Re: Gainbery MAXimizer Cyrix 5x86-133
Posted on 2023-09-03, 12:04
I have got hold of a Gainberry 133MHz CPU too - how should I take the heatsink off to see what the actual CPU is? Just warm it up? Cheers, Steve
Re: Guide: Installing Windows 98 and DOS drivers on an Audigy2 ZS (version 2.1)
Posted on 2023-08-21, 10:57
Thanks, this guide has helped me just build an Audigy 2 system 😀
Re: Computer hardware 20 years ago.
Posted on 2023-04-19, 18:00
I still have Opteron down as 'modern' in my mind 😀 We had HP Opteron servers at where I worked back 15 years ago and great they had loads of cores, but our trading platform needed 1 fast core for much of its job and that struggled on these CPUs.
Re: How big is the IBM 300PL 6862 really? Photos wanted.
Posted on 2023-04-19, 17:57
According to page 33 of this PDF I can confirm it's 17.7" deep and wide, that's even slightly bigger than the 300GL which I have! And that doesn't fit on a normal 60cm desk. http://ps-2.kev009.com/pccbbs/commercial_desktop/6275tim.pdf Add on a few inches for cables out the back. I have a 300GL on a …
Re: PowerVR Fun Thread
Posted on 2023-04-09, 10:27
It's not really a dedicated download (an older version used to be available as a download back in 1998), but rather it's found in Techland's Crime Cities game, and the demo is the easiest way to get it. Don't expect miracles though. It doesn't try to substitute blends like NEC's PowerVR Extreme …
Re: PowerVR Fun Thread
Posted on 2023-04-08, 23:40
Hi, I've read a lot about Techland's MiniGL driver but I can't actually find anywhere to download it?
Re: Matrox M3D / PCX2 opinions
Posted on 2023-03-04, 22:33
Ha I was last to post here. Anyway it runs Final Reality on Windows 98 OK. Should it be able to run 3DMark 99? It complains it can't.
Re: Vogons Video Announcement Thread
Posted on 2023-02-20, 20:25
Trying out an external 20MB SCSI Drive on an Apple Mac LC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFptx17V5Vc
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2022-12-28, 19:20
My new retro network build network. It serves something else too but 4 vlans, one for retro and other for various iot's and the rest for my home network. Nothing fansy but working. Pfsense and 4 gigabit ethernet ports. Works with everything for my retro nas serving drivers and os's, games :) What's …
Re: CT-4810 in DOS
Posted on 2022-11-29, 14:59
Ancient thread resurrection alert! Just wanted to say I was having trouble with crashes and reboots (and APTEST/APLEGACY tests failed) with a CT4810 using the Ensoniq drivers, but the Creative drivers linked on the second post on this thread work perfectly. Hope this helps someone in the future! My …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-11-13, 19:49
Picked these 5 PCs up last week for a tenner each and have been working on them since. A P3 1GHz, P3 1.26GHz, a Celeron 700MHz, an Athlon 1GHz and a P4 3GHz with a mix of hardware, nothing particularly exciting. Built up 3 good ones so far ready to pass on! A proper Win98SE and XP fest :) The 1. …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-11-11, 23:23
Picked these 5 PCs up last week for a tenner each and have been working on them since. A P3 1GHz, P3 1.26GHz, a Celeron 700MHz, an Athlon 1GHz and a P4 3GHz with a mix of hardware, nothing particularly exciting. Built up 3 good ones so far ready to pass on! A proper Win98SE and XP fest 😀
Re: Need help to improve the support of 486/586/686 class CPUs in CPU-Z
Posted on 2022-11-07, 22:03
I have a Packard Bell Celeron 700 here with PCI only graphics and it also bluescreens with the cvxdsamp error at about 60% loading. I've tried a couple of different graphics cards but they do the same - GeForce MX200 and a Matrox Mystique. The motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-6WMM7 Rev 4.1 Have you …
Re: A hardware problem that I've never seen before.
Posted on 2022-11-07, 15:59
Sorry to resurrect this old thread but I have the same board in a Packard Bell iConnect that I picked up recently and its exhibiting strange behaviour like only booting with the jumper in "safe" mode (there's a jumper for normal/save/recovery). I was wondering if you happen to have come across the …
Re: Need help to improve the support of 486/586/686 class CPUs in CPU-Z
Posted on 2022-11-07, 13:49
I have a Packard Bell Celeron 700 here with PCI only graphics and it also bluescreens with the cvxdsamp error at about 60% loading. I've tried a couple of different graphics cards but they do the same - GeForce MX200 and a Matrox Mystique. The motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-6WMM7 Rev 4.1
Re: Different Versions of Ensoniq AudioPCI
Posted on 2022-11-05, 23:09
Just been fighting a Creative CT4740 for hours - it's a Ensoniq 1373. Turns out the VEN_1274&DEV_1371 wasn't matching. I had Vendor ID of 1264 and 1234 depending on the PCI slot I put the card in! Eventually the third slot I tried it in gave me the correct vendor ID. Never had this problem before!
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2022-10-08, 21:09
Of course I'm doing a few other things alongside that. I'm kind of going through my collection of laptops and deciding which ones I really want to keep - this FMA9500 mono screen laptop is one of my favourites because it's such an oddball, but the mouse pointer's controller is broken so I've been …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2022-10-08, 21:08
Today I switched out the PSU in my 233mmx and the 120mm Fan. The one on the left is the new one I switched in (250Watt) and the right one is the one switched out (230watt) The 250watt felt far better quality. https://i.imgur.com/wfkclgZl.jpg Before fitting it, I switched out the loud fan. I had a …
Re: CD Drive works fine in DOS, crashes hard in Windows 3.11
Posted on 2022-10-08, 21:05
I can't run Win3.11 in standard mode, it's not supported. But anyway I fixed it :) I tried multiple CD drivers and the results ranged from hanging on boot, to appearing to work but failing to read disks, to working in DOS and freezing Windows to finally fully working. ATAPICD.SYS is the one that …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-10-06, 22:42
I recently bought an Apple IIe via ebay. I'd hesitated buying online due to the prospect of shipping damage. In this case, the seller was only two hours away, so I offered to pick up instead of having it shipped. Frustratingly they responded that they don't do pick ups and that they had shipped out …
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