Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on Today, 05:57
I got a ess solo 1 waiting to see if It works
Re: PCI-X Compatible Sound Cards
Posted on Today, 04:19
I also have been finding that I cannot have too many non-PCI-X aware cards on the PCI-X bus. Some cases, the bus drops into 33MHz compatibility mode (terrible performance). Other cases, I get hard locks and freezes. it does that anyways all the pci-x cards on that bus share the same bandwidth. …
Re: Is there any unofficial Internet Explorer 6?
Posted on Yesterday, 19:06
IE6 stopped being a relevant browser on XP over 15 years ago, you know the OS that shipped with it. Google had a project called chrome Frame that replaced the IE6 engine with the chrome engine and only worked on XP. It was never supported and was killed off so long ago that the older version of …
Re: Toshiba 2805-s402 Ultimate retro gaming laptop
Posted on Yesterday, 16:00
I was getting some crackling when I turned the audio volume wheel and a couple squirts of deoxit fixed that. Just throwing that out. Cleaning the volume pot when its disasembled on my other laptop fixed that issue too. Its probably a comon problem for any potentiameter on any audo equipment. I just …
Re: Toshiba 2805-s402 Ultimate retro gaming laptop
Posted on Yesterday, 01:27
Thanks for the rec ISO btw
Re: Toshiba 2805-s402 Ultimate retro gaming laptop
Posted on Yesterday, 01:25
I found a place in US that actually has new old stock of the hinges. I ordered a pair and installed them in my 2nd laptop I recovered. So if anyone is interested I'll post it up.
Re: A list of all Toshiba laptops computers with a Yamaha DOS compatible soundcard ?
Posted on 2022-04-15, 23:07
Hi everyone ! Major update of my google sheet here : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18X3uxqWBowuVXnLB6_7gjh-kpZ_HdKS5kwPDu-p01Ac/edit#gid=1535292518 I did finished yet to include every data you gave MAZter, thanks a lot too ! Best regards Philippe Dubois Your listing for the 2805-s503 is …
Re: Adding a fan header to Geforce3 TI 200, help with components check needed!
Posted on 2022-04-11, 01:36
wish I could help, I don't think it's worth the trouble. I would probably just run a 3 pin fan off a controller so I can control the fan speed myself. If youre looking for a quiet PC that is. You won't have any fan control speed with it wired to the card.
Re: Twisted Metal 2 crashing
Posted on 2022-04-10, 17:55
A glide wrapper, but I don't know if theres one that will work for you on that setup. Thing is that game isn't really directx. It's direct3d 5 aka directx5. Most of that games features are probably Direct3d 3.
Re: Questions on DOOM performance on 486 DX2-66
Posted on 2022-04-06, 03:47
It runs fine if you have a good build with a fast Video card. It can get a little laggy though.
Re: DOS Build with no external drives (CD, floppy)?
Posted on 2022-04-06, 03:43
I used DOS VM in vmware before and just mounted virtual disks to install DOS and various games that I downloaded. After I preped a CF with XP I just copied all the files from the VM to the CF and that worked fine. This probably will not work in every scenario but It can work.
Re: Toshiba 2805-s402 Ultimate retro gaming laptop
Posted on 2022-04-06, 03:27
don't remember, probably lowered settings, to 800x600 or 640x480. But that was on the 800mhz cpu version, so try that and your scores should be higher. Was on the 12.xx driver. I remember trying 2001se before and it didn't run and I figured its becasue the GPU doesn't do Directx 8 shaders so I …
Re: Toshiba 2805-s402 Ultimate retro gaming laptop
Posted on 2022-04-04, 19:05
I can try later but I don't think its going to work. copy pasta from wiki R100's pixel shaders R100-based GPUs have forward-looking programmable shading capability in their pipelines; however, the chips are not flexible enough to support the Microsoft Direct3D specification for Pixel Shader 1.1. A …
Re: Toshiba 2805-s402 Ultimate retro gaming laptop
Posted on 2022-04-04, 18:53
rest in piece, good thing you have 3 of them. side note 2001se It's a directx 8 benchmark and geforce2 go is only directx 7 with non programmable shader..
Re: MS-6156 OEM Motherboard - Opinions on capacitors
Posted on 2022-04-03, 16:31
unless I'm mistaken, I don't see any leaking, bulging, or blown caps. They usually start to bulge when you have a problem. I'm sure somebody will chime in and say something like they are old..and they're probably dried out... You say it's stable than I say its fine.
Re: Distanceholder for Mainboard do not match to the tower.
Posted on 2022-03-24, 16:36
Do you mean to say the word Standoff. Yea I have had casses come without standoffs. It's easy to figure out the diameter, the thread pitch is not easy to figure out. Take the case to the hardware store and try differn't screws until you find one that fits right. Then order standoffs based on the …
Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.
Posted on 2022-03-21, 15:44
thought the same and thanks guys. part of me wants to clean up the outside and modernize the inside What do you think? Modern PSU, more modern AT style motherboard? Socket 5? Nothing inside is intresting. Its a 286, motherboard with a 386 cpu and no coprosesor.
Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.
Posted on 2022-03-20, 14:14
A 386
Re: Vietnam retro hardware gamers?
Posted on 2022-03-11, 05:21
It's relative low humidity or dryness that permits buildup of ESD. Like how when you pull clothes out of the dryer and get shocked. Humidity or wetness doesn't cause this. Like how pulling wet clothes out of the washer doesn't shock you. Any place with high humidity will have less chance of ESD …
Re: Would storing a GPU like that be a risk of static?
Posted on 2022-03-11, 05:15
I've treated hardware like shit for 100s of years, and I have never had anything die from ESD.
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