Re: Why DOS died...

Posted on 2021-07-18, 20:22

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Sure, I know it's a 'negligible' but I know there are 8760 hours in a year, and my power costs me 56 cents a kilowatt-hour. So, even one watt running continuously will cost me $5.00 in extra electric cost per year. Multiply that by 100 "wasted", negligible watts of an 'average' household who just …

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Re: Why DOS died...

Posted on 2021-07-16, 14:06

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Caluser2000 wrote on 2021-07-16, 06:54: I prefer Vegemite. Marmite is far too yeasty for me. VEGEMIGHT AND MARMIGHT, YOU MEAN?

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Re: Why DOS died...

Posted on 2021-07-16, 06:01

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Why did Solaris 10s system requirement for x86 less(120mhz) than the a SPARK system(200mhz) for Solaris 10 if x86 class systems were inferior? What are you smoking? :D It is on the back of the box under system requirements buddy. Ah yes. I would like to see the 120MHz x86 system that can meet the …

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Re: Server NAS on Sun Cobalt Qube3 !

Posted on 2021-07-04, 21:49

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Ah yes - did something almost the same on my Qube 3, except mine is running Debian Jessie....It's old, but not that old. Webmin 1.971.png The kernel has been updated to 3.4.8 - was working on a 4.17 kernel earlier but it ran into a build issue (related to Debian bug 848066) so it was back to the …

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Re: New socket 370 boards from China?

Posted on 2021-07-04, 02:43

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Hey britain4, I purchased and tested one of those AGP boards. They will only go to AGP 2x mode with the 5950 Ultra. Other cards go to 4x. It depends. I bought three and gave two Vogons members one each. One member made a video about their build based on that board. Also, some posts I made about my …

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Re: New socket 370 boards from China?

Posted on 2021-07-04, 00:37

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Was browsing AliExpress today and stumbled across these: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32895091971.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.62dd535aKLi5gF&algo_pvid=bfec1f31-b4b0-43a4-b050-242d5eec3570&algo_exp_id=bfec1f31-b4b0-43a4-b050-242d5eec3570-2 Cheap it ain't - but it is apparently brand new. …

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Re: New socket 370 boards from China?

Posted on 2021-07-03, 04:21

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Was browsing AliExpress today and stumbled across these: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32895091971.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.62dd535aKLi5gF&algo_pvid=bfec1f31-b4b0-43a4-b050-242d5eec3570&algo_exp_id=bfec1f31-b4b0-43a4-b050-242d5eec3570-2 Cheap it ain't - but it is apparently brand new. …

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Re: Would you be interested in an x86-based alternative to the Raspberry Pi, optimized for retro gaming?

Posted on 2021-06-29, 02:55

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EDIT: You might also want to talk with Intel BTW, they made a "die shrink" a while back. As I read the article, it becomes clear that their goals went FAR beyond merely shrinking the Pentium to a 32nm process. yes, shrinking process nodes are done all the time, but they are at most 2 steps within …

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Re: Would you be interested in an x86-based alternative to the Raspberry Pi, optimized for retro gaming?

Posted on 2021-06-28, 14:10

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Can you explain to us again how the research & development work that Intel did to develop the Pentium Pro into the Core 2 Penryn over a span of ~13 years demonstrates that taking old designs like K8 + R350 and remaking them on 7nm is cheap ? For one thing, the vast majority of the changes that were …

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Re: Would you be interested in an x86-based alternative to the Raspberry Pi, optimized for retro gaming?

Posted on 2021-06-23, 22:36

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There are PCI and PCIe parallel port cards. You can also hook up two drives to the same controller. I don't have a machine anymore that has pci/e slots :) Ah, only laptops then. You could always get a Magma PCI expansion chassis if you have something with a PCMCIA or Express slot. You can also do a …

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Re: Thinkpad T22/T23 S3 Savage IX & SuperSavage

Posted on 2021-06-22, 05:03

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T23 has breaking off inductors on the motherboard. I fixed mine when I got it for free by soldering them back on, also some inductor also partially solder fractured. Cheers, Well, at least the T23 doesn’t have the blink-of-death power controller issue of the T20-22 series (also impacts the Vaio PCG …

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Re: Thinkpad T22/T23 S3 Savage IX & SuperSavage

Posted on 2021-06-22, 05:00

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i have a gateway solo 5300 that has that savage ix gpu and, while metal looks like standard software mode, it performs way faster so, my conclusion is that it works on that chip, but compatibility is way worse than it should. that api was made specifically for savage 3d (excellent), savage4 (good), …

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Re: Socket A for retrogaming?

Posted on 2021-06-11, 04:45

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I have the following PCI sound cards in my collection, are they suitable for use with ddma? 1)Creative CT5880-DCQ with another chip: CT1297-TAT 2)CMI8768/PCI 3)CMI8738/PCI 4)Some other ISA.. but are not suitable Neither one is ideal as a PCI sound card if your plan is pure DOS gaming. Do you favor …

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Re: Socket A for retrogaming?

Posted on 2021-06-09, 15:01

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Should do, as long as you make sure what you get is socket A. There were some socket 563 and maybe some 754 XP mobile chips. Oh yeah - or you can also gun for an AMD Geode NX. They are downclocked XP-ms but runs at something like 6-15w. I think Phil did a video talking about that chip referencing …

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Re: Socket A for retrogaming?

Posted on 2021-06-08, 01:21

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CesarDRK wrote on 2021-06-08, 00:51: I have never seen an socket a board with ISA slots for sale, but if one could be found its better than a P3 tualatin system IMHO. Biostar M7VKQ - even supports the Barton K7s. It's not cheap, and provided that your PCI southbridge plays well with DDMA or PC/PCI, …

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Re: Socket A for retrogaming?

Posted on 2021-06-07, 23:15

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it an Asrock K7S41 if i remember... it will be good for a win98/dos gaming? It’ll be fine. if it’s a SiS741/963L southbridge based board the machine will behave similar to an HP t5720, and will do decently for DOS/win98 gaming. Swap in an ESS Solo or Yamaha YMF724/744 if you want DOS audio (the …

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Re: Socket A for retrogaming?

Posted on 2021-06-07, 07:12

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it an Asrock K7S41 if i remember... it will be good for a win98/dos gaming? It’ll be fine. if it’s a SiS741/963L southbridge based board the machine will behave similar to an HP t5720, and will do decently for DOS/win98 gaming. Swap in an ESS Solo or Yamaha YMF724/744 if you want DOS audio (the …

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

Posted on 2021-06-06, 03:38

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Got OldUnreal's UT'99 working on my 2015 MBA11 (Mojave) and Retina MB12 (Big Sur)...UT'99 never got a Carbonized Intel build until OldUnreal got one going...and it's 64 bit native. Not sure if it's Universal Binary 2 so M1/M2 support will be a question. Installed the HD texture pack just to see what …

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Re: Domark's Flight Sim Toolkit - any shareware or commercial games based on it out there?

Posted on 2021-06-02, 21:23

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Anyways, looks like Saruwatari Kaito has access to a later code release, since it came with the source code for the various GUI tools (except shape.exe, which is the most important one there). I just realised that the same version, but with what looks like original date stamps and a sample project, …

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Re: Domark's Flight Sim Toolkit - any shareware or commercial games based on it out there?

Posted on 2021-05-30, 06:49

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Which video card are you using? I run it in DOSBox with the VESA BAT files. For some reason, the default S3 BAT files don't work in DOSBox for me, even though it emulates an S3 video card. Well, I am not sure how accurate is the S3 emulation for VESA, but I know that the original code targeted the …

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