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

Posted on 2020-02-12, 09:36

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by appiah4

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derSammler wrote on 2020-02-12, 09:33: Cleaned and tested two of my Zip drives only to find that apparently all my Zip100 disks are no longer working... I keep my ZIP drives around and/or on builds for cosmetic reasons only..

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-02-12, 09:35

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A UK seller was selling a bunch ofRage 128 Pro SDR 32MB PCI cards not long ago so I grabbed one, it only recently arrived at my door. It would be great for Socket 7 K6-2 builds. The only PCI card that I need/want now is a Savage4. (I can't post the photo because the new site has issues with images …

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Re: Welcome to the updated VOGONS

Posted on 2020-02-12, 09:33

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I can't post images with the word RAGE in the name, for some reason; the error I get is: "Reaction image posts are off-topic on VOGONS." I am simply trying to post the image of an ATI Rage 128 recent purchase..

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Re: Advice on making a stable VLB build

Posted on 2020-02-12, 08:47

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If you keep the bus frequency at <= 33MHz then you shouldn't have issues getting 2 or 3 VLB cards running at the same time without the need for adding wait states or delays. For 40MHz YMMV, sometimes you can use it without adding wait states, sometimes you can't, depends on the cards. But keep in …

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Re: Best video cards for Athlon XP 2000+

Posted on 2020-02-12, 08:44

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I initially played HL2 on a Palomino 2000+ with a Radeon 9600PRO and it ran OK-ish at 800x600. It won't run smoothly short of Athlon64 class CPUs and Radeon 9800Pro class GPU, and even then probably not above 1024x768. I never played GTA3 (or any other GTA games post GTA2 to be honest) but from what …

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Re: Best video cards for Athlon XP 2000+

Posted on 2020-02-12, 08:05

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Personally, on anything below a 2000+ I go with a Radeon 8500/9100. For 2500+ and beyond, the 9700/9800 are no brainers. With Socket 754 I go with an X800 or an X1950. I don't like nVidia much if you couldn't tell. 😁

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Socket 7 Motherboard (ZIDA 5STX) PS/2 Header does not work in DOS. Help needed

Posted on 2020-02-12, 07:16

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by appiah4

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It's a 5 pin header, I have a 5 pin PS/2 bracket, the pinout is correct (I have checked it with a multimeter against the motherboard manual) - yet when I plug in an optical PS/2 BIOS I initially get the red light under the mouse to turn on briefly, for a second or so, before it shuts off again, and …

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Re: Best video cards for Athlon XP 2000+

Posted on 2020-02-11, 15:01

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imi wrote on 2020-02-11, 14:41: XP 2000+ seems a bit weak for those. Yeah try to go for a Barton 2500+ and Radeon 9700/9800 for those.

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Re: The Budget 1997 MS-DOS & OS/2 Warp (and now Linux) PC.

Posted on 2020-02-11, 15:00

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amadeus777999 wrote on 2020-02-11, 14:40: What modules can be connected to the wavetable header? The K5 is fantastic cpu - really liked it when playing Doom. I am currently using a Dreamblaster S2, and enjoying its MT32 emulation in Monkey Island which sounds surprisingly tolerable to be honest.

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Re: Best video cards for Athlon XP 2000+

Posted on 2020-02-11, 14:03

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by appiah4

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Really depends on what you want to play.

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

Posted on 2020-02-11, 13:25

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by appiah4

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Finally finished my PC parts collection gallery except for my PC build photos which I really need to get around to some day. That sure took a long time.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-02-11, 10:13

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by appiah4

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Socket 370 100MHz FSB Pentium 1GHz are not that uncommon, you just need a decent Slotket adapter for those.

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Re: What should I build with this case ?

Posted on 2020-02-11, 09:25

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by appiah4

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You should mod that into a wine cooler.

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Re: The Budget 1997 MS-DOS & OS/2 Warp (and now Linux) PC.

Posted on 2020-02-11, 08:03

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by appiah4

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Initial video capture testing is a total failure, I have inquired about other peoples' experiences with Rage AIW cards in another thread but apparently my card does not output Video Out through its A/V Out breakout in MS-DOS, it probably needs to be initialized through drivers in Windows? Or maybe …

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Help requested from fellow ATI All-In-Wonder/PRO (Rage/Rage Pro) Owners

Posted on 2020-02-11, 06:57

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I have this card, and I am using a homemade breakout cable to get S-Video out from it. Except, I can't seem to get any video whatsoever in MS-DOS. The cable was made according to these pinouts and I triple checked it to make sure it is correct: https://pinouts.ru/Audio-Video-Hardware/ati_vidinput_ …

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

Posted on 2020-02-11, 04:51

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by appiah4

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Try DOSMID 😀

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Re: Indy256 and Monkey Island speed patches don't work for AMD K5?

Posted on 2020-02-10, 22:30

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I'd be more than happy to have fully patched executables for INDY256 and MONKEY (VGA) 😀 Monkey2 has no problems, as you pointed out. I haven't tried LOOM out but that will probably also have issues..

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Re: Help needed with repairing missing capacitor on SiS6326 PCI video card

Posted on 2020-02-10, 22:28

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by appiah4

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I soldered on the capacitor and it solved nothing. I guess the card is a lost cause but thanks for all the help regardless.

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Re: 386sx Setup and Build

Posted on 2020-02-10, 13:39

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Ultima Underworld is certainly not playable on a 386SX25 (no cache) using ANY settings unless your definition of playable is a stuttering slideshow.. Just because it's not locked at 144fps doesn't mean it's unplayable. Sure it's a bit sluggish on Marty (and lowering detail level helps a lot) but by …

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Re: Is ST486DX2-80GS cpu a cyrix cpu?

Posted on 2020-02-10, 11:45

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My understanding is integer performance of Cyrix 486 is a little worse than Intel, while floating point is a little stronger. Funny, I remember it being the other way around. Quake performance was definitely worse on my 6x86 than on my friend's P120 setup… He is specifically talking about the 486 …

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