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Re: CT1740

Posted on 2020-05-29, 12:08

foil_fresh wrote on 2020-05-29, 03:55: is there a jumper on board that changes the output from amplified to a normal line-out? would bypass the volume wheel and the issues with it. There is. I'll give that a shot. Has anyone had any luck disassembling or spraying contact cleaner under the wheel?

CT1740

Posted on 2020-05-29, 02:42

I just came into possession of a CT1740. The card wasn't in the best shape when I got it. That said, none of the caps are leaking, but capacitor C29 has a pinhole in the top. Nonetheless, the card works in Windows and DOS using the default Windows 95 drivers. In Windows, the sound gets distorted …

Re: What are the last "Windows 7" games?

Posted on 2020-05-25, 03:35

in Milliways
They don't exist. Win10 is still based on the underlying driver/display model that Vista introduced (along with DX10). Thats why XP is the last retro era. Funny. I've been thinking about this recently, trying to anticipate what I need to start setting aside if/when 7 becomes "retro." However, for …

Re: Ultimate Win95?

Posted on 2020-05-24, 00:48

If you search for PC Magazine May 1995, you'll see ads for Pentium II 400s and 350s from OEMs with Windows 95 installed. No you won't because those CPUs didn't exist :) Most likely you'll see P133s at best and Win95 wasn't out yet. Crap. Yes, May 1998. However, the May 1995 issue of PC Magazine is …

Re: Windows 3.11 vs. Windows 95

Posted on 2020-05-23, 04:11

Around 1995ish I was using a new 486DX2-66 with 4 MB of RAM & WfW 3.11. The manufacturer had an offer for a Windows 95 upgrade CD which we got. I hated it! The swapping. My little educational math games were so slow. Not knowing that the reason was that 4 MB was totally unrealistic for usable Win95 …

Re: Ultimate Win95?

Posted on 2020-05-23, 04:07

Yeah, my best friend in high school ran a 486/50Mhz until Christmas 1998. If you search for PC Magazine May 1995, you'll see ads for Pentium II 400s and 350s from OEMs with Windows 95 installed. I have both a 400 and a 350. I have a K6-200, but I prefer the P233MMX the K6-200 for Socket 7. I think …

Ultimate Win95?

Posted on 2020-05-23, 01:48

This is a question that I've been thinking about for a few days. What was the "ultimate" Windows 95 system specification at the time Windows 98 became available to manufacturers (May 15, 1998)? My memory and research shows that the PII-400 debuted in April 1998. As for video, the Voodoo2 released in …

Re: Windows 3.11 vs. Windows 95

Posted on 2020-05-23, 01:21

How's driver management in 3.11? I think it's good. but I only think that way because it's simple/limited depending on your view. One thing I like is you can run a setup program from DOS and make changes to your Windows 3.11 drivers, that helps a lot with problems. The very simple and limited …

Re: What was the first computer you ever purchased?

Posted on 2020-05-23, 01:04

in Milliways
My first computer was a Tandy Color Computer 3 , 128K RAM, MS Color Basic, a cassette deck, and a B&W TV. I got it when I was 7 for Christmas when Radio Shack was heavily discounting some of its older products. I remember my dad gave me a choice between the CoCo and a Tandy 1000EX. I picked the …

Mismatched Voodoo2s in SLI

Posted on 2020-05-23, 00:41

My Win98 PC currently runs a pair of 12MB Voodoos2s along with a Gainward GF4Ti4200. I use the FastVoodoo driver. One of the Voodoo2s is a Diamond Monster II The other is a CMC Orbit3d I originally had the CMC card as the primary/master and the Diamond as the secondary/slave. The image quality was …

P100 Faster P233MMX?

Posted on 2020-05-13, 17:10

I ran some Quake benchmarks on my newly rebuilt P100 system and my P233MMX system for comparison. The P100 has 16MB RAM and a 2MB S3 Trio64V+ with the VBE drivers. The P233MMX has 64MB RAM and a 16MB RIVA TNT PCI. At the standard Quake resolution (320x200, right?) the P100 comes in at 20.7 FPS and …

Re: Integrated Mach64 vs. Anything Else

Posted on 2020-05-10, 21:03

viper32cm wrote on 2020-04-23, 22:53: We'll see. If the S3 has bad colors, I can harvest the RAM chips for my integrated Mach64 or buy a CL5446. Hopefully it's a good one. The system is together and running. I don't see anything wrong with the colors. Looks good!

Re: Windows 3.11 vs. Windows 95

Posted on 2020-05-10, 21:01

DOS6.22 and Win3.11 are installed now. This system (P100, 16Mb, 2MB S3 Trio64V+, 256KB asynch cash) must be considerably faster than my old Packard Bell, as the Win 3.11 splash screen barely shows up before you're in the desktop environment. Performance is quite good, and I'm actually thinking about …

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