Re: Trying to revive a PIII machine, convert into Win98 gaming rig

Posted on 2019-06-28, 16:20

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by chinny22

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Looks like a decent machine. Not familiar with that exact bard but its pretty hard to make a bad BX motherboard and Tyan are better brand then most so would think you have a pretty decent start really. Just about all motherboards had 3 ram slots back then, I guess they figured out you'll max out the …

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Re: Windows 95 OSR2.5 installation

Posted on 2019-06-28, 15:47

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by chinny22

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Davros asks good questions, I would also try a smaller c:\ partition, a lot of earlier windows didn't like large boot partitions, not sure if Win95 had a limit but wouldn't surprise me.

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Re: I got a 90's Pentium II PC working again!

Posted on 2019-06-28, 15:41

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by chinny22

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I don't know, but when someone has to write a school report, there's something very satisfying about making them go use a computer that was built and working before they had even been born to type it on. LOL It's got Word '97. It'll work. Can't print worth a damn to anything today, but whatever... …

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Re: 486 build - trouble at birth

Posted on 2019-06-28, 15:35

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by chinny22

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Your mate should be very happy. Now you just need a similar PC for a bit of LAN gaminig 😀

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Re: Voodoo 2 + Directx/D3D

Posted on 2019-06-28, 15:33

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by chinny22

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On another note guys: Worse case scenario, if i can't get the Voodoo working with D3D, do you think it is a wise or silly move to ditch the S3 and stick an NVIDIA TNT2 M64 in instead and use that for 2D/D3D, and just use the Voodoo for Glide?! Any thoughts?! :-P Not silly at all, one of the main …

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Re: Voodoo 2 + Directx/D3D

Posted on 2019-06-26, 09:34

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by chinny22

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What video card are you using? I would have thought something as basic as GTA2 would have been happy with either the voodoo or the other card sot eh fact it doesn't like either makes me think its not the Voodoo at fault. Assuming this is a Win98 PC? Which DirextX/Driver versions are you running now? …

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Re: dual PIII 1.4 + Quadro FX 4000 SDI good for overkill W2k/9x dual boot?

Posted on 2019-06-26, 09:04

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by chinny22

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I do most my Win9x gaming on my Duel Slot 1 in Win2k. The catch with WIn2k is games take a bit of a performance hit compared with Win98, but the faster hardware gets round that anyway. The 2nd CPU doesn't really offer much benefit performance wise, but personal satisfaction wise its definitely worth …

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Re: I got a 90's Pentium II PC working again!

Posted on 2019-06-24, 09:18

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by chinny22

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Your graphics card main claim to fame is it was the first AGP card to hit the market in a big way, but just like intel graphics cards today its more aimed at 2D office work then gaming. If you wanted something period correct mine came with a 16MB TNT card although roughly 2 years later It got …

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Re: Raptor: Call of the Shadows Crash Error

Posted on 2019-06-24, 08:59

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by chinny22

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Bad install? as that's a preferable answer to hardware issue I've played it on a Dx2/66 up to a P3 1Ghz without disabling anything.

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Re: Precision 650 Dual Xeon System

Posted on 2019-06-24, 08:53

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by chinny22

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Of course I'll recap it! (is what I tell myself) Will see where I'm at when the time comes, but if I'm honest with myself It'll probably go in the ever growing things to do later list.

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Re: Precision 650 Dual Xeon System

Posted on 2019-06-23, 21:31

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by chinny22

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Pretty sure it is a Ati Radeon 7000 32MB going off the P/N 109-81100-02 Its in my ewaste bin now, your adapters are probably worth more then the card itself now!

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Re: AWE64 alternatives

Posted on 2019-06-23, 21:19

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by chinny22

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Awe32 is basically a SB16 with the EMU8000 chip. Pros may have Yamaha OPL chip, standard 30 pin Ram, Cons Hanging note bug, nosier Exactly - may. Not all do, and those that do, command a higher price, typically. Although I think both the Hanging note and CQM issues are over hyped I was just keeping …

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Re: Windows NT 4.0 Installation shenanigans

Posted on 2019-06-23, 21:01

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by chinny22

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Catch is WinXP and below only support floppy to read the additional drivers this low in setup. I'd recommend to the OP to get some more disks, a Gotek Floppy drive, or once the NT4 itch is scratch is itched Install Win2k. NT4 is interesting but 2K is more useful and should still run nice on a BX …

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Re: Creative Geforce 256 and some other goodies found at the car boot

Posted on 2019-06-23, 20:49

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by chinny22

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P6BAT-A+ motherboard, slot 1 and socket 370 ...So duel PC setup 😉 Even though its not rare even the FX 5200 is a nice card to have in your stash as well

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Re: Doom on Small Hardware Three Screen Mode

Posted on 2019-06-23, 20:45

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by chinny22

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How did you go? the other post about it just sitting there is definitely down to the -3 maning nothing will happen till another 2 PC's connect. but the above doesn't seem right at all. For testing I would try 2 dosbox machines one with the command One you want to control the game from: doom -net 2 …

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Re: simm and edo for my 486

Posted on 2019-06-23, 20:39

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by chinny22

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the last number on the chips are the speed. So you have a mix of 60 and 70ns Ram, faster is better so 60 are the more desirable. The Topless (hehe) simply has a sticker telling you its 60ns So use that first, but if that doesn't give you enough (say 4MB, I wouldn't have a problem adding a 70ns simm …

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Re: My Socket 7 System

Posted on 2019-06-23, 20:23

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by chinny22

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Both have good VESA suppor, important for dos Both perform about the same in D3D Banshee offers you Glide TNT2 offers 32 bit colour. I'd pick Glide over 32bit colour, keeping in mind your CPU and I suspect the Banshee rivals the Voodoo for dos gaming (I've purchased a card to test this but haven't …

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Re: A dos/win build to Compaq Proliant case

Posted on 2019-06-23, 20:04

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by chinny22

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Actually by the looks of it the original motherboard is just a standard BX based motherboard if you wanted to use the original I/O shield. https://www.cnet.com/products/compaq-proliant-400-pii-400-mhz-monitor-none-series It is a pretty cool case though, You can turn the drives 90 degrees and get a …

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Re: Why is the Ensoniq 1370 recommended? it's trash!

Posted on 2019-06-23, 19:49

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by chinny22

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You've answered your own question without realising it, The Es1370 and Live drivers are 1 in the same. Go buy a Sound Blaster 16 PCI and see how that works out in pure dos (spoiler it wont, at all) Around the same time Ensonic released the ES1370 which by your own admission the dos emulation can …

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Re: Matrox Mystique (MSI API Native) list

Posted on 2019-06-23, 19:25

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by chinny22

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Man that is a detailed comparison as a recent member of the "Mystique club" found this all pretty interesting, for the moment I am about to compare Screamer as its a free patch. But will have to check out your video links when I have a bit more free time as well

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