Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-07-31, 06:42

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brostenen wrote: Just bought an 2mb chipram upgrade for my Amiga500. Included an Gary adaptor. The one I bought seems to be easy to install. Only need two more things for my 500. Eighter an Wicher500i or IDE adaptor. And then an Kickstart switcher. Why not just get an ACA500plus instead?

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Re: Does the Voodoo 3 scale beyond Pentium II?

Posted on 2018-07-31, 06:41

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firage wrote: Deus Ex should show some decent benefits. Even a mid-range Coppermine really only barely cuts it. Well, is Deus Ex really a game you want to throw as a benchmark for a Voodoo 3? That game is like from (at least) 2 hardware generations in the future..

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

Posted on 2018-07-31, 06:40

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I'm currently using a Virge/DX in my K6-2 PC and I hate its 2D quality, it has a very washed out, soft look to it in Win98 in contrast to the crisp image I had with my Mystique 220 (which I woefully traded away for a VLB VGA card, but I digress) so I am looking at my other contemporary options: A …

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Re: Bought these (retro) software/OS today

Posted on 2018-07-30, 22:15

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2018-07-30, 22:15

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Grabbed some Amiga goodness

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-07-30, 21:49

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These are probably the last bits of hardware I will be buying/restoring until Q4 unless I run into something really enticing (although I have just a few more items still in the mail and in restoration process to share in a day or two).. Some PCI graphics cards. https://s5.postimg.cc/k6modhec3/ATI_ …

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

Posted on 2018-07-30, 21:04

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32MB of RAM installend and wont run with EMS or XMS.. smh..

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Re: Brand new hardware for DOS gaming, does it exist?

Posted on 2018-07-30, 15:09

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SBCs can still be found new though I dont know if they are just new old stock..

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Re: Industrial PC (EPSON IM-425) as Retro Gaming Device

Posted on 2018-07-30, 15:08

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Edison Gold-16 can also be used as a primary IDE controller; its an ES688 card with real (clone) OPL3.

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

Posted on 2018-07-30, 11:20

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Why would ME be less stable than 98SE? I thought the only problem with it was the removal of DOS. Me was released at a time when WDM drivers were very immature and did not play well with VxD drivers, there were a lot of hardware in the market that had issues with other hardware (Live! cards having …

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Does the Voodoo 3 scale beyond Pentium II?

Posted on 2018-07-30, 11:17

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I came across this review on Anandtech and it would seem there is no point in pairing a Voodoo 3 with anything beyond a Pentium II.. Is this really the case? I have always found myself upgrading Slot-1 systms to Katmai or Coppermine Slot-1 CPUs eventually, I never thought it didn't make much gaming …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2018-07-30, 04:34

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Can MD do 100% SMS sound?

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Theme Park: Program too big to fit in memory

Posted on 2018-07-29, 20:40

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What kind of DOS memory sorcery do I need to get Theme Park working? Does it need EMS or XMS, and how much conventional memory? With 594K conventional memory and regardless of EMS or XMS it won't launch, and just gives me the "Program too big to fit in memory" error.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-07-27, 20:50

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Got this for 5€ plus shipping. Probably not the best sound card, but for that price I won't complain... CD8DCA9E-A61B-4A0C-8C9B-DA8E335A0349.jpeg I actually have no clue about the Crystal chipsets... 4236 is a good Crystal chipset with a very pleasant and different OPL3 clone, warm sounds, timbers …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-07-24, 20:22

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ISA PCMCIA adapter with drive bay, drive bay adapter, software, instructions, box. rex5051 2.jpg Suposedly this one should also be Win 3.x-compatible (if I can find the drivers; this is the Windows 95 version). Bought to replace the PCI version I bought for my NEC machine that didn't fit due to the …

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Re: K6-III~500 vs slower AND faster alternatives

Posted on 2018-07-22, 22:20

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gdjacobs wrote: The K6-2+ exists as does the K6-III+. They were die shrinks with integrated L2 cache, intended for use in mobile applications. I'm of course talking about the local market 😀 they may as well not exist because I never saw any and sure can't find any locally.

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

Posted on 2018-07-22, 21:11

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Tested the Voodoo 1 I restored in my P133 PC and it works. As a DOS PC, it has fairly limited use of the card, but I can't say no to Glide Tomb Raider, or Descent 2. Screamer 2 has strange texture bugs but I doubt it has to do with my card. I now need to find some cool Windows 3.1 software to …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2018-07-22, 21:04

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I'm a huge fan of the first two games in the series and I envy you right now..

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Re: K6-III~500 vs slower AND faster alternatives

Posted on 2018-07-22, 21:03

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On a side note, it would be interested to see the profile of users here on Vogons, that is, quantity of US users vs. non-US users. Non-US users ordering from eBay tends to increase the price double or triple, rendering such listings as no-go's. Well, I'm from (Eastern) Europe and the K6-2 is a …

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Re: K6-III~500 vs slower AND faster alternatives

Posted on 2018-07-21, 06:09

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I also tend to stick to the 430TX chipset and I find the system is incredibly reliable. The issue is 64MB cacheable RAM, of course, but that doesn’t seem to be a huge problem as I use my K6-2/2+/3 systems for 1998 and earlier, and 64MB is often adequate for that. Maybe you're aware of this but any …

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