Re: Last games that run on a voodoo 5 5500.

Posted on 2021-06-28, 20:42

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I remember romping around Mechwarrior 4 with a V5 using 3rd party drivers that emulated T&L commands. That was the pinnacle as I remember it. I'm currently in the process of building a Barton XP based W98 Voodoo gamer, my goal being to replay Independence War II in high res glory with the V5.

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Re: Voodoo 5 Throttling

Posted on 2021-06-28, 17:13

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I agree that you need to expand the scope of your investigation. I've never seen the behaviour you describe in a V5 and I've owned one since they were released. Try things like different drivers, different hardware or a fresh OS installation, although my guess it's hardware related.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-24, 04:32

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I was just being funny. But it really should have a full stacked Saturn V on it or even a LEM that would of been cool too. I was trying to be funny too, and not at your expense. A Venera lander might've been cool too, Russian Venus missions, durable soviet hardware. Apollo 1 caught on fire, so …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-23, 23:19

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appolo = stars.aligned ? chariot : space shuttle; (expression ? true : false)

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Re: voodoo 5 5500 run very very slow on 2000s games

Posted on 2021-06-07, 23:11

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I've been reading these threads as a mockery towards people: who weren't there (not born yet?) and didn't experience the phenomena first hand, are buying 3DFX cards because others talk about how cool it was, and are driving the prices to ludicrous range for the rest of us. I noticed this was …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-05-18, 23:20

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Playing Diablo 2, I'm going to complete it this time.

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Re: computer freeze

Posted on 2021-05-18, 23:13

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Process of elimination, dear Watson, when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. I would remove all components except the minimum, Video card, RAM and CPU. If there's no change (no beeps, no activity) then try without the video card, that should …

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Re: 486 - Brief sign of life upon power up

Posted on 2021-05-18, 19:55

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I'll try to make time this upcoming long (holiday) weekend to diagnose those tantrum caps, this is an excellent guide you've all provided, I want to put it use and reward your efforts with a continuation of the story. Thanks everyone for your contributions. One thing though, on this page: http:// …

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Re: 486 - Brief sign of life upon power up

Posted on 2021-05-14, 01:19

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Here's the pics, I had to retake them which delayed their posting. I couldn't see anything obvious but mine isn't a trained eye, just let me know if there's any area you want to see close up. 8bitbubsy says I could try 'measure the resistance between 12v and ground, and 5v and ground, on the PSU …

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Re: 486 - Brief sign of life upon power up

Posted on 2021-05-12, 20:23

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Ah nuts. This board's covered in tantalums. I'll have to wait until later to post a picture, in the meantime it's an Asus PVI-486AP4 version 1.6, codename The Brat.

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Re: 486 - Brief sign of life upon power up

Posted on 2021-05-12, 20:08

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You're right, or at least hot on the trail. I disconnected P8 & P9, left the CPU fan plugged in, powered up and both the CPU and PSU fans roared to life. It's a great lead. I'll see if I can figure out what's being shorted. Thanks for your help!

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486 - Brief sign of life upon power up

Posted on 2021-05-12, 19:40

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My 486 isn't powering up and I think it's the AT power supply. When I switch the power on, the CPU fan spins about 1/20 of a rotation and I see the power LED on my CF2IDE adapter briefly flash on and off. When I switch the power off, the same things happens. - This configuration was booting the last …

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Re: [STB Powergraph VL-24] RGB contrast fix + DOS performance boost

Posted on 2021-05-10, 20:59

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Remember to make a backup of your current VGA BIOS first. Also let me know if you have the same overexposed RGB signals as I did (probably only on TFTs). The way you can tell is to look at things that are supposed to have a shade of gray, f.ex. the grey buttons in Windows 3.1x. Good tip on the …

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Re: Recommended PSU for loaded P3 Build

Posted on 2021-05-10, 20:32

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I agree you won't need 40A on 5V, and I'll throw in a third for Seasonic. Personally I would go for a platinum. I use their 430W fanless model on my K6 (3dfx) build.

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Re: [STB Powergraph VL-24] RGB contrast fix + DOS performance boost

Posted on 2021-05-10, 20:16

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Sweet, I bought one of these cards recently and will definitely try this out. Thanks for finding this and sharing.

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Re: Why do some old games has no in-game music in it?

Posted on 2021-05-10, 19:51

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Wasted effort, studies found that armchair pilots are just gonna put on Danger Zone anyway.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-05-06, 02:34

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DSCF9099.jpg I found a 20" Planar PL201M-BK monitor at the thrift shop the other day. There was no price so I asked and they gave it to me for $6 CAD. Max resolution is 1600x1200 @ 60Hz. It has a finger sized pressure spot in the top-left, just after 'Hardware Monitor', and internal speakers with, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-05-05, 17:27

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imi wrote on 2021-05-04, 19:44: this nice trio of boxes arrived recently :3 Very nice Gravis hardware. I live in BC and these frequently show up in thrift shops. I haven't found a Gravis Pro joystick yet so the hunt continues. Very nice, I'm jealous.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-04-26, 20:18

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Good story. I bought a MSI FX5950U a while ago, paid a pretty price of ~$200 CAD shipped. While it's in transit, the seller sends me a message and includes this nugget of information: "I honestly do not think the card had ever been used. It was a replacement for a cad cam machine that was left over …

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Re: Why can't I send private messages?

Posted on 2021-04-26, 17:45

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Hi. There's been some indication that PMs will be used for participating in a custom hardware project on these forums and I would like to participate. Anyone know what the post count is for being allowed to use private messages?

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