Re: is Windows 98 command prompt sufficient for Dos Gaming
Posted on 2013-07-28, 05:30
Re: Windows XP is now "old". What are you doing?
Posted on 2013-06-30, 03:57
XP hasn't been a stable OS in my experience. It wasn't good for the software we were using at work with its memory leaks and poor multithreading, it was full of security holes and I certainly don't miss doing a clean install every year to combat fragmentation and bloated system files. I guess I felt …
Re: How do you cope with obsolete notebook batteries?
Posted on 2013-06-26, 07:00
Yeah, my old machines are more "portable computers" than "laptops" - not only are the batteries dead, but I find myself preferring a PS/2 mouse to the nub, and there really is no point to use them on the road without WiFi capability.
Re: Doom on Commodore Vic-20?
Posted on 2013-06-24, 05:45
This is cool, but I prefer MooD for the C64 as it could more feasibly be tweaked into a full-featured game. I could be wrong, but in terms of engines I think real 3D gets you more bang for your buck on old PCs than raycasters.
Re: The problem of easy transferring files to 386/486 pc's...
Posted on 2013-06-22, 20:50
I have a ThinkPad with both a DVD-ROM drive and a floppy drive built in, so things have been easy. Before that I used a PCMCIA-to-SD adapter that only Win98 could detect. My dad's 5150 has a 3.5" floppy drive in it (as well as a HDD) and it's only a matter of time before I get my hands on that.
Re: XBox One unveiled
Posted on 2013-06-20, 21:43
Last week: "Removing DRM and online are impossible! These features are vital to the operation of the XBox One!" So am I to believe the XB1 is now less capable than it was? What happened to those awesome cloud features that REQUIRED an internet connection? Are they taking that back?
Re: Can TF2 still run on Pentium 4-era hardware?
Posted on 2013-06-18, 20:40
Re: XBox One unveiled
Posted on 2013-06-14, 06:04
Jorpho wrote: Mau1wurf1977 wrote: Being so similar to PCs it won't take long for PS4 games to look better, run with more fps, better AA or a combination of all of this. You don't say? How long will it take for the games to actually become good? That's what I like to call a "portable goalposts" …
Re: XBox One unveiled
Posted on 2013-06-13, 06:22
I can see the appeal of that. It's when a game expects me to relate to a female character on an emotional level where I start to get lost. With either gender, really. Heads rolling, guts exploding, don't care. Relationships and drama... uncomfortable. What were we talking about?
Re: post up pics of your "computing area"
Posted on 2013-06-08, 23:54
My current desk space is the dining room table. So just imagine one of those with a laptop on it.
Re: Game Clichés Done To Death
Posted on 2013-05-25, 05:29
Jorpho wrote: And of course just straight-up TV Tropes. Browsers should automatically accompany that link with a warning that three hours of your life may inexplicably vanish.
Re: Dos games and 16mb of ram
Posted on 2013-05-25, 05:26
Mau1wurf1977 wrote: device=c:\dos\emm386.exe ram 16000 for example resolves the issue on machines with more than 16MB. The issue is garbled / screeching speech. Fascinating. Based on my experience, Gobliiins may also have this problem.
Re: Do I really need an XP rig?
Posted on 2013-05-14, 07:16
My point exactly. Win8-32 should even have some support for WIN16 programs. And maybe this is just because I haven't been touched by the glory of EAX, but I don't find it enough of a reason to choose XP over anything (especially if the games still work without it).
Re: Do I really need an XP rig?
Posted on 2013-05-12, 23:49
Assuming all these things about incompatibility are true... I still don't see the point of having an XP machine if you already have Win7 and Win98SE machines. I can't imagine any programs that are too old for one and too new for the other.
Re: Do I really need an XP rig?
Posted on 2013-05-12, 03:37
Yes, the 2000/XP niche is slowly disappearing. I have a netbook that runs Win7 x32 and I run all my older programs that won't run in 64-bit. Anything else that's "just plain too old" runs fine on my P2 Thinkpad. I think my P4 and dual-core machines will be next on the auction block. It'll be …
Re: Which DOS?
Posted on 2013-05-09, 00:42
Nah, I would most definitely be using it for gaming. I have a Pentium laptop that does most of my DOS gaming, except for some really old titles that don't run in real time.
Re: Which DOS?
Posted on 2013-05-08, 20:10
Slightly back on topic: my dad has an IBM 5150 that I'd like to get working someday. It's got a 32MB HDD and 640k of RAM. Which DOS would be best for that?
Re: Hercules Game Theater XP
Posted on 2013-05-07, 02:58
I thought this would be about the HGA monochrome graphics card. 🙁
Re: Why wasn't the Amiga popular in North America?
Posted on 2013-05-06, 04:55
That's the short of it. Commodore could've marketed it for graphic design and gaming easily, but they were too busy making horrible administrative decisions.
Re: Why wasn't the Amiga popular in North America?
Posted on 2013-05-06, 03:30
I definitely remember seeing ads for Amiga PCs right beside IBM PCs. They phased out around 1995. They were kind of a high-end solution while the price of everything else plummeted. Seeing one in the wild was rare, like a Neo Geo or Turbo Express.
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