Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2008-12-08, 10:04

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by Amigaz

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Now that's a good game [Terminator Future Shock], bought it too circa a year ago This runs in 320x256 only? I'm 99% sure it's a VGA only game, but when you purchase its sequel, "Skynet", "T:FS" is then upgraded to SVGA! :happy: This photo link below shows the back cover art, which states "VGA" for …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2008-12-08, 09:31

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by Amigaz

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I'm terribly sorry old chap, but I've been so busy buying junk on you-know-where, that I haven't tested Archimedean Dynasty on a voodoo 5500 yet. Please forgive me. Here's another game I just got - please see photo. Last time I played this game was, oh I don't know, 10 years ago! Now all I need is …

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Re: socket 4 cooler

Posted on 2008-12-08, 09:13

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by Amigaz

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Damn, look at all that cache. This board is made for serious business. :D Does the CPU really spit out as much heat as they say? hehe, this board rfeels like a socket 3 mobo they just threw on a Pentium chip on judging by the looks of it...you can really tell it was made in 1994 Haven't used it yet …

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Re: Back to AWE32 from AWE64?

Posted on 2008-12-08, 09:10

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by Amigaz

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retro games 100 wrote: Ah! Thanks for the confirmation. Message to Amigaz - The CT3980 which I bought from the seller called "ultradrives" has not yet arrived. As soon as it does, I'll let you know what's in the box, and what the condition of the card is like. Great, thanks 😀 Does this model have a …

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Re: socket 4 cooler

Posted on 2008-12-07, 21:16

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by Amigaz

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slaughtered a slot 1 cooler and glued with heat conductive glue on top of the CPU

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Re: ASUS PVI-486AP4 486 board any good?

Posted on 2008-12-07, 18:34

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by Amigaz

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GL1zdA wrote: Amigaz wrote: The Intel chipset on Asus AP4 board is the worst I've tried so far Which one is it? uumm...Intel Aries They used Intel Saturn on the Asus 486 PCI SP3G

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Re: Back to AWE32 from AWE64?

Posted on 2008-12-07, 16:02

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by Amigaz

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Re: ordering a CT3980 - good choice! This model, to my ears anyway, sounded the best of all the AWEs that I tested (and that includes the AWE64). I think you'll be really happy with it. (In fact, I ordered one too very recently, as a "back up". Perhaps we both bought from the same seller in the US, …

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Re: ASUS PVI-486AP4 486 board any good?

Posted on 2008-12-07, 14:34

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by Amigaz

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My two biggest gripes are the lack of integrated multi I/O, and the lousy PCI performance. Poor CPU compatibility doesn't help much either. And the PVI-486SP3 doesn't have these issues? Nope The PCI performance is slightly better than the UM8881 chipset The Intel chipset on Asus AP4 board is the …

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socket 4 cooler

Posted on 2008-12-06, 09:56

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by Amigaz

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Have got my hands on a socket 4 motherboard with a whopping Pentium 60 but I got no suitable cooler that fits. Anyone know were to find these coolers nowdays?

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Re: Junk

Posted on 2008-12-05, 14:26

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by Amigaz

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Are you sure the COAST module is fake too? Do the traces go anywhere?The module in the picture looks kind of detailed. That would cost more money than it was worth to do that. You also may not have the right module. hi i'm trying to nail out the serial port issue it 'works', but the mouse jumps all …

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Re: Will my insane "conversion plan" work?

Posted on 2008-12-05, 13:19

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by Amigaz

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Remember than new SCSI cards might now work with PCI 2.0 which is the PCI standard on all 486 motherboards Please may I request clarification...did you mean: "Remember that new SCSI cards might not work with PCI 2.0 which is the PCI standard on all 486 motherboards" Thanks a lot! lol, yeah I blame …

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Re: Will my insane "conversion plan" work?

Posted on 2008-12-05, 12:40

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by Amigaz

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Remember than new SCSI cards might now work with PCI 2.0 which is the PCI standard on all 486 motherboards

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Re: Link for views on old hardware

Posted on 2008-12-04, 18:49

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by Amigaz

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Have one, with the special coaster module...it's just sits there for apearance doing nothing actually 🤐

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Re: ASUS PVI-486AP4 486 board any good?

Posted on 2008-12-04, 17:18

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by Amigaz

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I want the FIC PIO-3. I got the PIO-2 model but I failed BIOS flash atempt made it useless :pppt: No recovery mode? I experienced a flash failure on a Pentium II motherboard some time ago, but I managed to start it with an old ISA graphic card and it kindly asked for a floppy with the BIOS image. …

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Re: socket 3 system on stereoids

Posted on 2008-12-04, 13:49

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by Amigaz

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dh4rm4 wrote: Magic Carpet had some issues with Cyrix chips - I think it was either save corruption or gamebraking stuff in the later levels. Going to give that game a go then 😉

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Re: ASUS PVI-486AP4 486 board any good?

Posted on 2008-12-04, 13:47

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by Amigaz

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Moogle! wrote: I want the FIC PIO-3. Mee too 😀 I got the PIO-2 model but I failed BIOS flash atempt made it useless 😜

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Re: ASUS PVI-486AP4 486 board any good?

Posted on 2008-12-04, 13:47

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by Amigaz

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Anonymous Coward wrote: I have it. I don't like it. Get the PVI-486SP3 instead. Agree, it's PCI performance sucks and so does the CPU support

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Re: socket 3 system on stereoids

Posted on 2008-12-04, 08:15

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by Amigaz

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WolverineDK wrote: what about an overdrive cpu instead then ? Amigaz, do what you feel is right 😀 "Been there, done that", have two of then (new old stock) The performance is worse than an am5x86 and the fan is noisy as hell 😜

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Re: socket 3 system on stereoids

Posted on 2008-12-04, 08:14

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by Amigaz

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Yeah Cyrix chips have compatibility problems for sure. Some games not work will not work with them. Heck, some hardware won't either. I remember a special Sound Blaster Live! driver patch for 6x86/MII CPUs. That's why I always say that the Am5x86 is the way to go. It's a 486 and it "just works" …

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Re: socket 3 system on stereoids

Posted on 2008-12-04, 08:11

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by Amigaz

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Cyrix? Really? I mean, I know it's a fast processor, but in the name of retrogaming we're not trying to make these things as fast as can be. Why not just then build a socket 5 instead? I always had problems with Cyrix CPU's in the 90's with incompatibility problems. I was a tech at CompUSA between …

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