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Re: Nostalgia bug has bitten

Posted on 2014-01-31, 01:42

in Milliways
and volume licence requires no activation at all! Once MS turn off their Activation servers I'm sure they will forgive you as long as you can prove you have an OEM/Retail licence. (Even then I doubt they will really worry) VM's are good for keeping old software going, hell you can argue dosbox does …

Re: Ever get the feeling you missed the boat?

Posted on 2014-01-31, 01:32

in Milliways
Got into IT outsourcing in my early 20's. Loved it put in loads of time and effort, small company just 3 techies and the boss. Working hard paid off we got taken on trips to NZ, Xbox the 1st Christmas they were out and a PSP when I left (also only recently realised) not to mention 100% …

Re: Your favorite shareware/freeware?

Posted on 2014-01-31, 00:53

in Milliways
Currant PC Apps: Img burn, VLC, Cute PDF WinRAR, Daemon Tools lite, AVG. All get put on any daily driver PC Old PC's Apps: Winamp (9x) WinRAR (9x) Pkzip (Dos) Games: Doom, Raptor (purchased both due to shareware) ROTT, Epic Pinball (Played to death but never purchased) I'm sure there are many more …

Re: Show off your servers!

Posted on 2014-01-30, 15:55

You can cheat and let Dell setup the SCSI for you. Looking at the PowerEdge 2800 site I think this is what you need http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/04/DriverDetails/Product/poweredge-2800?driverId=R146318&osCode=WNT5&fileId=2731115812&languageCode=EN&categoryId=SM It still lets you do a …

Re: Favorite form factor for PC case?

Posted on 2014-01-30, 15:20

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With AT era desktop looks neater and takes less room, my 1st PC was a desktop and thought most desktops the height of 2 drives was really good looking https://picasaweb.google.com/101985214970836533590/RetroPC1Osborne486MB43304505?noredirect=1#5798395248815778930 (Not my pic I'll admit but mine is …

Re: DOS 7.1 & MS Network Client. Need help

Posted on 2014-01-28, 22:45

in DOS
Found this when I was playing around with Dos7 and Windows for Workgroups https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/microsoft.public.win3x_wfw_dos/zT2e7juYgZ4 In the end I decided against my "2 windows together" system for a real 6.22/WFW setup so not sure if any of the above really works. Personally …

Re: Where were you when the world was DOOMed?

Posted on 2014-01-21, 16:26

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Only having a Apple IIe till 95 I know nothing about games. I remember hearing a lot about Mortal Combat a few years earlier but never actually seen let alone played it. Anyway my best mate had a 386 and brought over a few games when we got our brand new DX2 66 so some of his games didn't run. But …

Re: Reese's Intel Pentium build!

Posted on 2014-01-06, 00:29

I personally use Windows for Workgroups on my dos only PC. Only because it's about the only reason I have to load windows and bring back all those memories. It can be a b#tch to get working with XP and later. mTCP is more efficient and should be easier to get going, but its not as cool as seeing WFW …

Re: If you could only choose 12 games...

Posted on 2014-01-05, 18:33

in Milliways
Not in any real order 1. Doom 2, feels bigger then 1 2. NFS3, My favourite out and out racing 2. NFS Porsche, loved going though the years in Evolution mode and the less arcadeish handling 3. C&C, RA was pretty good but C&C felt just right. 4. Simcity 3000, Before you know it you've stayed up way to …

Re: Very interesting Doom playthrough with John Romero

Posted on 2014-01-05, 17:55

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Watched this a few weeks ago and got me in the mood to play the 1st episode of doom. I haven't played it easily over 5 years. Just fire it up to listen to test sound or midi. My Very 1st impression was I'm in low detail...I wasn't, but You get don't even notice once you get going. (I'm playing in …

Re: Reese's Intel Pentium build!

Posted on 2014-01-05, 17:43

ReeseRiverson that's a nice clean build. nothing over the top and I agree putting those ports down the bottom made things look very tidy, just ashame about that parallel port cable :( Even your case badge is pretty cool ;) I also have the majority of my games patched, cracked not to use a CD and …

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