Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-07-02, 15:14

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by BSA Starfire

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This is a catch up post, all these cards have been bought over the last four months or so, most recent was the Radeon HD 5870, I'm not even that comfortable about putting these buys here as I'm using these cards in my daily driver machines, so yes they are kinda old, but I'm using them for modern …

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Re: ISA video cards in DOS - where is the cap?

Posted on 2020-07-02, 14:23

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Best speed I have found for 386 was a Western digital WDC90C30 512K, it has no problems with scrolling on commander Keen games or other compatibility issues(the Tseng while FAST is known to have some compatibility problems with certain games of the era). There is also a WDC90C31 that has Windows …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-06-30, 18:45

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Playing a steam game from the sale myself, first modern(ish) PC game I have played for years. Euro Truck Simulator 2(linux version), It's addictive as all hell but I have no idea why I like it, in the real world I hate driving, detest parking and I'm rubbish at making money! LOL Go figure...... …

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Re: Computer projects you would have liked to have been a part of ?

Posted on 2020-06-28, 15:49

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Videoton Hungary in the 80's. They lacked the resources western companies had but still developed quality personal computers and even kept up with IBM. Most of these computers (especially the VT-models) are super rare now. I'd like to hear more about that. Not a company I have heard mentioned …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-06-26, 05:31

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by BSA Starfire

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bjwil1991 wrote on 2020-06-26, 02:51: Bought this mystery box today for a damn good price. […] Show full quote Bought this mystery box today for a damn good price. More pics to follow plus a YouTube video. Awesome, I have that exact case, mine has a 286-20MHz in it currently, but the machine …

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Re: Riva TNT vs MX400

Posted on 2020-06-26, 05:29

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by BSA Starfire

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The 2 chips were some years apart. Btw you have any pics of the cards and are you planning on testing more cards? Tbf, TNT1 doesn't seem like a very useful retro card to me, but at least your had less of the weird artefacting you are decribing :P I meant to mention that in my post - edited. Amazing …

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Re: Identifying my XT clone

Posted on 2020-06-25, 12:33

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by BSA Starfire

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I think I can help identify the monitor, TRL (Taiwan Royal Limited).

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Re: Your oldest favorite computer game?

Posted on 2020-06-01, 06:10

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Star Raiders 1979 Atari 400/800. Elite Acornsoft 1984 BBC Model B.

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

Posted on 2020-05-26, 16:17

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by BSA Starfire

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Set up my Commodore 16 on a 14" CRT TV with composite cable and loaded and played some games off cassette. Pizza Pete(a Burgertime type game), Minipede(a centipede alike by Anirog), Skramble(Anirog), Cruncher(Pac-Man clone Solar software) ,3D Time Trek(Star raiders type by Anirog), Spectipede( …

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Re: A new covid lockdown project - help if you can

Posted on 2020-05-26, 14:42

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by BSA Starfire

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OK, will do, thanks!

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Re: A new covid lockdown project - help if you can

Posted on 2020-05-26, 13:00

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by BSA Starfire

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Thanks! I'll make those disks up and take a look! Something new for the 286 & 386 😀

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Re: A new covid lockdown project - help if you can

Posted on 2020-05-26, 08:37

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Really pleased to find an old game in my pile of 5.25 inch floppies from about 1983 .. A very excellent and much loved by me back in my teens ...game. A well coded DOS version of the strategy game MAHJONGG. To be honest I can't believe it survived intact all this time without bit rot setting in. …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-05-23, 17:47

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Star Wars Episode 1 Racer on my Cyrix MII, SiS 6326 machine.

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Re: Fascination with the lowest end hardware from a given class

Posted on 2020-05-23, 17:41

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by BSA Starfire

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Agreed on the power supply thing! That's another thing I DON'T cheap out on. I'm not that trusting on OEM PSU's either, my daily driver HP Proliant has a Corsair PSU even(the ML 115 had a poor history with it's stock unit).

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Re: The "best" S3 Virge cards to buy?

Posted on 2020-05-23, 17:08

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by BSA Starfire

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I'd recommend S3 cards from Number 9, they are beautifully made and have lovely image quality. The reality series are what you want. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_Nine_Visual_Technology

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Re: Fascination with the lowest end hardware from a given class

Posted on 2020-05-23, 12:45

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by BSA Starfire

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Yes, I have a weird fascination with the "cheap & cheerful" end of the market also, I use my 12MHz 286 with 1MB RAM and Seagate 157A hard disk, Hercules card and monitor more often than I use my fancy 20MHz CHIP's NEAT 286 with 1MB VGA and it's fancy big conner voice coil hard disk. I've recently …

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Re: Games to play on a socket 7 machine with SiS 6326 graphics.

Posted on 2020-05-23, 11:55

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by BSA Starfire

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Grab SiS 305 Card! The Laguna is very bad.. i also own it, there is almost nothing running as it should. Expect a lot of drawing errors :D I do have a SIS 315 64MB AGP card, not sure the difference with 305, but it's pretty decent, as I recall from testing years ago about the same as a geforce 2 mx …

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Re: A new covid lockdown project - help if you can

Posted on 2020-05-23, 11:50

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by BSA Starfire

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Glad your all up and running! Fate of Atlantis is a brilliant game, I played this one on my 386sx back in the day and loved it. Rise of the Robots is a crime against humanity however, it looks lovely but is perhaps one of the worst video games I have ever played, don't let me put you off installing …

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

Posted on 2020-05-23, 11:46

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by BSA Starfire

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Received this Commodore VIC-20 that I ordered, today - https://i.imgur.com/pnv1QUCl.jpg One of the keys was broken off so I'll need to fix or replace that properly at some point. But for now a tiny amount of hot glue sufficed and the key is reattached and functional again. Note: the pic was taken …

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Re: What was the first computer you ever purchased?

Posted on 2020-05-23, 11:38

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First computer we had at home was the Commodore VIC 20 with datasette and programmes on tape & cartridge. some great games and I still have it working today! Had various other home computers , Acorn Electron, Oric Atmos, ZX Spectrum+ 128K First Computer I bought myself was Commodore Amiga 500 when …

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