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Re: What vintage CPU socket saw the biggest increase in CPU horsepower from release to retirement?

Fastest launch CPU for socket 5 was a Pentium 90. Slot 1 it was in actuality the 266 which was available to go from launch date. Socket 5 was the original socket for Pentium was it not? The first Pentium had a clock speed of 66mhz, but it was very quickly followed up by a 90mhz sku. EDIT: Nope, …

Re: What vintage CPU socket saw the biggest increase in CPU horsepower from release to retirement?

IMO unmodified socket - fastest CPU at launch compared to fastest CPU available is the only fair way to consider it. Taking the slowest CPU a socket supports and comparing it to the fast CPU that can be hacked to work is disingenuous IMO. The problem with slot 1 and socket 370 is that the CPUs at …

Re: What vintage CPU socket saw the biggest increase in CPU horsepower from release to retirement?

IMO unmodified socket - fastest CPU at launch compared to fastest CPU available is the only fair way to consider it. Taking the slowest CPU a socket supports and comparing it to the fast CPU that can be hacked to work is disingenuous IMO. The problem with slot 1 and socket 370 is that the CPUs at …

Re: Why is Windows still called Windows?

I was watching a documentary about the original windows release. They looked at at the media coverage around other GUIs on the market and sorted created a word cloud. They saw that "windows" was a term used to describe GUIs the most, so they named their product "windows" so they could sort of …

Re: I want to build another Win 98SE PC. Do any video cards offer anything a Voodoo3 does not?

Late DOS games (from 1995 onward) do sound worse with the SBPro2 and compatible clones using that mode. With the low-pass filter enabled, the output gets muffled if sample rates above 11 kHz are used. But it isn't that better when disabled where the dry output is apparent. Very few games actually …

Re: I want to build another Win 98SE PC. Do any video cards offer anything a Voodoo3 does not?

I would put the audigy 2 in the 440bx system and keep playing more demanding games on your XP machine. I would agree with that, or pick up a late ISA sound card like the AWE64 if there's a compatibility benefit to ISA. There's something odd with the SB Pro - why would you want a 1991ish sound card …

Re: PCEM vs 86Box vs UniPCEM vs DosBox-X

I have been using 86box for DOS emulation, and I think for DOS is offers a number of really nice advantages over PCem. 1. Better integration with MUNT and fluidsynth IMO 2. Support for mpu-401 emulation with real mode 3. Support for overscan which is really nice for original IBM and early CGA and …

MPU 401 driver for windows 3.11

Simple question - I am setting up a windows 3.11 machine in 86box. I have my machine configured with a standalone MPU 401 interface and I want to use that interface within windows. I have searched online for driver but I can't find any. Keropi was kind enough to upload files, but I am not sure what …

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