Re: "ATIQuake" miniGL for Q1 & Q2 on Rage Pro
Posted on Yesterday, 14:57
The difference with a Voodoo 1 is you can get about 40 fps on this one in Quake, with a light overclocking in a batch file. I don't think it's possible with an Ati.
Re: "ATIQuake" miniGL for Q1 & Q2 on Rage Pro
Posted on Yesterday, 09:33
I had a Ati Xpert Play PCI with a 233 MMX, Quake 1 kinda worked. Maybe at 20/25 fps, difficult to remember. Same card as the Xpert Work, but with TV out. I think it was a Rage Pro. With the usual Ati OpenGL defects , all particles are squarred 😀 Adding a Voodoo1 was a great improvement.
Re: Mouse Serial VS Mouse PS/2
Posted on 2020-06-20, 04:43
The slowest machine I used with a PS/2 mouse was a Pentium 75 / 64 Mo ram. It was a dedicated gateway/firewall when I was sysadmin in 1999/2002, of course Debian. Never had any problem with PS/2. Here we are speaking about archeology 😀
Re: Mouse Serial VS Mouse PS/2
Posted on 2020-06-20, 04:39
Fun fact, this problem of "jumpy" PS/2 mouse exist also in old versions of Linux. You have to select IMPS2. Also on FreeBSD. /dev/sysmouse is sometimes a bit obscure to understand.
Re: Mouse Serial VS Mouse PS/2
Posted on 2020-06-20, 01:32
I don't have a retro machine for now. My oldest is a P2 333 ... Which is quite "new", seeing the standards on this forum. Maybe a PS/2 is more cpu dependant ? No idea. So for old games, a serial may be enough. You won't play Unreal Tournament on a 386 :) And use the great Mouserate to tweek to 100 …
Re: Mouse Serial VS Mouse PS/2
Posted on 2020-06-19, 23:39
I prefer the feeling of a PS/2 mouse. Sampling is usually faster for the data, and it's way more smooth to use.
Re: Mouse Serial VS Mouse PS/2
Posted on 2020-06-19, 22:18
There are adapters Ps/2 -> Serial. This may help to use an optical mouse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_H84iGJeDo
Re: QDOS 3Dfx port: music volume and video resolutions
Posted on 2020-01-09, 02:02
Does it run well on your computer ? I tried it on a Pentium 2 333MHz, 3DFX and FreeDOS. The game itself runs well, but each time it needs to load a texture the access to the hard disk is so slow it's unusable. BTW I didn't manage to get any udma driver work.
Re: Retro OSes for retro computers
Posted on 2020-01-09, 01:49
I remember playing Quake 3 with QNX, on my BP6 with a Voodoo 3. There was a version of the game ! 😀
Re: Save my 9800 ! :)
Posted on 2019-12-21, 17:40
Progress ! I baked the card, and changed the main capacitors. When the card is cold, Linux see it, but after a reboot it's already hot and no sign of life. so there are chances there's a bad solder. Need to reflow correctly ... Booting with "nomodeset" : #dmesg : [ 4.535280] [drm] VGACON disable …
Re: Colorgraphic Predator LT 2 PCI
Posted on 2019-12-20, 15:47
I think it's a factory fix. There are several versions of the board, and some of them have the same. Example here : https://www.recycledgoods.com/colorgraphic-co … video-card-pci/
Colorgraphic Predator LT 2 PCI
Posted on 2019-12-20, 01:39
Here's a funny card I have. Colorgraphic Predator LT 2 PCI, with 2 Savage 4 and a Hint bridge. Since there's Savage 4 , we could expect some minimal performances, but it's a piece of garbage. The only interest is it supports 2 screens natively, but I estimate the 2D performance as low as a S3 Trio. …
Re: Save my 9800 ! :)
Posted on 2019-12-20, 01:18
Maybe there's hope ! After baking in the oven, Linux tried to load the "radeon" module. Since the primary card is a (strange) Savage 4 Dual screen, it can only be the 9800. It failed to complete to boot, and the next one doesn't find it. Nothing in "lspci" . But it's better I suppose 😀
Re: Save my 9800 ! :)
Posted on 2019-12-19, 22:10
That's what I plan now. Can't be worse then it is 😀 I just wait my french fries to be ready before 😜
Re: Save my 9800 ! :)
Posted on 2019-12-19, 21:59
I know that case. Unfortunately I already recycled mine since it was in bad shape otherwise would have grabbed parts for you. Got it part of this lot a little over a year ago. Wasn't crazy about it TBH. Thanks :) But in fact the case is complete, excepted of course where there's the drives. It's in …
Re: Save my 9800 ! :)
Posted on 2019-12-19, 21:52
Was it used without the fan? Any broken off ICs, SMDs or cut traces? I can't tell for sure. When I got it it was outside, under the rain. The fan was totally seized by rust, so I don't think it just happened in one day. The screws for the fan were rusty too. And what is funny it's the only place I …
Re: Save my 9800 ! :)
Posted on 2019-12-19, 17:41
I have cleaned the contacts, of course, tried booting with only the card powered, so no hard disk or anything else , and no sign of life 🙁 I'm afraid there's no way to save it.
Save my 9800 ! :)
Posted on 2019-12-19, 07:11
I found a computer on the side walk. Of course, it didn't work. In fact it's just because of a dead video card, so problem rapidly solved. Asus P4C800-E mainboard, Pentium 4 2.8 GHZ, Sound Blaster Audigy , 2 Dvd /writers, Zip IDE drive, a junk wifi card with which I never managed to connect to my …
Re: Adding a Fan to the Voodoo 3000? Powered by the card?
Posted on 2019-11-14, 23:37
The 5 pins component on left of the heatsink is probably a voltage regulator. I can't read the reference. I'm quite sure we can find the datasheet and get 12 volts from it. Or on a capacitor as above. Edit, according to EZ1580 pinout , input is on pin 5. https://pdf1.alldatasheet.com/datasheet-pdf/ …
Re: MonochromeVGA (simulating a monochrome monitor)
Posted on 2019-10-28, 13:47
Great !
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