Re: Opinion - Do I need a slowdown method?

Posted on 2018-08-08, 16:33

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Reading that is hard / unable to disable L2 cache in a Slot 1 Processor, so slowing down the 233 or 500 isnt possible (unless I disable L1 cache, which will really slow it down too far) Smack2k , there is an easy way of slowing down the Slot 1/370 processors using the chipset throttling capability …

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Re: PCI sound cards and Chipsets from various manufacturers...

Posted on 2018-08-03, 04:01

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Was expected if is AurealV2 working, but Aureal V1 is working on X58, i started testing, so i can only confirm that some games which arent working on Yamaha on same machine are working.. Some of the quirky games that love to give most PCI cards and non-DDMA mobos a hard time: Bioforge , Crusader: …

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Re: Which PCI Sound Card for DOS (SB, FM and General MIDI)?

Posted on 2018-07-30, 13:44

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Yeah, the YMF724 I've tested had yielded similar results (but it did enable SFX in at least a couple of games: One Must Fall 2097 and Earthworm Jim 2 in DOS with DSDMA; Doom 1 & 2 worked in Windows with VxD drivers, too). What I tried was actually a dual-card setup: the line out of the ESS card was …

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Re: Which PCI Sound Card for DOS (SB, FM and General MIDI)?

Posted on 2018-07-28, 02:57

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Are you sure that this behavior of the solo1 is intel-chipset based? I am now. On a Chaintech 6VIA5T everything works like it should: there is now sound in Rayman, Quarantine 2: Road Warrior, Crusader: No Remorse... Everything I'm throwing at it in pure DOS just works with ESS Solo-1. And the DOS …

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Re: Anyone still use ball mice?

Posted on 2018-07-24, 12:44

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While I love the ball mice due to the smooth operating feel and the comfortable weight - the ones I have (a couple of new old stock Genius Netscroll+), unfortunately, do not work with the KVM switch I use at home (D-Link KVM-121 - which also re-routes the 3.5 Jack audio). And it would be a waste to …

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Re: Need advice b4 purchasing Socket370 on Ebay!

Posted on 2018-07-24, 11:24

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I've been tinkering with a similar setup for quite a while now for the similar purpose, so I'm going to share my experience with you. The multipliers are locked on all Pentium 3 and Celeron CPUs, so the only methods of slowing them down are as follows: 1) Changing FSB frequency to lower values - …

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Re: Which PCI Sound Card for DOS (SB, FM and General MIDI)?

Posted on 2018-07-24, 09:52

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I use this one: https://www.pc-erfahrung.de/fileadmin/php-skripte/cpu_tabelle_info.php?ID=345 (I stated the TDP wrong earlier, it's about 15 Watts.) Yes I tried different tools, but the game alway shows me a Error that look like a TP-Bug. The T7p5fix works only on slower machines for that game. :( …

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Re: Which PCI Sound Card for DOS (SB, FM and General MIDI)?

Posted on 2018-07-24, 00:46

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I can recommend this VXD for WIn98se. Overall the best. Thanks, I'll install it as soon as I receive the VIA boards and will use it as the main one. I've noticed that the VxD and the DOS drivers have the same level of compatibility, so if I'll revert to it now - I'm going to lose SFX in about 20 …

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Re: Which PCI Sound Card for DOS (SB, FM and General MIDI)?

Posted on 2018-07-23, 20:16

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dr.zeissler , yeah, you're right, man, FM is actually unavailable in the WDM drivers. Sorry for providing you misinformation. I've finally re-checked and confirmed it on my setup - no FM audio in WinME as well. Likely I was under the general impression from temporarily messing with VxD drivers that …

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Re: Which PCI Sound Card for DOS (SB, FM and General MIDI)?

Posted on 2018-07-22, 22:39

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I have a covox connected to the ess-solo1 and I can tell you that lpt-dac does not solve pinball games. Though the sound works, but there will be s sweeping noise within the music due to high performance of the cpu. In my case 600Mhz P3 (13,2TDP). You can compensate this when throtteling the …

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Re: Which PCI Sound Card for DOS (SB, FM and General MIDI)?

Posted on 2018-07-22, 13:17

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it's all about the sound-engines Take Doom1 <1.666, it works flawlessly on solo1, Doom1 1.666 refuses the sfx, like Heretic, Hexen, Sw etc. Yup. The same is with X-COM: UFO Defence: unpached and demo versions work fine, but the patched release no longer has SFX in DOS on ESS Solo-1. But most of …

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Re: Which PCI Sound Card for DOS (SB, FM and General MIDI)?

Posted on 2018-07-22, 12:41

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It would be a hell of a thing, when the sound-engines could be patched for the ess-solo1, but I think that's will never happen. Beside that, the ESS-Solo1 will always be my favorite PCI-Retro-Soundcard for Dos/Win9x. Dude, I share your plight with this card. I use it as the only audio source on my …

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Re: Old photos of old rigs thread

Posted on 2018-07-22, 01:58

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This photo is from 2004: я-дома04.jpg The only existing snippet of our Pentium 120 / S3 Virge / 24MB EDO / 1.2 GB HDD (built in late 1998). Words fail to describe how I loved it back then because of all the great games it was able to run :) And this convenient shot I made in july 2007 depicts the …

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

Posted on 2018-07-21, 01:56

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gdjacobs , that's true, but I was under the impression that VIA chipsets didn't handle the chipset throttling well - reportedly introducing some stutter and input lag on later stages (62.5% and up). No info on the ALI chipset, though. I actually have a couple of Socket 370 VIA boards heading my way …

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

Posted on 2018-07-20, 04:36

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P2/P3 systems aren't as flexible at slowing down I find the late P2s and early P3s to actually be more flexible than the K6-III's due to their wonderful chipset throttling capabilities nobody seems to have heard about due to the lowering multipliers craze :) My P3 time machine can plow through the …

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Re: How do you feel about gutting OEM PCs and using their cases/parts for builds?

Posted on 2018-07-20, 04:13

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by Revolter

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The only point of OEM PCs is being able to sell/purchase cost-effective products. Where I come from, these are considered inferior to semi-OEMs/PC builders where you can choose the components yourself. The obvious cons are: BIOSes are often feature-restricted (less for a customer to break = less …

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

Posted on 2018-07-18, 11:13

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Been doing some minor updates to a few of my PCs. Currently trying to settle on a companion 2D/3D card for my K6-2/SLI PC; after selling off my Mystique 220 (which turned out to be a mistake, no pun intended) so now I have to dig into my stash of contemporary (1996-1998) PCI cards and pick one. I …

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Re: [WIP] Midget Riot: 486 PC in booksize industrial case.

Posted on 2018-07-18, 10:43

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Hi, aleksej! So nice to finally see your PC on such detailed photos! What's that wrap cover you have over your keyboard? As I understand it is to keep it pristine, but doesn't it obstruct typing? The material looks like hard plastic.

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

Posted on 2018-07-13, 21:38

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Unreal and Omikron: The Nomad Soul have actually become playable with this processor! I have Nomad Soul for the Dreamcast. It looks very interesting (much more interesting than David Cage's later games) but the controls on the Dreamcast are terrible. How does it control with a keyboard? I bet you …

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

Posted on 2018-07-13, 18:49

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Have been trying to breathe some more life into my other rig - which I somewhat moved away from after building the compact P3 in my sig: Pentium 120 (P54CQS) @133 Mhz; 32MB RAM; ViRGE 325 4MB; Voodoo Graphics 4MB; ES1868F; Windows 95/DOS 6.22. This is a loose replica of the first PC my family owned …

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