Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2020-07-15, 02:26

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Here is my old post with good laptops https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=50438 - TFT screens, floppy drives, sound cards. 386 to Pentium 3. I think that that the laptop with best compatibility ever is Compaq Presario 1800 :) (upper right on the photo) model number 18XL481 - be sure to look for …

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2020-07-15, 02:19

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I got a Vaio PCG-SR31K recently cute and small 10.4" 1024x768 subnotebook with PIII750, Savage IX 8MB and Yamaha "DS1" (idk if that means YMF724 or could also be another DS1* designated one, maybe YMF754) still need to test it out more :) YMF754B - I had a SR27k “cousin” back ~2004 with a 744. They …

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2020-07-14, 18:52

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Here's my 2 cents: any K6-II laptop that matches your size requirements. Most K6-2 laptops run either the VIA MVP4 chipset with a Trident Blade 3D / Blade XP video card and ESS sound card or even a dedicated S3 Savage mobile chip. The Trident Blade 3D on board video witch has perfect dos …

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2020-07-14, 18:29

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Ye, this Compaq Presario 1800 sounds really good. Can anyone explain about FM music what I'll loose in terms of it on N600c? You'll lose ESFM - which is a hardware OPL3 clone that was developed by ESS and was in their chips ending in the ESS Solo-1. The Maestros have software FM emulation, which …

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2020-07-13, 15:26

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Yeah, if you want Tulatin P3m + i830MP + Radeon M6 + DOS compatible sound, that's the Compaq Evo N600c. I'll put it in another way, I need the most powerful laptop that still supports native dos sound. What will it be? I see N600C on sale around 22USD, good buy? I also see N610C, if it still …

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

Posted on 2020-07-04, 02:12

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Oh, more unavoidable fun with the Igel-J thin client. 4E3876A9-31A3-4174-BC2E-A02EEC5B7E56.jpeg A) Ordered a bunch of FFC26 ribbons for the TEAC FD05HF breakout (and a Gotek to go with its hacks tomfoolery) B) Started work trying to figure out how to drive a IDE CDROM drive using the single IDE44 …

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2020-07-04, 01:55

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Any DOS games that are impossible to run from Win98? On a Tulatin P3? Yeah, a few. - Any games that run too fast and cannot be effectively clocked down using setmul will be impossible to play...(Pentium III Tulatins don't have too many downclocking options) i.e: Test Drive 3 Wing Commander 1 and 2 …

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Re: List of known Thin Clients with SoundBlaster support for cheap MS-DOS gaming & more !

Posted on 2020-07-03, 23:28

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Hi ! I have an Igel 5/2 with an ISA and PCI port, VIA 82T686 southbridge for sound, and a S3 video card (don't remember what exactly) and it looks great, and works both very well with ISA or PCI cards ! I think its pretty near the same machine ? Its this one : https://www.cbo-do.de/Computer/Thin- …

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Re: List of known Thin Clients with SoundBlaster support for cheap MS-DOS gaming & more !

Posted on 2020-07-03, 19:07

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hi ! Thanks for your feedback. I have one or two of these soundcards, will do some tests very soon. Will check for the ESS Solo-1, you should be right about it. Best regards Philippe Dubois If you want the ESS Solo-1 in a thin client, that's the Igel Winterminal J -> https://www.vogons.org/ …

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Re: List of known Thin Clients with SoundBlaster support for cheap MS-DOS gaming & more !

Posted on 2020-07-02, 17:24

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Hi Philippe, On your spreadsheet in the list of 'DOS sound compatible PC soundcards' you could perhaps add the PCI ForteMedia FM801. This card has been mentioned on Vogons as working in DOS though I don't know what level of SB emulation it has. Also on that sheet, line 17, the ES1938S I believe is …

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2020-07-02, 17:12

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vorob wrote on 2020-07-02, 07:41: Oooops, that's a fail... But i guess it still has sound in win 98 and at least I'll be able to launch dos games from there. Yeah, if you want Tulatin P3m + i830MP + Radeon M6 + DOS compatible sound, that's the Compaq Evo N600c.

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2020-07-02, 07:26

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vorob wrote on 2020-07-02, 06:22: Thanks ragefury32! Just received this laptop, but no charger was with it. Next thing is to get this sound chip working under native DOS. Not going to happen - The Crystal CS4205 is AC97 only. The last Dell C-series with DOS sound support is the C600/Inspiron 4000 …

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Re: What are you eating/drinking? (the vogons food thread)

Posted on 2020-07-02, 06:31

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

Posted on 2020-07-01, 15:58

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I tested out the Dell Lattitude CPI and got it setup with Windows 98 SE and learned two things: The plastics are EXTREMELY brittle. The area around the fan has already broken off and the screen fascia is crack on both sides. Also, it somehow holds 1.5 hours charge on its 25 year old battery. What …

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2020-06-29, 08:58

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I've got weird hypothetical questions :) Currently, I own Compaq Evo n400c which is nice for DOS and so on, but I'm also interested in some Win games like Quake, Unreal and Half-Life. But no matter what I did I wasn't able to run these games without visual artifacts so it looks like this videochip …

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

Posted on 2020-06-23, 04:58

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Oh, more unavoidable fun with the Igel-J thin client. 4E3876A9-31A3-4174-BC2E-A02EEC5B7E56.jpeg A) Ordered a bunch of FFC26 ribbons for the TEAC FD05HF breakout (and a Gotek to go with its hacks tomfoolery) B) Started work trying to figure out how to drive a IDE CDROM drive using the single IDE44 …

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2020-06-21, 00:57

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by ragefury32

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Guys, generic question, anyone knows anything about Dell Latitude C610? Looks like I'll soon get my hands on it for free. Can it ran native dos with sound or its sound chip is not supported? Also it has M6 ATI gpu, sounds nice for old Win games... Thx! It’s an ESS Maestro 3i, so yes, it works. But …

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

Posted on 2020-06-20, 21:48

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Long shot : Try toggling PCI/VGA Palette Snoop in BIOS . Unfortunately, no dice - It’s already turned on. I am trying to see if firing up an SVGA/VESA app first will initialize VGA correctly. If that doesn’t work I’ll need to hunt down a cheap single-head Savage4IX/MX PCI card. Barring that, maybe …

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

Posted on 2020-06-20, 04:39

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Been a busy last week - finally figured out DDMA on the Igel Winterminal-J (Winnet IV). It turns out that deactivating delayed PCI operations disables DDMA on the southbridge. I also stripped down the thin client to its bare minimums to do a what-do-ya-know on the hardware. CA4408F7-9FC7-44CD-BAAD- …

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

Posted on 2020-06-15, 03:46

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by ragefury32

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Been a busy last week - finally figured out DDMA on the Igel Winterminal-J (Winnet IV). It turns out that deactivating delayed PCI operation disables DDMA on the southbridge. I also stripped down the thin client to its bare minimums to do a what-do-ya-know on the hardware. CA4408F7-9FC7-44CD-BAAD- …

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