Re: Bad hardware?

Posted on 2012-07-07, 11:44

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dforell wrote: Specs: Abit BE6 II motherboard. Pentium III 800mhz MSI Nvidia GeForce 4 TI4200 64M SoundBlaster 16 Value ADMtek NC100 Ethernet […] Show full quote Specs: Abit BE6 II motherboard. Pentium III 800mhz MSI Nvidia GeForce 4 TI4200 64M SoundBlaster 16 Value ADMtek NC100 Ethernet My bet is …

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Re: Harvester

Posted on 2012-07-02, 08:27

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People are giving you workarounds and you insist on ignoring them. Ok, that's fine. This issue has been talked about several times. Please stop bitching and use the search.

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Re: Pentium 2 AT Motherboard with EDO Ram and AGP slot?

Posted on 2012-06-27, 17:19

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I have one of those PCChips M715 boards, too. Got it as spare part for my Soltek SL-61C (another Intel 440EX-based AT board), which I use as my secondary Win9x machine. I built it mainly for Glide gaming: Voodoo^2 SLI, Mendocino Celeron 500 and only 256 MB of RAM, due to an imposed limitation in …

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Re: Aureal A3D _3.0_, SQ3500?? also, which A3D card is best?

Posted on 2012-06-21, 11:54

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I'm considering buying one of those cards, too. It has probably already been answered, but the standard Vortex2 SuperQuad has an optical S/PDIF output and revision A of AU8830 chipset. Vortex2 SQ 2500 has a coaxial S/PDIF output and revision B of AU8830 chipset (newer and faster, getting up to a 5- …

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Re: well-hated geforce2 GTS rocking 3dmark99max?

Posted on 2012-06-19, 11:40

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I ran 3DMark99 MAX under XP last weekend with a DirectDraw patch. I'll upload the file here if you can't find it. PS: nevermind, just found it again: http://www.hardwareecke.de/overclocking/downl … _99_max_fix.zip

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Re: TC++ in DOSBox

Posted on 2012-06-18, 17:47

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WinBGIm provides compatibility for Borland's graphics.h with many modern C++ compilers. You don't need TC++ 3.0 anymore.

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Re: Issue w/ DOS games on Windows 98SE

Posted on 2012-06-17, 16:31

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You mean this guide? http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000007.htm Once the file has been located on the computer, depending upon what file is found, use one of the below examples. IN AUTOEXEC.BAT: LH C:\Windows\MOUSE.COM IN CONFIG.SYS: DEVICE=C:\Windows\MOUSE.SYS It clearly says that you should …

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Re: Issue w/ DOS games on Windows 98SE

Posted on 2012-06-15, 12:48

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by batracio

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Sorry but no, my Win 9x computer (which is an almost exact clone of yours, did I tell you already?) is hundreds of miles away from my actual place.

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Re: Issue w/ DOS games on Windows 98SE

Posted on 2012-06-15, 12:26

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In order to keep things simple and avoid different boot configs, floppies and so on, I use a standard CONFIG.SYS file with HIMEM.SYS, UMBPCI.SYS, a CD-ROM driver (usually Acer v2.14 driver) and the typical stuff. My AUTOEXEC.BAT has a SET BLASTER line and almost nothing else. I put CD-ROM extension …

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Re: Spam, spam, spam

Posted on 2012-06-13, 17:12

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User 25523 Website spammer.

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Re: Matrox G200 (according to google image) questions

Posted on 2012-06-03, 16:11

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It is certainly the perfect match for a Voodoo 1 / 2. If you can't find one of these, PM me.

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Re: Matrox G200 (according to google image) questions

Posted on 2012-06-03, 09:48

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That G200 bug not only breaks transparent water in Quake 2, but every transparency / translucency effect in OpenGL. I guess they completely broke alpha blending in last G200 driver release and never cared to fix it. Why they instead fixed G200 ICD in later G400 driver releases is still a mystery to …

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Re: Was Windows 95/98/XP ever retail?

Posted on 2012-05-10, 12:18

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Not sure if people are reading my posts... you can find boxed retail versions boxed retail versions boxed retail retail The Windows 2000 CD-ROM in the first picture is an upgrade version. The Windows XP Home CD-ROM in second picture is an OEM version. Not sure about Windows 98 in third. …

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Re: Half-Life mini drivers

Posted on 2012-05-07, 21:43

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Half-Life includes a miniGL driver for Voodoo cards. The readme states that mini drivers for other cards are provided by manufacturers. Are these drivers preserved somewhere? You can get minigl drivers for PowerVR PCX1/2, Rendition Verite and Matrox G200 from Quake II, SiN and Heretic II …

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Re: Resident Evil PC patch

Posted on 2012-05-07, 14:33

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by batracio

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[Resolved] - Resident Evil Pc

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Re: Asus P3V4X and MX300 issue

Posted on 2012-04-03, 16:37

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by batracio

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Voodoo2 cards don't need an IRQ. Use them on PCI slots that share IRQ with other slots or devices. Usually a good choice are PCI slots sharing IRQ with onboard USB controller. For an Asus P3V4X motherboard, this leads to PCI slots #4 and #5. Yeah, this is a RTFM scenario! EDIT: I'll add more …

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Re: Did anyone see this on eBay?

Posted on 2012-04-03, 16:26

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It doesn't mean that average prices will drop. It just means that this particular seller actually wanted to sell his stuff in a few days, and not someday in a very distant future, after waiting for ages to find a fool willing to pay an insane price.

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Re: Trouble locating specific SDRAM

Posted on 2012-04-02, 17:18

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There's no such thing as "EDO SDRAM" that I know of. It must be either "EDO DRAM" or "SDRAM", I think. Your Aopen AP5VM motherboard seems to be based on Intel 430VX chipset. Some years ago I used a QDI Explorer II, another 430VX motherboard, as my main Socket 7 retro system. It also had 4x SIMM and …

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Re: Rage Fury Maxx

Posted on 2012-03-27, 15:27

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I got mine from a seller who listed it as a plain Rage 128 Pro, but the picture clearly showed a Rage Fury Maxx. I assumed the risk, and Bingo! Got a like new Maxx for a bargain price.

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Re: Planning a rig with Voodoo graphics

Posted on 2012-03-25, 23:09

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How fast is a Voodoo 4 anyway? I never got a definitive answer! Does it beat the Voodoo 3 by a significant margin? Not by a significant margin, but V4 should beat both V3 and TNT2. Besides the improvements in image quality (textures larger than 256x256, 32-bit rendering, and so on), V4 has twice as …

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