Re: Performance comparison of CPU: SuperFast286-25mhz and AMD386-25mhz
Posted on 2016-01-27, 23:41
Aha, and it is an SX as well. That explains the NSSI drystone result.
Re: Performance comparison of CPU: SuperFast-286 and AMD-386DX
Posted on 2016-01-27, 18:26
Is that 386 motherboard especially terrible? Truly underwhelming performance.
Re: Does anybody write DOS software for old PC's ?
Posted on 2016-01-27, 16:10
Hi all ! Does anybody write something for dos and of 8088- 486 machines, soft or games ? In what languages ? I'v began to learn Turbo Pascal 7.0 recently, and I used to write in Basic in mid 1990s... TP7 was certainly big back in the day. I used it. There's also something of an embarrassment of …
Re: Ds-401 8 bit Midi Interface card Jumper settings
Posted on 2016-01-27, 14:12
Do you know of any games that require protected mode and have MT-32 support superior to or instead of GM?
Re: Spam, spam, spam
Posted on 2016-01-27, 13:47
Re: Spam, spam, spam
Posted on 2016-01-27, 05:50
Re: This is a bad idea right?
Posted on 2016-01-27, 05:47
Isopropanol, isopropyl, IPA, ISO (all the same) can be purchased at your pharmacy on the shelves. I get it in a jumbo pack from Costco Canada. When I used to live closer to downtown, I couldn't find IPA anywhere on the selves. I went to ask the pharmacist where it was and he said that they keep it …
Re: Zsnes DOS - original resolution
Posted on 2016-01-27, 05:33
Maraakate wrote: Stiletto wrote: For what it's worth, ZSNES is licensed GPLv2, source of your changes must be made available. Especially if you're making binaries available. The source must be available to all users of the modified version (it can be by request).
Re: This is a bad idea right?
Posted on 2016-01-27, 04:23
You can source it from industrial suppliers, potentially by the truckload if required.
Re: Splurging my tax refund, I'm thinking tablet.
Posted on 2016-01-27, 03:17
It's a good choice, then. Although I love my tablet, E-ink is so much better in sunlight.
Re: Splurging my tax refund, I'm thinking tablet.
Posted on 2016-01-27, 03:05
luckybob wrote: I think i'm going to try for a deal on a used one on ebay. seems they are almost a reasonable price there. Use one what?
Re: Microsoft Will NOT Support Windows 7 or 8 Installations on New Hardware
Posted on 2016-01-27, 03:04
I can't remember if the 6870 is held back because of DP floating point support, though. According to the footnote on RadeonFeature for Northern Islands: 19 OpenGL 4.1 is currently only supported on CYPRESS, CAYMAN and ARUBA. All other chips are currently limited to OpenGL 3.3 I'm on BARTS so, for …
Re: Soundfonts that mimic old hardware (SC-55, DX50XG, AWE64 Gold)
Posted on 2016-01-27, 03:02
In any event, FluidSynth is what I can use anyway now, since I've switched to Linux as my main OS and BASSMIDI doesn't seem to be available (which is very very strange, since there's Android and OS X ports, so a Linux port would be trivial 1-day work.) I'm not gonna boot into Windows every time I …
Re: Microsoft Will NOT Support Windows 7 or 8 Installations on New Hardware
Posted on 2016-01-26, 21:11
I have my fingers crossed that things like WINE and AMD drivers on Linux will eventually *not suck* and actually be usable. I dunno', I've been using xorg-radeon for quite a long time now on a HD 6870 and apart from it being arbitrarily limited to OpenGL 3.3 I've ran into no problems. It hitches …
Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.
Posted on 2016-01-26, 15:33
Nice. The KT333 is a good, no nonsense chipset.
Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.
Posted on 2016-01-26, 09:36
There is a glut of Win 7 capable machines out there that people are picky about what they get for free. Those early netbooks suck for current browsing (slow CPU, slow GPU, RAM limited, low rez screens). I have picked up a few Thinkpad T61's in the last year for pocket change and they are much …
Re: Munt Reloaded - Development
Posted on 2016-01-26, 09:28
When thinking about performance improvements, I guess, the best hopes should be set on using SSE-like intrinsics. However, we might not achieve a significant performance boost. The most CPU-demanding part is the sample generator in LA32WaveGenerator that emulates the LA32 chip. By the logic, the …
Re: Splurging my tax refund, I'm thinking tablet.
Posted on 2016-01-26, 05:11
Originally I only wanted something I could read for hours and is very pdf friendly. The Sony and its e-ink screen fit the bill perfectly. However the Surface would be more useful, but i'm concerned that I would be playing Civ V instead of doing something more productive. Civ V would work very well …
Re: (Help needed) Intel SCB2 dual Tualatin build
Posted on 2016-01-26, 04:58
OP: If you want a dual-P3 gaming machine, you could also try hunting something like the MSI Pro266TD Master (MS-9105), which isn't only dual-processor but also a DDR board for extra coolness xDD. That being said, the board you have will probably never be a great gaming machine (as far as P3s go), …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-01-26, 04:49
WoW gold farming? I guess that's one way to pay for those Voodoo cards.
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