Re: mTCP hangs..

Posted on 2023-03-16, 15:55

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by gen_angry

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Can you provide a link to the packet driver version 2.0c? I have a 3C905B-TX card and would like to try it, since I'm getting craptastic speeds with packet driver 5.2.6. These are the drivers I got with a 3C900 card, the 3C90XPD.COM is 2.0c - it seems to support 905 as well, but I'm not sure about …

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Re: microATX and AGP

Posted on 2023-03-15, 23:56

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by gen_angry

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Very useful, thanks! That board looks good and thanks for reminding me about that website, I'll start digging through it. Looks like it would be useful to find boards with universal AGP even if I can't silence that voice in my head that tells me I need to have a Voodoo card. Oh yeah, and actually I …

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Re: Socket 939 XP project

Posted on 2023-03-15, 21:29

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by gen_angry

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I would be careful of those sata -> molex adapters. They're known for being improperly made, arcing, and catching on fire. Would phase them out with newer drives or try to find/make crimped types rather than moulded. Nice setup though :) I had a 939 system myself back in the day. Started with a 3500 …

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Re: Help me finish a Win98 PC

Posted on 2023-03-15, 15:59

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by gen_angry

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I did some reading/checking and Pentium IV is WAY easier to get and cheaper to buy, you can get a full PC for like 30-40$ in Poland. That it is, it's also much easier to find a power supply for. Pentium 3s are too dam expensive. 1. 21" P1130 Dell Trinitron - that was the hardest part, big CRT …

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Re: microATX and AGP

Posted on 2023-03-15, 11:00

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by gen_angry

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Both of my retro machines use an M-ATX board. Since you mentioned Win98 a bunch - for my Win98/XP rig, I use an Asus P4P800-VM (S478) with a P4 3.0c (or 2.0a depending what config I feel like). It's got a 4x/8x slot in it and paired with either a GF4 Ti4200 or an Ati x850 Pro depending on config. …

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Re: Building a new Socket 7 MMX MS-DOS / Windows 95 All-in-one system

Posted on 2023-03-13, 21:33

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by gen_angry

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One upside of using a more modern ATX case like in those 'reverse sleeper builds', many of them have far better thermals. My P4 3.0c is in a modern case and it barely cracks 45 degrees on full tilt with the stock cooler. That said, I havent seen any of those upside down AT cases - it'll certainly be …

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Re: 2xDDR 400 running at 333 Mhz?

Posted on 2023-03-08, 20:27

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by gen_angry

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Good points, gen_angry, thanks. Never thought CPU's FSB would limit DDR's speed. I can easily find a CPU with 800 Mhz FSB or even thinking to have Core 2 Duo E6700 2.66 Ghz 1066 Mhz FSB. So in that case, would DDR run full speed (400 Mhz)? I couldn't tell you tbf, I don't know how it would work …

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Re: 2xDDR 400 running at 333 Mhz?

Posted on 2023-03-08, 15:46

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by gen_angry

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You have a 533FSB CPU in there, it's likely set/running at some FSB:memory ratio like 5:4. I'm not sure where in the BIOS that you can set it to something else, it'd be something like 'Front side bus:memory ratio'. Ideal setting is 1:1 but that would run your memory at 266. You could hunt down a …

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Re: Building a new Socket 7 MMX MS-DOS / Windows 95 All-in-one system

Posted on 2023-03-07, 16:27

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by gen_angry

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The Matrox card is an AGP card. If you already have these cards, use them. Going AGP suggestion was more of if you didnt have anything. The matrox is a bit out of spec (its a 2000ish card I believe and doesn't have the greatest DOS compatibility) but the rest are all solid choices for DOS. S3 VIRGE/ …

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Re: General advice for building first retro gaming pc

Posted on 2023-03-06, 22:29

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by gen_angry

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For your first build, IMHO it's a good idea to stay a bit cheap until you decide that you really want to go more high end. You don't want to spend hundreds on parts only to have it sit in the closet all the time. For an example, here is my build that does that era extremely well and can even go a …

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Re: Building a new Socket 7 MMX MS-DOS / Windows 95 All-in-one system

Posted on 2023-03-06, 21:59

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by gen_angry

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If that's a deal breaker for you, the tomato or the FIC boards are likely my #2. Both are pretty similar so either works. More info on the tomato here: https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/zida-5dhx-ver.-1.20 Ah, so the tomato has 430hx triton ii, so it has MMX support. Also, it looks like it has …

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Re: Were you ever hurt by a computer?

