Re: Most stable plattform/chipset for pentium 3 gaming

Posted on 2023-08-09, 10:26

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by HanSolo

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If you don't want to mess with capacitors then absolutely stay away from ABit. I love ABit boards, they are iconic enthusiast motherboards with detailed BIOS features, but in that time period they all have bad caps. This is why they went out of business. The capacitor plague affected capacitors …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-08-08, 17:34

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by HanSolo

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Do you have any advice where that might be? No jumper as far as I can see I sincerely dout it's 5V or fuse related, that would not cause any problems with a USB keyboard. That said, USB keyboard support may be disabled in the BIOS. Have you tried a CMOS reset? I removed the battery and tried it …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-08-08, 13:13

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by HanSolo

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appiah4 wrote on 2023-08-08, 12:56: How one of them is so much wider than the other?... Perspective. They sit slighty rotated on top of each other 😀

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-08-08, 11:37

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by HanSolo

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No power on keyboard, means you have lost 5V supply for the PS/2 keyboard and mouse port. Find the nearby fuse and check it with meter. Cheers, Do you have any advice where that might be? Look for a jumper near the PS/2 port. Sometimes the port can be disabled if that jumper falls off. No jumper as …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-08-08, 11:10

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by HanSolo

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Dell Optiplex GXPro 200 [..]. It starts up but stops with a keyboard error (tried with 2 PS2 and an USB-Keyboard. Not even the Num-Lock LED reacts). Fell free to suggest anything I could test :) No power on keyboard, means you have lost 5V supply for the PS/2 keyboard and mouse port. Find the …

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Re: General questions on win98 PC specs

Posted on 2023-08-08, 00:06

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by HanSolo

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BitWrangler wrote on 2023-08-08, 00:01: EvilOrangeJuice wrote on 2023-08-07, 23:14: Here is what he has. Selling me it all for 10 bucks. Looks like agp yes Looks like a 1st gen Radeon all in wonder to me, but yes AGP... probably disappointing vs a 9600, but still worth $10 ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon …

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Re: General questions on win98 PC specs

Posted on 2023-08-07, 23:53

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by HanSolo

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I was wondering what this 'Pinball' thing is in the first photo.. Turns out it's a 56K modem 😁

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Re: General questions on win98 PC specs

Posted on 2023-08-07, 12:52

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by HanSolo

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I think it's always good to start with what you have and see where it can take you. If the suggested PCI-cards are not expensive then just get one and have fun with the system. You can always build a complete new one later.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-08-06, 23:30

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by HanSolo

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Got an interesting system: a Dell Optiplex GXPro 200, with Pentium Pro 200, Elsa Winner 2000 Pro/X (S3) and integrated SB16 Vibra. It starts up but stops with a keyboard error (tried with 2 PS2 and an USB-Keyboard. Not even the Num-Lock LED reacts). Fell free to suggest anything I could test :) …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-08-06, 00:37

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by HanSolo

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Got a bag full of cards for free. I wouldn't have spent any money on this since they are all in a horrible condition. However at first glance I didn't notice any obvious damage except some bulging capacitors. But all are untested. AGP Sapphire X1550 256MB PixelView GeForce FX5200 128MB ATI All-In- …

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Re: CRT experience

Posted on 2023-08-06, 00:34

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by HanSolo

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lti wrote on 2023-08-05, 22:52: I only have one little 15" Trinitron, and it's getting really dim. Even when it was bright, the gamma curve was so far off that the brightness had to be cranked up until black turned into gray before you could see dark colors. Maybe that can be fixed with WinDAS?

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Re: Hardware storage

Posted on 2023-08-04, 23:25

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by HanSolo

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Mainboard are in antistatic bags standing vertically in a plastic box. Most ATX in one big, AT boards in a smaller box. Graphics cards in the same way in another big but less tall box. I don't have the storage space to pack every board in its own card-board box. Everything else looks similar to …

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Re: High feresh rate, low resolution, impact on CRT life?

Posted on 2023-08-04, 14:06

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by HanSolo

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I would run it somewhat below the maximum technical specification because the image is usually a bit sharper then

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Re: Collection rationale

Posted on 2023-08-04, 13:00

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by HanSolo

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What was the topic again? Anyway, I just picked up yet another PS/2 keyboard. Can never have too many spares, right? (Help me it's become a sickness) Me too, found an old DIN keyboard with a PS/2 adapter from my parents' attic. Very happy of that find. Just for fun I checked how much they ask it on …

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Re: Are there motherboards with 133Mhz FSB, ISA slots AND an Intel chipset

Posted on 2023-08-03, 18:50

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by HanSolo

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Darry would it be possible for you to dump the BIOS of the board? We would like to add it to TRW project. If only I knew that you were looking for it. Seems you missed my post two months ago :) Did you get the 3rd board working ? I still havven't found the time to work on it. Live got in the way :) …

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Re: Are there motherboards with 133Mhz FSB, ISA slots AND an Intel chipset

Posted on 2023-08-03, 18:17

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by HanSolo

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I have an Ipox 3ETI23 . ISA works with the following caveats : - NMI does not work (no megaem for GUS or similar MPU-401 emulation through aweutil under DOS). See https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=53249&p=574382&hilit=3eti23#p574382 - GUS PnP DMA does not work in any game . - GUS classic …

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Re: Collection rationale

Posted on 2023-08-03, 13:40

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by HanSolo

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assumed that a boolean gate would be equal to 3 transistors (I think AND gate takes 3 transistors, again from my memory, might be more or less but the ballpark is right). It's not about how many transistors are needed per boolean gate. LE's are not boolean gates, and your "ballpark estimation" has …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-08-03, 11:45

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by HanSolo

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It's not that strange when you think about it: at 1280x1024@16 you need exactly 2.5 MB That's true. But I've read another explanation that such amount of memory is a result of a memory structure. That is of course possible. I only meant that this uncommon size is quite handy :) But it seems there …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-08-02, 20:58

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by HanSolo

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rkurbatov wrote on 2023-08-02, 16:43: Tseng ET6000 with its strange MRAM (of 1.25MB each module, 2.5 in total). It's not that strange when you think about it: at 1280x1024@16 you need exactly 2.5 MB

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Re: Collection rationale

Posted on 2023-08-02, 15:40

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by HanSolo

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Doesn't the MİSTer basically do this already? Maybe some weak 386 will be able to emulate, but I would like to run games with 3D acceleration like Need for Speed ​​3 on it. MİSTer can emulate a PSX, so a low end Pentium with a Voodoo card should be doable IMO. It's not presently done, though.. I …

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