Re: Fastest rig you have running winxp 32bit

Posted on 2019-11-08, 20:27

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by BeginnerGuy

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Can you run a core 2 quad your existing rig? I'm running a q6600 @ 3.6ghz w/ sli 9800GTX+. That machine runs games to 2010 with absolute ease. If i swap the 9800s for a GTX 260 it runs skyrim quite well at 1080p (512mb buffer on the 9800s is a bit weak for newer titles) Naturally my use case …

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Re: Late 90's hardware, is it worth it?

Posted on 2019-11-04, 18:54

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by BeginnerGuy

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I understand the allure of a voodoo. Especially with how prices just continue to climb, in another few years I may wish i grabbed one now. Just saying that for me the time of the voodoo was really in the pci days paired with a socket 7 Pentium roughly. By slot 1 I really wanted geforce/matrox cards, …

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Re: Late 90's hardware, is it worth it?

Posted on 2019-11-04, 18:09

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by BeginnerGuy

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I'd like to add since the video card suggestions are all for voodoo cards, they're overpriced to hell now on the order of 4x what you're paying for the pc to begin with and the list of games that only support glide for acceleration is small. I didn't have or care to have a voodoo2 or 3 in 99. I …

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Re: Could you give me advice on buying a new computer?

Posted on 2019-11-04, 05:51

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Another vote for a ryzen 3600 - 3700x here. Don't even have to go x570 if you don't want PCI-E 4, but be wary of bios support. As for GPU, that's the one part I've been sticking to buying used these days due to insane prices. Budget GPUs are leaving too much on the table for me performance wise, and …

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Re: Most user friendly Programming Language, Tools and IDE for developing software for DOS in 2019?

Posted on 2019-11-02, 17:51

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by BeginnerGuy

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I would suggest not worrying about language holy wars. It's a huge waste of time and a dead end argument. Use the tool that suits you. At its core programming is programming. A horrible algorithm in assembly is going to run slower than a great one in java. There is a pro and a con to any language, …

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Re: Is the risk from static damage overblown?

Posted on 2019-11-02, 17:26

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by BeginnerGuy

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Since this is vogons I'd say not so much, old hardware is far more prone to damage from ESD. I would suggest not rubbing your socks on the carpet and then touching your 286 board.. :p... Still not easy to pull off, but if you're tinkering with hardware every day, eventually you could break something …

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Re: Most user friendly Programming Language, Tools and IDE for developing software for DOS in 2019?

Posted on 2019-10-31, 04:00

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by BeginnerGuy

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Reading the replies here to this thread makes me feel like the real odd-ball. :P I absolutely refuse to code for DOS or Win3.1/Win9x on a modern computer. I always aim to use era-appropriate tools. Which for DOS means I'm writing code either in the Turbo Pascal 7 IDE or writing C code with Watcom …

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Re: Request for 3 NEW forum categories.

Posted on 2019-10-30, 23:00

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Probably better off creating one under Magrathea and seeing how much it's used before creating more. Not sure if a vogons name like "Slartibartfast" or "Magratheans" or something boring like Development Totally with this. Also re 3d printing, I don't think that's much of a topic here warranting …

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Re: NVME and the chassis HDD LED activity light

Posted on 2019-10-30, 22:10

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I'm using an M.2 SSD (crucial mx500) with it's own (annoyingly orange - I taped over it) LED. It blinks very often and does NOT even closely resemble the pattern I see on my hdd activity LED connected to the motherboard (aorus x570 pro), which almost never blinks. I was just figuring those activity …

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SB Live [5.1] Joy Midi Question

Posted on 2019-10-30, 20:27

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by BeginnerGuy

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I'm trying to decide what I want to stuff in my Tualatin rig and I'm getting conflicting information about these cards regarding the joy/midi port. I'm aware it can't be done in DOS mode, or likely cannot. I'm only interested in 9x. I understand the alternatives, I'm specifically asking about the SB …

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Re: Is there anybody left on this forum that still has an AM5x86 that will do 200mhz?

