Re: Resizing photos by typing in pixels x pixels program?
Posted on 2023-02-04, 12:51
Image editing ? Paint.net Resizing, filters, changing bit depth, etc ? XnView Classic (or multiplatform XnViewMP).
Re: Hardware recommendations to recreate Phils Computer Lab's 136 in 1 Build
Posted on 2023-02-03, 09:35
Well. I'd say - try Rage IIC. It should work just fine with DOS games you listed. It is period correct, has good video quality (better than most non-name S3 cards) an VBE 2.0 in BIOS. For early 3D you have 3dfx anyway...
Re: Pentium1 75/133 without L2 cache
Posted on 2023-01-30, 11:22
Nope. It mainly depends on the chipset. Look for Intel 430FX benchmarks. A system without L2 cache has comparable performance to a system with Async Sram cache (those with Pipeline Burst are noticeably better). I also remember that I had Gigabyte GA-586SG motherboard (with SIS5591 chipset) with …
Re: List of open-source PC hardware projects
Posted on 2023-01-27, 08:49
A new version of BlueSCSI has just been released, based on the Raspberry PI Pico (much faster - up to 10MB/s read). The software is derived from the ZuluSCSI project. https://bluescsi.com/v2
Re: Sound options for a Win 98 DELL Latitude D600
Posted on 2023-01-26, 14:06
Installer probably just unpacks its content to folder you choose (i.e. c:\sigmatel ) So: 1.) Uninstall your current AC97 driver, (to be sure remove its .inf file from c:\windows\inf\other) 2.) After restart new device will be found, point new driver location to folder where you extracted driver - in …
Re: Sound options for a Win 98 DELL Latitude D600
Posted on 2023-01-26, 12:03
This Sigmatel AC97 driver package in attachment has VXD driver for Windows 95/98 which installs QSound_SigmaTel Stac97 PCI Audio Legacy Device So, you have a chance that it will work in Windows 98 Dos mode (plain DOS is no-go).
Re: Slow networking on Win 3.11...
Posted on 2023-01-24, 10:14
In windows 3.11 (486DX33) I've got very good performance with ISA 10MBit SMC UltraChip (83C790QF) - better than when using other ISA ethernet cards, same as with 100MBit RTL8139. I can do some comparison if you want (unfortunately I don't have fast 486 CPU).
Re: intel ninja 486 board PLL readings
Posted on 2023-01-24, 06:50
and the errata for the 420ex chipset is seemingly unobtainium, so i can't really compare the signals off the chip itself to know if _that_ is doing what it should. it's quite vexing. This topic should be interesting for you. There is even i420EX datasheet there (uploaded by Tiido). https://www. …
Re: Short check: oscillators on 386sx board
Posted on 2023-01-22, 20:52
Unfortunately none of Norton SysInfo versions I have was able to recognize my HDD (Conner Peripherals CFS541A -540MB) and thus test performance. But I did benchmarks using PC Certify Pro 6.0 and 4_Speed 1.0 by DustBowl Designs. 7.14 MHz is default ISA clock (with BUSOSC soldered back to PCB :) PC …
Re: Short check: oscillators on 386sx board
Posted on 2023-01-21, 20:03
SHORT OFFTOPIC: Btw if you could run another benchmark at 20MHz bus I would be interested to compare with mine (just short off topic). 3d bench (slow pcs): 9,9 Pcpbench vga: 2,1 forget that one. Requires dos extender With 20MHz ISA clock (div/2): 7,5 With 10 MHz ISA clock (div/4): 7,3 With 6,66 MHz …
Re: Short check: oscillators on 386sx board
Posted on 2023-01-21, 17:59
@Marco 1. Desoldering (using flux) pin from board, and moving it slightly up (by tweezers) at the same time. Pin121 is located on the corner of the IC, so it was relatively easy. 2. You may try (carefully) to do as I did. Floating BUSOSC is in high state :) If the system gets up after this operation …
Re: Short check: oscillators on 386sx board
Posted on 2023-01-21, 16:29
I also wanted to try what you are doing, on my computer with a 286 on a VL82C311L :) I have PCCHIPs M218 - looks like this one: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1041752 On this motherboard BUSOSC (pin121) input is connected to 14.7 MHz signal, and ISA CLK signal (in PIN B20) was half of that ( …
Re: Choice of soundcard for a fast win98 computer
Posted on 2023-01-20, 11:26
Also while i'm still here - if i can't get my 128bit pci-e nVidia 6200le working, should i fallback on a 64bit pci matrox g450 dual-head or a 64bit pci nVidia geforce 2mx400? We'll need someone else with more expertise on the Matrox to chime in. You might get better results opening a new thread. In …
Re: Search! KG8VL9033A VLB Multi I/O + Video card jumper info, docs, bios dump, memory type
Posted on 2023-01-18, 14:14
I'd try BIOS image from here: https://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/cpu/item/488-western-digital-wd90c33-zz As a BIOS replacement chip - Winbond W27C256 should be sufficient. As an eprom programmer I recommend the TL866 (or anything else that is within your reach. Willem programmer - if you have …
Re: Passive AGP cards for a retro-build...what do you think about these?
Posted on 2023-01-11, 13:04
Hi, what Do you tink about these cards for a retro-build? - GF3 ti200 - GF4 mx-440 - GF5 FX5500 These are DX8 cards (FX is DX9 but renders games like HL2 only in DX8) What would you recommend and why? Currently my System (AthlonXP 3000+ Barton core) is equipped with a GF3-ti200...I am thinking …
Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.80a
Posted on 2023-01-08, 17:40
I don't remember exactly how it worked, because I sold the card a few years ago, but the games that normally played FM audio using OPL3 (on other cards) on this card play it using SAM9233 wavetable. This card doesn't have FM chip at all.
Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.80a
Posted on 2023-01-06, 13:33
I have ALS100 Trump Audio wave32 Card is initialized but nothing hear on mpu. Found drivers here: http://vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=815&menustate=0 DOS is inside TRUMP32.CPS archive and works fine AFAIR this card has SAM9233 connected to 0x388 port (usual opl2/opl3 location). Therefore …
Re: Crappy Foxconn as WinXP machine that runs DOS and Win9X games?
Posted on 2023-01-04, 19:40
Z czystej ciekawości: https://allegro.pl/oferta/sapphire-radeon-x1050-256-mb-vga-vgo-dvi-i-pcie-11855050560 This one won't be early Windows 9x games capable (no paletted textures/table fog), but you should at least be able to install native Windows 9x drivers with 3d acceleration. VGA Legacy MKIII …
Re: Crappy Foxconn as WinXP machine that runs DOS and Win9X games?
Posted on 2023-01-04, 18:09
So how to make it work on Win98 then? I can replace GPU to chinese 'universal PCI' FX5500 where it expects 3.3V rail from PCI so I guess PCI GPU won't be a problem and not horribly slow. :) I'd rather buy Radeon X300, X550, X600 or X1050 which are R300 generation (same as Radeon 9550/9600) or more …
Re: Cheap but we’ll performing PCI 3D video cards
Posted on 2023-01-03, 19:44
Ozzuneoj wrote on 2023-01-03, 14:13: Like, who runs Mario Shareware on their retro PC, really? 😀 Especially since there is Mario Freeware (aka Mario & Luigi) from the same author, which does not have this problem. https://wieringsoftware.nl/mario/
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