Re: FastDoom. A new Doom port for DOS, optimized to be as fast as possible for 386/486 personal computers!

Posted on 2024-03-17, 17:00

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Download the latest release from https://github.com/viti95/FastDoom/releases (might need to click on/expand "Assets"; pick the one file per release that doesn't say "source code"). Extract it into a new folder. Copy doom1.wad, doom.wad or doom2.wad from your existing Doom folder into this new one. …

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Re: FastDoom. A new Doom port for DOS, optimized to be as fast as possible for 386/486 personal computers!

Posted on 2024-03-15, 21:43

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Apologies for the painfully novice nature of my post, but between the confusing GitHub site and the WAD install tutorials I have no idea what I'm doing, how to get the right files from GitHub or how to apply them to the Vanilla Doom folder/how to install them. Could anyone please explain what steps …

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Re: Guide: Installing Windows 9x and DOS drivers on Audigy cards (version 3.1)

Posted on 2024-03-15, 21:36

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Just want to thank you for the guide and its continuing updates, just installed the SB Audigy 2 eX Platinum's internal card on Win98SE according to it and everything went smoothly. Cheers, glad to hear that! :) A reminder to everyone else that wants to use this guide and has the same card/external …

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Re: Guide: Installing Windows 9x and DOS drivers on Audigy cards (version 3.1)

Posted on 2024-03-10, 23:28

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Guide updated to version 3.1. Changes in this release: Just want to thank you for the guide and its continuing updates, just installed the SB Audigy 2 eX Platinum's internal card on Win98SE according to it and everything went smoothly. I don't have the external module and its cables with me at the …

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Re: 2024 - End of the era of Retro Computing Youtube channels?

Posted on 2024-02-02, 22:35

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The 8-bit guy's list of reasons why his views are down are 100% excuses. He made less than half the amount of videos he did the year prior. So of course his views/ad revenue fell off a cliff. There's no mystery here. The dude is obviously burnt out. I've never understood the LGR fandom. Clint seems …

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Re: 2024 - End of the era of Retro Computing Youtube channels?

Posted on 2024-01-11, 02:16

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Interesting thread. I have some formed opinions about it but all around many great points were made. Instead I'll just drop a video that for me still has the right amount of pace, jankyness and ingenuity that I'm sure we all miss about YouTube in a way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lpTfVxwwSU …

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Re: CT4810 with CT5880-DBQ Chip - how to install Win9X driver?

Posted on 2024-01-05, 00:17

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I'm struggling to install Win98 drivers for a sound card I have. I have tried the package from here: http://vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=2085&menustate=0 and from here: https://archive.org/details/sb16_pci. In every single instance, I run the setup program - while the setup is running, the …

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Re: LCD monitor issue - "wind" in the image

Posted on 2024-01-03, 02:27

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As for replacing them...I'm not familiar with that unit, but typically you have to dis-assemble the display panel...hint: this is NOT fun. It ends up being BER (beyond economical repair), because on ebay you can find 2ndhand business type displays like this for around $50 ...ie; HP LA1956x (with …

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Re: LCD monitor issue - "wind" in the image

Posted on 2024-01-03, 00:22

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This definitely sounds like bad capacitors and it shouldn't be difficult to fix. One does have to pay attention to that big capacitor on the primary side of the PSU when going inside the thing, it can hold a charge that is potentially deadly (this applies to pretty much all the power supplies you …

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Re: Keyboard HSS-0129 for Sega Saturn, list of compatible games

Posted on 2023-12-26, 04:17

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Got to appreciate this kind of contributions, definitely no small feat to go through with extensive testing like this. Wonderful example of a unit, and with the box no less. The Saturn keyboard always felt like something definitely niche compared to the Dreamcast one, there's a video I saw recently …

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Re: LCD monitor issue - "wind" in the image

Posted on 2023-12-25, 18:01

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Thanks for confirming the issue everyone, I'll prepare myself a little more and have a go at it. Today it started working faster than usual with no "wind" actually, but the brightness is now too high by default and stays that way no matter what I adjust in terms of values. Throughout these last two …

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Re: LCD monitor issue - "wind" in the image

Posted on 2023-12-24, 16:38

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ancient monitor, the "wind" might be unstable supply voltage - needs new electrolytic caps Uses 4 x CCFL tubes for backlight ..my guess is they're failing (along with associated power supply section) I've since checked some repair videos and they're all regarding the power supply's caps. The …

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LCD monitor issue - "wind" in the image

Posted on 2023-12-23, 22:16

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Hello everyone, I'm not sure if an LCD LG W1942S from 2008 can be considered "old" or "retro", but it's definitely not new. It's been manifesting some increasingly worse symptoms with it and I would like to ask for your help. Basically from around 2 months back up to now every time I turned the …

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Anyone around here did the SEGA CD 2 diode + battery holder mod to use CR2032 instead of ML2032?

Posted on 2023-11-28, 19:30

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Hello everyone, A few years ago I did the Dreamcast diode mod in order to be able to use normal CR2032 batteries instead of the ML2032 rechargeable ones. Of course took the chance to add a battery holder too. The SEGA CD 2 uses the same ML2032 battery, so I assume that the same logic can be applied …

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Re: Best LCD for DOS games running on old hardware

Posted on 2023-11-27, 05:27

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Maybe it has already been mentioned, and I'm sure you guys would be able to properly explain why it's great or why it sucks: I was looking for a beige LCD to better match my 486, and found the Samsung Syncmaster 151s. Beyond its appropriately beige and retroish aesthetic, I was very pleased and …

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Re: Retro motherboards with onboard video and audio.

Posted on 2023-11-18, 05:17

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DerBaum wrote on 2023-11-17, 15:46: Times never change :smirk: […] Show full quote Gmlb256 wrote on 2023-11-17, 15:30: ...Intel ... obviously isn't ideal for 3D games. Times never change 😏 Here I was relaxing in bed about to go to sleep when your post caught me so off guard I was left in tears. …

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Re: Win98 don't shutdown or reboots

Posted on 2023-11-14, 18:42

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yes i used the R.Loew patch but it still gave me the 768MB, i limited them on the advanced tab on msconfig.exe! Also edited the system.ini classic MaxCacheFile thing for the 512MB. Newer drivers didn't resolved, as same as remove the SB Live! card and even disable the ACPI from bios (only thing …

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Re: Win98 don't shutdown or reboots

Posted on 2023-11-14, 04:48

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Try uninstalling the GPU drivers, cleaning up registry entries and then installing slightly newer ones and see if that makes a difference. Also, have you installed chipset drivers for your board's chipset? Lastly, you mention 768MB RAM limited to 512MB. How are you achieving this? Have you used …

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Re: Win98 don't shutdown or reboots

Posted on 2023-11-13, 15:56

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I get this on my P3 build randomly, specs in signature. I suspected it was either the network stack or just buggy ACPI. Interested to see what would help in your case, OP. When that happens to me randomly in my P3 build it was because I left the USB drive plugged in and something in it was keeping …

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Re: Win98 don't shutdown or reboots

Posted on 2023-11-13, 05:06

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do not think the language version of Win98 SE would make a difference. did you go through the list here: http://web.archive.org/web/20070907204803/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/238096 Another quick test would be to pull out the SB Live and see if it still happens, without the card the drivers …

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