Re: ti4200 AGP 4x or 8x or maybe ati 9800 pro?

Posted on 2017-04-30, 18:30

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I don't have a ti4200, but my understanding is that from a pure DOS standpoint, the GF3 series was the last nvidia chipset to have great DOS performance. In my tests with TNT, GF2, GF3, GF4 MX4000, and FX5200, the great performance does stop at the GF3. But compatibility should still be there for …

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

Posted on 2017-04-30, 14:33

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Not much to report lately, but I did some borderline retro (circa 2008) hardware work this weekend. My home firewall runs on an Intel D945GCLF2/Atom 330 . This motherboard uses passive cooling on the cpu, but the chipset heatsink has a super noisy fan that's been getting even noisier over the years. …

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Re: Cirrus Logic gd5424 textmode issue

Posted on 2017-04-29, 20:31

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The card is so integrated there's no component that would only affect text mode, I didn't get that it was an integrated graphics card from his post. I have a TNT2 M64 PCI that has issues in DOS text mode (ghosting/banding) but not in graphical games. There is a small component close to the PCI …

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Re: Cirrus Logic gd5424 textmode issue

Posted on 2017-04-29, 15:03

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Have you examined the card carefully? Might there be a damaged component on the board that is only responsible for text mode display?

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Re: X2GU : New GM bank for DreamBlaster X2

Posted on 2017-04-29, 13:50

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@dreamblaster For the orchestral songs, GUD 0.6 definitely sounds more realistic. The flute in BAK is incredible-sounding! Strings in WC3 do not sound at all genuine on the Dream bank. In Duke3D, I prefer the guitar in GUD, but the rest of the instruments in Dream. In particular, Dream has a much " …

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Re: If you had to make a list of the TOP10 486 motherboards?

Posted on 2017-04-29, 02:27

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list 10 486 motherboards, then guess the one you never owned. 😉

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Re: HTTPS is available

Posted on 2017-04-28, 15:51

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I thought back in December https was on by default, but... Every time I go to "vogons.org" and login, it defaults to the http page unless I manually type the https part. On my trusted PCs, it's not an issue, as lastpass logs me into the secure page. But I do access this site from public PCs on …

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Re: Vintage Hardware Wallpapers

Posted on 2017-04-27, 15:27

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bjwil1991 wrote: Here it is: […] Show full quote clueless1 wrote: @bjwill1991: thanks! It should probably be in a 4:3 resolution though, to be period correct. 😉 Here it is: MS-DOS_2.png Resolution is 640x480 Cool 😎 Thanks, man.

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Re: Vintage Hardware Wallpapers

Posted on 2017-04-27, 11:07

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@bjwill1991: thanks! It should probably be in a 4:3 resolution though, to be period correct. 😉

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Re: Voodoo 2 Quake 2 performance question

Posted on 2017-04-27, 10:56

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My 200MMX (an overdrive version) runs happily at 250 (83x3), but not 300.

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Re: Can you still write general purpose assembly programs on modern OSes?

Posted on 2017-04-26, 23:00

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i must say thats actually unexpectedly huge... i had trouble making more than 10kb in one program when i was learning asm, it just took ages to type all that. i guess someones a geek here or there is something in there linked statically; Download and run the program. It's pretty useful anyhow. It …

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Re: Can you still write general purpose assembly programs on modern OSes?

Posted on 2017-04-26, 22:01

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mrau wrote: assembly requires tons of lines of code, the resulting binary however might be quite small That makes sense. The DNS benchmark I linked above is only 163 KB.

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Re: Can you still write general purpose assembly programs on modern OSes?

Posted on 2017-04-26, 20:25

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Following up on Jorpho's post, I listen to the Security Now! podcast (the same guy who wrote wizmo at grc.com) and this guy does most of his coding in assembly. I'm not a coder, so I'm just repeating what I hear him talking about in his podcasts. He also wrote a nice DNS benchmark in pure assembly: …

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

Posted on 2017-04-25, 23:31

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No MS-DOS mode?

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2017-04-24, 19:54

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Working on Tales of the Sword Coast side quests before finishing Baldur's Gate. I'm in Chapter 7, just not moving forward with the plot til I finish the side quests in the expansion. So far I finished the Ice Island and Werewolf Island quests and am partway through Durlag's Tower. I'd like to try …

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Re: 7-zip benchmarks for over 60 CPUs

Posted on 2017-04-24, 14:45

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Filename i5-6200u.PNG File size 106.58 KiB Views 486 views HP ProBook 470 G3 i5-6200u 8GB DDR4 2133 Faster than two other results for the same cpu on the sheet. Maybe the other two used DDR3?

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Re: X2GU : New GM bank for DreamBlaster X2

Posted on 2017-04-23, 20:26

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@dreamblaster-thanks for posting these! Of those three, my personal favorite is X2 : DOOM1 E1M1 : Audit preset : GUD 0.6, followed closely by Doom E1M1 on GUD 0.6 bank (with doomtastic2 preset). They are very close to each other, but I prefer Audit preset because it has a little more bass and warmth …

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Re: 7-zip benchmarks for over 60 CPUs

Posted on 2017-04-23, 16:36

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I was going to add i5-6200u results the other day but saw that there were already 2 entries for that cpu. But my result was higher than those two, so I might add them Monday with more detail on the laptop they are from.

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Re: X2GU : New GM bank for DreamBlaster X2

Posted on 2017-04-23, 13:18

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Somehow I completely missed this thread until now. :exclamation: I think it would be helpful when posting tunes to also post the same tune played with the default X2 sound bank to help hear the difference in the new one. It will be hard to please everyone because sound can be so subjective, and it …

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

Posted on 2017-04-23, 01:38

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That was fun to watch, thanks Phil. I remember playing Undying back in the day and thought it was terrifying. Now it seems almost comical. 😀

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