Re: Pentium overdrive 83 MHz - overclocking options?

Posted on 2011-04-02, 13:39

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by Yushatak

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I never had any luck with overvolting 486s.... Some boards have 4v setting but it didn't really help. 5v would probably blow these 350nm chips up. I unintentionally ran several 3.3v chips at 5v by putting them in a Socket 1 board without realizing the discrepancy at one point. They ran for months …

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Re: Best LCD for DOS games running on old hardware

Posted on 2011-04-02, 13:35

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by Yushatak

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Mau1wurf1977 wrote: Anyone know the reason why they didn't make 1280 x 960 LCDs? I mean it's double 640 x 480 and would have made a lot of sense. Why did they go for 1024 lines? Probably because it was cheaper to make a "720p" screen at 1280x720 and advertise it as though it were better. 😜

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Re: Best LCD for DOS games running on old hardware

Posted on 2011-03-24, 22:03

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by Yushatak

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Most LCDs run at lower resolutions just fine (they have to for now, in order to support text mode stuff like the BIOS readouts/CMOS setup/etc.), but that's not all you have to be concerned with. If you ever run into a problem wherein your monitor puts a strange border around the stretched image at …

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Re: Revised list of Voodoo games for DOS.

Posted on 2011-03-23, 20:46

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by Yushatak

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After Googling I found this thread on VOGONS: Windows Glide Games List It died a short death in 2002 - but was this list comprehensive, or does it need maintenance? Edit: I'm already seeing one missing game - Pandemonium II. Ah well, I'll check around some more.

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Re: Force 1920x1080 in DOSBox SVN?

Posted on 2011-03-21, 23:46

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by Yushatak

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Put nGlide's glide2x.dll into the DOSBox folder (gulikoza's or another build that has glide support) and it'll use that wrapper instead of the one that came with it, enabling whatever resolutions and features nGlide supports.

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Re: Revised list of Voodoo games for DOS.

Posted on 2011-03-21, 23:44

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by Yushatak

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Is there a "Voodoo games for Windows" thread somewhere? If not, it would be nice if this thread were expanded to have both.

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Re: Anyone have/use Sigma Design's RealMagic ISA MPEG decoder? Games list?

Posted on 2011-03-21, 23:42

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by Yushatak

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I have the creative-branded MPEG decoder - it's designed to work with a certain drive, but I'm not sure it's necessary. The cable is necessary, and is what prevents me from trying my decoder card out. If anybody has a spare one I wouldn't mind getting my hands on it. One notable game it was used for …

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Re: No CRT Emulation? Why!?

Posted on 2011-03-21, 23:40

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Re: Recent CRTs: Not as far as scaling and scanlines go, but yes, the right monitor for the right era of software is a point.

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Re: Oldest 1080p-capable Card?

Posted on 2011-03-19, 00:35

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by Yushatak

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Can't afford a Voodoo 5 - could afford the G200. I'm rather upset to hear that it will underclock itself if I add the SODIMM, as that was an additional $10 spent to get it. I'll be in a position to test whether it does or not, however, since I've ordered both.. Also, since I'm getting a G250 (pre- …

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Re: Oldest 1080p-capable Card?

Posted on 2011-03-18, 23:32

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Disappointing that there's not a way to get Glide support at high resolutions without replacing your whole video system with one of those monster 3dfx cards then, like the 5000 series. If 3dfx had continued to make cards that chained with the primary graphics, I could probably buy some Voodoo 5 card …

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Re: Oldest 1080p-capable Card?

Posted on 2011-03-18, 23:17

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I'm not really concerned about games running at that resolution, though that would be nice. Mostly for 3D I'll use the Voodoo 2 in that box. Speaking of the Voodoo 2, mine has 8MB iirc - does that mean that it should be capable of 1080p? I thought that it maxed out at 1024x768 unless SLI'd. A G200 …

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Oldest 1080p-capable Card?

Posted on 2011-03-18, 22:31

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I've got my epic Pentium box here, 512MB RAM, 300Mhz Pentium, etc.. I'm about to get a new monitor that'll be 1920x1080, and I'm hoping that an older AGP card can push that under Win9x. I don't really want to stick my GeForce 6200 AGP in there, because it's about the same power as the rest of the …

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

Posted on 2011-03-14, 13:38

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by Yushatak

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I've got one for sale, if you'd like to get one regardless of it's utility. I also don't want a fortune for it or anything.. Let me know via PM if you do have interest.

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Re: FIC 486-PIO3 mobo - why's it so slow?

Posted on 2011-03-12, 18:42

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by Yushatak

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I have a Willem programmer. It's fantastic on paper but I had a bag of 10 chips to attempt to flash one BIOS onto one chip with, and it failed on all of them. Bad programmer? Bad software? Bad chips? Impossible to say. -_- It *requires* Win9x to function - you can use a VM with proper parallel …

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Re: (Pentium I) Why isn't this box snappier, and why is it a bit unstable?

Posted on 2011-03-12, 18:37

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by Yushatak

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460? Damn, that makes my meager 300 laughable. What multiplier/FSB combo did you use? My chip is locked at either 4x or 4.5x (can't remember at the moment) so if I raise the FSB by even a little bit it jumps the OC up substantially - perhaps I'll try 100Mhz FSB with a slightly raised voltage …

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Re: FIC 486-PIO3 mobo - why's it so slow?

Posted on 2011-03-12, 15:21

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by Yushatak

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Man, you should have trusted Uniflash when it said "VERIFICATION FAILED"! Obviously it thought the backup was bad.. >.> I've got a chip flasher but I've never gotten it to flash anything. If nobody else offers to do it I'll give it a go for you, since you've offered to pay the postage back and forth …

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(Pentium I) Why isn't this box snappier, and why is it a bit unstable?

Posted on 2011-03-12, 15:15

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by Yushatak

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Allow me to present the specs of one of my boxen, currently named "Voodoo": Pentium Tillamook 266 @ 300Mhz (mobile->desktop from HK) VA-503+ Motherboard (epic board, IMHO, only downside is AGP2x only) VIA MVP3 chipset (FU, I like VIA chipsets and have had a good experience with them) 512MB SDRAM ( …

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Re: PS/2 6 pin cable - are they hard to find?

Posted on 2011-03-12, 14:47

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by Yushatak

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Personally I'd rather lose an AT PSU than a Mouse - but I've got a box of very generic PSUs and each of my mice is unique, so..

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Re: FIC 486-PIO3 mobo - why's it so slow?

Posted on 2011-03-12, 14:44

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by Yushatak

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Why use a separate I/O controller when the board has an on-board one in the first place?

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Re: No CRT Emulation? Why!?

Posted on 2011-03-09, 01:39

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Interesting thread. Personally I'm very happy that we now have LCDs and I don't need to look at a flickering pixel mush and I can see the games without the technical limitations of that time... And I think LCDs are better for many MANY things, such as the Windows desktop and all non-fullscreen apps …

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