Re: Looking to build or buy a DOS ONLY gaming platform

Posted on 2011-02-16, 19:25

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Where do you fellows recommend to purchase games? Besides, nothing beats a big ass cardboard box with an actual manual-sized manual in them, disks with INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS on their labels and disconnected numbers for technical support! That's not the kind of soul a badly compressed and mangled-up- …

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Re: P55c at Overclocked to 300mhz?

Posted on 2011-02-16, 19:21

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I can't find it either but even with the guide, theres still no guarantee any particular chip you have is locked or not. Best and easiest way to find out would be to simply try. Or just get a 233 one, they are dirt cheap these days anyway.

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Re: P55c at Overclocked to 300mhz?

Posted on 2011-02-16, 15:15

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Why not take a K6(-2/-3)? Perfect match for that board and much more versatile than an P55C because of open multipliers. You'd have to be very lucky to get a Pentium MMX running at 100 MHZ FSB. Even 83 MHz is quite a challenge (e.g: P233 @ 83x3.5). Were Pentium MMX chips multiplier locked? Some …

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Re: Voodoo 4 vs Voodoo 5

Posted on 2011-02-16, 15:11

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I'm not sure, but afaik the Voodoo's make little use of the AGP benefits anyway. Iirc the Voodoo 4 was only little better then the Voodoo 3 3500.

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Re: VOGONS is no marketplace!

Posted on 2011-02-16, 12:17

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Malik wrote: Here's a toast for the Greatness of Classic Computing & Gaming! Cheers! 😁 Cheers my mates! 😁

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Re: 9x retro rig sound: SB128? Or Vortex? Or...

Posted on 2011-02-16, 11:33

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SBLive! --------- Con: *issues if motherboard is Via chipsets (PCI Latency Patch) or lacks Non-Maskable Interrupts (NMI). Probably affect Vortex also?! This is of course an issue, and I'm wondering if other soundcards are affected by this myself. I would think the 686B issues came up in combination …

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Re: P55c at Overclocked to 300mhz?

Posted on 2011-02-16, 11:27

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Frankly, I'm not really an overclocking guru or anything. It's more like "What if Intel decided to continue making Pentium 1's for Socket 7 after they went to Slot 1?". They did continue for a while to make the mmx chips, but purposefully max its multi at 3.5x. Of course theres the Tillamook but …

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Re: VOGONS is no marketplace!

Posted on 2011-02-16, 11:22

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Interesting, collector. I'm a pretty new member and one of the people who is more into building older rigs (or at least, discussing about). The thing is, I went looking for forums that had people with my interests and theres just nothing there? It's either about very very old systems where you need …

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Re: I accidentally a CRT monitor.

Posted on 2011-02-16, 11:16

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Lol, I was once at my running computer and had put a glass of wine on top of the CRT. Of course I bumped it and the contents spilled right into the CRT, the image began to dance!!! I quickly unplugged the power cord and thought "Ok, this one is toast". So I went looking around and found some company …

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Re: New (to me) socket 7 motherboards

Posted on 2011-02-16, 01:34

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I got a couple of those EDO DIMMs but most are of the weird keyed variant. Those boards are definitely keepers! -> Just keep in mind you probably can't mix EDO and SDRAM. <- However, I'd suggest you keep those EDO DIMMs if only because those are quite scarce. You could even upgrade 2 of the boards …

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Re: 9x retro rig sound: SB128? Or Vortex? Or...

Posted on 2011-02-16, 01:27

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Cheers! Since I already have quite a lot of Live!'s already, I should kinda be set. the only thing is, I already use those Live!'s for my XP rigs 🤣! Maybe I should go grab some more, they seem to be getting more versatile the longer I have them!

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Re: Socket 7 Bug Has Hit

Posted on 2011-02-16, 01:24

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Seems like you'll be going for a DOS rig? In that case, the easiest Socket 7 route to me would be to build it around a Socket 7 ATX board. Doesn't even need to be Super 7 for your needs. ATX is easier then AT because of all the extra little things AT comes with. Also these tend to have lots of ISA …

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Re: 387 Co-Processor, where can I find one?

Posted on 2011-02-16, 01:19

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Np 😉 You don't wanna know how many chips I've bought from that place 😜 It's awesome and the people are kind, though more oriented towards trading.

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Re: 387 Co-Processor, where can I find one?

Posted on 2011-02-15, 15:48

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If you're sking for a chip, chances are price will be higher then buying from someone who's posting a selling topic. Another hint:Some of the members there have posted trade lists with hundreds of chips. Many are much cheaper then what you pay on the bay :P My experience is that theres always a very …

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Re: 1990s PC Hardware Magazine Review Archive

Posted on 2011-02-15, 03:44

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Thanks for the info so then after 2000 pc performance skyrocketed as far as advancement rates at least in the past 8 or 9 nines years. At least it seems that to me. Not at much of a different rate than previously. The '90s were much more exciting than this decade IMO. We went from 486 with VGA/EGA …

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Re: What's the difference between the 3 Epox SS7 MVP3 mobos?

Posted on 2011-02-15, 03:21

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Now I still don't know the difference between these 3 boards 🤣! 😜

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9x retro rig sound: SB128? Or Vortex? Or...

Posted on 2011-02-15, 03:20

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Basically what the title sais. When building a 9x rig (say Pentium 3 or earlier), what games will sound best using a Vortex or Vortex 2 and which games will sound better using the SB128 PCI? And are there any other (PCI) soundcards worth mentioning in this regard (what about Yamaha? ESS Solo-1?)? …

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Re: VOGONS is no marketplace!

Posted on 2011-02-14, 22:55

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Sorry, I didn't mean to sound hostile but I really couldn't see how you can't understand Qbix' and wd's posts Please stop with all those for sale and for trade topics. Especially if things go wrong, then we can't do a thing to help you. Use something like Ebay. Thanks. Please people, this is not …

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Re: Geforce FX Super Thread

Posted on 2011-02-14, 22:35

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The AGP card to have is probably Radeon HD 4670. But they are going for about double the price of the PCIe version and that's ridiculous. But one of these would dust any pre DX10 card. I have one of these and I have to say, they are awesome! though my XP 3200+ can't supply the 4670 with enough data …

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Re: VOGONS is no marketplace!

Posted on 2011-02-14, 22:30

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Odd that the dutch people don't understand it. Anyway. Those topics are NOT allowed anymore. Cheers! In this thread, I'd say. Or are you looking for a constitution where this is written down? Thanks for the helpful hint -_- Mind you, I wasn't asking because I was lying to you that I didn't …

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