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Re: PC Games on TV

Posted on 2012-11-02, 22:54

in PC Emulation

in PC Emulation

Composite was usually the most popular type of video input for CRT TV's, but the quality is usually mediocre at best. It is better than RF though. As I mentioned earlier in here, purpose-built composite monitors like the Commodore 1084 had better dot pitch than TVs and were often specifically tuned …

Re: PC Games on TV

Posted on 2012-11-02, 22:49

in PC Emulation

in PC Emulation

Do we have to have a graphic card capable of such low resolution? For instance the lower this PC gets is 800x600 That's just because Windows Control Panel won't let you set resolutions lower than 800x600. Almost any video driver will let you use 640x480, either in the driver's setup program or by …

Re: PC Games on TV

Posted on 2012-11-02, 20:09

in PC Emulation

in PC Emulation

I used to have my old Pentium 4 box hooked up to a late-90's CRT TV about 6 years ago. It was great for emulators and stuff, and I even remember using that setup to play Descent console-style under DosBox with a USB gamepad, but quite frankly it was terrible for anything requiring higher …

Re: PC Games on TV

Posted on 2012-11-01, 23:51

in PC Emulation

in PC Emulation

elfuego wrote: I know that the only possible resolution was 640x480 Does this mean we have to set the PC to that resolution and then plug it to a TV?

Re: PC Games on TV

Posted on 2012-11-01, 23:35

in PC Emulation

in PC Emulation

Yes I remember the RF and tunning NES and Mega Drive (Genesis)...lol Later on I'll be experimenting, I've got here a CRT 34cm with SCART and RCA inputs for that purpose and one of those nVidia cards (I think its an Aopen branded 5200 "Personal Cinema"?) and also a Ti4200 with "TV-out" . For now I'm …

PC Games on TV

Posted on 2012-11-01, 21:23

in PC Emulation

in PC Emulation

I remember a friend of mine had an Amiga 500 back-in-the-day, but not enough money to buy a monitor, so he would connect the computer to a lousy 34cm /14'' CRT TV, and it sure looked fine for us! Can anyone tell me if both crt computer displays and crt TVs work the same way? Does anyone here …

Re: The METAL thread

Posted on 2012-11-01, 00:04

in Milliways

in Milliways

moonspell 😈

Re: What card is this?

Posted on 2012-10-30, 22:48

in PC Emulation

in PC Emulation

I have a pro 16 (without EX) and it is indeed an AZTECH "ISA crap", not crapy at all I must add. I have it for DOS games, just set the Blaster environment with the standard values, A220 I5 D1 and it plays everything without drivers, going back for some more DOOM and Wolf3D now, bye! 😎

Re: 430TX chipset turbo button?

Posted on 2012-10-29, 23:48

in PC Emulation

in PC Emulation

Yes, unfortunately every socket 7 mobo I've seen comes with the turbo "always on" and there is no way to shut it down, at least documentated 🙁

Re: You know you're a retro nerd when...

Posted on 2012-10-26, 22:10

in Milliways

in Milliways

😈 MaxWar wrote: You know you're a retro nerd when you hang around on Vogons. 😈

Re: MS DOS 6.22 Language

Posted on 2012-10-23, 21:06

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Ive already reinstalled. But thanks any way :D Can you tell me what would you have changed in the exec and config so i know? Oh I was just going to compare with my files to see where the error could be (I have installed english) If you need to alternate between languages you should take a look at …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-10-19, 23:54

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

We can only laugh about what makes us hurt, yikes!

Re: My Retro-Ghetto PC build Woot Woot :-)

Posted on 2012-10-19, 23:46

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Well, the security guard stood in front of me while I was trying to see where the guy was heading, and was not looking very friendly so I lost him, the only proof left was the card box and the styrofoam in which the monitor came that he dumped right on the sidewalk. The guard was still suspicious …

Re: My Retro-Ghetto PC build Woot Woot :-)

Posted on 2012-10-18, 21:43

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

You could also go for a Diamontron from Mitsubishi. Today I saw something awkward : some guy bought a brand new in the box 17" CRT monitor (granted an AOC one, but nevertheless new...) to use in his store as register. I wonder where he did this finding. He seemed very apathic, like he was just …

Re: MS DOS 6.22 Language

Posted on 2012-10-18, 21:29

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

you don't need an "english version" of dos 6.22 just post your config and your autoexec, it's easier that way 😀

Re: MS DOS 6.22 Language

Posted on 2012-10-17, 23:39

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

where did you changed it? the autoexec? the config.sys? Keyboard ? the codepage itself?

Re: I guess they didn't expect much from youth

Posted on 2012-10-16, 20:42

in Milliways

in Milliways

🤣

Re: My Retro-Ghetto PC build Woot Woot :-)

Posted on 2012-10-16, 20:34

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

I love "old" those 14"-15" crt , they are great for 2D later 80´s games /early 90's , and yes the trinitron are the best, my favorite, but a lesser quality crt sometimes gives a better look to the game.

Re: Where to find info on flashing bios on a compaq?

Posted on 2012-10-16, 19:28

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

? you mean this is not made by Compaq? I'm really naive :sweatdrop: thanks :happy: I'm interesting in this because I want to make some experiences, mainly with different cpu , but one of the forums that mentioned this MiTAC board posted the pdf manual and I got it, it mentions only the K6-2 (not any …

Re: Where to find info on flashing bios on a compaq?

Posted on 2012-10-15, 18:20

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Yes that is it, there's a sticker: "0013 31 CAMARO PCA,SCKT7 MV4-CAM 311C4P08SC7 Replace with Compaq Spare Spare: 166050-101 Part No. 164465101" Could not find any chip that even remotly looked like a standard BIOS/CMOS chip, it must be ther somewhere 😊

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