Re: Best PCI VGA for a K6-III+

Posted on 2015-03-23, 21:05

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by feipoa

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Lastly, I compared Quake scores for the FX5500 on 4 different Windows operating systems. Driver version 56.64 was used for each operating system. NT4 generally demonstrated good performance, while XP was slower. Interesting to note that Win98SE had the worst Quake II results, but the best GLQuake …

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Re: Best PCI VGA for a K6-III+

Posted on 2015-03-23, 21:05

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by feipoa

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I ran a comparison of various PCI graphics cards on an i430TX system utilising an AMD K6-III+ 500 MHz (6x83). I was trying to determine the fastest overall graphics adapter for the i430TX platform. Attached are the results sorted in ascending order by the higher resolution (1152x864x32). I set …

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Re: Cyrix appreciation thread

Posted on 2015-03-19, 04:19

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by feipoa

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Nice! What system do you plan on putting this into? I hope that red dot does not mean it failed QC.

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Re: Where do you find your retro gear?

Posted on 2015-03-17, 07:15

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by feipoa

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Does your drop off centre have a sign warning against removing items?

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Re: Looking to build high-end 486 - any suggestions?

Posted on 2015-03-16, 14:38

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by feipoa

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Welcome to the forum! Soyo 4saw2 http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/7987/img1327lx.jpg Gigabyte GA-5486AL http://www.amoretro.de/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/abit_ab-pb4_rev.1.3_486_ali_motherboard.jpg Both boards are brand name. If they have barrel batteries, remove them as soon as possible. Both are …

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Re: Repository for old ATI drivers

Posted on 2015-03-16, 13:52

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by feipoa

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sliderider, no I haven't run across those drivers, but I will try them out. Shamino, if I run into trouble with W2K drivers, I'll look for that driver revision. My K6-3+/430TX system has 4 operating systems installed on one HDD - NT4/98SE/W2K/XPpro, so I would need working drivers for all operating …

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Re: Which Socket 3 CPUs can you downclock using 1x multiplier?

Posted on 2015-03-16, 07:49

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by feipoa

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Have you tried experimenting with some of the "reserved" bits in CCR0-5? I seem to recall a Windows-based program called Rain which would slow down the clock of Cyrix 5x86/6x86 CPUs when they are idle.

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Re: Repository for old ATI drivers

Posted on 2015-03-16, 07:05

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by feipoa

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I am now on the hunt for the best performing, most stable Radeon 9250 drivers for Win98SE. Radeon 9200 drivers also work. Anyone have any experience with this? Here is another site which has a lot, perhaps all, of the ATI Radeon driver revisions from 2002 onwards. http://www.ftpdir.hu/1/order-by3/ …

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Re: Looking to build high-end 486 - any suggestions?

Posted on 2015-03-16, 04:57

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by feipoa

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They are all over-priced. The GA-486VS has the closest component set as the loved VL/I-486SV2GX4, except it is lacking the PS/2 mouse header. However, upon looking at google images of the GA-486VS, it can probably be hardware modified to take a PS/2 mouse. Both motherboards share the SiS 471 chipset …

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Re: Where do you find your retro gear?

Posted on 2015-03-15, 23:31

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by feipoa

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Do your recycle centres have a sign warning against taking anything? And noting that the area is under video surveillance? What is your plan of attack to grab the loot? Do you go to the recycle centre to drop off some broken computer parts then nab what's lying there? Do you walk-in/out without any …

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Re: Which Socket 3 CPUs can you downclock using 1x multiplier?

Posted on 2015-03-15, 23:08

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by feipoa

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Have you thought about adding multiplier functionality to SetMul for Cyrix 6x86/MII CPUs?

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Re: Which Socket 3 CPUs can you downclock using 1x multiplier?

Posted on 2015-03-15, 20:04

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by feipoa

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What about Cyrix 6x86 and MII?

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Re: Playing Music in WinAmp while playing a video game with sound on an ISA sound card. Possible?

Posted on 2015-03-15, 19:49

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by feipoa

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Set the sound output in Winamp to use DirectSound instead of wavout. This is what worked for me on my 486.

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Re: Anything special about the ATI Radeon 7500?

Posted on 2015-03-15, 18:39

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by feipoa

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What is non-standard about them? Proprietary firmware for some OEM's medical device?

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Re: Which Socket 3 CPUs can you downclock using 1x multiplier?

Posted on 2015-03-15, 18:16

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by feipoa

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Or the Evergreen 5x86 DOS utility, but you will need to convert from 8-bit binary to HEX. Not a big deal, but it is an extra step.

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Re: Anything special about the ATI Radeon 7500?

Posted on 2015-03-15, 13:42

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by feipoa

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So it seems these red coloured, Chinese-origin Radeon 7500 cards are really Radeon 9000 cards. It just so happens that mine was DOA. Not surprised. However, I do see some authentic PCI Radeon 7500 cards selling on eBay for obsurd amounts: ~$1000 USD. Is there anything special about these? http:// …

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Re: SATA CD-ROM use in Win98SE with audio cable

Posted on 2015-03-15, 11:22

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by feipoa

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The PCB contains 3 integrated circuits, all of which I have been unable to locate spec. sheets for. They are, BD19960 NEC MC-10045 1005EB001 R2A3 0253 SP The MC-10045 seems to be the proprietary Sony Optiarc chip. Without the spec sheet, I cannot determine if the analogue audio functionality is …

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Re: SATA CD-ROM use in Win98SE with audio cable

Posted on 2015-03-15, 11:03

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by feipoa

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I think the only way to do that is opening the drive to see if there is any solder spots to get analog audio out. I've seen many SATA drives and none of them had that physical connector as the IDE drives That is a good idea. So I took it apart. Here are the photos. There does appear to be some kind …

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Re: SATA CD-ROM use in Win98SE with audio cable

Posted on 2015-03-15, 09:01

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by feipoa

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Unfortunately, that option is greyed out. I am using an AWE64Value. Do any SATA to ATA bridge adapters have an analogue out header?

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SATA CD-ROM use in Win98SE with audio cable

Posted on 2015-03-15, 07:00

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by feipoa

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Is there any way to implement an audio cable option onto a SATA CD/DVD-ROM drives for use in Windows 9x? I have some SATA DVD-RW drives that I use a cheap IDE bridge adapter with to connect to Win98SE computers, however I do not hear CD audio playback. Is there, 1) a means to implement the physical …

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