Re: Tyan Tiger 100 Performance Problems. (Big Pics Inside)

Posted on 2012-07-11, 19:50

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by luckybob

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Dram refreshrate: 15.6ns. GOOD LORD THATS BAD! If memory serves me (pun intended), then 15.6ns equates to 66mhz ram. set that as low as possible. 7.8 is for 133mhz I think.

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Re: Speedsys on newer machines

Posted on 2012-07-10, 20:36

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by luckybob

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Mine hangs on "Read MSRs"... :( It's a Core i5 2400 on a Z68-based motherboard. The UEFI-BIOS-emulation is probably tripping it up! :P Just run "speedsys /sp" to bypass the PnP detection. Should work afterwards. But I think the CPU scores may not be comparable with the OLD CPU's. The scores are so …

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Speedsys on newer machines

Posted on 2012-07-10, 07:43

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by luckybob

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

I use a little 2gb drive to benchmark systems that I put together, its easier than a floppy drive and I have a ide<>USB adapter I got from china for like $5. Long story short, I left it plugged in and rebooted, and on a whim I wondered just how it would fare. to be honest, i didn't think it would …

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Re: Storage options on 486, feedback

Posted on 2012-07-09, 20:14

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by luckybob

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

sunaiac wrote: Yeah maybe that's not that smart ^^ My velociraptor is not so noisy, but it's much more modern ... What kind of SCSI disk would be very silent ? http://www.ebay.com/itm/190542313569 <= these naturally you can get them cheaper, just look for lot sales. They are 7200 rpm silent drives. …

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Re: Storage options on 486, feedback

Posted on 2012-07-09, 19:12

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by luckybob

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have a 4.3gb 10krpm drive. I'm only selling it because it wont work on a 50 pin bus.

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Re: Dual PIII-S Tualatin 1.4 GHz Success Stories

Posted on 2012-07-09, 19:10

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by luckybob

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

That's a ridiculous price. I got a Tyan dual socket 604 with 2.4ghz Xeons, heatsinks and fans for $25 shipped not long ago. I then upgraded it with dual 3.2ghz Xeons for another $20 a few months later. I'd wait for something like a ABit VP6 and do the wire mod on the Tualatins. I have 1ghz …

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Re: Storage options on 486, feedback

Posted on 2012-07-09, 15:28

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by luckybob

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

SCSI is KING up until sata in terms of raw performance. I'm putting one of these in my 386/486 machine: http://www.ebay.com/itm/190542313569 Its 7200 rpm and SILENT. SCSI has the main advantage of running independent of the main cpu. So on older systems, its a bigger and bigger performance boost. …

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Re: Dual PIII-S Tualatin 1.4 GHz Success Stories

Posted on 2012-07-09, 15:22

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by luckybob

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

yea, I offered what its worth, $50.

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Re: Dual PIII-S Tualatin 1.4 GHz Success Stories

Posted on 2012-07-09, 14:24

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by luckybob

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

A long time ago, I built a dual 1.4 powerhouse based on the SAI2's big brother, the SDS2. It was my home file server until I needed something with pci-e. :P These boards are relatively rare. They come with 2 regular and 4x pci-x slots, and its based on the Serverworks HE-SL chipset. As far as I can …

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Re: Athlon's disappointing performance

Posted on 2012-07-03, 18:28

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by luckybob

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My voodoo 2 and 5 rigs are amd chips. 1ghz slot A and 2x 2800+'s respectfully. Amd has always been #2 in my mind, but they are always #1 in price/performance ratio. My current main system is a dual socket F. It would cost me DOUBLE to build an similar intel system, and I would only get 10% more …

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Re: Best/optimal computer to play Comanche Maximum Overkill.

Posted on 2012-07-03, 05:57

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by luckybob

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Why not just overclock the 90 to 100 or 133? It should be able to do it.

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Re: I wish that I could raid that place.

Posted on 2012-07-03, 00:52

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by luckybob

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OH MY.... totally relevant music video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pXfHLUlZf4

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Re: Help Me fix (or rebuild) an OLD Computer for a Scanner at Auto Shop (Family Business)

Posted on 2012-07-03, 00:32

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by luckybob

in PC Emulation

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First thing to check. the CPU! By the picture it looks to be a 4-533mhz celeron socket 370 processor in a slot-1 adapter board. While thats not the issue, the plastic clips holding the cpu card secure are MISSING. they look like this: http://www.donutey.com/images/slocket/slocket10.jpg if you cant …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-07-02, 07:45

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by luckybob

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

no idea, I actually dont have an mmx cpu handy if you can believe it. 😜

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-07-02, 07:24

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by luckybob

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

nice haul!!! The socket 7 board in pic #3 is an AWESOME board. Stable as the day is long. I have one that I'm probably going to turn into a server.

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Re: [retro swim] - An episodic video tour of SquallStrife's retro junk

Posted on 2012-07-01, 07:25

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by luckybob

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I really like these RAW shows. They give you more time to absorb the moment.Yes other shows are packed with information but often I struggle to decide if I should listen to the comments or watch the video. Especially confusing if they cover different topics. But that's just me :) Goes to show that …

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Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow

Posted on 2012-06-30, 04:13

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by luckybob

in Release Announcements

in Release Announcements

THE SKY IS FALLING!!!!! THE SKY IS FALLING!!!!

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Re: Athlon's disappointing performance

Posted on 2012-06-30, 02:59

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by luckybob

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Next in line for testing is: Socket 370 P3 1GHz FSB133 vs Socket A Athlon 1GHz. I'll get results for this whole 1GHz mess. :happyhappy: awesome! what chipsets are you using? because I'd like to see something comparing the irongate and the VIA KX-133. I know I have the latter, and it has …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-06-30, 02:47

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by luckybob

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

You should definitely test those Prodrives thoroughly before you sell them... and don't get your hopes up. The reason they sell for high prices is that it's quite rare to find one that still works. well, it looks like both are good! I have them hooked up to my p3 with onboard scsi and they both …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-06-30, 00:11

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by luckybob

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

got 2 new things from ebay. I REALLY need to stay off that site... Anyway, I paid a bit more than I would have liked to for the first auction, but when I went to pay, ebay "suggested" another auction I might be interested in. Lo and behold, they were right. #1: Lot of 10 scsi hard drives http://cgi …

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