Re: Shuttle HOT-661 VRM upgrade
Posted on 2012-07-13, 23:22
Speedsys results with Deschutes at slowest setting.
Shuttle HOT-661 VRM upgrade
Posted on 2012-07-13, 23:14
Came across this Pentium II 440BX board some weeks ago. I eventually decided it may be nice to have, Mainly because it does 50MHz to 133MHz FSB and there arent many BX mainboards with that feature. The 50MHz that is. Here is my earlier 50 to 133MHz FSB project: 50 to 133MHz FSB on a BX Mainboard …
Re: Jill of the Jungle Sound Effects
Posted on 2012-07-13, 21:28
Yes it is obvious this way. At least you solved the mystery. Any chance the SBFMDRV can be surgically patched / backdated?
Re: Building a Pentium Pro system from scratch
Posted on 2012-07-13, 21:21
Sorry about the loss... Last week I had I fright when I measured my PSU 12V output to be over 16V! But it appeared the PSU was fine, the multimeter battery had run very low, causing these false readings. It got me fooled.
Re: Jill of the Jungle Sound Effects
Posted on 2012-07-13, 18:21
NewRisingSun wrote: 1.2b being slow in general should only happen when the game is run under Windows. Yes, I forgot to exit windows 98 when testing with the SB16.
Re: Jill of the Jungle Sound Effects
Posted on 2012-07-13, 15:20
Briefly tested Jill episode II, v1.2(b) and v1.2(d) with a SB16 CT2940 (OPL3-L) on a 200MHz P-III: v1.2(b) is very slow and sound is screwed. v1.2(d) plays fine, sound is OK: It doesn't sound bad, bad not too good either. Also tried with a CS4232 based soundcard, Magic S-23, SBPro Compatible: v1 …
Re: Ensoniq AudioPCI MIDI any good?
Posted on 2012-07-11, 22:35
You can compare the Soundscape and AudioPCI here: Swaaye.com: Retro Sound Card Recordings
Re: Is my CRT not dithering?
Posted on 2012-07-11, 22:21
It just occured to me, I still have a 19" CRT as my main working display at the office, hooked up to a laptop. We bought some of these screens in 2004, and mine is the only survivor. At 85Hz I am fine with it, even when I now use a Dell U2312HM LCD at home.
Re: Jill of the Jungle Sound Effects
Posted on 2012-07-11, 17:45
Re: Bad hardware?
Posted on 2012-07-10, 23:57
440BX is missing the proper AGP clock divider at 133MHz FSB, therefor it is never 'officially' supported.
Re: is a 486 really worth it
Posted on 2012-07-10, 18:28
We had a thread years ago in which we explored what you could do with a 440BX setup. You can run some Pentium IIs at 66x2 (133 MHz) w/o caches, which performs like a high-end 386. Or you can max it out with a Celeron 1400 on a Slotket. These boards have up to 3 ISA slots. I think it's the most …
Re: is a 486 really worth it
Posted on 2012-07-10, 16:04
I could not really justify the time / money to go for such a build myself. There were some very brief moments I considered a 486 Mainboard purchase, but that is as far as it got. I certainly do enjoy reading about other peoples 486 systems here. And if I would run into a working 486 I would not …
Re: Best/optimal computer to play Comanche Maximum Overkill.
Posted on 2012-07-04, 20:48
kolano wrote: I don't see a related option in the game menu. I do, it is in the "Detail" submenu, called "Top Speed Lock". The game also has a Demo mode, but it shows exactly how not to fly the helicopter. I think it got broken...
Re: Best/optimal computer to play Comanche Maximum Overkill.
Posted on 2012-07-03, 23:17
There was a patch for Comanche, But the patched game is still not entirely system speed independant. Cmom3h.zip Comanche: Maximum Overkill update M3H(pentium-update & more) Update to all English Versions of COMANCHE. Allows Comanche Maximum Overkill andComanche CD to be run inside of Windows 95, or …
Re: HELP with sound card
Posted on 2012-06-29, 23:44
Re: Best video card with Dos / Win 3.11 / Win 98 support
Posted on 2012-06-29, 23:15
AFAIK Fastvid mainly sets the MTRR registers. NVidia windows graphics drivers do this too. Some interesting info here: Wiki MTRR . Wiki Write Combining This Trick works with the Pentium Pro, II, III and IV at least. However, I wrote this earlier, based on observations with a Voodoo3: U now use …
Re: HELP with sound card
Posted on 2012-06-29, 23:07
does it have all chips soldered on?, I have seen an AWE64 board without Sample ROM once.
Re: 2000 and newer PC's
Posted on 2012-06-29, 14:48
how did the Aopen AX6B+ die? Since I have more room I expanded my i440BX collection to 5 different boards: Soyo SY-6BA+III, Gigabyte GA-6BXC rev 2, Aopen AX6BC, Intel SR440BX, Shuttle HOT-661 rev 1.1.
Re: 2000 and newer PC's
Posted on 2012-06-29, 13:56
Exactly, A light in the dark in 2000: you could get your 440BX and a lower speed Coppermine Pentium III, windows 2K and get your work done. And they are still nice to have now, because they support DOS so well and have ISA slots for DOS sound. I do consider 2000 to be the technical High Water Mark …
Re: If Quake were made today
Posted on 2012-06-29, 13:39
IMHO Quake content is not very imaginative on itself. The rooms have no apparent purpose or furniture, all is gray and brownish. Duke Nukem 3D, and especially Shadow Warrior had much more interestinq worlds to wander around. These days certain things have a commercial nag, like DLCs. I find it …
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