Re: The 100% via biuld? Thoughts/ideas?

Posted on 2016-05-22, 20:50

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Afaicr the C3s don't have smp support. I don't know whether you have already read these 2 pages , it's got some of the info bunched together. I'm not sure I'd want to overclock a C3, but if you manage to get it stable, feel free to give us some SuperPi benchie results :). What is your intent with …

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Re: Technology that fascinated you, but ultimately flopped

Posted on 2016-03-21, 09:16

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Amiga was very well known back in its Amiga 500 days. Everyone I knew, knew what an Amiga 500 was. To me they seemed a similar flop compared to 3DFX (and the question is, how 'floppy' are they?). I would disagree. 3DFX was the absolute market leader at some point, and it destroyed most competitors …

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Re: Technology that fascinated you, but ultimately flopped

Posted on 2016-03-12, 11:39

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Amiga was very well known back in its Amiga 500 days. Everyone I knew, knew what an Amiga 500 was. To me they seemed a similar flop compared to 3DFX (and the question is, how 'floppy' are they?). 2.88mb floppies - wouldn't call it fascination tho To me they always were from the moment I first …

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Re: Pentium III boards with native USB 2.0 support

Posted on 2016-03-12, 10:32

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Would be interesting to know if there were any s370 boards out there with onboard USB 2.0 by using a 3rd-party chip. I really don't know whether these exist or not, but chances could actually be not that bad. I never bothered to actually find out which ones (and if!) have USB 2.0, as (like stated by …

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Re: Protecting antique hardware from capacitor ruptures; maybe silly questions inside.

Posted on 2016-03-12, 10:27

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Is it silly to consider storing older hardware upside-down so that any ruptured cap would not leak corrosive materials onto the motherboard? No. Whatever works, works! Right? :D I've had several components sitting in my storage for any number of years see develop leaking caps (I'm almost 100% …

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Re: Best Partitioning Tool for Windows 98?

Posted on 2016-03-08, 09:57

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I've used Partition Magic many years ago when I resized 2 partitions (6.4GB harddrive, man those were the days lol) and it took forever! :D I never used it to actually partition harddrives for use in newer systems as I didn't want to risk it messing up the partitions and causing loss of data, so …

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Re: Possibly PS/2 port defect?

Posted on 2016-03-08, 03:19

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Looks as if the mainboard was dropped at some point and landed on that corner of the PCB. gdjacobs wrote: Many USB mice, especially more modern mice, omit the circuitry to use USB to PS/2 adapters. This ^^

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Re: Best Partitioning Tool for Windows 98?

Posted on 2016-03-08, 03:03

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I've used Partition Magic many years ago when I resized 2 partitions (6.4GB harddrive, man those were the days lol) and it took forever! :D I never used it to actually partition harddrives for use in newer systems as I didn't want to risk it messing up the partitions and causing loss of data, so …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2016-03-08, 02:32

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I rarely buy any "new" hardware (because it's not cheap :P) but I did get another WD 1TB EZEX last weekend, and a friend of mine also got one as he decided to move his old rig to my place so it can be re-used as a LAN rig here. It's spend 3 years gathering dust and as he moved the original harddrive …

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Re: via c3 nehemiah motherboard compatability

Posted on 2016-03-06, 10:09

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Ezra-T was also Tualatin protocol, but I'm not sure how compatibility was for putting a Tualatin-protocol C3 on an old board. I'd guess that the list of boards with actual C3 BIOS support is rather short, though, and even shorter for Nehemiah - by the time Nehemiah came out, VIA was really being …

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Re: via c3 nehemiah motherboard compatability

Posted on 2016-03-06, 04:45

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There was the VIA C3 verified motherboard list (a copy of it can be found on Vogonswiki here: http://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/VIA_C3_Verified_Motherboard_List ), but this list also didn't mention which exact chips would be supported. My best guess is that Nehemiah is likely to be compatible with …

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Re: Which CPU for the 694T Pro motherboard?

Posted on 2016-03-06, 04:32

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The 694T Pro is one of the few Tualatin compatible motherboards with an ISA slot. Using it with a slow celeron CPU would be a waste. My advice would be to build a win98 box with this board and get a slower machine for early dos games (486, pentium 1, etc). Seconded :) With for instance a ss7 one …

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Re: Which CPU for the 694T Pro motherboard?

Posted on 2016-03-06, 02:11

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I'm not sure the 694T will like the higher voltage the early Celerons require (would be a shame if the board got damaged because of this). I remember I did once try a Mendocino Celeron in a Coppermine board once years ago and it didn't work the way I had hoped for. All boards from the larger …

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Re: Which CPU for the 694T Pro motherboard?

Posted on 2016-03-06, 01:55

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I'm not sure the 694T will like the higher voltage the early Celerons require (would be a shame if the board got damaged because of this). I remember I did once try a Mendocino Celeron in a Coppermine board once years ago ( don't remember which board it was, except it was probably an OEM board) and …

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Re: Top 5 hardest retro builds

Posted on 2016-02-09, 02:08

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Wow...that does sound like a lot of trouble. Having read the above, I'd consider using a DX4-100 Overdrive (iirc those were always write-through and afaik my best VLB board doesn't come with a 3.3v regulator anyway) but that thing with those drivers sounds like pain waiting to happen :D Do your …

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Re: Top 5 hardest retro builds

Posted on 2016-02-08, 23:38

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Depends on the motherboard and what kind of controller (if it supports LBA/EIDE and/or use the BIOS on the motherboard/have it's own). If it's an old motherboard and old controller you need to use Overlay software if you want to go beyond 504MB. If you have a newer motherboard, but older controller …

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Re: Top 5 hardest retro builds

Posted on 2016-02-08, 23:11

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Before I actually start a new build I'll usually do my homework which kinda prevents maybe 90% of all potential hazards so most of my builds were relatively hassle free (even my own 486, and that was only the second rig I ever build and I didn't have the experience and know-how I have now). The …

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Re: Pentium 4 RDRAM systems

Posted on 2016-02-08, 22:58

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I have a Asus P4T with a 2.0 P4 and 4x256MB PC1066. Decent performance, allthough it have no real retro value for me as I was running Socket A during this time (as everyone else). Cool to have in the collection though. I've actually planned to build such a rig for a very long time now, except I had …

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Re: PSU - bust the myth

Posted on 2016-02-08, 18:56

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A few posts ago a close photo of the AUX power plug showed that both 5V and 12V had circuitry associated with them. So we don't really know what is being powered from the 5V rail and what is being powered from the 12V rails. Total consumptions should not be hard to estimate, but rail-specific draw …

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Re: Top 5 hardest retro builds

Posted on 2016-02-08, 18:53

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I haven't ever build a 386, but I'd rate a 486 more difficult if only for the jumper hell (one of the 386 boards I have actually has the CPU soldered to the board). It's difficult for me to create a list though. Before I actually start a new build I'll usually do my homework which kinda prevents …

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