Re: Phenom II X6 for modern pc?
Posted on 2018-10-08, 07:16
spiroyster wrote: @tayyare 5113 FPS 😕 It's 51.13. A glitch caused by localised number settings ("," instead of "." for decimals) 🤣
Re: using 2 isa hard drive controllers on a 486
Posted on 2018-10-08, 07:00
By the way, maybe we can fix your problem at its root. Acording to my experience, some CF adapters occupy both master and slave positions in any given IDE channel they are connected since the little PCB of them is designed to accomadate two CF cards. This is true even if ther is no second CF …
Re: using 2 isa hard drive controllers on a 486
Posted on 2018-10-08, 06:38
So like the topic says I am trying to connect 2 ide hard drive controllers on my 486 ....So logically thinking if I have 2 ide controllers how does the bios know which one is primary? You need to adjust the IRQ and I/O adresses of your IDE controllers accordingly. The two cards' IRQs should be …
Re: Phenom II X6 for modern pc?
Posted on 2018-10-05, 14:22
My daughter's PC (and actualy the most modern one at home) is a Phenom II X6 1090T. With SSD, 8GB RAM, GTX750 and Windows 10 it is very responsive and even with modernish games, it runs well. For Office/web/multimedia use, it will probably be overkill, even :lol: Here is a test that I performed for …
Re: Planning for the future - when to let it all go?
Posted on 2018-10-05, 07:33
I'm a collector of various things, I have collections of miniatures, Lego, music, and hardware. They are all very dear to me, so when the time comes to leave them behind, I will pass them on to the dearest people to me, my wife and my daughter. My wife has tolerated my hobbies and collections for …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-10-04, 12:45
I looked into the E2xx series (along with some Iiyamas and AOCs) back in the day when choosing a 17" CRT and went for a Philips 107P instead, though I can not remember why.. I believe I was charmed by the obscenely high resolution and refresh rates the 107P offered. E2xx was a good series though. …
Re: Anything else besides games on your retro PC? How old are You?
Posted on 2018-10-03, 18:44
First of all, my "modern PC" is not a really modern system, actually, it is even in the verge of being retro. A C2Q system that I put together in 2009, with a modified Xeon LGA775 CPU, recently upgraded GTX770 GPU, 8GB of RAM, of which only 4 is usable due to Windows 7 32bit. All six of the HDDs on …
Re: I am ready to build an AMD-K6-3+ / Voodoo-3 computer
Posted on 2018-09-28, 06:23
The SB Pro 2 sticks out like a sore thumb; .. ^^I liked that :lol: What Appiah says is soooo true. SB Pro 2 is a very valuable card, heck, I've been looking for a reasonably priced one for years, but not for a Pentium II class machine, not even fo a 486. I want it just to replicate an old 386SX PC …
Re: I am ready to build an AMD-K6-3+ / Voodoo-3 computer
Posted on 2018-09-27, 14:34
I think in Phil's Computer Lab benchmarks Voodoo 3 AGP had about the same performance as a FX5500 PCI on a K6. I would choose the Voodoo 3 for Glide support and period correctness. SB Live 5.1 is the best all-round card and would be my first choice. It is also period correct. Audigy 2 ZS is best …
Re: the 360kB , 720kB floppy uses?
Posted on 2018-09-27, 13:38
I had a Charmilles wire erosion machine in a manufacturing facility that I was responsible from (first half of 2000s, the machine was from 1996 or 97). Its industrial PC was only supporting 720KB floppy drives. At that time, 1.44MB drives had a price like 5 USD a pieace, new, but 720 KB drives were …
Re: Spam, spam, spam
Posted on 2018-09-26, 17:09
Was he really changing all his messages with rotten egg pictures? Anyone know why?
Re: Where my memory is going ? Low conventional memory
Posted on 2018-09-26, 16:35
Admittedly my experience with XT based systems is limited (thankfully) and upgrading your DOS may not solve your problems. It's possible that the memory expansion board is not recognized by Commander Keen. I recall this scenario with other apps when I had a monochrome-based XT machine. Fortunately …
Re: Socket 370 based systems!
Posted on 2018-09-26, 16:32
OK I will use a 80 GB hard drive and install Windows Me. The system is maxed out at 512 MB and I will use the 1.4 GHz celeron. Because I don't have a correct era video card I will use a Radeon 9250 for now! Is a 300 w power supply OK for this system? One problem is the USB keyboard that is not …
Re: Where my memory is going ? Low conventional memory
Posted on 2018-09-26, 13:56
My original DOS 5.0 was in 360KB format. Let me check and send you an 360KB bootable image when I return back home
Re: Where my memory is going ? Low conventional memory
Posted on 2018-09-26, 12:43
First off your FILES and BUFFERS are set extremely high. This will cost you quite some RAM. Lower this to 10 or similar, or leave it out completely. Second, do you really need the DRIVER.SYS for your floppy? Or can you work without it? Third, try running with US keyboard by removing the KEYB FR …
Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2018-09-25, 07:00
IIRC, Elan Vital T5/T10 cases were "the thing" during late Penium to Pentium II era, which I suppose also corresponds to AMD K6 (I never used them, so it's an educated guess). Besides they were much better cases then the one in the pictures. I hope you will use your T10 for something better, if not …
Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2018-09-24, 14:25
My K6-2/V2-SLI system has moved from its Elan Vital T-10 case to something that looks more contemporary for it, something that resembles the Aptiva and Presario cases with front doors.. https://s5.postimg.cc/whqcg62gj/K6-2_1.jpg https://s5.postimg.cc/pr9v6ra5v/K6-2_2.jpg https://s5.postimg.cc/ …
Re: Fun with Tape Drives ...
Posted on 2018-09-20, 12:44
It's nice to see that I'm not the only one who thinks tape drives are fun, too. :lol: I haven't paid anything for them, but I have a couple. A floppy controller based 3GB HP Colorado Travan unit and a SCSI 8GB HP Surestore DAT8. They are hand me downs from an office that I upgraded their servers ( …
Re: Advice needed about a 486 EISA rig
Posted on 2018-09-20, 08:30
Thanks a lot for the help. I'l check and return back.
Re: Multiboot with various OSs
Posted on 2018-09-19, 15:04
I use Master Booter for my MS-DOS 6.22/Windows 95/Windows 98SE/Windows ME/Windows 2000 mulriboot system. I don't have much experience with Linux though.
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