Re: My s370 Project

Posted on 2015-07-13, 20:31

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by tayyare

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+1 for an Aureal Vortex 2 PCI card. Works very well under DOS, and even has a wavetable header. I just pulled the trigger on a SB Live CT4760. I looked into the Aureal Vortex2 and it doesn't seem as readily available, or as cheap. I got the SB Live for about 6GBP. Mistake? No, definitely not. Live …

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Re: My s370 Project

Posted on 2015-07-13, 14:39

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by tayyare

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What driver version did you end up using with your GeForce 2, that works well with most games? Could the FX issues be driver related? I really want to check out Nvidia for W98 gaming, covered the 3dfx stuff pretty well and want to see what they are like. I will use Slot 1, to avoid AGP issues that …

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Re: My s370 Project

Posted on 2015-07-13, 13:45

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by tayyare

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Your CPU is what I would choose, and as long as the mobo supports your CPU, it is ok, I think. For retro gaming, two of the most important parts are video and sound cards. These are the subject of most intense discussions, as far as I can see. My suggestions would be a Geforce2 (GTS, Ultra) or …

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Re: My s370 Project

Posted on 2015-07-13, 07:31

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by tayyare

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Your CPU is what I would choose, and as long as the mobo supports your CPU, it is ok, I think. For retro gaming, two of the most important parts are video and sound cards. These are the subject of most intense discussions, as far as I can see. My suggestions would be a Geforce2 (GTS, Ultra) or …

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Re: New 486 DX4 Build - some issues

Posted on 2015-07-13, 06:35

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by tayyare

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If you are out for looking a new 486 board, and if you have no sentimental connection to your VLB cards, go for a PCI 486 board. Your life will be much easier. I don't own any 486 at the moment (fried one last year) but I was a university student and part time PC tech during the times, (around 1993- …

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Re: AMD K6-2/300 DOS Build

Posted on 2015-07-13, 06:08

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Thanks for this. Reason I'm asking is because I'm mucking around with boot managers and seeing which method suits the KISS principle :lol: I'm following your steps now, but did the second partition as FAT32, so I'd have more space. Using a 32 GB drive, 2 GB for FAT and 30 for FAT32. It's installing …

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Re: Help me find the appropriate SATA controller

Posted on 2015-07-11, 23:05

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by tayyare

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Unfortunately, all slots are occupied. Serial/Parallel port adapter in PCI (I need two serial ports), firewire 800 card in PCIe (for a WD external HDD), USB3.0 in PCIe (used for all kind of USB 3.0 things). Two PCIe slot is occupied by Display card, and I cant use also the one PCI slot besides it …

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Re: New 486 DX4 Build - some issues

Posted on 2015-07-11, 21:48

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by tayyare

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I never heard any VLB controllers with two IDE channels and not supporting CD drives. Even my 25 five year old single channel ISA IDE controllers can do that. Are you sure you adjusted master/slave jumpers accordingly? I also suggest booting up your system with a standard windows 98 startup floppy. …

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Re: New 486 DX4 Build - some issues

Posted on 2015-07-11, 18:48

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...I have two issues at the moment: - max. disk size seems to be about 500MB - is that due to the mainboard BIOS or due to the Winbond I/O controller or do both devices have to support drives larger 500MB? - weird characters during boot and freezes: sometimes random parts of the screen output are …

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Re: Help me find the appropriate SATA controller

Posted on 2015-07-11, 17:53

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by tayyare

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Does your daily rig not have a SATA controller? If so, you might be able to get an eSATA bracket and use the onboard SATA for that, and use a PCIe controller for RAID only. I have a P5Q Premium. It has 6 + 4 SATA II ports. first 6 are the main controller (Intel ICH10R Southbridge) and supports both …

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Re: Help me find the appropriate SATA controller

Posted on 2015-07-11, 17:20

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by tayyare

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The only thing *almost* meeting all your criteria are the ASMedia ASM1061 PCIe cards on Ebay. You're going to have to spend a hell of a lot more money to get an LSI or Intel-powered controller. Contrary to popular belief, the ASM1061 chipset is actually not that bad . I have no objection to any …

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Help me find the appropriate SATA controller

Posted on 2015-07-11, 15:39

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by tayyare

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I need to add a PCIe (1x or 4x) SATA controller to my daily rig with the requirements below: - At least one eSATA port - Two internal SATA III ports either supporting RAID 1, and/or supporting optical drives. - eSATA and internal ports should be used together - Purchase price should be less than 30 …

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Re: Please advise me on a Tualatin motherboard?

Posted on 2015-07-10, 10:49

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by tayyare

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Woow great point :) I didn't know this adapter I have to buy one of them But I think is hard to find on my country :( I don't think so: http://www.ebay.com/itm/281238323137?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT I want to buy a similar CPU from my country I came from Italy and …

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Re: Making a new DOS Box

Posted on 2015-07-10, 09:41

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by tayyare

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V3 AGP is a good match for SS7 boards, as it doesn't use any "AGP features" and therefore avoids any chipset bugs altogether :) True. I remember running a early 1999 Riva TNT 2 Pro and a late 2001 AGP card (Kyro 3d Prophet 4000XT) on a Gigabyte SS7 motherboard without issues but it could just have …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-07-10, 09:21

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by tayyare

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Stojke wrote: But scsi is more cool 🤣 ^This!..🤣

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Re: Please advise me on a Tualatin motherboard?

Posted on 2015-07-09, 14:42

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by tayyare

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Stermy57 wrote: Woow great point 😀 I didn't know this adapter I have to buy one of them But I think is hard to find on my country 🙁 I don't think so: http://www.ebay.com/itm/281238323137?_trksid= … K%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

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Re: Please advise me on a Tualatin motherboard?

Posted on 2015-07-09, 14:32

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by tayyare

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Thanks, Looks like they are quite hard to come by also Slightly off topic but can I ask also how you installed 95 98 and ME together? I tried using an old version of System Commander but my TFT didn't support the resolution it was trying to use on boot and I got an 'out of range' message. Thanks …

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Re: WinXP Ultimate Legacy Video Cards

Posted on 2015-07-08, 06:14

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by tayyare

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KT7AGuy wrote: ....From what I'm reading, it sounds like I'm going way overkill compared to most other folks here at VOGONS. ....I rather like this 560 Ti, ... 560 Ti is the card of my main rig!..🤣

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Re: Need help building a Retro Gaming PC

Posted on 2015-07-07, 20:17

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by tayyare

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Matrox G400+ AGP: I certainly wouldn't. As many others said before, my choice here would be a GeForce2 (or maybe GeForce4 MX) or even better, a GeForce4 Ti. Are you sure a Matrox G400+ wouldn't be good? Is it not good enough for games made in 1995-1999? Maybe I should go with a Voodoo3 3000 AGP as …

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Re: WinXP Ultimate Legacy Video Cards

Posted on 2015-07-07, 13:53

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by tayyare

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At this moment, I'm in the middle of the process of upgrading my XP box, as well. Originally, it was a socket 754 PC with an Athlon 64 3200+ (upgraded last year to a 3700+) on a Asus K8N-E Deluxe board, 3 Gigs of RAM, HD3450 1GB AGP display card, SB Audigy 2 ZS sound card and other trivial things …

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