Re: Broke my PCI VGA card :(

Posted on 2011-03-03, 23:37

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by Tetrium

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TheLazy1 wrote: I know it won't work on any of my boards, all I get is a solid red/green screen and no POST. I wonder if it's a PCI problem or if the BIOS uses pentium instructions. The latter is easy to test...use a POD-83 😉

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Re: PS/2 6 pin cable - are they hard to find?

Posted on 2011-03-03, 23:33

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by Tetrium

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I learned on vintage-computer.com there are KVM switches that you can connect a PS/2 mouse to and connect the KVM to the motherboards serial port. The KVM switch should emulate the serial mouse and you can use a PS/2 mouse. It sounds to me like the KVMs in question basically have integrated PS/2-to …

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Re: UMC chipset, AMD X5-133-ADW system. WooHoo!

Posted on 2011-03-03, 23:29

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by Tetrium

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RG100 recoils in horror! Oh no! It's a PC Chips board! Get your money back! Exactly what I was thinking. For $135 you could've bought any board you wanted. If it came with a case, that's good. The 5x86ADW isn't very valuable either, at least not anymore. I got 2 last month for 5 bucks each. Dammith …

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Re: How to recover from a "fried PS/2s" situation?

Posted on 2011-03-03, 23:22

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by Tetrium

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Try a PS/2 keyboard with USB adapter in a USB port. I once had the same problem (how it happened I know, but WHY is a real mystery?) and a normal USB keyboard would work at the prompt, but not in the BIOS, something like that. And because I couldn't use it in BIOS, I couldn't set the USB legacy. …

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Re: Slot 1 440BX @ 155 MHz FSB?

Posted on 2011-03-03, 23:18

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by Tetrium

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Green cap near the PSU header, on the pic it looks like it's bulging.

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Re: Best video chips or boards that failed in the marketplace?

Posted on 2011-03-03, 23:17

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by Tetrium

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Well, Voodoo 5 was pretty quick for it's time, had glide support and good image quality compared to what NV had at the time (which wasn't so hard to pull off, aamof), but it didn't save the company, now did it? Nowdays, Voodoo 5's go for like €60+ while the contemporary GF2's are dirt cheap!

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Re: 386DX40 build

Posted on 2011-03-03, 23:14

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You got to think in 3D. Buy a bunk bed, sleep at the top, PCs go down the bottom LOL Yes, 3D is teh magic word!! You can put 4 AT cases next to your bed and put another 4 on top of them and you got a perfect bedroom table for putting your glasses on!! :D ...or just get a place that has an attic, …

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Re: Reference Retro Benchmark Database - Discussion

Posted on 2011-03-03, 00:56

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by Tetrium

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The FSB will be touched however, especially on pre-P3 CPU's. The P2-366 isn't official, it's just a semi-unlocked P2-400 that runs at 4x100 but made to run at 5.5x66. Any of the K6-X's can be run at 66Mhz or 100Mhz FSB. Many chips even support 2 different FSB's officially. To me it's not about …

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Re: Best video chips or boards that failed in the marketplace?

Posted on 2011-03-03, 00:49

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by Tetrium

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Voodoo 5 😜

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Re: Chronologistic PC emulation

Posted on 2011-03-02, 21:58

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I am strongly of the opinion that since PC game developers never wrote their software for exactly one hardware configuration that everyone had, you should just use whatever hardware or software solution you happen to have available that gets the job done, and quit worrying about the details. Life …

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Re: New server

Posted on 2011-03-02, 21:54

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megatron-uk wrote: Images in your posts also appear fine for me too. Same here.

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Re: celeron 1ghz

Posted on 2011-03-02, 21:51

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by Tetrium

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I think the s370 Celerons are not that bad for a retro rig. Even though I personally rate the s370 post-PPGA Celerons as a somewhat significantly lesser choice, they can still hold their own. I have (had) 2 retro rigs with s370 Celerons, one 400Mhz (atm non-functional due to it being in pieces after …

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Re: PS/2 6 pin cable - are they hard to find?

Posted on 2011-03-02, 16:08

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by Tetrium

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RG100 here's the pinout for the ps2 mouse connector : http://pinouts.ru/Inputs/PS2Mouse_pinout.shtml Thanks a lot. This pinout information matches up exactly with the mobo's pinout diagram, for its onboard PS/2 header. Unfortunately, I don't understand how I can use this knowledge to determine what …

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Re: Reference Retro Benchmark Database - Discussion

Posted on 2011-03-02, 12:01

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by Tetrium

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Yes, but: SuperPI requires Win32s and a RAMdisk would take RAM that would be useful for SuperPI. Good question (even though it technically isn't one :P), how much RAM does SuperPi use anyway? Another way "could" be to use other removable media, like ZIP or 2.88MB floppy. And at any rate, theres not …

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Re: No CRT Emulation? Why!?

Posted on 2011-03-02, 11:57

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CRTs in good working order are becoming harder and harder to get, but few people realize how important they are to the gaming experience. This is why I'm keeping all of my CRT's. The best time to get a couple was a period a couple years ago, when excellent CRT's were dumped en-masse for free (BUT …

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Re: Fast DOS box: 1 ISA + Athlon XP

Posted on 2011-03-02, 11:53

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by Tetrium

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Hmm...would be an interesting topic, which soundcards are best for the bugged VIA southbridge 😁

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Re: PS/2 6 pin cable - are they hard to find?

Posted on 2011-03-02, 11:51

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by Tetrium

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is that a play on name for "radio shack"? lol Lol, could be, but I don't think so. Translated it means something like "Radio Hobby-ing" or something :P On topic:The fact that these pin headers aren't standard is a nuisance, it's the same for USB headers. I have a small box full of those cables ( …

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Re: Game Suggestion to Test Voodoo 1

Posted on 2011-03-02, 11:47

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by Tetrium

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Interstate 76 was Voodoo 1 iirc But only for the Gold edition. Plain vanilla i76 is software only I got the cd, I was confusing i76 with Nitro Riders, which on the cd states supports 3dfx hardware ;) Off topic, but nevertheless interesting:It also mentions hardware support for Rendition and Power …

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

Posted on 2011-03-02, 02:28

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by Tetrium

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Well that sucks, that would make me wonder if it happened in shipping. No, definitely not. In the pic the sticker with the serial number was placed differently and also had a different number. It was definitely a different board. When I told the seller the board was different (without telling him …

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Re: Reference Retro Benchmark Database - Discussion

Posted on 2011-03-02, 02:23

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by Tetrium

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Yes, version 1.0 stops at 99 frames. And version 1.0c is unreliable on slow machines (you get a much higher score). But wouldn't that mean that 486's are simply faster then what the old version benches to? Or are the results like "486 33Mhz benches as good as Pentium 1 100Mhz" much higher? I mean, …

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