Re: Build 486's And They Will Come! Suggestions please!

Posted on 2014-07-16, 20:08

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Same seller yes, but I didn't know I would receive 15ns chips which I warned Artex about. Artex made a case for the 10ns ones. I'm pretty sure if you just accepted the 15ns ones you would've had them by now.

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Re: 486 four-eighty-six or four-eight-six?

Posted on 2014-07-14, 17:27

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four-eighty-six

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Re: Choose an ISA video card

Posted on 2014-07-14, 15:41

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I'll need an MPU401 !? why ? i thought i just need a gameport/midi cable to connect on soundblaster That is correct, UART MPU-401 is the interface used to connect to the external SC55 which is present on the Soundblaster. Go for an SC55, it is more flexible as it can be used on both new and modern …

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Re: Choose an ISA video card

Posted on 2014-07-13, 07:30

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Stojke wrote: Check the link i posted in the previous post ( Re: WDC WD90C31 strange benchmark results ) Any new luck on identifying why this one card is so different from all the others?

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Re: Terminator: Skynet - Hi-res mode

Posted on 2014-07-13, 07:29

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filipetolhuizen wrote: Someone here sent me an alternate .exe for it that made it work. Just search the forum and you'll find my posts regarding it (feeling lazy). Terminator Skynet problem

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Re: Choose an ISA video card

Posted on 2014-07-13, 07:24

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Nope. I barely managed to sell mine Tseng Labs graphics cards for 20$. Also Western Digital WD90C31 special will outperform ET4000. It has the same performance as seen by the graph above, no outperforming. The reason the PCBench 640x480 test with its 1.4 FPS is missing because the VESA TSR wasn't …

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Re: Voodoo 1 CPU & VGA Limitations

Posted on 2014-07-12, 12:51

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Mau1wurf1977 wrote: We want to play these games with ideal systems. At least I do 😵 Totally agree 😀

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Re: Build 486's And They Will Come! Suggestions please!

Posted on 2014-07-12, 10:38

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Finally received the memory chips necessary to upgrade my ET4000/W32P to 2MB. I wanted to do this since there have been lots of talk of performance increases of 64-bit memory interleaving on these cards but I've failed to see any benchmarks on this before (like this post ). Me and Artex previous …

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Re: New K6-2 Super 7 Build with TNT2

Posted on 2014-07-11, 07:15

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Mau1wurf1977 wrote: There are almost no benefits in going with SLI on such a machine however... 1024x768 resolution which is only enabled if you have SLI is a huge benefit in the games that supports it IMO

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-07-11, 06:58

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ASUS P3B-F with 2 ISA slots... Damn that's a good buy! My favorite 440BX motherboard. Any plans to run a Tualatin in it? Just needs pinmodded CPU and FCPGA slotklet, so it's pretty easy/cheap to do. Nope, just a slot 1 Pentium III 600E. I hope that increasing the FSB to 133MHz will be stable. I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-07-10, 21:42

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ASUS P3B-F with 2 ISA slots... Damn that's a good buy! My favorite 440BX motherboard. Any plans to run a Tualatin in it? Just needs pinmodded CPU and FCPGA slotklet, so it's pretty easy/cheap to do.

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Re: Voodoo Banshee AGP or Voodoo 5 5500 PCI?

Posted on 2014-07-09, 20:10

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Here is the compatibility list for Voodoo3, should be the same for Banshee and Voodoo 5. Yes, all the most popular games will work:

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-07-05, 14:32

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I was looking for the MGA 3D-Superpack disc for the Matrox Impression 3D accelerated games, but I ended up with the whole boxed card. In my two years searching for this disc it is the first time I've seen this card sold fully boxed: https://s19.postimg.org/9z2yos643/2014-07-05_16.18.59_small.jpg Not …

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Re: Build 486's And They Will Come! Suggestions please!

Posted on 2014-07-04, 21:00

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No, I didn't. I've tested them in two different boards and there are no problems. I don't think I've been super lucky, but I believe the failure rate is somewhere between your 10% and mine 0%. Lets see what Artex experience 😀

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Re: Youtube series about PCjr software compatibility.

Posted on 2014-07-03, 13:04

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It's a great possibility Youtube will start to force ads on all videos to increase revenue. Ofc this is entirely within their right as they are offering a free service. So what will you do then with your own videos, take them all down? Gotta be a though choice. To the OP: No need to change your …

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Re: Youtube series about PCjr software compatibility.

Posted on 2014-07-03, 12:48

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Ads? Really? Sorry but I won't be watching your videos for this reason :blah: So I guess you don't watch anything from AVGN and LGR as well then (or any Youtuber who has this as his livelihood like AngryJoe and TotalBiscuit)? 90% of the rest of Youtube and other services gotta be offlimit then …

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Re: Good 2D card to use with PowerVR/Matrox M3D

Posted on 2014-07-03, 06:20

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It's Direct3D that give trouble with Geforce cards. PowerSGL works with all cards I've tested. The ATI Rage II should work fine with the M3D. Dunno what is the fastest pairing card in every situation (Gona benched in Tomb Raider and fond Rendition cards to be the fastest as mentioned by Putas). When …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-07-02, 21:24

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badmojo wrote: jwt27 wrote: Found an SCC-1 in the mail today! 😀 Lucky you, all I found was an electricity bill 🙁 🤣

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Re: If you could...

Posted on 2014-07-02, 08:55

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feipoa wrote: If in an instant you could regain all the money you've spent on your retro gear since you started this hobby and forgo all the gear, would you? Most likely yes if I knew the full sum 🤣

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Re: Building VL/I-486SV2GX4 computer

Posted on 2014-07-01, 06:40

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viktorcech wrote: thanks for reply.. power supply is installed.. but where i can find VLB card? can i use some other old card? […] Show full quote thanks for reply.. power supply is installed.. but where i can find VLB card? can i use some other old card? hmm.. maybe i try buy Asus PVI-486SP3 (good …

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