Re: PCI VGA no pic

Posted on 2024-12-11, 14:11

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I once had a motherboard with a BIOS setting "initialize display first" PCI or AGP. Contrary to what the option suggests, it wouldn't work with any PCI card unless it was set to initialize it first. So it's a long shot, but check to see if you have a similar setting to play with.

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Re: Voodoo1 over Voodoo2?

Posted on 2024-12-11, 14:04

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Unless you consider an advantage the fact that you don't need to deal with environmental variables, batch files and seek the correct patch then no, you don't have any reason to not use the Voodoo2. But to some like me this is not a small thing, it's an actual advantage. I stayed with a voodoo1 for …

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Re: VLB s3 Card blinks often???

Posted on 2024-12-08, 09:53

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Despite the fact than another card works fine on the monitor, have you tried a different monitor just to rule it out? Or are you somehow else confident that it's the card's problem?

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Re: Another PS/2 Mouse ISA (ISA8) card adapter

Posted on 2024-12-06, 07:23

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I'm also interested if someone in Europe gets to build these cards. I had a look at the BOM but some chips aren't really available to buy at a reasonable price, and then of course there is programming...

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Re: What is that one computer habit that you got rid of?

Posted on 2024-12-04, 10:06

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I used to customize Windows looks and settings to my liking. Since updates that change, restore and override user choices became a thing I switched to the complete opposite: change the absolute minimum I can, so that updates are a seamless process and don't disturb anything in my small world.

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Re: ATC-1762, CPU upgrade help!

Posted on 2024-11-29, 09:04

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Again, all the information you need is silkscreened on the motherboard. The pins numbering is not clear from your photo, but just a guess, you can try moving the marked jumper one place to the right. Filename Untitled.jpg File size 279.17 KiB Views 146 views File license Public domain

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Re: ATC-1762, CPU upgrade help!

Posted on 2024-11-28, 17:06

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This is your motherboard, a slightly newer revision: https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/a-trend-atc-1762-5v Sadly there is no manual for it, but keep an eye on that page. I believe it's missing the components for the 3V CPUs though, I don't think you can use the DX4 as it is now. But it has all …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-11-28, 07:05

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Does ivy bridge count as "retro" yet? I just picked up a Pentium G 2020 based IBM Thinkcentre for $20. 2gb of ram, 500gb HDD of some flavor and in wonderful condition! Not sure what I'm going to do with it yet, but my 1st thought is to find 8gb of ram and a low power i7 for it + a 500gb SSD I have …

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Re: Help w/ Opti Mad 16 Pro - No sound effects *sound effects working now, but trouble with cd audio in*

Posted on 2024-11-27, 08:56

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I believe the first time the Live! was mentioned was just now. It doesn't help when you are trying to troubleshoot

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Re: config.sys and autoexec.bat question regarding performance of games

Posted on 2024-11-27, 08:53

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Keep in mind that you don't really need the absolute last kb you can have (except if it's because of compulsiveness or experimentation). Many people didn't even have a menu, but a EMM386 line with NOEMS active and a second one below it with RAM commented out and just enabled one or the other. By the …

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Re: What to do with old modems and gateways

Posted on 2024-11-24, 09:38

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These early DSL modems with a USB port are, well... just modems. They require drivers and expose your PC to the internet similar to a dial-up or ISDN modem (no NAT or any other networking/routing functionality). So nothing will work on that USB port. The more advanced devices can have some use today …

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Re: Help w/ Opti Mad 16 Pro - No sound effects

Posted on 2024-11-22, 13:57

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YesAffinity wrote on 2024-11-22, 13:45: Lastly, unisound driver does not detect a sound card. I believe Unisound is only for PnP cards. I also have a 82C929A card which is picky with drivers, so don't worry too much about it.

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Re: Don't rely on Google AI for repair advice

Posted on 2024-11-20, 15:41

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Sooner or later I'm expecting a case where AI tells someone to stick a fork in an outlet to find out if the power is cut or not, and he does it. You actually just fed the AI this bit of information. Which is true. This is how you test whether power is cut or not, you stick a fork into a socket. A …

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Re: Don't rely on Google AI for repair advice

Posted on 2024-11-20, 08:42

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Sooner or later I'm expecting a case where AI tells someone to stick a fork in an outlet to find out if the power is cut or not, and he does it.

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Re: Voodoo 2 connection cable and rust/oxidation question

Posted on 2024-11-15, 16:54

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For the SLI you can get this one: https://www.serdashop.com/3DVideoBridge It doesn't have the retro-vintage-rare!!!11! additional value factored in so it is priced reasonably. For the loop cable, in order for the image quality to degrade the least possible, you need a high quality and short cable. …

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Re: P54C at 50MHz, seem like a good idea

Posted on 2024-11-15, 08:53

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The manual lists settings in a weird way I'm not used to, but my understanding is that JP18-19 control the CPU bus speed (50, 60, 66MHZ) JP39-29 control the multiplier (x1.5, 2, 2.5, 3) Does this make any sense? If so the undocumented setting should be 33MHz.

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Re: 486 mystery motherboard id request

Posted on 2024-11-14, 16:21

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Progress! just got two kmm5361003cg-7 sticks, installed it alongside 30 pin dimms, and IT POSTED Remaining problems : keyboard does not work, wrong ram size - 8MB missing For troubleshooting keep it as simple as it can be, that means don't mix 72-pin and 3-pin SIMMs. Many times something you can't …

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Re: Bought a 3.5" MS-DOS game off ebay, one disk is bad - seller saying to use explore to see contents of disk?

Posted on 2024-11-13, 06:53

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kaolinitedreams wrote on 2024-11-12, 22:53: They want me to run explore and see the contents of the disk, but not sure what that will accomplish. What would be their reasoning for this? Maybe "prove" to ebay that the product is "working" and avoid a refund, if it was sold as working?

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Re: New forum suggestions/Feedback

Posted on 2024-11-10, 12:01

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Tiido wrote on 2024-11-07, 13:45: Is there a way to remove a thread from the "your posts" page ? Or maybe a way to mute/ignore a thread? Muting the user is not enough if he uses the forum as his personal notebook, the thread is constantly bumped. I mean just look at this Filename Untitled.png File …

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Re: Help w/ Overclocked PII not POSTING

Posted on 2024-11-08, 14:07

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How are you setting all these different multipliers, is your Pentium II unlocked?

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