Posted on 2023-03-06, 18:42

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Many little cuts over the years from old AT cases and those stupid ass razor thin ATX IO shields. It isn't a completed computer until it has had it's blood sacrifice...

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Re: Building a new Socket 7 MMX MS-DOS / Windows 95 All-in-one system

Posted on 2023-03-06, 16:29

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by gen_angry

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The shuttle is what I would probably go with. It's a super socket 7 board so you'd have the option to clock up to a K6-2/3 if you wanted to in the future, that AGP slot sure is pretty, and ATX compatibility. Downside from what I can see is that the boards layout is pretty terrible due to the CPU …

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Re: Guide: Installing DOS drivers on an Audigy2 ZS (version 2.1)

Posted on 2023-03-05, 15:34

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by gen_angry

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Thanks for this, works great. 😀 With the sound font, DOOMs music sounds considerably better than my old AWE64 imo. For reference, it's using an Audigy 2 ZS on a P4 2.0, 256MB DDR, GF4 Ti4200, 865PE based board. Now to see how many of my late-era DOS games work on this machine.

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Re: Does anyone know of other than S3 manufactured PCI video cards with "16-bit VESA LPB" connector?

Posted on 2023-02-15, 11:50

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by gen_angry

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My Cardex S3 Trio64V2/DX has the 2x13 feature connector, a removed 2x1 'slot', a 2x3 connector, then an inverted 5x2 connector on it. No idea what any of those do but looking at the board markings, the 2x1 and 2x3 'expands' off of the 2x13. http://www.amoretro.de/wp-content/uploads/cardex_s3_trio64v …

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Re: DOS performance on a Pentium 4 vs new Pentium N3710

Posted on 2023-02-15, 11:33

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by gen_angry

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Thank you, all your messages bring much more clarity on this. I appreciate all the processor know-how here! :) Just to mention, the app here is pretty basic. It simply reads a text file, and displays the contents on a screen, over and over. There are a few hotkeys that can trigger different colors …

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Re: CRT Terminator Digital VGA Feature Card ISA DV1000

Posted on 2023-02-06, 03:20

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Interesting. My Voodoo 1 doesn't have this connector but my PCI S3 Trio64V2/DX does have a 26 + 6 pin header labelled "Feature Connector". So this isn't just for ISA/VLB cards?

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Re: What are the best Vga to hdmi scalers or peripherals for MS-DOS games ?

Posted on 2023-01-29, 13:18

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by gen_angry

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I remembered that older VGA monitors before EDID often had fewer pins. So, on a whim before buying anything new since the short VGA patch cable was super cheap anyways (which if this didn't work, I would have picked up another alongside the suggested active splitter) - I found a pinout of the VGA …

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Re: What are the best Vga to hdmi scalers or peripherals for MS-DOS games ?

Posted on 2023-01-29, 02:55

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by gen_angry

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dekkit wrote on 2023-01-29, 02:30: Could this also be an issue from using a 'passive' non-powered vga splitter? I thought so too initially but it works as long as only one device is connected on power on. If it were the splitter, would it not work then?

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Re: What are the best Vga to hdmi scalers or peripherals for MS-DOS games ?

Posted on 2023-01-28, 22:27

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by gen_angry

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So I have a bit of a strange issue. I have a 4 port KVM that's connected to all three of my retro rigs. From there, I have it going to a passive VGA splitter. From there, it's split to output to my monitor and my atlona (which then goes to my capture card). So it's like this: (rigs) ----> (KVM) ---> …

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