Re: i486 DX2 66 vs Am486 DX2 66 and the winner is...

Posted on 2016-09-18, 03:17

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by kanecvr

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Good job on the comparison! The difference is a slight bit bigger when you get to the DX4's, as Intel apparently made some small enhancements that AMD didn't manage to copy. Maybe the difference is already there between write-back versions of the DX2? What strikes me about intel's DX4 chips is how …

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Re: Options for gaming

Posted on 2016-09-18, 02:06

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by kanecvr

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Works for me, I appreciate the advice. I did get the P2 up and running but it has a hard drive in it with XP on it so it's in a boot loop. At any rate, on any of those 3 systems, what would you recommend for most compatibility? I know you said dos6.22 for the P133, it's already got Dos and Win95b …

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Re: What is the best PCI graphics card that I could put in a Pentium 1 system

Posted on 2016-09-18, 01:56

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by kanecvr

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S3 cards have great compatibility with DOS games and good speed. Matrox cards are not very friendly towards some games but great in windows. Out of the newer cards, the Voodoo 3 and Voodoo Banshee are great for both dos and windows, as well as having glide support for early 3d games. In my pentium …

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Re: 486DLC Project

Posted on 2016-09-18, 01:14

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by kanecvr

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You don't have to worry about the batteries being charged via the external battery connector. It only draws power, there is no charging occurring via the external connector. Unless, I completely misunderstood your post. Uhm...nope. Some motherboards provide a 5v charge current trough the external …

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Re: i486 DX2 66 vs Am486 DX2 66 and the winner is...

Posted on 2016-09-17, 21:43

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by kanecvr

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As far as I know 486 AMD chips are intel clones - same architecture, same design, so basically identical to their intel counterparts - witch can be seen in your results as the margin is way too low to take into consideration. Generally a intel or AMD 486 cpu with the same specs will perform …

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Re: Options for gaming

Posted on 2016-09-17, 18:44

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by kanecvr

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Each machine is geared to a different gaming "era". The pentium III can do DOS games as early as 1993, and windows games up to 1999, maybe early 2000. The Packard Bell will not be able to run some windows games at acceptable framerates (late 1997 - early 2000 games) witch the PIII will excel at. I …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2016-09-17, 16:29

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by kanecvr

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Nice. I need to get 48GB into my HP Z800 - I got it with 32gb (8x4GB) witch I found weird - then I noticed the memory is configured in dual-channel instead of the regular triple channel (regular for 1366 anyway), with 2 slots per CPU left unpopulated. Gotta get 4x4GB of ECC DDR3... Just thought I …

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Re: PCI Soundcards with wavetable synthesis in real DOS?

Posted on 2016-09-16, 23:21

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by kanecvr

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So what ISA card would you suggest which is fairly cheap an sounds "ok"? AWE64 Gold and SCC-1 are a bit pricey. Which cheap ISA cards have the best midi wavetables, that would sound similar or close to PCI's YMF724? Here is a thread I created that lists a number of ISA sound cards with built-in …

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Re: Diamond Viper V770 Ultra, detected as Pro!! Wait, what??

Posted on 2016-09-16, 22:44

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by kanecvr

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This has been said before, but I'll repeat it just in case - all TNT2 cards (sans the M64) use the same core. Some will have "PRO" or "Ultra" stamped on the chip, but not all (my MSI TNT2 pro does not but it's detected as PRO and runs at the correct frequencies). What lets the driver discriminate …

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Re: PCI Soundcards with wavetable synthesis in real DOS?

Posted on 2016-09-16, 22:18

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by kanecvr

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The yamaha Audician 32 plus is a cheap ISA soundcard with wavetable header and SB compatibility, can still get them brand new on ebay Yeah, but wavetable modules are anything but cheap, and they're not easy to find either. At this point really the only decent options (availability-wise) are the …

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Re: Amstrad 1512 - CGA(ish?) to VGA

Posted on 2016-09-16, 16:49

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by kanecvr

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Hmmm - do you know exactly what traces need to be cut? I've done some googling and came up with nothing.. some pics or a schematic would help greatly. There's a schematic at http://www.retroisle.com/amstrad/pcs/OriginalDocs/Amstrad_PC1512_PC-MM_PC-CM_Service_Manual_300dpi_Agujereado.pdf . Page 31 …

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Re: Amstrad 1512 - CGA(ish?) to VGA

Posted on 2016-09-16, 14:56

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by kanecvr

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From what I've read, it isn't possible to disable the CGA My understanding is that it's possible, but doing it involves cutting some tracks on the board. Hmmm - do you know exactly what traces need to be cut? I've done some googling and came up with nothing.. some pics or a schematic would help …

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Re: Amstrad 1512 - CGA(ish?) to VGA

Posted on 2016-09-16, 12:29

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by kanecvr

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Bye the way, did it come with the floppies, too ? If it did, do you have any use for the utilities from the 5th diskette ? I have them. In case you're interested, just say so. They do conatin some fixed-disk utilities for DOS and DOS Plus.. It didn't come with any floppies unfortunately... I could …

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Re: Diamond Viper V770 Ultra, detected as Pro!! Wait, what??

Posted on 2016-09-16, 01:05

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by kanecvr

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As far as I know the TNT2 Ultra is an overclocked TNT2 PRO - as such it might be detected as a TNT2 Pro in device manager. Check the card's clocks with Aida64 or GPU-Z. If it's an ultra, it should be clocked faster then 143 core 166 ram.

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Re: Amstrad 1512 - CGA(ish?) to VGA

Posted on 2016-09-16, 01:02

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by kanecvr

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I got a Schneider branded Amstrad 1512 in trade today and fooled around with it for a bit. It's snappier then I'd imagined an XT would be. Unfortunately mine came with a monochrome monitor... http://i.imgur.com/iuVUtKBh.jpg I'd really like to use this with a VGA monitor - hooking up a VGA card to it …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-09-16, 00:48

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by kanecvr

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Is that paint a little bit glossy / smooth? Where did you bought it? It's not actually. it seems glossier then usual because I used the flash on my phone - w/o flash the whole PC looked like a featureless black blob :lol: I got the paint at my usual pain shop. Gunmetal Gray (gunmetalgrau 214) and …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-09-15, 22:35

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by kanecvr

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GuyTechie wrote: kanecvr wrote: kanecvr wrote: before: I wish I could find an IDE Plextor drive... that 40x looks lovely! These were all the rage back in 2000-2004 weren't they? I'm swapping this into my tualatin.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-09-15, 21:08

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by kanecvr

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Got a Schneider EuroPC 1512SD (Amstrad 1512) + monitor and kb - intel 8086 @ 8mhz, 640kb ram, CGA graphics, 10MB HDD, 360kb 5.25" fdd - Stay tuned for pics :D Right - here's pics of the little XT: http://i.imgur.com/iuVUtKBh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/NNXxPHFh.jpg It came with a CGA on board card and a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-09-15, 11:38

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by kanecvr

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Got a Schneider EuroPC 1512SD (Amstrad 1512) + monitor and kb - intel 8086 @ 8mhz, 640kb ram, CGA graphics, 10MB HDD, 360kb 5.25" fdd - Stay tuned for pics 😁

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Re: Barton 3200+ vs P4 3.0 with modern os?

Posted on 2016-09-15, 10:48

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by kanecvr

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agent_x007 wrote: @kanecvr First 3,2GHz Pentium 4 : LINK (June 2003) First Intel CPU over 3GHz mark : LINK (Nov. 2002) Oh I see thanks for clearing that up. I had a feeling intel had a 3GHz available in 2002 but wasn't very sure.

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