Re: EVGA Terminates NVIDIA Partnership, Cites Disrespectful Treatment

Posted on 2022-09-17, 02:22

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The only real "takeover" move that Nvidia can execute right now is pushing Tegra into the PC space, to take some share of the ARM-powered PC market, with their SoC designs. The latest Tegra designs are well-suited for mini-PC, notebook, and AIO desktop designs. While the chips couldn't provide a …

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Re: EVGA Terminates NVIDIA Partnership, Cites Disrespectful Treatment

Posted on 2022-09-17, 02:20

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My last EVGA graphics card was an 8800GT . I tend to go with Sapphire for ATI/AMD cards and Gigabyte/Asus/Zotac for Nvidia, but I'm not married to any one of them . Then again, I tend to target 150W TDP, while having a 200W TDP hard limit for GPUs, so the cards I buy don't need "extreme" power …

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Re: What is the current state of VGA/DOS -> DVI/HDMI/LCD scaling?

Posted on 2022-09-16, 02:51

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But isn't VGA usually doubling 200 line modes? 320x200 should be 320x400 to the monitor. So there's little left for thick scan lines? On a normal "progressive" scan TV picture, there are visible scan lines, because it's kind of a cheat. The older home computers (say Amiga)/consoles with composite …

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Re: Windows98SE PC shuts off on its own after powering on

Posted on 2022-09-16, 02:39

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Try pressing DEL to enter setup as it says on the bottom of the screen and then save settings and exit . On the next boot, the checksum should no longer appear. Once that is done, you will likely still need to access setup again effect some changes in order to configure the boot drive, but testing …

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Re: What is the current state of VGA/DOS -> DVI/HDMI/LCD scaling?

Posted on 2022-09-15, 18:52

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But isn't VGA usually doubling 200 line modes? 320x200 should be 320x400 to the monitor. So there's little left for thick scan lines? On a normal "progressive" scan TV picture, there are visible scan lines, because it's kind of a cheat. The older home computers (say Amiga)/consoles with composite …

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Re: What is the current state of VGA/DOS -> DVI/HDMI/LCD scaling?

Posted on 2022-09-15, 02:23

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Please view the attached image to get an idea of what I am talking about. I captured that screenshot just now from DOSBox on my 1440p LCD monitor. It looks crisp and pleasant to the eye, no blur. The aspect ratio is displayed correctly rather than being stretched to the screen size. View it on a …

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Re: WIN95 16/32MB performance difference much?

Posted on 2022-09-14, 16:46

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I upgraded to a Pentium 150MHz (upgraded to 166 MMX at some point) with 32MB of RAM in early to mid 1997 . Board was PC Chips M550 with 512K cache, a 430TX chipset and a 64MB cacheable limit. That machine got 64MB of RAM in late 1997, got a Voodoo 1 upgrade in mid 1998 and ran Windows 98 just fine ( …

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Re: WIN95 16/32MB performance difference much?

Posted on 2022-09-14, 12:58

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If I go period correct I also wouldn’t install solid state drives. With the DX2 66Mhz came Windows 95 and at the end of its lifetime it was equipped with 48Mb of RAM. And I really needed them. I used WinWord, CorelDraw and Internet on it. Running the Scanner resulted in large TIFF Files. So even …

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Re: WIN95 16/32MB performance difference much?

Posted on 2022-09-14, 02:15

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Hi there! In the 90s, my father was a programmer and had a 386DX-40 PC with 16MB of RAM (30 pin SIMMs). Plus two IDE HDDs (~120MB and 250MB? Can't remember exactly), an Laserjet Plus, an 28k8 modem (Trust Connect?) and a Mitsumi LU005S single-speed CD-ROM drive. The 16MBs were installed especially …

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Re: WP32 McCake : MT32 compatible waveblaster board

