Re: I am a father
Posted on 2019-04-19, 20:54
Re: Interesting Steam releases of games?
Posted on 2019-04-19, 20:53
https://store.steampowered.com/app/460950/Katana_ZERO/ Katana Zero, the pixel art looks unbelievably good
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-04-19, 20:43
Shuttle HOT-419 Rev 3, it is going to be my first 486 VLB build
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2019-04-19, 20:30
on and off with Resident Evil 7. It is too scary to play at night, but unfortunately I only have time to play at night 😒
Re: Chips & Technologies F64300 VLB vga question
Posted on 2019-04-19, 08:48
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? I have no idea how does it perform, I have not had the chance to test it so far, furthermore this is my first VLB …
Re: Chips & Technologies F64300 VLB vga question
Posted on 2019-04-19, 08:36
I also happen to own a similar card: https://i.postimg.cc/F7grtPjc/Dataexpert-DSP6430.jpg 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.. They are for the 2MB upgrade. The two extra …
Re: Chips & Technologies F64300 VLB vga question
Posted on 2019-04-19, 08:12
You can safely assume its marketing wank, PC Mag 6 Dec 1994 description sounds like some kind of deeper fifo to hide rasterization delays from host (outputting framebuffer to screen blocks main host from writing to video memory). You would have to find actual alleged patent application to know more …
Re: Chips & Technologies F64300 VLB vga question
Posted on 2019-04-19, 08:00
kixs wrote: So any chip from an older VGA card would be fine. But I'm not sure why it says "one". There are clearly two DIP sockets. It is per memory bank, one for 1MB, two for 2MB
Re: Chips & Technologies F64300 VLB vga question
Posted on 2019-04-18, 09:55
jcarvalho wrote: Yes, we can assume that. Just pull a pair from s3trio PCI and give a try You mean the brownish socket on a S3Trio? I think the cache ram goes to the small black DIP socket on the top the card, does a S3 Trio have that as well?
Chips & Technologies F64300 VLB vga question
Posted on 2019-04-18, 08:46
I bought this video card recently, a Chips & Technologies F64300 Wingine DX, which, according to the manual, sports a video cache called XRAM: The XRAM Accelerator Cache (patent pending) is a breakthrough in performance technology. By using one standard 256Kx4 Fast Page DRAM, a proprietary algorithm …
Re: Have you opened your SC-55 to check the battery inside?
Posted on 2019-04-17, 19:28
Should one replace it with a rechargeable one, or with a regular Li-ion coin battery (non-rechargeable)? Use a normal CR-2032 , non-rechargeable you can also chose not to install a battery at all - it will not hurt playback you just won't be able to save settings. I did not install batteries again …
Re: Have you opened your SC-55 to check the battery inside?
Posted on 2019-04-17, 15:27
Should one replace it with a rechargeable one, or with a regular Li-ion coin battery (non-rechargeable)?
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-04-16, 20:07
keropi wrote: @stalk3r […] Show full quote @stalk3r I have built this and it works perfect Thanks, I have found this topic on the forum, and will use as a reference for building the cable.
Re: DX4 VLB FPS comparison, the fastest VLB video card in DOS
Posted on 2019-04-16, 20:01
Looking at the results we can say that there is roughly 10% difference in performance between the low-end (Cirrus) and high-end cards (Ark). If it's true, then I would say that all these "high end" VLB cards are extremely overpriced and Cirrus & Co is the best bang for the buck for someone looking …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-04-16, 15:05
The Joystick DB15 to MIDI adapters? Bought one a long time ago and it has a DB15 port that allows me to hook up my joystick to my computer whilst playing MT-32 games on my Socket 7 (this was before I bought an MPU-401 clone card) and I still have the cable for testing the sound card's GamePort for …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-04-16, 11:20
The Joystick DB15 to MIDI adapters? Bought one a long time ago and it has a DB15 port that allows me to hook up my joystick to my computer whilst playing MT-32 games on my Socket 7 (this was before I bought an MPU-401 clone card) and I still have the cable for testing the sound card's GamePort for …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-04-16, 10:36
I've just received this beauty, but then realized that a proper DB15 midi cable is even harder, if not impossible to get nowadays. There are some Chinese vendors who sell them, but one of them confirmed that it does not come with the extra resistors etc built in. Any idea where can I source it? …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-04-13, 21:43
I bought this video card recently, a Chips & Technologies F64300 Wingine DX, which, according to PC Mag, sports a video cache called XRAM. This is an optional feature which I think mine is missing. The empty sockets are there above the video RAM, so I assume I could simply enable it by throwing …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-04-05, 11:02
Of course there is also this scan I just found. No markings on the component: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Creative_Labs_Sound_Blaster_16_CT2290_Scan.jpg https://www.google.com/search?q=ct2290&tbm=isch I was told by a friend that it is an L-filter, and can be replaced with a …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-04-05, 10:40
Cyrix200+ wrote: EDIT: found an older picture of mine, not good enough for identification I'm afraid. It is good enough to see that there is no ID on the component whatsoever. 😀 Must be a resistor of some sort. Thanks for the photo.
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