Re: Best Socket 7 AT motherboard

Posted on 2016-08-09, 08:54

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Socket 7 hands down as you get a wider range of support and can emulate slower systems so you can enjoy dos games at more appropriate speeds. Slot 1 is more of a pure 9x and xp platform for late 90s and early 2000s games. Thanks! ended up getting the below. Its supposed to be a clone of the pcchips …

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Re: Best Socket 7 AT motherboard

Posted on 2016-08-08, 20:43

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But I'd like to go up to being able to play doom extremely well. is a 200mhz mmx enough for this? Yes, certainly. Anything above a DX4/100 will do this. I'm personally satisfied with Doom on a DX2/66 w/ ISA graphics. I'm alrady making a 98/XP machine (which is where my PC knowhow starts) so the …

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Re: Best Socket 7 AT motherboard

Posted on 2016-08-08, 13:03

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Dunno, depends on what you want. Socket 7 is awesome for DOS games. A tricked out Socket 7 system is enough for Windows 98 games and early 3d acceleration, but might be underpowered for games from 99 onwards. Pentium 2/3 is quite a bit faster and suited better for early Windows titles, but can't be …

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Re: Best Socket 7 AT motherboard

Posted on 2016-08-08, 10:11

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Are we talking Socket 7 or Super Socket 7? If Socket 7, I'm voting for the Asus P55T2P4. The Turbo button doesn't do anything on Pentium motherboards as far as I know. There are some rare socket 7 boards with a turbo header I think, maybe someone else here has used one and can comment on whether it …

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Re: Pci sata card the can handle overclocked pci bus

Posted on 2016-08-06, 22:48

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I have a cheap pci via chipset sata card. It hates anything over 40mhz in the pci bus (have year to play with bus latency.) and the card craps out and takes the hdd's file system with it. Oh yeah. Had an overclocked Celeron as a file server with all my data on a 500 GB SATA drive on this controller …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2016-08-05, 16:21

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Not to nitpick, but in what way is a Pentium D modern?

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Re: Hello, World! :D - Robert B's PC builds - oogle away freely :)

Posted on 2016-08-05, 13:06

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You need to do a TL;DR version 🤣 But seriously, great stuff, and excellent pictures!

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Re: 486 cache tag RAM question

Posted on 2016-08-05, 09:55

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einr wrote: am I correct in assuming this is the tag RAM chip pictured below? Yes, that's the TAG RAM. Dunno if it's the correct size for your new board, though. Weird that the hard drive doesn't spin up when connected to the controller 😕

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Re: Mobile Athlon XP advice

Posted on 2016-08-05, 08:12

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It really comes down to luck on the caps, I have an Asus A7V333 board here, all the CPU VRM caps are Nichicon and Rubycon stuff, but the other caps are OST. Still, not one of them has bulged yet and the board works perfectly, has universal AGP too... Yeah, it's down to luck. I had an A7V333 with …

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Re: Best Super Socket 7 Motherboard?

Posted on 2016-08-04, 08:26

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Are there any AWE32 models that don't have the hanging note bug? According to FGB, the CT3980 is virtually bug free, and has an (integrated) OPL3. Haven't tested it myself. They Audician 32 looks as though it can have an optional extra chip (circled in red) and an extra header (circled in pink) …

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

Posted on 2016-08-03, 09:53

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nforce4max wrote: The south Bridge that comes with all HX and VX boards tops out at 8gb so that is why the bios hack didn't work. TX on up goes to 40GB+ I don't believe this is true. I'm running an 80GB drive on an Asus P55T2P4 (HX chipset), no problems at all.

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Re: Anyone else collecting cassettes?

Posted on 2016-08-01, 06:50

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Definitely keep, why are you even asking? Build quality and nostalgia, I'd say... What's the purpose of the display on the Saba? Well I put up a shelf for my BPC in my man cave and think it looks and sounds superb :happy: Looks great, escpecially combined with the C64! Though a 386 or early 486 …

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Re: Anyone else collecting cassettes?

Posted on 2016-07-28, 08:24

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I'm guessing the feet that make it look like separate components, but aren't. These Sharp systems aren't that great, to be honest. I personally would invest in better speakers. I recently got a Grundig Fine Arts double tape deck from a friend. Though the single, non-auto reverse tape decks are …

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Re: Tweaking the DreamBlaster S1

Posted on 2016-07-28, 08:00

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Fascinating topic! Will definitely try it. The problem is the redundant Delay processing will greatly distort the S1 and have no effect whatsoever just distortion. Disabling the Delay processing using DLY_OFF.MID actually makes the S1 sound crystal clear and distortion free. Hm, I haven't noticed …

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Re: Why don't usb to ide/sata adapters exist?

Posted on 2016-07-27, 15:19

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This took me a little while to parse. You mean IDE/SATA on the host to USB for the device? Assuming this. Because it's a niche product anyway, and USB is much harder to interface - compact flash is pretty much IDE and SD cards can be accessed via a serial protocol, much simpler than USB. It isn't …

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Re: Is it possible to emulate a Sound-Blaster-Card with a AC97 Audio Device?

Posted on 2016-07-22, 14:59

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No, I meant, are you running the game inside Windows or are you booting into DOS? You shouldn't have to change any files. Either there is a setup program, or you can change the sound options from within the game. If there's none of that, the card most likely uses the BLASTER variable. If the game …

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Re: Best Super Socket 7 Motherboard?

Posted on 2016-07-22, 14:11

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No, oerk is wrong. One can't have the AWE32 sound with any SoundBlaster clone card. I think he meant as a carrier card for MIDI. Ideally, if you use a second card for MIDI, it should have a waveblaster header for mounting the Dreamblaster DB as well. Alternately, you can use a clone card and …

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Re: Phil's YouTube and Website updates (philscomputerlab)

Posted on 2016-07-22, 12:25

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When I heard the echo, my first thought was you just moved in and don't have the place fully furnished yet. Empty rooms tend to have more echo. :) Rooms with tiles and lots of glass or generally hard surfaces too. Phil, you could treat the room acoustically, if it bothers you... Anyway, awesome …

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Re: Is it possible to emulate a Sound-Blaster-Card with a AC97 Audio Device?

Posted on 2016-07-22, 12:12

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Having the BLASTER variable set is a good sign. You should be able to manually configure each game for address 220, IRQ 5, DMA 1. Do you have those problems inside Windows, or when booting into DOS? A PCI sound blaster most likely won't help.

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Re: Advice on Socket 478 motherboard - Intel D865GLC

Posted on 2016-07-22, 08:32

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I'm not expecting (and I'm not interested in) any OC features from Intel, but I'm more concerned about stability/reliability. In that case, it's perfect! Really, it's rock solid, built well, boots fast and has nice features (SATA, case fan control, etc.). I use mine with a P4 Prescott 3.06GHz w/HT …

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