Posted on 2022-09-12, 04:27

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Perfect, thank you for the quick response. That is exactly what I wanted to know. Someday I'll stumble across a DB50XG board I can keep. I have it's standalone big brother, the SW60XG but I find the ISA requirement to be pretty limiting. @dreamblaster, I love the McCake though. It's such a …

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Re: i bought a motherboard and didnt realize the BIOS chip was missing

Posted on 2022-09-11, 14:46

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well i paid $25 for it with a 166 cpu and 2 32mb ram sticks ... no great loss i guess ill keep the cpu and ram and not worry about the board... live and learn Yeah, it's not the end of the world. Also, you might be able to find someone nearby to flash a chip for you (I would gladly, but I'm on the …

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Re: Your favorite 4:3 1600x1200 @ 70Hz+ LCD?

Posted on 2022-09-11, 14:35

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Thanks for all the replies, super informative! > 1600 x 1200 is high enough that DVI speed limit is reached, which is 165MHz That is true for CVT timings, but for CVT-RBv1 (Reduced Blanking) and CVT-RBv2 timings, they do fit within the link speed budget. See https://tomverbeure.github.io/video_ …

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Re: MCGA adapter alongside a Hercules adapter - Will that work?

Posted on 2022-09-11, 07:09

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Got this link with my post on this subject on vcfed.org to this Epson suipport bulletiin and it says you can use a Hercules card with the Epson Equity Ie. https://files.support.epson.com/pdf/e1e___/e1e___ps.pdf Thanks for clarifying and great that you found a confirmation that it can work rather …

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Re: Old computer for data hoarding

Posted on 2022-09-11, 06:26

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The topic states "data hoarding" but the post states low volume and documents and photos.... Any reasonable person who saw my documents and photos would consider it "hoarding" :P Things to consider: Security OS support RAM amount for OS and usage Amount of RAM motherboard can cache Processor speed …

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Re: Old computer for data hoarding

Posted on 2022-09-11, 04:49

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My 2 cents : AFAIU, that concerns about hardware failure expressed have to do mainly with a) BGA soldered components going bad b) capacitors goings bad IMHO, theses issues can be delayed/avoided/mitigated by choosing a modern(ish) CPU and motherboard combination which 1) is well designed (no …

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread

Posted on 2022-09-11, 04:32

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Not to mention the actual money needed to acquire each separate. Yep, a crystal based sound card costs about $30 on fleabay, and with the release of ARGUS PCBs the Gravis clone is about $40... Respectfully and IMHO, your recent comments in a few different threads give me the impression that you are …

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Re: MCGA adapter alongside a Hercules adapter - Will that work?

Posted on 2022-09-10, 17:46

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I am currently building out my 2nd Epson Equity Ie computer. I have a rare STB Chauffeur HT I would like to install alongside the MCGA with the STB card configured for Hercules mode. The IBM PS/2 Model 30 did not have a monochrome text available only the 640x480x2 graphics mode. Since the Epson …

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Re: can anyone recommend a cologne?

Posted on 2022-09-10, 03:24

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Jo22 wrote on 2022-09-10, 03:12: That's the best cologne.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne 😁 I wish I could upvote this! More on topic, but not quite serious, @OP avoid Aqua Velva, unless you plan on pairing it with a leisure suit and cheesy pickup lines .😉

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Re: WP32 McCake : MT32 compatible waveblaster board

Posted on 2022-09-10, 03:11

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Question for @dreamblaster: If the McCake is plugged in to your Chill V adapter board, is there a way to use the optional audio input jacks? I'm not sure if mt32pi has an audio mixing capability but I'm curious if the hardware would even allow that. You will have to wait for @dreamblaster 's …

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Re: can anyone recommend a cologne?

Posted on 2022-09-09, 23:12

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Eau de armpit sweat, feet, ashtray and rotten coffee grounds, the true essence of of an 80s computer geek. Brought to you by Stale, makers of euh, not much else. ;) Seriously, though, IMHO, you're overthinking it, try some stuff over the course of a few visits to a store or two and choose what you …

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