Re: Getting some old hardware....

Posted on 2014-06-06, 10:21

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by brostenen

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Just picked up the package with the FIC-Board, GFX and Memmory. The specs are: FIC PA 2013 review 2.0 K6-III-400 mhz. 3 x 64 megabyte PC-100 modules (if only they were 16 and 32 megabyte) Asus AGP-V3800 32 megabyte TNT2 Card. Sadisfied here.... Now I have to make a computer. 😜

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Re: What SB16 drivers to use?

Posted on 2014-06-04, 15:33

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by brostenen

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Music is somewhat strange in syndicate. However I think it is just as good for music as sb-live in doom, duke3d and pinball fantasies. It's a more stable choice on a 865 chipset with p4 socket 478 cpu. The bad is, that it is sb-pro compatible for sound effects. Anyway.... I got rid of the emulation …

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Re: What SB16 drivers to use?

Posted on 2014-06-04, 15:01

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by brostenen

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Thanks 1000 times.... :-) Just tried the Creative Ensonic AudioPCI card with the help of some generic Sound Blaster PCI-Dos-Drivers. Found them on a mame-site. It is perfect for Dos gaming, as Duke3D runs again at my place. The SB-Emulation is not dropped now, as it were with the Live. Now, my SB- …

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What SB16 drivers to use?

Posted on 2014-06-04, 13:39

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by brostenen

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Hi all... I really need some advice on what drivers to pick from vogons driver collection. I went out to the second hand shop in my town today, just for the walk. There, "smiling" at me, was a Sound Blaster 16 pro pnp model ct2951(isa), a soundblaster ensonic audiopci model ct4810 (pci) and an ati …

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Re: Getting some old hardware....

Posted on 2014-06-03, 23:21

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by brostenen

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I'm using a SBPRO2 CT1600 In my main slower dos system, which is a Cyrix PR 200 on of those Common PC-Chip ali rebranded topgun mobo boards + PCI voodoo banshee, and a SBLIVE! for windows use with a generic ISA nic. Was actually the first system I built completely from scratch as a kid, tho it did …

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Re: Getting some old hardware....

Posted on 2014-06-03, 23:16

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Bought it second hand, for around 200 danish kroners (aprox. 36 us-dollars), back in 2001/2002. I think it might be worth something in the range of 120/140 us-dollars today.

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Re: Stuff you did with the PC's at school

Posted on 2014-06-03, 23:06

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by brostenen

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At a very small now-defunct Catholic elementary school in the mid-90s, we had typing classes using donated old TRS-80s. They told us to ignore the "syntax error" messages that came up. I was the only serious computer nerd there, who used GW-BASIC on a 286 at home. So I would put all the computers …

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Re: Stuff you did with the PC's at school

Posted on 2014-06-03, 23:01

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We did a loooot of things. I used to play on Amiga's, C64 and Pc's. All the golden oldies from the late 80's to mid 90's. We used to hack each others computers for the kicks, sharing stuff on novell lite. We installed a Win 3.11 as an mail-server (the Win3.11 message/mail program). We installed a …

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Re: Getting some old hardware....

Posted on 2014-06-03, 22:40

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My GUS-ACE (Love it dearly) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13450020/Billede01.jpg https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13450020/Billede02.jpg https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13450020/Billede03.jpg https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13450020/Billede04.jpg https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/ …

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Re: Getting some old hardware....

Posted on 2014-06-03, 22:21

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by brostenen

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Sad about the vultures and recyclers. Sad indeed. Here in Denmark, we do not see much of that. Shure all the stuff is being recycled, even the working parts. Here in Denmark, the broad "audience" is into new stuff. More and more are getting tablet's/iPad's. And when some new stuff is bought, the old …

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Fun

Posted on 2014-06-03, 09:00

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I do not know if this is the right sub-forum for funny stuff.... I just jump straight into it. How about a nerd-Meme?

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Re: Getting some old hardware....

Posted on 2014-06-03, 08:48

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AlphaWing: That is some nice setup you get there. Extra fan's and such. :-P If I may suggest something, then it would be an even more cool setup, if cables were managed as fine as possible. On the other hand, it is indeed nice to see build's were cables are not tossed in like crap. :-) It is great …

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Re: Getting some old hardware....

Posted on 2014-06-02, 18:18

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AlphaWing wrote: Normally from, my experience its impossible to Plug a 4x or 8x agp card into a 1x\2x slot if the card doesn't support 2x voltage. They are keyed differently to prevent it unless the manufacturer of the mobo or card wanted to cut corners. Didn't you just try a ATI-9800 agp in you'r …

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Re: Getting some old hardware....

Posted on 2014-06-02, 17:48

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by brostenen

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About the AGP slots, I think you're confused, there is a 1x/2x slot and a 4x slot. The 4x slot doesn't have a notch in it while the 1x/2x slot does. The 8x slot btw also has a notch but in a different position. The FIX PA-2013 is different from the GA-5AX as the latter doesn't even use a VIA …

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Re: Getting some old hardware....

Posted on 2014-06-02, 16:39

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AlphaWing wrote: Wish I could get a non blurry picture, but my dumb Kodak camera will not focus on those small chips. 😠 Have the same problem. The only camera that does take decent pictures like this, is the one in my trusty Samsung Galaxy s3 Mini.

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Re: Getting some old hardware....

Posted on 2014-06-02, 16:35

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Agreed. They can be really stable with the right setup and drivers installed. I used to have a Via MVP3 system back in the days, and never had any more problems with that than with any other system I've owned. I've got a Via MVP3 system now as well, with same type of motherboard, except with 1MB …

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Re: Getting some old hardware....

Posted on 2014-06-02, 16:21

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LunarG wrote: Sure you could get Voodoo 3 PCI. At last the Voodoo 3 2000. Thanks for the info. 😀 Just an awfull lot of years since I have owned lagacy hardware.

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Re: Getting some old hardware....

Posted on 2014-06-02, 16:12

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I've orderd a geforce 5500 PCI just to be safe for the 2mb board. Its still strange the 1mb board went out that way... The Voodoo 3 is AGP 1x isn't it? I think it is? That was what was in it when it failed. Trying to get a picture of it but my camera Blurs it when I try to get close to those 2 …

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Re: Getting some old hardware....

Posted on 2014-06-02, 16:01

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by brostenen

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Hi, New here. I have this same exact board, acquired 2 of them NIB recently. A 1mb version and a 2mb. Updated the Bios on both so they can see the K6-2+ 500 I put in them. The 1mb board ruined itself after 1 run of 3dmark 2000 not even a complete run. It had a voodoo 3 3000 AGP in it at the time. …

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Re: Getting some old hardware....

Posted on 2014-06-02, 15:56

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by brostenen

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It is 16 megabyte according to the seller. Does not matter that much to me, as I will be running pure dos. Not win98, even though the seller is taking it out of a fully functioning win98 machine.

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