Re: The All-amazing super-de-douper SuperPi thread!

Posted on 2012-09-17, 02:54

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by maddmaxstar

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Cool, haven't been here in a couple months and this thread is still going! If I got time in the next couple days, I'll do a test on my new undervolted mobile-A64 3000+ @1GHz 0.875v.

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Re: Wavetable Stand-in Card (XR385)

Posted on 2012-03-09, 20:10

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by maddmaxstar

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Yeah, when I use the AWE32 as my primary card, I put the SET BLASTER line in as the addresses for components I wish to use, in this case: SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 E620 T6 Everything in the BLASTER line matches the AWE32 except the MIDI address (P330 on the SB16 rather than P300 of the AWE32), …

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Re: Ultimate Athlon specs

Posted on 2012-03-03, 23:16

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I was happy for a time with my Duron. I had the 1.0GHz Duron with the Morgan core, which was based on Palomino core and had the Athlon XP enhancements like SSE and a Thermal diode. It was pretty impressive to get something like that inexpensively, especially with it's performance vs Thunderbird and …

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Re: SB 2.0 CT1350 CMS chips dumped

Posted on 2012-03-03, 06:05

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I got my SAA1099P's for 10$ shipped from UTSource.net. They arrived pretty quickly from Singapore too, under 2 weeks. I don't check this page for a week and theres 2 full pages of comments... I saw earlier mention of my issues with the chips on my card. The issue was me, I thought the CMS jumper …

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Re: Ultimate Athlon specs

Posted on 2012-03-03, 05:30

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TBird 1400 was a Hot Mofo though, my Duron 1000 was always cool to the touch, though it had half the TDP of the 1400 (46w vs 72w). I also remember modifying the heatsink a little so the thermal diode came in direct contact with the heatsink and properly spun up/down when under load, rather than …

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Re: Ultimate Athlon specs

Posted on 2012-03-03, 04:31

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If it's just for the heck of it, I'd try and grab one of the early Athlon 600 models that do not say Athlon, but instead AMD 7th generation processor. <------- Like the one in my Avatar? Mine's a 550, I've had it since it was new. Bloody expensive back in the day but great investment given how long …

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Re: Lusty LCD Panels

Posted on 2012-03-01, 20:35

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by maddmaxstar

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"Thin and sexy, Compaq's TFT500 will make even Courtney Cox jealous." So 90's. 😜

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Re: AT&T PC 6300: The Resurection.

Posted on 2012-02-29, 17:40

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Mine does that, too. I think the battery may be dead but I haven't opened it up to check. It did work when I put in storage but that was over 20 years ago. Does what, won't boot to the OS? I had a look inside mine, the battery is a barrel-type rechargable battery, and is starting to corrode, so it …

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Re: Love Hate relationships

Posted on 2012-02-29, 13:27

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Sorry to hear your Board/Vid Card got fried by 1.21 Jigawatts. Too bad you can't really go back in time to stop that from happening. Maybe if you stole some Plutonium from the Libyans...

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Re: Wavetable Stand-in Card (XR385)

Posted on 2012-02-28, 01:17

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In practice I haven't noticed any sound differences with Waveblaster and General MIDI on the XR385, so that sounds about right. FF7 for PC sounds cool, I bet that soundtrack is awesome, though I bet a copy of FF7 for PC is fairly rare nowadays. The DB60XG/XR385 sounds awesome, I'm really happy with …

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Re: Super Socket 7: VIA MVP3 vs. ALi Aladdin V

Posted on 2012-02-28, 00:48

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So no word about Vista/7 on an ALi Aladdin V chipset then, eh?

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Re: The All-amazing super-de-douper SuperPi thread!

Posted on 2012-02-28, 00:40

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The Pentium III 450 does 1M digits in about the same time my Pentium II @166mhz does 512K. Does this mean it's twice as fast? I think that it would be even more than twice as fast. The 512k tests calculates Pi to over 512,000 decimal points, whereas 1M means over a Million, each decimal point …

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AT&T PC 6300: The Resurection.

Posted on 2012-02-28, 00:33

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I'm gonna take a moment from going old skool and go real old skool with questions about a true vintage beast. I could also have called this "Calling all PC 6300" owners, but I'm not sure just how many here or out there in general have one of these PC Compatibles. Basically, I have an AT&T PC 6300 …

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Re: P200MMX dumpster find to my version of the ultimate DOS computer! pics and stats!

Posted on 2012-02-26, 05:55

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That sounds like really strange board. If it supports P54C Chips, it might be that when dropping in an older chip, the Vcore pin is ignored and runs everything of the 3.3v IO line. On the other hand, if I recall correctly, my old Shuttle HOT591 SS7 board had Voltage autodetect circuitry, not sure …

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Re: Wavetable Stand-in Card (XR385)

Posted on 2012-02-26, 05:39

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It works! I configured the cards as follows: AWE32 CT3910: A220 D1 I5 H5 P300 E620 SB16 CT1740: A240 D3 I7 P330 My AWE32 has the same CT1747 main IC with "OPL" written on it as my CT2230, and I haven't noticed any sound abnormalities, I'm assuming it has a real OPL3 integrated into the chip, so I'm …

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Re: Wavetable Stand-in Card (XR385)

Posted on 2012-02-26, 02:03

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My current settings are: SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 E620 T6 So with the CT1740 I should be able to set it to A240 I7 D3 P330 and set the AWE's MIDI to P300. Now, does this also mean that anything using OPL2/3 would be piped out from the SB16? Would that introduce noise from the CT1740 through …

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Re: P200MMX dumpster find to my version of the ultimate DOS computer! pics and stats!

Posted on 2012-02-26, 01:40

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True, 10$ isn't a huge loss. Sucks that there's no voltage jumpers, must be a Gateway designed board meant for only supporting PMMX's. Theres also the possibility of finding an original K6 or a Cyrix 6x86MX/MII, might be able to run a 2.9v chip at 2.7... but most of them didn't take kindly to …

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Re: Wavetable Stand-in Card (XR385)

Posted on 2012-02-25, 23:43

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Well, what I'd like to do is use the AWE32 for everything and the SB16 for MPU-401 only. Is there any way that all functions on the SB16 simply be disabled except for MPU-401? or would I have to do it by changing the IRQ/DMA/Addresses on the SB16 to something other than the AWE32 uses, and set each …

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Re: P200MMX dumpster find to my version of the ultimate DOS computer! pics and stats!

Posted on 2012-02-25, 21:31

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I'm reasonably certain that a 2.7v Vcore will likely toast that CPU... if theres a Vcore setting lower than that, like 2.3/2.4 there may be a better chance. Are there any voltage jumpers at all?

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Wavetable Stand-in Card (XR385)

Posted on 2012-02-25, 20:11

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So! I received my NEC XR385 (Yamaha DX60XG clone) Wavetable card from our Chinese friend "Doublefish1981" yesterday, came wrapped in a lovely piece of newspaper and packed in a cheap envelope (so I hope it works). Now, I want to use this card in my 486 to add the functionality to that system. My …

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