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

Posted on 2016-08-29, 19:55

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Cyrix200+ wrote: Made a classic stupid mistake 😀 I once had a big speaker magnet sit on a bunch of floppies for months and all the data on them was fine. Some time later I bought a network card that had the drivers on a floppy. It was corrupted right out of the box.

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Re: CPU+MOBO combos for each Voodoo card?

Posted on 2016-08-25, 11:37

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Voodoo1 - Pentium/Pentium mmx Voodoo2 SLI - PII 450 if you plan on running stuff in 1024x768. PIII/Athlon 550Mhz+ if you want fps over resolution. Voodoo3 - same as V2 sli Voodoo5 - higher end PIII or Athlon, 800MHz+

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

Posted on 2016-08-24, 18:55

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It seems to pick a lot of instruments badly. Combat4, which is one of my favorite tracks, is a good example. Its kind of strange, since all other games I tested sound on point. Do you send a special command to activate MT-32 emulation? Because I've tested a few games, and all of them had off-key …

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

Posted on 2016-08-24, 12:23

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Tested out a bunch of games with my new Dreamblaster s1. Pretty impressed how good it sounds. So far only some Dune 2 tracks sounded badly, but that is mt-32 territory... I thought Dune 2 supported GM and sounded OK? Or am I thinking of something else... It seems to pick a lot of instruments badly. …

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

Posted on 2016-08-23, 15:34

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Tested out a bunch of games with my new Dreamblaster s1. Pretty impressed how good it sounds. So far only some Dune 2 tracks sounded badly, but that is mt-32 territory...

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-08-22, 15:35

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Both retro and not at the same time, this just arrived Filename P_20160822_182203[1].jpg File size 1.71 MiB Views 3664 views

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-08-21, 08:17

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Got a Gravis joystick today for the price of 1 Euro. The guy selling it was pretty happy that it was gonna get some use. Filename P_20160821_105508[1].jpg File size 1.02 MiB Views 3590 views Also this AT keyboard for 2 Euro. Not mechanical, but feels nice and should look nice after a good cleaning. …

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Re: Radeon 9500 info

Posted on 2016-08-18, 09:58

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I never tried a double psu solution. Do I just need to shortcut the atx connector pins with only the fdd connected to the Radeon? You can get adapter cables for that pretty cheap on ebay. Though now when I think about it most of the gpu power still goes through the motherboard, so using the second …

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Re: Radeon 9500 info

Posted on 2016-08-17, 17:03

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http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/graphics/display/ati-powercons.html This article doesn't test the 9500 or 9700, but it does test other members of that family so it gives a good idea. It looks like I will need a new psu to build a Barton/R300 pc. And quiet an expensive one too.. Or just use a dual …

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Re: Zen - I knew it would kick butt!

Posted on 2016-08-12, 19:34

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Considering that AMD will make cheaper CPUs that wont have wasted die space on integrated graphics, this is looking like something I'll have in my future rig 😀

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

Posted on 2016-08-12, 10:38

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Cut up a cheap busted case I had to make an open-bench platform. Doesnt save me space as I had hoped, however testing various builds is much easier now. Filename P_20160811_191820.jpg File size 1.36 MiB Views 1568 views

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2016-08-05, 16:22

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shiva2004 wrote: 2016-08-03 21.25.18.jpg Oh wow thats ugly...I want one 🤣

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Re: Best way to remove PII heatsink?

Posted on 2016-07-31, 13:16

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Just tired using pliers to separate the plates like you suggested. It worked! 😎 Thanks for the suggestion. The plastic cover got bent slightly, but its pretty much nothing. This whole deal makes Socket A cooler mounting/removal look easy.

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Re: fx 6200 specific tools

Posted on 2016-07-30, 18:44

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Oh, I guess it does exist. My bad.

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Re: fx 6200 specific tools

Posted on 2016-07-30, 18:17

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One little thing - there is no fx 6200. There is either 6100 or 6300.

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Best way to remove PII heatsink?

Posted on 2016-07-30, 10:55

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I'm trying to remove the metal plate on my PII, however there is no way to unscrew it. CAM00017[1].jpg Last time I tried to apply new paste on a PII I had to just pry it open and broke some plastic pieces off the cartridge. I REALLY don't want this to repeat. Does anyone here have an easier way of …

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Re: GTX 970 "3.5GB Edition" $30 refund in the USA

Posted on 2016-07-30, 10:41

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Good. I didn't buy one, but its nice to know that people get at least minimal compensation for being mislead on what they were spending money on.

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Re: Slot-1 motherboards problem?

Posted on 2016-07-28, 17:46

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Might be a bios problem, are the bios chips intact?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-07-24, 09:00

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10 Euro car boot sale haul: Anyone familiar with this brand? I'm not too comfortable with old PSUs and wouldn't use it if it was from some dodgy manufacturer. CAM00007.jpg 300MHz PII Deschutes. Already have a 300Mhz Klamath, however this one is much more friendly with modern, weak 5V rail PSUs with …

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Re: The GTX 1060 Thread

Posted on 2016-07-23, 14:41

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PhilsComputerLab wrote: are onboard graphics that good these days? Pretty much. Good enough to even play new AAA titles (just with the settings turned down ofc.)

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