Re: Voodoo 3 and Voodoo 1 the same pc

Posted on 2012-04-28, 11:47

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I don't know... having 3 systems sounds more FUN! Personally I find that maintaining one system takes up enough time already. I have a working 486 stored away, and the parts for a working SS7 in some boxes. I just dismantled a retro-rocket (2000MHz & ISA), because I suddenly didn't need the rocket …

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Re: Voodoo 2 SLI on AMD K6-2+ Dos / Win9x Gaming

Posted on 2012-04-28, 09:18

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But that is exactly what you'll be doing in DOS. I'll install the stuff and then only read from it. The few safegames are not going to kill it. Aside from that, just push it into your USB card reader and back up to your 2 TB HDD in case of CF failure. Or you grab one of the earlier 30 GB SSDs and …

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Re: Voodoo 2 SLI on AMD K6-2+ Dos / Win9x Gaming

Posted on 2012-04-28, 05:12

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I'm thinking of a way to come up with a 3 way toggle switch for L1, L2 Cache enable disable. AFAIK, there is software to do L1 for pentiums. It even works for some P3 boards. How did you use your CF cards for DOS? IDE > CF adapter? How well do they run or how slow are they? :blush: For DOS, they …

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Re: Voodoo 3 and Voodoo 1 the same pc

Posted on 2012-04-27, 21:16

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Yes, I am using V1/V5 together. I have installed the V1 then the V5 so the drivers in Windows are of v5 type. If a game is to use V1, I copy the V1 files into the game directory, so the game starts on V1. With Dos, I copy the Dos drivers there, so the game also starts on V1. I checked and found that …

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Re: AWE32 CT3980 vs CT3990

Posted on 2012-04-27, 11:03

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Same here.

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Re: Hanging note problems with SB16 and DBs

Posted on 2012-04-24, 05:31

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From what I saw in your video, for DOS the card might just swap in for the AWE32. I wonder how to run the software for 2 soundblaster cards present at the same time? If I'd use the jumpered SB16, I would bypass that problem, but get the noise instead.

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Re: Hanging note problems with SB16 and DBs

Posted on 2012-04-23, 17:36

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Since I've abandoned the KT133A approach, I am back to two ISA slots. I also have one of those 'cheapo' miracle cards (CMI8330) that gervin mentioned a while ago. I found it's signal too weak though. The 4.04 SB16 was thrown out for noise and noise only! Otherwise it would have been my choice: All …

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Re: Unlocked PIIs

Posted on 2012-04-23, 17:24

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That crippling is a real treat! Without it, many old games would not run on a P2.

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Re: Hanging note problems with SB16 and DBs

Posted on 2012-04-22, 21:27

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I wonder if it would make sense to run a SB64 and a SB32 AWE with DB side by side. Use the 64 for digital and the SB32 for either Midi or OPL3. The SB AWE 32 (non PNP) takes IRQ5... and the AWE 64 PnP takes whats left.

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Re: Anyone interested in working Epox 8KTA3 Pro ?

Posted on 2012-04-22, 18:50

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I had it running with a Voodoo5. See my other "current" thread for more infos. Synapsis: ISA sound and Voodoo5 at the highest possible speed.

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Anyone interested in working Epox 8KTA3 Pro ?

Posted on 2012-04-22, 12:58

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After I have figured out how to run my most power hungry game on a current XP rig, I really have no more room for this thing. The board is in working order as far as I have used it. The active NB cooler has been exchanged for a larger passive model. The board could operate Athlon XP-M with 512 MB L2 …

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Re: Another Shot: EP-8KTA3 Pro

Posted on 2012-04-20, 16:51

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Good news: I got the USB2.0 card reader running all of a sudden. I am not quite sure what did the trick. I deleted all other card reader software and chose the win2k driver installer instead. While it might be interesting to know, what did it, I won't double test this. I can now shuffle lots of data …

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Re: Another Shot: EP-8KTA3 Pro

Posted on 2012-04-18, 19:35

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M1TP2 must be one of the must stubborn games in existence, I got it running once I remember, but that is years ago, and I haven't got it running since. Even though I tried it on several systems. Good thing it has no nostalgia value for me, so I don't care. It ran out of the box on the voodoo5 for …

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Re: Another Shot: EP-8KTA3 Pro

Posted on 2012-04-18, 15:11

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I haven't used the systems much. It's like the joy was in building the machines and getting them running - I seem to have almost completely lost interest in playing games. I am glad I can't say this completely for myself. While I do enjoy to tinker with all that stuff, I spend most of the evening …

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Re: Another Shot: EP-8KTA3 Pro

Posted on 2012-04-17, 20:24

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I also have Gunship and M1 Tank Platoon II sitting here. IIRC, they all didn't work on the main rig. With the most pressing need for 2000 MHz gone, I may return to the old P3 for retro needs.

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Re: Another Shot: EP-8KTA3 Pro

Posted on 2012-04-17, 14:47

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What an irony: After I build this rig - mainly to run European Air War on it, I finally found a way to run it on my main machine again. At 60 fps with 16xAF and 8xAA. 😵

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Re: Weird screen jitter (with photos)

Posted on 2012-04-15, 16:56

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Since its local, I would think it is a memory or chipset problem.

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Re: VLB or PCI

Posted on 2012-04-13, 08:28

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VLB has one major advantage over PCI: There is very little stuff for it around, so you don't waste your life tinkering with it all the time. I have a VLB 486 and after I got a VLB S3 in addition to the ISA ET4000, I was done. Never changed it since. Last line of defense when a game won't play …

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Re: Another Shot: EP-8KTA3 Pro

Posted on 2012-04-13, 08:24

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Just google for Voodoo2 Athlon Drivers. I had trouble with Archimedian Dynasty and V1 and V2 on the KT133a. The game was configured ok, it ran (in Dos) on another machine. 'Cache off' solved the problem but made the game too slow. Maybe it is chipset related? But they didn't make those Athlon …

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Re: Another Shot: EP-8KTA3 Pro

Posted on 2012-04-13, 05:18

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I didn't know of Voodoo1/2 + Athlon issues until I got a Slot A board months ago. I've just never combined these bits of hardware before... Voodoo2 will lock that up hard unless specific Athlon-fixed Voodoo2 drivers are used. I suppose Voodoo1 could indeed be problematic too depending on what's …

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