Re: How do you back up a 3.5" driver installation floppy diskette?

Posted on 2011-04-13, 23:22

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I don't see why winimage is so expensive? I've been using it for free for many years :D One thing I like about winimage is it's availability to format 2.88MB floppies in XP, even though XP itself doesn't support formatting this format. And yes, ME was the 1st OS to support zip files out of the box. …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2011-04-13, 23:08

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Amigaz wrote: @Tetrium Thanks, I was planning to put in more info but I was pretty exhausted after making my post with all the photo's etc but when there's time I'm going to add some more stuff and post pic's of my other 10-15 retro rigs Quality over quantity, my brother ;D

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Re: 3dfx STB Voodoo3 2000 AGP video card, basic info

Posted on 2011-04-12, 16:50

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Falconfly has lots of info and drivers. Link: http://www.falconfly.de/ Edit: nvm, you already linked to that page!!

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Re: Socket 370 mobo recommendation required - for a 1.4 GHz Tualatin

Posted on 2011-04-12, 15:11

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My 1000A is an SL5ZF Phillipines chip- supposed to be a good one unlike the 1200 dud I had earlier. Tonight's preliminary testing it POST up to 185fsb with a 1.65v (actual 1.7v in bios) wire mod. I'm sure I can get 13x -140mhz stable without blinking. 150mhz would be golden and 166mhz + would be an …

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Re: FM-chip audio card project

Posted on 2011-04-12, 15:08

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Sure, initiative to develop new components for old hardware is a good thing. I think the XTIDE project is awesome, as are the S100 projects people are doing. But it's not quite so simple in this case, since it doesn't really seem to be filling any great hole in the market, or even providing much of …

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Re: FM-chip audio card project

Posted on 2011-04-12, 14:02

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I for one like the initiative taken by the people of the VCF 😀 At least something is in motion, which is a good thing for any of us old computer lovers/addicts 😜

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Re: Modified your internal pc speaker

Posted on 2011-04-12, 14:00

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h-a-l-9000 wrote: Some soundcards have a pc-speaker input on them. Thanks, I didn't even know this! Is there, by any chance, a compiled list of which audio cards support this option?

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Re: [solved] Quake 2 (demo) - hangs when run on Windows 95

Posted on 2011-04-12, 13:58

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Is the general hint to simply not use VIA's own drivers but to use the ones that came with Windows?

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2011-04-12, 13:48

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...with a PASSION! :) Man, I sure wish they still made 'em like that!!! Not to mention, they were built like tanks. Those Pionex cases, you could almost drive a truck over and not damage a thing :) Just don't use my truck :P Amigaz, GREAT post with some GREAT rigs!! I can't even pick a place to …

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Re: Cyrix 5x86-133 Testing

Posted on 2011-04-12, 13:34

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I want to see other people succeed with the "486 200 MHz" experiment. It's just one of many things that are on my "to do" list :dead: I can't really pick lol! I guess I'll continue posting pics of my retro rigs for the time being. Also, I still have a lot of tidying to do in the attic. Got a stack …

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Re: Socket 370 mobo recommendation required - for a 1.4 GHz Tualatin

Posted on 2011-04-12, 13:23

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I got a different chip to use on this board, a 1000A. Hopefully this will work at 133mhz FSB at least. 150mhz would be FTW. One hint I can give you is, if you want to overclock a Tualeron, to use one of the later steppings. They "should" be better overclockers. Otoh, I don't know from top of my …

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Re: Cyrix 5x86-133 Testing

Posted on 2011-04-08, 21:50

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Ah good, now I can rest in peace I wonder if different versions of the Cyrix 5x86 have actual different performance per Mhz (meaning they are really different chips, instead of coming from a single product line with no changes except for scaling)? @Tetrium On the contrary -- this is where you come …

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Re: Is this a good 486 PCI board?

Posted on 2011-04-08, 21:34

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retro games 100 wrote: Re: PS/2 port. Luckily that board has a PS/2 header. It's immediately behind the PS/2 port - row of 5 pins. Didn't know such a feature even existed. Thx for pointing it out, it'll be the first thing I check when browsing through my AT boards again 😉

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Re: Sound Blaster Pro 1 versions

Posted on 2011-04-08, 21:32

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I can go have a look some time next week. Till then I'll be TOO busy, sorry.

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2011-04-08, 12:56

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Good posts! I love the Tualatin builds, the cases look VERY neat! I wish I had some spare PC-133 cl2 memory lol. Anyway, my father's staying at my place for the weekend so I've been too busy tidying the place up a ...bit :D What happened to the momentum??? I guess no one has camera's? I still got a …

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Re: 386DX40 build

Posted on 2011-04-08, 12:38

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Hey RG100, I tried removing the SIMM's on one of those Contaq boards...works fine just using my fingers :P Same here. But they're not all the same though. Some are much harder to remove than others. On one of them, it was very easy. On a couple of them, it was practically impossible. Lol, if we …

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Re: Cyrix 5x86-133 Testing

Posted on 2011-04-08, 12:34

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feipoa wrote: I was able to obtain a Cyrix 5x86-133, 3.7V Ah good, now I can rest in peace 😜 I wonder if different versions of the Cyrix 5x86 have actual different performance per Mhz (meaning they are really different chips, instead of coming from a single product line with no changes except for …

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Re: 100MHz FSB... :-/

Posted on 2011-04-08, 12:19

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Almost every cap on the board has bulged If I see a board with even one bulging cap, I just say "bummer". I won't even try to use it. Bulging caps is either "recap" or "toss" So anyway I picked up another board from a Facebook friend: http://images04.olx.ru/ui/11/76/17/1295330665_158226917_1---- …

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Re: Is this a good 486 PCI board?

Posted on 2011-04-08, 12:14

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BTW sliderider, how did you get on with your PC Chips UMC 486 mobo? Everything hobby related is on hold temporarily except for buying a few things here and there until I have time to clear some space and put some things into storage so I'll have room. I just wanted to grab this in case I never saw …

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Re: UMC chipset PCI 486 mobo. AMD P90 CPU options?

Posted on 2011-04-08, 12:12

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@swaaye I've always been intrigued by the MediaGX, but am afraid it would open a can of worms with my Cyrix 5x86 obsession. It could end up being a money pit of doom. :happyhappy: Oh I know how that goes. One thing leads to another and soon there are 10 packages on the way. Relative to Pentium, how …

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