Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-02-28, 13:57

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Found a couple of these IDE mobile racks, always wanted one of these for my win98 build to fill out empty 5.25 bays, I guess you could plug a CF adapter inside too, but does anyone really have a use for these nowadays? A large storage drive for transfering CD images between builds perhaps. https:// …

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Re: Force Feedback in NFS SE and NFS II SE?

Posted on 2020-02-28, 13:13

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Non-FFB is certainly playable, but not much of a reason to run the game on a retro PC then, you can do that on a modern PC with a modern wheel and DOSBox. Seems like FFB in NFS 1 and 2 won't work on anything other than a microsoft sidewinder ffb wheel. I've been looking out for one of these... One …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2020-02-23, 14:05

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Wow lots of nice new builds :D A side window is great for enjoying the view and dual slot CPUs with lighting are cool, not too overdone like RGB lighting. I guess you could do without an optical drive but I have yet to find a solution for emulating CD audio for dos games and sometimes it's just …

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Re: FIC SS7 98SE build

Posted on 2020-02-12, 15:16

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A ball mouse eh? You really are taking the period correct thing seriously, lol. That's one thing I just can't compromise on, no more ball mice. I bought a Logitech PS2 laser mouse on ebay for like $12, need to buy some more. The one thing I remember more than anything else with regards to ball mice …

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Re: What are your favorite in-game soundtracks (arcade, PC, NES)?

Posted on 2020-02-04, 13:05

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(copyingbristlehog's format) Probably have a lot in common but my favorites are stuff from Eric Brosius, NIN, Stéphane Picq, Matt Uelmen, Jeremy Soule and Paul Ruskay.. Double Dragon 2 - Title MegaRace 1 - NewSan / NewFac Dune Spice Opera Jill of the Jungle - Funky Tyrian - Savara, the return Wacky …

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Re: FIC SS7 98SE build

Posted on 2020-02-04, 12:39

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It is really weird to look back at CRTs after so many years with LCD. They really do appear sharper?I dont know maybe its the rose tinted glasses but I do love the CRT screens. Your build looks great, although I might ask why the cooling fans over the GPU/s? Is it not a bit overkill? Yeah totally! …

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FIC SS7 98SE build

Posted on 2020-02-02, 09:59

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Finally found most of the parts to put this together, was a little hacked together last year but is now more in use. Did not want to venture down this rabbit hole until I found a Voodoo card locally to my surprise, one thing led to another and more parts started showing up. AMD K6-2/350 FIC PA-2013 …

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Re: The SD->CF->IDE nightmare

Posted on 2020-01-27, 12:36

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I have one of those adapters you mentioned (the CF-to-SD one (red)). Although it works on newer machines, I never could get it to work with any SD card on older systems. I had planned on buying one of these red adapters (microSD -> SD -> CF), heard from some it works but now I feel unsure haha. …

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Re: The SD->CF->IDE nightmare

Posted on 2020-01-27, 12:26

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I have one of those adapters you mentioned (the CF-to-SD one (red)). Although it works on newer machines, I never could get it to work with any SD card on older systems. I had planned on buying one of these red adapters (microSD -> SD -> CF), heard from some it works but now I feel unsure haha. …

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Re: any use for broken hard drives?

Posted on 2020-01-25, 10:56

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There's a cafe that uses floppy diskettes as drinks coasters. I have some broken drives when there is a need for paperweight 🤣, but probably going to just send them to recycling, there was not any important data back then and the drives are either burnt, cracked open or unusable.

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Re: Shutting down computer after installing a network card

Posted on 2020-01-23, 15:46

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If you are using File and Printer Sharing for MS Networks, maybe check if LM Announce is set to Yes and turn it off. http://www.windowsnetworking.com/j_helmig/longshut.htm

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2019-12-30, 15:14

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^ Nice another MVP3 SS7! that case looks rather unique though with the front cover and color. This build that was on hold for quite a bit few months back, still WIP though because I'd like to add and swap out some parts like IDE for CF and additional RAM or different soundcard. Case is rather …

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Re: My Socket 7 430TX, Pentium MMX rig, PHOTO HEAVY!

Posted on 2019-12-30, 12:16

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I think that's one of the few cases that looks fine with black optical drives / floppy. How is the monitor btw? I am not sure if it's aperture grille and worth keeping? What is the highest refresh rate you can go on this monitor/system?

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Re: What Hard-drives have the best retro "ticking" sound ?

Posted on 2019-12-30, 12:05

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beastlike wrote on 2019-12-26, 00:35: Quantum Fireball https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yA9qwWlQRxE I am glad mine does not grind non stop except only during heavy read/write sessions. I don't mind old hard disk sounds in an old PC but if I had to listen to a grating HDD in a modern system with SSD …

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Re: Force Feedback in NFS SE and NFS II SE?

Posted on 2019-12-25, 20:14

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So did you manage to get it to work? It is this red one right? If FFB does not work with these games, is non FFB mode unplayable? Thinking about getting it for retro purposes since it's serial + USB, wondering if it is worth it or should I get another model?

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Re: Heads up: Vogons will be updated

Posted on 2019-12-05, 14:00

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Option for dark/night theme would be nice.

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Re: End of an Era

Posted on 2019-11-29, 13:59

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Does Morrowind run 'well' on anything ? I played morrowind in 640x480 with like <20fps and yet I remember I was so amazed by the graphics :D Same, when I dug up my old screenshots, I was surprised to see framerates <35, even less in cities like Vivec, down to <10. I did not have a top-end card, but …

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Re: Windows 98 SE & internet connection via WiFi?

Posted on 2019-11-26, 16:20

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I am not sure how unsecure it is but I only use my connection for transfers on local network. My 98SE machine is connected via 'wireless' to the main router (internet access point) via a TL-WR702N acting in client mode, once it is set up properly (on another computer), it just connects to the retro …

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Re: Win98SE partition size issue

Posted on 2019-11-23, 15:53

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"Usage" in FDISK does not refer to the space used on the partition, but to how large it is compared to the drive's size. So the info shown in the second screenshot is correct, since you have one partition as large as the whole drive. No idea why you have ~2 GB less in Windows, however. Did you try …

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Are incompatible CF cards not detected in BIOS / POST?

Posted on 2019-11-23, 08:33

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Hi all, I tried this Pq1 CF card and it does not appear to be detected at all in startup POST screen nor in the BIOS, even though Pri Master Disk is set to auto detect the CHS values. It does not boot from 98SE boot CD either so I can't run fdisk, whereas with a normal hard drive you can boot from …

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