Re: Can watch 1080 on Pentium III?

Posted on 2020-01-26, 04:04

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What player is that in the screenshot? Media Player Classic? Media player classic home cinema, not sure on the version but last version that would run without sse2, you do know that in the progam files folder of the driver there is a tray app that can be manually started that change color or light …

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Re: Found an online store with multiple VLB ATI Mach64 cards (pricey)

Posted on 2020-01-25, 18:46

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Every reason to believe the ARK Logic cards will only come 2nd to TSENG cards and tranding places with them in low res for top spot, based on numerous graphs I've seen before.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-01-25, 18:31

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It's a little rough but not broken. Was able to procure this iconic ATX case. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUghjj0cxgU

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Re: DOS/Win9x laptop - what specifications would be perfect for you?

Posted on 2020-01-25, 17:57

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ya that picture is example. You can fit this in 1u maybe 2/3s 1u Width. 1u is the smallest height though probably.

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Re: Can watch 1080 on Pentium III?

Posted on 2020-01-25, 16:30

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Somthing isn't right there. I played Game of Thrones at Full HD on a pentium III and that is the cpu utilization. So you must have some kinda issue.

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Re: DOS/Win9x laptop - what specifications would be perfect for you?

Posted on 2020-01-25, 07:58

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I see well I suppose if you had a wooden briefcase. You can fit a micro atx in there, and get one of those 20pin to mini itx power brick. You can get some riser cards and lay the cards flat in there somhow. Pretty sure that a keyboard would be stupid, but you can build it so you can store a key …

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Re: DOS/Win9x laptop - what specifications would be perfect for you?

Posted on 2020-01-25, 05:53

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I don't have to dock the t41 or t43 to have decent acceleration though, I been searching for the perfect laptop for a long time. They don't exist atleast not with the features I want. If you want good acceleration on 98se you have geforce2 go 4 go and ATI 7500. I have a Augigy2zs PCMCIA card for my …

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Re: Wavetable Daughterboards Vs Sound Module Vs Upgraded Midi PCI soundcard

Posted on 2020-01-25, 05:15

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idk also but may want to read this thread. My Wavetable Sample Thread

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Re: DOS/Win9x laptop - what specifications would be perfect for you?

Posted on 2020-01-25, 05:05

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I took an hour or so to look into it for you, and found a few options. Id recommend [...] ^^ Did you read the original post? Because it sure looks like not: I am not looking for what already exists. I want to know exactly what you would like to see. I have a IBM 770X With a SelectaDock II same …

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Re: DOS/Win9x laptop - what specifications would be perfect for you?

Posted on 2020-01-25, 04:13

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I took an hour or so to look into it for you, and found a few options. Id recommend a Satellite 2805-S402 if you can find one for a reasonable price. It have geforce2 go with DX7 and T&L and YMF754 XG I have no idea how well it work in dos but it does have real OPL3. Specs. https://support.dynabook. …

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Desktop Lite

Posted on 2020-01-24, 18:54

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Desktop Lite Thingy is currently for Windows 2000 & Windows XP only. From the developer "Desktop Lite Thingy is intended to be a cut-down version of Windows Explorer employing a simpler interface, and improved memory usage, whilst still providing access to everything you need such as the system tray …

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Re: Found an online store with multiple VLB ATI Mach64 cards (pricey)

Posted on 2020-01-24, 15:55

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Rare and supposedly very fast (64-bit memory access). Latter is wasted on 486 anyway, due to poor CPU performance. P.S. Aaaand it's gone. Someone was really looking forward to pimp their 486 VLB system. well I have a mach 64 PCI card somewhere, i used it before in windows 95 and it was super big …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-01-24, 06:09

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idk, I only remember needing this driver on my 1st ss7 build around 2002

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-01-24, 05:10

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https://web.archive.org/web/20001010150112/ht … 98_4126277.html

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-01-24, 04:53

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appiah4 wrote on 2020-01-22, 14:09: Got me a simple ATI Rage 128 GL AGP (Non-Pro) as a possible Primary for my 1998 Socket 7 SLI Build.. […] Show full quote Got me a simple ATI Rage 128 GL AGP (Non-Pro) as a possible Primary for my 1998 Socket 7 SLI Build.. There is a known bug with ATI rage 128 …

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Re: A few thoughts on life, the universe and everything

Posted on 2020-01-24, 04:27

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My thought was OP 1st was interested in retro system building as a hobby then it changed to doing it just becasue he wanted what other people have. And it made him feel good when other people envied what he had. But It is over thinking. If you want something just becasue someone else has it is one …

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Re: Repair Windows Xp bootloader

Posted on 2020-01-24, 03:57

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depends how you use the CD, also depending on your case you may not need the CD. You need to be more specific about what happened, how it happened. I already suspect it says NTLDR not preset or something. If your boot sector is corrupt you wont even get the NTLDR message, but that's not the boot …

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Re: Epox ep-mvp3g5 help damaged board

Posted on 2020-01-24, 03:50

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can't tell by picture, it's blurry and it looks like a picture of the flash rom takes up the whole picture.

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Re: Found an online store with multiple VLB ATI Mach64 cards (pricey)

Posted on 2020-01-24, 03:03

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Whats so special about these cards, educate me since I legitimately don't know.

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Re: Voodoo2 Cards / AGP Card - Graphics output questions

Posted on 2020-01-24, 03:01

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All the pass throuh cables function is to display video from the main graphics card when you are not using the 3dfx card. If you have 2 monitors you don't even need the pass though cable. The 2nd monitor hooked up to the 3dfx card will work when the 3dfx card is running the game, and the main …

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