Re: Moderator violating Community Standards
Posted on 2021-06-15, 16:53
Jo22 wrote on 2021-06-15, 15:11: People with dementia There's a couple of people here where I'm pretty sure this plays up regularly.
Re: Moderator violating Community Standards
Posted on 2021-06-15, 11:57
I hope they ban you just because you're so annoying. Moderators can run a forum however they see fit. You should have made a single thread for your project and just only posted about it there. I would have banned you a long time ago, especially given the fact that you promote your project even in …
Re: were/are the Voodoo 4 and 5 even worth owning?
Posted on 2021-06-14, 20:39
Dominus wrote on 2021-06-14, 20:31: It's the only hardware that I bought back then and still have the original box and everything that was in it... But yes, the others are right about it being not really worth owning now What were your reasons for buying it at the time?
Re: System Monitor hovering at 30% in Windows 98, why?
Posted on 2021-06-14, 08:20
I would try disabling USB controllers to see if that makes a difference.
Re: PIII Tualatin vs PIII Celeron
Posted on 2021-06-07, 11:21
From my tests here : https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=569818#p569818 1300 Mhz Tualeron on a BX board (100MHz FSB) with Quadro FX1100 : 7002 3D marks in 3Dmark 2001 1050 Mhz Tualatin-S (underclocked from 1400MHz due to 100MHz FSB, but with 512K cache) on a BX board (100MHz FSB) with Quadro …
Re: n64 emu software rendering
Posted on 2021-06-05, 07:52
Apparently 'Angry Lion' for libretro is software rendered and later got ported to the GPU as 'ParaLLEl RDP'.
Re: Tyrian like DOS game around 1995-1997?
Posted on 2021-06-05, 01:06
Re: Slot 1 water cooling options
Posted on 2021-06-02, 09:08
Wasn't aware they ever used a hood / duct system for cooling the standard passive sinks (certainly not on the AP550 with dual 1GHz), and I don't see it as an option in the parts list? RadicalVision Compaq AP550.jpg Most of the best slot 1 water cooling options I've seen were designed and milled for …
Re: I have a 486SX to play some games and I'm lost about drivers and other things
Posted on 2021-06-01, 10:28
chinny22 wrote on 2021-06-01, 10:20: I'd also recommend the CPU upgrade your SX lacks a FPU this is what's killing Dooms performance. Doom only uses integer math, Quake was FPU heavy.
Re: ATI Rage XL 8MB vs S3 Virge 4MB
Posted on 2021-05-25, 13:36
Both cards stink for 3D usage other than taking a look at games that use their proprietary APIs for curiosity's sake.
Re: Sleeper pc trend
Posted on 2021-05-19, 16:58
I posted my sleeper PC in the thread Gerry linked, it was based on an IBM PS/2 model 95. I'm kind of torn on the ethics. I gutted the case about 15 years ago, I believe I sold off the components but I'm not sure anymore, maybe nobody wanted to buy the motherboard? The system worked fine and was …
Re: Gameport breakout cables
Posted on 2021-05-18, 09:36
I bought one that looks like that and it was incorrectly wired... it's a crapshoot. Interesting, I guess I got lucky. For reference, I bought mine from a physical shop (not online) and it was a leftover part from days past. Looking again I was wrong, on mine there's just one shell with two …
Re: Gameport breakout cables
Posted on 2021-05-18, 09:16
My first reflex would be to look for one with moulded plastic connectors, like this one https://www.amazon.ca/Universal-Connector-Joystick-Musical-Keyboards/dp/B071PC2RGY . That is what the old ones back in the day looked like when they were still being mass produced . I bought one that looks just …
Re: GOG slave zero and Omikron the nomad soul on win98
Posted on 2021-05-17, 14:22
How exactly don't they work? I believe Omikron got a release with improved compatibility with modern systems, that version might not work on Win98?
Re: Asus P2B & Compatible P3 1.4Ghz slotket
Posted on 2021-05-14, 06:22
Agreed, the most important item is the board's VRM, if that supports Coppermine CPUs a Tualatin is safe to use. You will still need to get a modded CPU or socket/slotket and your bios must not be too strict.
Re: ( abandoned project ) German theme 486 computer.
Posted on 2021-05-12, 08:37
[Project] Regular 486 computer. What is the most regular IDE controller?
Re: DOS CD-Rom issues
Posted on 2021-05-11, 12:56
Tried that, nothing changed Could you post your config.sys and autoexec.bat? I'm guessing there needs to be some sound card driver or PnP setup loaded first to initialise the CDROM registers in the sound chip. So that's the autoexec.bat and config.sys connected to CDROM and that soundcard : [ …
Re: DOS CD-Rom issues
Posted on 2021-05-11, 12:26
It could also be interesting to check in Windows which drivers it says it's using, I think that info is on one of the device tabs.
Re: DOS CD-Rom issues
Posted on 2021-05-11, 10:40
Bernkastel7734 wrote on 2021-05-11, 10:12: weedeewee wrote on 2021-05-11, 09:52: Which io/irq/dma did the soundcard cdrom port have in the win98 machine ? I'm sorry, how to check that? The properties of the device in the Win98 device manager.
Re: DOS CD-Rom issues
Posted on 2021-05-10, 12:18
I'm not familiar with the stock drivers for that card. However UNISOUND should support it. https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=72553 Note that the readme says Anyway as this tool is launched after config.sys, if you want CD-ROM support you'll have to load CD driver (like vide-cdd.sys) with device …
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