Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-08-24, 20:19

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Filename IMG_1227.jpg File size 69.77 KiB Views 2269 views File license Public domain New Dell QuietKey PS/2 keyboard - as far as I can tell, it's never been plugged in to anything:

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Re: Old 170mb IBM Hard drive "connot write FAT" while formating

Posted on 2023-03-21, 18:45

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I'd grab a copy of Seagate's SeaTools for DOS; IIRC, they'll actually work with any IDE drive. https://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/sea … legacy-support/

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Re: GPU for P5A-B

Posted on 2023-03-09, 13:59

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I can confirm the G200 performs better in socket7 than the G400. That's not what I saw when I tested with a P233MMX (I know G450 isn't G400, but pretty close): Windows 98SE, latest ICD: Quake 2 demo 1, no sound, in FPS: G200: 640x480x32: 18 800x600x32: 14.5 1024x768x32: 11 640x480x16: 21.5 …

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Re: GPU for P5A-B

Posted on 2023-03-08, 01:51

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I'm playing with a P5-A/K2-2+ build now, and haven't had any issues with any of these under either 98SE or XP: - Matrox G400 - Geforce 2 MX400 - Quadro 2 Pro They all work fine, but the performance advantage of the Q2Pro over the MX400 is minimal. G400 delivers the best image quality, but is by far …

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Re: Windows for Workgroups 3.11 on modern PC

Posted on 2023-02-24, 13:41

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I love old hardware, but from a practical standpoint, running DOS/WfW in a VM with LPT passthrough is probably the way to go. Avoid all the perils of old hardware for production use, and dead simple to back up. Even though parallel ports aren't standard equipment on new systems, it's cheap and easy …

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Re: Windows for Workgroups 3.11 on modern PC

Posted on 2023-02-23, 21:53

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Hi all, I have a very old wire bending machine that is controlled by an old Siemens program that only runs on WFW 3.11. Unfortunately, the computer on which the program had been running so far refused to cooperate and I had to replace it. I bought a used PC (2 core AMD processor, 2GB RAM, 60HDD), …

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Re: how many iterations of crystal sound chips were produced on isa cards?

Posted on 2023-02-22, 22:13

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i'm a bit overwhelmed by the plethora of cirrus logic chips that i see appearing on isa sound cards. given that they provided sound codecs for opti, aztech etc... the number of crystal chips is dizzying. i'm interested to know about the origin and progression of isa soundcards exclusively using …

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Re: E-Wave : an ESS based waveblaster card

Posted on 2023-02-22, 13:40

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I have this chip on a Compaq Business Wavetable card installed in my restored Deskpro 4000 (seemed appropriate). It's not bad at all.

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Re: Best Windows ISA Sound card

Posted on 2023-02-22, 13:37

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Thanks guys for all these replies. I'll focus on ES1878/1879, AZT2320. I also consider the Crystal CS4237, it cannot be bad since it's in the Orpheus card, right ? I have a Crystal 4237b card that I'm pretty fond of. Among other things, it does implement WSS and has solid drivers for DOS/Win9x/XP. …

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Re: SUCCESSFUL K6-2+ to K6-3+ Full Cache Enable Mod

Posted on 2023-02-17, 12:37

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Advise practicing on something else. Get help with this one so you don’t mess it up, if you think you aren’t up to it. :-) Read guide on page 13 and watch the vids. Oh yeah - there will be practice first! OTOH, having someone else do it would spoil the fun, and it’s not as if it’s a Voodoo or …

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Re: SUCCESSFUL K6-2+ to K6-3+ Full Cache Enable Mod

Posted on 2023-02-17, 00:01

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I just bought a three pack of these , so I’ll probably have to try modding one once I get a K6-2+ build stable. I have extremely little soldering experience, so this will give me incentive to learn.

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Really good vendor

Posted on 2023-02-15, 22:27

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I've just had an exceptionally good experience with Universal Data Systems: https://universaldatasystems.org In brief, I ordered an Asus P5A from them, expecting a rev 1.03 based on the pictures on their website. What I received was a rev 1.06 which has an unfortunate incompatibility with the k6-2+ …

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Re: Most recent/best GPU with a Windows NT V3.51 driver

Posted on 2023-02-05, 19:53

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My CPU is a P233MMX, which is Family 5, Model 4, Stepping 3

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Re: Most recent/best GPU with a Windows NT V3.51 driver

Posted on 2023-02-03, 19:22

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Matrox G400 has drivers for all of those OSs still available direct from their site. Thank you, I tried https://ftp.matrox.com/pub/mga/othermga/previous/1570_121.zip with my G400 installed as the only GPU. This resulted in a BSOD :( https://www.vogons.org/download/file.php?id=156435 Which I feel is …

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Re: Most recent/best GPU with a Windows NT V3.51 driver

Posted on 2023-02-02, 21:49

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While is may not be the newest GPU, Matrox G400 has drivers for all of those OSs still available direct from their site. For Windows 7, you may need to use the Vista driver, but it should work OK.

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Re: Support for "legacy" hardware

Posted on 2023-01-20, 14:59

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Hello. I'm currently working with a socket 5 motherboard and pentium 100 MHz CPU. It is a soyo sy-033a and I have no clue how they planned on the user installing an OS. There isn't a ide disk or floppy connector on the motherboard. I have two "legacy" ISA slot IDE interfaces, but accessing a CD-ROM …

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Re: Matrox G450 opengl colored lighting performance drops

Posted on 2023-01-19, 13:19

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It's a big thing on 800x600 16Bit vs. 32Bit and as far as I can tell. D3D seems to be better than OGL. How big of a difference are you seeing between 16 & 32 bit color? This is what I get (with cl_lights 0): 640x480x32: 25 800x600x32: 24.5 1024x768x32: 22.5 640x480x16: 25.3 800x600x16: 25.5 …

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Re: Matrox G450 opengl colored lighting performance drops

Posted on 2023-01-19, 11:59

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A really big impact is using 32Bit colordeph. I am using 16Bit for everything on my G550 and 16Bit look s compared to other card's on 16Bit very good. From my testing, 32 vs 16 bit color doesn't factor in to this specific issue. On a P233MMX/G450 PCI combo I see 16 bit running a bit (<10%) faster …

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Re: Matrox G450 opengl colored lighting performance drops

Posted on 2023-01-18, 22:58

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For some reason I'm having major FPS drops anytime there is colored lighting in opengl games. I've tested Quake 2 and Half-Life. If I shoot the blaster in Quake 2 for example, or certain areas of the map have colored lights, the framerate goes from 60 to probably around 10. In Half-Life it was …

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Re: desperate for quality AT psu

Posted on 2023-01-11, 01:18

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I've been curious for a while if these are legit: https://www.amazon.com/ATHENA-SUPPLY-Athena-C … 43SQ/ref=sr_1_2 I haven't actually needed one, since my retro rig is a Compaq that takes a Compaq PSU, but apparently they are new-built PC AT PSUs.

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