Re: Can you I.D. This video card ?

Posted on 2020-10-28, 16:14

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by rmay635703

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What are these connectors for ? Looks like a daughter card connector for AV / video frame capture (but I could be wrong) Info world has reference to an MPEG daughtercard (which is probably rarer than PGA) Wonder if it’s similar https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=28133 https://pdos.csail.mit.edu …

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Re: Socket 5 pentium on socket 7 motherboard.

Posted on 2020-10-28, 01:16

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by rmay635703

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Baoran wrote on 2020-10-28, 00:57: Would you be able to use socket A cooler on socket 7 or are the sockets different sizes? Yes, but They have much greater force to install due to the thinner socket A chip vrs the thick socket 7 It is possible to break the plastic clips. Just be careful

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Re: What display do you use for gaming ?

Posted on 2020-10-26, 02:23

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by rmay635703

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I have 2 old Sony Trinitrons, honestly the 27” one is my favorite for games though, the ancient 14” is more of a work screen

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Re: Socket 5 pentium on socket 7 motherboard.

Posted on 2020-10-25, 18:52

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pentiumspeed wrote on 2020-10-25, 02:40: Try running 120 at 133Mhz on 66 fsb. Should work. Cheers, 83x1.5 works just as well if not a little better

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Re: An AdLib-Compatible Card (1986) Older than AdLib (1987)

Posted on 2020-10-25, 04:03

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Did the founder of Adlib have any connection to the University of Delaware? The founder was a Vice Dean in Quebec Lyrtech was highly integrated into Adlib and provided electronic audio processing / design for military and government customers. If I had to guess Lytech may have had a hand with UODs …

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Re: Socket 5 pentium on socket 7 motherboard.

Posted on 2020-10-25, 01:05

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There are many advantages of socket 7 or super 7 over Socket 5 (too many to list) But my experience with the MVP3 chipset (ETEK) is quite poor due to drivers and compatibility issues. AGP port on socket 7 has plenty of compatibility issues as well. YMMV https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=60505 …

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Re: VL/EISA SMP Pentium (turbocharged)

Posted on 2020-10-23, 20:30

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133mhz Pentiums require minimal cooling (never had a 5vOD though) Maybe a closely aimed case fan in line would be enough, I have a $5 harbor freight laser thermometer, could test for hot spots with An “indirect “ fan blowing over the chips The issue with the overdrive cpus is if you don't have a …

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Re: VL/EISA SMP Pentium (turbocharged)

Posted on 2020-10-23, 18:32

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by rmay635703

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133mhz Pentiums require minimal cooling (never had a 5vOD though) Maybe a closely aimed case fan in line would be enough, I have a $5 harbor freight laser thermometer, could test for hot spots with An “indirect “ fan blowing over the chips

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Re: Need help finding childhood Super 7 mobo w/ big Dragonfly on box (ALI Aladdin chipset)

Posted on 2020-10-22, 17:50

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by rmay635703

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Let’s see Gigabyte usually had clouds with a cartoon dude surfing on the motherboard Amptron had weird solid green, red and white boxes My best guess is some low end PCCHIPS / Elitegroup affiliate, certain offerings from them had weird artwork

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Re: Best CGA & Hercules monochrome games

Posted on 2020-10-18, 21:23

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I had mono CGa so I couldn’t see the magenta;)

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Re: VTech / Laser computers history

Posted on 2020-10-16, 13:06

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by rmay635703

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Laser wasn’t uncommon in the US at all but oddly every one I’ve seen was XT class (of some sort) Never seen anything locally from the 286+ era Interesting to be reminded of them, some folks were very brand loyal to things.

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Re: Hardest adventure game you've ever played (DOS/Early WIndows)

Posted on 2020-10-13, 18:46

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I got stuck on future wars, Monkey Island I always got stuck on the ship (back in the day)

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Re: Where to find an AMD Elan SC520 computer?

Posted on 2020-10-13, 14:36

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by rmay635703

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From what I remember the sdram did very little to improve performance

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Re: Sigma Designs EGA cards - a deep dive

Posted on 2020-10-11, 11:54

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But those 29khz and 23khz modes will likely be a real problem for most VGA displays... From what I can tell most of my vga screens didn’t have enough trim to properly display CGA but from what I could tell EGA high res was fine after adjusting. Thus if you tune the monitor down to lower frequencies …

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Re: Sigma Designs EGA cards - a deep dive

Posted on 2020-10-10, 23:22

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But those 29khz and 23khz modes will likely be a real problem for most VGA displays... The antique Dell LCDs that have every video connection known to man from RCA Composite to VGA to HDMI usually will deal with slower than VGA refresh rates. In a pinch Also you can usually drive vga directly off …

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Re: Sigma Designs EGA cards - a deep dive

Posted on 2020-10-10, 01:29

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If you *do* run something that fiddles the registers directly to set a weird video mode, this card will happily send the CRT a nasty 31.5khz or 43khz hsync. Yikes. since I probably don't have any hope of ever finding a multisync TTL monitor that can sync at 31.5khz and beyond, this card is …

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Re: My new DOS machine... Pentium 75Mhz. Some advice...

Posted on 2020-10-10, 00:31

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Are you using a PS2 or USB keyboard? If its USB change to a PS2 keyboard If its PS2, try another keyboard, hopefully its stuck key or something otherwise you'll need to do some repairs on the motherboard itself. Ghost is the easy option, adding a second harddrive and copying everything from c: to …

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Re: xp, 2k, nt3.5, nt4, nt5, dos 6 source and more leaked

Posted on 2020-10-09, 23:48

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MS-DOS 3.30 and MS-DOS 6.0 have been leaked before. I sure hope that someone in the underground will modernize and update XP, so we can use it forever. I would lean more toward modernization of 2k or NT4 They are much better operating systems than XP, with proper support added in a streamlined …

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Re: Moderator "It's not okay to bump a thread that's been dead without any new replies for 12 years."

Posted on 2020-10-07, 14:37

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I do kind of enjoy the occasional bubbling up of some ancient thread though, it's kind retro within retro if you see what Agreed, I have never seen a necro thread I didn’t like. I really don’t see any need to moderate this practice any more than a new thread, if it’s spam or whatever it would …

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Re: Apple prices

Posted on 2020-10-06, 16:49

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technically the device is now Apples to do with as it wants. As soon as it leaves Apples hands it is no longer their device. If they insist on destroying operable product they personally should have to destroy it. It’s this attitude that has foreign children “recycling “ electronics over a burn pit …

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