Re: Yet another build advice thread - S7/Pentium MMX

Posted on 2023-10-04, 00:32

by

by Babasha

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Intel TC430HX Tucson motherboard (Intel 430HX chipset) is ATX, with support up to 233MMX, 128MB RAM, S3 Virge/DX, Yamaha OPL3 sound and Yamaha OPL4 wavetable, USB ports, great “software” de-turbo function with speed slow-down by keyboard to mid-386 level 😉

---

Re: Basic easy to find DOS/Win3.1 Video Card help

Posted on 2023-10-02, 23:13

by

by Babasha

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Trident 9000 series with 512Kb of RAM.

---

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-10-02, 20:28

by

by Babasha

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

BitWrangler wrote on 2023-10-02, 20:05: Are they all gonna get put together? Are you gonna try the celly on 100fsb? Some will some won't. Yeap! Its already one bundle))) Will do complex test maybe tommorow.

---

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-10-02, 19:14

by

by Babasha

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

1) Diamond C400 motherboard i440bx 2) Diamond Monster Fusion 3dfx banshee 3) C-media CMI8330PCI with spdif 4) Soltek SL-02A slot1-s370 adapter 5) Celeron 400MHz 6) Kingston PC-100 CL2 512Mb 2x256 7) Seagate IDE 4,3Gb

---

Re: Fix Diamond stealth 64 Video PCI (S3 Vision968)

Posted on 2023-09-29, 06:36

by

by Babasha

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Do you clean pci contacts with stationary eraser?

---

Re: Wolfenstein 3D on Headland HT12/A-based 286

Posted on 2023-09-27, 05:32

by

by Babasha

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

What videocards are you all using? I get the strange freezes wit OAK videocards.

---

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

Posted on 2023-09-26, 06:59

by

by Babasha

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Made an some silly Win 3.1 modification by the motives of Motif Unix window manager :)D Try PC Tools 2.0 for Windows, which includes Central Point Desktop. It is by far my absolute favorite graphical shell for Windows 3.1. The only downside is that there is no LFN support. http://toastytech.com/ …

---

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

Posted on 2023-09-26, 06:20

by

by Babasha

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Made an some silly Win 3.1 modification by the motives of Motif Unix window manager 😀 - partial LFN support - FAT32 defrag - file managers - program manager replacement - shrink it and make more DOS 7.1 compatible

---

Re: In search of QuickClick 1.0 or QCLICK1.zip for Win3.1

Posted on 2023-09-19, 18:38

by

by Babasha

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

keropi wrote on 2023-09-19, 11:44: here you go, archived on wayback machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20150602141523/ht … les/QCLICK1.ZIP Thx! It looks like i need archive.org search upgrade 😀

---

In search of QuickClick 1.0 or QCLICK1.zip for Win3.1

Posted on 2023-09-19, 11:39

by

by Babasha

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Hi! Im in search of QuickClick 1.0 or QCLICK1.zip for Win3.1 All links are dead or do not work without (non-working) registration((( If somebody archive this piece of software (free software) feel free to send link to it))) THX!

---

Re: The Retro Web submissions thread: suggest edits and/or add new boards here

Posted on 2023-09-18, 10:56

by

by Babasha

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

ICPMB-2660 Industrial motherboard Manual - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fxxCakDAN1kx … iew?usp=sharing Additional photos of motherboard and optimal memory settings (up to 2x memory/video speed boosts) are attached to this post.

---

Re: Dual Pentium 133: what to use it for?

Posted on 2023-09-05, 19:40

by

by Babasha

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Better as a server than a workstation given the advances made. You have to remember that a workstation has to work to deserve the name. What work is he going to do on it that he wouldnt better do on something else... Hmmm… until present time all my vector graphics i draw in CorelDRAW 9 or Freehand! …

---

Re: Dual Pentium 133: what to use it for?

Posted on 2023-09-05, 13:54

by

by Babasha

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Games... Why does every computer build come down to games? What games can it play and how well? Glide or OpenGL games with 3D acceleration with 3Dfx Voodoo only or DirectX (X not 3D) with software mode... Sad there no SMP optimisation in 99% of such games (Quake-line got the SMP in some UNofficial …

---

Re: Dual Pentium 133: what to use it for?

Posted on 2023-09-05, 05:45

by

by Babasha

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Kouwes wrote on 2023-09-05, 05:26: I got this Asus board for free: PCI/I-P54NP4D with 2 x Pentium 133. Now I can only make use of both CPUs if I install Windows NT, but will that run any games? NT is not compatible with DirectX right? Its NOT game solution. The best is WinNT 4 workstation or BeOS 5 …

---

Re: VIA VT-8321 sound on Windows 98

Posted on 2023-09-03, 09:19

by

by Babasha

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

You shoud configure line-in (cdrom) sound levels. See my screenshot where /VL90 means Volume Line-in 90% Maybe you shoud configure other switch VIASBCFG for CDROM-in volume (read the docs). Isn't VIASBCFG a separate file which has to be downloaded? Anyway, i'll try it, but... Judging by this guide …

---

Re: VIA VT-8321 sound on Windows 98

Posted on 2023-09-03, 05:58

by

by Babasha

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

You shoud configure line-in (cdrom) sound levels. See my screenshot where /VL90 means Volume Line-in 90% Maybe you shoud configure other switch VIASBCFG for CDROM-in volume (read the docs).

---

Re: Adventures in restoring an old Compaq DeskPro 2000 computer

Posted on 2023-09-01, 15:30

by

by Babasha

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Here the photo of video-ram upgrade module from Compaq. I have one :) https://www.recycledgoods.com/compaq-007213-001-s3v3-sgram-upgrade-video-card-2mb/ Looks very easy to clone. One could also experiment with swapping 1MB chips on board with 2MB ones (km4132g512q) sourced from sacrificial G100/200 …

---

Re: Finding Win95 drivers to this ethernet PCI card nad a USB PCI card?

Posted on 2023-08-20, 18:16

by

by Babasha

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I've got USB working now - usb-drives work and I can easily move files now. However mouse does not work - tried 3 different kinds. Seems there is no HID drivers for mouse in win95 really. There is no direct way to use USB mouse with Win95. Anyway read about this indirect way - https://www.vogons. …

---

Re: Airbrushing / painting as an alternative to retrobrighting?

Posted on 2023-08-08, 14:17

by

by Babasha

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My painting experience 😀

---

Re: S3 Savage 4 GT 16MB Wont Install Win 98

Posted on 2023-08-04, 08:59

by

by Babasha

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

I have spent tha last 4 hours trying to get these drivers to work for this gpu. Everytime I've installed a different driver I am greeted by a turquoise screen and the mouse pointer. I can move the mouse pointer but nothing else happens. I also hear the boot up jingle. I have deleted the old drivers …

---