Re: Via C3 with an Asus S370 slot1 slotket adapter?

Posted on Today, 11:48

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Yeah Coppermine compatible VRMs should be able to go down to 1.3v. So as long as you leave the jumpers on the auto setting, all should be well. That the jumpers only go down to 1.5v is probably because that's what Tualatins used. It could also be that by playing with the jumpers other voltages are …

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Re: Would you be interested in an x86-based alternative to the Raspberry Pi, optimized for retro gaming?

Posted on Today, 10:12

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Doornkaat wrote on Today, 09:15: Some variant of this thread pops up every now and then: Yeah exactly, "I'm going to build a new 3dfx card / socket xyz motherboard / etc", while the projects that actually go somewhere are often one or more people working in quiet and then announcing the project …

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Re: Via C3 with an Asus S370 slot1 slotket adapter?

Posted on Today, 06:54

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Thank you so much! I will check my rev2.0 when I get home but I imagine that hasn't changed. Hmm what about the "copper mine" vs "Celeron" jumper? What might that actually do? Not sure about that jumper. The oldest slotkets only support PPGA Celeron CPUs, so maybe that jumper toggles between that …

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Re: Would you be interested in an x86-based alternative to the Raspberry Pi, optimized for retro gaming?

Posted on Today, 06:52

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WDStudios wrote on Today, 05:41: And I know people who have that expertise. Does, perhaps, your uncle work at AMD?

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Re: Via C3 with an Asus S370 slot1 slotket adapter?

Posted on Yesterday, 20:03

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Yeah Coppermine compatible VRMs should be able to go down to 1.3v. So as long as you leave the jumpers on the auto setting, all should be well. That the jumpers only go down to 1.5v is probably because that's what Tualatins used. It could also be that by playing with the jumpers other voltages are …

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Re: Via C3 with an Asus S370 slot1 slotket adapter?

Posted on Yesterday, 18:55

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static- wrote on Yesterday, 18:19: Oh I see. I'm not sure how to confirm that. I'm trying to use a Via C3 Ezra 1.35V on a Gigabyte GA-6BXC rev2.0 motherboard. Try to identify the VRM chip (probably near the coils/mosfets near the socket) and look up the datasheet.

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Re: Via C3 with an Asus S370 slot1 slotket adapter?

Posted on Yesterday, 17:58

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CPU default should forward whatever the CPU is asking for to the VRM, so first of all check what that supports. I guess that in theory it could be that the slotket doesn't forward all voltage request lines, in that case asking for a Tualatin voltage (smaller intervals) would result in a slightly …

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Re: Newb here: is there any way to emulate Glide, A3D on a Win10 pc running GoG?

Posted on Yesterday, 10:07

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What games do you want to play specifically? Look into Glide wrappers such as dgVoodoo. Don't know about A3D.

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Re: Voodoo 1 with a 16-bit ISA VGA card? Dolch LPAC-486.

Posted on 2021-06-16, 14:27

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I don't understand how you want this to work, if the monitor can only be connected to that vga card, how would you even connect it to the Voodoo? And can you even connect the original card to the Voodoo using a passthrough cable? I also don't understand your question about a bottleneck, in 3D …

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Re: Acceptable 3d accelerator for Pentium MMX era.

Posted on 2021-06-16, 11:11

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Note that in the thread I linked it's concluded that 3dfx cards have drivers that are much more optimized for slow hardware than nvidia, so a card that would be faster on a P3 might be slower on your machine. I have no idea how true that might or might not be for the Matrox or S3 cards you mention, …

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Re: Acceptable 3d accelerator for Pentium MMX era.

Posted on 2021-06-16, 11:07

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I agree with the poster above, get a basic nvidia card, as long as it's PCI. On such an old machine you'll want to use older drivers, see https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=74598, so get something that works with relatively old drivers. One issue you might run into is that while those games …

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Re: Possible to install ESS AudioDrive ES1868F in MS-DOS mode of Win 95?

Posted on 2021-06-16, 11:01

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Take a look at Unisound https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=72553 I don't know why the DOS install of the drivers hangs. Looking at the zip, just running ESSCFG should be enough, without the need to run the installer. Just make sure to put the proper SET BLASTER= line in your autoexec.bat. Make …

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Re: Pentium MMX 166 / Soyo SY-5BT / S3 VirgeDX / OPTi 82C930 / AWE64

Posted on 2021-06-16, 07:51

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If you have Win98SE installed on that rig, it might be worth going to Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Information > Hardware Resources and checking the IRQ, DMA and I/O sections there for any conflicts. By default, my ALS100 uses A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 and also IRQ 2/9 for the …

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Re: Aztech Sound Galaxy & inconsistent WSS support in games

Posted on 2021-06-16, 07:03

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Maybe the posts around Orpheus Soundcard: a new DOS soundcard with SPDIF/OPL3/MPU support will help, it was about improving Sierra game WSS compatibility with the Orpheus card.

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Re: Pentium MMX 166 / Soyo SY-5BT / S3 VirgeDX / OPTi 82C930 / AWE64

Posted on 2021-06-16, 06:59

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In my machine all three cards I've tried either aren't detected or hang when playing sounds. Or work for a few seconds from one channel and then hang. Strange. I have tried my ALS100 in a couple of different systems (first three in my signature) while doing some tests and it has always worked fine …

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Re: Pentium MMX 166 / Soyo SY-5BT / S3 VirgeDX / OPTi 82C930 / AWE64

Posted on 2021-06-16, 04:58

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Thanks for your thoughts on the c-media card, I'd be very interested to get my hands on one sometime, as I've hadn't had any luck with finding an ALS100 that works in my machine. What issues did you encounter with the ALS100? I have one in a different build, and aside from high self-noise, it …

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Re: New old PSU ( probably for P5A )

Posted on 2021-06-15, 21:18

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This looks like a total bottom of the barrel PSU, the kind I was using in 2003 because it came with my case and was all I could afford. Not saying it will blow up or anything but I'd still skip it.

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Re: Pentium MMX 166 / Soyo SY-5BT / S3 VirgeDX / OPTi 82C930 / AWE64

Posted on 2021-06-15, 19:26

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Thanks for your thoughts on the c-media card, I'd be very interested to get my hands on one sometime, as I've hadn't had any luck with finding an ALS100 that works in my machine.

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Re: Help with few parts ideas for building my 1996-1998 machine

Posted on 2021-06-15, 17:11

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That board will not take Voodoo's as it only takes short PCI cards. As it's Super Socket 7 it's also probably expensive as people want it for AMD builds. I would get something Intel 430 based (I'm not well versed in the differences between 430TX/VX/HX). Make sure it actually supports MMX CPUs. As …

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Re: PCem killed off

Posted on 2021-06-15, 17:04

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I am seriously impressed that some of these projects have lasted as long as they have. Same. My experience is that once a project reaches a certain state, maintaining it gets more and more like actual work. Chasing down problems with certain users' hardware, which you don't have access to. New …

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