Re: On "time-accuracy," and whether it's worth it.

Posted on 2019-11-28, 09:48

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by appiah4

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One thing I never understood with these period correct builds: a part becomes available (=gets released at a crazy price and in a specific country) on some date and Bill Gate's son and his friends buy it. Why is it considered period correct when the majority only saw/bought it maybe a year later, …

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Re: What music are you listening to?

Posted on 2019-11-28, 08:27

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Anonymous Coward wrote: I normally just listen to late 70s/80's New Wave, 80's Hair/Glam Metal or Alternative. Oh, Girlschool may just be up your alley..

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Re: What music are you listening to?

Posted on 2019-11-28, 08:10

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by appiah4

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Discovered Girlschool while at gym the other day. Kind of hooked.

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Re: Athlon XP build suggestions

Posted on 2019-11-28, 07:53

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by appiah4

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I think that InWin A500 is a beauty in simplicity but requires a THOROUGH cleaning..

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2019-11-28, 07:18

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Slowly expanding my MS-DOS Flight Sim collection.. Really happy to finally own this game, it was one of my most beloved flight sims of the time and actually ran fine on OS/2 if I remember correctly.

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Re: Voodoo 3 "baking"?

Posted on 2019-11-28, 07:10

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by appiah4

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Some questions: 1. Are there corruptions in BIOS or in real DOS mode, ie. without loading any Windows drivers? 2. Have you tried booting something like a live linux distro such as Puppy Linux 4.1.2 Retro to see if that works fine? 3. Is this a clean Windows install or was there a different graphics …

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Re: On "time-accuracy," and whether it's worth it.

Posted on 2019-11-28, 05:46

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by appiah4

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Its a hobby. Its your hobby. Whatever gives you more gratification is whatever matters. You do you.

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Re: Mini ATX motherboards for old PC?

Posted on 2019-11-28, 02:55

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Pabloz wrote: i have one of these SOYO and i love it […] Show full quote i have one of these SOYO and i love it 440bx , agp, pci, isa and supports up to 600mhz only pentium3 its my main pentium3 retro pc. That is baby AT though not mATX.

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

Posted on 2019-11-27, 21:22

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by appiah4

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Flashed my VIA Epia with the latest BIOS, it still doesn't want to POST with GeForce 2MX PCI. Borrowed an S3 Savage4 PCI - doesn't POST either. POSTs with a Trio 64. Very bizarre. The only thing GeForce 2MX and Savage4 have in common is that they're initially AGP chips and there's some sort of …

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Re: Is a fast 486 (DX4-100) fast enough for OS/2 Warp 4?

Posted on 2019-11-27, 21:19

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by appiah4

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Those requirements are highly suspect, there is no way a desktop OS in 1996 could require 1GB of hard disk space..

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Is a fast 486 (DX4-100) fast enough for OS/2 Warp 4?

Posted on 2019-11-27, 20:25

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by appiah4

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I used Warp 3 with a DX33 andlater a DX4-100 back in the day. I firmly remember it performing perfectly well on 486 CPUs, but I never used 486 hardware for Warp 4. If I remember correctly, I had moved onto a Pentium by the time I moved on to Warp 4. So my question is, is a fast DX4 fast enough for …

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Re: Voodoo 3 vs Banshee (wrt Glide compatibility)

Posted on 2019-11-27, 13:03

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by appiah4

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That's a bummer..

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-27, 12:53

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bjwil1991 wrote: Didn't some of the AT cases use those for the front power switch? Those look like the ones IBM used for years.

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Voodoo 3 vs Banshee (wrt Glide compatibility)

Posted on 2019-11-27, 11:18

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by appiah4

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For a Super Socket 7 system, is the Banshee a better AGP choice wrt Glide compatibility? I would assume it would be more compatible with Voodoo 1/2 Glide games that would be relevant for the platform?

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Re: Issues with ESS1869 in IBM PC 350 Type 6581

Posted on 2019-11-27, 09:26

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by appiah4

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You can call ESSCFG from Autoexec.bat before SET BLASTER and it still retains the previous PnP configuration. No, you can't, since ESSCFG does not even work when the card is in PnP mode... Please learn the difference between using the card in non-PnP mode using ESSCFG and having the card set up by …

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Re: cuv4x-c and Pentium 3 1ghz socket won't fit

Posted on 2019-11-27, 09:09

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by appiah4

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Well, I tried to bend it with my credit card (Heard it also works too) and it still doesn't fit. also I realized the bent parts actually fit but the another half of my cpu won't (see picture, it doesn't fit and you can see the pins there) Check the pins along that edge for bents. Then try to mount …

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Re: Issues with ESS1869 in IBM PC 350 Type 6581

Posted on 2019-11-27, 09:06

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by appiah4

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@appiah4: Did you read what you actually posted? Of course it has storage for Plug and Play data , otherwise the card could not work in a PnP system. At least I was talking about ESSCFG, which is for non-PnP mode and there is no EEPROM to store the settings made with ESSCFG! That is not how ESSCFG …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-27, 08:46

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I have never been into SCSI and especially for PCI stuff I really fail to see the point considering how easy it is to get an ATA-100 or SATA controller for that bus. For ISA, I can see the appeal, but for PCI, is it really there? Completely agree, but you start getting into vintage servers and want …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-27, 08:29

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I have never been into SCSI and especially for PCI stuff I really fail to see the point considering how easy it is to get an ATA-100 or SATA controller for that bus. For ISA, I can see the appeal, but for PCI, is it really there?

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Re: cuv4x-c and Pentium 3 1ghz socket won't fit

Posted on 2019-11-27, 08:14

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Yeah, it is much less noticeable from the top-dowh photo but from an angle you can see they are slightly bent left or right. You don't need a 'tool' to do the job, just get a modeling knife and use the blade to make sure every pin on every row horizontally and vertically are parallel to each other. …

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