Re: Rounding out the collection..

Posted on 2020-03-12, 00:25

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by Shagittarius

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i'm not sure why anyone would need more than 1 retro computer. I think he just wants to...but I find a use for multiple retro machines. I run: IBM 5170 AT (DOS) Pentium 90 (DOS/Win 3.11/Win 98SE) Athlon 3700+ (Windows XP) X3230 (Windows 98SE/XP) X5960 (Windows XP/10) i9900k (Windows 10) That Athlon …

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Re: Rounding out the collection..

Posted on 2020-03-12, 00:15

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by Shagittarius

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The Pentium 90 to me is the Iconic early pentium, I would sub that in for the 120. You are going quite a bit more granular than you need to of course but I imagine that is just what you want to do. If you are just choosing those because you are obsessing over "doubling" the Mhz, may I suggest: IBM …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2020-03-10, 22:11

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Hexen II is a good one but its interface is ancient, you'll need to set the resolution from command line and also add the switch to turn mouse look on permanently, I forget what that is but you should be able to find instructions online.

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Re: I don't understand all the hate for the Nvidia FX series

Posted on 2020-03-10, 17:06

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The 480 was the generational competitor of the HD5800 series, you can't say just because it was late it wasn't the competing generation. If we are comparing cards based on when they were released and not generation then each company will have the lead for about 6 months at a time, but I don't think …

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Re: 42

Posted on 2020-03-10, 04:24

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by Shagittarius

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I'm sorry what was the question?

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Re: Battle Isle 1 (+expansions) + 2 problems

Posted on 2020-03-10, 01:55

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by Shagittarius

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Do you mean Battle Isle 2200? I can't remember if that's considered Battle Isle 2 or not. I just checked this on my Pentium-90, w 2MB Mach 64, SB Pro, and QEMM and it works fine. Just adding more info...

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Re: I don't understand all the hate for the Nvidia FX series

Posted on 2020-03-09, 16:03

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"Codenamed Cypress, the Radeon HD 5800 series was announced on September 23, 2009. Products included Radeon HD 5850 and Radeon HD 5870. The launching model of Radeon HD 5870 can support three display outputs at most, and one of these has to support DisplayPort. In terms of overall performance, the …

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Re: I don't understand all the hate for the Nvidia FX series

Posted on 2020-03-09, 15:13

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In talking performance not dollars earned or market share, I'm not rooting for a company. It's interesting though if their peak market share also occurred when they had undeniably the best product.

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Re: I don't understand all the hate for the Nvidia FX series

Posted on 2020-03-09, 08:30

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It depends on how you look at the releases, I'm just looking generationally. I don't care that ATI had their new card out 6 months before Nvidia put out their new card. When you compare generationally I don't see ATI having a lead since the 9800 days...I'm also talking top of the line, not value …

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Re: I don't understand all the hate for the Nvidia FX series

Posted on 2020-03-09, 05:32

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I went from a Geforce 3 Ultra to a 9800 Pro, then too an X800 XT PE, then back to Nvidia for the 8800 GTX. The 97/9800 Pro and X800 cards to me are the only ATI/AMD cards that were ever better than the Nvidia competing cards. ATI also had their best drivers during that period. It wasn't to last and …

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Re: Ultima Underworld II 486DX-4 crashes :(

Posted on 2020-03-08, 15:21

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I am the one with the Mach 64, he's using a 1MB Trident card.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-03-08, 06:31

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by Shagittarius

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wiretap wrote on 2020-03-08, 04:00: However, it doesn't want to boot from the CF Card. Did you transfer the system and create an MBR record? SYS c: and FDISK /MBR? From the same version of DOS that you set up the drive from. Never hurts to double check.

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Re: Ultima Underworld II 486DX-4 crashes :(

Posted on 2020-03-08, 00:20

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by Shagittarius

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I do have an MT32 and Roland MPU but I don't have them hooked up right now to test for you. I really need to get my act together and build an add-on to my desk so I can run the Mt32, Sc55 Mk][, and Mixing board under my CRT so I can use those things again. I don't think this is going to happen soon …

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Re: Ultima Underworld II 486DX-4 crashes :(

Posted on 2020-03-07, 17:06

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I just tested both the original 3.5" Floppy release and the CD-ROM UUW 1&2 CD release and I was able to Save the game, Speak to Lord British, then save the game again without problems on both versions. I'm running a Pentium 90 with DOS 7.1 and QEMM (Latest Version) it has a PCI Mach 64 with 2MB of …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-03-07, 02:00

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Sweet haul. Can you look and see what model your PSU says it's for on the bottom? I dug my amiga 1200 out after 20+ years only to discover I had an A600 labeled PSU. I never noticed this the entire time I owned the machine, I'm wondering if this was the way they were sold, after all I bought my …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-03-07, 01:55

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Amiga 1200 arrived! Pretty good given the seller feedback was 0 and the listing mentioned that it was powered but not otherwise tested. Pleasantly surprised to have received a mouse and more manuals than expected. Also some personal files on the floppy disks if the labels are to be believed. Aside …

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Re: Misinformation about PC specs in the 90's (e.g. "they were terrible! The CPUs ran at 2 MHz or something!")

Posted on 2020-03-07, 01:20

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by Shagittarius

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Mainstream media doesn't know anything about anything. This is evident as every time they talk about something you know about they are completely wrong. Imagine the same for the things you dont know about.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-03-07, 00:49

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by Shagittarius

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I switched out the internal floppy in my Amiga 1200 with a gotek drive and mounting kit.

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Re: My thought on integrated video chipsets

Posted on 2020-03-06, 00:30

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rmay635703 wrote on 2020-03-06, 00:26: Shagittarius wrote on 2020-03-06, 00:19: Honda powered cars have won le mans multiple times =) Honda Insight https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=McJJeukIWSA That's like what happens when most integrated chips try to run current games.

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Re: My thought on integrated video chipsets

Posted on 2020-03-06, 00:19

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Honda powered cars have won le mans multiple times =)

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