Re: External 5.25 - Procom PXF 1200

Posted on 2021-04-09, 04:29

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cyclone3d wrote on 2021-04-08, 23:28: Take a look here: http://www.vcfed.org/forum/archive/index.php/t-24465.html Thank you, I'll check it out. I would love to use the drive. It is sleek for its age and nicely built, and looks good with the collection of external drives I have been putting together …

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Re: External 5.25 - Procom PXF 1200

Posted on 2021-04-08, 23:21

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cyclone3d wrote on 2021-04-08, 23:06: Probably requires a special interface card to go with it. How many pins is the connection? 37

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External 5.25 - Procom PXF 1200

Posted on 2021-04-08, 21:45

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Greetings; I have an external 5.25 floppy drive; a Procom Technologies PXF 1200. It was supposedly tested to be working, though I have no way of connecting it to my PC(s.) It has a parallel-looking port on the back that is larger than a parallel port, and there are no connection options to power the …

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Re: Small Footprint Keyboard

Posted on 2021-04-07, 17:53

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No idea what keyboard specifically matches the one you describe using back then, but as far as other options for small footprint keyboards go with PS/2 connector ... I'm a big fan of IBM M2 Keyboards . Pretty compact for a full keyboard layout. But not without it's share of issues. Any M2 keyboard …

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Re: New sound card project: AWE64 Legacy

Posted on 2021-04-07, 17:41

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Hey guys, Good news - the boards have arrived, we'll start assembling them soon, so we're on schedule to start orders soon. Regarding your questions: So, if I bought bare PCB with bracket, to get all functions of the PCB I would need : 1) Creative CT4520 donor board 2) 32MB SIMM module 3) Soldering …

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Re: Small Footprint Keyboard

Posted on 2021-04-01, 19:57

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I can't find a pic of that old keyboard. I may draw one. All I can say is that I think the F keys were round, it had an AT din, and the frame hugged the keys and contoured around the numeric keypad. After conducting more research, I found that a 96% keyboard may suit my purposes, -if- I can find one …

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Re: Voodoo 1, 2, and 5 questions

Posted on 2021-04-01, 19:54

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You mention installing the Live! Drivers withe the Liveware 3.0 CD. Did you update the drive verscafter that? Creative still has them available. Pretty sure there were updates after the 3.0 CD. I am going to download the update. I will reinstall windows 98, now that my Voodoo1 which arrived a few …

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Small Footprint Keyboard

Posted on 2021-03-28, 22:42

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Greetings, Back in the day (1999-2000,) I bought a beige/white AT keyboard that had a very small footprint. The frame was tight to the keys, and didn't have the inches of plastic above the numeric keypad - in contoured to it. I can't remember, but the F keys may have been round. I used an AT-toPS2 …

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Re: Voodoo 1, 2, and 5 questions

Posted on 2021-03-28, 22:30

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I remember playing the game on my pc back in the day, it was running smooth on my intel I740 640x480x16 all max settings. So I took the liberty to plug my old card back into the pc to test it. It had an avg of 33fps on liberty island. Switching to glide on my voodoo 5 5500, i managed to keep an …

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Re: Voodoo 1, 2, and 5 questions

Posted on 2021-03-27, 01:38

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It was slow, but we just accepted it at the time because we didn't really know better and our idea of smooth gameplay was very different from today. Videocards were actually fast enough, it was mostly CPUs that were holding those games back. Pair a single Voodoo2 with a fast CPU and run games from …

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Re: Voodoo 1, 2, and 5 questions

Posted on 2021-03-26, 23:40

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I read that installing in ascending order is the best way along with copying the files pertaining to the Voodoo to be used into the game directories, and another user posted that they used scripts to run each card. I wish I could remember exactly how I had D.E. set up back in the day. I beat it with …

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Re: Voodoo 1, 2, and 5 questions

Posted on 2021-03-26, 04:49

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Vertz Voodoo 2 DOS compatibility Matrix: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=35721 The Voodoo 5 is the only card to officially support AA (AFAIK). The most intensive AA settings can definitely kill your performance. You didn't say exactly what your issue is. Thank you for the link to the …

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Voodoo 1, 2, and 5 questions

Posted on 2021-03-26, 02:54

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Greetings, I have been running tests on my Ultimate 1980-2000 3dfx rig. So far, it seems that this Voodoo 5 works (testing with Deus Ex,) and the V1 Typhoon card seems to work. I haven't tested having the V1, V2, and V5 all connected with installed drivers yet, as I haven't procured a 2nd V2 and SLI …

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Re: Typhoon 3DMax (EV-3DFX-4) and Mechwarrior II

Posted on 2021-03-24, 16:47

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Greetings, As part of my Ultimate 1980-2000 build (Codename: Farnsworth; "State of the art, Alex!" - Nemesis (1992,) I purchased a Typhoon Voodoo1. The build will have a Voodoo 5, the V1, and a Voodoo SLI set up (when I can get the 2nd card and a cable.) This is to allow for ALL Glide games ever …

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Typhoon 3DMax (EV-3DFX-4) and Mechwarrior II

Posted on 2021-03-24, 15:29

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Greetings, As part of my Ultimate 1980-2000 build (Codename: Farnsworth; "State of the art, Alex!" - Nemesis (1992,) I purchased a Typhoon Voodoo1. The build will have a Voodoo 5, the V1, and a Voodoo SLI set up (when I can get the 2nd card and a cable.) This is to allow for ALL Glide games ever …

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Re: Voodoo 5 5500 and air space

Posted on 2021-03-20, 17:11

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How much space is there between the heatsinks (without fans) and the card below? Usually for 40mm fans you should at least give them 2-3mm to draw air in. Knowing the space between heatsink and next card will allow you to appriximate the max height of your fan, still with a large card underneath …

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Re: Voodoo 5 5500 and air space

Posted on 2021-03-20, 01:14

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Not sure if I understand correct. You're planning on using V1, V2 and V5 in the same machine? Keep in mind that V5 likes a fast CPU, while V1 doesn't. Yes; they are going in a Pentium III 550Mhz machine. It will have DOS, WFW 3.11, and Win98SE installed, and I put the required glide drivers in each …

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Voodoo 5 5500 and air space

Posted on 2021-03-19, 22:41

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Greetings, I received the refund from the liar who said that the V5 I ordered was "tested and working" (garbled bios/boot sequence/prompt) and I have received another on from a different seller, which allows me to boot to a Dos 7 prompt without any issues. I have to reinstall Windows 98 and install …

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Re: Games & CD Speed Sensitivity& CD-R compatibility

Posted on 2021-03-12, 12:58

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bump

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Games & CD Speed Sensitivity& CD-R compatibility

Posted on 2021-03-11, 13:54

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Greetings, I am working on recreating my Tomato 4DPS 486 that died. Of course, some things will be different. For example, I had a faded-black DVD-ROM drive in the last one, simply because it was what I had on hand at the time. I am going all beige with this build, and I am going with period …

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