Re: Cyrix 6x86L-PR200+GP or Intel Pentium 200 MMX?

Posted on 2020-09-01, 17:51

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Here you can find an official cpu conpatibility chart for socket 7 Gigabyte mainboards: https://www.gigabyte.com/microsite/121/tech_mmxtable.htm If you want maximum FPU performance you should go with the Pentium 233 MMX... I'm not a Quake player, so I went with the K6-233 on my socket 7 GA-586HX …

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Re: Most powerful ATI / Geforce GPUs possible for a Win 98SE Tualatin gaming build - socket 370, AGP 2x/4x

Posted on 2020-08-29, 20:37

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Thanks everyone for all your help, I'll settle for the FX 5600 Extreme my friend will give me. It's an MSI like my board, I like that too. I'm just missing the Tualatin compatible cooler/heatsink and I'm all set. Or if you know of coolers from other sockets that can be adaptable for this I'm all …

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Re: Asus CUBX Motherboard y2000/Win98 Retro build?

Posted on 2020-08-19, 20:40

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Warlord wrote on 2020-08-19, 13:59: ... I would recommend an AWE32 a certain model can be flashed to a awe64. Read up on that. ... That would be the CT3670...

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Re: Asus CUBX Motherboard y2000/Win98 Retro build?

Posted on 2020-08-18, 07:21

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kalohimal wrote on 2020-08-18, 03:59: I'm a little curious why Coppermine and not Tualatin? Probably because Coppermine 1GHz is 2000 and Tualatin is 2001/2002...

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2020-08-16, 19:51

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Killian wrote on 2020-08-16, 18:39: I have finally finished my first retro build. […] Show full quote I have finally finished my first retro build. I like your setup very much! Good job!

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2020-08-16, 19:47

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Is it possible to transfer files from NAS on win95 or 98 machine? Yes, it's possible from both win95 and win98. I'm running Open Media Vault on my NAS, a Dell Wyse with two external HDDs attached. You just need to set up networking on windows and use the same user/passwd to log in to windows …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2020-08-15, 20:09

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I still have this exact same model, it's at my parents house. I bought it in 2003 or 2004, it is not used enymore, but it's working. And yes, the picture quality is very good, but not as good as the Sony Trinitron's...

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Re: My 1st socket 7 system in 20 years - Gigabyte GA-586HX + K6-233

Posted on 2020-08-14, 15:48

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Thanks! I was thinking to put a fan on the front side of the case, actually I have a few fans, but I need to see if I have one that fits inside the black fan holder. Or maybe I'll just remove the holder. Also I need to make some holes or a cutout on the bottom of the front panel to have some airflow …

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Re: Pandemic Builds

Posted on 2020-08-13, 20:17

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Really cool systems! I love the Digital machine, but also the PII's case with that mobo tray is nice! How is that, one picture says a thousand words...(I'm not a native english speaker) Good job!

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Re: Pandemic Builds

Posted on 2020-08-11, 18:51

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Hi! And wellcome to the "club"! Really nice systems you have there! Maybe you could upload some photos, specially of the Digital system...

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Re: My 1st socket 7 system in 20 years - Gigabyte GA-586HX + K6-233

Posted on 2020-08-09, 16:24

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Intel486dx33 wrote on 2020-08-09, 15:55: What Operating System are you running ? For now Windows 98SE, just because that was installed on the hard drive, but just for testing pusposes. I plan to install DOS 6.22 and the latest Windows 95 I can find, but for now I'm on vacation for a few days...

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Re: My 1st socket 7 system in 20 years - Gigabyte GA-586HX + K6-233

Posted on 2020-08-08, 11:32

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This is a good solid build, and pretty period correct for 96-97. In my opinion, pretty much what a Socket7 build should be. Building a rock solid socket 7 system was my goal in the 1st place, didn't really care about strict period correctness. Maybe a Voodoo 1 it would be a better fit, but I have …

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Re: My 1st socket 7 system in 20 years - Gigabyte GA-586HX + K6-233

Posted on 2020-08-08, 07:55

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That's a very nice case, I'd love to find one like it at a reasonable price. The only thing that held me back on building this system was a good quality AT case. So I was really happy when I found this case. It is a generic case, nothing special but the materials and the build quality is great. The …

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Re: My 1st socket 7 system in 20 years - Gigabyte GA-586HX + K6-233

Posted on 2020-08-08, 07:46

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bofh.fromhell wrote on 2020-08-08, 02:12: Looks like a little brother of my case here: Fantastic AT case and my mid to late 90's system in it. More of a standard case ins […] Show full quote Repo Man11 wrote on 2020-08-08, 00:16: That's a very nice case, I'd love to find one like it at a reasonable …

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Re: My 1st socket 7 system in 20 years

Posted on 2020-08-07, 15:47

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Here are some benchmarks using Phil's DOS benchmark compilation AMD K6-233 speedsys.jpg Speedsys: 265.24 3DBench(640*480): 216.3 PC Player(640*480): 24.1 Quake (640*480): 12.5 fps TopBench: 348 AMD K6-200ALYD Speedsys: 227.36 3DBench(640*480): 200.5 PC Player(640*480): 20.1 Quake (640*480): 11.8 fps …

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My 1st socket 7 system in 20 years - Gigabyte GA-586HX + K6-233

Posted on 2020-08-07, 15:44

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Hi guys, As the title says, this is my first socket 7 build in 20 years... I built my firs PC ever in the spring of 2000, I can't remember much of its config, but I know for sure it had a Cyrix 6x86 PR150, 32 Mb of RAM and an ESCOM AT case(exactly this case, from this video https://www.youtube.com/ …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-07-26, 22:12

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Picked up a scrap lot a few day ago... Soyo_SY-5XAE.jpg SOYO SY-5XAE with an AMD-K6-2/300AFR and 64 Mb RAM. It's working PCChips_M537_Elpina_Amptron.jpg PCChips M537 / Amptron PM-8400A / Elpina something ver. 5.2A with 16 Mb EDO(??). This board is in a really bad shape... Not tested yet... ECS_K7S5A …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2020-07-25, 23:32

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Not really a dumpster find, but got these babies for free a couple of weeks ago. Actually, a good friend of mine has a nonprofit organization and he is collecting all king of electrical, paper, PET, etc. waste and sells it to the recyclers. With the money he makes out of it, he is organizing summer …

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Re: Intel DX4-100 write-back (&EW) won't post Edit: Probably a fake chip

Posted on 2020-07-25, 19:30

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Here is my DX4-100 SK096 with the old logo... https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=43144&p=815555#p815555 That is how the one I personally saw looked and it had gold bottom plate with some numbering, am sure yours does too (though have seen some 486 where the black numbers have faded/missing …

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Re: Intel DX4-100 write-back (&EW) won't post Edit: Probably a fake chip

Posted on 2020-07-25, 17:35

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Here is my DX4-100 SK096 with the old logo... Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

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