Re: Project: Mini functional Windows 3.1 standard mode/ svga 256 color/ 32bit fat.

Posted on 2021-02-20, 18:55

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by BinaryDemon

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I wish MS would release Win 3.1 as freeware / open source. I would be so much fun to distribute Win3.1 with DosBox, ect. I think I tried the Boot Win3.1 off a floppy experiment in the past, isnt it painfully slow booting?

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Re: Matrox Millennium II for DOS?

Posted on 2021-02-19, 18:00

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by BinaryDemon

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Here's a quick compatibility chart you can check - https://gona.mactar.hu/DOS_TESTS/ Overall the Millennium II isnt looking that great, but it really depends on what you play.

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Re: Definitive list of all socket 5/7/SS7 cpus

Posted on 2021-01-31, 00:58

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by BinaryDemon

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You are missing the socket 5 non-mmx overdrive cpu's (125, 150, 166) models. missing the standard Pentium 150 (non-mmx) too. All the AMD K5 models - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_K5_microprocessors

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Re: fx5500 or Geforce MX4000 for Pentium200MMX

Posted on 2021-01-20, 19:55

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by BinaryDemon

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Sphere478 wrote on 2021-01-20, 19:49: Supposedly the fastest pci card is the gt610 or possibly a gt730 but I can’t seem to find it. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Al_T6bSoclM Thats great if your running XP, many of the 'fastest' pci cards don't have Win98 drivers.

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Re: fx5500 or Geforce MX4000 for Pentium200MMX

Posted on 2021-01-20, 12:39

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by BinaryDemon

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I'd be worried about the Pentium MMX handling driver bloat with something as new as the FX5500 or Geforce4 MX. Maybe look for a Geforce2 MX and try the oldest drivers available?

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Re: I'm happy i just got a fic 486-pvt-io with 486 dx4-75mhz, but i cant update bios

Posted on 2020-12-23, 07:15

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by BinaryDemon

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I copied UNIFLASH and the new bios file onto one of my socket 7 machines, then I pulled the EEPROM while the machine was running. Then I plugged in the EEPROM I sourced for the FIC motherboard, and flashed it using UNIFLASH. After that, I put the new EEPROM into my 486-VIP-IO2, moved the EEPROM …

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Re: Can i live with a PentiumIII and a 2D Video Card?

Posted on 2020-11-28, 11:50

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by BinaryDemon

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and.... it is better to have a PIII 850Mhz without a 3D card or a Pentium200Mhz with PCI 3D card??? Apparently I missed the other thread - so no sure what exactly your trying to play. For Win9X gaming, most games from the Pentium 200mhz era didnt require a 3d card and have a software rendering …

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Re: Were VLB video cards ever good?

Posted on 2020-11-14, 11:15

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by BinaryDemon

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I would be curious about what is the lowest realtics value someone has gotten in the doom benchmark using an ISA card and while having standard isa bus clockspeed. I've seen this discussed in other threads. I don't remember the realtic numbers but I think the best isa cards typically reach 20fps. I …

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Re: Installed new 866mhz CPU, reading as "433e Mhz 66x6.5" after 2nd boot

Posted on 2020-11-12, 19:55

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by BinaryDemon

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Did you try the other Dimm alone? Maybe you found the ‘bad’ one.

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Re: Installed new 866mhz CPU, reading as "433e Mhz 66x6.5" after 2nd boot

Posted on 2020-11-12, 17:48

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by BinaryDemon

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Seems like it's memory related, is there any options in the bios to supply slightly more voltage to the memory? Maybe test using just 1x256 dimm and see if the issue still repeats? Clearing / Resetting the bios might help too.

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Re: DosBox Distro - A LiveUSB made simple

Posted on 2020-11-05, 02:20

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by BinaryDemon

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Not 100% sure, some google results seems to indicated that DosBox under Linux doesn’t support relative path.

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Re: Need Video card for P3-933mhz. computer ( 2001 )

Posted on 2020-11-02, 18:18

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by BinaryDemon

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I think Geforce3 would be an ideal match.

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Re: Which video card would be best for my Win 98 SE?

Posted on 2020-11-02, 01:27

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by BinaryDemon

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Those all seem overpowered for an agp 2x system. Based on that I’d recommend the GeForce Ti 4200 64mb . What cpu you running?

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Re: Nexgen - the 486 killer - WIP

Posted on 2020-11-01, 10:28

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by BinaryDemon

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And no FPU certainly hurts it in comparisons when all of it's competitors had it and software was finally starting to take advantage of FPU.

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Re: PCI Soundcard impact on PCI Videocard performance (gaming)

Posted on 2020-10-31, 01:33

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by BinaryDemon

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A similar test isa vs pci here too: ISA (AWE64) vs. PCI (SB Live!) sound card benchmark But again with an agp card. Also I think results might vary massively from chipset to chipset.

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Re: PCI Soundcard impact on PCI Videocard performance (gaming)

Posted on 2020-10-28, 17:49

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by BinaryDemon

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I'd love to see benchmarks on this as well, although I would guess its a bigger factor for faster PCI videocards and less a factor for early PCI videocards.

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Re: Best launcher for Doom for 486 and DOS

Posted on 2020-10-24, 17:01

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by BinaryDemon

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There are a bunch of source ports that support 640x400 resolution, most forked from Chocolate Doom. I'd take a look at this one - Doom MBF (Doom 'MBF' for DOS, Maintenance release 2.04) ,

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Re: 386 with VLB, suggestions?

Posted on 2020-10-20, 08:15

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by BinaryDemon

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I’d be worried after all that work that it turns out to be some proprietary 32bit local bus and you can’t find anything compatible with it.

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Re: S3 Virge Graphics Card RAM Upgrade/Overclock

Posted on 2020-10-18, 22:58

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by BinaryDemon

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I gotta try Terminal Velocity, I just remember being completely unimpressed with how Descent2 ran on a Cyrix P200 + S3 Virge.

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Re: Sigma Designs EGA cards - a deep dive

Posted on 2020-10-17, 09:55

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by BinaryDemon

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I just wanted to say that even though I only understand what your doing at a very superficial level... thanks for sharing your journey. It’s a very interesting read.

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