Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow
Posted on 2012-07-07, 09:48
Are they actually authorized to sell them?
Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow
Posted on 2012-07-07, 09:39
With the graphics, the gameplay, and Bobby Prince's music, you really do get a sense of how Wolfenstein 3D evolved out of Catacomb 3D. BTW, the earlier 1991 release of Catacomb 3D was called "A New Dimension", not "The Descent". Also, you were Petton Everhail the wizard from the 2D Catacomb game, …
Re: what hardware were you using in 1999?
Posted on 2012-07-06, 21:57
I'm pretty sure my Packard Bell Pentium 150 overclocked to 200mhz was nearing the end of it's life then. It was some time in 2000 that I got my Compaq K6-2 533mhz system because I had discovered Everquest by then and the old machine was too far below specs to play so that sounds about right to me. I …
Re: Is my CRT not dithering?
Posted on 2012-07-06, 21:51
You need a Trinitron or an OEM monitor that was a Trinitron in disguise. They have a really sharp picture at any resolution.
Re: IDE to Compact Flash as MS-DOS boot drive.
Posted on 2012-07-05, 20:11
Wouldn't it be better to run Windows from a regular hard drive and only use the CF for file storage? The swap file is going to destroy a CF drive if it gets read and written to a lot.
Re: 1Ghz P3s on the Tyan Tiger 100
Posted on 2012-07-05, 12:54
You have to scroll down to find it, but according to this chart from Tyan, the Tiger 100 supports up to an 850mhz P-III, but with BIOS revision F and higher only. I guess they enable support for the higher multiplier in that revision. http://www.tyan.com/archive/support/html/cpu_pentium_ii_iii_ …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2012-07-05, 02:36
Managed to get my hands on a Matrox m3D and a Gemulator ROM card with Mac II and Mac LC ROMS mounted on it. Now I can run vintage Mac OS on my vintage PC. 😁
Re: ALI Socket 3 486 Motherboards
Posted on 2012-07-05, 02:31
look at the quality: this board is junk. soldered l2 cache, only 2 pci slots.. real crap if you ask me. if this single chipset gained any reputation it would be known... It might have been an Asian market board that wasn't sold anywhere else. Once you start digging, you'd be shocked to see some of …
Re: Wolfenstein 3D remake
Posted on 2012-07-04, 22:22
I can see this turning out like the ChronoTrigger remake, a lot of work is going to be done on it, a few trailers will be released, everyone will get all worked up about it, then the authors will receive a cease and desist letter from id and everyone will get pissed off at them for *gasp* protecting …
Re: My P3/9800Pro rig.
Posted on 2012-07-04, 10:03
6600GT is competitive with a 9800 Pro so the 6800 XT looks like it would be faster but not by a lot. Not like a 6800 GT would be. There were at least 8 variants of 6800. GPU companies like their mind games... It looks to me like 6600 GT vs 6800 XT would be too close to call from the paper specs. …
Re: What's this 486 freak show worth?
Posted on 2012-07-04, 09:50
How much does he think he's going to get for it? If he thinks he's going to get $200 for it, you should remind him that just because something is listed on ebay for a high price doesn't mean that it's going to sell for that price. And good spot on the cache module. If that's not the module that …
Re: PowerVR Fun Thread
Posted on 2012-07-03, 17:14
What CPU would go with a PCX2 that just maxes it out without being overkill?
Re: IBM PS/2 Model 30
Posted on 2012-07-03, 16:38
Why did you route the link through Facebook?
Andy Griffith has died
Posted on 2012-07-03, 16:37
I heard it on TV a little while ago. 🙁
Re: Anyone have a RIVA TNT PCI card and a UMC motherboard?
Posted on 2012-07-03, 13:01
yeah i also wondered if 486 rigs can run any modern d3d and opengl games Depends on what you mean by "modern" The newest game i've ever gotten to work on a 486 is Metal Gear Solid, that one used Direct3D and the performance just dies if you look at two soldiers. Skeletal processing seems to be the …
Re: My P3/9800Pro rig.
Posted on 2012-07-03, 12:53
On a P3 I do not think the performance difference is that big tbh. X800/Geforce 6 series cards were made for P4 / Athlon XP's in the 2-3 ghz range. Hmm ... Geforce 6 (that is from 6600GT through to 6800Ultra) and X800/X850 series were made with Athlon 64 in mind. XP's were reaching the end of their …
Re: Older machines for general home use
Posted on 2012-07-03, 12:49
Unfortunately, "shareware" CD-ROMs are exactly that: any fancy registered versions that were only available from the original developer in the form of packages made in his basement are probably long gone. This is what I meant. A lot of shareware was crippleware that could only be used fully if you …
Re: ‘Wolfenstein 3D’ Released as Free Web Browser Game
Posted on 2012-07-02, 20:56
Aren't you glad your government bans all references to the Nazi's from being accessed in your country? That's not true but go on believing stupid things. I think it's about time they got over their paranoia of the Nazi's coming back. wouldn't you like that, eh? And to be honest, Nazi's would be …
Re: Older machines for general home use
Posted on 2012-07-02, 20:43
The problem with trying to use a really old machine is finding software that works with it. You might be able to find word processors and spreadsheets because those were sold in large numbers and a lot survived but once you move into other areas, like if you needed a recipe filing program or …
Re: ‘Wolfenstein 3D’ Released as Free Web Browser Game
Posted on 2012-07-02, 20:35
Ugh, it's blocked in Austria (your ip shows you are from a country ... Bla blah) ;( Aren't you glad your government bans all references to the Nazi's from being accessed in your country? I think it's about time they got over their paranoia of the Nazi's coming back. And to be honest, Nazi's would …
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