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Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on Today, 08:55

in Milliways

in Milliways

I never actually beat TIE Fighter. Up until Campaign 5 I was doing fine. - once I am in the Assault Gunboat the difficulty level jumped up to the point where I get killed by the TIE Advanced again and again. The Assault Gunboat (and the later slow as fuck missile gunboat whateveritscalled) are …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on Today, 08:51

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I think the Voodoo 3 PCI and Voodoo 4 AGP are also special cards as far as I'm concerned. Voodoo 3 AGP and Voodoo 5 mean nothing to me though.

Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.75e

Posted on Yesterday, 07:07

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Nitroraptor53 wrote on Yesterday, 06:13: Does this work with the Snark Barker MCA? Does SnarkBarker MCA have a PnP initialization?

Re: Tube Time: Announcing The Snark Barker, a 100% Compatible SB 1.0 Replica!

Posted on 2020-11-30, 12:40

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

For real though: it says in the Readme of the project: anchor_modded.asm - Firmware from many Chinese clone sound cards (ZhuHai Anchor Electronics). Apologies for coming across as dumb as I often am but this is the old HEX file we already have, no? Just confused because the filename was completely …

Re: Tube Time: Announcing The Snark Barker, a 100% Compatible SB 1.0 Replica!

Posted on 2020-11-30, 12:12

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Tronix wrote on 2020-11-30, 11:50: appiah4 wrote on 2020-11-30, 10:09: They are assembler codes though.. Don't we need a binary HEX file to flash our DSPs? Has anyone compiled this? Anchor_modded vs sbb202 - the latter is the new one, and the former is?..

Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2020-11-30, 10:17

in Milliways

in Milliways

A friend of mine who owned a copy of Darklands gave it to me to play back when I had a 486. I was in love with the idea of playing an RPG set in historic Europe, and there was a big fuss about realtime lighting etc. In the end, the game never actually grew on me but I want to give it another try as …

Re: Tube Time: Announcing The Snark Barker, a 100% Compatible SB 1.0 Replica!

Posted on 2020-11-30, 10:09

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

root42 wrote on 2020-11-30, 09:07: And more importantly even: The SnarkBarker MCA is here! https://github.com/schlae/snark-barker-mca When are we doing a round of PCB orders for this one? 😁

Re: Tube Time: Announcing The Snark Barker, a 100% Compatible SB 1.0 Replica!

Posted on 2020-11-30, 10:09

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Tronix wrote on 2020-11-30, 06:35: SB V2.02 DSP with detailed comments avalible on https://github.com/schlae/sb-firmware Many thanks to TubeTimeUS for sharing... They are assembler codes though.. Don't we need a binary HEX file to flash our DSPs? Has anyone compiled this?

Re: New Waveblaster card : Reptile Paradise - Yucatan FX

Posted on 2020-11-28, 20:49

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

There is a pretty good third party Sound Canvas soundbank for X2. That said YucatanFX sounds close enough to be casually indistinguishable from a real SC for me.

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-11-28, 20:47

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in Milliways

Munx wrote on 2020-11-28, 10:54: Played through Wasteland 3 for the first time. I can't remember the last time I enjoyed an RPG this much. Was Wasteland 2 enjoyable for you?

Re: About Roland Virtual Sound Canvas 3

Posted on 2020-11-28, 10:39

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I have an SD-35, it is an SC-55 minus MT-32 functions as well. Anything you want me to dump?

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-11-27, 12:36

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I also bought a FIC FR33E mATX Socket 370 board to replace the PC Partner PM601TMS3-T898C I currently have in there. Both are PLE133T boards, but this one supports VIA C3 which I plan to use for a DOS/Win9x frankenstein build.. I'll post photos of that one later. Working happily in my mATX DOS/ …

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-11-26, 11:45

in Milliways

in Milliways

Do I need to run FASTVID or something first? Yes, either that or MTTRLFBE.EXE. Without using one of those, software rendering frame rates are significantly lower. Also, make sure that Quake is patched to version 1.08. To eliminate the stutter you might need to turn VSync on by adding this to config …

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-11-26, 07:20

in Milliways

in Milliways

I think it's best to accept each as its own thing. What's weird is that I can't get a stable 60+ fps with my Celeron 1300 system in Software Quake 640x480 - it's stuttery and 30fps and below most of the time. Any tips? Do I need to run FASTVID or something first?

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-11-25, 22:07

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I didn't know Blade3D existed as discrete graphics cards.. Is that weird 3dfx card a Banshee or a Velocity 1000? ALso, that Hercules VLB card that shoes only its back - what is that? Another Tseng? Very nice haul. I am extra jealous of the super mint looking SB 2.0...

Re: VIA C3 667 Cooling

Posted on 2020-11-25, 22:02

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The board I am using apparently only supports Samuel2 cores and up, and did not POST with a Samuel - same as the previous VIA PLE133T board I tried. That seems to be a pattern, I need a different board to test this out. @matze79 Mine does not seem to be a low power revision 😒

VIA C3 667 Cooling

Posted on 2020-11-25, 13:38

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I am going to try building a DOS/Win98 PC using a VIA C3 667MHz. According to Wikipedia this chip has a measly 2.5W TDP. That is almost certainly wrong :D However CPU-World lists this CPU as 9.6V typical TDP, which is more believable. I am thinking it should be fine to cool with just a beefy …

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-11-25, 13:17

in Milliways

in Milliways

Well... if it's Titan Quest be prepared for a long experience with its expansions. Also, Titan Quest is amazingly still updated by its devs 14 years later. So a VERY polished experience. No to mention Titan Quest is a gorgeous game compared to the original Dungeon Siege. Both are good action RPG …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-11-25, 12:48

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I haven't been buying much lately but came across these for $20 and couldn't say no even though I don't need them: https://i.postimg.cc/YhJD6YGh/Prolink-Pixelview-Ge-Force2-Ultra.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/JGydHPhf/Fastware-TNT2-M64-PCI.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/qzRHbsvw/Intel-Pentium-III-1000-B-B.jpg …

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-11-24, 10:39

in Milliways

in Milliways

Dungeon Siege or Titan Quest? I have both in library and feel like playing one of them..

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