Re: What's in the box? Has 3 manufacturers on it.

Posted on 2017-02-27, 07:59

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Just a generic box for whatever low-end card they wanted to sell at the time. Jade Falcon wrote: It probably a crappie low end card. 9250, fx5200 or some old sis card I agree.

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Re: AMD drops the mic

Posted on 2017-02-24, 08:03

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Standard Def Steve wrote: ...where it Hz. Nice 🤣

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Re: PS/2 to Microsoft Serialmouse Adapter Converter

Posted on 2017-02-22, 08:21

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I want one, too, if still possible. And I'm in no hurry 😀

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Re: Can anyone recommend a PS2 to AT style keyboard adapter?

Posted on 2017-02-16, 08:43

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Mistakes happen. Don't be an idiot and buy a hard adapter for the same price of none hard one. It's a mistake most of us have never made. Hey, at the same time, you need to stop using ALL of your USB sticks. They are long, and they can bend ports. Heck I busted a WLAN adapter once. All of them HAVE …

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Re: ~1993 CD-R drive

Posted on 2017-02-16, 08:23

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CD-R drives weren't common AT ALL in 1993. IIRC, costing in the region of $10,000. So if you find one at all, even a model that's a few years younger, it would be more period correct in an external SCSI enclosure. Internal was pretty much unheard of.

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Re: Very Slow IBM

Posted on 2017-02-07, 08:21

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Remove everything that isn't strictly needed for operation, and try again. I suspect a driver as the culprit - I had issues with a Realtek 8139 in Windows 98.

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Re: Asus a7v333 What's left to troubleshoot?

Posted on 2017-01-24, 08:53

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These boards were notorious for having bad caps, so I would be extremely skeptical even if they look good.

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Re: Where can I get SoundBlaster soundfont?

Posted on 2016-12-13, 08:26

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Okay, please tell us what you're trying to accomplish. OPL-3 is a synthesizer chip used on older sound cards (most older sound cards will have one or emulate one). It can be used as a MIDI device in Windows. The AWE32 is a sound card from Creative. Without going into details: it has a sampler chip …

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Re: english, the planetary language

Posted on 2016-11-21, 12:33

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I have come across more than one German who had actually learned to speak Dutch, I certainly was surprised, I can tell you that! I would love to be able to spead Dutch! I'm spoiled that all my Dutch friends speak German very well, so I had no incentive to learn it so far. Then again, I'm literally …

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Re: Pentium with no L2.

Posted on 2016-11-05, 10:37

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No L2 cache costs about 10-15% performance on a Pentium system. To be honest, I don't notice much of a difference. No way a DX2-66 is faster than a P75, if both are configured correctly. The P75 should be about twice as fast.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-10-28, 06:49

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I found a Unicorn! Sound Blaster 16 CT2940 with OPL3. I don't care If I ever use it but at least now I have one and it only cost me $12.00 including shipping. Crappy picture but it looks like I will have a few IDE pins to straighten out. s-l1600 (7).jpg Nice! I have one of those. Clean output, nice …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-10-27, 12:51

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Bought this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/RAR-Grafikkarte-Tseng-Labs-ET4000-W32-ET4W32-4-1MB-ISA16bit-VGA-GUI-1600-/262654929365?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=hZp%252FQUwKLu2OFq%252B2T7aZSra9Gi8%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc Got this instead :-( :-( Kortet.jpg A totally …

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Re: Oerk's K5 in multimedia case

Posted on 2016-10-26, 07:10

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Addendum, now that I think about it: - finding the right BIOS update to support the K5-PR166 was a PITA. I found one for a newer revision of the board (this one is older than the one I had in the 90s!), which has more voltage options, space for a USB controller, etc. So flashing that one was a bit …

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Re: Oerk's K5 in multimedia case

Posted on 2016-10-25, 21:44

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Wow, thanks guys! You're sure that's a 430VX? I know Soyo made a board that big,but it had the 430TX and was named Soyo SY-5TF. It's about standard baby AT size, if there is such a thing. Not that big. It's the Soyo 5VA2, and according to the manual's pdf which you can google, it has the 430VX. Yep, …

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Re: NexGen Nx586-P90

Posted on 2016-10-25, 15:00

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I'm happy to report that the old ASI case is now running a K5, pretty much an exact copy of the system I had in '96/'97 :). I've rebuilt the missing button from acrylic. Internally it was in pretty nice condition anyway. I'm super happy about it, thanks again Michael! FULL REBUILD/BUILD LOG or it …

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Oerk's K5 in multimedia case

Posted on 2016-10-25, 14:59

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So, in about 1995 my father won a computer in a contest and gave it to me. It was a UMC U5S 40MHz VLB system in a multimedia computer case with built-in speakers, sold by Neckermann (I think) in Germany. For those that don't know, the UMC U5S is essentially a 486SX, slightly faster clock-for-clock …

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Re: NexGen Nx586-P90

Posted on 2016-10-25, 07:45

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Very nice! It shows that you have put a lot of thought into this rather special system. It would mean more work to get the case back in shape but in the end I say it would be worth it. Too late! :cool: I'm happy to report that the old ASI case is now running a K5, pretty much an exact copy of the …

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Re: Voodoo2 + ISA VGA CARD OR 1 Voodoo5, for a Pentium 90Mhz?

Posted on 2016-10-07, 06:44

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IMO a Voodoo 1 is already pushing it in a Pentium 90. This is more of a machine for unaccelerated DOS games. ISA VGA card would be holding the system back too much. Either get a (cheap) PCI card like a Trio 64, or if you absolutely have to have a Voodoo card in there, a Voodoo 3 PCI. And keep the V5 …

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Re: Retro Gaming PC (1998)

Posted on 2016-09-29, 08:43

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You talked about NES Games with GravisGamepadPro on a PII-350 ? Tell me more :) Does this machine have enough power for NES emulation? Off topic, but we did run Nesticle in school on 486SX-25 machines in the late 90s. And it ran very well, AFAIR. :happy: So, a P2-350 is plenty fast even for SNES …

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Re: Do I really need a Voodoo card or can I do everything with a glide wrapper?

Posted on 2016-09-29, 07:45

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For a K6-3, a single Voodoo 2 will suffice. The CPU just doesn't have much horsepower. If you focus is on Win98 gaming mostly, get a faster machine. As much as I love the K6, it's more suited for a multi-purpose machine for DOS and light Windows gaming. It will struggle with games released in or …

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