Re: Pandemic Builds
Posted on Yesterday, 02:44
how's the game compatibility with that ATI VLB card? nice builds btw. having the 3200+ is great 😀 also attach pics :p
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-08-05, 05:57
Ordered an S3 Virge DX 4MB and an LC Power 550W PSU today. The Virge will be mainly used for 2D DOS gaming, but I'm also a bit curious how S3D games like Terminal Velocity and Tomb Raider will work on it. The PSU will hopefully allow my AthlonXP rig to run at higher clock speeds. It seems to have …
Re: The typical Vogons user build.
Posted on 2020-08-05, 05:26
"typical" > AWE64 gold > Voodoo 3500 > K6-III+ ok 😜 i think this is the "best effort" build for ss7. it's great!
Re: The VOGONS Experience
Posted on 2020-07-29, 07:46
My YT discovery queue was Phil -> 8-bit Guy -> LGR. So Phil was a big influence on me as well, though I do not follow his channel as much anymore. His (and to a good extent Nostalgia Nerd's) content seems to have veered off my interest areas by quite a bit in the last year. Lately I'm very fond of …
Re: The VOGONS Experience
Posted on 2020-07-29, 07:35
I tried playing a game in dosbox and it didnt work. So I went ebay-ing pentium systems, was over my head in options, searched youtube and was hit over the head with a tonne of PhilsComputerLab videos... I binged most phils videos and then at the end wanted to have that kind of fun for myself. I …
Re: SB16 CT2830 - Beneath a Steel Sky is very very super mega quiet. Other games are fine.
Posted on 2020-07-29, 00:01
i have made some? progress... here's what I found over the last few nights: my SB16 is a bit noisy. so I can hear a distinct hiss when the output gain is turned up as well as the master volume. this isn't so bad, it's within a reasonable level for me. now when I load beyond a steel sky, i can hear a …
Re: Sound Blaster 16s again and Alternatives - Also 2 FMs?
Posted on 2020-07-28, 02:58
AWE64+YMF7x4 combo gang 👍
Re: Were CD-ROMs common on 386 computers?
Posted on 2020-07-27, 23:41
@Horun @Jo22 any sources for a copy of this win311/dos622 CD? I am interested in doing a win3.1 install but my gotek hasnt arrived yet 8-) cheers Creating a Win3x CD is easy enough. if you run winsetup /a off the first disk it will extract all the disk's contents into the specified folder which you …
SB16 CT2830 - Beneath a Steel Sky is very very super mega quiet. Other games are fine.
Posted on 2020-07-27, 07:18
Beneath a Steel Sky is simply too quiet. I can barely hear the speech if my mixer is turned up 100% and still can't hear the FM music. The audio setup program is not very useful - I have a choice of Soundblaster/Adlib or just Adlib. Both options are very quiet. The intro scene is just as quiet (the …
Re: Prevent Vortex2 trying to load au30dos.com
Posted on 2020-07-27, 06:53
https://www.philscomputerlab.com/aureal-vortex-2.html there's a package that installs just the windows side of things, without the dos compatiblity and/or sb emulation. i've had to use it myself and it works as intended. do a complete uninstall of the aureal drivers first then start again with one …
Re: Windows 98 Mouse Cursor in the center of screen during gameplay
Posted on 2020-07-27, 04:27
I would start with testing out newer/older versions of DirectX that are still going to work with the game and your hardware. The next thing would be to use USB instead of PS/2 or vice versa to see if that changes anything. Unplug any joysticks if they're plugged in.
Re: Were CD-ROMs common on 386 computers?
Posted on 2020-07-27, 04:14
@Horun @Jo22 any sources for a copy of this win311/dos622 CD? I am interested in doing a win3.1 install but my gotek hasnt arrived yet 😎 cheers
Re: Pentium MMX 166 - Retro Rebuild
Posted on 2020-07-27, 00:40
i am jealous of the socket 3 and 5 boards you're seeing. i think most people threw that stuff out here in aus in the late 90s. good luck on the parts hunt!
Re: Stunts game: your opinions/experience?
Posted on 2020-07-23, 15:06
I was playing this in 99/00 sharing maps and replays with mates trying to crash in riduiculous ways. This would have been after playing nfs 1 2 and 3 already... It held up well. It played fine on what i think was an early celeron. I will have a go with it on the mmx over the weekend 👍
Re: Configuring Win95's "Restart in MS DOS"; DOS/Win95 selector menu? Many questions.
Posted on 2020-07-23, 05:22
looks like i've found what i needed here: How to create a boot (start up) menu under Windows 9x/ME
Configuring Win95's "Restart in MS DOS"; DOS/Win95 selector menu? Many questions.
Posted on 2020-07-23, 03:08
Hey guys I've been using Phil's classic Win98 dos menu and understand that it uses it's own Autoexec.bat/Config.sys to configure the environment for the options chosen. I managed to set up sound cards, get dosshell working as well as set up S3 VBE drivers in that setup. The other night I wiped it …
Re: Retro builds with modern conveniences
Posted on 2020-07-23, 02:08
recent (2016-2020) routers have the option to become an SMB NAS when you plug in a hard drive into the USB ports on them This is the best option for connecting retro machines to a network drive imho. I went with a router that can run OpenWRT - it's a TP-Link Archer C2700. I needed a better router …
Re: Retro builds with modern conveniences
Posted on 2020-07-22, 07:07
yall got me wanting to follow on with an idea i trashed a while ago. recent (2016-2020) routers have the option to become an SMB NAS when you plug in a hard drive into the USB ports on them. I wanted to build a NAS that only my retro PCs can access via their own switch. the one catch is that some of …
Re: CTMOUSE won't detect PS/2 mouse
Posted on 2020-07-22, 06:39
good luck indeed
Re: Did anyone Upgrade the cache on a Super Socket7 board?
Posted on 2020-07-22, 06:00
I haven't used it yet, but I've got an FIC VA-503+ that has 1024kb cache instead of the normal 512kb on an MVP3 chipset board, like the Shuttle-HOT591p i'm running now. technically upgraded? you decide. i think 128mb ram is still a tonne for this system and 256mb is overkill too. There are a few …
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