Re: Pentium 133 DOS gamer dream machine.
Posted on Yesterday, 19:26
Jura Tastatura wrote on Yesterday, 14:19: Intel486dx33 wrote on Yesterday, 11:30: What do you recommend ? W98 booting directly to DOS. 😀 W98SE booting directly into DOS 😁
Re: Something no one remembers that I finally dug up - The Intel MMX Groove Machine.
Posted on Yesterday, 08:30
Re: Restoring a small form factor 486
Posted on 2022-05-16, 14:53
You could check the voltage on the VRM. I've seen a few examples of those getting worn out over time. According to your SBCs manual, it should read 3.3 or 3.45 volts (based on jumper settings).
Re: Restoring a small form factor 486
Posted on 2022-05-15, 20:46
That's a nice system and a nice thread! Good read :) A single beep on start up should be normal, so can't say for sure that the CPU is dead. Often you would get a specific beep code for CPU issues. Take off the heat sink and feel if the CPU runs hot at all. Is the keyboard responding with a numlock …
Re: Voodoo3 AGP / CPU bottleneck?
Posted on 2022-05-14, 07:50
Which voodoo3 do you have? If you want a bit of extra performance, there are plenty of good programs to squeeze some more mhz out of the cards. I managed to get my v3 2000 running as fast as a v3 3000 without any issue.
Re: Voodoo3 AGP / CPU bottleneck?
Posted on 2022-05-13, 21:12
Is UT99 not a "glide native" game like Unreal is? Performance/fps aside, will the Voodoo3 or GF4 Ti4200 provide better rendering/image quality in that game? Yes, UT99 has great Glide support, but the game is just more demanding graphically than Unreal. As for image quality: this is where the Voodoo …
Re: Voodoo3 AGP / CPU bottleneck?
Posted on 2022-05-13, 19:04
I've got the exact same setup here . I've got mine overclocked to 504 Mhz. It runs titles like Quake 2, Unreal and Half-Life really well. Also racing games like Dethkarz and Collin McRae Rally run with good FPS. I've also happily played Conflict Freespace (1) on this system. As soon as you get …
Re: IPX network on MS-DOS
Posted on 2022-05-13, 18:35
I've attached all 3 in a zip here for anyone else in the future. LSL and IPXODI are the final versions, PNPODI probably is but cant confirm lsl.com, 2.11 ipxodi.com, 3.00 Beta 5 I was tinkering with my IPX network to get a game working and I found that I have even newer versions of these tools. …
Re: Building a 486 DX-4: the Compatibility Machine
Posted on 2022-05-12, 18:31
Luke4838P wrote on 2022-05-12, 16:01: Bump for a question. Is the charging circuit here? Are you certain this motherboard charges the battery? If so, you might be able to swap the battery with a ML2032 instead. Did you manage to grab the BIOS by any chance?
Re: Building a 486 DX-4: the Compatibility Machine
Posted on 2022-05-09, 17:06
I can't read the description on the side of the battery without having to take the entire motherboard out. But I can see that mine has a green leaf icon on it with "No Mercury & Cadmium", so I assume mine is also a ni-mh battery. And it doesn't like Queen. There are several tools to grab the BIOS: …
Re: Building a 486 DX-4: the Compatibility Machine
Posted on 2022-05-09, 14:17
Sorry for the necro. I also have acquired the same motherboard (exp 8049 rev 1.1a) and was interested in knowing if you succeeded in making the cr 2032 modification. No, I left the battery on there for now. It should be quite easy to replace it, though. You just got a find a good spot to attach the …
Re: wolfmidi+wolfdosmpu - Wolf3D/SoD music in General MIDI (fully-automatic converter) + WOLF3D.EXE with MPU-401 support
Posted on 2022-05-07, 07:39
Re: 5.25 Floppy Not Reading
Posted on 2022-04-15, 12:59
Sorry to necro this post, but I was searching for a solution for this issue and I seem to have gotten my drive to work. Guess it's ok to bump threads to post solutions, right? My drive is a TEAC FD-55GFR and I kept getting the 'general failure error' on my Laser Turbo XT3 (8086). I suspected I had …
Re: sleeper build
Posted on 2022-04-11, 09:19
Judging from your questions I assume you are a beginner at this, so let me start with a fair warning: Be VERY CAREFUL when you're going to undertake this project. If you're not 100% sure what you're doing then there's a likely c hance of damage to your components or even risk of injury. Please ask …
Re: sleeper build
Posted on 2022-04-10, 19:32
That's an AT styled power supply, so not compatible with modern power supplies (ATX). That power button on the front has mains voltage on it (120/220v) and modern power supplies use 5v for their front panel buttons. You would have to swap out or mod that power button to allow the 5v connector from …
Re: Pentium 3 / Ati Rage Fury / Xpert 2000 Graphics Issues
Posted on 2022-04-02, 08:34
So I've decided to leave this thread open BUT: We do not support so called "abandonware" here. So called "abandonware" does not exist. We only support legally acquired games here. If you a user is deceptive enough to not use certain words then it goes unnoticed but in this case you phrased things a …
Re: IBM Thinkpad 380 to the Max.
Posted on 2022-04-01, 14:21
No-one has replied to this wonderful little laptop in 2 years? It still resembles the modern thinkpads so much. That black with the red accents.. instantly recognisable. Are there any other upgrades you can make to it? Can you upgrade the CPU to a 233MMX?
Re: Pentium 3 / Ati Rage Fury / Xpert 2000 Graphics Issues
Posted on 2022-04-01, 14:08
The ATI Rage series had a pretty bad name back in the day mainly because of the crappy driver support. Some people even paid extra to get the ATI Rage Fury Maxx which had 2 processing cores, but games hardly supported it well (again, lack of driver support). So better stay clear of those cards. If …
Re: The "best" S3 Virge cards to buy?
Posted on 2022-03-13, 08:19
My reason for advising people an S3 Virge card has always been: compatibility. It's a great line of cards because it does an excellent job at running 2D apps and games without any issue.
Re: That one computer you dream of owning? I finally aquired mine! And it needs some TLC.
Posted on 2022-01-30, 13:33
Thank you for this excellent and well-documented post! I am a real newbie but, despite that, I sincerely enjoyed reading all of this, along with the photos. This is a wonderful computer! Thanks! :) Printers are normally not my area of interest but I took a chance on that dot matrix. After cleaning …
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