Re: IDE SATA Converter Video Review

Posted on 2012-07-20, 15:41

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by chinny22

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Quite interesting, thanks! I salvaged a PCI SATA card the other day even though I don’t have any SATA drives but as you say in your video IDE is starting to get rare. This is a much neater option though, will definitely keep it mind for the future!

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Re: What kind of system?

Posted on 2012-07-18, 23:39

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by chinny22

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ok found a copy of Urban Chaos I only played the 1st few missions but this is what I found Glide only supports 800x600 even though I have a SLI setup (I even double checked its working with NFS3) Frame rate was usually mid 20’s low 30's which plays pretty smooth on that game. It dis drop to mid …

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Re: Dell makes surprisingly good retro PC's

Posted on 2012-07-18, 01:56

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by chinny22

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Bugger double post!

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Re: Dell makes surprisingly good retro PC's

Posted on 2012-07-18, 01:56

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by chinny22

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I got the fans to cool the v2 when it was in a P4, Only put them in this as they had nowhere else to go. The fan mounted on the side sits pretty close to the cover when it’s on so don’t think it really does much, its more just to encourage air movement round the V2’s but if its helping the Audigy …

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Re: Red alert 2 and Tiberian sun problems

Posted on 2012-07-17, 01:55

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by chinny22

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Found this which has a list of common problems http://blog.obelisk.ro/2010/09/resolution-fix-for-red-alert-2-yuris.html I found C&C2/RA2 more trouble then the originals! also using a Win7 x64 Laptop. In the end I tried installing in the virtual WinXP mode but got sick of the whole thing and …

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Re: What kind of system?

Posted on 2012-07-16, 04:11

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by chinny22

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I know in NFS4 Dolphin Cove gets a bit choppy on that up hill forrest bit just near past the light house if there is alot going on, ie cops, traffic, AI all in the 1 spot at the same time, but I've had the same issue with a Gforce4 on a P2 400 back in the day, On the P4 2.6 with its onboard Intel …

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Re: Dell makes surprisingly good retro PC's

Posted on 2012-07-16, 03:31

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by chinny22

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yeh it’s a proprietary pinout but I'll get a converter cable in the near future, They aren’t expensive and I can then get a nice modern quiet PSU once back in Oz. I downloaded the real dos mode drivers the same time as I got the Win98 drivers, just haven’t checked them out yet. I’ll let you know! I …

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Re: What kind of system?

Posted on 2012-07-16, 02:59

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by chinny22

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Pass through cables arent that hard, there is a old post here http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=29442 but the long of the short search ebay, Amazon, etc for a VGAEXTAA6IN Dont actaully have one myself as 1 of the cards I got came with a pass through, not sure if its the original, but people …

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Dell makes surprisingly good retro PC's

Posted on 2012-07-15, 23:58

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by chinny22

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Well few months ago I got a "working P3 500" for £5 I guess it worked in as much as it turned on but once I got it home found it had no ram or video card, slightly upset as I couldn't play with it straight away but really I'd probably upgrade these parts anyway. I wanted to stick with a slot1 setup …

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Re: YouTube Video - Roland vs Yamaha General MIDI DOS Games Music Comparison

Posted on 2012-07-15, 21:58

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by chinny22

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Great vid! Ive been doing the same but quickly unplugging the speakers from each device so I loose the contanunity. For sound generally I prefer the Yamaha for bling I love watching the Roland's LCD screen. but then there is always that 1 track I prefer on the other device. Like Raptor, the 1st …

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Re: Octek DCA2 Dynamic Cache Architecture 2, 486 Boards

Posted on 2012-07-15, 05:45

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by chinny22

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My mate got a Octek 488 DX4 100 in 95 from a local store and I remember it being quite unstable. The m/b was Octek but not sure if it was a hippo or not. I ended up working in the same store 5 years later and never thought much of Octek hardware in general, but it may have to do with hardware …

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Re: is a 486 really worth it

Posted on 2012-07-15, 05:07

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by chinny22

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We got a Apple IIe as dad was a teacher in N.S.W and he wanted the same as what was in the schools. TAFE on the otherhand had Apricot's What was it about 80's computers and fruit? by the time I reached high school in 93 there was still 1 mac lab at both high schools but were replaced with PC's …

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Re: anyone remember tape backup?

Posted on 2012-07-15, 04:54

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by chinny22

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Still use Parallel zip for dos PC's to transfer files before I get the network up. which happens quite often when I decide the best fix it to start again

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Re: CD/DVD backups

Posted on 2012-07-15, 04:49

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by chinny22

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Documents, Pictures, etc I used to have a copy on 2 seperate laptops but was screwed when both walked out the door when the house was broken into. Lucky most my pics were in a Picasa account so didnt loose many, and have since tried to keep a copy of important stuff online as well as my local PC. …

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Ensoniq AudioPCI MIDI any good?

Posted on 2012-07-11, 22:29

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by chinny22

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I recently built my P3 games rig based on a Dell SE440BX3 motherboard and the midi from the onboard Yamaha 724 sounds beautiful! That got me thinking about the related Gateway motherboard I have back in Oz which has a onboard AudioPCI 64. Wiki says it more or less equal to a Soundscape Elite which I …

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Re: is a 486 really worth it

Posted on 2012-07-11, 22:06

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by chinny22

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Earlier this year I got a complete 486 for under £5 by chance (the add said 2 it was 2 years old but the creative CD-ROM suggested otherwise) and fell in love with it straight away as my 1st PC was a 486 in the mid 90’s and have since spent more upgrading it then I really should have I recently got …

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Re: Storage options on 486, feedback

Posted on 2012-07-09, 00:31

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by chinny22

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I've got two 486's and both have on board controllers. They work with any ATA drive I plug in including a 40 GB ATA133. However both had a BIOS limit of 8GB so any space past that was wasted

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Re: SLI using unmatched video cards

Posted on 2012-07-09, 00:18

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by chinny22

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You just need install the fastvoodoo drivers which you can get from http://www.3dfxzone.it/dir/3dfx/voodoo2/drivers/ (and make a SLI cable of course)

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Re: Another 486 being built

Posted on 2012-04-30, 07:42

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by chinny22

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Well I finally had a week spare to try and get this thing going again. (and also catch up on whats happing here) I've upgraded a few things and now It got CPU: 486 Dx4 120 RAM: x2 32MB 60NS EDO NIC: Eagle Ne2000 Audio1: Awe32 CT3910 Audio2: Labway Yamaha YMF719E-S Which plugs into either a Yamaha …

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Re: How far back do you go?

Posted on 2012-04-30, 06:51

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by chinny22

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First family PC was a DX2/66 when i was in my mid teens. It was a good place to start really as that was the mimimum spec PC for years later and we didnt upgrade for another 5! Thats where my fondest memories are so thats about as far back as I'll ever go. Everything I can do on the 486 I can do on …

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