Re: wing commander on fast pc without problem

Posted on 2025-06-10, 20:28

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Ok i tried this briefly and it seems good so far, only thing bothering me seems to be the dead zone for the mouse control during gameplay was removed. I actually got very good playing Wing Commander with a mouse, and noticed there was no dead zone for the mouse anymore. Becomes a bit too difficult …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2025-06-10, 13:32

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I used a couple of Corsair ECC sticks. You can see my build here from several years back. https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=48612 Great to see you back in action here on Vogons Artex! I love those old build thread of yours. Any new updates soon? I actually thought about you the other day, that …

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Re: New Patch - Wing Commander 1 (1990) speed throttling for 486+ CPUs

Posted on 2025-06-04, 10:34

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Actually even a quick 386 like 40MHz or even 33 run Test Drive III like effin´roadkill. The game seems to run best on a 386 SX-16. Probably even a 386 25 is already too fast. You're right, thanks for clarifying! Warcraft 1 and 2 (scrolling on the map is very fast, but not impossible to play) For …

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Re: New Patch - Wing Commander 1 (1990) speed throttling for 486+ CPUs

Posted on 2025-06-04, 09:16

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DivByZero. I really appreciate you taking on this challenge! Have been wanting a patch for this game for some time. I hope you're able to finish it to also include all parts of the game. If you need another challenge, then you have Test Drive III, probably the game most notorious for running way to …

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Re: New Patch - Wing Commander 1 (1990) speed throttling for 486+ CPUs

Posted on 2025-06-03, 14:27

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appiah4 wrote on 2025-06-03, 13:58: Would asking for a patch for Ultima VII Pt 1 be too much? 😀 There is a patch for that game already. Ultima VII Frame Limiter Patch

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Re: running Amstrad 1512 system disks

Posted on 2025-06-02, 14:45

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Dupe need help with running 1512 amstrad system disks Closed. Next time your post/thread will be deleted with no warning

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Re: Olivetti M4 464 S Modulo PC Video Ram Expantion

Posted on 2025-06-02, 13:58

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sl1pkn07 wrote on 2025-06-02, 13:44: offtopic: oh you are the same person who creates the clon cache memory stick for the mobo of the M4/PCS42! Could you share more details here? I'm on the lookout for such a cache stick.

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Re: Microsemi / Adaptec maybe close to removing downloads for their older products - call to action

Posted on 2025-06-01, 20:49

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Was anyone able to obtain a copy of the BIOS flash utility for the Adaptec 2940UW card? I may also need the BIOS and flash utility for the 2940U2W card as well. And this :) ... afuv220.exe 2940u2w_bios_v2572.exe I'm having trouble downloading the firmware/BIOS version 5.2.0 Build 18948 for the …

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Re: Mindscape Music Board emulation added to the PicoMEM

Posted on 2025-05-29, 09:48

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Very nice! Love that you keep adding features (and thus value) to the PicoMem!

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Re: Zenith Z-181 monster laptop

Posted on 2025-05-26, 07:15

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That's quite the coincidence. I picked up a Z-181 yesterday! Cosmetically very nice condition and it works (just a button on the keyboard that needs sorting). So far on the LCD I'd say it's OKish for office use. Quite the ghosting when you have scrolling text (for instance on /dir). I personally …

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Re: Socket 4 build (Apr 1994)

Posted on 2025-05-23, 13:44

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But what is the point to put a 1996 cpu to a 1994 board, if you can use a real p133 with a 430hx with pb cache board, which is ca 20% faster. When I built it was mainly since I had the socket 4 overdrive and wanted to use it. I'm fully aware a real P133 is in another league with the right …

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Re: Socket 4 build (Apr 1994)

Posted on 2025-05-23, 11:48

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You need an So4 overdrive!!! ;) Honestly, very nice looking system, great case. But you're right, So4 was just ... let's call it an experiment with very little relevance. I wanted to build a top pc from its age, overdrive is an outdated rig. I had the same case in 93 :) I still have the Overdrive …

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Re: RReady (Rendition Verite wrapper) Test Build (Alpha 1)

Posted on 2025-05-23, 11:12

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Quick test for someone with a 3D Blaster VLB: https://nirvtek.com/downloads/SMODEVLB.20250520.001.7z MD5: 954dfb5f90f7a34ceef87dbec65791db (Corrects bug) https://nirvtek.com/downloads/SMODEVLB.20250522.001.7z MD5: 4fa8357c9ddd9b4afa8e06adb075f08d Run SMODEVLB > vlb.txt. Attach the VLB file or its …

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Re: Olivetti M24 RGBtoHDMI profile?

Posted on 2025-05-20, 16:41

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Wow! DEB in action. Really wish I had this in my M28 which also supports it. I also have the original color monitor .

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Re: win16.page - A new site archiving 16-bit Windows freeware/shareware/demos of commercial games (and more!)

Posted on 2025-05-20, 12:08

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Really cool project!

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Re: Driver CD for Soundblaster Live! 24bit external

Posted on 2025-05-19, 14:46

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There's some applications available at Creative's webpage: https://support.creative.com/Downloads/welcome.aspx?prodID=10702 Did you try the drivers that is also available on that page? Those are the wrong drivers. SB Live! 24-bit External (which I understood to be SB0490, yet somehow in the inf it …

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Re: Downsizing collection - how?

Posted on 2025-05-17, 17:44

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My best suggestion for you would be to find one of the local retro groups on Facebook or Discord. Contact them. I'm sure you can get rid of it in bulk quite easily that way.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2025-05-06, 18:41

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Hi I found this today and I have no idea what it is looks like some fancy and rare graphics card It says "Boca Vortek" and I am DEFINITELY not going to peal the label to see what chip is underneath I checked online and there seems to ba a VLB card with similar name but thats as fas as I researched …

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Re: Need drivers for CoStar LabelWriter II Plus

Posted on 2025-05-06, 11:54

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The old VersionTracker site pointed to v5.0.4 for the Mac... https://web.archive.org/web/20080405113437/http://www.versiontracker.com/php/dlpage.php?id=1051&db=mac&pid=1054&kind=&lnk=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dymo.com%2Fmedia%2FSoftware%2FDLS504Mac.hqx ...whilst the Dymo archive still retains v5.0.5... …

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Re: Need drivers for CoStar LabelWriter II Plus

Posted on 2025-05-06, 07:37

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Hmm it appears CoStar joined Dymo in 1999 and they also show drivers but have yet to find them on their website as they were on ftp also https://web.archive.org/web/19990429010505/http://www.dymo.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20001203121600/http://www.dymo.com/Support/TechnicalSupport/ https:// …

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