Re: Laptops for DOS gaming

Posted on 2016-04-02, 23:34

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by adalbert

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I will just repost my post: http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=469432#p469432 Texas Instruments Travelmate 4000M / active matrix color 10.4". That's the best DOS laptop ever made. I have it with a docking station (which is somewhat "slim", that mean's it adds only some thickness to the notebook …

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Re: piii tualatin 1.4ghz vs athlon xp?

Posted on 2016-03-30, 15:34

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by adalbert

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On that mainboard (694T chipset) i have ALU 475MB/s and FPU 481 MB/s performance with CL2 ram and 142MHz FSB. I think that's even better than 440BX.

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Re: piii tualatin 1.4ghz vs athlon xp?

Posted on 2016-03-30, 12:23

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by adalbert

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I built something pretty fast and small, and quiet: Chaintech 6via5t with PIII-T 1.4@1.5 GHz, 1GB CL2 ram, GF4Ti 128MB, Voodoo2, ISA audio, 40GB laptop HDD, slim CD drive, WiFi, FDD and triple boot DOS-W3.1 (with 256 colors SVGA driver) / Win 98 / Win XP. Using small self made open case with …

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Re: Teach me some electronics repair skills.

Posted on 2016-03-14, 22:27

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by adalbert

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most of us are autodidact on all these thing's Probably that's true. You need to learn some basics, then just mess with old broken hardware for a year or two and you should be able to do a lot of things. You have to improvise a lot and use common sense when repairing old electronics with no spare …

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Re: Toshiba T3200SXC - memory problem (parity)

Posted on 2016-03-14, 22:07

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by adalbert

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All right, the investigation goes further... I disabled the HDD in BIOS and booted PC from floppy disk. I set the BLASTER variable manually and ran Prince of Persia from floppy disk. Sound and music works fine. So, I guess that the HDD controller is somehow interfering with the sound card. …

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How to use ESS Maestro 2E wavetable in DOS/w98

Posted on 2016-03-12, 02:37

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by adalbert

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I have a small laptop with Coppermine Celeron and ESS Maestro 2E (ES1978) sound card. I installed VXD drivers and I can play games with sound and adlib music in dos games ran under Win98SE. It has OPL3 emulation, unfortunately it's a poor one; problems are starting when there is too much polyphony, …

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Re: Anyone know where I might find a high-resolution scan of a tandy 1000tx system disk/Deskmate 2 disk?

Posted on 2016-03-10, 21:35

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by adalbert

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I tried to recreate something suitable. Here are actual disks I did find (different versions): http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tandy-Deskmate-MS-DOS-GW-BASIC-Video-Drivers-3-5-Media-/371546500968 http://www.vintagecomputer.net/tandy/1000_tx/Tandy_25-1600_sn-511576_disk-MS-DOS.jpg Also, I updated the PDF …

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Re: Anyone know where I might find a high-resolution scan of a tandy 1000tx system disk/Deskmate 2 disk?

Posted on 2016-03-09, 22:51

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by adalbert

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I looked up some lo-res pics in Google and as I have some typographic education I immediately noticed that the font used is the famous Helvetica, so I just tried to recreate it. It took only about five minutes, but maybe it will be sufficient for you. It should be 70x52 mm with rounded corners.

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Re: Toshiba T3200SXC - memory problem (parity)

Posted on 2016-03-09, 15:04

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by adalbert

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Yes and I couldn't get it to work, but finally I tried GoldMemory and it works (very slow), it never has shown any problems. But the parity problems still were showing up sometimes, usually after the system is in idle, and I press a key. I soldered DIP sockets, but I don't have full set of new …

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Re: 16-bit PCMCIA Wireless with WPA?

Posted on 2016-03-03, 16:41

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by adalbert

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I have the same problem. I have a WPA2 WLAN and many PCMCIA devices which accept only 16-bit cards. Except for the Cisco card I don't know of any card supporting WPA. I'm gradually leaning towards setting up a small WEP network and lower the signal strength (I think I will be able to do it with one …

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Re: Toshiba T3200SXC - memory problem (parity)

Posted on 2016-03-02, 01:23

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by adalbert

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I installed DIP sockets and put some different memory chips (i used chips of different manufacturers as I don't have a complete set of the same chips) - and that problem with Memtest still appears. Funny thing is that these "eeeeeeeeeeeeee" errors turned green now. Maybe I still have some defective …

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Toshiba T3200SXC - memory problem (parity)

Posted on 2016-02-29, 01:25

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by adalbert

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I bought nice Toshiba T3200SXC last year very cheap from recycling company. It's one of first laptops with active matrix screen. It turned out that it was working, but had defective screen. Recently I finally found a working 10.4" TFT display so I could install it, after 3D printing some mounting …

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Re: Win 98/ME USB issue

Posted on 2016-02-04, 10:21

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by adalbert

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I tried installing that NUSB driver but it messes with system files too much. I just use driver from this website: http://toastytech.com/files/cruzerwin95.html it works with every USB drive I tried. Just plug the stick and select INF file with driver. Next time devices should be installed …

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

Posted on 2016-02-02, 22:24

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by adalbert

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Designed and made a simple and small open-case with built-in floppy drive, cd-rom, 2,5 inch drive and 12 volt power supply, so mainboards can be switched quickly. Used 20x30 HIPS polistyrene sheet and glued some 3d printed parts to it. And M3 screws, so that's basically only 3 parts besides …

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Re: S-Video capture

Posted on 2016-01-31, 11:57

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by adalbert

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You can even try using a camera on tripod... 😜 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2rbHIj6SMlF … iew?usp=sharing

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Re: Broken clips on KeyTronic keyboards

Posted on 2016-01-30, 20:18

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by adalbert

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Hot glue? :p make sure it gets as hot as possible, put it in place of broken clips and assemble everything quickly (keep it squeezed together by putting a lot of force for couple of minutes). I did something like this with a laptop and it worked. You can warm it up with a hairdryer if you want to …

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Re: PC100 M747 - The bane of my existence

Posted on 2016-01-30, 02:53

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by adalbert

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5V->3.3v regulator with 7A output capacity. It uses the 5V input - I don't know how standard that is, maybe some boards use the 12v input instead. Probably not, because such regulators are usually of linear type. So, voltage drop from 12v to 5v with 7amp current would cause power loss of 49 watts. …

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Re: Most rare and most common 3DFX cards in existence?

Posted on 2016-01-26, 17:23

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by adalbert

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In Poland, anything other than V1 or V2 is rare, but it is possible to get V3 or banshee. I checked the history of our local auction website, and in last 3 months, there were more than 10 offers selling voodoo 1 and people buy only the cheapest ones, sometimes there is no demand at all. All of them …

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Re: Is this Matrox G400 Watt consumption correct?

Posted on 2016-01-21, 23:36

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by adalbert

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Or you could try logging data in that way (i don't know why I'm making such stupid images, I usually don't do this) (btw i'm MA in communication in media and graphic design)

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Re: Is this Matrox G400 Watt consumption correct?

Posted on 2016-01-21, 21:38

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by adalbert

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This is an "artist's impression" of how one could measure power usage ;p

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