Re: Possible real DOS multimedia/main pc?

Posted on 2015-06-14, 15:51

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I was thinking about Pentium or latest 486. There is example of recommendations for Pentium machine, what is better for late DOS games and Win9x software, but may to be less compatible with DOS games. Yeah that is the reason I was thinking an all in one configuration for old game but also new apps. …

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Creative Video Blaster CT6000 ISA: any use?

Posted on 2015-06-14, 15:39

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Hi, I found some time ago this card with box but without any cables. Can I use it somehow with my 486 or more without cables? I need to use a vga to vga cable to use it? It's a very very huge capture card. 😁 Bye

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Re: Possible real DOS multimedia/main pc?

Posted on 2015-06-14, 15:26

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Thanks! I was thinking about Pentium or latest 486. Surely it will be a suffering experience on the web but if arachne on fast machine performs similar to some Opera version, it will be enough (no jscript obviously).

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Possible real DOS multimedia/main pc?

Posted on 2015-06-14, 14:17

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Hi, I'd like to build a system using retro 486 more or less class machine with msdos as main pc, so with all applications possible to even play multimedia, surf web, mail, pdf, office... :D Anyone tried? What hardware would you think will be useless (too much modern) to build something like that? …

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Re: K6-2 500 (2.2v) and K6-3 400 (2.4v)

Posted on 2015-06-14, 14:05

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Well with this mobo I had various problems even with time correct hardware but I've read other threads... I pushed bios option to the maximun (sdram 8ns /2-3-3-6) plus L3 but not other things to tweak. Regarding the vga I am using a Voodoo3 3000 as AGP1.0 latest real card I have. I also have a Viper …

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Re: K6-2 500 (2.2v) and K6-3 400 (2.4v)

Posted on 2015-06-13, 16:36

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Yeah I suspect it's a mix of WinME and the 5AGM2 mobo quiet bad. Win98 was definetely faster but my pci nic only support Win98SE and up. 🙁

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Re: K6-2 500 (2.2v) and K6-3 400 (2.4v)

Posted on 2015-06-12, 18:07

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K6-3 has many more transistors because 256KB SRAM takes a large number of transistors. It is a K6-2 CXT aside from that on-die cache and its backside bus. K6-2 500 is quite bottlenecked by the memory subsystem and that's why the K6-3 400 can beat it. K6-2 is throwing away many CPU cycles waiting …

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K6-2 500 (2.2v) and K6-3 400 (2.4v)

Posted on 2015-06-12, 17:38

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Hi all, I am trying these two processors on a MVP3/384Mb PC100 max motherboard trying to understand which one performs better. On games I clearly see an advantage with the K63 where not only 3dmark but also games like Thief 2 runs much better even if the processor absorb for its time a huge amont of …

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Re: How is Windows 95 on a 486SX 25MHz with 4mb ram?

Posted on 2015-06-12, 12:45

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Thankx, I'll try. However it's already a miracle to use W9x with a 486 cpu but the problem still is how we're used to work with smartphone/tablet/powerful notebook nowdays that clearly accelerated "speed requirement" even when you actually would not need it. So if anything will not start immediately …

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Re: How is Windows 95 on a 486SX 25MHz with 4mb ram?

Posted on 2015-06-12, 11:12

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4Mb? Well, I am using W95 on a 486DX4-100Mhz with 64Mb-72pin and without any complex apps my ram is always full. It's not running badly but I still think that W95 and 486 architecture were just not right. It's like anything it's using 100% and more cpu power not to mention disk swap.

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Re: How old is a computer in people years?

Posted on 2015-06-11, 17:33

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Eheh I must be really old if I am using as high end pc a K62-500 and second pc a 486DX4-100... I think that the age really depend on what we need. With some problems on modern coded webpages I still get to surf almost with no problems on the K62 but obviously I'm not talking about a smooth- …

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Re: Anyone tried most powerful/upgraded 80386 system?

Posted on 2015-06-05, 18:20

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Was the AMD 386DX40 actually that faster then the Intel equivalent or just an exotic alternative? At those ancient times I didn't even know AMD 386s existed lol... My 386SX 16/20Mhz soldered onboard my first computer (that sadly I'll never be able to find not having one only detail about the brand …

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Re: 2D acceleration on Win98/ME: best video card?

Posted on 2015-06-03, 19:11

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I'm using a K62-500 and I could go up to the K63-400 the mobo is mvp3 based so AGP2X and 384MB max. I'm using a Voodoo3 2000 cause it was the best time correct card I got. I was thinking to the Geforce2 MX,or the Viper II or the G400. I don't think it's the best think to use some modern card like …

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Re: Anyone tried most powerful/upgraded 80386 system?

Posted on 2015-06-03, 18:59

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That depends on whether you regard your Cyrix/TI 486DLC & 486DRx2 CPU's as still being a "386" system, since the CPU's were plug in replacements for users of existing 386 PC's. The same argument could be said for the Pentium overdrive (63 & 83 MHz) CPU's that could be plugged onto a 486 motherboard …

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2D acceleration on Win98/ME: best video card?

Posted on 2015-06-03, 11:15

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Hi, just like to ask, considering these two os Win 98 (FE) and Win ME with the old AGP 1.0 (2X) subsystem, which video card actually would help the most accelerating desktop 2d usage? Bye

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Anyone tried most powerful/upgraded 80386 system?

Posted on 2015-06-03, 10:57

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Hi, just want to know if anyone tried to build the best and most powerful 386 system and what advices you suggest to build one. Bye

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Re: Lowest system you tried for everyday main PC

Posted on 2015-06-02, 17:59

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And I was thinking my K62 500 was too modern.. 🤣.. I would use the K63 400 but I think it push too hard the wattage requirements on the board.

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Re: 3dmark99 MegaThread

Posted on 2015-06-02, 16:25

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System tested: Chaint. 5AGM 2 / MVP3 / 512Kbyte L2 Amd k6-2 500Mhz 384Mb PC-100 3dfx Voodoo3 2000 The problem here is definetely the cpu.. Project Settings (Template): Rendering Platform: Internal (Voodoo3 AGP) Resolution: 800*600 Color Depth: 16-bit Color CPU Optimization: AMD 3DNow!(tm) Z-Buffer: …

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Re: Lowest system you tried for everyday main PC

Posted on 2015-06-02, 15:04

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Yes, I would like to try a real SIS PCI based 486 motherboard soon or later.

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Re: Lowest system you tried for everyday main PC

Posted on 2015-06-01, 18:29

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Great story thank! But is the mobo pci based or only isa. Cause I don't find dvd mpeg2 isa decoder cards. That would be nice. Mine mainboard has only isa and I have no cache to mount so not many powerful improvements available. Good is that after trying uncountable simms I found the only compatible …

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