Re: Post photos of your Rarest or Unique computers or components.
Posted on 2019-04-25, 12:20
Asks people to post their stuff. Posts stock images. 😵
Re: HW for Pentium 166 Mhz
Posted on 2019-04-24, 13:28
Other than the 2D improvement you won't get much 3D mileage out of the permedia 2.. Have you looked into getting an ATI Rage Pro/Turbo PCI? They are fairly cheap and do around Vooodoo 1 levels of acceleration.
Re: What are the best games to showcase a V2 SLI setup?
Posted on 2019-04-20, 19:23
Freespace 2 running at 1024x768 blew my mind when I got my Voodoo 3 3000 in 2000 so I guess it was similarly mind blowing for an SLI setup in 1999.
Re: Is anyone aware of the Casio SW-10 Softsynth for Win9x?
Posted on 2019-04-20, 19:19
OK guys, I was impatient so I solved the problem myself. :) I had to fumble around the Windows, System and Inf directories for a couple of turns (installs, uninstalls, reboots) but in the end managed to find all the necessary files for the installation of the standalone softsynth. (Thank you …
Re: Socket 370 or 462 - what would be the best choice
Posted on 2019-04-20, 12:00
Yeah just install a 1GHz CPU in there and it would work.
Re: Socket 370 or 462 - what would be the best choice
Posted on 2019-04-20, 08:04
If it supports coppermine 133mhz voltage and fsb-wise then it theoretically supports them all as they are multiplier locked.
Re: HIS X1950 Pro issues
Posted on 2019-04-20, 08:02
Deiver then directx is the way to go. Reinstall directx?
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-04-19, 09:58
I have a Kyro card but no Kyro II, sounds like a very fun card for P3 etc. systems 😀
Re: Chips & Technologies F64300 VLB vga question
Posted on 2019-04-19, 08:37
Do you know how this card compares to CL-GD542X cards? I have to pick between this and a 2MB CL-GD5428 for my 486 build 😀 Is the 2MB upgrade on either card of any use for a 486 PC?
Re: Chips & Technologies F64300 VLB vga question
Posted on 2019-04-19, 08:24
I also happen to own a similar card: I always thought the empty sockets were for 1MB to 2MB upgrade? U guess the U7A and U14 are for the XRAM upgrade but on my card they are not socketed or populated..
Do Socket7/Win9x systems benefit from 64MB+ RAM
Posted on 2019-04-19, 08:10
An issue most Socket 7 chipsets is that they can't cache more than 64MB RAM and unless you allocate the rest as RAMDISK this actually hinders performance in most cases. This is a known and established case. This has led me to chase Super 7 motherboards and K6-2+/K6-III+ CPUs like unicorns for the …
Re: Socket 370 or 462 - what would be the best choice
Posted on 2019-04-19, 06:20
Interesting, I hadn't realised XP chips could undervolt so well. That certainly makes them even more attractive. Does anyone know if Bartons can run on KT133A motherboards that support T-breds? I realise they're not officially supported, since they normally run at 333/400 MHz FSB while motherboards …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2019-04-18, 13:47
Jed118 wrote: Just for the copper? Wow, this guy would lose his mind if he saw the amount of heavy duty power cables we simply throw out every week. Copper prices are roughly 4 times what they were in 2000; dollar terms 400% return in 20 years is pretty neat.. Don't you wish you had saved them …
Re: minimum ram to get win95 running?
Posted on 2019-04-18, 12:31
root42 wrote: OS/2 Warp 3 ran on 4 MiB of RAM. Well, run is probably an exaggeration. 8 MiB was definitely much better. I ran Warp 3 on my 8MB DX33 for a year before upgrading to a DX4, it was flawless. I operated a BBS on it too. Warp 3 was a fantastic OS..
Re: SIS6305 16MB PCI
Posted on 2019-04-18, 11:45
The Serpent Rider wrote: "High performance PCI Graphics Accelerator" *chuckles* Never saw a product that advertised itself as 'For Suckers!' on the box, so what do you expect?
Re: List of games you'd choose to play on V2 SLI over any other graphics subsystem
Posted on 2019-04-18, 10:59
I strongly doubt there are any games that you would rather play on a V2 SLI than on a V3.
Re: Socket 370 or 462 - what would be the best choice
Posted on 2019-04-18, 09:42
If you want to go Socket 462 Gigabyte GA-7VX is a mATX board with ISA.
Re: minimum ram to get win95 running?
Posted on 2019-04-18, 09:40
It ran acceptably well on a 486DX4 with 8MB RAM at the time.
Re: Cirrus Logic CL-GD5429 vs Trident 8900D - disappointing
Posted on 2019-04-18, 07:22
This is my 8900D with 1MB RAM; it's a very fast card indeed. For reference in case anyone is hunting for something similar:
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-04-18, 07:17
Saw this for 2 bucks so I impulse-purchased it.. I had never seen the AFK part number before, turns out this is a Mobile K6-2P processor. Can anyone tell me what if anything makes it special?
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