Re: Quake software mode performance and video card relation?

Posted on 2021-06-06, 20:10

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Some variables to consider : - Video card internal bandwidth (EDIT: video RAM clock speed, type and bus width) - PCI vs AGP bandwidth (AGP cards typically run at AGP 1x when initialized by BIOS, AFAICR, which is equivalent to 32-bit PCI at 66MHz , whereas PCI ones are 32-bit at 33MHz on most …

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Re: PIII Tualatin vs PIII Celeron

Posted on 2021-06-06, 13:09

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Why would such a comparison be incorrect? Because Tualeron, Coppermine and desktop Tualatin have identical L2 cache size, which is 256 Kb. The statement about the aforementioned CPUs all having 256KB is correct, but I don't see in what way that makes comparing these said CPUs to ones with more or …

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Re: PIII Tualatin vs PIII Celeron

Posted on 2021-06-06, 12:25

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Comparisons between Tualatin-S and Tualeron are incorrect. Former has 512 Kb L2 cache. Why would such a comparison be incorrect? Is there a law against it ? ;) I did explicitly mention that I was comparing a Tualeron at a given clock speed with Tualatin-S (and I specifically mentioned its 512K …

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Re: PIII Tualatin vs PIII Celeron

Posted on 2021-06-06, 11:26

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From my tests here : https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=569818#p569818 1300 Mhz Tualeron on a BX board (100MHz FSB) with Quadro FX1100 : 7002 3D marks in 3Dmark 2001 1050 Mhz Tualatin-S (underclocked from 1400MHz due to 100MHz FSB, but with 512K cache) on a BX board (100MHz FSB) with Quadro …

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Re: Copam U-series 486

Posted on 2021-06-06, 11:14

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Is this the Cycles that you are referring to : https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/cycles-int … and-prix-racing ?

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Re: Orpheus Soundcard: a new DOS soundcard with SPDIF/OPL3/MPU support

Posted on 2021-06-06, 11:10

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by darry

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Just got my card yesterday and have the day off today so it is time for some retro goodness. Unfortunately when I install the card my system will not boot from any device (hard drive, floppy). System posts but will not go any further than initial boot screen and memory scan. I am thinking it is a …

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Re: Can't find a way to connect a CR-562-B CD-ROM to via IDE connection

Posted on 2021-06-05, 22:03

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by darry

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Older CDROM drives usually only like disks written in DAO mode, disk at once, not multisession. Then also they like particular dye colors and not others. Best compatibility is meant to be with gold colored CD-RWs written DAO. And with something both not likely designed with CD-R in mind and this …

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Re: Reasons for Glide?

Posted on 2021-06-05, 14:02

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Hi there, So, as I am trying no to succumb in a Voodoo card obsession I'm wondering why does people stick to Glide games. I'm sure this must have been asked before but I wasn't able to find the answer. I am aware of the breakthrough they meant back in the day, I know how much better a Glide game …

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Re: Firmware for Panasonic/ Matshita CR-583 8x IDE CD-ROM drive

Posted on 2021-06-05, 13:51

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by darry

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Apparently this link should work: http://www.rpc1.org/farzeno/club-internet/firmware/583_107.zip 😏 RPC1 site didn't update the paths when they mirrored the original site. I did locally download the file to test it, though. Ouch, that means that the day that site goes down (hopefully never, but life …

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Re: soundblaster audigy

Posted on 2021-06-05, 13:47

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by darry

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I hope that works out for you, but unfortunately, I also read that in circuit programming of the EEPROM on Live and Audigy cards did not work (desoldering required). I have only ever tried it myself on X-FI card (for modding, not repair) and was never even able to read the EEPROM on several …

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Re: Midi player for DOS? supporting SB1, SB PRO, SB 16, ADLIB, General Midi...

