Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2015-07-10, 18:00

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I really like my Tecra now that I found a gameport PCMCIA card that works. A very decent gaming laptop for games that don't require an accelerator. Posted about it here: http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=17341&start=8260#p432430 Have either of you found a way to disable the Trackpoint mouse …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-07-10, 07:23

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This little gem arrived today. I've been trying to get a joystick working on my Toshiba Tecra 550CDT for the longest time. The Tecra has nice specs: * 266MHz Pentium MMX * 1024x768 native TFT display * S3 Virge MX 3D graphics * Yamaha OPL3-SA3 sound with SBPro & WSS support I have a Basics Gameport …

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Re: A 3dfx Voodoo 5, Vortex2, Pentium III-S based Glide Beast Gaming PC

Posted on 2015-07-09, 22:46

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I just unboxed a V5 that I had purchased last year, so here are the benchmarks from my unexotic but stable SE440BX-2 system. INTEL SE440BX-2 PIII-1000 SLOT 1 COPPERMINE VOODOO 5 5500 AGP (1.04 DRIVERS) AUREAL VORTEX 2 (AU8830) 256 MB GENERIC PC100 SDRAM 160GB WD CAVIAR SE HDD WINDOWS 98SE UNREAL …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2015-07-09, 22:15

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I installed my Powerleap PL-iP3/T in my ongoing SE440BX-2 build. It is using a Celeron Tualatin 1300. It took some doing to get it to work properly. Took me a while to learn that I needed to "downgrade" my BIOS from P15 to P13 before the board would post with a multiplier this high. Then I needed to …

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Re: A 3dfx Voodoo 5, Vortex2, Pentium III-S based Glide Beast Gaming PC

Posted on 2015-07-08, 21:25

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Enabling A3D and boosting the sampling rate is very good, but I didn't do this for this project. Actually I forgot about it :blush: Everything is default, so to make it easier to compare. Nice system BTW. I thought I would include those rates since I had to rerun the tests with the default settings …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2015-07-08, 20:32

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Stiletto wrote: Are you kidding? 3dfx fanboys are a dime a dozen around here, myself included 😁 Oh, I just meant that I had a V5 in my possession for the first time in my life and couldn't be bothered to play with it for about a year.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2015-07-08, 17:31

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This tidbit will probably mark me as the oddest person on Vogons, but I finally tested a Voodoo 5 5500 AGP that I bought off eBay about a year ago. I got a very nice deal on a minty specimen that came with everything, including the mouse pad that 3dfx sent out later. I just took some time off from …

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Re: A 3dfx Voodoo 5, Vortex2, Pentium III-S based Glide Beast Gaming PC

Posted on 2015-07-08, 17:15

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I just unboxed a V5 that I had purchased last year, so here are the benchmarks from my unexotic but stable SE440BX-2 system. INTEL SE440BX-2 PIII-1000 SLOT 1 COPPERMINE VOODOO 5 5500 AGP (1.04 DRIVERS) AUREAL VORTEX 2 (AU8830) 256 MB GENERIC PC100 SDRAM 160GB WD CAVIAR SE HDD WINDOWS 98SE UNREAL …

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Re: Underclocking on a KT133A Board

Posted on 2015-07-08, 14:57

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It looks like the highest multiplier is 12.5 if you set it manually with jumpers. In that case, the fastest CPU is a 2100+ (1666 MHz). However, Soyo lists the 2600+ as the fastest CPU for the board here http://web.archive.org/web/20031202150608/http://www.soyousa.com/kb/kbdesc.php?id=16 Maybe the …

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Underclocking on a KT133A Board

Posted on 2015-07-07, 23:17

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My next build will be a Socket A-based Win98SE system. I have a Soyo SY-K7VTA Pro and plan to drop in an Athlon XP 2400+ once it arrives. This board is limited to a 266MHz FSB. While sourcing a heatsink and fan, I decided to buy a retail boxed Sempron 2800+ with the AMD heatsink/fan, which turned …

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Re: Steam Killed My XP Install

Posted on 2015-07-07, 17:15

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Steam is kept up to date for security reasons, just like web browsers and other applications - it relies on "latest updates" (to an extent) as a result. It will also want updates for Visual C++, .NET Framework, etc for many games and extensions (it will automatically find and install these as …

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Re: SE440BX-2 Beeps with Voodoo 3 on Startup

Posted on 2015-07-07, 17:10

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Sorry to hear your card is on the way out. You could always get the Compaq-branded 3DFX V3-3500 AGP (non-TV) for cheap - 183Mhz w/5.5ns RAM onboard: http://www.ebay.com/itm/3DFX-COMPAQ-147286-001-147908-001-VIDEO-CARD-16MB-AGP-/170463347182?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27b06841ee I picked up 5 of …

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Re: SE440BX-2 Beeps with Voodoo 3 on Startup

Posted on 2015-07-07, 01:23

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I was booting up both cards in the OEM system to check the BIOS when I solved the mystery. The problem card caused a beep in the OEM system this time. I swapped it with the good card, which booted up right away. I waited a bit, then swapped in the bad card. That's when I saw this following an …

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Re: SE440BX-2 Beeps with Voodoo 3 on Startup

Posted on 2015-07-06, 22:46

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OK, I had a chance to test all the suggestions, with one exception. I tried different sticks of SDRAM using one or two sticks at a time; I used contact cleaner on the offending V3 (pretty clean already); I tried three different power supplies. I did not case the build, but I did make sure that the …

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Re: Need help building a Retro Gaming PC

Posted on 2015-07-06, 03:08

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USB 2.0 PCI Adapter - NEC Chipset Use it with the unofficial Win98SE mass storage drivers package for faster and easier USB compatibility. If you buy on eBay, make sure you're getting one with an NEC chipset. Some of the sellers out there sometimes have listings for NEC-based cards with a picture …

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Re: GF4 or Radeon9600

Posted on 2015-07-04, 19:25

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I was researching this question last night. The site below directly compares them. I have a 9600 from back in the day. It replaced a 9500 Pro in my Shuttle XPC for noise reduction (the 9600 is fanless), the first time I downgraded graphics power. A dark day. http://www.ultimatehardware.net/048.htm

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Re: SE440BX-2 Beeps with Voodoo 3 on Startup

Posted on 2015-07-04, 18:44

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That's interesting. I am doing this on a bench without a case. I did notice that one of the cards fits more snugly than the other, and it is also the one that works. I will use some contact cleaner once I get back to the bench.

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Re: SE440BX-2 Beeps with Voodoo 3 on Startup

Posted on 2015-07-04, 16:40

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Thanks, guys. I won't have time to test any more today because of the holiday here in the US, but here's more info: 1. I tested a Ti4600, a Geforce2 MX, a Banshee, and the two V3s. (Also an FX5500 on the PCI bus). The Nvidia cards never caused a beep. The Voodoo cards do so intermittently. 2. I have …

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SE440BX-2 Beeps with Voodoo 3 on Startup

Posted on 2015-07-04, 15:40

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I am testing various video cards on a brand new Intel SE440BX-2 motherboard I purchased last year. Other than a dead coin battery, everything seems to be working as it should, with the exception of using Voodoo cards. I have tried two Voodoo 3 3000 AGP cards with the board. With both, the board …

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Re: Need Help finding ATI drivers

Posted on 2015-07-04, 04:03

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Any chance you can go with XP instead of 98? I found Guru 3D a great resource. You can browse back in time, and early drivers see to support Windows 98 as well. Worth checking it out: http://downloads.guru3d.com/ Click on Videocards - ATI Catalyst XP 32-bit (257 files) Nice resource. There are some …

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