Posted on 2019-10-30, 18:45

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by BeginnerGuy

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Hehe I'll take a few 486 DX69s too :p.. while were at it make a fresh chipset and board capable of hugely faster bus and memory transfers. Great dream but can't be done financially...yet.... maybe in another 25 years we'll be able to 3d print transistors on a scale of nanometers and make hobby …

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Re: Most user friendly Programming Language, Tools and IDE for developing software for DOS in 2019?

Posted on 2019-10-28, 19:50

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by BeginnerGuy

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This will end up being a fairly subjective thread... All we can tell you is what tools we use honestly. I think a good starting point based on your requirements would be DJGPP and just write the code in whatever IDE/text editor floats your boat on your modern computer. If DJGPP sounds bad then maybe …

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Re: Retro machines usefulness/connectivity thread

Posted on 2019-10-23, 19:48

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by BeginnerGuy

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keenmaster486 wrote: Warlord wrote: I have a copy of dosrdp, idk if anyone ever heard about it, but you can connect to 2000 or xp with RDP from dos. What?! I did not know that existed. Is that something you could share here? https://www.softpedia.com/get/Others/Miscella … us/DOSRDP.shtml I believe …

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Re: What to do when Windows 7 support ends in a few weeks time?

Posted on 2019-10-22, 23:10

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I wouldn't panic about it either. Software just doesn't stop working for the hell of it. Cheap and cheerful works for me wrt the internet. My 286 is my primary irc box and anyone is quite welcome to hack in to that. Dedicated subnets at home is a good idea and keeping an image of your daily drivers …

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Re: What to do when Windows 7 support ends in a few weeks time?

Posted on 2019-10-22, 20:47

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I think the cargo cult surrounding EOS operating systems is a bit extreme. I'm no network security specialist, but ... I still browse and fool around on WFW, 9x, xp, etc and nothing evil has ever happened to me, and I browse into random corners of the net and click on stupid things often. I've been …

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Re: What case do you prefer?

Posted on 2019-10-22, 17:02

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by BeginnerGuy

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Hard to say. Can't give a concrete answer as to which I prefer overall Right now im enjoying a horizontal AT clone case with a 286.. it stands apart from anything modern since horizontal has been mostly abandoned for decades. Its also taking up less desk space since the monitor goes on top of the …

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Re: 286 Tinkering - What Crystals?

Posted on 2019-10-22, 05:22

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by BeginnerGuy

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One thing to keep in mind is that changing the CPU clock will likely change the ISA bus speed and ram timing. At 24Mhz /2 for cpu and /3 for ISA so going to 32Mhz (for say a Harris 16mhz cpu) will put the ISA at 10.6 which most GOOD vid and IDE cards should handle but you would probably have to add …

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Re: 286 Tinkering - What Crystals?

Posted on 2019-10-21, 21:19

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by BeginnerGuy

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Board is 100% working, I'm using it right now. It wasn't populated in the image with CPU/Bios/etc because Liqmat was cleaning it at the time :P What could possibly go wrong replacing the clock crystal? I have years of experience soldering.. if it's through hole it's a quick and easy job. I'll even …

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286 Tinkering - What Crystals?

Posted on 2019-10-21, 20:58

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by BeginnerGuy

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Looking to have some fun with the 286 board (pictured below, in working condition running at 12mhz). Now, I don't know squat about crystal oscillators or their standard packages. I'm just now beginning to transition to the study of these components (rather than just blindly soldering and trusting …

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Sound Blaster Extigy ..software?

Posted on 2019-10-21, 06:45

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by BeginnerGuy

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So I unearthed a USB Sound Blaster Extigy but can't for the life of me find the CD it came with. The only drivers on creatives website for it are update files that say they require previous drivers. I've even tried going as far as checking torrent websites, where I did come across a few ISOs but …

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