Posted on 2021-06-05, 13:12

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vkcpolice wrote on 2021-06-05, 13:00: laxdragon wrote on 2008-04-21, 15:18: I'm a fan of MegaMID. I use it with my MT-32, but I know it supports much more. does anyone have a download link for this please i cant find it Should help you find a working link : https://www.mmnt.ru/int/get?st=megam166. …

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Re: Upgrading semi modern pc ssd

Posted on 2021-06-05, 13:08

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by darry

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An m.2 NVME SSD in a PCI Express adapter will work an will be faster than a SATA SSD, but will not be bootable in a motherboard whose BIOS/UEFI does not have native UEFI support (there are workarounds/kludges around this) . As mentioned by mihai, although there is a performance difference, which can …

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Re: Motherboards that turned out to be surprisingly good (for a change)

Posted on 2021-06-05, 05:02

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I have mentioned it before, but the PC Chips M550 (at least the one I bought) was a great board that lived a long life (initially in my hands and then in those of a friend's sister). Not everything from PC Chips was landfill filler .

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Re: Dominus: A New Font for DOS

Posted on 2021-06-05, 04:59

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That is nice. Support for codepage 863 would be even nicer, but I guess that I am asking a lot . I just looked at the chart for codepage 863. That's doable. I'll put it on the list for the next version. I also need to do a smaller size than 14px, maybe 10px. I like more lines on the display, myself …

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Re: Dominus: A New Font for DOS

Posted on 2021-06-05, 04:43

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Well, not all that new; it's a port of the Terminus font from the Linux/*BSD world to DOS, covering codepages 437, 850, and 858, in sizes 14 and 16 pixels high (25/28 lines). I made it this week, on a lark, and I think it looks pretty great on my DOS PC. It's a standard DOS .cpi format font, …

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Re: Can't find a way to connect a CR-562-B CD-ROM to via IDE connection

Posted on 2021-06-05, 04:31

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by darry

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MKE 2X wasn't low end in 1994. It was mid-range. In 1993 ANY CD-ROM drive was considered a luxury. Why do people keep plugging MKE drives into IDE interfaces? You'd think after 25 years of telling them not to, they'd stop. I noticed a flood of posts here on VOGONS recently of people asking …

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Re: Can't find a way to connect a CR-562-B CD-ROM to via IDE connection

Posted on 2021-06-05, 04:10

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As for MKE drives wrongfully being assumed to be ATAPI, I guess it's a symptom of "if the connector fits, it must be compatible fallacy syndrome" of which this https://i.stack.imgur.com/VYBcN.jpg is an extreme satire . That said, while I understand why MKE might have wanted to reuse readily …

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Re: Can't find a way to connect a CR-562-B CD-ROM to via IDE connection

Posted on 2021-06-05, 03:30

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CR-562-B and CR-563-B are not IDE/ATAPI drives. Do not connect one to an IDE controller! Damage may occur . Those drives require a Panasonic/MKE proprietary interface . Both IDE and Panasonic/MKE interfaces have 40 pins but are completely incompatible . EDIT : See https://www.vogonswiki.com/index. …

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Re: Can't find a way to connect a CR-562-B CD-ROM to via IDE connection

Posted on 2021-06-05, 03:29

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by darry

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

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MKE 2X wasn't low end in 1994. It was mid-range. In 1993 ANY CD-ROM drive was considered a luxury. Why do people keep plugging MKE drives into IDE interfaces? You'd think after 25 years of telling them not to, they'd stop. I noticed a flood of posts here on VOGONS recently of people asking …

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Re: Can't find a way to connect a CR-562-B CD-ROM to via IDE connection

Posted on 2021-06-04, 23:04

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by darry

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Recently came upon a "working" CR-562-B, well at least the power light turns on. But can't find any way to connect it to various IDE controllers, I even tried connecting it to a Sound Blaster 16 CT 2830. Does anyone know anything about this drive? CR-562-B and CR-563-B are not IDE/ATAPI drives. Do …

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