Re: Best LCD for DOS games running on old hardware

Posted on 2023-11-11, 21:31

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by darry

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Yeah I get it, just do not get the price. Dell, Viewsonic and Asus still make "square" monitors but are 5:4 and general limited to 1280 max and only the Dell has a Display port. I am guessing that they have some very specific customers in mind, that they have guaranteed volume contracts with them …

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Re: Scsi harrdisk

Posted on 2023-11-11, 20:38

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by darry

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I dont know what bluescsi and or zuluscsi is . i ask a hard drive not this . this is a place for old retro pc but nobody knows where i can buy a harddrive . waste of time and maby not interesting enough for this forum Zuluscsi and Bluescsi are modern SCSI hard disk (and CDROM) replacements. They …

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Re: Trying to use CF card reader in Windows 98SE

Posted on 2023-11-11, 18:40

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by darry

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If you are giong to be using a 2 IDE devices on the same cable, one needs to be configured as amaster and the other as slave. Also, some devices (especially older ones) don't play nice together. I suggest you make sur your CF card adapter is set as master and try it alone on its cable, as a first …

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Re: Scsi harrdisk

Posted on 2023-11-11, 18:18

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by darry

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I recommend BlueSCSI (https://bluescsi.com/) . I bought one a few weeks ago and I am very pleased with it. Originally I inteded to buy a Zuluscsi, but then there was a discussion on this forum and someone mention BlueSCSI: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=96674 Zuluscsi has newly added …

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Re: Best LCD for DOS games running on old hardware

Posted on 2023-11-11, 18:09

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by darry

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The point of these monitors, AFAIU, is to cater to legacy commercial/industrial use cases where a 4:3 monitor with certain characteristics is needed. At the same time, these monitors include modern features like Displayport. That the specific feature set does not include 640x350 support is a design …

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Re: Some games run laggy on 66 MHZ FSB

Posted on 2023-11-11, 17:31

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by darry

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gerwin wrote on 2023-11-11, 17:28: darry wrote on 2023-11-10, 20:25: @gerwin Could a faulty PLL possibly cause something like this ? Never heard of that being an issue, and we have too little information anyways. I suppose it is up to the topic starter to decide how to proceed. That makes sense to …

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Re: Can a 4x CD-Writer write on 12X CD-RW?

Posted on 2023-11-11, 17:29

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by darry

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CDRW media is a bit diff than CDR media and compatibility is very dependent on the media material and dye color versus laser setup in the drives. I like darry's research as at least said something where many of us found out thru experimentation and forums. I still do not use CDRW media because it …

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Re: Scsi harrdisk

Posted on 2023-11-11, 17:09

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by darry

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Hello . I have buy a ibm ps/2 486 slc2. First i replace the battery of the mainboard because the old one was dead . Then i use a emergency disk from ibm to setup the computer . It says that the scsi harddrive is bad . And i cannot further until this is solved. Now i can not setup the computer …

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Re: Slow HDD in WinME

Posted on 2023-11-11, 13:48

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by darry

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Kouwes wrote on 2023-11-11, 13:44: 80 conductor Thank you. There goes my theory. Glad you got it to work.

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Re: Ultra-ATA/100 - WDC WD5000AAKB

Posted on 2023-11-11, 13:44

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by darry

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Hey there, I have a WDC WD5000AAKB hard drive and I have it running in my Soltek SL-65KV2-T system, but the drive is only showing up with 136GB capacity not 500GB in the bios and WinXP. Any thoughts? P.S. when I booted to a Linux boot it showed the full 500GB. Thanks in advance! It is likely a BIOS …

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Re: winquake causes pc to restart

Posted on 2023-11-11, 13:18

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by darry

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I think that @dominusprog meant that you might want to try loosening the RAM timings in the BIOS. My guess is that it might be an issue linked to the Nvidia driver version that you have installed and/or the chipset drivers installed (or not installed) if the motherboard uses a VIA chipset.

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Re: Slow HDD in WinME

Posted on 2023-11-11, 13:12

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by darry

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Are you using an 80-conductor or 40-conductor IDE cable ?

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Re: Can a 4x CD-Writer write on 12X CD-RW?

Posted on 2023-11-11, 03:37

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by darry

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CDRW media is a bit diff than CDR media and compatibility is very dependent on the media material and dye color versus laser setup in the drives. I like darry's research as at least said something where many of us found out thru experimentation and forums. I still do not use CDRW media because it …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2023-11-11, 02:25

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by darry

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Wah, I've been buying broken 3DFX cards for a while to see if I can fix them. Today I was looking over a Voodoo 1 that I'd bought last year and I could never get it to do anything. It would only report 0xDEAD for the TMU status with 57005 TMUs. I'd thought it was down to a broken pin since there …

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Re: Decent used digital cameras Proconsumer-high end.

Posted on 2023-11-11, 02:17

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by darry

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EF lens is for flagship cams using full frame and APS-H. EF-S is for rest of mid range cams using APS-C sensor. Both lens and cameras is designed together so the rear most of the lens extends just bit inside the body closer to the smaller sensor. This way you get best use of the lens. Cheers, I …

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Re: Can a 4x CD-Writer write on 12X CD-RW?

Posted on 2023-11-11, 00:57

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by darry

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CDRW media is a bit diff than CDR media and compatibility is very dependent on the media material and dye color versus laser setup in the drives. I like darry's research as at least said something where many of us found out thru experimentation and forums. I still do not use CDRW media because it …

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Re: Best LCD for DOS games running on old hardware

Posted on 2023-11-10, 20:32

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by darry

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One thing I do find funny talking about all this and the news about Eizo releasing a new 4:3 screen is The company a work for replaced all their computer hardware in the usual fashion. The went with Lenovo this time around. In the upgrade their computers in the test area were replaced with new …

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Re: Some games run laggy on 66 MHZ FSB

Posted on 2023-11-10, 20:25

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by darry

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Maybe you can find some board photos where the PLL is identifiable. I tried, but either the pictures are not sharp, or the chip is obscured by an AGP bracket or card. I do see brand logo "ICS". EDIT1: Manual says "ICS 9248DF-39" EDIT2: Datasheet is available on the net. Lowest PCI clock it can have …

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Re: Best LCD for DOS games running on old hardware

Posted on 2023-11-10, 19:22

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by darry

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I mean Eizo is a manufacturing company, they produce their own panels in Japan so I dont immediately jump to the conclusion that another company made the panels for them and/or that some other company will also offer up a new production 4:3 aspect monitor for sale. It is possible of course, but …

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Re: Best LCD for DOS games running on old hardware

Posted on 2023-11-10, 18:34

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by darry

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Eizo are a manufacturing company. Their production plant is in Japan. Do you mean to imply that Eizo being a Japanese company and probably manufacturing these monitors in Japan implies that the actual LCD panels are necessarily sourced from a Japanese company and/or manufactured in Japan ? Or do …

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