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

Posted on 2020-08-26, 09:28

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One kind request: would you be able to add this list (second screenshot) to the thread about Hercules and mono-CGA games: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=61035&start=120 ? Most classics are already there and this is by no means a "best cga & hercules games" list as per your thread …

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Re: Chaintech 4SLD (socket 3) jumper settings guide -recreated, clean & readable

Posted on 2020-08-24, 19:11

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Excellent info & presentation, thanks keropi!

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Re: HELP - Optimize my 486 computer.

Posted on 2020-08-06, 19:35

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I wasn't a placebo effect believer but I'm strongly reconsidering.

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Re: Some 3dfx for a Pentium MMX 200Mhz..

Posted on 2020-07-29, 15:15

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ok because dos i bought me a voodoo1. Hope this will be fine for the handfull of dos 3dfx games. Thanks again guys for your help! Voodoo1 is the way to go for dos games, good decision. Most of dos glide games will play with a Voodoo2 (there is a thread about it) but it's not worth it in my opinion. …

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-07-27, 17:51

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On this subject, I really believe a time will come were 60 years old folks won't hunt for XT-286-386-486s any more, our modern equivalent won't give a damn about them and collections will be liquefied for peanuts. I mean I don't see ISA sound of VGA cards going for that much in 10-20 years, once the …

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Re: Best CGA & Hercules games

Posted on 2020-07-27, 17:41

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That's true, games that were originally designed for cga do have their charm (if you have some kind of nostalgia about cga of course). Most games that were designed for EGA/VGA but also have a cga mode look like... I don't know, a cheap counterfeit. There are very few games that have original art …

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Re: Games set in the future, on a date that is now in the past

Posted on 2020-07-25, 18:45

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MobyGames has a dedicated category for this, which is likely the most complete list you'll get ATM: Setting: Future now Past Another list I wasn't aware of. Oh well then this thread can die in peace, it served its purpose though since I believe most of us didn't know there were such lists. Thanks …

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Re: Games set in the future, on a date that is now in the past

Posted on 2020-07-25, 08:04

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There are some Wiki pages about games set in different decades. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Video_games_set_in_the_2020s Niiice, I didn't know about this. Which makes this thread even more pointless :) After a brief look is t's far from complete though so I guess it doesn't hurt …

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-07-25, 07:59

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Regarding search engines, google in particular, my complaint is that they ditched the "+" operator. So you can browse through dozens of irrelevant results, because it's apparently better than immediately been shown zero results.

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Re: Were CD-ROMs common on 386 computers?

Posted on 2020-07-24, 17:13

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When 386s were introduced, absolutely not common When people still used 386s (let's say roughly the win95 era in many countries) is was not unheard-of.

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Re: Games set in the future, on a date that is now in the past

Posted on 2020-07-24, 15:03

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Let's start with a rather unpopular Sierra AGI game from 1988 that was probably the first to ditch the text parser, contrary to common belief. Manhunter: New York Look what happened in 2002! sierra_000.png sierra_003.png A classic from 1991 is next, Duke Nukem (or Nukum to be correct) was sent from …

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Games set in the future, on a date that is now in the past

Posted on 2020-07-24, 15:03

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I hope the title is not too confusing, if so feel free to propose a better one. For a game to qualify for this list the only prerequisite is a concrete reference to a specific date in the future (relatively to the game's release date), but this date to be in the past now. Example: a game released in …

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Re: horrible ide performance on sis496 mainboard

Posted on 2020-07-18, 20:28

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Sis496 so I assume it's a 486? ISA or VLB I/O card? Assuming the DOM can keep up and isn't trash, this speed is normal for an ISA I/O. I doubt you can get 5+ MB/s with whatever disk on similar systems (without going SCSI or PCI)

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Re: New MS-DOS game release: Sardonic

Posted on 2020-07-17, 17:00

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madaxe wrote on 2020-07-17, 16:30: Thanks, that would be very nice 😀 Hint: in command line type sardonic.exe belenensesrules and you will start the game with a pack of 9 lives 😁 Cheers Savage, imaging being for example a hardcore Porto fan wanting the extra lives. Tough words to admit 😄

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Re: Would you remove (break) plastic piece covering a port in 30-year old laptop?

Posted on 2020-07-13, 18:35

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They way I see it there is nothing wrong removing a plastic cover that could have been removed the first day this pc was bought. I mean it doesn't change anything about the PC's authenticity, unless it was some new-in-box item, then yes it does make a difference.

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Re: Coating an uninsulated bodge wire

Posted on 2020-07-10, 19:55

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I'd still use UV-curable solder mask, even for a thin bridge wire. It's made to cover copper on a pcb.

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Re: How to remove S370 cooler?

Posted on 2020-07-07, 17:59

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For the future, go for the long side of the clip (the upper part on your 2nd photo), that's the end that it's supposed to be pushed down. It can turn ugly if you try it on the wrong end.

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Re: PS/2 Keyboard Cable

Posted on 2020-07-07, 17:55

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I really don't know anything helpful, but from the description and the fact that this is a terminal keyb, have you considered the possibility that this side ps/2 port is not an alternative way to connect to keyb to the pc, but to connect other devices on it? Like some handheld scanner for example, …

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Re: How do I change a drive label during an installation?

Posted on 2020-07-05, 09:45

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Dominus wrote on 2020-07-05, 08:49: This is the best way, but you will need an SVN built of Dosbox Isn't this included in the latest 0.74-3?

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Re: 386 50mhz Overclock: Very Slow, No Cache?

Posted on 2020-07-04, 08:50

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I tried 40mhz with cache disabled, and as I thought, it's still much faster than 50mhz w/o cache... something is definitely off, not just the cache. Cachecheck also reports no errors. This is strange. With cache disabled in both cases, you get 37 at 40MHz and 25 at 50MHz? Long shot, but are you …

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