Re: dcsliquidations on ebay are true dickbags

Posted on 2017-11-18, 16:10

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And I assumed it was a mechanical M13 due to the wording of the listing and the design. I was only ever aware if mechanical M13s, not rubber dome ones You were not aware of the existence of rubber dome M13s, so you didn't think to ask. The seller was not aware that there was even something to check …

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Re: dcsliquidations on ebay are true dickbags

Posted on 2017-11-18, 09:55

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ShenTao , In my view, we are dealing with separate issues here. One of them is the seller being a jerk, with no concept of customer service, and making ridiculous claims. This goes without saying, and in this light I agree that eBay was right to rule in your favor. However, seeing as you probably …

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Re: I'm a daddy...

Posted on 2017-11-05, 15:12

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oeuvre wrote: Congrats! Here's to a long life and good health. Hear hear! oeuvre wrote: Maybe play her OPL3 MIDI music when putting her to bed. Great idea. I used to play certain MIDI songs via Cubic Player at one point to put my son to sleep. 😀

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Re: Heroes of Might and Magic --in some systems you get CD audio music, in some others you don't

Posted on 2017-10-15, 11:41

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I recently came back to this topic and stumbled on the following thread: http://heroescommunity.com/viewthread.php3?TID=37304&PID=1051082 Based on that, it looks like CD music (actual Red Book tracks) is only present in the Windows version. However, the original (pre-Compendium) DOS versions 1.0-1.2 …

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Re: DOS sound driver in Windows 98 SE?

Posted on 2017-10-08, 08:49

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Typically it does not need to be installed. Win98 SE handles SB emulation for its DOS environment. Could you be more specific? Which sound card, which driver?

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Re: Can a 2500K run with the heatsink loose?

Posted on 2017-10-03, 11:41

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With any modern CPU (as in "from the last 10 years"), it is extremely unlikely that any damage can be caused by briefly running it without proper cooling (loose heatsink, or even without heatsink at all). The thermal protection will trip immediately as soon as the temperature exceeds a predefined …

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Re: Why 7Z not RAR or ZIP?

Posted on 2017-09-28, 06:21

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It puzzles me when people upload archives for others in 7zip format, particularly smaller ones (but even large ones when the data is already compressed). They're thinking too much about size and too little about convenience. I agree. 7ZIP can make ZIP archives. I generally use the ZIP format as it …

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Re: Why 7Z not RAR or ZIP?

Posted on 2017-09-27, 11:44

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It packs better and is completely free. ZIP has lots of free tools, but not all extensions are universal (for example not all unpackers can handle encrypted archives) + it is not the best in terms of compression ratio. RAR is better but isn't free.

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Re: Silencing a noisy 6800GT

Posted on 2017-09-26, 14:56

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Don't ignore the fact that any fan becomes shitty/noisy after eating dust for 3-4-5 years then probably sitting somewhere for the lube to dry out pretty well :-D That's not really true. Most of my desktop fans didn't. My primary desktop is 9 years old, and all 3 case fans (Gigabyte 570S) + CPU fan …

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Re: Silencing a noisy 6800GT

Posted on 2017-09-26, 08:33

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Change to an aftermarket cooler or get a different card. I would not bother with lubing sh!tty noisy fans, when there are plenty of properly design quiet coolers in the universe. 😁

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Re: Interesting links

Posted on 2017-09-22, 15:57

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Cool. I just wish somebody did that for Vista. Basically - bring it to the same level of SW compatibility as Win7.

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Re: I love all the Win98 lovers we have here!!

Posted on 2017-09-18, 08:13

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WinME will try its best to mask the registry panic and shut down automatically instead of even allowing a safe mode startup leaving you without a clue on what actually happened. It's a lot like NT-based OSs in this regard, no? I've been in cases where XP/Vista/7 could not start even in safe mode, …

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Re: I love all the Win98 lovers we have here!!

Posted on 2017-09-18, 07:55

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dexvx wrote: Windows ME is better. No one knew it at the time. But 17 years later, that's my opinion. It's better as Windows. But in Win9x era many people (gamers especially) still wanted access to pure DOS, which WinME took away (although you could hack it back). This cause a great deal of …

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Re: Does DOS stuff at high resolutions tax a fast P4?

Posted on 2017-09-14, 19:59

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xjas , Great job and big thanks for taking the time to run these benchmarks. I happily stand corrected on my previous assumptions that DOS games cannot max out a fast P4. I would say, based on your results, that 800x600 is roughly the cutoff resolution. On 800x600, a fast P-III should be enough for …

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Re: P4 Windows 98/DOS gaming project

Posted on 2017-09-10, 06:45

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I found an offer for a Dell Ultrasharp 2007fp, which is a 20.1" 1600x1200 IPS display. It is very tempting for it's preferred resolution, but the response time is 16ms, so I don't think it will be very good for gaming. Do you think it will be good? It will be as good as any display of that time. …

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Re: P4 Windows 98/DOS gaming project

Posted on 2017-09-08, 18:49

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The Pentium 4 isn't the biggest problem itself, but rather the chipsets and motherboards for it. i815 based boards for Pentium III aren't any better for DOS games than an i865P if they lacks an ISA slot (or SBLINK header). This is a very true statement. For DOS - lack of ISA/SBLINK would be the …

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Re: P4 Windows 98/DOS gaming project

Posted on 2017-09-08, 08:55

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xjas wrote: Didn't have much luck with my "working" P4 - it's running XP and is really not set up for DOS stuff (the main problem is its drive is NTFS so I can't just boot from a floppy.) There's NTFSDOS which worked well for me in such situations in the past, although it's not free.

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Re: P4 Windows 98/DOS gaming project

Posted on 2017-09-08, 04:59

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Okay, I'm game. :P I have a P4/3.0 right here. When I get some time later I'll throw Quake & Descent 2 on it and see how they do in 1280x1024, pure software. I suspect they'll be playable but probably not hundreds of FPS. They might not even hit 60. We also need someone with a P-III system to pitch …

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Re: P4 Windows 98/DOS gaming project

Posted on 2017-09-07, 19:34

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Trust me, a 1.4GHz tualatin with an ISA slot and a Voodoo5 isn't gonna fall into anyone's lap these days. I believe you. I do think that probably a 1GHz P-III with a Voodoo3 is going to be enough, and you may get it with ISA slots more easily. However, you do have a point for a first retro build, …

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Re: P4 Windows 98/DOS gaming project

Posted on 2017-09-07, 09:04

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Nevermind benchmarking -- what's wrong with wanting to play games at their max settings? Or in the case of late DOS -- highest resolutions. Well, there's nothing wrong, of course. The thing is that for 99.9% of the DOS games, even the highest settings (if different settings are even available) will …

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