Re: Voodoo 2 SLI and 1024x768

Posted on 2018-09-18, 11:25

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by appiah4

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From what I've heard running a Voodoo II on anything over a PIII 550 makes them run incredibly hot. It seems the faster the CPU, the more it heats up. I think you are confused. The CPU speed has no impact on a VooDoo II card's operating frequency. However, if one was to overclock the PCI bus out of …

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Requesting scan of MS-DOS 6.2 install disks

Posted on 2018-09-18, 11:23

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by appiah4

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I want to get original labels printed for my MS DOS 6.2.. I have an authentic copy with manual and cerrificate but disks are missing so I want to make my copies as accurate a replica as possible.. If anyone has them, scans or high quality photos would be great..

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PC Speaker specifications?

Posted on 2018-09-18, 08:01

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by appiah4

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I'll need to replace the PC Speaker on a few systems, what voltage, wattage and impedence should I be looking at for the replacement part?

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Re: Endurance: ISA vs. PCI ?

Posted on 2018-09-18, 07:06

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by appiah4

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High temp will cause electron migration in the GPU and will short out sooner or later plus you are heating the board (RAM) and caps which shorten their life as well. Thermal cycling will affect the BGA solder more then the chip itself. Operating within normal temperature will not shorten the life …

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

Posted on 2018-09-18, 06:29

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by appiah4

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If it is not the RAM, the only thing I can think of being the problem is the CPU itself. It is a P2 "Deschutes" 333MHz CPU, which, when I first installed it, I happened to not change the jumper settings on the motherboard, which beforehand was set for a P2 "Klamath" 300MHz CPU. :( It is possible …

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

Posted on 2018-09-18, 06:24

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If I had an A2000 I would be buying shit for it nonstop lol. I know the thought dude.... I know it. And because they are just a tad too expensive for my pocket, I have bought a lot of upgrades for my Amiga500. Well... One of the two I own. It is not an Amiga300, yet on paper, my 500 should become …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-09-17, 15:34

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MrEWhite wrote: oeuvre wrote: Do people really need RGB RAM? I only got my RGB RAM because it was the cheapest of the speed I needed at the time 🙁 I would pay a premium to buy non rgp at this point..

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-09-17, 13:55

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by appiah4

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oeuvre wrote: Do people really need RGB RAM? Do people really need RGB *anything*?

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Re: Lucky Star 5mvp3 rev 4.1

Posted on 2018-09-17, 12:09

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by appiah4

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Have you tried removing everything on the PCI bus? Have you tried Clear ESCD option?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-09-17, 10:28

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by appiah4

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Wat?....

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Re: K8T800 and DDR compatibility? (Was: ASUS K8V-MX No Post)

Posted on 2018-09-17, 10:10

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by appiah4

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I'm going to take a wild chance and say all four DDR sticks I tried in these motherboards were faulty to begin with, so I am going to order two more sticks of 1GB DDR400 for this build. Another part of me is still worried that there is a strange RAM density compatibility issue here.. I've read …

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

Posted on 2018-09-17, 08:41

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by appiah4

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Then I tried to power it on and got the insert disk screen. Oh snap, I was biting my nails up until this point! Glad to hear you got to the kickstart! I want to test something on real hardware since WinUAE has no way to set the CPU speed. Don't you have any WB 1.3 floppies or a Gotek to use in that …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-09-17, 04:27

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by appiah4

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Lets see what have I bought this week bought a bfg geforce 6600 gt for 34 dollars I won a sound-blaster audigy 2 zs for 16.50 and I bought a pentium 4 2.8 for only four dollers man most stuff from the Pentium 4/athalon era is cheap ! Pentium 4 stuff will likely never get rare where I live (it's …

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

Posted on 2018-09-17, 04:26

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by appiah4

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Onto my own computers: I upgraded my P166 to 233MMX after discovering the board will handle 2.8V CPUs. Unfortunately the multiplier only goes up to 3.0x and 75MHz bus, so I am able to get 225MHZ only. P233MMX P55C cores treat 1.5x as 3.5x internally so just set your multiplier to 1.5x (and FSB to …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-09-16, 22:20

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by appiah4

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I got this "gamer" case: https://preview.ibb.co/bHPm2K/Case1.jpg https://thumb.ibb.co/h2Dh9z/case2.jpg It has a lot of rust and scratches, but for 2 dollars it was a great find. I will use for my win 98/xp ultimate build. Haha, this got me thinking: the RGB craze of the 2010s will look just as …

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Re: Is this totally hopeless?

Posted on 2018-09-16, 22:07

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by appiah4

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You could simply get a card printed for this purpose that is just an ISA16 connector with a small PCB containing 98-pin headers, one for each ISA connector trace. Then use an appropriate 98 wide ribbon cable to route that to the Sounscape card, and solder the wires to the test connectors on the …

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Re: Micro-ATX motherboard with AGP and ISA slot for Windows 98 SE & DOS?

Posted on 2018-09-16, 21:53

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by appiah4

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Only one I know are MSI MS-6160, but forget Tualatins it's a 440LX board so you are limited to 66MHz FSB (i.e. Celeron 533 max). It happens to have a Creative Audio PCI onboard soundcard that you can couple with the ISA sound card. I am on the lookout for one of these, no luck so far though. For …

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Re: Best AGP card for a Socket 754 system?

Posted on 2018-09-16, 16:04

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by appiah4

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candle_86 wrote: x1950 Pro, the HD3850 was marketed more towards peoiple with 939 AGP rigs with an X2 or folks with a PentiumD/Core2 build on AGP This is what I ended up doimg.. X1950 in S754, HD3850 in a future S939 and the 9800 in a Socket A build..

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Re: ASUS K8V-MX No Video, No Post, Help?

Posted on 2018-09-15, 20:51

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by appiah4

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I tried everything, and nothing worked, so I went out and bought a new board, the K8V SE Deluxe. Same thing. Just as I was about to go crazy I tried something, I plugged into the system the RAM that came with the board (2 sticks of 256MB DDR400) and it booted up just fine. Now, I know that the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-09-15, 20:41

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by appiah4

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Got these motherboards and CPUs on Friday. All tested and working, even though the little Athlon chip has had a lot of chipping.. https://s5.postimg.cc/gur9wyyvn/AMD_Athlon_800.jpg https://s5.postimg.cc/x5rdtaj37/AMD_Athlon64_3200.jpg https://s5.postimg.cc/43d3qhc8z/Gigabyte_GA-7_ZX.jpg https://s5. …

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