Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online

Posted on 2015-02-12, 21:04

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Hmmm, maybe I should try to sell off my hanging-note sound blasters... "Here I sell my haunted Sound Blaster 16. It's working fine, but whenever I play DOOM with MIDI, I hear tormented souls screaming in the background!" 🤣

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Re: Artex's Build of the Week: AMD DX4/100 SV8B WB (Write Back Enhanced)

Posted on 2015-02-12, 20:53

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All I can say is that this Asus PCI/I-486SP3G motherboard is a real thorn in my ass - the most painful experience I've had in quite a long time. While the specs (PCI/ISA, Onboard SCSCI, PS/2 header) sound nice on paper, this Intel Saturn II chipset really blows goats. Agreed. Years ago I got one of …

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Re: VLB Graphics recommendation

Posted on 2015-02-06, 23:33

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It really depends on many factors. Different chipsets and board implementations have an impact on speed (which really doesn't matter much on a 286), compatibility, signal quality, etc... For example, if you wanted to play CGA games on your 286 and have it properly emulated, the ranking would be like …

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Re: Athlon Slot based computers

Posted on 2015-02-05, 23:33

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Because not many people bought them at the time. I agree. Good Slot-A Mainboards were difficult to get, reputable manufacturers didn't advertise them much or build many boards since they were afraid to lose good deals on the Intel chipsets. Pre-built Athlon boxes were rare, it was pretty much a DIY …

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Re: VLB Graphics recommendation

Posted on 2015-02-05, 22:28

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TRIDENT vs CIRRUS LOGIC for 286 PC, what would you suggest? I'd suggest to - open a new thread with a descriptive title (e.g.: "Video card recommendation for 286 PC"). This topic is about VESA local bus cards, which won't fit in a 286 computer. - state exactly which video card models you have in …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-02-04, 16:55

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Lukeno94 wrote: Typical of Compaq to do something daft like putting the trackball there. Au contraire, this trackball is exceptionally well designed (I once had the same laptop). Also I wonder why the idea with the integrated power supply didn't become more widespread, I'd love to see that in a …

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Re: Anything special about AWE64?

Posted on 2015-01-24, 19:54

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Can you tell me how exactly to make that hanging note? As I am unsuccessful in reproducing this error. :-( If you haven't noticed it yet, don't worry. I only mentioned it because someone might read your comment about the CT2910 not having the bug, and later be disappointed to find out the opposite. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-01-24, 19:14

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Probably everyone here know what kind of card it is http://personal.xenu.pl/photos/cards/gravis.jpg Hey, I've got the same rev. 2.2 GUS! It even has the same makeshift job at C13/C14/C15 (just right of the "UltraSound" writing) where they put a resistor in series with the capacitor by just twirling …

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Re: Anything special about AWE64?

Posted on 2015-01-23, 13:36

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For instance. My CT-2910 is having no hanging note, and it has no line noise. Others, having a CT-26XX, are experiencing no line noise, responsive bass, yet still hanging note. Sorry, I see no reason why the CT2910 shouldn't be affected by the hanging note bug. It has one of the buggy DSP revisions …

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Re: Unreal

Posted on 2015-01-20, 19:17

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Tried the DirectX10 renderer today, but wasn't really impressed with the new graphical features. Since the Oldunreal 227i patch allows combining of Unreal and the separate NaPali mission pack as if it were the UnrealGold version and adds lots of practical little fixes, I'll use that instead. I …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2015-01-20, 10:12

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It appears your player model "grew" in size somehow (probably a game engine/rendering error) [...] Try to restart the Rrajigar Mine level and see if things go back to normal; if you still have the same issue 5u3, then uninstall Unreal + RtNP and reinstall/play again without the high res texture …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2015-01-20, 01:08

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Installed Unreal + RtNP on my modern machine, went through the updates (which is not really straightforward - the info is there, but it's terribly unorganized), copied the texture packs, and boy, does it look pretty! :happy: Played a bit until I came to the Rrajigar Mines - and started to notice …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2015-01-19, 19:13

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Argh! You guys and your endless Unreal talk and screenshots and videos... I must play it again, now! :lol: Since I've already experienced it several times on "retro" hardware, this time it's going to be the new system + oldUnreal patch approach (thanks for the link, JayCeeBee64!). I want to see what …

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Re: 3DFX Voodoo 3 3000 - Inconsistencies with some DOS and Windows Games

Posted on 2015-01-19, 14:27

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Just tried the MTRRLFBE tool. Seems that I'm unable to change the VGA cache with this one. Keep getting the error: MTRR setting failed: -8 MTRRs are not supported. Same here. I suppose the utility was written for Intel CPUs. It's odd, considering what I've read so far is that the AMD K6-2 (stepping …

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Re: 3DFX Voodoo 3 3000 - Inconsistencies with some DOS and Windows Games

Posted on 2015-01-19, 09:48

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DoomGuy II wrote: Just tried the MTRRLFBE tool. Seems that I'm unable to change the VGA cache with this one. Keep getting the error: MTRR setting failed: -8 MTRRs are not supported. Same here. I suppose the utility was written for Intel CPUs.

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Re: 3DFX Voodoo 3 3000 - Inconsistencies with some DOS and Windows Games

Posted on 2015-01-18, 23:23

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The problem is I can only disable it from the BIOS, as it also cripples my frame rate a bit AFAIK, and I need to find a way to disable it on the fly. jwt27 probably used MTRRLFBE , which is a neat utility, but unfortunately it doesn't work on my K6-3+. It might be worth a try though. Other MTRR …

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Re: 3DFX Voodoo 3 3000 - Inconsistencies with some DOS and Windows Games

Posted on 2015-01-18, 21:53

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The BIOS option for enabling/disabling write combining for the VGA range on P5A is called "Frame Buffer Posted Write" (what a stupid name) and can be found in "Chipset Features Setup". [edit: DoomGuy II already has found the setting, it seems :wink:] Curiously, my Voodoo3 3000 AGP does not show …

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Re: Phil's YouTube and Website updates (philscomputerlab)

Posted on 2015-01-17, 21:51

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How to install ISA Plug and Play Sound Blaster in Windows 9x MS-DOS Mode Holy crap, how could I miss that one? Thanks for doing that extra video about installing a PnP SB card the "proper" way (i.e. 95DOSAPP+CTCMBBS instead of getting the SBBASIC DOS drivers and forcing them to install via SETVER), …

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Re: Quake 3/4/Wars raytraced

Posted on 2015-01-16, 17:50

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Thanks for the garage demo, but I've already found a better one http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=61211 . It's not exactly "realistic" in style, but awesome. I'd still like a game demo better through. Is this one tied to CUDA or nVidia hardware? I looked for others after finding that nVidia demo, …

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Re: My Socket 7 "1997" Project

Posted on 2015-01-16, 13:50

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I always wondered, if you had more than 64MB installed, did only the first 64MB get cached, or would that disable the L2 cache completely? Only the first 64 MB get cached. MS-DOS addresses memory from bottom up, and hardly anything uses more than 64 MB, so this problem is irrelevant under DOS. …

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