Re: Inexpensive PCI/ISA Synthesis in MS-DOS/Win 9x

Posted on 2015-02-20, 15:22

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YMF-719 cards can be very clean sounding. Even some ESS cards can depending on the make. Compared to a soundblaster bus noise is much rarer to pick up usually can disable the amp on these via jumpers. If you go PCI, YMF-7x4 cards can be very clean sounding, can have dos support as good as an ISA …

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Re: Dual Pro system thoughts

Posted on 2015-02-20, 03:35

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I have 98se + XP3 on my single P-PRO @233 128mb of ram + 2 1TB hard-drives for storage. Sil3512\3112\3114 Sata I controllers will let you use Modern Sata III drives with no issues under 9x. You can use just about any PCI Sata II controller tho if you want to run 2k\XP\Linux.

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Re: DriverGuide.com’s Not-so-surprising Scammy Tactics

Posted on 2015-02-19, 15:02

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If you have to visit that site, do it in a VM under Linux, under wine. 😈

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Re: Soundfont recommendation thread

Posted on 2015-02-16, 14:16

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http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=8 I use this Utopia Live! font alot too, there is a 27.5mb and 24mb font vers included that will load on an AWE, along with others optimized for the Audigy too. I dunno where you can buy this anymore, sad really its very good. I bought it way back in the …

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Re: Soundfont recommendation thread

Posted on 2015-02-15, 15:40

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These merlin fonts are pretty good. 12mb will work on an Awe32 and its free.

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Pentium Pro 233mhz L2-256k 440fx

Posted on 2015-02-14, 20:51

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Pentium Pro 200 @ 233mhz Intel 440fx 128mb Edo 60ns Win98se Screenshot

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

Posted on 2015-02-14, 14:59

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Got this thing out of storage. Intel refrence I850, it uses Rdram. Gonna mess with it not expecting anything but trouble with it . A P4 northwood 2.4\533 is on it, all the caps look perfect, and its a board that uses the AUX power cable. I have 4 128mb rdimms for it, only gonna try 9x if it fails …

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Re: 3dmark99 MegaThread

Posted on 2015-02-13, 14:09

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by AlphaWing

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like said above the n pixel polygons\sec tests would be somewhat useful to see. You need the full version to do them tho.

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Re: 3dmark99 MegaThread

Posted on 2015-02-13, 13:44

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Voodoo II is capped with the p4. I'm actually surprised the i740 with that much vram is so weak, its being fed by a decent enough cpu, yet its about the same speed as a voodoo II being under fed\limited on a pentium pro @ half the speed. I always thought the AGP variants were so slow due to mostly …

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Pentium Pro 233mhz L2-256k

Posted on 2015-02-12, 18:27

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My Recent Retro Restore Hardware Pentium Pro 200@233mhz L2 256K Intel 440FX Motherboard 128mb EDO 60ns (32mb x4) E-vga Geforce 4 Mx 440 64mb PCI. Card is odd, it uses SDRAM instead of DDR, with the full 128-bit interface. 30.82 Maxi Gamer 3d2 12mb - Voodoo II 12mb. Sil3512 sata controller - 2x 1TB …

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Re: What would you consider to be the most powerful\best cpu to pair with a Voodoo3?

Posted on 2015-02-12, 15:36

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Its faster, but once you get much above a P-III or athlon above 1.4ghz, it doesn't really matter. Here is a 3dmark 99 result of one (pci v3 2000 @ 166mhz this particular one can reach 183+) in an overclocked socket 478 prescott @ 3.8ghz based P4 - i875 with 3dmark 99 for a v3, there are more in the …

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Re: SSHD for retro systems?

Posted on 2015-02-12, 14:47

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You could use a CF card. lol While it's not really a proper SSD it works just as good as a real HHD. How big of a drive are we talking anyhow? Wouldn't the motherboard have issues with modern SSD drives? PCI Sata Adapter. Sil 3112\3114\3512 have no issues with sata III devices. Most other sata I …

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Re: Soundfont recommendation thread

Posted on 2015-02-12, 01:14

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Awe32 "CONVERSION SF", Useful on a non Awe32 Sounds like one. OPL-3 as a SF, very large 128mb Yamaha XG- Remap MT-32 Lots of other interesting SF's and softsynths.

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Re: Crusty Desktop AT Pentium

Posted on 2015-02-11, 15:56

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by AlphaWing

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You can slow faster cd\dvd drives down in dos with this TSR. Also that case doesn't look that crusty!

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Re: SSHD for retro systems?

Posted on 2015-02-11, 15:52

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4-tb drives are multi-platter drives. They are gonna whir louder as a consequence as there is more for the motor to drive along with likely using a more powerful one. Modern Single platter Sata II and III hard drives are nearly silent in comparison. You find them in the lower density drives.

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Re: SSHD for retro systems?

Posted on 2015-02-11, 14:41

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by AlphaWing

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No even without trim they still do their own garbage collection and wear leveling routines. 9x and dos and even XP don't write to them heavy enough @ anyrate. Also if you can hear a modern SP-7200 RPM hard drive over a 120mm fan in your system. Your ears are super-man level lol . Modern drives …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2015-02-11, 14:29

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Kinda like that for me with obscure games that never caught on. I have tons of tons of obscure games thanks to places like Menards, and Biglots (places you don't expect PC games) which they got dumped to. Whats hilarous as a KID I remember Menards offered rebates on these games. They sold them for …

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Re: Best graphics card for a MediaGX 266 MHz

Posted on 2015-02-11, 14:06

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Demolition Racer a console PC port and non mainstream game, but its one of the oldest games I've played with HwTNL support. The difference between SWTNL and HWTNL is very noticeable, especially on a weak cpu. Heres a wiki link. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demolition_Racer The wiki claims its from …

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

Posted on 2015-02-11, 13:54

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by AlphaWing

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3dmark99 is fine, just post all the details like in this thread. 3dmark99 MegaThread

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Re: SSHD for retro systems?

Posted on 2015-02-11, 13:48

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by AlphaWing

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Really no point, a Single platter 7200 rpm Sata III HD will nearly max the PCI bus, and your still basically getting a Hard drive. Switching full over to SSD's once 1tb drives are @ the price range 128gb's are now, is my eventual plan for all my retro machines, and it has no real reason to do with …

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