Re: ATi Rage Fury / 128 PRO issue

Posted on 2015-08-25, 20:42

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by brostenen

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I had somewhat same issues on my first V3-3500. Wich is 100% dead now. In my quest for fixing … that is. The first one is of course the GPU, wich need to be reflowed. (baked on oven or heatgun) … The other one is the caps, wich need to be replaced. Possible those around the video-output …

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Re: ATi Rage Fury / 128 PRO issue

Posted on 2015-08-25, 21:58

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by kanecvr

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

… I had somewhat same issues on my first V3-3500. Wich is 100% dead now. In my quest for fixing … that is. The first one is of course the GPU, wich need to be reflowed. (baked on oven or heatgun) … The other one is the caps, wich need to be replaced. Possible those around the video-output …

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Re: Yet another YMF-724F-V Question.

Posted on 2015-08-30, 17:21

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by brostenen

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

… the other hand, I have an Intel VC-820 board, wich is a P3 Slot1 and 820-chipset. And I can get … the card for cheap. The last thing wich really makes me want that card, is that people … being. My VC-820 machine are running a SB-Live. Wich is better than that A-Open with a Crystal-SoundChip. …

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Re: Socket Super 7 Build - "The FanBoy"

Posted on 2015-10-09, 07:51

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by brostenen

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… recieving a haul on monday for 400 Danish Kroners. Wich is somewhat really cheap if I look at what … atx-Case 2 unknown (at the moment) motherboards wich I am qurious about. And a collection of different … cards and other hw, wich is stuff like SCSI controllers and GFX cards. …

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Re: new low-end laptops, netbooks, and chromebooks have no memory upgrades?

Posted on 2015-10-26, 11:11

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by Tertz

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… . I saw new "notebooks" without HDD and wich offered account in online storage (some prepaid period … are artificial impediment for this. Find a game wich is an outdated console port (like all multiplatform) … , - what you may choose and by wich price is good controled by mopolies, consortiums and …

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Re: Odd Dual Boot Question

Posted on 2015-10-29, 12:18

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by brostenen

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

… and even has floppy-boot option build into it. Wich Os/2's does not have. Just remember, that … this way: The partition last selected, are the one wich has it's "active partition"-flag set high, even … after a reboot. Wich means that it is easy to use something like …

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Re: Win 98, XP & 8.1 fully supported on one dual core PC? Here is my retro approach!

Posted on 2015-11-21, 13:29

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by Tertz

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… and low spec W8 But not for games, for wich it's low end for XP if to take into … and what requirements they had later. And nothing for games wich need W7-8 to run. But if Win98 games work … good - the idea is reasonable to have Win98 machine wich supports XP games as long as possible. If that machine …

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Spelling and grammar pet peeves around here

Posted on 2015-12-03, 19:32

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by Stiletto

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… Current mild annoyance of the month: which. "wich" is incorrect, full stop, in modern … English: http://www.vogons.org/search.php?keywords=wich unless you're writing about a tasty sandwich, it's … to get here? http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/wich "witch" is also normally incorrect, unless you …

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Re: For a good DOS gaming machine... is the Pentium III Tualatin overkill?

Posted on 2016-03-03, 15:46

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by Tertz

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… direct comparision between how music sounds on OPL3, for wich it was made, compared to CQM (without reverb and … chorus wich mask issues). I'm sure most will notice bad … elements in CQM play wich are absent on OPL3 and hence will agree CQM …

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Re: Best graphics card for a P3 1.13 GHz?

Posted on 2016-03-05, 10:58

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by Tertz

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Reasonable max I'd say Geforce4 TI. MrEWhite wrote: And my Voodoo 3 gives my graphically issues in 320x200 so I can't use that. Wich chipset? Wich Voodoo model? In wich games? Your Geforce4 4600 have no issues there?

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Re: Best graphics card for a P3 1.13 GHz?

Posted on 2016-03-05, 16:20

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by MrEWhite

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… graphically issues in 320x200 so I can't use that. Wich chipset? Wich Voodoo model? In wich games? Your Geforce4 4600 have no issues there …

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Re: SB AWE64 MIDI support: What am I missing here?

Posted on 2016-03-31, 14:26

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by Tertz

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

… all and you need to watch their photos, wich sometimes have no what you need, to ask … correct method ). Find a "DJ" and then decide wich music is more pleasant while other has more wrong … and unpleasant elements; wich music has more metallic sounding. I think in …

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Re: SB AWE64 MIDI support: What am I missing here?

Posted on 2016-03-31, 14:38

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by Skyscraper

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

… all and you need to watch their photos, wich sometimes have no what you need, to ask … correct method ). Find a "DJ" and then decide wich music is more pleasant while other has more unpleasant … elements; wich music has more metallic sounding. I think in …

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Re: Mysterie Package! An idea?

Posted on 2016-03-31, 23:57

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by brostenen

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

… I normally say: "Så har vi fået en kasse-kat", wich translates into something like: "Now we have a box-cat". … chips. And I do have an ET-3000 card, wich are looking even better. By looking better, I am … next month or so, I will recieve a SB-Pro wich I have bought. That will go nicely into the 386 …

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Re: Mysterie Package! An idea?

Posted on 2016-04-01, 00:50

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by Skyscraper

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

… I normally say: "Så har vi fået en kasse-kat", wich translates into something like: "Now we have a box-cat". … chips. And I do have an ET-3000 card, wich are looking even better. By looking better, I am … next month or so, I will recieve a SB-Pro wich I have bought. That will go nicely into the 386 …

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Need help finding right RAM type for 286 machine.

Posted on 2016-07-04, 10:02

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by brostenen

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

… . I have this 286 machine (Unisys PW/2 Series 300) wich I have talked about in the last couple of weeks. It … has 640k of RAM wich are a bit low. Well... It has allways been enough … is RAM that it needs. Are there anyone here, wich can help me, to be pointed to some kind of …

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Re: What would an AWE32 CT3900 be worth?

Posted on 2017-06-12, 10:02

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by brostenen

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… he paid something in the neighbourhood of around 150 dollars. Wich just seems way, way, way over the top. Between 50 … numbers, I kind of think that it is worth 450 kroners, wich are 67,62 US Dollars. Anyway... Does 68 US Dollars …

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

Posted on 2017-10-22, 22:53

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by brostenen

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Going through old Amiga games disks... Takes a lot of time, testing wich games need the ide controller disabled on my Amiga600, wich games that need to have the kickrom 1.3 disk loaded, and wich games need both. Time consuming to go through some +200 disks.

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

Posted on 2017-10-23, 02:44

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by BitWrangler

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… ... Takes a lot of time, testing wich games need the ide controller disabled on my Amiga600, wich games that need to have the … kickrom 1.3 disk loaded, and wich games need both. Time consuming to go through some +200 …

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

Posted on 2017-10-23, 09:07

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by brostenen

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

… ... Takes a lot of time, testing wich games need the ide controller disabled on my Amiga600, wich games that need to have the … kickrom 1.3 disk loaded, and wich games need both. Time consuming to go through some +200 …

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