Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2023-05-25, 06:58
I regularly make 100 to 200km trips for local pickups. Well, if it's worth it of course 😉
Re: Would this be a good basis for a Vodoo 2 or Vodoo 3 system?
Posted on 2023-05-25, 06:55
At least with Ti4200 you won't be bottle-necked by the video card 😉 My vote goes for Ti4200.
Re: Teseng ET6000 2MB
Posted on 2023-05-18, 20:25
Lightspeed 128 was ET6000 model made by STB. So it should be good. Maybe post a photo of your card.
Re: Sound Blaster AWE32 + Roland SCC-1- How do I use them together?
Posted on 2023-05-09, 13:19
PC speaker was usually horrible... but I have fond memories playing Pinball Dreams, Pinball Fantasies... sound via PC speaker - I didn't have any sound card at the time.
Re: Connect a AT power supply to the power button
Posted on 2023-05-09, 12:01
https://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=31105&seqNum=4 As long as the blue and brown wires are on the one set of tabs and the black and white leads are on the other, the switch and supply will work properly. If you incorrectly mix the leads, you will likely blow the circuit breaker for the …
Re: Rarest CPUs?
Posted on 2023-04-26, 08:09
Should have one or two Pentium 150. Nothing special about it 😉
Re: Open AT case….
Posted on 2023-04-24, 16:29
bofh.fromhell wrote on 2023-04-24, 15:16: Great case btw, the removable HDD cages makes for a really easy installation and was a big sellingpoint. The thing under 3.5" floppy is a 3.5" tape drive for backups.
Re: another post about M919 motherboard and L2 cache
Posted on 2023-04-21, 19:15
Show an image of Speedsys benchmark.
Re: ZSNES sound problem (AC97)
Posted on 2023-04-19, 19:44
It is what it is. If you want to run ZSNES, use compatible hardware.
Re: Hard drive backup software?
Posted on 2023-04-18, 06:20
I used Ghost back then and still use now for old hardware.
Re: Comanche 1 reboots PC
Posted on 2023-04-18, 00:04
Here they say it might be too fast CPU: https://dosdays.co.uk/topics/Games/game_comanche.php
Re: Socket 7 MMX cpu temperature in MS-DOS?
Posted on 2023-04-17, 10:03
Thermal thermometer is one way to check. Use DOSIDLE program to "stop" the CPU while doing nothing (issues HALT instruction).
Re: Memtest86 needed for 286 1MB RAM
Posted on 2023-04-14, 20:51
Why wouldn't it work?
Re: Memtest86 needed for 286 1MB RAM
Posted on 2023-04-14, 18:43
Test it with Checkit.
Re: my collection now has more 64 bit than 32 bit, yours ?
Posted on 2023-04-11, 12:34
Surely not 😉 Since 64-bit PC era began in 2003 (20 years ago!) I have many x64 CPUs... but my desire is the 90s. I have loads of 286 to Pentium 3 stuff and newer too.
Re: Again…. the same problem… wich sound card for my PII?
Posted on 2023-04-08, 19:45
AWE32 CT3980 Although P-II is more of a Windows machine. Not sure what DOS only game would need the power of P-II? As it seems you have all the DOS bases already covered.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2023-04-06, 20:15
xcomcmdr is talking about OS. Not games. Games were better (looking) on PC-DOS since 1991/92...
Re: Hey everyone... i'm back!... and with a general motherboard problem
Posted on 2023-04-05, 20:42
Hey... good to see you back :) I'm not much of a hardware/electronics specialist but from experiences: 1. motherboard should POST even if caps are bad - maybe not every time - but most of the times. Unless it's shorted tantalum. 2. it's either bad CPU or motherboard. 3. diagnostics card are useful …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2023-04-04, 18:35
danieljm wrote on 2023-04-04, 16:49: For me it was upgrading from 20MB to 60MB. How could someone ever fill that much space?! I went from 42MB to 340MB. That was whole another dimension. I could fill it up to 100MB and wondered what to do 🤣 Then came Win95 and 340MB was small again...
Re: Is 3Dfx Voodoo worth picking up in 2023 ?
Posted on 2023-04-02, 15:55
If you need to ask, no - like 99% of other retro stuff... But for nostalgia reasons you most probably should 🤣
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