Re: New retro-PC

Posted on 2016-02-08, 13:53

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by Tetrium

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Hi chinny22 , thank you very much! Even the manual! :D But it says that there is a PS/2 connector on board (for both keyboard and mouse) while I have only AT and Serial ports... maybe it is an older model of the same range? (this evening I will post a picture of the rear) Video Card: Quite a nice …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-02-08, 13:36

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Awesome day. - 5x ethernet PCI cards. - 1x Sound Blaster CT2290 - 1x Creative CT3600 - 1x Analog Devices AD1846JP - 1x Addonics Sound Vision 500 - 1x OPTi 82C931 - 1x Adaptec AHA-2920 SCSI controller with cable - 1x 3DFX Voodoo 3 2000 PCI 16mb - 1x Diamond Monster Fusion AGP 16mb SGRAM - 1x S3 …

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Re: Weird Video Card Issues

Posted on 2016-02-08, 13:19

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But the system boot up anyway even without the video signal? Not really sure. I'm not that adept at interpreting sounds, but it does seem like it's working. I usually don't let it go very far, though. It only takes a few seconds to realize the video signal isn't going to come through. Have you …

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Re: P3 system - FMV / game framelag with sound enabled?

Posted on 2016-02-08, 10:42

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I've got an update. I formatted Windows 98 SE and just installed graphic and sound drivers. The problem happened. Then I formatted the system and installed Windows XP and just installed graphic and sound drivers. The problem didn't happen. That suggests to me that the problem is either with how …

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Re: A7Pro/G450 bios update

Posted on 2016-02-08, 10:37

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edit: If you use google, there's still lots of info available and lots I read brings back memories. But anyway, this thread http://www.cnet.com/forums/discussions/asus-a7v133-v-1-05-motherboard-upgrading-to-athlon-xp-2100-92085/ has a few more tips, including disabling spread spectrum, but I'm …

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Re: Any good 3D pci graphic's card out there?

Posted on 2016-02-08, 10:33

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Besides, i have this dragon 1000 voodoo board pci type, does it have a cpu speed limit? Not that I know, but that's also something I never bothered to find out as imo there just wasn't much point in using a V1 board in anything above, say, 200MHz? And most will prefer a V2 or other 3DFX card as …

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Re: (KT133) I/O voltage dram/chipset/pci/agp

Posted on 2016-02-08, 10:29

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Hi, I was reading in the Asus A7Pro based manual the part about I/O voltage settings and there's something I'd like to ask. There're three options: 3,35 / 3,56 / 3,69v and a default of 3,56 as my sensors read during running. Is this right for an AGP1/4x and PCI Athlon based machine? Or I should set …

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Re: For my RetroPC's Projekt: Comparison of Pentium vs. K6-2 vs. PentiumIII @ lowest speed

Posted on 2016-02-08, 10:23

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Conclusion: As i did not expect: The K6-2 @171MHz is even more slowly during the disable of L1 and L1+L2 caches (for the 486 and 386 mode), compared to the Pentium @137MHz or @103MHz. That means the Pentium is really faster regarding the speed per clock cycle compared to the K6-2. This has also …

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Re: New Retrorig advice

Posted on 2016-02-08, 10:03

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Pentium 166, the guys is asking 30 euros as well https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1460/24781752171_6074b052af_o.jpg Get this one! :D It's got a LED display too :D If you want a DOS rig with some flexibility then forget about that IBM as IBM + flexibility == does_not_compute lol. If something in that …

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Re: Old PC's used as props in movies

Posted on 2016-02-08, 09:52

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To keep old PC's in operation you don't need much, sometimes nothing at all. - Remove dust. Or just hardly use them. - Replace bad capacitors and leaking batteries. Or trow out and replace the entire thing. - Don't go on the internet and don't install additional software. To upgrade them or try all …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2016-02-07, 07:46

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Not much, except that I've been lugging all those boxes of parts back up stairs for the time being as I needed the room down here quickly lol MX4000 are universal AGP while 9200 tended to be AGP 8x ones (won't work in AGP 2x slot) Good to know! I've got a massive gap in my knowledge about the myriad …

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Re: installing an internal IDE zip drive in a 386?

Posted on 2016-02-07, 07:37

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@ chinny22, keropi: As far as i see, OP wasn't asking for alternatives or suggestions about buying hardware that he clearly doesn't need. He was asking about Zip drive speed in an 386 machine, if was possible this configuration at all. I don't get why people does this at all. Not only deviates the …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2016-02-07, 01:16

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Used the Katmai to play some of my Alestorm CDs to test the analog audio connector on the DVD-RW drive that's in there. Lots of "Yo ho ho!" and drinking of mead then I hope? Much more interesting than my choice of activity: finding out I have 47 graphics cards of ISA, VLB, PCI, AGP and PCIe …

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Re: Hello! And building a PC advice...

Posted on 2016-02-07, 01:07

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Gladders...are those pics of your hardware? And I mean your components you pictures with your own camera? Or did you simply download them from somewhere? Anyway, the pics look nice, but the name of the pics have weird names which resemble the ones I downloaded from certain second-hand seller sites. …

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Re: Will you ever build a Win7 retro PC?

Posted on 2016-02-06, 15:02

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A few posts seem almost angry that I would consider Win7 a retro OS. I was not. The question "Will you ever build a Win7 retro PC?" implies a future when Win7 will eventually be considered retro. :) I suppose if you asked in 2005 if you'd ever build a Windows 95 retro PC you might get similar …

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Re: Hello! And building a PC advice...

Posted on 2016-02-06, 15:00

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Hi and welcome :) That sounds about right. Don't forget that PSU is also important, though with your setup you could get away with basically anything but the crappiest. But which voltage do I need, is my question? I suppose Riva 16 TNT2 means your TNT2 has 16MB RAM? Then it's probably one of the …

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Re: Hello! And building a PC advice...

Posted on 2016-02-06, 02:17

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Hi everyone :) I'm new, but this looks like a really interesting forum. I'm feeling the retro urge, and I've never built my own PC before, so I'm going to satisfy both cravings by building a Windows 98 PC. My hope is that this will allow me to enjoy a wide variety of nineties video games, and …

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Re: Will you ever build a Win7 retro PC?

Posted on 2016-02-05, 22:30

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A few posts seem almost angry that I would consider Win7 a retro OS. I was not . The question "Will you ever build a Win7 retro PC?" implies a future when Win7 will eventually be considered retro . :) I suppose if you asked in 2005 if you'd ever build a Windows 95 retro PC you might get similar …

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Re: Compaq Deskpro 2000 question

Posted on 2016-02-05, 22:29

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Thanks! Answer was 2) Perhaps it actually needs something plugged into one of its slots? Just tried with Yamaha isa card and pci mach64,booted up well,seems it for some reasons didnt like its empty or with post card. Lol, yw! :D Wasn't really expecting this to be the issue here, but I've seen other …

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Re: Old PC's used as props in movies

Posted on 2016-02-05, 22:27

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vetz wrote: People running these prop companies are renting them out as "working". So I take it they must atleast be lurking around here on VOGONS, VCF or equivalent. There isn't many other places you'll find the information you need to keep them operational. I'd say this is a good guess actually.

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