Re: The Ultimate 686 Benchmark Comparison

Posted on 2020-05-10, 20:17

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I hate to be a pain but I am compelled to submit this comment. It doesn't matter if its 286, 386, 486,586 or 686 they are all graded to their best frequencies at the factory. a 1.1GHz/100MHz pentium III coppermine is the factories best lithography production for its socket at that frequency. The …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-05-10, 19:55

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Today I installed and used Windows 3.1 for the first time, on my 386 (I made a thread about whether it would run a while back). It's surprisingly... good, for what it is. I couldn't really understand the appeal of it but having tried it, it sort of makes sense. the era of enforced desktop tidyness …

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Re: AGP GPU for windows 98 fe se and windows 2000

Posted on 2020-05-10, 19:17

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I'm thinking 32mb ram or more but seriously the prices guys have you seen them on ebay? I'm not after the best I just need something to run on signed drivers for direct x with windows 98se that can run dos games and play some 1990's games what if it was just a motherboard with integrated graphics i …

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Re: Yamaha YMF7x4 Guide

Posted on 2020-05-10, 19:02

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never mind darry it supports direct x 7 & 8 its just the drivers aren't signed I want a yamaha synth enabled soundcard that has signed drivers that labs quality bulldust microsoft makes inflation with

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-05-10, 01:04

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looking for direct x 9 sound and video for my pentium III today stuff thats had its drivers signed by microsoft its hard noone seems to advertise signed driver stuff

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-05-09, 20:23

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I may edit this post later to include photos of windows from within windows 98se with retrozilla web browser :D Thanks for reading :) Please don't edit, then I will never notice it .. :lol: fair enough. I am frustrated my Radeon 9200 se and yamaha ymf724 don't have Microsoft quality signed drivers …

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Re: Yamaha YMF7x4 Guide

Posted on 2020-05-09, 20:02

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I just find dxdiag testing software buffers play not hardware does this card have hardware acceleration or is it just software buffers

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AGP GPU for windows 98 fe se and windows 2000

Posted on 2020-05-09, 19:56

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Hi :) Please help me .... Having given up on my 128mb ATI Radeon 6200 se having hardware acceleration in 9x I need to look for an AGP card with DVI that will run with Direct x hardware acceleration something direct x 9 signed Its for a pentium III system The more memory the better. My system dual …

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Re: Yamaha YMF7x4 Guide

Posted on 2020-05-09, 16:12

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can someone please recommend a Microsoft hardware labs signed version of the ymf724 driver for windows 98se? i'm going to install windows 98FE just to get hardware acceleration otherwise i mean on windows 98se the 1040 driver isn't signed for dx6,7,8 or 9 lol If windows 98FE has dx6 then i have to …

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Re: Yamaha YMF7x4 Guide

Posted on 2020-05-09, 01:02

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not all cards come out perfect they are sometimes slightly off is why in online shops there is disclaimers may be slightly different to display item. Anyhow I have had so much fun with my ymf724. The only thing that stirs me is the 1040 driver version is fantastic at sound but it is limited to …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-05-05, 21:07

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My Abit VP6 just got 2 x 40gb Maxtor Diamondmax 7200rpm ATA133 disks on its RAID ports. With 1 x 1ghz pentium 3 installed and 2gb ram I have prepared a specially patched windows 98se install disc to allow it to run on 2gb ram. Purpose of this is to see how well this pc's raid 1 hardware feature can …

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Re: Yamaha YMF7x4 Guide

Posted on 2020-02-25, 13:32

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Hi I got an XWAVE pci soundcard has YMF724F-V chip. I'm in need of advice. Wanting its midi output on windows 98se, whats the best driver? Also, I need a download link. My system is a dual P III Abit VP6 (I use only 1 cpu for windows 9x) which has VIA Apollo Pro 133A (VT82694X) / VT82C686B chipset …

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2019-03-24, 22:13

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Just to help with systems with windows 2000 to 7 http://driverpacks.net (you'll not need to search for a driver again) For many windows driver floppies and cdroms can be useful for win NT and 3.x https://archive.org/ <----lots of old games,apps and OS too Drivers, bios all kinds of goodies here grab …

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Re: ABIT VP6 (VIA Apollo Pro 133A)

Posted on 2018-11-24, 05:40

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The RAID card and Mothrboard are rare to get and I am now running an unofficial BIOS with the RAID controller's last bios update code. Gigabit LAN is fun but windows 9x drivers make it overheat so its 100mbit only unless its an NT O.S. I also like to play synthesizer and MIDI will sound good on …

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Re: ABIT VP6 (VIA Apollo Pro 133A)

Posted on 2018-11-23, 10:13

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i apollo-gise i just realised your thread veered 😀

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Re: ABIT VP6 (VIA Apollo Pro 133A)

Posted on 2018-11-23, 10:04

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These apollo stand the test of time with factory specs in mind and I prefer it to 440LX I beleive. And an excuse to show some hardware porn 😀

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ABIT VP6 (VIA Apollo Pro 133A)

Posted on 2018-11-23, 09:44

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I'd like to show off my refurbished apollo Motherboard ABIT VP6. All capacitors replaced. This sucker cost mega. I've always wanted one because the BIOS data can be dismantled and rebuilt easily and no onboard scrap audio or outdated LAN. ABit VP6 DUAL Pentium 3 Motherboard + 2x Intel P3 800EB CPU + …

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Re: Needed help with a Pentium 3 motherboard

Posted on 2018-11-23, 09:23

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It sounds like you need to replace the capacitors. The process is called RECAPPING. Those capacitors last 5 to 10 years. Sometimes places like ebay sell recapping sets but for popular mainboards typically. Any electronics specialist like radio shack, jaycar etc can find you replacements, many …

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Re: Yamaha S-YXG100plus SoftSynth for Win9x 4MB waveset working!!

Posted on 2018-05-29, 05:13

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Hello everyone. I have some interesting information. I am running Windows 98 Second Edition with Yamaha's XG100 Plus with VL. I have run it on oracle virtualbox and vmware but if you don't own an intel I don't recommend that. For the sake of sanity I recommend true retro hardware. I have run it on …

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