Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-05-25, 22:12
pan069 wrote on 2020-05-25, 20:52: Does anyone have any PS2 games to recommend? If you like JRPGs, Dragon Quest VIII is a masterpiece.
Re: The "best" S3 Virge cards to buy?
Posted on 2020-05-25, 14:55
8MB on a graphics card in 1996 wasn't totally unheard of, but not necessarily useful unless your card had a beefy RAMDAC and you had an expensive large CRT display to go with it. 4MB cards could do 1280x1024 in 16.7 million colours (packed pixel mode), which was beyond what most monitors back then …
Re: Optiplex GX 110 PCI Card
Posted on 2020-05-25, 04:25
I had that model and a 128-bit FX5500. Worked great, but watch out for 64-bit versions of that model.
Re: Sound Blaster 16 & AWE32: From best to worst
Posted on 2020-05-24, 23:15
I've been browsing and reading other places, and it does read as if the project to re-create the AWE64 might tick all of my boxes. Allowing soundfonts of sufficient complexity to mirror MT32 /GM output. Having an OPL3 and having digital output. Am I right in thinking if all I need to do is hope it …
Re: My Dream High-End Intel 486 Build
Posted on 2020-05-24, 21:25
I believe that the Vogons username "IntelPOD83" is still available as an upgrade.
Re: Case Slot Fans and the Voodoo 3
Posted on 2020-05-24, 19:51
OK, that's better. I can fit a PCI and an ISA card in now. Filename IMG_9525.jpg File size 1.44 MiB Views 209 views
Re: Case Slot Fans and the Voodoo 3
Posted on 2020-05-24, 19:09
let us know how it works. Got it installed today. Overall, I'm pleased with this solution. The fan blows a ton of air down onto the V3, cooling both sides of the card. I'd venture that the fan I ziptied to the heatsink might not even be necessary, but I'll still keep it there. IMG_9524.jpg You can …
Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Posted on 2020-05-24, 16:19
I've seen that error before, and it happened when I was trying to run D2 with any Virge that wasn't the original 325. Anyway, I dl'ed the S3 Game Pak and installed Terminal Velocity 3D. Super slow framerate on my DX2-66, but it's cool to see the different textures on such an old CPU. I'd never seen …
Re: The "best" S3 Virge cards to buy?
Posted on 2020-05-24, 15:10
candle_86 wrote on 2020-05-24, 14:12: I like my Virge VX I got yesterday, it's even got the ram expansion board I just played around with my STB Velocity 3D yesterday. It has the memory expansion board too. It's wild that such a card had 8MB in 1996.
Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
Posted on 2020-05-24, 05:02
This is the one in question. Anyone interested can search the archive for s3d game pak s3d1.jpg I've recently located the edition that has Descent II, which I will upload when I get a chance. As far as legality goes I believe they're only demos anyway. s3d pak.PNG Thanks! Do you know which Virge …
Re: VLB card with NCR chipset, opinions?
Posted on 2020-05-24, 00:41
Never seen this kind of chip NCR before, does anyone have experience with it (performance etc). This is one up for sale on a local listing , and I might be bidding if it's a good one. Funny you mention this now because I have the exact same card. I've had it for a few years but am only now pulling …
Re: Sound Blaster 16 & AWE32: From best to worst
Posted on 2020-05-23, 18:50
This is a really helpful chart as I'm trying to choose a card. What I'm struggling with is the meaning of the issues. MPU-401 slowdown/pauses seems to be on every card so I shouldn't be choosing based on that. However it is fairly concerning that it happens since my intention would be to use the …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-05-23, 15:38
Also found in the May 25th 1993 PC Magazine that this card was announced at $269. In the November 9th 1993 PC Magazine, they announced a Multimedia Upgrade Kit that came with a Mitsumi CD-ROM and headphones with the card for $639. Also the wavetable upgrade option. This is interesting because …
Intel 486DX "SL Enhanced" Practical Application?
Posted on 2020-05-23, 15:32
It turns out that the 486SX2 and 486DX2 CPUs I've been using are actually the "S" versions, meaning that they are "SL Enhanced." Does this mean only that they are power-saving CPUs that can run at 3.3v as well as 5v? Just wondering if there's any performance-related difference between these and the …
Re: Fascination with the lowest end hardware from a given class
Posted on 2020-05-23, 14:47
I'm not sure if this counts, but I started "My Wavetable Sample Thread" because I was curious about all of the "budget" wavetable synths and patchsets found on "generic" sound cards. Of course I wanted the Roland and Yamaha cards, as well as the GUS, Ensoniq, and Turtle Beach cards. But there was a …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-05-23, 01:48
I managed to get not one, but TWO Aztech non-PNP cards (I38-MMSN813 and I38-MMSN824) up and running today. Posting here so that there will be some memory of this when I forget which drivers to use. Once you get these cards running, I like them a lot. But getting to that point takes so much time …
Re: Volo's Gampad to PS/2 Adapter. Device discussion (Do you need this thing?)
Posted on 2020-05-22, 22:48
Yes! Act Labs POWERRAMP MITE - the name of that Chinese PS/2 gamepad, I've forgotten! I've looked for it, for some time, but then kinda was too late. Now I am glad I didn't buy it. Correct me if I am wrong, but that laptop works just fine with external keyboards? The problem has nothing to do with …
Re: Volo's Gampad to PS/2 Adapter. Device discussion (Do you need this thing?)
Posted on 2020-05-22, 21:16
WA-A-AIT! How does it "not work well"? Does it from time to time fail to press a button and occasionally - fails to let it go? More often fails to let go then fails to press? If you do confirm it - I'LL SUE YOU FOR CONSPIRING TO MURDER ME BY PROVOKING A GIANT FACEPALM! I think I know the reason. …
Re: Tell us about your 3DFX collection
Posted on 2020-05-22, 20:24
If Tildo is saying they have 2, and maverick85 is saying they have 1, then the median so far is 8.
Re: Case Slot Fans and the Voodoo 3
Posted on 2020-05-22, 17:57
This arrived this week! Filename IMG_9518.jpg File size 1.14 MiB Views 267 views
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