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Re: Has anyone ran Privateer 2 on a real system?

Posted on 2014-08-15, 03:51

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I tested without the joystick, and it ran smoothly (albeit I cannot control the ship with the mouse very well). I think the reason it was wonky the first time was that I hadn't calibrated the joystick (even though the joystick was not selected). Press ALT-O in flight to access the options, calibrate …

Re: Has anyone ran Privateer 2 on a real system?

Posted on 2014-08-14, 05:08

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OK, here's some updates. I was able to get the GOG version to play in real DOS, well, actually, FreeDOS, but same difference. Thanks Mau1wurf1977 for the cfg file settings. Here's some observations, and this is on a 166MHz Pentium non-MMX with 128 RAM. 1) Yes, video cutscenes have scanlines and are …

Re: Has anyone ran Privateer 2 on a real system?

Posted on 2014-08-13, 02:55

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HINT: Privateer 2 came out when the Pentium 200 (not MMX) was the cream of the crop. The results of it being slow might be either a specific problem or some shock that it's not a 60fps SVGA game (which didn't really exist in 1996 for most Pentium people anyway) Indeed, the deluxe version (and …

Re: Has anyone ran Privateer 2 on a real system?

Posted on 2014-08-12, 14:31

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Hmm game doesn't use any image files. Just a plain folder. Copied it over, ran SETSOUND, edited the CFG file to show the changed path. Game runs but I'm looking at a Please Insert CD 1 screen... Hmmm..., do you know if the GOG copy is the deluxe version or the original DOS? I have the deluxe; it's …

Re: Has anyone ran Privateer 2 on a real system?

Posted on 2014-08-12, 05:22

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Does anyone know if the GOG version can be played in pure DOS? I would purchase it today for use on my retro system if it did...

Re: Pentium 4 and retro gaming

Posted on 2014-08-08, 17:59

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Yeahh.... P4 and retro gaming is best served up on XP. We might see that in 5 years from now, when kids of the 00's have all grown up. Then socket 478 systems will be rare. Keep all pci cards from now on i say. I agree, but those kids will probably chose a P4 merely for nostalgia, because for XP …

Re: Keyboard Controller Failure

Posted on 2014-05-30, 03:43

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks for the help! The battery was a plug-in type that I removed immediately after I got it. I sprayed Deoxit on the IC nearest the battery connector that had a tiny amount of corrosion near it. I also sprayed around the keyboard connector. Not sure if you're supposed to use that stuff on …

Keyboard Controller Failure

Posted on 2014-05-29, 02:47

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I was using my 386 today in DOS when suddenly every keypress would just print gibberish. I rebooted the computer, and it immediately spits the beep code for keyboard controller failure and will not POST. It's a PS/2 style port integrated onto the motherboard. I unplugged and reseated everything, …

Re: Help with DOS 6.22

Posted on 2014-05-13, 18:42

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Not sure what you mean by banana drive. I like to FDISK and FORMAT outside of the installation program. Just starting from the top here, apologies if you've already done these things: 1) Make sure the hard drive is detected by the BIOS. 2) Assuming that it is, try booting up with MS-DOS setup disk …

Re: CF Card Issues on a 386

Posted on 2014-05-12, 17:32

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks everyone for all your help! Konc's suggestion worked! I downloaded MaxBlast Plus from http://members.shaw.ca/rinocanada/hdutils.htm , created the boot disk, partitioned and formatted the disk, and installed the EZ-BIOS software. Restarted, and EZ-BIOS prompted me to insert my operating system …

Re: CF Card Issues on a 386

Posted on 2014-05-12, 07:59

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks for the replies. Yes, it's an older BIOS where you have to manually enter C/H/S settings. I would rather not have to try to get drive overlay software to work on this machine. I've tried fdisk /mbr to no avail. Still the same thing with both cards, both controllers. I can copy files to the …

CF Card Issues on a 386

Posted on 2014-05-12, 03:03

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Well, I acquired this awesome DEC 386 in a government auction with a bunch of P4's. Funny that until recently I guess this thing was still in use by the local tax dept. Anyway, I got it home, and it had no hard drive (no surprise) and gave beep errors during POST. I removed and cleaned around the …

For Once I Wished I Lived in California...

Posted on 2014-01-17, 01:47

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Thought you guys might enjoy this one... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-6-Complete-Deskto … s-/161194637583 I'm tempted to make the trip....

Re: Creative CT1770 Jumper Settings

Posted on 2013-12-02, 23:17

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Got it! Thanks all.

Creative CT1770 Jumper Settings

Posted on 2013-11-27, 02:12

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hello all, I picked up a Sound Blaster 16 SCSI at a Goodwill and am trying to figure out the jumper settings. Wow, there's a whole bunch of jumpers on this board. Unfortunately there's no good legend printed on the PCB. I can't find anything that says obviously "IRQ" or anything else except for the …

Re: Slow Socket 8 3dbench Results

Posted on 2013-08-08, 12:46

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I'll give Fastvid a shot. Not really playing games with this setup, mostly web browsing under WinNT. Opera 10 works pretty good. I tried Aida64, and it scored in line with what it should have -- like 2 points below a regular dual Pentium II 333. I'm good with that. Not sure why 3dbench scored it so …

Slow Socket 8 3dbench Results

Posted on 2013-08-08, 01:50

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hi all, been lurking for awhile, have hardly posted, but I'm confounded here, and you all seem to know your stuff: I'm using 3dbench 1.0c to test a dual socket 8 system. Specs are: Intel PR440fx motherboard Dual P2 Overdrive 333mhz cpus 512mb RAM SIS 6326 8mb PCI graphics card (I know, I know) My …

Re: Found a desktop style Baby AT case, future P1 build

Posted on 2012-11-14, 02:32

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Wow, kudos on the cleaning and restoration of that old PC. Truly excellent job. It's great to press those old rigs back into service.

Re: Please help! Found corrupt DOS game disk, can't find record of it online

Posted on 2012-11-06, 01:03

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Wow, I actually remember playing that game in the high school computer lab, specifically that executable and the title screen stand out. If I recall, the speed at which you answered the math problems determined your hit outcome, but I may be mistaken....

Re: Zone 66

Posted on 2012-11-05, 23:43

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in DOS

Thanks for the suggestions, but I'm still getting nothing. Just setting the blaster variable without a driver does nothing with these sound cards. I also tried an ESS1868. I'm going to try a Creative ISA card next, but I'll have to purchase it. I would like to go oldschool and not use emulation... …

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