Re: PIII 800 MHz (E or EB) release date evidence?

Posted on 2019-11-01, 23:07

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by jaZz_KCS

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According to this page, it was pushed from end of 1999 to 1st quarter of 2000: https://www.theregister.co.uk/1999/11/17/pentium_iii800_brought_forward/ Not even listed in the Intel quick processor reference: https://www.intel.com/pressroom/kits/quickrefyr.htm All the reviews I am seeing are March …

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Re: Maniac Mansion (and Enhanced version) PC Speaker only?

Posted on 2019-11-01, 23:05

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derSammler wrote: By command line parameters or by creating a prefs file. "maniac tandy" e.g. starts the game in Tandy mode. Note however that the game can not use Tandy sound with non-Tandy graphics. Interesting, is there a specific reason as to why the Tandy Sound mode is linked to the Tandy …

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 WDM Drivers (attached). Incompatible with DOS games. Please help.

Posted on 2019-11-01, 23:02

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On Intel 440ZX with newest driver as linked, Win98, CT1740. A220 I5 D1 H5 M330 CD-Audio from mounted images work out of the box without settings change in D-Tools with these newest VxD drivers.

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Re: PIII 800 MHz (E or EB) release date evidence?

Posted on 2019-11-01, 22:56

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by jaZz_KCS

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Some anecdotal evidence: I've been watching listings on eBay for a 99 800EB bound for my super-serious New Year's Eve 1999 $5000 build. Every one I've seen so far has had a year 2000 datecode. They may have been coming out the factory in December, but not in volume. As a consequence I've adjusted …

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Re: CF-CARD IDE

Posted on 2019-11-01, 22:45

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Due to the fact that you want to run post-ultimate DOS versions like 7.x on this and that the BIOS - at least on this version - seems to not AUTOmatically detect it. There are two options. Enter valid values for 16GB harddrives, although using this method there might be ongoing issues about scan …

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Re: CF-CARD IDE

Posted on 2019-11-01, 21:58

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Ok. lets see... Mainboard: MB-M537 pcchips (BIOS: ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A5LDH09) RAM: 32mb edo RAM CPU Pentiom 166mmx HDD: Delock IDE to Compact Flash Card Reader for CFI/CFII/MD + SanDisk SDCFHS-016G-G46 Ultra CompactFlash UDMA7 - 16 GB BIOS Setting for HDD = LBA (Size 2114; cyls 1024; head 64; …

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Re: Windows 98 freezes with no explanation

Posted on 2019-11-01, 21:31

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So you do have the necessary chipset drivers installed? "The only things installed are official drivers for my hardware, and nusb36." What graphics drivers are you using? When did the problems start to appear? Right out of the box or inbetween the installation of the aforementioned drivers? As there …

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Re: CF-CARD IDE

Posted on 2019-11-01, 21:25

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If you were able to partition and format it on that pentium to 16GB, you should not have problems that ez-drive fixes. But sure, you can try. What's there to lose? ;) The existing partitions and data. Hue You can go ahead and try although that would require a reformat, iirc. I would like to try and …

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

Posted on 2019-11-01, 20:29

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I managed to get myself a Big Box and complete version of TIE Fighter Collector's CD for $20 total. I can't complain. IMG_20191029_164618.jpg IMG_20191029_165045.jpg It even has an unused registration card. and, before you ask, the Label Maker label on my n3DS XL was applied by a coworker after I …

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

Posted on 2019-11-01, 20:28

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Put some velcro patches on the back flap of my Zenith Data Systems PC Z-180 lap top because the original latch broke of. 20191101_172035[1].jpg Does the job quite nicely. No fear if it flipping over and getting damaged while inserting it in to its case. This looks very IBM PS/2 laptop like design- …

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Re: NexGen NX586 PF110 PCI Motherboard, Video card post issues

Posted on 2019-11-01, 20:24

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I would like to add that the 6200 PCI and especially the 6200A (NV44) PCI variants are - even if you get the "max" out of them - heavily limited by the PCI bus and only reach about the same performance as a GF4MX440. So the whole hassle of finding a driver that is not too new but still supports it …

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Re: CF-CARD IDE

Posted on 2019-11-01, 20:17

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by jaZz_KCS

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With those specs and without further info, I am going ahead and wildly guess that the max. HDD limits could be anything between 6 and 32GB, depending on the chipset. I guess you formatted the whole 16GB with DOS 7.1 a la FAT32? Your chipset might very well have a problem accessing anything from for …

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Re: CF-CARD IDE

Posted on 2019-11-01, 19:52

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An overlay software (in the veins of EZ-Drive or Ontrack Disk Manager) translates the C/H/S geometry for systems that do not support the size of the HDD (or the substitute). That is only necessary if the older system in question does not support that HDD size, which could be the culprit of the …

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Re: CF-CARD IDE

Posted on 2019-11-01, 18:28

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Is there some kind of Overlay in use to make the older machine compatible with the CF card's size? 16GB sounds a lot for a machine running DOS 6.22/7.x.

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Re: Overheating Voodoo 3 3000

Posted on 2019-11-01, 18:10

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I should post pics of my PCI Voodoo3 3000. the green PCB near the VRM is notably brown, and the conformal coating is brittle at the edges. I recently replaced it with a higher-rated Texas Instruments VRM and added an additional heatsink to the other side of the card, so it's actually not so hot …

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Re: PIII 800 MHz (E or EB) release date evidence?

Posted on 2019-11-01, 18:07

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by jaZz_KCS

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One reaction to summarize the circle-argumentation of this thread..:

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-10-30, 15:19

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Discovered these in 10 kg scrap lot and asked the seller to send them to me for 20€. Think its my 10th 1350B but I like these cards. Still have the one I bought around 1992 in its original packaging. This SMC network card is also my favorite one, all connectors available and configuration via …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-10-29, 15:02

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Also 100Mbps LAN card supposed to work in the ISA slot is not really ideal idea to start with... Why? ISA is able to transfer up to 133 Mbps. With DMA, this won't even hog the CPU much. Lots of 100 Mbps Ethernet cards were made for ISA. Nope. Are you thinking of PCI? http://www.vcfed.org/forum/ …

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Re: Issues with Dell E178FPc

Posted on 2019-10-29, 14:56

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So basically you are saying I need a new monitor if I do not want to bother adjusting the screen everytime. That, or choose a Windows resolution/refresh rate that results in a picture closer to the position of your DOS games. Newer monitors don't automatically help either, I have the same issue …

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Re: Issues with Dell E178FPc

Posted on 2019-10-29, 09:48

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Your monitor seems to be an older variant with pure analogue controls (potentiometres) and no way of storing/saving/remembering the settings for the different resolutions and refresh rates. Even though the resolution does not seem to have changed, a shift of the picture indicates at least a change …

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