Re: Newly made ISA CGA cards with real 6845s?!

Posted on 2024-02-01, 11:14

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So these are appearing en-masse on eBay: https://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_nkw=ISA+6845 s-l500.jpg They seem to be using the same parts as the CGA part of Book8088, labelling and all, including real MC6845s. I've ordered one just out of curiosity. Only downside seems to be no composite output, …

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Re: Recommended boot manager for quad boot from single drive (DOS / Win 95 / Win 98SE / Win XP)

Posted on 2024-02-01, 11:05

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(As far as I can remember) plop can be run in black & white text mode and is one of the most fully featured and user friendly boot managers out there, so I don't quite see why you excluded it in the OP. That said, if you really want text only, GRUB.

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Re: Biostar MB-8433UUD-A

Posted on 2024-02-01, 09:41

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All I can say is my board also has an EEPROM. That said, if you disable Update ESCD on net bootup in BIOS it will help your pain until the EEPROMs arrive.

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Re: Pentium Pro Socket 8 CPU Cooler

Posted on 2024-02-01, 09:39

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nhattu1986 wrote on 2024-02-01, 09:27: Hi, it not actually AM2 cooler but CNPS 90 cooler that fit the socket 8 I think it from this thread. Unboxing a new Pentium Pro processor Well.. Wait, I actually have quite a few Chinese knockoffs of that thing lying about that I used on AM2/3 builds.. I need …

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Re: The Thousand Spinning Screamer - an all round mad Coppermine bench build.

Posted on 2024-02-01, 09:38

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Let's just say one of them has character 😁

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Re: The Thousand Spinning Screamer - an all round mad Coppermine bench build.

Posted on 2024-02-01, 08:44

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Channel Well is, as far as I can remember, an OEM producer that produced great units for brands like Corsair, I like their PSUs generally. I am also a fan of FSP for the same reason. People don't rate them highly but I think they are great. I have an FSP Hydro 600W in my Ryzen 5 5600X system and …

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Re: A beginner with a 386SX

Posted on 2024-02-01, 08:42

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You can also use Cutemouse which does not require an installer and has a very small memory footprint, it should be available to download on Phil's Computer Lab's resources/downloads page. Alternatively just google it, and download versions 1.9 and the 2.x betas. Try them all, some work better than …

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Re: Has anyone tried ArcaOS for retro gaming?

Posted on 2024-02-01, 07:22

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OS/2 was very weird. I mean, it didn't even know which clients to satisfy. The most true description perhaps was that of a "migration platform". OS/2 aimed at users with high demands of all kinds. Speed, stability, compatibility, multi-tasking.. And it did rather well for what it was. Its DOS and …

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Re: The Thousand Spinning Screamer - an all round mad Coppermine bench build.

Posted on 2024-02-01, 07:20

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I love it. I am planning to do the same build with a Radeon 9700PRO.. I need to find a matching Coppermine though, I only have mismatched pairs.

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Re: Pentium Pro Socket 8 CPU Cooler

Posted on 2024-02-01, 07:16

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Umm.. Are AM2 coolers compatible with Socket 8? I would think not.. Let me check.. EDIT: I can't seem to find Socket 8 dimensions anywhere online, the specification document by Intel seems to have disappeared..

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Re: Which graphics card for Pentium Pro build?

Posted on 2024-01-31, 14:33

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Windows NT 4.0 is my choice of OS on a single socket Pentium Pro. I'd go Windows 2000 if I had a dual socket board..

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Re: What is the best Windows 2000 sound card (that isn't Live/Audigy)?

Posted on 2024-01-31, 11:06

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kolderman wrote on 2024-01-31, 10:28: I like to use Hercules Game Theatre XP. Ah, so this was Hercules' CS4630 card, the competitor to the Santa Cruz. Amazing how all these Hercules cards completely flew under my radar!

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Re: What is the best Windows 2000 sound card (that isn't Live/Audigy)?

Posted on 2024-01-31, 10:03

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Shadzilla wrote on 2024-01-31, 08:34: I had a Hercules Fortissimo II back then which I quite liked. Might be worth looking into for something different. Interesting, card! I do not own this, but it looks very similar feature and quality-wise to the Terratec XFire 1024 (same chipset) and Turtle …

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones

Posted on 2024-01-31, 04:29

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Rawit wrote on 2024-01-30, 20:44: Does the S2 have a power or activity LED btw? Any sign that it is getting power? Nope.

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Re: What is the best Windows 2000 sound card (that isn't Live/Audigy)?

Posted on 2024-01-30, 21:33

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Maybe an Aureal Vortex card? It'd help if you clarified what you mean by "best". Feature set? Compatibility? SNR ratio? Nicest to look at? Doesn't Aureal Vortex have like, terrible WDM drivers? What I meant by 'best' in the context of a Win 2K system was having good SNR, some kind of spatial audio …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2024-01-30, 21:24

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Sure, it was meant to be an alternative to the Pentium, but since my other currently available option is this P100 Olivetti, the K5 is closer to a late 486 than a P100. Actually, the K5 has really nothing to do with a 486 (you may be mixing it up with the 5k86) and the PR133 is faster than the …

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Re: What is the best Windows 2000 sound card (that isn't Live/Audigy)?

Posted on 2024-01-30, 21:22

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I recall using a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz back in the day when 2000 was new. I always liked that card. It had solid sound quality. I'm not sure how all the caps on it have held up over the years though to put it in use today. I have one of these. I was actually considering the Santa Cruz (CS4630) or …

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What is the best Windows 2000 sound card (that isn't Live/Audigy)?

Posted on 2024-01-30, 15:41

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As per title, what do you consider to be the best Windows 2000 sound card (that isn't Live/Audigy)?

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Re: Biostar MB-8433UUD-A

Posted on 2024-01-30, 15:39

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A UV EPROM is not something the board can update you need an EEPROM?

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones

Posted on 2024-01-30, 10:41

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Have you tried running SoftMPU just in case?

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