Re: Why is Amiga so popular with retro community ?

Posted on 2019-05-16, 08:21

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While not a perfect fit for Workbench, WordPerfect for Amiga was fairly feature-complete compared to its DOS counterparts. https://www.commodorespain.es/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/WordPerfect-Amiga-3.jpg Wordperfect Amiga in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pgKpwc6h1g There was also …

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Re: Why is Amiga so popular with retro community ?

Posted on 2019-05-16, 08:14

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by appiah4

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That's your problem. I think for most it's easy enough to see that PCs are nothing special, hardware-wise, and the hardware of an Amiga can do anything that a PC can, and more. All you need is the software, and that software was never ported to Amiga, so it got stuck in PC/DOS-land. Even so, you …

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Re: PCI Dell TNT2 card not working on 430HX board but works in any other boards.

Posted on 2019-05-16, 08:09

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by appiah4

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Out of curiosity, is this the card you have?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-05-16, 08:01

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by appiah4

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PC Hoarder Patrol wrote: HP Vectra VEi8 Slot 1 board (x 2) VectraVEi8_MB.jpg Very nice board, I also obtained one only last week. What CPU did it come with?

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Re: GPU Duels of 2000 - 2005 Video Cards

Posted on 2019-05-15, 14:19

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by appiah4

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How about a Radeon 7500 vs GeForce 2 Ti battle instead? The 7500 is a refreshed Radeon DDR, the GF2 Ti is a refreshed GF2, both are released as companion cards to 8500/GF3 DX8 cards which got all the attention and comparisons.. Radeon 7500 was a GREAT card at the time that got way too overlooked.

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Re: Problems with 3 AA batteries CMOS battery replacement.

Posted on 2019-05-15, 14:06

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by appiah4

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2 months on a recharge circuit? You should consider yourself lucky it didn't catch fire at some point..

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Re: Matrox driver performance

Posted on 2019-05-15, 13:12

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by appiah4

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You, sir, are godsend.

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Re: Why is Amiga so popular with retro community ?

Posted on 2019-05-15, 13:01

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by appiah4

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TF530, ScanPlusECS... somehow I doubt if these were available in 1990 :P Instead of contemporary accelerators like TF530 there were Apollo accelerators, instead of IDE devices there were SCSI devices, instead of Scan Doublers - who the fuck needed scan doublers, there were RGB monitors. Your point …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-05-15, 12:57

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by appiah4

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Ran into these for $10 and $4. The MAXX was a card I wanted for a long time so auto purchase. The Edison Gold-16 is a card I just KEEP running into; found and bought four so far, flipped two of them, now this is the fifth I've come across and the third in my collection currently. It's a decent non- …

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Re: Good value Win98 Graphic Card

Posted on 2019-05-15, 11:32

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WildW wrote: I've grabbed an FX5600 128MB on eBay for £15, which feels like a nice deal and should be plenty of horsepower for what I want. Anything more high-end, or a Geforce 4 TI, seems to start around £50. Not a bad choice for DX8, just don't try DX9 with it.

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Re: What is the best Thin Client for Windows 98 (SE)

Posted on 2019-05-15, 09:25

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@BushLin: unfortunately there is no Socket 370 Mobile or Low Power CPU. The Pentium III i have, has a TDP of 35 Watts. The Geode NX 1500 has only 9Watt. @appiah4: only the NeoWare has Legacy SB compatibility. The HP T5710 sound card could have, but the Bios is missing the option to enable Legacy …

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Re: [Pics are welcome] What are the rarest or the most obscure games in your possession?

Posted on 2019-05-15, 08:50

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Many people know about its sequel, Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos as a very good space shooter/sim, but not many know of the first I-War , a 3dfx glide space simulation in which you captain a corvette class capital ship. https://i.postimg.cc/h4X96VZ9/Game-Death-Knights-I-War.jpg It's an amazing …

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Re: What is the best Thin Client for Windows 98 (SE)

Posted on 2019-05-15, 08:36

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by appiah4

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Which of the above noted models have onboard legacy sb pro compatible audio? most thin clients only have an ac97 codec and that's a no-no in most cases..

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Re: PCI sound cards and Chipsets from various manufacturers...

Posted on 2019-05-15, 06:50

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ruthan wrote: SB live is working even with i865. Yeah but it sounds like shit 🤣

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Re: PCI sound cards and Chipsets from various manufacturers...

Posted on 2019-05-15, 04:49

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by appiah4

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I didn't disagree with that, I was just sharing my experience. Some i815 motherboards can be very compatible... I once had one and SBLive! worked with it. However, as i815 is accompanied with ICH, it's uncertain whether DDMA-dependent cards (like YMF7xx) would continue to function there. The 440BX/ …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-05-14, 22:57

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by appiah4

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Ran into these for $10 and $4. The MAXX was a card I wanted for a long time so auto purchase. The Edison Gold-16 is a card I just KEEP running into; found and bought four so far, flipped two of them, now this is the fifth I've come across and the third in my collection currently. It's a decent non- …

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Re: Good value Win98 Graphic Card

Posted on 2019-05-14, 20:12

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For DX9, Radeon 9600PRO/XTs are still plentiful where I live. 9550s are basically EVERYWHERE so they are the cheapest DX9 option I know of. For DX8 Ti4200s are getting scarce but could be had for really cheap until not long ago. 9250s are basically everywhere and certainly not bad cards. For DX7 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-05-14, 20:06

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Ohh, nice! Can the U5S CPU do 40MHz FSB? Not sure how well the 33MHz variant will take the overclock but you could always look for a 40MHz version. These are not that rare, I have two (U5S and U5SX) with that clock rating. I can't seem to land one for what I consider a reasonable price, I will keep …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-05-14, 19:51

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by appiah4

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Ran into these for $10 and $4. The MAXX was a card I wanted for a long time so auto purchase. The Edison Gold-16 is a card I just KEEP running into; found and bought four so far, flipped two of them, now this is the fifth I've come across and the third in my collection currently. It's a decent non- …

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Re: PCI sound cards and Chipsets from various manufacturers...

Posted on 2019-05-14, 19:08

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by appiah4

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I didn't disagree with that, I was just sharing my experience.

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