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Re: Questions about Quadro fx3000.

Posted on 2019-09-14, 17:51

The quadro is excellent if not better than the fx. And you can flash it into an fx if needed. And as you noticed they are substantial cheaper I suggest watching some videos on Phil's computer lab, I think he talks about this.

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

Posted on 2019-09-14, 10:28

by kolderman

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Is SB-Link a pure DOS thing? Or does it have value in Win98 as well (for dos games)?

Re: Any others given up on the hobby?

Posted on 2019-09-14, 07:20

by kolderman

in Milliways

I've actually decided to get rid of most of my pre-ATX gear and keep the newer stuff. I can play DOS games just fine on a P-MMX or PII, and once you're in that "era" the machines become an order of magnitude less of a pain in the ass in every way. Onboard IDE controllers, PCI & AGP slots, bootable …

Re: Any way to run a DOS TSR program before loading Windows NT 4.0?

Posted on 2019-09-14, 07:03

by kolderman

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Not of their own volition, I imagine any protected mode OS would clear any existing interrupts and page tables etc so it can have complete control. I could be wrong of course 😁

Re: Any others given up on the hobby?

Posted on 2019-09-14, 07:01

by kolderman

in Milliways

Give it time. I gave up gaming as I approached 30, now I have found the interest again in a strong way as I approach 45 lol Personally I found playing on real hardware was the thing that spurred me on. DosBOX was like so much meh...but building a retro PC...booting into DOS...and hearing games come …

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

Posted on 2019-09-14, 06:56

by kolderman

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

A few firsts for me: - first pentium mmx (want to see if it can "beat" my k6-3+ with setmul) - first YMF724 with SBLINK (anyone have any hints on how to use it?) - first install of Win98 on Compact Flash (industrial model, seems OK so far) Mobo is a Epox MVP3G2 and the gpu is a mx440. I actually …

Re: Any way to run a DOS TSR program before loading Windows NT 4.0?

Posted on 2019-09-14, 03:40

by kolderman

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Even if you "loaded" it NT would wipe it from memory and probably clear interrupt vectors as well...I.e. it would not survive very long.

Re: When did optical drives stop support cd audio despite still having the connector for it? How to avoid buying one?

Posted on 2019-09-14, 03:10

by kolderman

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I use fairly generic LG dvd drives and they work....they might be dvd-rom/cdwr though .... so maybe when dvd writers came out they stop supporting audio.

Re: When did optical drives stop support cd audio despite still having the connector for it? How to avoid buying one?

Posted on 2019-09-14, 01:44

by kolderman

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

News to me. A drive with an audio out connector that doesn't support audio out is pretty stupid. I have never seen one like that so the chances of it happening again are pretty remote.

Re: Win9x Quick Slipstreaming Utility

Posted on 2019-09-13, 22:33

by kolderman

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

They were the only ones I noticed. Are there instructions for this too m I plan on building a Pentium mmx system this afternoon and I might use this.

Re: Installing a Voodoo3 2000 killed my SB PCI 16?

Posted on 2019-09-13, 19:23

by kolderman

in Marvin \ Sound

Sounded like you had a working system with the mx400...you can download driver cds over at vogonsdrivers.

Re: Tails Pentium 4 Windows 98

Posted on 2019-09-13, 12:11

by kolderman

in Marvin \ System Specs

Seems like a run of the mill win98 box to me. And yes win98 benefits from dual channel ram. Stick to directx8 and below and the gpu should be fine, although its a mid range card be aware. If uour motherboard has a 4pin 12v atx connector you can use any modern power supply without issue. SB Live is …

Re: What are the weirdest pieces of retro hardware you owned?

Posted on 2019-09-13, 11:09

by kolderman

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I know the weirdest retro hardware I *want*:

Re: Ensoniq SQ80 lives again via a free VST

Posted on 2019-09-13, 09:47

by kolderman

in Milliways

Hmm GM compatible it is not.

Re: Tails Pentium 4 Windows 98

Posted on 2019-09-13, 07:30

by kolderman

in Marvin \ System Specs

Seems like a run of the mill win98 box to me. And yes win98 benefits from dual channel ram. Stick to directx8 and below and the gpu should be fine, although its a mid range card be aware. If uour motherboard has a 4pin 12v atx connector you can use any modern power supply without issue. SB Live is a …