Re: Gigabyte GA-5AX Question

Posted on 2023-06-18, 14:44

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by CodeFuApprentice

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The thing is, you don't really need any of that. :-) This is actually the true appeal of the Super Socket 7 platform: the fact that, by disabling the caches (CPU and motherboard cache), you essentially end up with the speed of either a 486 or a 386 PC. It's what we call "time machine PCs". If you …

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Re: Gigabyte GA-5AX Question

Posted on 2023-06-18, 12:43

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by CodeFuApprentice

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Yes, you can drop the FSB as low as the board can go. The CPU will play along nicely. I've just changed those settings, and i shouldn't have worried about it not working. My rig posted just fine after changing the Multiplier to 2.5x, and FSB to 66Mhz. I was just a bit surprised to get 167Mhz at …

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Re: Gigabyte GA-5AX Question

Posted on 2023-06-13, 12:51

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by CodeFuApprentice

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Ooooh, 2.5x multiplier at 66Mhz would give me 165Mhz. It's close to what i was hoping to reach. I'll give this a try. Thank you 😀

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Re: Gigabyte GA-5AX Question

Posted on 2023-06-13, 12:01

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by CodeFuApprentice

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Afaik the K6-III CPUs simply don't have a 1x multiplier. They go from 2.5x up to 6x. You can set it to 2.5x though. 2.5x lowest for K6-III? Aww, I was hoping for lower than that. Oh well. Also, i made a mistake, my motherboard manual said lowest is 1.5x not 1x. Thinking about it now, what about FSB …

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Gigabyte GA-5AX Question

Posted on 2023-06-13, 11:17

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by CodeFuApprentice

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Hi everyone. A little while ago i was considering buying a slower CPU for better compatibility with various speed sensitive DOS games. I'd considered something like an Intel Pentium 100 or 150, and just swap between them when necessary. I then thought about the hardware i already have, and after a …

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Re: Your most shitty motherboard?

Posted on 2023-04-26, 15:16

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by CodeFuApprentice

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I think the worst motherboards i've previously owned that spring to mind were the ECS Nforce3-A939 and possibly the K7S5A. I hated these boards because i used to frequently get graphics corruption and artifacting just at the desktop, sometimes blue screens, and sometimes it wouldn't reach the OS. …

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Re: Yamaha XG with S/PDIF out ?

Posted on 2022-12-26, 16:31

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by CodeFuApprentice

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I had wondered if this was possible to do, in my case, Outputting MIDI from a Sound Card with an attached Wavetable Daughterboard(DB50XG) through a TOSLINK port. I'm not aware if any of my cards are capable of doing this (AWE-32 or Turtle Beach Santa Cruz). Ideally i'd love to see a card capable of …

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Re: Need help with Connecting SPDIF to AWE-32.(CT2760)

Posted on 2022-12-21, 16:44

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by CodeFuApprentice

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I use the +5V pin from the PC Speaker connector on my Soundblaster 32 to power the toslink port on the ASUS S/PDIF bracket. Hmmm, That's actually quite a clever suggestion for powering the optical port. Before your post, I had wondered if any of the pins nearby to the SPDIF pins could supply +5V. I …

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Re: Need help with Connecting SPDIF to AWE-32.(CT2760)

Posted on 2022-12-19, 17:50

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by CodeFuApprentice

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'You'd better not plug into the amplifier, There's a slight possibility of Overload' Yikes!! - *Gets flung across the room* Whoa!!

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Re: Need help with Connecting SPDIF to AWE-32.(CT2760)

Posted on 2022-12-19, 17:39

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by CodeFuApprentice

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Hmmmm, After seeing your post about the Coaxial cable voltage, has made me think i don't want to damage either of my CT2760 cards.

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Need help with Connecting SPDIF to AWE-32.(CT2760)

Posted on 2022-12-19, 14:42

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by CodeFuApprentice

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Hi everyone, I remember seeing in one of PhilsComputerLab's youtube videos that you can connect an SPDIF optical output bracket to an AWE-64 or Live card if i remember correctly. Since then, I've wanted to take advantage of the SPDIF output of my AWE-32 card, so I've just recently bought an SPDIF …

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Re: Question about Super Socket 7 system.

Posted on 2022-04-23, 14:11

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by CodeFuApprentice

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One more thing: JEMMEX is only useful in pure DOS. Windows 3.1 only works with HIMEM. Oooh, Now that is good to know, Thank you :) I probably might've found that out myself eventually. I've also been switching between using JEMMEX or HIMEM.SYS and/or EMM386.EXE depending if i need it for a game or …

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Re: Question about Super Socket 7 system.

Posted on 2022-04-23, 01:02

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by CodeFuApprentice

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Your AWE32 in DOS must be initialized like this in AUTOEXEC.BAT: DIAGNOSE /S AWEUTIL /S /R:0 /C:0 MIXERSET /P /Q BLASTER and SOUND environment variables must be set prior setting these lines. AWEUTIL and MIXERSET are located in the same directory where DIAGNOSE is. The /S command line switch on …

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Re: Question about Super Socket 7 system.

Posted on 2022-04-22, 20:50

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by CodeFuApprentice

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Update: I've had a chance to try JEMMIX without HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE, I was actually surprised at how much conventional RAM became available. Also pleased that i had various memory specs available. XMS/EMS/UMB etc. I did also reinstall my 64MB module. I've just been briefly messing around with …

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Re: Question about Super Socket 7 system.

Posted on 2022-04-22, 14:55

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by CodeFuApprentice

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Didn't DOS 6.xx have trouble with more than 64MB of ram? Could you test things with only 64 or 32 MB installed? Still a nice setup though :D Yes. HIMEM.SYS in MS-DOS 6.22 was limited to 64MB RAM, replacing it with HIMEMX would address this limitation. Aside of that certain DOS games using the DOS/ …

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Re: Question about Super Socket 7 system.

Posted on 2022-04-22, 10:38

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by CodeFuApprentice

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Also try JEMMEX instead of EMM386, or HIMEM only. That might help some games to run properly. Oooh, Thank you. I'll be sure to give JEMMEX a try, I've downloaded it already, though i've not had a chance to try it out yet. I've seen other memory managers mentioned here before, and some clever RAM …

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Question about Super Socket 7 system.

Posted on 2022-04-20, 16:34

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by CodeFuApprentice

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Hi everyone, I started using my Super Socket 7 build a bit more recently. Still the same specs as below, but with an added HDD for MS-DOS 6.22, as previously i only used this system for Windows 98. I can only remember using DOS on a 386 or 486, and didn't expect any issues at first. When i tried to …

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Re: Programming on DOS/Windows 95/98

Posted on 2020-08-31, 15:08

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by CodeFuApprentice

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I think i'd heard about those being mentioned back in the early 2000s. Tasm rings a bell, and I'm sure i'd heard of Watcom. Interesting, I'd never heard of DJGPP for DOS programming. I was only aware of QBasic at the time. Thank you for those suggestions.

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Programming on DOS/Windows 95/98

Posted on 2020-08-31, 13:45

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by CodeFuApprentice

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Hi everyone, I really hope no one minds me asking this, Does anyone here still use their old systems for programming? If you do, What software do you use? Which programming languages? What open source development tools are there for Windows 95/98/DOS? I've wanted to do some game programming for a …

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Re: Considering SSD, SATA and USB upgrades for SS7 based system.

Posted on 2020-08-31, 13:14

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by CodeFuApprentice

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Thanks everyone. I haven't completely disregarded those IDE to SATA adapters for an SSD, only that i wanted to see what could get the most out of this old machine. I'll certainly consider one of those USB cards.

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