Re: Voodoo2HM.exe or Fast Voodoo 4.6 for Voodoo 2 SLI?

Posted on 2024-04-25, 00:08

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by kiacadp

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in Marvin \ Video

Yes, you're right. I've noticed that as well in my system when I had the SLI set up for testing. I've got the official drivers and some demo games to test them. Tomb raider 2 works well but another flight sim gives black screens and other issues. 3dMark 99 doesn't work. Switching to alternative …

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Re: Programming EMS mobile radio requiring DOS with windows 10

Posted on 2024-04-03, 10:30

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by kiacadp

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in DOS

So the software to program the radio needs to be executed in DOS in order to function. The software package has an executable file to run it, something like "setup.exe" , where "setup" can have a different name. In order to run it though, like we discussed, requires you to run in in DOS. I think the …

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Re: Programming EMS mobile radio requiring DOS with windows 10

Posted on 2024-03-31, 13:01

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by kiacadp

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So the program runs in DOS, and when you say mount, do you mean run an .exe file ? If so, then perhaps FreeDOS is the way as suggested. You could burn it on a CD and run it in a live environment, have the USB with the programming software plugged in as well and mind the drive letter assigned to the …

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Re: Sound Blaster Vibra16S (CT2800): Sound stops playing in DOS after ~a minute of playing Doom, only music works in Tyr

Posted on 2024-03-12, 02:00

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by kiacadp

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in Marvin \ Sound

Perhaps give Unisound a go.

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Re: Elonex WS-3100 pizza box 486 PC

Posted on 2024-02-22, 12:36

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by kiacadp

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

This is what I also consider a pizza box PC, nice slim case. Building something similar, however around a socket 5 CPU. Would have been great if you had capacity for an Isa sound card, but the Lpt opl3 does the job nicely as well.Kinda hard to get everything crammed in there whilst keeping it …

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Re: SOYO SY-025L2 VLB CMOS Battery

Posted on 2024-02-22, 11:39

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by kiacadp

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Looks similar to mine. Those pins on the left, bellow where the barrel battery used to be, aren't those to attach an external battery? That's how I've got mine, connected to X 3 AA batteries and no need for anything else. Unless of course you really keen on installing a battery or coin battery with …

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Re: A Reasonable DOS 6.22 / Windows 3.x Retro Build - Blog & Build Feedback

Posted on 2024-02-06, 01:05

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by kiacadp

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

I enjoyed the read and tagging along in your journey to building your S7 machine. Very interesting and informative. Thanks.

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Re: Nvidia 6800 GS - BIOS required.

Posted on 2023-11-15, 02:18

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by kiacadp

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Further update in case anyone goes through the same issue as me. Managed to find an unverified BIOS from Techpowerup for Palit 8600GS, basically the same card as mine. Found reference of the BIOS I need on some old forums and the version ID from Palit on Techpowerup matches exactly. Attempted …

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Re: Nvidia 6800 GS - BIOS required.

Posted on 2023-11-12, 00:51

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by kiacadp

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have this in the 512MB version. I would agree it's the 256MB one.. The 512 has a huge black heat sink over everything and a fan in the middle. Did a quick search and there's a few BIOS's on techpowerup... both are the same https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/39465/39465 https://www.techpowerup. …

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Re: Nvidia 6800 GS - BIOS required.

Posted on 2023-11-08, 01:34

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by kiacadp

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have working Point of View GeForce 6800 GX, but it is slower and 128MB DDR , not 256MB GDDR3. https://www.gpuzoo.com/GPU-Point_of_View/GeForce_6800_GX.html Yeah I did try to flash it with the 512 MB BIOS version as I wasn't sure which memory size mine had, but it didn't take, probably because of …

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Re: Nvidia 6800 GS - BIOS required.

Posted on 2023-11-07, 19:47

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by kiacadp

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/1504/evga-6800gs-256-051228 Check this one. You can also use NiBiTor to edit vendor and device IDs, GPU clocks speeds, memory speeds, timings, etc. Yep, saw that one from EVGA. I was ready to flash it with that one initially and use NiBiTor if required, but then …

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Re: Nvidia 6800 GS - BIOS required.

Posted on 2023-11-06, 19:26

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by kiacadp

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

How interesting. Used the wayback machine and XpertVision were advertising the same card for the 512 MB version, except they had the "Super" moniker in the description. Initially I thought I might get lucky and find the vBios there, but no dice. Thanks for the links, checked Techpowerup but didn't …

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Nvidia 6800 GS - BIOS required.

Posted on 2023-11-06, 02:21

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by kiacadp

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hi folks Wondering if the Vogons community would be able to give me a hand here. I've got an Nvidia 6800 GS video card that I want to revive if possible and need to flash the correct BIOS to it. The card was manufactured by XpertVision (Palit) and I'm fairly certain it's the 256 MB flavor. Looked …

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Re: Blackie - probably my first Windows 98 build

Posted on 2023-10-28, 02:36

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by kiacadp

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in Marvin \ System Specs

In what context should people recognise her? Was it sold off on a popular platform like Ebay sometime ago?

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Re: Meet "The Black Owl", a silent inverted sleeper PC with lots of modern components (P3 1Ghz, Geforce 4, Voodoo 2)

Posted on 2023-08-06, 10:51

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by kiacadp

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in Marvin \ System Specs

Well , what's there to say. Great looking system, very versatile, covers a good chunk of the retro era and it is impressive. But holy this hobby can get expensive hey. Congrats on the build, I can appreciate how difficult it must have been with full time work and a child. I'm actually surprised you …

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Re: Vogonians , how do you deal with fatigue?

Posted on 2023-07-18, 21:29

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by kiacadp

in Milliways

in Milliways

This is just my advice. What you identify as fatigue could have several causes. As others have suggested, fasting full blood panel to see where you stand, not sure of your blood sugar baseline but at your weight you would be at risk of Type 2 Diabetes. So, thyroid function, blood sugar, Vit D ( …

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Re: Decent PCI video card for K6-2 platforms

Posted on 2023-07-09, 21:37

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by kiacadp

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I'm using a PCI Vanta 16 MB in a K6-2 system. Haven't done much testing on that but I think it's a good fit for a system like yours. There's plenty to choose from though.

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Re: Asus USB/MIR reverse engineering

Posted on 2023-07-09, 20:56

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by kiacadp

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I've looked into this myself and unfortunately Fedex will charge a minimum amount to send parcels overseas. Even if this thing fits nicely in a padded envelope (which it does), Fedex will still charge the minimum box requirements for parcels. So in essence this is the minimum they can charge for …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-06-20, 20:56

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by kiacadp

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in Milliways

Currently playing through Black Mesa, HL 1 remake. Thoroughly enjoying it. Have the original installed on my Pentium 3 system but the remake is just so much better I think. Played the original back in the day and remember being blown away by its graphics and story line. The remake makes it possible …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-06-20, 07:25

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by kiacadp

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in Milliways

Currently playing through Black Mesa, HL 1 remake. Thoroughly enjoying it. Have the original installed on my Pentium 3 system but the remake is just so much better I think. Played the original back in the day and remember being blown away by its graphics and story line. The remake makes it possible …

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