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

Posted on 2015-07-26, 11:46

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by PhilsComputerLab

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The more stuff you have, the more important organisation becomes. I believe you have a lot more motherboards than I do, but this is how I store them: http://i.imgur.com/a2Jrgu6l.jpg I do the same, but using different boxes, for all my gear. As I work on so many projects for my YouTube, I need to be …

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Re: AWE 32 price spike on E-bay?

Posted on 2015-07-26, 11:36

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by PhilsComputerLab

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Just get out there and search for the stuff (finding it is most of the fun anyway!!). This is what I get when I get out there :lol: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Fitzgerald_River_National_Park_DSC04436.JPG I do understand your point, but for me it's also a matter of time. I …

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Re: Too many Retro PCs? Let's build a 4 in 1 Retro Gaming PC! 386, 486, Pentium...

Posted on 2015-07-26, 00:58

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by PhilsComputerLab

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I wonder why a 100+ MHz processor with the caches disabled get you 386 speeds. I mean, the fastest true 386 was 40MHz, on a 40MHz bus. The slowed down SS7 is operating at a higher clock in a faster bus, so you'd think the K6+ would still be considerably faster than a 386. Are post-Pentium …

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Re: Too many Retro PCs? Let's build a 4 in 1 Retro Gaming PC! 386, 486, Pentium...

Posted on 2015-07-26, 00:26

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by PhilsComputerLab

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I finally found the time to watch this excellent video beginning to end. Kudos to you, Phil, for doing all this marvelous work and educating the users. *^_^* I do have some technical point I wish to understand. It is claimed that disabling the caches can turn the K6 / comparable CPU into a 386/486. …

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Re: Too many Retro PCs? Let's build a 4 in 1 Retro Gaming PC! 386, 486, Pentium...

Posted on 2015-07-25, 16:25

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by PhilsComputerLab

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For Ultima VII, I would suggest trying the Windows 9x patch with this system at full speed, maybe even overclocked, and see if it will play at a playable speed. Interesting, well worth checking out. Dynablaster runs fine on my K6-III+ Socket 7 build. In fact, i finished the game for the first time …

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Re: Seriously dumb MIDI question

Posted on 2015-07-25, 16:22

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by PhilsComputerLab

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Ohhh. I thought you have no interest in MIDI :blush: Hmm directly it will be a challenge. Because you have DOS MIDI, which uses MPU401 interface, and then Windows MIDI. What you want is similar to wanting to use a Windows USB joystick in a DOS game. Not going to be easy / work. I've used MIDI-OX in …

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Re: Seriously dumb MIDI question

Posted on 2015-07-25, 16:00

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by PhilsComputerLab

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Phil, Yes but of course it goes to the YMF719 and the Yamaha S-YXG50 / SYXG100 do not have a means of setting their port. It doesnt matter what the default windows midi device is, it just goes to the YMF719-S. I am hoping the WDM drivers resolve this. I'm sorry but I'm now totally confused what the …

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Re: Too many Retro PCs? Let's build a 4 in 1 Retro Gaming PC! 386, 486, Pentium...

Posted on 2015-07-25, 12:26

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by PhilsComputerLab

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If you need to use Throttle, that's not a good thing. IMO it's the very last resort. Just disable cache in BIOS for this benchmark. I want to see what speeds you're getting for comparison.

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Re: Too many Retro PCs? Let's build a 4 in 1 Retro Gaming PC! 386, 486, Pentium...

Posted on 2015-07-25, 12:14

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by PhilsComputerLab

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When I started this project, the goal was to play as many games possible, from as large time range as possible. If there will appear a significant % of non-working games then people will need to use other systems simultaneously anyway, while the practical sense (besides fun) was in replacing many …

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Re: Too many Retro PCs? Let's build a 4 in 1 Retro Gaming PC! 386, 486, Pentium...

Posted on 2015-07-25, 10:33

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by PhilsComputerLab

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Yes, one of a lot of good reasons for using a voodoo3. Yes, I did. With the use of Throttle 1-7 the Benchmarks run alway smooth and I did not see any weird things like "slow gfx" with "high results", 3d-bench goes down from round 200 to 20. Your benches lack of the "shiny-mark" for dos and win9x. a …

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Re: Too many Retro PCs? Let's build a 4 in 1 Retro Gaming PC! 386, 486, Pentium...

Posted on 2015-07-25, 10:11

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by PhilsComputerLab

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Did you manage to run the benchmark suite on your machine with, and without, caches? http://www.philscomputerlab.com/486-benchmark-suite.html The machine is using a Voodoo3, so it should work with Jazz 2?

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Re: Too many Retro PCs? Let's build a 4 in 1 Retro Gaming PC! 386, 486, Pentium...

Posted on 2015-07-25, 09:29

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by PhilsComputerLab

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The aim was all games of peroid to work fine, with possible very low percent of exceptions. To understand this confidently it needs thorough testing. Or you may get say 20% of games wich will work incorrectly, but by testing only 10 popular titles it was not seen. When I started this project, the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-07-25, 06:23

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by PhilsComputerLab

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rodimus80 wrote: philscomputerlab wrote: rodimus80 wrote: Came in the mail today in a nice anti-static case. Great Chip! I got inspired by your latest video. The 4-1 Retro PC. Cool 😊

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Re: Seriously dumb MIDI question

Posted on 2015-07-25, 04:36

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by PhilsComputerLab

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Hey Phil, Windows 98 DOS box or maybe better called Windows 98 DOS VM, IE in Windows 98 type command.com in run and hit enter. Not DOSBox. Not all games will work with this method. If you have the Yamaha Soft Synth activated though, then all the DOS session games will use it when you select General …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-07-25, 03:03

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by PhilsComputerLab

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rodimus80 wrote: Came in the mail today in a nice anti-static case. Great Chip!

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Re: Seriously dumb MIDI question

Posted on 2015-07-25, 03:02

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by PhilsComputerLab

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Is this for running DOSBox on a Windows 98 machine> IMO you're much better off running a proper soft synth such as BASSMIDI or VirtualMIDISynth. That will give you access to all sort of SoundFonts.

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Re: Nvidia Quadro 2 Pro

Posted on 2015-07-25, 02:51

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by PhilsComputerLab

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Very nice! Thanks for sharing.

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Re: Best DOS version for a late 486/early Pentium system?

Posted on 2015-07-25, 02:45

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by PhilsComputerLab

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Jorpho wrote: Why not just use /TESTMEM:OFF ? That's how you do it 😀

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Re: Too many Retro PCs? Let's build a 4 in 1 Retro Gaming PC! 386, 486, Pentium...

Posted on 2015-07-25, 02:42

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by PhilsComputerLab

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please test this for me: - Does "Bodyblows" work with sound and no issues on the K6-III+ ? - Does "Desert-Strike" run without problems? - What about "pinball illusions" - Has JazzJack2 smooth Hardwarescrolling with 640x480 or with 640x400 ? That email didn't come through, but I managed to download …

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Re: How hot a p233mmx gets?

Posted on 2015-07-24, 16:49

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by PhilsComputerLab

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Double check that the correct voltage is applied. MMX processors use lower voltage than normal Pentiums. I believe I have the same exact cooler. It should be easily enough for a MMX 233. ~20W is nothing for a CPU cooler 😀

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