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Re: The MIDI General

Posted on 2014-01-23, 22:35

I know with my own time machine, I have a CM-32L, MT-32 Rev 0, SC-55mk2, MU80, AWE64 Gold, with plans to add a GUS. I do have to say, that is a damn nice MIDI machine for games and I never knew the PAS had the ability to intercept PC Speaker calls, do games that use "RealSound" like Mean Streets …

Re: Decided to build 2 retrorigs.

Posted on 2014-01-09, 02:20

Well, I just dropped in SLI'ed Voodoo 2s (Diamond Monster 3D 2) that I bought from Fleabay and so far it works great, with 3DMark2000 and a few games. I have yet to test DOS support yet. Dopefish is just about complete If Socket 7 is the go, which mobo and CPU combo would be best? Is it also …

Re: Decided to build 2 retrorigs.

Posted on 2013-12-26, 00:12

I have a few questions regarding getting a Socket Super 7 board: 1. What advantages does a Socket Super 7 have over Slot 1 or Socket 370? 2. If I were to get a Super 7 board, are there any boards or chipsets you would recommend? I'd prefer an ATX board with ISA slots for the AWE64 Gold, I kind of …

Re: Decided to build 2 retrorigs.

Posted on 2013-12-20, 13:32

Hmmmm that is unusually high for a Slot 1 machine. Might test a few of my PII chips now. EDIT: I get 6 fps with my P II chips. Are you sure you tested with 3dbench 1.0 and not 1.0c? It was my bad! Turns out I used 1.0C before. I retested with 1.0 and I got 4.0 EDIT: At stock speed (350MHz, 100MHz …

Re: Decided to build 2 retrorigs.

Posted on 2013-12-20, 11:29

DOS games run extremely well with the cache disabled. Now only thing left is tho throw in SLI Voodoo 2s (waiting for a good price on Fleabay) and waiting for the SIMMConn adapter to arrive What performance do you get in 3dbench 1.0 which cache disabled? CPU: Intel Pentium II 350MHz (underclocked to …

Re: Decided to build 2 retrorigs.

Posted on 2013-12-20, 01:21

Well folks, Project Croft is completed now Project Croft - AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.3GHz - 512MB SDRAM - 80GB HDD - nVIDIA GeForce 4 MX440 - Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 - Pioneer DVD-ROM - Yamaha MU-80 Synth - Windows 98SE I'll put up photos when I get a spare moment :) Now, as for …

Re: Decided to build 2 retrorigs.

Posted on 2013-12-17, 14:28

Good choice with S3 and AWE64 Gold. If this is for DOS games though you'd be much better with socket 7. The socket 7 machines can be slowed down to 386 & 486 levels by disabling caches in the BIOS. Some games will just run far too fast on the PIII. Well my original plan was using an old AST Bravo …

Re: Decided to build 2 retrorigs.

Posted on 2013-12-07, 06:56

Absolutely crap? Nah. I know of the Keen issue but you could just play that on the other machine. And yes, 95 snd 98 are different. Sure I could play Keen and other games on the other machine, but I would prefer Dopefish for DOS and early Win95 and early DOS/Windows 3Dfx games, and Croft for 1998- …

Re: Decided to build 2 retrorigs.

Posted on 2013-12-04, 13:41

Very nice! Your systems are quite similar to what I have with a couple of differences: - I use a Matrox Mystique in My P166 because of its fast SVGA and beautiful image quality compared to several others I've tried in that machine. (http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=32497) - Why not use Windows …

Re: Decided to build 2 retrorigs.

Posted on 2013-12-04, 02:54

OK I have the final planned specs for the machines (Ones in bold are what I already got): Project Dopefish - Intel Pentium MMX 166MHz - 64MB SDRAM - 20GB HDD (planning to drop the HDD for a CF-based SSD) - S3 Trio 64V+ - 3Dfx Voodoo 2 12MB - Creative Labs Sound Blaster AWE64 Gold (will be upgrading …

Re: Decided to build 2 retrorigs.

Posted on 2013-12-02, 23:55

Well the SB AWE64 Gold came in the post, and it works like a little ripper and I like the fact that it uses RCA jacks for the output so I can patch it into my mixer. Just curious, what are those pins on the board, I know it's not for a Wave Blaster, does anyone know? My mate was saying to me he has …

Re: Decided to build 2 retrorigs.

Posted on 2013-11-20, 01:40

For Dopefish, I knocked down the RAM to 64MB, and I just bought an AWE64 Gold to throw in. I am debating whether to do an SLI Voodoo 2 setup or a single Voodoo 1. For Croft, I might grab a Voodoo 5 5500 Also would it be wise to use FreeDOS? @bjt : I am using the USB for the mouse, with Legacy mode …

Re: Decided to build 2 retrorigs.

Posted on 2013-11-19, 05:18

@ForeverMore : I have a couple of questions? What would be the advantage of using a Voodoo 1 over a Voodoo 2 for Project Dopefish? I guess compatibility right? And as for the Voodoo 5, would it better to get a 5000 or 5500? I was considering canning the TNT2 M64 because it's a piece of crap @ …

Decided to build 2 retrorigs.

Posted on 2013-11-18, 15:09

Well I am beginning to find that DOSBox doesn't run all that perfect, so I decided to build a couple of retro rigs. Project Dopefish - This one is for DOS games =============== Intel Pentium MMX 166MHz 192MB RAM Onboard ATi 3D Rage II+ Onboard ESS Audodrive ES1868 20GB Seagate IDE HD USB Project …

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