Re: New Waveblaster card : Reptile Paradise - Yucatan FX
Posted on 2021-07-11, 13:41
Not much point with X2GS nowadays but glad I got onw anyway, I like clones of actual older hardware.
Re: Couple of Windows 95 questions...
Posted on 2021-07-09, 12:04
There is a (new) unofficial Windows 95 universal usb driver that is almost a MUST if you want USB on that OS. It requires OSR2.x. https://msfn.org/board/topic/177518-xusbsupp-extended-usb-supplement-for-windows-95-osr2/ I use this on my P133 Windows 95 PC and don't install anything else, it works …
Re: ISA sound cards with digital out.
Posted on 2021-07-09, 09:50
Not all digital outputs listed so far actually carry the mixed down audio output, by the way.
Re: post up pics of your "computing area"
Posted on 2021-07-09, 09:02
Whenever I visit this thread I feel like I am about to die of envy poisoining. Living with a child and a nanny has reduced my work/hobby space into a small corner of the living roon and not only is it tiny but it's also overcrowded and messy as fuck. FML
Re: PCem v17
Posted on 2021-07-09, 08:55
Do we know who took the project over and what their plan is? I mean, PCem was great but opening a new subforum here because the current official one shut down seems like a bit premature? That would appear as though we are the new support channel and the new developer may potentially not appreciate …
Re: Most stable and compatible win9x configuration
Posted on 2021-07-09, 08:52
3D enhanced PCI sound card (I like CS4624/CS4630 cards but Aureal Vortex 2/Advantage or SB Audigy/2/ZS would also work - stay clear of Live!) Out of curiosity, why do you suggest avoiding a SBLive on a Win9x system? Other than the slight increase in signal quality, what would be the benefit of an …
Re: FastDoom. A new Doom port for DOS, optimized to be as fast as possible for 386/486 personal computers!
Posted on 2021-07-09, 08:40
I have 1 bug resolved I want to report: The menu crashes I had were indeed due to my overclock being unstable and have now been resolved, so I closed the bug report on github. With that out of the way here are some interesting results from my 5x86-100 with a Riva128 PCI: Benchmark with -nosound - …
Re: Problem with my ISA I/O card
Posted on 2021-07-09, 07:50
These old IO cards often have damaged tantalum/ceramic capacitors you may not notice at first. I got one a few days ago and it was flaky, turns out one of the caps was chipped. I recapped it and it works fine now.
Re: Most stable and compatible win9x configuration
Posted on 2021-07-09, 07:48
I want to build a PC and be done with it, so it would be nice if it run a lot of games with no issues or crashes to the desktop, because I never know what I might want to try. I am aiming at maximum game compatibility and system stability for the win9x era. For what I gather it seems that a 440BX …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-07-09, 07:16
Undid the overclock on my IBM 5x86-100 from 120MHz to 100MHz, it turns out the system was actually suffering from some instability after all. I did benchmarks with 7 DOS programs and on average I seem to have lost 16.7% performance. I also upgraded its video card from an MX86200 PCI to a Riva128 PCI …
Re: Retro computer builds that surprised you the most because they worked better than expected
Posted on 2021-07-09, 07:14
It's a bit the other way around with my system. It's a super 7 board mvp3, and it had no marks for brand of type numbers. Performance was pretty good, stability superb. Turned out to be a pc chips, which I wouldn't have bought if it's name was known to me. Still have it, running strong with a K6-2. …
Re: SetMul - Multiplier control for VIA C3 / AMD K6+7+8 Mobile / Cyrix 5x86
Posted on 2021-07-09, 07:13
I've been using this program to disable L1 cache on my Cx5x86 for so long now, but only today I realized it can actually manipulate the multiplier.. *facepalm* I'll do some tests later on and see how granular I can get with speed adjustments. Sweet.
Re: A troubleshooting guide for Caluser2000.
Posted on 2021-07-08, 12:10
I've used Linux on and off for 20 years and I never had to compile my own kernel other than out of interest and masochism.. And that does not require any coding knowledge whatsoever to be honest.
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2021-07-08, 11:15
badmojo wrote on 2021-07-08, 10:50: Never played DOOM 2016 but just noticed that it's on sale for 10 bucks, so I'm going back to hell 👍 You won't regret it.
Re: FastDoom. A new Doom port for DOS, optimized to be as fast as possible for 386/486 personal computers!
Posted on 2021-07-08, 11:14
Yes, fdoomvbr is the standard VBE2 executable. The Trident TGUI9440AGi doesn't support VBE2 but UniVBE enables it and extra video modes, which are required to run properly. This mode is the fastest with this video card, as it uses the LFB and the full 32-bit bus of the VLB. Your F64300 should …
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2021-07-08, 07:03
I beat Level 11 of Doom 2016, two levels to go. Such a fantastic game, really captures that original Doom feel in almost every way.
Re: FastDoom. A new Doom port for DOS, optimized to be as fast as possible for 386/486 personal computers!
Posted on 2021-07-08, 06:24
I see you ran fdoomvbr? Is this the vesa version? I don't think that VLB card has VBE 2.0 though? Oh wait you have UNIVBE in Autoexec. That explains it. I'll try my U5S with UNIVBE this weekend as well :) I will then do a head to head benchmark between CL-GD5428 and CHIPS F64300 in vanilla, fast, …
Re: Retro computer builds that surprised you the most because they worked better than expected
Posted on 2021-07-07, 23:09
My LGA775 Windows 98 SE system with a PCIe Radeon X800PRO is just crazy good, it basically invalidates all my Slot 1 and onwards systems.
Re: Fabricating a New Turbo Display
Posted on 2021-07-07, 21:53
Code should be pretty easy, as there is already a library for the MAX7219, and the code from the previous projects for turbo switching is the same. I won't be able to code it this week since I'm on night shift working 12hr shifts. Take it easy man, would appreciate if you ever get around to it but …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-07-07, 21:30
Oh wow...
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