Re: SCSI SSD's?

Posted on 2017-01-07, 01:03

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by jade_angel

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There will be some advantage: most of the gain from an SSD comes not from the sequential transfer speeds but from the reduction in seek latency, the fact that what latency remains is mostly constant, and the resulting massively increased random read/write performance and attendant increased IOPS. …

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Re: How about this overclock?

Posted on 2017-01-06, 21:40

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I bet that did speed up the IDE performance. Some of that might be disk cache, too, since the memory is now faster. Also, if the UI goes wonky during disk access, even marginal improvements can make it feel a heck of a lot faster.

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Re: How about this overclock?

Posted on 2017-01-06, 21:08

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That is an oddly good result. I wonder if it's a rebadged P133? I didn't know Intel did that at the time, but then, they were often kinda secretive, so who knows?

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Re: Two new builds, out of nowhere.

Posted on 2017-01-06, 16:34

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Well, update part the first: bogotissimo. The first AWE64 let out the magic smoke. I may be able to replace the blown caps. The second is fine, though. I really want an AWE64 in the SS7 machine, so I think I'll be sticking a Yamaha Audician32 in the 486. Gives me an excuse to check out the cool …

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Re: Is Windows pointless on a 486?

Posted on 2017-01-06, 04:23

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I just don't understand the bashing of the 486 going on in here. I remember using NT4 and 98 on my Intel DX4/100 (custom build). Sure I needed 8-12mb of RAM and had to use the older explorer shell on 98 but it was useable....for 9x. I mostly ran everythng I could on NT4 anyway Diablo ftw. Now as …

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Re: Retro OS with remote desktop client support.

Posted on 2017-01-05, 19:51

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It should be possible to build the mostly-Unix RDP client "rdesktop" under OS/2, against SDL. I can't say I've tried it, but apparently it's doable. Also, you can probably run a VNC server on the machine that's running VirtualBox, and use a VNC client on OS/2 (probably cleaner than Win3.1). That …

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Re: Two new builds, out of nowhere.

Posted on 2017-01-05, 18:36

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its 32bit they don't support and I don't see it being a big deal. Not like most monitors can even display 16bit color EDIT: They sort up support 24bit, but its really 22bit. Good point, and for gaming, going to 32-bit color is a big hit unless you had one of the more skookum GPUs of the day, so …

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Re: Two new builds, out of nowhere.

Posted on 2017-01-05, 18:09

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2 very nice systems, well done. Just missing a VERY critical component in the super socket 7. It begins with a 3 and it ends with dfx :lol: You don't even need to use it, it just needs to there. :cool: Oh, if I could just find a Voodoo-anything for a price I'm willing to pay... The Voodoo Banshee …

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Re: Retro 3D Graphics/CGI Hardware/Software?

Posted on 2017-01-05, 15:20

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One nice thing about Solaris, however, is that if you have one of the 64-bit SPARC machines (Ultra 2 or later), you can legitimately get Solaris 10 for free from Oracle. While it likes having a lot of RAM, it will still run on any supported SPARC machine. I used to have quite a few of them, but the …

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Re: What kind of sram cache chips do I need?

Posted on 2017-01-05, 15:12

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I'm not absolutely certain, but 8 of the chips sold in this eBay store seem like they might be the right thing. I'm not clear on where the tag RAM goes on that board, though, and I have a sneaking suspicion it might be expecting the tag RAM to be on the SRAM chips, which would be something rather …

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Re: What kind of sram cache chips do I need?

Posted on 2017-01-05, 14:24

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What model of motherboard is it? I might be able to ferret up some docs.

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Re: A-Trend ATC-5220 and K6-2+

Posted on 2017-01-05, 13:30

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Missing PAE won't hurt anything: PAE (physical addressing extensions) is a feature that lets you use more than 4GB of RAM in 32-bit mode. Normally you'd need a 64-bit CPU and 64-bit OS to use more, but with PAE, you can do it with a 32-bit CPU and OS - but it only works in Windows NT, 2000, Server …

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Re: I need some advice

Posted on 2017-01-05, 03:50

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I'd concur; I've never had anything but heartache with the Audigy2 ZS in Windows pre-2000 (and it's also caused me headaches in Win7 and Win10 - OTOH, it's been absolutely flawless in Linux). For a 98SE machine that might actually run DOS games, look at an AWE64 if you can find one, or maybe a …

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Re: Two new builds, out of nowhere.

Posted on 2017-01-05, 03:45

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Welcome aboard! :D You sure picked the right stuff jade_angel, I found the GA-5AX a pleasure to work with! I wish I had gotten more of these back when they were still cheap. The 512MB memory should work pretty much fine using your K6+ CPU, but imo 256MB should suffice. I can't say much specific …

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Re: I need some advice

Posted on 2017-01-05, 03:35

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I'd concur; I've never had anything but heartache with the Audigy2 ZS in Windows pre-2000 (and it's also caused me headaches in Win7 and Win10 - OTOH, it's been absolutely flawless in Linux). For a 98SE machine that might actually run DOS games, look at an AWE64 if you can find one, or maybe a …

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Re: Is Windows pointless on a 486?

Posted on 2017-01-05, 03:30

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by jade_angel

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Win95 *might* be useful for certain productivity-type apps, or if you have some specific legacy thing you need to run, but it's a lot of overhead, and not terribly good for gaming on a 486. If you're looking for GUI utilities and other such, Windows 3.1(1) as suggested, or perhaps OS/2 Warp would be …

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Re: Two new builds, out of nowhere.

Posted on 2017-01-05, 02:42

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Yeah, apparently there's a few of us around 😀 I used to collect lots of old odd non-x86 gear, still have some of it. I was not the seller, though, alas. I don't think I've sold anything on eBay since a batch of SGIs, Suns and Macs about five years ago.

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Two new builds, out of nowhere.

Posted on 2017-01-05, 02:11

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Sometimes life is weird: I was watching some of the videos on Phil's Computer Lab while bashing my head against getting a few old games working on a modern box, and I mentioned out loud that I wished I still had my old 486 box. My roommate walked out of the room, went upstairs and started rooting …

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Re: Low Spec Systems Running Modern OS'es

Posted on 2017-01-05, 01:27

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You might have better luck getting NetBSD running than Linux, and it's modern enough. I'm gonna give that a shot here soon.

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