) the two outputs merely give you the option to connect either, or both. if you're luck …

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Re: New Waveblaster card : Reptile Paradise - Yucatan FX

Posted on 2020-09-24, 18:15

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by darry

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now that the Yucatan is out there let's not forget Tiido's distortion fix - a small program to lower output volume so there is no sound clipping: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=69582 I think it's a must to have on autoexec.bat if your system has a Yucatan/Cancun/Diamond GS …

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Re: Widescreen monitors and 4:3 aspect ratio compatibility thread

Posted on 2020-09-24, 15:03

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by darry

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And if is possible, exactly 'how' would one set it all up, connection wise etc ? 😊 Kramer728.JPG Well, if you want suggestions, it would probably be easier knowing what devices you want to connect and to what monitor(s) . That switcher looks like it supports 70Hz VGA as input, so you should be good …

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Re: Small capacity SSD PATA/SATA benchmarks

Posted on 2020-09-24, 14:23

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by darry

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This is, again, in a P3 1400MHz 512K system with an i815ep/ICH2 ATA66 controller ICH2 is ATA100 though. You are absolutely right ! After installing the drivers from the installation CD of my industrial board and getting results consistent with ATA66 , I never bothered checking . The results were as …

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Re: Questions on running/testing a Japanese 100v sound module (Roland SC-D70) on a North American 120V power grid .

Posted on 2020-09-24, 13:50

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by darry

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Very interesting! I am afraid I am late since I bought a transformer. Do you know that if the internal switch also applies for 220v (EU) ? All other Roland synths from this era use universal transformers (they had since 1999). You can ask Roland US for confirmation but I'd wager to say the SC-D70 …

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Re: Small capacity SSD PATA/SATA benchmarks

Posted on 2020-09-24, 03:26

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by darry

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This is, again, in a P3 1400MHz 512K system with an i815ep/ICH2 ATA66 controller ICH2 is ATA100 though. You are absolutely right ! After installing the drivers from the installation CD of my industrial board and getting results consistent with ATA66 , I never bothered checking . The results were as …

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Re: Retro Hardware Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-09-23, 20:58

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by darry

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I used to be like that, I didn't care at all for the boxes. But something happened along the way, now I think that a boxed item is much, much better. Especially for videocards from the 90s, the boxes are so cool. For hardware, I actually go mid-way, due to space constraints . I have some really old …

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Re: VGA Capture Thread

Posted on 2020-09-23, 20:40

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by darry

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The Epiphan AV.io is limited to YUV 4:2:2 , so it will have the same sort of artifacts as a Cam Link 4K . See specs https://www.epiphan.com/products/avio-hd/tech-specs/ EDIT : It also does not seem to support 70Hz input, at least not officially . If memory serves, LGR uses it with an external VGA to …

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Re: VGA Capture Thread

Posted on 2020-09-23, 17:52

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by darry

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Uh...I actually thought that with VGA you had much better cards than having like a signal from an old console. Didn't expect it to be that complicated and costly. So let me summarize and correct me if I am wrong here: Basically you have VGA->DVI->HDMI, but any of the step can potentially jumped …

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Re: Can anyone recommend a low cost PSU from Amazon that would work well with retro hardware?

Posted on 2020-09-23, 14:15

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by darry

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Most of that 105W in your build will be on 3.3 and 5V rails (pretty much only HDD, fans,CDs, floppies and maybe VGA card to a point will use 12V) . Add a disk controller card, an extra sound card or 2 and a NIC, all 3.3V/ 5V devices, and you are getting awefully close to a typical 110W/120W 3.3v/5v …

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Re: Can anyone recommend a low cost PSU from Amazon that would work well with retro hardware?

Posted on 2020-09-23, 14:00

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by darry

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There's always this option as well.. however from the reviews it looks hit or miss. https://www.amazon.com/Athena-Power-AP-AT30-Supply-Connector/dp/B0042P2IIG Correct. It's kind of cool those things still exist, but they're all but certain to be built to a scary standard akin to the power supplies …

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Re: Retro Hardware Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-09-23, 13:33

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by darry

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Bought a "Boxed" G200 AGP card brand new on yahoo auctions cheap. Box was shown, looked mint. By the time it reached me.. it was a GF2 MX and just the G200 manual/CD lol Both have a "G" and a "2". Easy mistake to make :laughing: I would never buy a box whose contents was not photographed from a …

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Re: Can anyone recommend a low cost PSU from Amazon that would work well with retro hardware?

Posted on 2020-09-23, 11:18

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by darry

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I think the worries about the 5V line are overrated. Take a look at how much power a retro system draws from the wall. As an example, I tested an old Dell from 2001, having P4 1.6 Willamette + 1GB Rambus mem + GF3 + SB Live + HDD, and the whole system drew about 131 watts from the outlet, under …

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Re: Retro Hardware Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-09-23, 02:32

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by darry

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I've decided to re-open the thread. After careful consideration in the moderator section we'll re-open since we'll rather deal with one individual making a fuzz, than let him force our hands to close the thread for everyone. I don't think re-opening of a thread has happened before, so lets call …

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Re: What is your dream build.

Posted on 2020-09-23, 01:49

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by darry

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The build I have is my dream build . See https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=53699 Of course, it's ever evolving and (OSSC and Philips 252B9 monitor added, CT3670 replaced with CT4500 with Simmconn Revival, Samsung 860 EVO SSD, etc), but it's basically what I want from a retro machine that …

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Re: Any way to optimize a modern PCI (old) vga? (update)

Posted on 2020-09-22, 19:38

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by darry

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I just had a thought about a really hacky workaround . If your board has no PCI Express slots but does have a free mini PCI Express slot for a WIFI card, you can get an adapter that should allow a PCI Express video card to work in that at x1 speed . I know this not answer any questions about why …

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Re: Any way to optimize a modern PCI (old) vga? (update)

Posted on 2020-09-22, 18:11

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by darry

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I would be curious about seeing results in Windows XP and the officially supported Windows 7 starter edition . The ICH7 82801 variant is limited to 33MHz legacy PCI operation according to the datasheet I've seen. Interesting but how linux would start it to 66Mhz then? In the bios the only thing …

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Re: Windows XP Driver for TITAN X

Posted on 2020-09-22, 15:49

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by darry

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Warlord wrote on 2020-09-22, 15:43: gtx 1050 has been shown To work with driver mod check msfn or a site like winraid better place to ask All I found was this, which says it only worked because the card was actually a fake one . https://www.win-raid.com/t5692f45-Drivers-for … ows-xp-bit.html

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Re: Any way to optimize a modern PCI (old) vga? (update)

Posted on 2020-09-22, 14:00

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by darry

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I would be curious about seeing results in Windows XP and the officially supported Windows 7 starter edition . The ICH7 82801 variant is limited to 33MHz legacy PCI operation according to the datasheet I've seen.

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