Re: Back from the attic...

Posted on 2012-07-28, 04:26

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by filipetolhuizen

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I had similar Pentiums as well (along with the same Syncmaster 3ne). A P100 in 1995 and a P200 in 1996. Great machines back in the ol' days. The P200 is with my aunt and still lives, except for the HD that cannot boot, probably due to the time it spent idle and won't spin anymore. Right now I'm …

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Re: Back from the attic...

Posted on 2012-07-27, 23:10

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by filipetolhuizen

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in Marvin \ System Specs

Just back from a nostalgic driven trip to my parents house and with me the very first PC I built when I was 16yo back in 1998, (wow I now have double that age :sweatdrop: , oh well ). I know the specs from memory, as I spent about 3 months researching, going to PC stores asking newbie questions and …

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Re: Math for the Real World on Windows 7 - Help

Posted on 2012-07-27, 03:59

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by filipetolhuizen

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You'll have to install either Windows 3.11 or Windows 95 inside DOSBox or Windows 95/98/Me inside any Virtual Machine of your choice. It seems to be a 16-bits Windows program.

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Re: Destruction Derby for the Diamond Stealth 3D 2000

Posted on 2012-07-26, 03:02

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by filipetolhuizen

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Try a fresh reinstall now that you have Diamond drivers. I remember a friend of mine having the same problem back in the old days, but I can't remember whether he got around it.

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Re: 3D accelerated games list (non 3dfx/D3D/OGL)

Posted on 2012-07-26, 00:34

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by filipetolhuizen

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Flight Unlimited had CGL support atleast. Destruction Derby 1 had an OEM release for the Diamond Stealth 3D 2000, and it requires that card to even start (video will come when I get my Diamond S3 card). Destruction Derby 2 was only accelerated on the Matrox Mystique. You can run older games …

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Re: F1 Racing Simulation Ubisoft

Posted on 2012-07-25, 03:47

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by filipetolhuizen

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in Windows

Only dgvoodoo 1.5 beta2 works with Vista/7. nGlide also works great and has the best compatibility so far.

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Re: 3D accelerated games list (non 3dfx/D3D/OGL)

Posted on 2012-07-25, 01:21

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by filipetolhuizen

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Flight Unlimited had a 3d version and Destruction Derby 1 and 2 had more than 1 3d version? I need to see this really bad!

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Re: Building a Pentium Pro system from scratch

Posted on 2012-07-22, 14:25

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by filipetolhuizen

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I'm sorry for your loss. I never had the opportunity to have a P-pro since the PII appeared and faded the Pro away.

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Re: Single Process Affinity and mega stutter

Posted on 2012-07-22, 01:45

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by filipetolhuizen

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Just a small update: It seems that all EA games until late '98 need this fix to run under Windows 7, but not under XP. If anyone finds an alternative fix, please let me know. NFSSE in unplayable this way.

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Re: Flight Unlimited '95 on Windows 7, possible?

Posted on 2012-07-21, 14:29

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That didn't work. It's not that well-known messed up 8-bit colour problem. The screen is also squished into 1/4 of its size and there appears to be only grey and red colours.

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Flight Unlimited '95 on Windows 7, possible?

Posted on 2012-07-21, 04:47

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by filipetolhuizen

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I'm trying to run this game on Win7, but all I get is a 1/4 screen with messed up colours. If I set the flag "HideDisplayModes" in ACT 5.6 (which is also part of Win95/98/Me compatibility modes), the screen is fine but the game will close itself after the intro logo. ForceDirectDrawEmulation flag …

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Re: Single Process Affinity and mega stutter

Posted on 2012-07-20, 03:04

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by filipetolhuizen

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Not sure where I found it but Forcecore.exe can be used with a shortcut to set the affinity when a program is launched. This might help to avoid the issue as opposed to altering the environment while the game is already running. I once tried a program that did this (not sure if it was the same), …

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Single Process Affinity and mega stutter

Posted on 2012-07-18, 04:11

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by filipetolhuizen

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Hi, As many of you probably know, setting a game to run in only 1 processor on a multi-core system causes a massive stuttering on most games. Has anyone got around this or have a clue on how to avoid it? In a test with Fighters Anthology, selecting the Shrinker flag on ACT 5.x got around this, but …

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Re: Dell makes surprisingly good retro PC's

Posted on 2012-07-17, 04:22

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by filipetolhuizen

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yeh it’s a proprietary pinout but I'll get a converter cable in the near future, They aren’t expensive and I can then get a nice modern quiet PSU once back in Oz. I downloaded the real dos mode drivers the same time as I got the Win98 drivers, just haven’t checked them out yet. I’ll let you know! I …

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Re: Rally 2000, mistery finally solved.

Posted on 2012-07-16, 01:31

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by filipetolhuizen

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In my case I only found out more than 10 years later, but I suspected since the begining as they never looked right until now. Luckly it was only a bad instalation. I was still using the same instalation from that time.

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Re: Dell makes surprisingly good retro PC's

Posted on 2012-07-16, 01:24

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by filipetolhuizen

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Audigy 2 ZS kicks *rears*. One of the best cards I ever had (still have it). The front panel is the best they ever made. I think this is also the most versatile sound cards ever made. It runs everything. It only overheated a few times on newer games, but stopped when I attached a heatsink into the …

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Re: Please suggest GPU for Windows 95 PC

Posted on 2012-07-15, 06:10

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by filipetolhuizen

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How about a Riva128?

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Re: NFS2SE: I guess you just can't play it on modern systems?

Posted on 2012-07-14, 14:33

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the 3dfx version randomly crashes if you're not running it on Single Process Affinity mode, as well as the software version and the original NFS SE, but this causes massive stutterings on the 3dfx version and NFSSE. NFS2SEN and NFS2 do not exhibit this.

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Re: The Need For Speed SE on Win7

Posted on 2012-07-13, 23:22

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by filipetolhuizen

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YES!!! I did it!!! It may crash on exit, though. Edit: Updated fix available. Still needs minor improvings.

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Re: The Need For Speed SE on Win7

Posted on 2012-07-13, 13:35

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Yes, I'm running the Win95 version. Interesting that it runs at normal speed on cockpit views, but on external views and menus it lags like hell. The XP fix does not fix it under Win7, additional flags are needed. "SingleProcAffinity" is needed for it to start at all, but also seems to be the lag …

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