Re: The Little Tandy That Could
Posted on 2013-10-03, 00:34
Wow, now that is awesome. I am scared to think what you could do with a 386!
Re: My Windows 98 SE Project Build Diary
Posted on 2013-10-02, 16:56
Back then these boards were inflexible but incredibly stable. Things change though. I do not care that these boards have zero options for overclocking because I will not be doing any overclocking, there is no reason to (faster CPU's are available) and I am interested in stability. One floppy is …
Re: Interesting links
Posted on 2013-10-02, 14:25
I remember back in the day using AXCEL216's MAX SPEED @ http://members.aol.com:80/axcel216 a lot for DOS memory and such. I was afraid it was gone forever until I found some of the old stuff from 2008 on http://web.archive.org. Then this morning by accident I stumbled on his new hosting site http:// …
Re: Windows 98 and SATA
Posted on 2013-10-02, 03:27
How big is the partition? Windows 98 doesn't understand LBA48 without a patch.
Re: is it just me or does SB Live! drivers suck?
Posted on 2013-10-02, 03:24
I hate that card... well the drivers. I seem to recall the reason I set my SBLive! on fire and danced around the it while chanting those many years ago was because of dual processors on Windows 2000 giving lots of BSODs. The Turtle Beach Santa Cruz did not have such an issue with SMP computers.
Re: My Windows 98 SE Project Build Diary
Posted on 2013-10-02, 01:51
I just got done inspecting my new Voodoo 3 AGP card. I will install it tomorrow and test it out. I was very impressed, it was still sealed inside of a static bag, which was sealed inside it's original Compaq parts box and the EBay seller wrapped that inside of bubble wrap and placed in a shipping …
Re: My Windows 98 SE Project Build Diary
Posted on 2013-10-01, 22:07
I got the Pentium III 450 installed and the power supply cleaned out. Everything working well so far. The NOS Voodoo 3 AGP card was delivered today and I will get it installed tomorrow. I ordered a Yamaha ISA sound card that will be installed where the Sound Blaster 32 sits now and I am having a …
Re: Anyone have interest in buying a NOS 200MHz system?
Posted on 2013-10-01, 12:29
Looks like with those settings (150-MHz, L1 disabled) and using the onboard CGA/VGA graphics it scores about equal to an AMD 386DX 40 and an Intel 486DX 33. The onboard graphics are not quite as fast as a S3 Virge (Diamond Stealth3D 2000) but I believe further slowdown could be achieved (if needed?) …
Re: Anyone have interest in buying a NOS 200MHz system?
Posted on 2013-09-30, 21:37
Works as advertised with no issue at 150-MHz. Wouldn't a score of 16.6 be useful? With slower RAM and same settings it scored 15.1. Edit: By slower RAM I mean a 3-2-2 stick vs a 2-2-2 stick (CAS settings) so I definitely think playing with RAM might be worth looking into.
Re: Anyone have interest in buying a NOS 200MHz system?
Posted on 2013-09-30, 20:58
Ok strange things.... Short-Short-Open is no post just like Short-Short-Short I was able to get it running at 120-MHz with no jumpers installed on J8 (Clock Muliplier) and on J2 (Bus Speed) with 4-6 shorted for 30-MHz and undocumented 1-3 shorted as well. The strange part is it scored a slightly …
Re: What sound hardware do I need for old DOS gaming?
Posted on 2013-09-30, 13:36
I ordered two cards. I plan to use one with a Vortex 2 card for my Windows 98 SE box possibly and the other for a pure DOS box for older games. Thanks for the input.
Re: What sound hardware do I need for old DOS gaming?
Posted on 2013-09-30, 12:38
I always wanted to grab a Yamaha based card, if for no other reason than just to have one. How about this? http://www.ebay.com/itm/ISA-16bit-Sound-Card- … s-/200965841109
Re: What sound hardware do I need for old DOS gaming?
Posted on 2013-09-30, 04:56
Thanks for the reply. I went ahead and fixed the two fours and I think I will definitely pick up a CT1600 at least to start with. Sound in DOS really is a pretty complicated issue.
What sound hardware do I need for old DOS gaming?
Posted on 2013-09-30, 03:53
I have been reading up on the subject of sound for old DOS (mid 80's - early 90's) games and lets see if I have this right. 1. Sound card listed on SoftMPU's compatibility list https://github.com/bjt42/softmpu/wiki/Compatible-Sound-Cards 2. Roland MT-32 synth 3. Cable to connect sound card's MPU-401 …
Re: How do I order old parts from Russia???
Posted on 2013-09-30, 00:45
Yeah I wouldn't mind getting a stack of those SQ2500's. I will PM later.
How do I order old parts from Russia???
Posted on 2013-09-29, 20:24
Okay after reading some posts that mentioned http://www.pc-1.ru/ I am curious how to order from them, I live in the United States and do not speak or read Russian. I have tried searching the forums but anything with pc-1.ru results in nothing found. Any tips? Has anyone that only speaks English …
Re: Anyone have interest in buying a NOS 200MHz system?
Posted on 2013-09-29, 16:58
Here is the data sheet. Read page 24 and look at CLKMODE[1.0] and CLKMODE[2.0]. I am just quickly looking but if we can use CLKMODE[2.0] then there is a 4x multiplier available. Filename gxm.pdf File size 4.1 MiB Downloads 86 downloads EDIT: looks like I jumped the gun on this one but there may …
Re: Anyone have interest in buying a NOS 200MHz system?
Posted on 2013-09-29, 16:45
Yeah I wanted to run it at 30-MHz or 33-MHz x 4 too. I was in a hurry so I didn't look long but mine would not post using the 4x multiplier either. I will play with every single permutation of the jumper settings just to see if undocumented settings might have an effect. Might play with bus speed …
Re: Anyone have interest in buying a NOS 200MHz system?
Posted on 2013-09-29, 03:22
I should have some time Monday or Tuesday to run a few tests using 3dbecnh for you. I am assuming the boards are circa 1999. There were lots of these things made but most were special purpose for embedded applications like cash registers, slot machines, etc. I have another board with soldered on CPU …
Re: My Windows 98 SE Project Build Diary
Posted on 2013-09-29, 02:02
Wow I completely forgot that Windows 98 SE's FDISK couldn't support larger than 64GB. I should be able to set the partition to 128GB if I am correctly thinking that is the limit of the IDE controller.
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