Re: TANDY Dos-Gaming-Thread (1000RL/HD)

Posted on 2020-01-27, 00:27

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by infiniteclouds

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I FINALLY found myself a SCSI CF card reader. Actually it is the same one you have. I really hope you documented your adventures with the Rancho RT1000B SCSI as I don't expect it'll be easy to get it going.

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Re: GOG XP games in native OS

Posted on 2019-12-14, 20:29

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Damn, the Origin version works natively but GOG does not? Bummer.

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Re: GOG XP games in native OS

Posted on 2019-12-10, 02:48

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by infiniteclouds

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That's weird...my retail 5-disc version of Far Cry runs flawlessly in Windows XP S3 with X79 board/Titan Black with latest XP drivers and i7 4820K.

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GOG XP games in native OS

Posted on 2019-12-10, 02:17

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by infiniteclouds

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Do they break compatibility? Are you better off chasing after retail discs? So far I've only tried Urban Chaos (which worked) and Jade Empire (which did not).

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Re: Far Cry

Posted on 2019-12-10, 02:04

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As said previously, you'll want to use patch 1.32 to avoid that bug. My question is... if I am playing in the native OS of Windows XP 32-bit is there any reason to use community patches or should I just stick to pre 1.4 ? Should I patch at all? I'm running the 5-disc (yes 5!) retail version.

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Re: First hurdle installing Windows XP on my system.

Posted on 2019-12-06, 21:35

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by infiniteclouds

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There are SATA drivers (literally the only drivers that show up for XP) on the ASUS Support page for this motherboard so I can use those. I was able to get past this bluescreen by changing my SATA settings. The issue was that since my Windows 7 set up is two 256SSDs in RAID I needed to have SATA set …

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First hurdle installing Windows XP on my system.

Posted on 2019-12-06, 20:49

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by infiniteclouds

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I want to install Windows XP on my current rig. To avoid any fuss or muss with partitions, dual boots I have a total separate SSD drive for my XP installation. However, after booting from the disc and it loading the various files/drivers the Windows Start-Up gives me the blue screen below before it …

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Are Securom games still playable?

Posted on 2019-11-30, 22:34

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by infiniteclouds

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Do these disc-based DRM games from the Windows XP era actually need to phone-in or is it just a matter of that DRM breaking with newer OS's? Are there any DRMs that are actually a concern on legacy systems?

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Re: The Outer Worlds releases in 2 days

Posted on 2019-10-29, 07:37

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by infiniteclouds

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Better just accept that IPs like TES and Fallout are dead -- unless Bethesda somehow loses them.

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Re: The Outer Worlds releases in 2 days

Posted on 2019-10-27, 08:00

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Fallout NV is one of my favorite games -- love that shit. I only buy DRM-free however and I can't play FPS games with a controller so no console will work either. If they would just give me locked 60 FPS and a k&m I would largely abandon modern PC gaming right now. At least until another 1-2 …

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Re: Hardware experts, are we ever going to see replica 3D GPU's?

Posted on 2019-10-27, 07:57

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weldum wrote: i would rather make a 2d/3d accelerator that supports everything natively rredline glide metal ati cif sgl opengl and directx an […] Show full quote i would rather make a 2d/3d accelerator that supports everything natively rredline glide metal ati cif sgl opengl and directx and so on …

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Re: Hardware experts, are we ever going to see replica 3D GPU's?

Posted on 2019-10-21, 07:42

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by infiniteclouds

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I think it's only a matter of time, honestly. I'm not talking about an actual replica with source parts, but more along the lines of FPGA or maybe even some other new tech that doesn't exist yet. Eventually, yes.

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Re: TANDY Dos-Gaming-Thread (1000RL/HD)

Posted on 2019-09-28, 07:24

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by infiniteclouds

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CM-11s are so nice -- I hope you're able to get that dimming one repaired rather than junked

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-09-09, 22:47

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bjwil1991 wrote: Original Xbox bundle for $10 revision 1.6b (manufactured 11/2004) […] Show full quote Original Xbox bundle for $10 revision 1.6b (manufactured 11/2004) I think I want one -- but I need a good comprehensive list of either "Games exclusive to XBOX" as I own a PS2 and Gamecube for …

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Re: NuXT - micro-ATX IBM XT (LGR review)

Posted on 2019-09-09, 19:21

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by infiniteclouds

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matze79 wrote: Tandy ISA Card already exists, and will soon launch 😀 And graphics? There are some games that were only 16 color in Tandy mode. Also, for the Tandy sound card that will require game-by-game patches, won't it?

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Re: NuXT - micro-ATX IBM XT (LGR review)

Posted on 2019-09-09, 04:46

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by infiniteclouds

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matze79 wrote: Yeah its missing onboard Sound OPL or 3 Voice Generator ;D . OPL can be added easily enough. I would be all over this if it somehow had Tandy Graphics and Sound onboard.

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Re: Tandy 1000, Lo-Tech XT/IDE, CF and DOS 3.x

Posted on 2019-09-04, 23:45

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by infiniteclouds

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Okay, then I would say the chances are very good Dr Xray that you will have success doing what I did -- use DOS 5.0's FDISK utility to do an master boot record format (fdisk/mbr) then back and pop in your 3.3 disks and install.

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Re: Tandy 1000, Lo-Tech XT/IDE, CF and DOS 3.x

Posted on 2019-09-03, 22:18

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by infiniteclouds

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I can't guarantee that your issue is the same that I was having but I 100% could not get a bootable 3.3 DOS on my system until I first popped in a DOS 5.0 disc and used THAT fdisk to do an fdisk/mbr. Then I backed out of the installation and popped in 3.3, installed it, etc. and that finally worked …

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Re: Tandy 1000, Lo-Tech XT/IDE, CF and DOS 3.x

Posted on 2019-09-03, 02:39

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by infiniteclouds

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drphilxray wrote: fdisk on DOS 3.3 gives me 4 options- #4 to list drives /partitions and the CF doesn't appear. Hey, is this *after* you used FDISK/MBR command from a DOS 5.0 or later FDISK ?

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Re: Tandy 1000, Lo-Tech XT/IDE, CF and DOS 3.x

Posted on 2019-09-01, 06:20

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by infiniteclouds

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Very glad I documented what I went through with my CF on the Tandy 1000SX seeing as so many have responded and used this thread. Dr Xray, I'm assuming you tried the steps in the original post, specifically "DISKPART LIST DISK, found # for my CF. SELECT DISK # CLEAN" in the CMD prompt of Windows 7 to …

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