Re: Is 486SX 33 worth the time?
Posted on 2015-10-03, 19:09
I think it would make a great machine! For $10 absolutely!
Re: Modern ATX PSU conversion to get -5 volts
Posted on 2015-10-03, 10:30
What happens if you use a SoundBlaster 2.0 (for example) with a PSU that doesn't have -5V? What part of it wouldn't work correctly? I'm guessing it uses the negative voltage during the DAC stage, so the joystick port would work fine but the audio output would have half the waveform cut off? …
Re: New high end Win98se build. Renamed "The Beast"
Posted on 2015-10-03, 09:34
I've also had no issues with Radeon cards when I did my "10 reasons for a Pentium 4" video project. I was positively surprised to be honest.
Re: New high end Win98se build. Renamed "The Beast"
Posted on 2015-10-03, 07:09
Very odd. Does it maybe depend on the graphics card? This was with a TNT2 under Windows 98. EDIT: Sorry, you're right. Memory letting me down again 😢
Re: Athlon 64 X2 Quad SLI + Ageia PhysX Build Log *Photo Heavy*
Posted on 2015-10-03, 06:49
3DMark 06 runs horribly with quad SLI, one 7950GX2 ran better than two. Granted, I am using a relatively new driver, I might roll back to an older one and see if it fixes anything, and the textures in Far Cry are messed up. You mentioned that happening with newer drivers in one of your build videos …
Re: Athlon 64 X2 Quad SLI + Ageia PhysX Build Log *Photo Heavy*
Posted on 2015-10-03, 05:16
Cool that you got it working. Can't wait for some benchmarking, especially if you are looking into how SLI scales going from 1 to 4 cards 😀
Re: 3D Multi-tool Build
Posted on 2015-10-03, 02:22
Cool, thanks for this. Unreal will benchmark fairly similar to UT.
Re: In search of Win98 Catalyst 4.X and 5.X
Posted on 2015-10-03, 02:20
boxpressed wrote: Thanks. Can you then quit the install process without having anything copied onto your computer? Yes. At least with the 4.2 I tried 😀
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2015-10-03, 02:09
Stealth time machine
Re: New high end Win98se build. Renamed "The Beast"
Posted on 2015-10-03, 02:07
I'd keep it at the default resolution / setting. Much easier to compare with other machines that way.
Re: In search of Win98 Catalyst 4.X and 5.X
Posted on 2015-10-03, 02:06
With the 4.2 I ran the installer and it opens up a readme type section with all the details about versions. Like this: ATI CATALYST 4.2, 02/11/04 The display driver included in this package is for Microsoft Windows Millennium. This driver may be used with , ALL-IN-WONDER 9800 SERIES ALL-IN-WONDER …
Re: New high end Win98se build. Renamed "The Beast"
Posted on 2015-10-02, 21:16
brostenen wrote: Strong CPU? It's only a Sempron-3300+ and not a P4 Socket 775. For 3DMark99 it is a very strong CPU 😀
Re: New high end Win98se build. Renamed "The Beast"
Posted on 2015-10-02, 21:01
Massive score! No doubt because of the strong CPU.
Re: In search of Win98 Catalyst 4.X and 5.X
Posted on 2015-10-02, 16:24
Excellent idea! I found 4.2 and uploaded it to my site.
Re: Modern ATX PSU conversion to get -5 volts
Posted on 2015-10-02, 16:04
Yup. I've been using modern ATX power supplies for a long time. Even with 386 machines through adapters. Not having -5V is no issue unless you use a card that requires it 😀
Re: Modern ATX PSU conversion to get -5 volts
Posted on 2015-10-02, 15:56
I have understood that every ISA card (e.g. sound cards) would require -5 volts. Am I wrong? How does the ISA bus work if -5 volt is not available? Yup that's wrong :) But it's a good kind of wrong :lol: Popular cards that need -5V are the Roland LAPC-I, the Sound Blaster 2 and PAS 16. Put another …
Re: Modern ATX PSU conversion to get -5 volts
Posted on 2015-10-02, 15:48
There are kits for ATX to AT that do that, but I am not aware of an ATX kit. However, StarTech is still selling new ATX power supplies with -5V. And older, but decent brands / models, can be had second hand. Personally I just don't use ISA cards that need -5V.
Re: Is a MIDI Wavetable board worth it on a 286 AT?
Posted on 2015-10-02, 15:07
Does the Maui have an Intelligent MPU-401 interface? If not, Secret of Monkey Island will also sound VERY wrong. Hmm that wasn't quite what he was asking for. A lot of sound cards have MPU-401 interfaces. To UART standard. But does it support intelligent mode? Easy tests: Start Gateway with GATE …
Re: In search of Win98 Catalyst 4.X and 5.X
Posted on 2015-10-02, 14:44
I got another angle / thought. Often old games came with drivers on the CD. That might be worth looking into?
Re: Is a MIDI Wavetable board worth it on a 286 AT?
Posted on 2015-10-02, 11:39
Monkey and Indiana Jones use MT-32. X-Wing and Dune II might not run very well on a 286 IMO. That's right, and the TB Maui emulates MT-32 or it can chew the MT-32 with its sound patches. The floppy version of X-Wing runs fine on a 20Mhz 286 with sound and music, the same for Dune2 The Secret of …
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