YMF724 under DOS problem

Posted on 2016-12-28, 15:05

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by Deksor

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in Marvin \ Sound

I wanted to try out the DOS mode of windows 9x, and so I wanted sound, so I installed the DOS driver. Under DOS, I run "setupds.exe" in order to configure it, but everytime I want to save, it says that it can't find the DMA 1 ... When I set IRQ on ISA or S-IRQ instead of "INTA#", it says the same …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-12-28, 14:53

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by Deksor

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Received today my first Pentium Pro ! It's the 200MHz version with 256KB of L2 cache. It was only 10 bucks. I do not have any use for it at the moment, but I may have a pentium pro system soon, and anyways I have probably saved this one from the gold recoverers

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Re: Possibel ram bug with the computer?

Posted on 2016-12-27, 23:43

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by Deksor

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My version didn't require any tricks to install the game with it's installation files also found on the hdd. It may not do that for you, but there is at least one version of the game that do not complain. Mine came on a CD with the DOS, windows 3.1 and windows 95 installation files. All 3 of them …

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Re: k6-2 compatibility

Posted on 2016-12-26, 22:46

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by Deksor

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ok i set the multiplier at 2x. theres also a vcc jumper which can be set to 2.8v 3.3v and 3.5v. it's set to 2.8v should it be higher? I don't recommend long-term operation at 2.8 on a k6. It needs 2.2v (or 2.4 in case of some chips). My IBM aptiva originally came with a pmmx 233, but when I got it, …

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Re: Possibel ram bug with the computer?

Posted on 2016-12-26, 22:42

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by Deksor

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I don't think you'll encounter that ever. My pmmx 233 had 64MB of ram and I've never seen a game asking me to add more ram. If it asks for more, then it's probably a game that won't be playable anyways on that little pentium. My father bought our first pc in 2001 and it only had 64 MB of ram. It was …

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Re: k6-2 compatibility

Posted on 2016-12-26, 17:25

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by Deksor

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

No, it should be even lower (but it can work at 2.8, you just need a good cooler)

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

Posted on 2016-12-21, 22:24

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by Deksor

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

stamasd wrote: I **want** to install Win98 on a laptop without CDROM... been searching for my PCMCIA CDROM for a couple of hours now, no idea where it is. 🙁 Install 98 with the floppy version ? 🤣

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Re: What I wouldn't give for an EGA or CGA monitor

Posted on 2016-12-21, 00:20

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by Deksor

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

If you are from europe, I wonder if a simple TV equiped with SCART plug wouldn't work. I will try to build a simple adaptor for mine

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

Posted on 2016-12-19, 23:23

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by Deksor

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

You might have done it, but did you install the chipset drivers ?

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How to setup an RPL boot server under linux ?

Posted on 2016-12-17, 23:09

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by Deksor

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Hi everyone. I've got a raspberry pi running raspbian connected to my retro PC network. It acts like an internet router, NAS and PXE boot server. However PXE being very "late" in PC history, it only works with computers that have PCI slots because no ISA network cards have rom software to boot on …

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Re: Was there BX based motherboards with 5 PCI slots, 1 AGP and 2 isa in 1998 ?

Posted on 2016-12-17, 21:30

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by Deksor

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Weird, I've seen an old review saying that BH6 2 had 5 pci slots while the BH6 only had 4. Looking on google showed me motherboards having 4 and 5 pci slots. I assumed that it was only a mistake made by people between the two versions

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Re: Was there BX based motherboards with 5 PCI slots, 1 AGP and 2 isa in 1998 ?

Posted on 2016-12-17, 20:11

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by Deksor

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I've checked the BH6 and it only has 4 PCI slots ... only the BH6 2 has 5 However the Aopen might be the one I'm looking for. The review found on the internet is only Jan 16. Knowing that a review can take a while, and that the manufacturer says that it have been released in late november, this …

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Was there BX based motherboards with 5 PCI slots, 1 AGP and 2 isa in 1998 ?

Posted on 2016-12-17, 19:15

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by Deksor

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The question is in a title : was there a BX based motherboards with 5 PCI slots, 1 AGP and 2 isa that have been released in 1998 ? I need this information to know what do I need for a very specific build. All reviews I can find on the Abit BX6 2 and the Asus P2B-F are from early 1999, not even late …

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Re: Floppy disk archaeology

Posted on 2016-12-17, 10:51

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by Deksor

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I've found once floppies labeled like for example "britney spears 1". Most of them were completely empty, few of them had star's photos, but nothing wrong, but one or two of them had naked pictures 🤣

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Re: What do you run on your older Slower Windows XP builds.

Posted on 2016-12-15, 15:01

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by Deksor

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

You can write floppy images to a floppy disk using linux. I don't remember how, but I remember doing it

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Re: Can't get audio working on a 1999 Motherboard

Posted on 2016-12-14, 17:05

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by Deksor

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Yes, bios updates were made using floppies. If you can't find the old BIOS flashing program, there's one program called "uniflash" that can flash a lot of old motherboards like these (if you have the corresponding rom image) that bug found in award bioses was fixed somewhere in 1999 (I don't …

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Re: Can't get audio working on a 1999 Motherboard

Posted on 2016-12-14, 06:49

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by Deksor

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Is plug and play activated in the bios ? The integrated sound should allow you to disable it in the "integrated peripherals" section of the bios. At least my lifetec pentium 3 does. Agp4x detected as 2x is normal, because most of these boards only work in 2x mode so the video card is a little bit …

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Re: How vanilla do you get with old tech?

Posted on 2016-12-13, 23:16

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by Deksor

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I know, but the only floppies I can get my hands on are late 90's/2000's junk that has bad sectors even when they are still sealed ... I've got a few 720k floppies too, but I think some of them are dead too ... Actually I'm still using floppy disks (not munch, but still) but I'm looking for the …

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Re: Voltages for K6-3+ and a Super Socket 7 board - is 2.0v OK?

Posted on 2016-12-13, 23:07

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by Deksor

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I've bought an IBM aptiva that originaly came with a pentium mmx 233, but when I looked at thr cpu, it was a k6-2 500. But the person that put it there was unqualified because he didn't touch any jumpers, and so the poor k6-2 500 ran with a 0.6v overvolt and was underclocked to 233MHz XD I won't …

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Re: How vanilla do you get with old tech?

Posted on 2016-12-13, 20:43

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by Deksor

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

- I use traditional 3.5" and 5.25" floppies and drives, and I will continue to do so for as long as I have working floppy disks. Floppy emulators are a touch on the expensive side if you ask me, so I stay away from them. Besides, they change the look of the machine and I don't really like it. - I …

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