Re: How important is screen resolution to you?

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High-end realtime scaling/analogue noise reduction/MPEG2 mosquito noise reduction/MPEG2 macroblock reduction/etc products from the likes of Faroudja, DVDO, etc used to be a thing. There was also somewhat similar functionality in some products meant for the TV broadcast and cable/satellite industry. …

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Re: Cirrus Logic GD5434 PCI -Expanding VRAM to enable 64bit memory bus

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-Could it be that the 64bit memory bus is only enabled under Windows with drivers loaded for GUI acceleration? That was my suspicion. Though it migh also help in VESA 2.0 modes using an LFB. Do try to enable writing combining (with fastvid, for example). If running Windows 3.x or even 9x , maybe …

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Re: Cirrus Logic GD5434 PCI -Expanding VRAM to enable 64bit memory bus

Posted on 2024-05-14, 08:14

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-Could it be that the 64bit memory bus is only enabled under Windows with drivers loaded for GUI acceleration? That was my suspicion. Though it migh also help in VESA 2.0 modes using an LFB. Do try to enable writing combining (with fastvid, for example). If running Windows 3.x or even 9x , maybe …

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Re: Absolute best, Most reliable fans

Posted on 2024-05-14, 08:05

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will experience the arizona heat and very hot equipment (as much as 100c) these need to be able to run 12 hours a day every day for decades without failure or any maintenance While this is not my field of expertise, I believe there are some potentially important variables to consider here a) Is the …

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Re: What happened to the Spez FTP archive?

Posted on 2024-05-14, 06:00

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Something is definitely not OK with this ftp, browsing is OK but downloading happens at dial-up speed with constant failures after aprox. 1'. @AngelaTheSephira if you only want a specific file, try some client that will automatically reconnect and resume. It's not fast, but it is working for me . …

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Re: Windows 3.11 no longer starts after trying to start Microsoft Dogs

Posted on 2024-05-14, 05:46

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Hmm, maybe something is wrong at the storage level. What are you using as a c:\ drive ? Did you try running Scandisk or Chkdsk (depending on the DOS version used) to verify for any anomalies ?

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Re: What happened to the Spez FTP archive?

Posted on 2024-05-14, 05:42

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Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2024-05-14, 05:35: Modern browsers block FTP access by default. Try using a dedicated FTP client like FileZilla. Good point, but If the client application being used works with other FTP sites, it's likely not that. +1 to FileZilla either way.

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Re: What happened to the Spez FTP archive?

Posted on 2024-05-14, 05:40

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Yeah, for me it times out after 15 to 45 seconds: I would guess that it's either an issue with the peering link your ISP is trying to use or maybe the ftp server's host is blocking an IP range that happens to include your current IP address (i.e. someone with an address in that range did something …

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Re: How important is screen resolution to you?

Posted on 2024-05-14, 05:21

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I'm just weird on this. If it's a a vintage computer, and it's something i can have control of, I usually go for the highest readable resolution I can manage, so long as the performance isn't totally destroyed. If it's vintage media, I usually go for the highest quality I can manage if it's …

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Re: What happened to the Spez FTP archive?

Posted on 2024-05-14, 05:17

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AngelaTheSephira wrote on 2024-05-14, 04:49: As the title says. It doesn't seem to be online anymore. Does anyone know of a mirror of it? ftp.spez.com.ua works for me .

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Re: Modern GPU with VGA for CRT

Posted on 2024-05-14, 05:08

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Hi guys, i have a Crt Sony GDM F520 monitor. So here is the problem - it works great with radeon 9700 - the image quality is just superb, text and images are very sharp. Voodoo 3\5 - also great. Geforce 6600 - a little bit inferior in terms of sharpness but still good. But i want to push it further …

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Re: Modern GPU with VGA for CRT

Posted on 2024-05-14, 04:32

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The later cards with VGA use a DP or HDMI to VGA conversion chip and are subject to ~165MHz limit, so no high resolutions and/or refresh rates from those VGA ports. Pascal and Polaris VGA ports are all Limited at ~165MHz ? I think that Tiido meant that the implementations with an on-board HDMI or …

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Re: How important is screen resolution to you?

Posted on 2024-05-14, 03:11

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@zyzzle For those of us who deal with seasonal hot and humid weather, a 200W monitor is not something I would want to have running when my AC can already barely keep up, regardless of energy costs.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-05-14, 01:50

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Floppies are missing, but everything else seems there. EDIT: I think I remember seeing those combo packs at Radio Shack back in the day. Filename IMG_20240513_210456575.jpg File size 1.52 MiB Views 393 views

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Re: what was it like watching the death of 3dfx post voodoo 3 (late 1999-2000)?

Posted on 2024-05-11, 04:52

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TBH, i felt sadder when Gravis gave up on sound cards than when 3dfx kicked the bucket. A few decades later, I see things a bit differently, but still sometimes wonder about what could (or at least might) have been, but wasn't. There are many such paths not taken. In retrospect, being happy knowing …

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Re: DOS software for post-ISA sound devices

Posted on 2024-05-11, 00:21

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SBEMU and VSBHDA Well, that would also include all the ISA SB emulation software bundled with many PCI sound cards... Almost all the ISA SB emulation software would not qualify as "supporting newer hardware" if the hardware in question (and its bundled software) is at least 20 years old, IMHO. To …

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Re: DOS software for post-ISA sound devices

Posted on 2024-05-10, 14:32

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Grzyb wrote on 2024-05-10, 14:06: Vast majority of DOS software only supports ISA sound cards... however, there's a few programs with native support for newer har […] Show full quote Vast majority of DOS software only supports ISA sound cards... however, there's a few programs with native support …

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Re: How important is screen resolution to you?

Posted on 2024-05-10, 03:25

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Apparent resolution isn't that important to me. I would rather watch Fawlty Towers at 50p run through a decent deinterlacer and reasonably scaled to whatever my screen needs. I don't care for upsampling that tries to increase apparent sharpness or "recover/(re)invent" detail. Or at least I have not …

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Re: At which point does pcie nvme become faster?

Posted on 2024-05-09, 22:19

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Keep in mind that for optimal NVME performance you need to connect it to a north bridge. It is worth mentioning that on a PCIE 1.x system, 4 lanes of PCIE gives a max of about 1 Gigabyte per second. 4 lanes PCIe 1.x can give 800 Megabytes per second tops. I was quoting the most commonly mentioned …

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Re: Full recap of Chieftec CFT-650-14C PSU - I need some info about its electrolytic capacitors

Posted on 2024-05-09, 12:29

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Another idea came to my mind. If I take a controller chip with a well documented circuit from another PSU (I have a couple of quite old working power supplies with lower power - up to 400 W), I can make an additional small PCB to be wired-in and which will be responsible only for monitoring the …

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