Re: Scariest Level Ever?

Posted on 2015-10-31, 15:28

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"Ever"... I would need to think about... possibly in the school of Silent hill... everytime one of those wee buggers jumped out of nowhere! Another more recent though... the dream, Tranquility Lane (When you sit in the chair) of Fallout 3 was kinda freaky.

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Re: Upgrading to Windows 10 no longer optional

Posted on 2015-10-31, 13:17

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sliderider wrote: Microsoft is now forcing the upgrade on Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 users. Don't leave your PC on and connected to the internet overnight, it might have Windows 10 installed when you wake up in the morning. Good job I stick to my 386/486's... unless i'm on the laptop (XP). 😁

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Re: Miro Crystal 40SV VLB any good?

Posted on 2015-10-31, 13:13

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I can only speak for myself.. but since many folk bench systems and try to get the best possible FPS and scores etc and that little bit more out of their system... I would say that if I were building a system to be using Dos, I would use a DRAM based card. Whereas if I was building one in Windows, I …

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Re: Miro Crystal 40SV VLB any good?

Posted on 2015-10-31, 13:02

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Vision968 (same as 964 + Video acceleration) There is a 20SV online at the minute which is Vision 964 (VRAM based without acceleration), and its VRAM memory is more suited to Windows than in Dos. Again, both claims/assumptions are wrong: The Vision 964 is a VRAM based accelerator card and of course …

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Re: Miro Crystal 40SV VLB any good?

Posted on 2015-10-31, 09:16

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40SV means 4MB, don't worry. The more common 2MB Vision964 card is named "Miro Crystal 20SV". [...]Yes... it is one of the better chipsets which is best suited for Windows however it will not give great performance in Dos. I don't know why people still think these cards won't perform well in DOS. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-10-29, 23:54

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I also like buying whole AT systems when I need an AT case, as a case is ~30 euro + ~20 euro shipping and a whole 286 or 386 system can often be found for 40 - 60 euro + 20 - 30 euro shipping. The extra money often gets you stuff that would cost you much much more if you would buy the parts …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-10-29, 12:54

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Skyscraper wrote: I bought one of those scrap CPU lots a few weeks ago, the package arrived today. With all the lots you're buying... you're gonna be the "goto guy" in time to come!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-10-29, 12:52

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pojo wrote: Got this P4 for free. I quite like this AOpen case. Nothing too interesting inside, aside from a Geforce 3 Ti500 and Audigy 1394 - I will keep those. Already started moving my Slot 1 mobo into this case. That is a nice case... has a contemporary IBM-ish look to it.

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Re: EISA Graphics / Video Cards

Posted on 2015-10-29, 09:48

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^^ Clicking through to your image host took me to some fake malware / phishing site when I went to close the tab. Anyone else getting that? Fortunately no, but I have phishing turned off in my browser. I have just joined imagebam on recommendation from other vogoners as dropbox wasn't working. Will …

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Re: EISA Graphics / Video Cards

Posted on 2015-10-29, 09:41

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If anyone has time / experience with EISA, could you please look at the file !AGI5510.CFG located in xj204win.zip (last zip file) and with a keen eye share your opinion on whether this is or is not possibly the config file to register a new EISA device within a system. Thanks in advance for your …

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Re: EISA Graphics / Video Cards

Posted on 2015-10-29, 09:30

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I remember these cards. I forgot that they made one for EISA bus. I think I heard that the VGA core on this card might possibly be okay. I have to say I'm pretty surprised they made 95 drivers. Does it have them for NT4 as well? Among others, yes; - http://ps-2.kev009.com/ohlandl/artgraphics/ARTIST …

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Re: EISA Graphics / Video Cards

Posted on 2015-10-28, 14:12

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A small update on the EISA graphics card front... and i've just been generously donated (paying only for shipping!) a 3D chipset... Artist XJ1000, by a friend over on Amibay. http://thumbnails113.imagebam.com/44357/429faa443563399.jpg There doesn't seem to be a great deal of information out there …

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Re: New builds

Posted on 2015-10-27, 15:29

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That's a quality board, cool keyboard too... not getting any cheaper either these older keyboards. Keep us posted with the build!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-10-27, 09:28

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Rawrl wrote: Not only that, it looks like it has MR BIOS! Make sure to dump it. Can this be done by software alone?... I do not yet have an external ROM reader / burner. Thanks

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Re: Kixs's 286 to the Max

Posted on 2015-10-25, 06:39

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This is a sweet board... always nice to see someone pick up a no so well known part / board and have it perform the pants off some OEM's or better known sought after parts. Here's one for the underdog! Thanks for sharing Kixs

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-10-24, 16:16

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Just picked her up as she was local and going for a fair £14. http://thumbnails113.imagebam.com/44251/d25ce9442505948.jpg Bought the board 4 days ago thinking it was a cool 486 IBM VLB board. Today was the day I realised... i have (75MHz 386) Blue Lightning! ... I have (75MHz 386) Blue Lightning! …

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Re: Dual 386 Motherboard??????

Posted on 2015-10-24, 12:03

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3886_junkie - Will it run with dual 486DLC or 486SXL chips? I would be surprised if anyone tested that before ;) Compaq expected you to buy upgrade CPU cards not upgrade the CPUs. But there is no reason they wouldn't run - the multiprocessor logic in the SystemPro is external to the CPUs. And here …

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Re: Dual 386 Motherboard??????

Posted on 2015-10-24, 11:58

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3886_junkie - Will it run with dual 486DLC or 486SXL chips? Hey... didn't realise this thread was still going, I really should start a new thread! (earlier than I would like). Yea it works with 2 x DX40's and 2 x DLC's but are pulled back as they are limited to 33MHz. I have not yet tried 2 x …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-10-23, 14:58

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Thanks for all the help guys. Ended up going for Imagebam. Dropbox not working even when following protocol. Imagebam making things easier for sure

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Re: Miro Crystal 40SV VLB any good?

Posted on 2015-10-23, 10:51

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That would work... any windows the system runs on, so long as the system itself can handle the software.

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