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Re: Your opinion on buying my first "Retro" PC

Posted on 2020-10-08, 09:19

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It's a nice setup to start retro gaming without spending a lot of cash. 2 MB graphics is enough to play games at 800x600 in hi-color with double buffering, so I wouldn't worry about that much. Knowing the graphics chip would be more important, since various chips have compatibility issues with some …

Re: DOS RPG Hidden Gems?

Posted on 2020-10-01, 12:09

in Milliways

in Milliways

Have you tried the RPG Codex list? There are RPG from old to modern, but each entry has a release date, so you can quickly see, whether it's one for DOS: https://rpgcodex.net/content.php?id=11193

Texas Instruments TMS34082 3-D Graphics Library

Posted on 2020-09-15, 12:23

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

I normally don't care about 3D graphics that can't do texturing, but since I've got my IrisVision set and managed to setup its development environment (SDK + and compiler) I want another "early" 3D challenge. Most people know TIGA cards, elianda and GeekDot describe how to setup and program them, …

Re: PS/2 MCA Soundoptions

Posted on 2020-08-26, 11:28

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Hi there, I have got an IBM PS/2 Model 57 486SLC2 and this machine has only PC-Speaker and no sound-card/device. I have looked for an Soundblaster-Card but these are very rare an expensive as MCA device. I have already found out that there exits a opl3-card for mca. But LGR showed in his video that …

Re: VPI-486SP3 - drives spin up, no video

Posted on 2020-08-17, 21:16

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Try a 5V CPU (like an old DX/2 66). On several of my 486 boards the 3.3V voltage regulator failed, so they work only with 5V CPUs.

Re: Windows NT on Motorola Powerstack II

Posted on 2020-07-06, 09:33

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I think the embedded Visual C++ tools might contain a newer PowerPC compiler. Jason managed to get working MIPS NT binaries by using the embedded toolkit and an old Visual C++ linker: https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/2009/08/09 … d-visual-c-4-0/

Re: Standard ATX Pentium III Xeon boards

Posted on 2020-06-08, 22:34

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The last time I tried it was nearly 20 years ago, but I would start with checking, whether the BIOS has the required microcode for your CPU. If not, you should add it and flash the board with such modded bios. I think I've use cbrom to do it, this looks like a guide: http://mrufer.ch/pc/tualatin4_e. …

Re: Treasure trove of vintage computers shutting down, what to get?

Posted on 2020-05-19, 09:06

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

perhenden wrote on 2020-05-19, 06:03: GL1zdA wrote on 2020-05-18, 18:51: The one with the Plextor Ultraplex should have SCSI, so it might a high-end PC. The one with the QIC drive similar. Thanks! Which picture/machine has the QIC drive? I can't find it. Image 3 - looks like a Tandberg (or rebadged …

Re: Treasure trove of vintage computers shutting down, what to get?

Posted on 2020-05-18, 18:51

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The one with the Plextor Ultraplex should have SCSI, so it might a high-end PC. The one with the QIC drive similar. The black tower is a Chieftec Dragon - a decent case I've used since 2005.

Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2020-05-15, 20:12

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

What font is HWiNFO using? I've just ran it on a vanilla Windows 95 installation and HWiNFO uses the default "Fixedsys", so I don't have it installed. Mostly it's Tahoma. Would it be possible to fallback to MS Sans Serif if Tahoma is missing (MS added it to Windows 98)? It should look better then …

Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2020-05-14, 20:06

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

What font is HWiNFO using? I've just ran it on a vanilla Windows 95 installation and HWiNFO uses the default "Fixedsys", so I don't have it installed.

Re: How about a MR-BIOS ROM file repository?

Posted on 2020-05-14, 07:49

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

I tried SiS Rabbit, C&T Peak/DM and Topcat MR-BIOS. None of them can enable the cache on the boards. It's kind of disappointing because these are all high performance chipsets that could have really benefited from MR-BIOS tweaks. Only the Topcat chipset can be excused, because this chipset doesn't …

Re: Intel-built 486/Pentium/PPro/PII motherboard guide

Posted on 2020-05-13, 15:30

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I was going to recommend people download the Windows Help reader for modern systems (KB917607) but apparently it's not available for Windows 10. It is available for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. Can the version for Windows 8.1 run under 10? (I am still on 8.1) https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/ …

Re: Early Pentium Chipset Comparison

Posted on 2020-05-13, 13:03

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Very cool. It would be neat if you could source Triflex/EISA or Triflex/PCI and see how either compares. Unfortunately I don't know what memory modules I've used for it. It's from a Deskpro XL with the Pentium 133 CPU module installed. I don't have this system anymore. Here are the results: Cache/ …

Re: Intel-built 486/Pentium/PPro/PII motherboard guide

Posted on 2020-05-13, 12:12

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I've uploaded it to archive.org, seems to be the safest host for such things: https://archive.org/details/old_intel_motherboards_resources I hope I've described it well enough for people to find it via google.

Re: Windows 3.11 vs. Windows 95

Posted on 2020-05-12, 11:47

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

In a way it was. Have to put yourself back in a dos/3x mindset. Typical PCs would have been 486's and early Pentiums. Mostly ISA. Well, they've actually managed to regress in one aspect from Win 3.11 to Win 95: video. They've removed the DCI interface without replacing it late in the beta: https:// …

Re: Windows 3.11 vs. Windows 95

Posted on 2020-05-12, 07:32

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Win 95 RTM is such a different beast from OSR 2.5 Build 950C that it's totally worth having both in your collection. If you find a cheap RTM copy, by all means, grab it. Win95 RTM feels more like a beta releases with missing features. You need to install DirectX to make it a gaming machine and have …

Re: Vibra 16S and CT1920 Goldfinch resource sharing (was Windows 95 hates my AWE32 at 620h)

Posted on 2020-05-11, 16:42

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Is there a way to check it? Try to talk to the Vibra via 620h and see if it responds?

Re: Vibra 16S and CT1920 Goldfinch resource sharing (was Windows 95 hates my AWE32 at 620h)

Posted on 2020-05-11, 07:29

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Yes, it seems this is the case. I've moved the Vibra to 240h/7/3/7 and the CT1920 would work on 620h, but not 640h. I thought the AWE32 Upgrade was smarter, but it seems in reality these will basically act as two independent cards with the Goldfinch just feeding its analog output to the Vibra.

Vibra 16S and CT1920 Goldfinch resource sharing (was Windows 95 hates my AWE32 at 620h)

Posted on 2020-05-10, 00:00

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I have a slight problem with my AWE32. I'm using my Intel Advanced/EV motherboard (430FX chipset), which has a Vibra 16S on-board with a goldfinch upgrade (CT1920). This configuration uses all the defaults (A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 E620 T6) except for one: it won't work with the EMU8000 at 620h. It will …

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