Re: Old Videos Cards On New Systems (OVCONS)

Posted on 2021-06-06, 16:18

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by fosterwj03

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I was hoping for a more interesting thread, I did this a lot way back when. Get an old Pentium 4 board running Windows 7 and slap really ancient AGP/PCI video cards in to see what they do. I have a Socket 478 board with ISA but I never got around to trying any VGA boards with it. That's what I was …

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Re: Old Videos Cards On New Systems (OVCONS)

Posted on 2021-06-06, 15:27

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by fosterwj03

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I had given this issue a lot of thought lately given the market prices of new and recent dedicated GPUs. I felt that I needed a GPU with much better performance than the integrated graphics at a price point less than $100 to make the purchase worth the trouble. I didn't find a lot of options at that …

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Re: Pentium 4 for retro Win98se?

Posted on 2021-06-06, 03:24

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by fosterwj03

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The board has the 865G chipset with ICH5 that should support Distributed DMA. The SB Live! or another PCI sound card's DOS driver might work with it.

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Re: Old Videos Cards On New Systems (OVCONS)

Posted on 2021-06-05, 15:46

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by fosterwj03

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I just bought a used GTX 960 for my Gateway 2000 sleeper build (Core i7-11700 in a LPX-style case) at market price since I can't get a RTX 3060 for a reasonable amount. It should work much better than the integrated graphics once my PCI-E riser arrives from China.

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Re: PCIe devices on Windows 98 SE

Posted on 2021-05-29, 16:56

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by fosterwj03

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The Matrox G550 PCI-E card also works with Windows 98 using the Matrox drivers Huh, it actually works in Win9x environment? If so, that's Riva TNT2 level card (with similar feature set), which may come in handy. Yup. Here are the drivers: https://www.matrox.com/fr/video/apps/drivers/graphics/ …

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Re: PCIe devices on Windows 98 SE

Posted on 2021-05-29, 14:12

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by fosterwj03

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The Matrox G550 PCI-E card also works with Windows 98 using the Matrox drivers, but its DX performance won't impress anyone.

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Re: PCIe devices on Windows 98 SE

Posted on 2021-05-29, 13:45

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by fosterwj03

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The Nvidia GeForce 6-series/7-series and ATI (now AMD) x-series (x300, x600,x800, etc.) of PCI-E video cards have Windows 98 drivers. The Nvidia drivers also work with Windows 95 as long as you don't need the control panel apps. I really like my Radeon x800 XL with Windows 98. Very stable with …

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Re: Gigabit LAN w/ MS-DOS & WFW 3.11

Posted on 2021-05-18, 16:11

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by fosterwj03

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WfW 3.11 can use DOS NDIS2 drivers even for Gigabit NICs. You'll need to find the NDIS2 drivers for your NIC. Most manufacturers provided them until recently. In the Windows Network setup, just direct the adapter installer to the location of the NDIS2 driver. WfW will add the DOS drivers to your …

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Re: Changed refreshrate (advanced option) for matrox g200 and now i get only black screen

Posted on 2021-05-17, 14:44

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by fosterwj03

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You could try to re-flash the BIOS. You can get BIOS updates from the Matrox FTP site (ftp.matrox.com).

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Re: Windows 3.1 max requirements

Posted on 2021-05-16, 13:56

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by fosterwj03

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I will say this, I remember Windows 3.1x taking minutes to boot to the GUI back in the day (the old turn on the machine and go get a coffee joke). Now, there's something special about seeing Windows 3.1x boot to the GUI in under 10 seconds (less than a second without networking) using a SSD and a …

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Re: Windows 3.1 max requirements

Posted on 2021-05-14, 16:22

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by fosterwj03

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Windows 3.1x will run on many modern platforms, but you'll need to make a couple of software adjustments and plan hardware out a bit. Windows 3.1x and WfW 3.1x aren't particularly speed sensitive, so they will run on almost any x86 system bare metal without much trouble. The WfW 3.1x network stack …

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

Posted on 2021-05-14, 01:28

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by fosterwj03

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I decided to change the config of my Pentium 4 retro computer a bit. I swapped out an IDE DVD-ROM drive for a SATA DVD-RW drive on account of a new 2-port IDE to SATA adapter I ordered. I retained the system's IDE CD-RW which left a vacant spot on the ribbon cable. So, I added and attached my LS-120 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-04-24, 00:20

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by fosterwj03

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I didn’t buy it today, but I finally got this item from overseas after nearly 3 months of waiting. It’s a 2MB memory module for my Compaq-branded Matrox Impression Plus (Compaq QVision 2000+). It fits perfectly, and Windows reports all 4MB of VRAM available. I got it for $20 US shipped. Now I can …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-04-20, 21:20

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by fosterwj03

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I just received this NOS D-Link DFE-500TX PCI network card for $10 US shipped. While it is hardly a collector’s item, I really like this card and the DEC 21140 chipset for its excellent compatibility with old operating systems including Solaris and Windows NT 3.1. I’m going to use this one to take …

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

Posted on 2021-04-18, 20:00

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by fosterwj03

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I built up a Sandy Bridge Core i3 in an old Dell case to experiment with BeOS R5. Here are the base specs: Core i3-2120 (3.3 Ghz, 2 Cores, 4 Threads) Asus P8Q67-M Micro-ATX Motherboard 4 GB DDR3-1333 RAM Sound Blaster 64 PCI Sound Generic NEC PCI-E 5-Port USB 1.1/2.0 (OHCI/EHCI) 2x 24x DVD+/-RW …

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

Posted on 2021-04-15, 14:58

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by fosterwj03

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I think this is a pretty little desktop. My boss was throwing it away any I asked if I could help him to get rid of it, so here it is: ... I've already recovered half a ton of dust... And yet I'm only half way. I think next Friday is ready to be switched on the first time in over a decade. I think …

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Re: Micro ATX 486 - what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2021-04-13, 20:00

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by fosterwj03

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rasteri is using off-the-shelf embedded modules from ICOP to build his mini DOS gaming PCs. These modules usually sell for at least $200 new; some sell for more than $1000. He uses these devices for his job, so I imagine he's getting a discount or using extras or spares. The pricing has nothing to …

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Re: Micro ATX 486 - what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2021-04-13, 18:30

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by fosterwj03

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I just watched the Youtube video below about a micro-DOS build and it reminded me of this discussion. He used a processor module with a custom PCB for IO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJEp4ZUG7BI fyi, you mean rasteri in this thread https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=80651 Yup, same one …

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Re: Micro ATX 486 - what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2021-04-13, 18:20

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by fosterwj03

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Hi all, I just watched the Youtube video below about a micro-DOS build and it reminded me of this discussion. He used a processor module with a custom PCB for IO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJEp4ZUG7BI While this isn't an Intel 486, I thought someone could create a full ATX or micro ATX PCB to …

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Re: Help identifying Matrox card models and years.

Posted on 2021-04-11, 02:55

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by fosterwj03

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The Serpent Rider wrote on 2021-04-11, 02:13: I can't tell which RAMDAC the Mystique has from the photo It's literally in the name - Mystique 220. That makes sense.

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