Re: GA-5AX prices on Ebay are outrageous; why?

Posted on 2022-05-13, 17:16

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by Gmlb256

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Valuation is very subjective. Yep, it depends of a user's first experience with a computer. I'm not nostalgic about 486 or older regarding PCs. I consider 86-early Pentium rigs of low value due to very limited time coverage and existence of good emulators that can replace them. But if someone is …

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

Posted on 2022-05-13, 16:12

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by Gmlb256

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OCZ is not good these days. They used to use trash including sandforce based controller SSDs that is a trouble. Only one I had good luck was solid copper heatsinks OCZ memory modules but that was long ago. That was due to OCZ shifting focus to SSDs and their products being rushed without proper QA …

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Re: 3C5X9PD Packet Driver locking up Windows on exit - 486 - new 6.22/WFW311 build

Posted on 2022-05-13, 15:30

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by Gmlb256

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No, you must write the batch file manually. Like this: Copy code to clipboard 1 @ECHO OFF 2 C:\NET\3C5X9PD -u 0x60 3 WIN 4 LH C:\NET\3C5X9PD 0x60 11 0x210

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-05-13, 13:16

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by Gmlb256

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Don't open it. This needs to be preserved new in box. I especially enjoy the markings on the chips. I just was about to edit that in. D A F U Q ?!? It appears that the chips had markings. Then they put two horizontal bars over those. Like the counterfeits production was forced to unmark their chips …

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Re: Voodoo2 VGA hack?

Posted on 2022-05-12, 18:40

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by Gmlb256

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That Linux driver for early 3Dfx cards is impractical, it will be slower on period correct computers due to relying much on the CPU. Even if 3D acceleration was possible on these early Voodoo cards, one has to contend being stuck at 16bpp and texture size being limited up to 256x256 without …

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Re: Vogons Account

Posted on 2022-05-12, 15:32

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by Gmlb256

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Hello. You can't send any PM until you have Member ranking. This is to avoid spam.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-05-12, 15:01

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by Gmlb256

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Tetrium was taken WAY WAY out of context and this post was a response to Radical Vision's post. I've been perusing this form for years, and I haven't seen posts from Tetrium to be anything but jovial. An exerpt of Tetrium's response from page 2225 of this thread: "And do you even realize that …

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Re: Why is Gravis Ultrasound very expensive?

Posted on 2022-05-12, 14:23

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by Gmlb256

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Also, the programmer's guide for GUS was easily available. Initially it wasn't officially available and was reverse-engineered by both Tran and CyberStrike (see "Gravis Ultrasound Tech Specs: The Unofficial Dox"). On the other hand, any detailed info on Sound Blaster AWE32 seemed unobtanium, I …

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Re: sleeper build

Posted on 2022-05-12, 13:35

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by Gmlb256

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in Marvin \ System Specs

As for the power button: The original switch and the one you posted are ON/OFF switches. They will either let all current through or none. This is not how ATX works. For this you need a MOMENTARY switch that gives the motherboard a short pulse to indicate that it should power on or off. These …

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Re: wolfmidi+wolfdosmpu - Wolf3D/SoD music in General MIDI (fully-automatic converter) + WOLF3D.EXE with MPU-401 support

Posted on 2022-05-12, 12:41

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by Gmlb256

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in DOS

Should I just render the scene before the fade in? Also, to be consistent, should I do this for all view sizes (not just fullscreen)? (It's somewhat non-purist, but it's a very tiny detail and I can't justify adding it as a COMP flag...) Alternatively, should I just remove the delay when it's …

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Re: SY-5EMA+ writing cache becomes disabled

Posted on 2022-05-12, 05:13

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by Gmlb256

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L1 cache may be independant of chipset limitations but its not independant of BIOS decisions. BIOS can disable it anytime for whatever reason be it intentional or due to a bug. True, the CPU internal cache is likely set to write-through by the BIOS. Similar to rasz_pl mentioned above. Can it …

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Re: wolfmidi+wolfdosmpu - Wolf3D/SoD music in General MIDI (fully-automatic converter) + WOLF3D.EXE with MPU-401 support

Posted on 2022-05-12, 01:45

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by Gmlb256

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Works great so far! A little feedback: In fullscreen during a game session there is no visible fade-in effect when entering the main menu (or pressing certain function keys) then returning into the game, making it look like there is a small delay.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-05-11, 23:44

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by Gmlb256

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I used to find them alright in Windows Sound System mode, aztech cards. But that period I wasn't relying on them for real windows gaming, which wasn't really, really a thing until late 9x. Mostly for "multimedia" stuff, using WSS, not stuff using directsound. The initialization routines for setting …

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Re: Any notable unofficial DOS conversions of games?

Posted on 2022-05-11, 19:19

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by Gmlb256

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The very obscure Galaga '94 by APSS Austria, an imitation based on the real Galaga game by Namco.

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

Posted on 2022-05-11, 19:12

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by Gmlb256

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Today I posted on Vogons for the first time in a long time. Is that retro enough? 😀 Otherwise I've been spending time playing with my Mister FPGA. Having quite a bit of fun playing with a the AO486 core and a MT-32pi. All I can see is a "No Entry" sign I can see the picture but get that "No Entry" …

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Re: SY-5EMA+ writing cache becomes disabled

Posted on 2022-05-11, 18:44

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by Gmlb256

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

L1 cache may be independant of chipset limitations but its not independant of BIOS decisions. BIOS can disable it anytime for whatever reason be it intentional or due to a bug. True, the CPU internal cache is likely set to write-through by the BIOS. Similar to rasz_pl mentioned above. Can it …

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Re: Pentium MMX 166 / Soyo SY-5BT / S3 Trio64V+ / Voodoo1 / OPTi 82C930 / AWE64 Gold / SC-155

Posted on 2022-05-11, 14:50

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by Gmlb256

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in Marvin \ System Specs

Btw I think there's a bios option some motherboards should have called memory hole at 15-16mb that might let you gimp your ram to work with older games. That option is just to reserve space for memory mapped I/O used by some ISA cards and doesn't work nicely with some games. The best options for …

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Re: Pentium MMX 166 / Soyo SY-5BT / S3 Trio64V+ / Voodoo1 / OPTi 82C930 / AWE64

Posted on 2022-05-11, 14:14

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by Gmlb256

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Well, the Voodoo1 is definitively better for DOS Glide games, as well as some early Win9x titles like Pandemonium which don't work correctly on later 3DFX cards. You can see the list of problematic Glide games in this thread . Just don't expect too much from a Voodoo1 for games made in 1998 and …

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Re: SY-5EMA+ writing cache becomes disabled

Posted on 2022-05-11, 13:51

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by Gmlb256

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Well, I already knew MVP3 cant cache full 512MB because of the limitation of chipset, but still it does not really explain why all L1, L2 and L3 gets disabled and just for writing to ram while still working when it comes to reading in speedsys. They don't get disabled, all three are unable to cache …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-05-11, 13:28

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by Gmlb256

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TrashPanda wrote on 2022-05-11, 10:42: II think the Aztech card should be a good replacement for a SB16 and hopefully a lot quieter without the Midi bugs Aztech sound cards are decent in DOS. Unfortunately, they have mediocre Windows 9x drivers and the variant you got is sensitive to the computer …

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