Re: Storage advice - motherboards, other PC components
Posted on 2020-10-18, 17:08
I found these, and they're the perfect size. With my leftover Prime Day promo credit, they were just about $20. 🤞 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01H2NWDXY
Re: Storage advice - motherboards, other PC components
Posted on 2020-10-18, 09:28
kixs wrote on 2020-10-17, 20:34: I use Ikea plastic containers. Which containers specifically, and can I order them online? - no Ikea store in my area, thanks
Storage advice - motherboards, other PC components
Posted on 2020-10-17, 19:42
Want to tidy up my loose ATX motherboards and other PC cards. Recommend anything relatively inexpensive, that's pretty decent and stackable?
Re: QEMM specify XMS limit for older games?
Posted on 2020-06-30, 10:13
I use L1 cache disabling utilities what is the cpu of the system you are trying to slow down? I've had great success with some of those utilities like SetMul in my typical builds. This project is a little unusual, as I'm working with a FPGA core. I'm targeting 286 speeds and got some games working …
Re: QEMM specify XMS limit for older games?
Posted on 2020-06-30, 09:30
keropi wrote on 2020-06-30, 09:16: I just use the unload switch Very nice, thanks. You wouldn't happen to know a good CPU slowdown utility that can operate similarly?
Re: QEMM specify XMS limit for older games?
Posted on 2020-06-30, 09:04
keropi wrote on 2020-06-30, 09:01: awesome, for xmsdsk be sure to use the /t and /y switches to use ram after 16mb and not get asked 😁 Does this look right? Copy code to clipboard 1 xmsdsk 30000 D: /t /y 2 game.exe 3 xmsdsk 0 D:
Re: QEMM specify XMS limit for older games?
Posted on 2020-06-30, 08:47
keropi wrote on 2020-06-30, 06:54: I just use XMSDSK Works perfectly, thanks!
Re: QEMM specify XMS limit for older games?
Posted on 2020-06-30, 06:33
QEMM includes a utility called "XMS" that allows you to allocate and free XMS blocks from the command line. You can use it to allocate all the extra XMS before running that game. This sounds exactly like what I need, if I can just figure out the right commands. The default help is a little …
QEMM specify XMS limit for older games?
Posted on 2020-06-30, 05:02
I'm using QEMM in a new project, but I'm not too familiar with it. I need to limit the XMS for some older games to work, and I only know about EMM386 options. Does anyone know a solution for QEMM?
Re: Advice - zip spanning between modern Windows and MS-DOS
Posted on 2020-06-24, 02:06
I'm actually still curious what software would work on the Windows x64 side. This could be useful with some older hardware I have.
Re: Advice - zip spanning between modern Windows and MS-DOS
Posted on 2020-06-23, 22:09
Thanks for all the great info everyone! Do not compress with WinRAR 3.93, set the compression to "store" and you should be able to have RAR 2.5 extract it. What should I use on the Windows x64 side? UPD. Sorry, MiSTer FPGA? What stops you from editing the HDD image to cram large files into it? I …
Re: Advice - zip spanning between modern Windows and MS-DOS
Posted on 2020-06-23, 09:16
EDIT: I just read your "Ghetto retro PC specs", if you already have an IDE to SD, why use floppies ? I'm actually working with MiSTer FPGA's ao486 core for this project. It's pretty handy to load up floppy images from the OSD. It certainly has its limitations though - not my daily driver. https:// …
Re: Advice - zip spanning between modern Windows and MS-DOS
Posted on 2020-06-23, 07:03
Thanks, I really like the RAR interface too. However, everything seems fine, until this. Filename IMG_20200623_024946.jpg File size 1.89 MiB Views 362 views
Advice - zip spanning between modern Windows and MS-DOS
Posted on 2020-06-22, 23:56
I'm trying to zip some large files across floppies, to unzip on MS-DOS. I'm using 7-Zip on Windows, but its naming convention doesn't play nice with 8 characters. Copy code to clipboard 1 EXAMPLE.zip.001 2 EXAMPLE.zip.002 3 EXAMPLE.zip.003 Does anyone know a solution?
Re: Half-Life WON - X-Fi - EAX - Windows 7
Posted on 2019-08-01, 10:11
UCyborg wrote: You need to change ALchemy settings for Half-Life; set Buffers to 5 and Duration to 10. Thanks so much, works perfectly! Didn't even consider changing defaults - ALchemy newbie 😀
Half-Life WON - X-Fi - EAX - Windows 7
Posted on 2019-08-01, 06:02
Half-Life is one of those games still in my wayback log - sacrilege right!? Even though the enhanced Steam version would certainly be the easy approach, I prefer a mostly vanilla experience on my primary gaming desktop. So far I've installed the following: Half-Life (Retail/WON) v1.1.1.0 Resolution/ …
SATA III drive - breaks SATA II AHCI on nForce4 - reverts to SATA 150 MB/s - possible workaround?
Posted on 2018-08-28, 11:59
SATA III drive - breaks SATA II AHCI on nForce4 - reverts to SATA 150 MB/s - possible workaround? *Windows XP* Trying to get SATA II AHCI working on my Abit KN8 SLI (nForce4), but the SATA III SSD I'm using causes a bug with the nForce drivers and reverts to 150 MB/s - or so the story goes. There …
Re: Recapping GA-5AX v5.2 with solid capacitors
Posted on 2017-03-29, 01:59
Jade Falcon wrote: Never use lower raited caps. Richo wrote: ^ this higer voltage np not lower That's what I thought but I wasn't sure if solid caps were different somehow. People also claim these motherboards really only need 16v.
Recapping GA-5AX v5.2 with solid capacitors
Posted on 2017-03-28, 22:28
I recently picked up a GA-5AX v5.2 that randomly fails to post. Upon inspection, I noticed a couple of the 330uF 25v caps near the CPU are bulging. Phil is recommending 16v solid caps instead of the original 25v rating. Is that okay? http://www.philscomputerlab.com/ga-5ax-capacitor-replacing.html I …
Re: Shipping CPU from UK to USA
Posted on 2017-03-20, 18:01
Wow, that's insane about the Pentium Pros. I've heard others talk about their packages getting stuck in customs but nothing like that. It's almost like they held your package for ransom. The seller quoted me the cost of shipping plus post through Royal Mail. The £5 you mentioned is about what I …
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