Re: Capacitor Question. Which one to go with?
Posted on 2019-12-11, 13:17
Get the Kemet, it will be fine.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-12-11, 13:13
First batch of four I'm expecting today/tomorrow came in today.. Let's just say they were the top dog graphics card that battled it out for majority of 2001. 😀 Pictures later tomorrow, when all batches arrive.
Re: The "perfect" Windows 98 SE
Posted on 2019-12-11, 12:39
I install nusb before even any chipset drivers, and I don't bother with SP3, Tuneup97 or Ccleaner. Never had a (major) issue.
Re: Strange case of Non-Post after rehousing..
Posted on 2019-12-11, 11:57
KXG and KXE are capacitor series from nippon chemicon, absolutely not a shit brand :p https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nippon_Chemi-Con there should be a small outline of the logo next to the letters I googled K8V Deluxe capacitor and was confronted with a gazillion websites complaining about failing …
Re: A 286 computer, is it totally useless?
Posted on 2019-12-11, 11:37
You still had to get into the 486 era, before the Amiga was considered obsolete. Better GFX had to be on the market. Better sound had to be on the market. A better bus was needed. You had to unload the CPU from lots of stuff. Yes. Games were better on the PC by the end of 1992. As the Amiga was …
Re: A 286 computer, is it totally useless?
Posted on 2019-12-11, 11:28
You still had to get into the 486 era, before the Amiga was considered obsolete. Better GFX had to be on the market. Better sound had to be on the market. A better bus was needed. You had to unload the CPU from lots of stuff. Yes. Games were better on the PC by the end of 1992. As the Amiga was …
Re: Creative CT2770 - What are these jumpers for?
Posted on 2019-12-11, 11:27
I am thinking that JP17 actually connects line out to the card's port, so it may be possible to get line out from that header.. I will test that theory out once I get the card. If anyone has it, can you please check? I found this post and it seems that JP16 and JP17 are line out. JP16 pin 2 to 5 …
Re: Creative CT2770 - What are these jumpers for?
Posted on 2019-12-11, 10:39
I actually have the original manual for my CT2770, however, it didn't mention these jumpers (JP16, JP17 and JP18). A quick google showed that these jumpers are undefined and set by factory. On my card though, the JP17 is set connected. I am thinking that JP17 actually connects line out to the …
Re: Strange case of Non-Post after rehousing..
Posted on 2019-12-11, 08:45
Capacitors o nthe motherboard are from a shit brand called.. KXG or KXE, or some such - I forget, what exactly - but they are shit.. Time to order replacement caps I guess! In the meantime I ordered an nForce3 Socket 754 board (Gigabyte GA-K8NS) to try out and make sure everything else works and the …
Re: One PC to Rule Them All! - My Ultimate SS7 Build
Posted on 2019-12-11, 06:29
Update: I decided to use this CT2770 anyway... Since I use Vortex 2 to (really) enjoy music, the filtering problem of this card is not really a problem. The CT1747 chip sounds fantastic! Got this Voodoo3 card. According to the seller and the memory chip part number, this is a 143MHz Voodoo3 2000. …
Re: Strange case of Non-Post after rehousing..
Posted on 2019-12-11, 06:27
While I don’t have any concrete suggestions, I do have food for thought: one of my Socket 7 boards just would not boot outside a case. The only half-logical explanation I have for it was that maybe ground was around the screw holes, or something? Haven’t had time to read the whole problem-in- …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-12-11, 05:23
Brought home a lot of goodies over the weekend, a few things I'd been looking for and hope to get working well. :blush: - Generic minitower with fairly basic socket 7 system inside. Aureal Vortex sound card, but otherwise not really interesting. It was really cheap and I practically bought it for …
Re: Strange case of Non-Post after rehousing..
Posted on 2019-12-11, 05:20
OK, so nobody has any ideas about what's going on here? 😢
AMD Adrenalin 2020 Drivers introduce INTEGER SCALING!
Posted on 2019-12-11, 05:19
https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-19-12-2 Integer Display Scaling 3 Scale images on screen from one pixel to four or more, allowing classic games to get a retro, pixel-art-style look. 3 - Integer Scaling Notes - Supports GCN-based Radeon™ Graphics and Newer. Works on …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-12-10, 14:29
oeuvre wrote: marry her Since she's already his wife I'm guessing you want him to marry the keyboard? The obvious question is, which one?
Re: A 286 computer, is it totally useless?
Posted on 2019-12-10, 13:53
A 386DX in 89 must have been incredible.
Re: A 286 computer, is it totally useless?
Posted on 2019-12-10, 12:59
Scali wrote: appiah4 wrote: That.. is not in conflict with what I said. Does it have to be? No, just genuinely shocked.
Re: *START HERE* SoftMPU 1.91 - Software Intelligent MPU-401 Emulator
Posted on 2019-12-10, 12:53
bjt wrote: appiah4 wrote: Is there any particular reason why it won't work with MS-DOS 5.0 and its EMM386? 😐 Yes, the earlier versions of EMM386 don't have the port-trapping interface that SoftMPU relies on. Thank you for this clarification, much appreciated.
Re: A 286 computer, is it totally useless?
Posted on 2019-12-10, 12:53
Yeah, but those are exactly the kind of games that had the superior versions in terms of graphics and sound on Amiga anyway. They did, but still PCs were very popular in those days for home users. Partly because they could run business applications (WordPerfect, dBase, Lotus 1-2-3, Windows 3.x etc) …
Re: ~2002-03 build
Posted on 2019-12-10, 12:42
Sounds like a solid build. Out of curiosity, why not Socket 754?
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