Re: 1.5v or 3.3v? IBM / Number Nine TNT2 M64

Posted on 2018-08-07, 13:29

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by Koltoroc

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The agp connector has 2 slots which means it should support both 1.5V and 3.3V signaling voltages. In theory. in practice, not so much. I have 2 M64 cards, one works on both one is fixed to 3.3V (guess how I found out). Both have "universal" notches. Unfortunately up to the Geforce 2 generation you …

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Re: How do you feel about gutting OEM PCs and using their cases/parts for builds?

Posted on 2018-07-19, 21:57

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by Koltoroc

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oeuvre wrote: Deskpro EP modern sleeper rig with AMD Threadripper and 32GB RAM... Very bad idea. The airflow in those old cases is not anywhere near enough for a system like that.

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Re: Formatting Playstation 2 fat hard drive for use in a 486 build?

Posted on 2018-07-14, 15:48

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by Koltoroc

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Classic Xbox has 8 Gb HDD from Western Digital which should be compatible both with DOS 6.22 and 486s LBA limitations. Also never heard of 20 Gb version of classic Xbox, those were bundled with early Xbox360. PS2 HDD is compatible with x86 PC in general, but 40 Gb is too much for 486 to handle on …

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Re: Media Vision Pro Audio Build ?

Posted on 2018-07-13, 01:03

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by Koltoroc

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That link list games by a japanese developer called Media.vision. It has *nothing* to do with the hardware manufacturer. In fact none of those games even have a PC port.

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Re: Slow CPU Performance Win 98SE & S754 Sempron Mobile

Posted on 2018-07-13, 00:57

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by Koltoroc

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I suspect cool & quiet to be the culprit. My suspicion is, that the system goes into the lowest power state (800Mhz or there about) and sticks there. Disabling Cool & quiet in the bios should help. I suspect that the power saving features either have no driver under windows 98 or the function is …

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Re: do these games run on Windows 7?

Posted on 2018-07-02, 16:24

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by Koltoroc

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But specifically I'm wondering if the following games will run on Windows 7: -Golf It (a game I've seen Mangaminx and Markiplier do Lets Plays of, there doesn't really seem to be an old-school equivalent. Here's a link to Mark's LP ) -Megaman Legacy Collection 2 (for Mega Man 9 and 10 mainly) - …

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Re: Did AC adapters / Power supply change a lot in the last 20 years?

Posted on 2018-06-20, 23:44

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by Koltoroc

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many of those old bulky ones contain a transformer. Nowadays pretty much all are switching power supplies.

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Re: Are Sun Microsystems Ultra series computers good for Win9x gaming?

Posted on 2018-05-11, 03:30

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by Koltoroc

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except for some 2005 and later models, they are not even x86 based, they are based on sparc. Windows 9x will never run on those. You will need a unix type OS, like Solaris or linux to use those. They are pretty much worthless for gaming since they always were professional workstations that had no …

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Re: hacking the joystick/midi port

Posted on 2018-05-06, 13:04

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by Koltoroc

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Actually, force feedback joysticks used a completely digital bidirectional protocoll on a normal game port, and I don't think they switched the port to MIDI mode in order to do that. Any idea how? Last time I looked (many years ago) the port only had analogue and digital inputs, and power - no …

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Re: How to remove very stubbon thermal paste

Posted on 2018-04-27, 19:15

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by Koltoroc

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you also might have to remove the metal spacer on 9500-9800 series Radeon cards to get thermal contact with regular thermal paste. I have a 9700 pro, where that was an issue, the metal spacer is higher than the die.

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Re: What recent hardware has the best chance of becoming "retro" in the future?

Posted on 2018-04-21, 04:40

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by Koltoroc

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Does the 3D Blaster VLB go for over $~1500 on ebay because it's pre-(popular)internet? Or just because it's old and rare? I have a hard time thinking of something like that, released now, that I'd want to hold on to. Old and rare. There are only a handful of games that support it, 3-5 I believe. …

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Re: Which Older Rig?

Posted on 2018-04-19, 13:15

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by Koltoroc

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Looks like I will going the way of non-SLI for this setup and see how things go from there....I can always change over to SLI down the road, but for now, will go with the non SLI setup.... Would there be any real advantage to moving to a Phenom II X6 setup? The 1055T is about as high as I would go …

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Re: What recent hardware has the best chance of becoming "retro" in the future?

Posted on 2018-04-19, 04:02

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by Koltoroc

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Titans (minus the titan Z) are expensive for one simple reason right now: Crypto mining. It is not because of their ability to mine crypto currencies, they are way to inefficient to be profitable now, it is for the simple fact that most current higher end video cards are basically unobtainium for …

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Re: Is SoundBlaster Pci 128 any good for retro gaming?

Posted on 2018-04-19, 03:42

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by Koltoroc

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Well when i saw PhilsComputerLab video about this sound card, Doom audio wasn't right. Not surprising considering the OPL emulation of those cards is shit. Personally i don't consider any of this soundblaster 128-512 cards actual soundblaster cards. They are merely rebranded ensoniq audiopci chips. …

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Re: Which Older Rig?

Posted on 2018-04-19, 03:33

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by Koltoroc

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"Thanks for the info, helps out a lot...I dont think I want to deal with a bunch of issues I havent dealt with (SLI) when I want to start gaming....but a lot of the games I want to play appear to be SLI compatibile (lots of FPS), and with 8 GB being enough RAM, could I turn SLI on and off as I need …

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Re: Which Older Rig?

Posted on 2018-04-18, 22:31

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by Koltoroc

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Voodoo 2 SLI has absolutely nothing in common with nvidia SLI outside of the name. Some of the issues are SLI randomly not working despite being activated, sometimes being active despite being deactivated, microstutters, graphical issues and glitches when SLI acts up despite supposedly being …

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Re: Which Older Rig?

Posted on 2018-04-18, 22:17

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by Koltoroc

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if the games you want to play have an SLI profile the second one, if not the first one. More than 8GB of memory should not be a major factor for games of that time, SLI on the other hand can pose a bit of a headache if things don't work right. Either will do ultimately. Personally, I would likely go …

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Re: Is SoundBlaster Pci 128 any good for retro gaming?

Posted on 2018-04-18, 17:41

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by Koltoroc

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Doom is not made with the build engine, it is made with id tech 1 or better known as the, well, doom engine. Build is the direct competitor.

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Re: ATX to AT adapters, which one do I need and why?

Posted on 2018-04-17, 22:48

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by Koltoroc

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the dummy load is for the 3.3V rail. No AT motherboards have a 3.3V rail and some modern power supplies don't like being run without any load on the 3.3V rail (stability issues or undercurrent protection IIRC). In my experience -5V is not critical for pretty much anything outside of early sound …

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Re: What recent hardware has the best chance of becoming "retro" in the future?

Posted on 2018-04-17, 14:50

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by Koltoroc

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I'm kind of skeptical anything beyond PIII will ever be considered desireable. It's just too generic and boring. Do people even use desktops anymore? It seems like young people only use tablets and phones. Yeah, I remember the late 90s, 486 machines getting dumped because nobody believed anyone …

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