Re: Work Log: Ex-Government Australian Built "Ipex Pentium-120 PCI/I": Restoration / Downgrade / Upgrade Project

Posted on 2018-07-12, 13:24

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by chinny22

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I think I may have come across 1 or 2 of these growing up? logo seem a little familiar? I didn't know they were as big as this. I also now wonder if it was common to get contracts for other states. or if say Ipex was big in Vic, but not so much anywhere else? Across the border in NSW I grew up with …

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Re: Slot 1 pentium mmx gaming build

Posted on 2018-07-12, 12:43

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by chinny22

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Awesome late dos SVGA machine, The TNT2 and AWE64 are perfect. Early Win9x gaming should be good as well, its fairly period correct, but 300Mhz and the TNT will limit the later 9x games. While its true you don't need that much ram, if it isn't hurting anything why not right?

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Re: Cirrus Logic GD5428 vs CHIPS F64300

Posted on 2018-07-12, 12:05

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by chinny22

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Is it worth upgrading the FX64300 to 2MB? If you want to use Windows 9x with decent resolution and color - yes. No, it will be a DOS/Win3.1/Warp system only. Same applies for whichever GUI you are using. The extra memory simply allows higher resolutions. Below link has a table with how much is …

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Re: Questions about this Dell Optiplex MB

Posted on 2018-07-05, 16:03

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by chinny22

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ACPI or Advanced Configuration and Power Interface in REALLY simple terms is the ATX type features like the computer turning itself off when going shutdown. Which is why it seems to be the power button. Chipset drivers are a good thing to try. Otherwise if you can try to disable anything along the …

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Re: Dell Dimension 4100 Build

Posted on 2018-07-05, 15:30

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by chinny22

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is that soundcard onboard? as I find it funny I have a XPS T500 and Gateway's equivalent. Both use the same motherboard (Intel's OEM SE440BX-3) only difference* was Gateway has the AudioPCI on board where dell used Yamaha *and of course the power connector

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Re: Sound Cards for different Windows / Eras

Posted on 2018-07-05, 15:23

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by chinny22

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Win95 AWE is probably a good match as mostly its a dos based system. Win98-XP Audigy 2 ZS, Easy to find, can be hacked to work in dos mode, drivers bit more refined then the Live! series High spec XP, X-Fi final card with XP support (excluding the Titanium HD) Special mention Aureal Vortex 2 for …

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2018-07-05, 14:54

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by chinny22

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I'm sure I do what most do here, decide they want a bit of hardware, add a few to their watch list to get an idea of an average price over a period of time then bid accordingly. Extending that idea out onto the forum I guess if you simply posted the item, the price it went for and the link to the …

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Re: I got Ultimate DOOM to install on my Windows XP machine, but it won't install on my Win95 laptop.

Posted on 2018-07-05, 14:10

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by chinny22

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Question: Why do you need to install from the floppies at all? Doom is one of those games where once you have an installation, you can just copy the full install directory to another drive and the game will run just fine... this is twice as true if this is the Win95 port (on my Doom Collection CD I …

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Re: Trouble creating DOS 6.22 boot disk and weird behaviour...

Posted on 2018-07-05, 13:57

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by chinny22

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No ones mentioned it yet but you also have the problem of dos 6.22 not supporting Fat32 Just to make sure your off to the right start, with your Win98 boot disk run fdisk, if it asks if you want to enable large disk support (fat32) select No. delete any existing partitions Create a Primary Partition …

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Re: AMD 5x86 X5-133

Posted on 2018-07-05, 12:57

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by chinny22

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I found my 133 a bit slow for S3d games, but I'm guessing like you it's more of a case of because I can more then what the system was built for. Is a very nice (and clean) system though

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Re: Ultimate Packard Bell P3 / Voodoo3

Posted on 2018-07-05, 12:48

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by chinny22

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Always nice to have a system with a bit of history. BX motherboard with onboard Voodoo is pretty cool as well. Even the onboard ES 1373 isn't a terrible sound card. For the 3.5 slot always the option of a gotek, floppy without the unreliable disks. Or as your interested in pushing it a 3.5 fan …

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Re: 486 cooling ?

Posted on 2018-07-05, 11:51

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by chinny22

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I got something like a DX40 with the intention to use it's heatsink. That thing was glued on so tight I gave up and just used thermal tape and some random heatsink on my DX 120 It was probably fine but it made me nervous and had a fan blowing air over the heatsink as well. Over time I managed to …

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Re: Questions about this Dell Optiplex MB

Posted on 2018-07-05, 11:39

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by chinny22

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quick google seems to suggest the motherboard will work in a standard case, You'll just need to mess round with the front panel connectors a bit. https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=39330 I suppose the way to be 100% sure of your CPU is to remove the heatsink and see what's printed on the …

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Re: Does a device like this exist? (Dual Boot question)

Posted on 2018-07-05, 11:05

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by chinny22

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You could just get a converter like this and put in the excess space of the caddy like appiah4 mentioned https://www.startech.com/uk/Cables/Drive/IDE/ … Adapter~IDE4044

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Re: Do I need a Gravis Ultra sound ?

Posted on 2018-07-05, 10:49

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by chinny22

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Majority if not all Epic Megagames titles were aimed at the GUS but unless your into the demoscene stuff, its hard to justify the cost as much as I'd like one as well.

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Re: DOS 7 dont see second FAT32 partition.

Posted on 2018-06-28, 12:09

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by chinny22

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Agree with everything above. for best compatibility I would partition as follows Primary partition, Win98SD (will show as c:\) Allocate the rest of the drive as an extended partition and create the following logical drives Logical drive 1, Win9x data, (will show as d:\) Logical drive 2, XP-New (will …

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Re: General Advice for older games & System recommendation

Posted on 2018-06-27, 13:02

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by chinny22

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So dos games basically. Main issue you will have is sound. Find a laptop you like the look of, find out what soundchip it uses and see if it has any support for dos, either pure dos or dos from within windows. 3D accelerated games like Carmageddon will either need to run in software mode or use a …

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Re: Help to Choose a PCI Video Card

Posted on 2018-06-27, 12:13

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by chinny22

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This is my goto for dos video cards https://gona.mactar.hu/DOS_TESTS

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Re: New retro build - specs and RFC

Posted on 2018-06-27, 12:05

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by chinny22

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66Mhz was the sweet spot for VLB. Some cards can go a bit funny after that, Although I would thing your safe the the Mach32. I would bet the onboard I/O is also VLB so should be a very nice 486 when done. I would also say DX2-66 VLB was THE 486. With all that said I would go with the POD. even …

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Re: EISA Mainboard Suggestions

Posted on 2018-06-27, 11:36

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by chinny22

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Am I missing something or wouldn't anything with a 16bit isa slot work? Quick google doesn't seem to suggest the Mylex MNE486 was anything overly fancy http://stason.org/TULARC/pc/motherboards/M/MYLEX-CORPORATION-486-MNE486-System-Board.html If you can find the compaq part numbers that will help. …

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