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Re: Presario 425 Modding Options?

Posted on 2011-06-23, 16:32

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Of course I checked to see if it will accept larger SIMMs, I've tested dozens - the documentation is accurate and it will not function with larger than 8MB SIMMs in it's stock state. It does POST and such, but it won't recognize the added memory properly. As for it having cache or not, I was well …

Presario 425 Modding Options?

Posted on 2011-06-23, 14:29

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My favorite retro box of all time (so far, anyway) is my Compaq Presario 425. It's a 486 box that's got an all-in-one design, meaning the video card is integrated and has a proprietary connector. I crammed a Pentium Overdrive into this Socket 1 beast (yes that works, heheheh) and maxed it's RAM out …

Re: dosbox vs dosemu

Posted on 2011-04-27, 18:48

in PC Emulation

in PC Emulation

With those system specs I'd go back to Windows 98SE, myself (easy to get those speeds in native DOS :D). I ran 98SE on an Athlon XP 2800+ with 768MB RAM for a very long time on a board with a VIA chipset that had good DOS sound compatibility. That's not for everybody though, I suppose. If you want …

Re: How good are trackball mice?

Posted on 2011-04-02, 18:28

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Last I checked they still sold the Trackman Marble on the Logitech site and others, because it's so good. They have added some unnecessary buttons, however, since I got mine.

Re: How good are trackball mice?

Posted on 2011-04-02, 13:42

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

If it's a thumb trackball it will basically suck for anything but standard UI stuff. If it's a finger trackball it will be better than any ball mouse and most optical mice. I used to use a Logitech Trackman Marble for everything, and once I got used to it it was like having a Razer mouse before they …

Re: Pentium overdrive 83 MHz - overclocking options?

Posted on 2011-04-02, 13:39

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

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 …

Re: Best LCD for DOS games running on old hardware

Posted on 2011-04-02, 13:35

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

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. 😜

Re: Best LCD for DOS games running on old hardware

Posted on 2011-03-24, 22:03

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

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 …

Re: Revised list of Voodoo games for DOS.

Posted on 2011-03-23, 20:46

in PC Emulation

in PC Emulation

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.

Re: Force 1920x1080 in DOSBox SVN?

Posted on 2011-03-21, 23:46

in DOSBox General

in DOSBox General

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.

Re: Revised list of Voodoo games for DOS.

Posted on 2011-03-21, 23:44

in PC Emulation

in PC Emulation

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

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

Posted on 2011-03-21, 23:42

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

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 …

Re: No CRT Emulation? Why!?

Posted on 2011-03-21, 23:40

in PC Emulation

in PC Emulation

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.

Re: Oldest 1080p-capable Card?

Posted on 2011-03-19, 00:35

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

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- …

Re: Oldest 1080p-capable Card?

Posted on 2011-03-18, 23:32

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

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 …

Re: Oldest 1080p-capable Card?

Posted on 2011-03-18, 23:17

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

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 …

Oldest 1080p-capable Card?

Posted on 2011-03-18, 22:31

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

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 …

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

Posted on 2011-03-14, 13:38

in PC Emulation

in PC Emulation

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.

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

Posted on 2011-03-12, 18:42

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

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 …

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

Posted on 2011-03-12, 18:37

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

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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