Re: 3dfx Voodoo 1 and 75 MHz FSB
Posted on 2020-04-13, 20:37
havli wrote on 2020-04-13, 19:07: What CPU do you run on the TX board? I remember faster versions of K6 to cause troubles with Voodoo Graphics. Cyrix 6x86MX PR233
Strange AT PSU Problem
Posted on 2020-04-13, 12:31
I am using a NOS AT PSU in a new build, and I am having intermittent troubles with it. I know there are some people here who are very good at dealing with PSUs, so I was hoping someone could help. The issue happens intermittently, most often after I open the case to tinker with its innards but very …
Re: Falcosoft Soundfont Midi Player + Munt VSTi + BassMidi VSTi
Posted on 2020-04-13, 09:19
There are ways to fix these cables if you have the components and soldering skills, do a search on Google. I looked into it at one point but bought a second hand M-Audio UNO instead and never looked back.
Re: 3dfx Voodoo 1 and 75 MHz FSB
Posted on 2020-04-13, 09:17
Nobody can answer your question with so little data. So toss a coin. If you want to troubleshoot this properly: get another board (430VX for example) and test your Voodoo I on both with 66 and 75 FSB. Apologies if it sounds like I wanted someone to troubleshoot it for me - I just wanted to know if …
Re: 3dfx Voodoo 1 and 75 MHz FSB
Posted on 2020-04-13, 09:11
Meaning?.. It may or may not run on 75MHz? What does that depend on?
Re: Windows 2000 20th Anniversary Client/server build
Posted on 2020-04-13, 09:11
As a sidenote, could someone enlighten me as to what XP can do that 2000 can not? I refused to switch to XP Bloat all the way until 2007/2006 or thereabouts and directly moved to Windows 7 Betas from that in 2008/2009, and I never felt like I missed out on anything..
Re: The comprehensive list of all modern reproductions of vintage sound cards
Posted on 2020-04-13, 08:55
That's actually pretty good for the price..
3dfx Voodoo 1 and 75 MHz FSB
Posted on 2020-04-13, 08:54
I tried to use a 3dfx Voodoo card on a 430TX motherboard running at 75MHz FSB yesterday and when I tried to run GLQuake (using latest 3dfx drivers and various MiniGL drivers from 1.0 to 1.47) all I got was a black-screen soft crash with all of them. The card was known to work on a 430VX motherboard …
Re: OPL3LPT : OPL3 FM Synthesis on parallel port
Posted on 2020-04-12, 19:53
Do they not sound exactly the same. Is not the only difference that the OPL3 has stereo?, and when using OPL2 games, will not the sound be the same? OPL3 has more voices, but is 100% backwards compatible. However, with Adlib/OPL2 you actually can't have the same amount of polyphony as OPL3, so it …
Re: OPL3LPT : OPL3 FM Synthesis on parallel port
Posted on 2020-04-12, 05:06
Jinxter wrote on 2020-04-11, 19:20: matze79 wrote on 2020-04-11, 19:08: Yeah opl2lpt rocks! Great Device!!! It there any reason so choose the OPL2LPT over the OPL3LPT? Price maybe, also authentic OPL2 if you want adlib sound.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-04-11, 17:34
I've messed around with OS/2 Warp 4 at length and brought the kernel up to Warp 4.5 level and ultimately wiped it clean. I had a few reasons; first, Warp 4 was not an OS I was nostalgic to begin with as I was a Warp 3 user primarily, and second it did not grow on me as I thought it would. So in the …
Re: G550 info
Posted on 2020-04-11, 07:00
DX6/7 in particular was a very fluid transition and I know of few DX7 gamed that wont run on DX6 hardware. DX8 was a different beast.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-04-10, 12:10
buff wrote on 2020-04-10, 11:59: Who was the reseller? Looks nice It's local..
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-04-10, 11:58
Got myself a modern white ATX case from a distressed importer for around $15; I will be building a reverse-sleeper Windows 2000/98 dual boot build in it. https://i.postimg.cc/nC8Y9Jnj/ATX-Case-2-01.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/Yh1N1sSX/ATX-Case-2-03.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/Xr4fxkGn/ATX-Case-2-02.jpg Do …
Re: Modem usage
Posted on 2020-04-10, 07:15
jmarsh wrote on 2020-04-10, 04:12: In rare cases you can connect two modems directly and tell them not to rely on dialtone being present but it's not guaranteed to work at all. There's really no advantage compared to a null modem connection.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-04-10, 06:38
kolderman wrote on 2020-04-09, 22:39: Industrial CF cards are the way to go. I have several used ones and they have been rock solid and stable. Branded cards such as Kingston, Sandisk are also good IME; just don't rely on Chinese knock off products.
Re: ESS AudioDrive (ES1868) - a surprisingly good ISA sound card
Posted on 2020-04-10, 06:31
ES1869 is basically ES1868 with an integrated 3D Spatializer. It requires different drivers but it is virtually the same chip otherwise. Your card lacks a joystick port, wavetable header and an IDE connector but for basic SB Pro compatibility, decent PCM audio and ESFM music it is a decent card.
Duke3D 640x480 hardware requirements?
Posted on 2020-04-09, 18:27
What does it take to run Duke3D at 640x480? Fast ALU? Fast FPU? Fast VGA? On a whim I ran it on my Cyrix 6x86MX PR233 and Matrox Millennium and it seemed to run perfectly to my amazement. I always thought this game requirred PII and beyond for VESA modes so what gives? Was I wrong?
Re: VGA Capture Thread
Posted on 2020-04-08, 08:25
Did you get this from AliExpress? Do you have any capture samples you can share? Does it automatically upscale, or can that be turned off or set to integer scaling?
Re: Windows 2000 20th Anniversary Client/server build
Posted on 2020-04-07, 15:52
Windows 2000 is my favorite Windows release ever. It has compatibility with most 98SE games and most XP games, is as solid as XP and runs on a lot leaner hardware. It is also rock solid. Windows 2000 / RedHat Linux dual boot was what I lived on until Windows 7 was released. (Ok, I cheated, I used XP …
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