Re: IBM PC 350

Posted on 2015-04-19, 16:13

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ODwilly wrote: If there are no tabs then it is probably stuck on with thermal adhesive. Most likely just another mx card or maybe a TNT or TNT2 So if it is a TNT or MX would that be a better fit in my 350 than the TrioV64+?

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Re: IBM PC 350

Posted on 2015-04-19, 14:29

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For the video card from what I have read around here the Nvidia cards tend to work great for DOS and 9x both. You could also take the heatsink off of the Dell Nvidia card to find out what model it is if the numbers on it dont turn up anything. May be another MX card, may be something better you …

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Re: IBM PC 350

Posted on 2015-04-19, 03:00

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Did I post to wrong forum? Feel free to move it if you can.

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Re: IBM PC 350

Posted on 2015-04-19, 01:38

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That gives me some helpful descriptions. Thank you. I'm still not sure which card to use though. It appears that the Geforce 2 MX400 is probably the best card, but it might be overkill for the system. I'm looking for best compatibility with games that will run on a Pentium 200 MMX which would be …

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Re: IBM PC 350

Posted on 2015-04-19, 00:27

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Ok quick graphics card question. The system currently has a Trio 64V+ card in it, but I found two other cards laying around which may or may not be better: Matrox 590-05 (Millennium) Matrox 576-04 (Millennium?) Are either of these better than my Trio 64V+? I also found these two cards but I think …

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Re: IBM PC 350

Posted on 2015-04-19, 00:15

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I got them off, but I basically had to break the posts that held them in. There was no way those were coming out with a little tap. Oh well, they're out now. 😀

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Re: IBM PC 350

Posted on 2015-04-18, 16:05

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Ok dumb question, but how do I remove the drive bay covers (the blank panels that cover the unused drive bays)? I want to add a CD rom and 5.25" drive to this system but for the life of me I can't figure out how those covers come off. Normally they just sort of pop out with a little force, but …

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Re: What Graphics Modes Can I Use With a 5151 Monitor?

Posted on 2015-04-17, 13:12

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So it sounds like a EGA or VGA ATI Wonder card actually IS the way to go for the added flexibility. Although I can't imagine any game that supports VGA running very well on a 5150 or XT so maybe I should find an AT for that. I have a IBM 5151 monitor BTW. So can all these cards go the opposite …

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Re: IBM PC 350

Posted on 2015-04-16, 20:40

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Good luck! Some 386 / 486 will run too fast on any Pentium / K6. Yeah I think I need to get a 386 or 486 as well if I want to cover all my bases. Unfortunately there's only so much space... :) I do have my eye on a PS/2 486 Tower, but that's not in the junk pile yet (why I don't know). I know MCA …

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Re: What Graphics Modes Can I Use With a 5151 Monitor?

Posted on 2015-04-16, 03:30

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So what games actually support monochrome EGA? I know some sublogic flight sims do.

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Re: IBM PC 350

Posted on 2015-04-15, 20:06

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Turns out there are two back in the room. One is a 6587-LBV which is a Pentium 200 and the other is a 6586-79T which is a Pentium 133 according to its label. The Pentium 200 could be interesting, hopefully it won't make 386/486 style games run too fast.

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Re: IBM PC 350

Posted on 2015-04-15, 16:07

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PeterLI wrote: I had one of those. Very nice for 486 - early Pentium era games. That's the era I'm going for. I may have to snag it then.

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Re: What Graphics Modes Can I Use With a 5151 Monitor?

Posted on 2015-04-15, 13:27

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It sounds like I'm best off to get a Hercules card as the EGA Monochrome mode doesn't sound too useful. Although if I could pick up a cheap card that did all three it might be nice to have 'just in case'. Which Hercules card should I look for? Is there one that's better than others? I assume most …

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Re: What Graphics Modes Can I Use With a 5151 Monitor?

Posted on 2015-04-14, 23:31

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So do those EGA and VGA wonder cards also do Hercules/CGA or do I need a separate card for that?

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IBM PC 350

Posted on 2015-04-14, 21:50

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I sort of have a thing for IBM brand PC's, I just love the way they look. I've attempted to use a PS/2 486/DX2 as a gaming rig before, but the lack of sound card (MCA sound cards are like hens teeth) is a big problem. However today I was looking around the back junk room here at work and I see they …

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Re: What Graphics Modes Can I Use With a 5151 Monitor?

Posted on 2015-04-14, 18:17

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I guess there's some ATI Wonder cards that will support CGA on the 5151. I'm not 100% sure which models though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BA3ynb6Rso Perhaps what I'm seeing is a CGA game running in Hercules mode or something? In which case all I'd need is a CGA capable Hercules card.

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What Graphics Modes Can I Use With a 5151 Monitor?

Posted on 2015-04-14, 16:13

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I just picked up an IBM 5151 monochrome monitor this weekend and I'd really like to setup a nice PC system to use it with. Originally I thought that the 5151 could only be used with a MDA or Hercules card, but I've seen some youtube videos of games with CGA/EGA graphics playing on one. Can someone …

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Re: Need to find name of old game

Posted on 2013-07-10, 13:05

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That's it! Thank you.

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Need to find name of old game

Posted on 2013-07-09, 16:55

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Hopefully this is the right forum for this, otherwise please feel free to move it. I'm looking for the name of a mystery game for my wife. She's not really a gamer, so the fact that she wants to find some old game she played in high school is pretty astounding so I'm desperate to find it. I've …

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Re: Bionic Commando - CGA

Posted on 2013-04-09, 14:09

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There's one up for sale now, but I'm not sure I want to blow $20 on this.

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