Re: What optical drives are you guys using?

Posted on 2011-06-20, 19:24

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I never did any extensive testing regarding how loud a CDROM drive can become. Generally I tend to stick with optical drives made in the 2k's for later systems and go for DVD drives from the upper Coppermines. I recently thought about this, does anyone happen to know if an old CDROM writer could be …

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Re: Building a Vintage fleet

Posted on 2011-06-20, 11:32

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His motherboard isn't Super 7 though, so overclocking a Tillamook might get tricky. Tillamook seems to be a very tricky CPU as it's even unknown if it can run with L2 cache enabled on anything but an Intel chipset. K6-2 (provided it's a CTX cored K6-2) can run 400Mhz using it's 6x multiplier, but …

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Re: Cyrix C3 and 486/AMD K-6 builds in progress

Posted on 2011-06-20, 11:22

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...Speaking of which, does the 440BX northbridge absolutely need a heatsink? I'm not sure. So far all BX boards I ever saw (which are many dozens) came with a northbridge heatsink, so I'm inclined to believe they are better off with a heatsink. What I found somewhat odd is that Intel's replacement …

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Re: Floppy machine

Posted on 2011-06-20, 11:17

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I think I once had an old version of Microsoft Office(it would run on windows 3.1 so that was before 1995) and the disks were formatted at 1.75MB. That's probably Microsoft's DMF format (1.68MB), which was originally created to fit more space on a disk as well as being an extra hurdle to prevent …

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Re: Cyrix C3 and 486/AMD K-6 builds in progress

Posted on 2011-06-20, 02:53

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Sounds kinda like your board is a SY-6BA+I 🤣

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Re: Floppy machine

Posted on 2011-06-20, 02:52

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I wouldn't trust the data on such overformatted floppy disks too much though, they may become unreadable sooner then usual. Still a nice solution of all you need them for is file transfer (even though I think there are better alternatives, like using compact flash IDE to transfer files quickly and …

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Re: Cyrix C3 and 486/AMD K-6 builds in progress

Posted on 2011-06-20, 02:25

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My C3 is made for a 100MHz FSB and it has a 10x multiplier. SpeedSys shows the external clock running at 77MHz. Does that mean the motherboard is running with a 77MHz FSB? If so, then all I have to say is WTF. That doesn't seem right at all. Yup, that definitely falls into the WTF category :P On a …

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Re: Building a Vintage fleet

Posted on 2011-06-20, 02:09

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If you're going to strictly stick with a 1997 build then I would suggest: 1) 233MMX chip for the better FPU 2) 64mb ram- you will notice the difference and I think the TX chipset only supports a max of 64mb in any case 3) S3 Virge with 4mb for 2d 4) Voodoo 1 or Rush for 3d 5) The 4x CD rom is going …

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Re: Cyrix C3 and 486/AMD K-6 builds in progress

Posted on 2011-06-20, 02:05

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the same goes for my K6-III+, I can't set the multiplicator below 2,0 You can actually, but it'll interpret the 1.5x multi as 3.5x (just like it will interpret 2x as 6x), or atleast it should, just like the MMX chips. Well, it looks like my Soyo motherboard's BIOS is full of s***, as SpeedSys …

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Re: Cyrix C3 and 486/AMD K-6 builds in progress

Posted on 2011-06-20, 01:33

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Strange that the BIOS locks it at 2x, but otoh it might open the possibility for great underclocking potential if C3 still has a working 2x multiplier 😉

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Re: Cyrix C3 and 486/AMD K-6 builds in progress

Posted on 2011-06-20, 00:50

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@Ace: Is your C3 unlocked? And what core is your C3? Ezra or Nehemiah?

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Re: Floppy machine

Posted on 2011-06-20, 00:42

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I remember once having tried an overformatting util that could format a standard 1.44MB HD disk to 1.76MB I think. It involved formatting the outer tracks with more sectors then the inner tracks, something along those lines. I used the same util to format a 2.88MB ED disk to slightly over 3MB's It …

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Re: VA-503+ Super 7 build

Posted on 2011-06-19, 22:18

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I really like the dark colored ZIP drive! I only got the white ones, and only some 100MB and 250MB ones. I think it looks pretty neat! 😉

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Re: Floppy machine

Posted on 2011-06-19, 22:16

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I suppose this is a bump? Anyway, what have you got so far? 😉

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Re: Core 2 Duo/Quad m'board with ISA slots

Posted on 2011-06-19, 22:14

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Theres several industrial motherboards out there with ISA slots. They don't come cheap though.

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Re: Building a Vintage fleet

Posted on 2011-06-19, 19:22

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I agree with the Voodoo 1, it's the best from that era ;) I'd say use 64MB RAM as theres really not much point to go lower (unless you simply don't have the extra memory laying around that is). AT cases are hard to find, it would be much easier (and cheaper) to use one of those AT2ATX PSU adapters …

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Re: ever seen hyperram - 72 pin with dip switches??

Posted on 2011-06-19, 19:03

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also found this while sorting out my stuff http://thumbnails46.imagebam.com/13724/628d78137231150.jpg dont have a clue what it is for all it says on it is cym9251pb -20c 9534953 Proprietary cache module? I'd agree, it does look like a cache module. Maybe I should have a look in my box of weird RAM …

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Re: ever seen hyperram - 72 pin with dip switches??

Posted on 2011-06-18, 19:22

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ZMGWTF, L O L!! I had no idea this was ever made! But frankly, I don't have a clue what it might be for.

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Re: My Pentium 133 build

Posted on 2011-06-18, 19:18

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So after much frustration, I finally got this system working. Two of the RAM sticks that I got turned out to be bad, so now I have it running with 16 MB instead of the 32 MB I wanted. I've managed to install a few games and I'm actually pretty impressed with the performance; Dark Forces runs …

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Re: Ensoniq Soundscape Elite is broken. Can it be fixed?

Posted on 2011-06-18, 12:12

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I never tried baking myself (only have a microwave anyway) but iirc you can't bake the solid state caps. Can't you try the soundcard in a completely different rig to rule out software issues?

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