Re: 3dfx Voodoo Banshee (Guillemot Maxi Gamer Phoenix) Issues

Posted on 2020-02-24, 13:00

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Does (1) happen with both the 3dfx and the Guillemot drivers? 32-bit only adds an 8-bit alpha channel, which kind of explains why you get that issue with highlighted text. The alpha channel is used in that case. Probably the drivers are buggy, which also is in line with it working when reducing …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-02-24, 11:58

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imi wrote on 2020-02-24, 11:40: the ISA slot and pins around the battery seem fine, so it seems to be very localized still, but nasty ^^ should be able to clean that off Not sure, that looks like it may have eaten through those ISA voltage lanes between the battery and the slots. Hope not, but it …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2020-02-24, 08:00

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They weren't comnon things in my childhood and certainly not the kind of stuff you could get game manuals etc. photocopied on pocket allowance which was barely enough to get a couple pirated games every other weekend :) I understand, but that doesn't change the fact that I got those exact wheels …

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

Posted on 2020-02-24, 07:37

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To extend konc's post, I also did some mono stuff today, if only to move the monitor onto the shelf (temporarily, everything will move soon enough anyhow to another room) https://i.imgur.com/UdCwUn6.jpg I also got myself an NEC Multisync 2A, and "upgraded" my speakers to Yamaha 2.1's. I had …

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Re: Hello, World! :D - Robert B's PC builds - oogle away freely :)

Posted on 2020-02-24, 07:26

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Update that Banshee's BIOS to 10.00.10-SG 😉

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Re: Article "The Sound Blaster Story" History of Creative Labs & Interview with its founder/CEO

Posted on 2020-02-24, 07:24

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Creative were no saints but they were no more the devil compared to any other tech companies in the 90s, it was a wild west of dog eat dog competition. Bill Gates is one of the people I respect the most today, but he was a completely different man 30 years ago.

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Re: Welcome to the updated VOGONS

Posted on 2020-02-24, 07:21

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I have complained about the Oldstyle Numerals many times but it doesn't seem to be recognized as an issue In the meantime you can install Stylish and fix it manually.

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3dfx Voodoo Banshee (Guillemot Maxi Gamer Phoenix) Issues

Posted on 2020-02-24, 07:17

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I have this card: https://i.postimg.cc/25RRFsn4/3dfx-Voodoo-Banshee-Guillemot-Maxi-Gamer-Phoenix.jpg I have it installed in a Windows 98SE system on a PA-2013 Rev2.0 motherboard. It works perfectly fine aside from three weird quirks: 1. Whenever I have 32-bit colors on desktop I have stupid text …

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

Posted on 2020-02-21, 20:45

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texterted wrote on 2020-02-21, 19:04: Well, if you can do better? You know where Youtube is. I'll look forward to your content. Oh, really? Now it takes being able to do it better to criticize something?

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Re: AMD K5 vs Cyrix 6x86MX in Quake

Posted on 2020-02-21, 20:44

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Thank you that explains everything perfectly; I would probably get around 15% more fps in Quake, and it would probably also have a much better ALU performance otherwise as well.. It's probably not worth paying money to get a 6x86MX CPU then. My K5 drops down to around a 386DX40 w/ cache levels of …

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Voodoo Banshee JP1 Jumper Block - What does it do?

Posted on 2020-02-21, 20:40

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I have four different Banshee cards but this one is strange in that it has a JP1 jumper block that I have no idea what it does: The card came jumpered as shown, does anyone know what that jumper does?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-02-21, 17:37

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Oh wow it costs 20 EUR and they call themselves cheap? :S Probably not a huge mark-up. The ONLY way to get cheaper would be to have a massive quantity manufactured. I mean, how many people have that exact machine that they need that adapter for - plugs into the IDE port and lays against the …

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

Posted on 2020-02-21, 17:36

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I was hoping Phil's videos would evolve into more in depth and informative content like the stuff HighTreason makes (and I wish he would make more of them..) but it really devolved into.. weirdness for lack of a better definition..

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AMD K5 vs Cyrix 6x86MX in Quake

Posted on 2020-02-21, 17:33

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In trying to gauge the performance of a K5-PR166 vs a 6x86MX-PR233 in Quake I turned to Thandor.net's benchmarks. According to Thandor.net a K5-PR166 on a 430VX motherboard scores 24.4 fps vs a 6x86MX-PR233 scoring 29.5 fps on an Aladdin V motherboard (+20,9%). The motherboard apparently plays a …

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Re: Bought 2 motherboards, both do exactly the same (nothing)

Posted on 2020-02-21, 13:48

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No RAM or RAM in wrong bank will give you nothing but memory error beeps.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-02-21, 13:48

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Oh wow it costs 20 EUR and they call themselves cheap? 😖

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Re: Yamaha YMF7x4 Guide

Posted on 2020-02-21, 07:11

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YMFIRQ does not work for me on my Compaq Deskpro EN-SFF, the IRQ is hard stuck at 5 and I just roll with it.

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Re: Any users of non-popular (lesser known) vintage computers around ?

Posted on 2020-02-21, 07:09

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My first computer was an ATARI 800XL in 1987 and I have incredibly fond memories of it. I was 7 years old at the time and I learned programming in BASIC an parallel with learning to read and write, so writing code on an ATARI 800XL was one of the first things I learned to write in general. I did not …

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Re: What is your oldest OEM computer ? - ( Challenge ).

Posted on 2020-02-21, 07:05

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For me, it's this:

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Re: Compact Flash Card Help (sorry, I've looked and looked)

Posted on 2020-02-21, 07:03

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Maybe. If the vintage computer uses CHS (~512MB max) or "Large" (E-CHS; 8GB max) for the CF card, the Win10 machine with LBA may not able to detect things correctly. And vice versa. Exactly my point above. For cards that have been configured on a retro PC with no LBA support, a modern PC will …

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