Re: For the Love of Optiplex

Posted on 2018-08-03, 13:34

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They're quite scalable... for GX1 you can slocket them and go from a Pentium II 400MHz or whatever it has to oeuvre 1GHz... bump teh RAM to 512MB, add whatever drives you want, nab a nice PCI video card... The GX110 has the same options, except you obviously can't go down to PII Slot-1 CPUs, but …

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Re: Could manufacturers re-release 90s hardware?

Posted on 2018-08-03, 10:52

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Call me when I can build an A3000 AKA COAT.

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Re: MS-DOS 6.22 Problem: DOS won't load into HIGH or UMB, why?

Posted on 2018-08-03, 09:02

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My question though is, why does my DOS have such a huge memory footprint (38K) while some people's DOS footprints are in the 9K-18K range? What is bloating the amount loaded into Conventional Memory? Files, buffers, lastdrive, stacks, all those and similar add to the "MSDOS" entry. REM them out …

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Re: Was GM a thing in the 486 era?

Posted on 2018-08-03, 09:00

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So I guess this is a better way to put it? <1993: OPL2/3+MT-32 1993-1995: OPL3+GM 1996-1998:GM+Redbook >1998: Redbook

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2018-08-03, 05:51

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This tower: https://s6.postimg.cc/t5xkvy6fx/5c78d815-b338-49e0-99d6-addfbc17b106.jpg The friend of mine that saved it from certain death told me it's a 486 DX-33, not sure about it... I have not opened it yet. You didnt keep the super nice full size tower case? I noticed this too and it super- …

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Re: Was GM a thing in the 486 era?

Posted on 2018-08-03, 05:50

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Well, by hardware era I almost always refer to the era when the hardware was the top dog, not the mainstream, so for me the 486 era is up to 1993/1994 and the Pentium era is up to 1997.. Regardless, if we put labels aside for a moment, would it be fair to say: <1991: OPL2/3 1991-1993: MT-32 1994- …

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Re: MS-DOS 6.22 Problem: DOS won't load into HIGH or UMB, why?

Posted on 2018-08-03, 05:32

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I also never succeeded loading high DOS 6.22 or the 7x win98se one but I do get more than 610kb of free base memory in my setups. I just use uram or the last byte or umbpci to create umb ram. For your p1 use umbpci and a xms config, see how that goes. Also all these creative drivers aren't really …

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Was GM a thing in the 486 era?

Posted on 2018-08-02, 23:01

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I am putting together a 486 PC and that got me thinking when I was considering my sound options. I will probably go with a CT2290 for the build, but I'm not sure if I want to add a GM daughterboard or not. Since I will be using it for 1991-1993 games, I'm not even sure many if any games from the …

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Re: MS-DOS 6.22 Problem: DOS won't load into HIGH or UMB, why?

Posted on 2018-08-02, 22:59

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DosFreak wrote: Check driver and TSR load order Any tips on what to look out for primarily?

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Re: MS-DOS 6.22 Problem: DOS won't load into HIGH or UMB, why?

Posted on 2018-08-02, 22:16

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OK, so I had some pretty dumb mistakes in there; I shouldn't have had the SMARTDRV device in config.sys, that's a legacy driver from DOS 5.0 apparently, deleting that and removing the /L switch from the AUTOEXEC.BAT command got me up to 596K.. However, DOS is still in lower memory, and I can't …

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MS-DOS 6.22 Problem: DOS won't load into HIGH or UMB, why?

Posted on 2018-08-02, 21:39

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Pentium 133, 32MB system with MS-DOS 6.22. Config.sys and Autoexec.bat as below: Filename CONFIG.JPG File size 486.03 KiB Views 4213 views Filename AUTOEXEC1.JPG File size 468.81 KiB Views 4213 views Filename AUTOEXEC2.JPG File size 265.51 KiB Views 4213 views Mem /C /P reports the following: …

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Re: Could manufacturers re-release 90s hardware?

Posted on 2018-08-02, 18:02

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Aren't there any MS-DOS PC cores for FPGA computers like Mist?

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Re: For the Love of Optiplex

Posted on 2018-08-02, 16:26

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I also have a very prized Optiplex, a GX110 in the small desktop form factor. I got it with a 733MHz Coppermine, 256MB RAM and a 40GB HDD. I upgraded it to a 1GHz Coppermine, 512MB RAM and a 120GB HDD. The riser I have is PCI only so for now I upgraded it to a Radeon 7000 PCI and a Terratec i128 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-08-01, 14:57

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Got myself my first Kyro card. Not a Kyro II I'm afraid but it was just 4 bucks so why not.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-08-01, 11:20

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S2 worse than S1? it's the same chipset - the old S1 one was EOL and S2 uses it's replacement. Sure there is a slight audio difference but it's the same core/engine AFAIK just newer silicone I may be wrong but S2's default has slighly more FM effects by default. Also IIRC the chips on the S1 and S2 …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2018-07-31, 20:40

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I'm trying to get a ret... ehm Ebay seller to not wrap the rare motherboard I bought in bubble wrap and I'm having zero luck... ESD bag...He dosn't seem to know what it is... ESD safe bubble wrap... ESD what?... Aluminium foil (with the button cell battery removed)... He dosn't have any foil and …

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Re: Theme Park: Program too big to fit in memory

Posted on 2018-07-31, 20:39

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It's MS-DOS 6.22, with 32MB memory only. I tried with or without EMS. I will try to reinstall the game later..

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Re: Does the Voodoo 3 scale beyond Pentium II?

Posted on 2018-07-31, 14:37

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I think I just messed up and mixed up Deus Ex and Max Payne in my head. Yeah, Deus Ex would run on a Voodoo 3. But does it really scale?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-07-31, 14:33

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I received my Dreamblaster S1 today ... I know, the S2 is out, but I can get an S1 much cheaper than an S2 here in Australia. Paired up with my ESS1689 in my Pentium 200 MMX machine, sounds rather pleasing testing it out in windows and DOS. This does make me want to go buy more sound hardware …

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Re: 2D Quality: Rage Pro vs Millennium, how much of a difference is there?

Posted on 2018-07-31, 10:45

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Overall ATI quality is better, even on something really old like Mach64VT. But you can just skip those and acquire something like Diamond Stealth III S530 PCI (S3 Savage 4 Pro 8mb). I am in the market for a Savage4 PCI, pro or otherwise.. I don't have one at the moment though. There are some …

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