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Re: I wish I had discovered Windows ME sooner!

Posted on Yesterday, 22:04

Pro tip: don't run DOS games in a Windows environment unless it's Win3.1 or earlier. For a pro tip, it's a pretty bad one. For starts, Win9x can actually run many DOS games that simply crash in Win3.x. Games that use DOS extenders come to mind. And some sound cards support better features for DOS …

Re: Geforce 7 series backwards compatibility

Posted on Yesterday, 00:47

thx guys I couldn't find any threads discussing the GF7 in depth, and I searched for quite a while. I want to use one of the cards with PCIe-AGP bridge chip, if i can get ahold of one I don't know what motherboard you intend to use, but bear in mind the bridged cards will malfunction and start …

Re: Introducing myself in Win 98

Posted on Yesterday, 00:14

in PC Emulation
I use Virtual Box and have already a Win 98 VM. Mi real computer is a good one, with 16 gm ram and other stuff, so that isnt a problem for me. You will not be able to get hardware accelerated 3D (OpenGL/Direct3D/Glide) in a Windows 98 Virtualbox VM . This will render pretty much all Windows games …

Re: Geforce 7 series backwards compatibility

Posted on 2021-06-19, 23:59

for NVidia video adapters one must dis-assemble the vBIOS code to determine the location of the various tables which determine the VGA and VESA modes and 'dot-clock' values to change refresh rates. Once you program the CRTC registers directly, you can do almost anything in DOS... However, if you …

Re: Black screen when using a StarTech.com 7 Port PCI USB Card on ATC-6130 Pentium 2 Motherboard

Posted on 2021-06-18, 04:50

So I'm trying to get USB support on this old ATC-6130 Motherboard with an Intel Intel 440LX chipset but I get a black screen and am not able to boot at all when I insert the PCI USB card. What I have tried so far. 1. Switch PCI slots 2. Remove other cards This is the StarTech.com 7 Port PCI USB …

Re: Can one connect an IDE (ATAPI) CD-ROM to one of those USB to IDE adapters? Has anyone tried that ?

Posted on 2021-06-18, 01:30

So have I . You will need to use an external power supply, so you should probably consider a kit that includes a USB to IDE adapter and a power supply that has a molex connector and provides the 5v and 12v required by your CD-ROM drive . Alternatively, if you plan to use this drive long term through …

Re: GPU for 440BX machine with 133 MHz bus?

Posted on 2021-06-15, 02:30

[...] The 5V rail is also generated by the power supply, the motherboard has nothing to do with it The 5V rail on the PSU goes to the ATX connector on the board and from there it's split over lines to the AGP slot and to the CPU. That all happens on the motherboard. I mean it does, yes, but the …

Re: what will you do when your last hardware fails?

Posted on 2021-06-14, 19:40

in Milliways
Already, shortages of the most revered retro hardware mean that many retro enthusiasts will definitely live out their lives without personally owning, say, a Model M keyboard, or a Gravis Ultrasound, or a real MT-32, original IBM machines, CRT screens, or many old consoles. *SNIP* I can say with my …

Re: old soundcards with rmaa tests (gus, blaster)

Posted on 2021-06-14, 08:59

a measured a couple of old isa sound cards in dos with rmaa 5.5. i used an analog/digital allen & heath mixer for recording, and every output level calibrated to the same input level. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_aWLWR6R-6AYVsOsWdQrN0SOgJOVMC-N?usp=sharing Thank you! It must have taken …

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