Re: Recreation of my original K6-2-500 (The "Zitech" Machine)

Posted on 2015-06-16, 06:44

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Kick-ass machine. :cool: I actually still have my original K6-2 500MHz system, which I purchased sometimes in 2000, I think. Yeah, it was kinda late for a (Super) Socket 7 build, but I was apprehensive of some compatibility issues that P2/P3 systems may have with my much beloved legacy software. …

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Messing with retro SB cards (SB16/AWE64) and Gravis Gamepad/Gamepad Pro pads

Posted on 2015-06-15, 19:06

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I just got some fun out of playing with some retro hardware on my retro PC(s) over the weekend, which includes 3 ISA Sound Blaster cards, and two Gameport controllers, so I decided to share. No particular purpose / underlying theme to this topic, just posting my experiences. :) Audio Cards Sound …

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Re: Possible real DOS multimedia/main pc?

Posted on 2015-06-15, 12:53

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MpxPlay - Can play just about any DRM-free non-MIDI sound file you'll need, including . Also supports FTP. You can set up a nifty FTP server with all your songs and just play them remotely on your retro-PC with this. Also, supports several PCI sound cards natively. QView - Great for (but not …

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Re: AWE64 Gold as Win98SE Primary Sound Card

Posted on 2015-06-14, 19:33

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Ah, yeah, the DELL soundbars. But aren't these speakers tiny? How do they sound really, compared to a standard set of $20 stereo speakers? I have a DELL 2007FP myself, the somewhat rare silver bezel S-IPS variant. It didn't fit my primary desktop at the time, but now fits perfectly with the old P4 …

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Re: AWE64 Gold as Win98SE Primary Sound Card

Posted on 2015-06-14, 09:24

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I used to run a dual-card SBLive PCI + SB16 ISA in my K6-2-based Win98SE build. The idea was to benefit from the ISA card in DOS games, and the Live in Windows games, especially since I had a 4.1 speaker system at the time and wanted the surround sound capabilities of the Live. The way I had it set …

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Re: Windows 10 upgrade plans?

Posted on 2015-06-14, 08:53

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That's a nice theory, but it doesn't hold up in industries with high barriers to entry, or when the existing players form rackets to protect one another's interest, making it artificially difficult for a competitor to enter the market. Nothing ever works in absolutes, there are always cases where …

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Re: Is that kind of cooler enough for an AGP voodoo 3 3000?

Posted on 2015-06-11, 15:28

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My Voodoo 3000 AGP only has the metal heatsink, no active cooler, no problems for almost 15 years now. 😀

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Re: Windows 10 upgrade plans?

Posted on 2015-06-10, 07:57

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They wouldn't because it's not going to be a free upgrade forever and there are some users who won't be eligible for the free upgrade offer at all. Microsoft ISOs have been available for free download for all of their current operating systems. I can't see a single reason why it would be different …

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Re: Windows 10 upgrade plans?

Posted on 2015-06-07, 12:10

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http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/lifecycle Win7 already exited mainstream support (as of January this year), and moved to extended support, for 5 more years. This means - no new features, only fixes. I doubt they are going to move it back into mainstream support phase, once it left it, but …

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Re: No sound in Ultimate Doom Win95?

Posted on 2015-06-07, 11:54

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So your problem is that when there is nothing connected to the audio jack, there is no sound? What is wrong with it? Where do you expect sound to come from if nothing is connected? And what does Ultimate Doom have to do with it, since it looks like your claim is generic?

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Re: IPS monitors with real 70 Hz support ?

Posted on 2015-06-03, 19:38

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Tertz wrote: As videocard may to know about 60 Hz of monitor, so there is a possibility the card will try to work in 60 Hz with VGA games. I'm talking specifically about cases where the videocard outputs a refresh rate different than 60Hz.

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Re: IPS monitors with real 70 Hz support ?

Posted on 2015-06-03, 12:10

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Some things are not clear to me. The fact that you get distortions when 70Hz is converted to 60Hz by the monitor is understandable. How can it possibly affect the game speed? Even if you assume that the game relies on the video card's refresh rate, the monitor does really take 70Hz from the GPU. The …

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Re: Potentially very bad - in the near future you might not own your own car/PC/etc

Posted on 2015-06-03, 07:47

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Skyscraper wrote: In a world where you actully repay all of your debt that may be true. It's up to you. I have no debt, other than the loan on my apartment, which I can repay any day if I want to.

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Re: Potentially very bad - in the near future you might not own your own car/PC/etc

Posted on 2015-06-03, 07:04

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Even renting things are better than to buy things without really owning them. It's a really simplistic approach which isn't automatically true. If you take a loan to buy something, eventually you stop paying the loan and get to keep the thing. If you rent it, you keep paying forever. You can't …

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Re: Rayman runs under Windows95/98 but not under DOS

Posted on 2015-06-02, 09:03

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Which video card? Which sound card? Explore various video/audio options in the setup program.

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Re: Windows 8 beats XP in performance

Posted on 2015-05-31, 13:50

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candle_86 wrote: apparently 7 and 8 are better and easier to use than xP, because office productivity has soared in most places as they drop XP It would be interesting to read more about such surveys. Do you have some links?

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Re: Windows 8 beats XP in performance

Posted on 2015-05-31, 07:23

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Linux is a helpless disaster, a vile thing that needs to die the death and disappear from the face of this planet It's kind of hard to take anything you say seriously, when you make such blanket statements, obviously exaggerated to the point of being completely wrong. It was a completely regressive …

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Re: Intel Core 2 Duo (E8400) versus Intel Core 2 Quad (Q6600)

Posted on 2015-05-31, 07:11

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The 771-775 mod is indeed getting increasingly popular, and when possible, it is extremely cost-efficient. I am not familiar with it enough to tell when it's possible and when it isn't (possibly special support is required on the board/BIOS level). I have a similar setup to yours, with a QX9650 and …

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Re: Intel Core 2 Duo (E8400) versus Intel Core 2 Quad (Q6600)

Posted on 2015-05-30, 07:27

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There is no sense in running a dual core when you already have a quad core that can be used in the same system. Q6600 is a fine overclocker, and you should be able to easily run it at the same FSB as your current E8400, which will equalize their performance in single/dual-threaded tasks, and of …

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Re: Issue with Blood + AWE64 Gold

Posted on 2015-05-26, 12:47

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philscomputerlab wrote: CTCU doesn't run on MS-DOS 7.1. This can be fixed quite easily: https://cloakedthargoid.wordpress.com/ctpnp-dos7/

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