Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-09-23, 08:55

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Snuck in some more hours into Pillars of Eternity. The more I play it the more it starts to itch that Baldur's Gate itc, I'm falling in love with the game. The companions in particular are very enjoyable. I will write a formal review here at some point.

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Re: The Ultimate Hardware 2019 project- a new, modern TH99

Posted on 2020-09-22, 17:42

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Deksor wrote on 2020-09-22, 15:58: You need to select the manufacturer, octek is one 😁 The brand is separate from the name. I see.. not very intuitive though.

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Re: Sound Blaster Pro: Why is it the game standard?

Posted on 2020-09-22, 11:39

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Stereo sound was a major feature. The advantages of CD quality mixing were relatively smaller, considering the sample quality was limited by storage capacity at the time. This was my thinking as well but considering games in the 486 era (1992 onward) were fairly common to be on 4+ floppies and to …

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Re: The Ultimate Hardware 2019 project- a new, modern TH99

Posted on 2020-09-22, 11:35

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Allright, we've made some updates here and there Now on the index page you can see the 10 latest added/edited boards being listed. That way you can have a small peek into what we are doing ^^ Also, I fixed the problems with CPU platforms not being correct for 486 and pentium. Now each board which …

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

Posted on 2020-09-22, 11:27

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I love that TINY Pentium II PC in the background. Post about that one instead if you ask me 🤣.

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Re: VGA Capture Thread

Posted on 2020-09-22, 11:20

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Assuming for a moment that this sampling method is agreeable (as it is to me, when I use DOS systems on my LCD panels via VGA), why aren't there cheap solutions that do it this way? How cheap do you need it? I paid like $40 for a VisionRGB-PRO2 and $150 for the VisionRGB-E1S. Someone in the US …

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Sound Blaster Pro: Why is it the game standard?

Posted on 2020-09-22, 09:54

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Sound Blaster Pro was released in 1991 and improved on the original Sound Blaster that came one year ago with a better FM Synth and stereo sound. It more or less immediately replaced the Sound Blaster as the de-facto gaming standard. Yet when Sound Blaster 16 came in 1992, it did not seem to have …

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Re: Your 'formula' for system specs and operating system matching

Posted on 2020-09-22, 09:50

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I have a Hardware By Year table I swear by: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Fqh7aMYe6_3aah4WJytsdHiL6HDWICALkdi8mjLNwCQ/edit?usp=sharing I think it's pretty accurate and spot on for period correct builds, including OSs available at the time. Most components listed are for top of the line …

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

Posted on 2020-09-21, 13:36

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Tested my newly acquired HD7990 last night. That card needs 8pin PCI-E connectors x2 My test PC's PSU only had a 6 pin connectesr x2 Opened the adapters that came with my 2 GF 590's that converts 2x 6 pin to a single 8 pin, half way there. Had to use raid my other machines for Molex splitters to be …

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

Posted on 2020-09-20, 09:46

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Deksor wrote on 2020-09-19, 11:05: Can you make a clearer photo ? 😀 I have the same board but mine is dead and I removed too many components to have it recognisable Here's the corresponding uh19 page : http://www.win3x.org/uh19/motherboard/show/5411 I also have this board in working condition. …

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Re: New Waveblaster card : Reptile Paradise - Yucatan FX

Posted on 2020-09-19, 11:30

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kisscool wrote on 2020-09-18, 19:54: Received mine yesterday, as well as the Crystal Blaster C1. Both sound amazing. Serdaco did a great job again 😀 I am probably going to order one or the other myself but I can't seem to decide 🤣.

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Re: Problems with SB16 - CT2290

Posted on 2020-09-19, 05:57

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Nice to hear you had a happy ending.

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Games that justify building a Windows XP PC

Posted on 2020-09-17, 07:31

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I happen to have one such PC built, mostly because I had the parts and it felt like a fun project - but I am not sure I actually need it. Mine is an Athlon64 3700+ (Socket 754) with 1GB RAM, an X800XT PE and Audigy2 ZS. Are there games that actually justify building such a system? I can't think of …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2020-09-17, 07:10

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I miss having money to order stuff from iComp 😁 My poor A500+ACA500Plus+HDMI-520 still needs a network add-on and possibly an A1200 accelerator. Have fun with your toys guys.

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-09-17, 07:09

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I tried the Bard's Tale Trilogy remake and to be honest it is still way too 80s to be playable.. That kind of gameplay was a-OK in its time but these days I can't really stand it when a game wastes that much of my time..

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Re: Bought these (retro) software/OS today

Posted on 2020-09-17, 07:08

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wiretap wrote on 2020-09-17, 03:59: Just bought a new in box Windows NT 4.0 Workstation for $16. That's a good price for a cool find, especially if it is in good condition.

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Re: PCI Video cards benchmark: Electric Boogaloo Edition

Posted on 2020-09-16, 22:03

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The Serpent Rider wrote on 2020-09-16, 21:49: So they both don't have it? Oh well, then Blade 3D really sucks. Maybe contact Gona to clarify situation with his Blade 3D card? Oh no, I haven't tried either of them yet. I will try the MVP4 tomorrow.

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Re: PCI Video cards benchmark: Electric Boogaloo Edition

Posted on 2020-09-16, 21:39

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I wouldn't jump to conclusions yet. Apparently some Blade 3D cards had at least VBE 2.0 BIOS support (judging from Gona's DOS compatibility page), so maybe they'll behave differently with NOLFB. I may also test later EPOX motherboard based on VIA KLE133 chipset, which also has Trident Blade 3D. I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-09-16, 20:58

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I'll put it in my MiniPro when I find some time :) If all you can read is FF FF FF FF FF FF then it's locked :) Hmm, a lot happened on this while I was at work. I've decided to help by desoldering & socketing my chip. Thankfully I decided to desolder an entire 486 socket the other day which was …

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Re: PCI Video cards benchmark: Electric Boogaloo Edition

Posted on 2020-09-16, 20:54

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Did you experience any HUD flashing as is reported in Gona's DOS compatibility page? Yes and also on various sprites like rooftop fence. It should be clarified, that this issue is mostly caused by active linear frame buffer on various cards (not only Blade 3D) and only in VESA modes. Also, Blade 3D …

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