Replacing SB AWE32 RAM Sockets
Posted on 2019-03-10, 23:19
Came across a free SB AWE32 card but the RAM sockets clips are broken off....can i replace them? Would any 30pin SIMM socket work or is there something proprietary about these ones?
Making a Cable - Solder or Butt SPlice
Posted on 2019-02-20, 12:57
Looking for some opinions here if some of you have done these... Making a pass-through cable out of the two different video cables. In connecting the wires between the two, which would you say would give best, solid working connection between the two, soldering each wire and then putting heatshrink …
Source for Video Card Fan / Heatsink Fasteners
Posted on 2019-02-14, 14:41
Anyone know a good source to get a variety of those plastic (or metal) spring loaded push pin type fasteners used to hold Video Card Heatsinks / Fans in place? Have a few cards that have one missing and I'd like to get them all setup with both fasteners installed. Dont really want to zip tie it or …
Re: Various Soundcards into a 5.1 Receiver Options
Posted on 2019-02-14, 14:39
I do have a couple systems that have multiple cards in them, but in terms of output, I dont plan on having more than one card outputting sound at a time through the receiver. Looks like for now its 2 channel for most.... I wasnt aware there were dobly digital packs for older sound cards? Is that …
Re: Various Soundcards into a 5.1 Receiver Options
Posted on 2019-02-13, 11:07
I want to primarily use them for game play, but just want to make sure I have the right speaker setup for each card to get the best output from it.... Its the 2 Speaker, 2 Channel output for most of them and then once I hit the Live 5.1 / Audigy level I can start to lookin to using more features …
Various Soundcards into a 5.1 Receiver Options
Posted on 2019-02-12, 12:17
OK... I hope this comes out right so some of you with much better detailed knowledge of what is best for each Soundcard type can help....if not, please tell me the info you'd need and I can get it... If you are running various soundcards on your machines, from a Soundblaster 2 up through an onboard …
Re: 3rd Party Heat Sync / Fan for Retro Cards
Posted on 2019-02-03, 13:54
Awesome....thanks guys, much appreciated.....
3rd Party Heat Sync / Fan for Retro Cards
Posted on 2019-02-03, 02:04
Is there anywhere to get third party heatsync / fan combos for retro video cards? In general, for any card but specifically looking for 9600XT right now...
Re: Info on a PCI Video Card
Posted on 2018-09-02, 21:55
Thanks for the info
Info on a PCI Video Card
Posted on 2018-09-02, 16:21
I have a California Graphics SunTracer 2000P PCI Video card with TSENG ET4000/W32P Chip on it that I cannot find any information on. I have done mulitple google searches and the closest I've come is the Suntracer 6000, but no mention anywhere of the Model 2000P... Anyone know where information on …
Re: Initial DOSBOX Setup Mount Question
Posted on 2018-08-30, 14:43
OK thanks...I didnt know if I could mount it as D during initial launch like a normal DOS setup and use it when needed....appreciate it!
Initial DOSBOX Setup Mount Question
Posted on 2018-08-30, 14:17
Finally decided to get into DOSBOX and set it up on my PC.... Doing initial setup stuff and doing a simple mount command. Mounting C to where I wanted it was fine, but when I do a mount D E:\ -t cdrom I am getting a Message Not Found error E:\ is definately my CD-ROM drive. Doing a mount -cd even …
Re: SanDisk Compact Flash Speed Question
Posted on 2018-08-16, 14:09
Thanks for the information, I appreciate it.
SanDisk Compact Flash Speed Question
Posted on 2018-08-16, 11:49
Setting up a retro rig (P233MMX) and using a CF card for the HDD. The card is a SanDisk Extreme CompactFlash - 32GB - 60MB/s listed on the card. The card is also stated as "UDMA-5 enabled" as well, which is faster than 60MB/s, so not sure what exactly that means. My question is, would this card run …
Re: Make a Canopus Pure 3D VGA Cable
Posted on 2018-08-15, 18:56
I ended up picking one up and it was a no go (paid way less for it then they were asking)....not sure why as its the right cable and connects fine but no video coming through with it connected. I connected up a normal Voodoo1 with a normal pass through and video came through fine.....unless my …
Re: Make a Canopus Pure 3D VGA Cable
Posted on 2018-08-14, 13:47
Let me know how it turns out. I have heard those Real Magic cables will work on the Canopus cards. I may pick one up myself
Re: Graphics Card Re-Distribution
Posted on 2018-08-13, 01:51
Thanks for the info....it helps a lot
Graphics Card Re-Distribution
Posted on 2018-08-12, 14:20
Been trying to figure out a good combination of graphics cards to use on a couple of my setups now that I am adding another machine into the mix. Looking for some recommendations / thoughts on what I have in place and what would / could be better for some of the setups: Pentium 233MMX - Windows …
Re: Opinion - Do I need a slowdown method?
Posted on 2018-08-08, 12:32
Yeah, the idea would be to make it the best i could as I'd like to keep the AGP card with the Voodoo1 in that setup....but as long as I am OK with things currently, I probably wont go down that road...
Opinion - Do I need a slowdown method?
Posted on 2018-08-08, 11:54
Looking to make sure I can play / access most games from the 1992/3 - 1999 era of games. I have the following setups right now: 386DX33 486DX2-66 Pentium 2 - 233 - Slot 1 Pentium 3 - 500 - Slot 1 Reading that is hard / unable to disable L2 cache in a Slot 1 Processor, so slowing down the 233 or 500 …
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