Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2014-09-15, 23:42
Yes they work fine with most USB mice\trackballs. Most come with them when you buy them new.
Re: Mechanical gaming keyboard without media and macro keys
Posted on 2014-09-15, 22:59
It was stamped IBM. Looked like a normal IBM clicky keyboard, springs plungers... they make the click sound. I may have the keys in a bag in my storage crates, pretty sure I saved them with the springs, cause I have a whole other crate full of beige ones still. Spare keys and all that. Edit Here is …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2014-09-15, 22:57
Thats a nice piece then, Still learning about these Roland units! That V4 is also a great deal for 20$, It doesn't look like the normal PCB either?
Re: What was the last game you completed on your retro machine?
Posted on 2014-09-15, 22:08
Terminus.... An elite style game, with trading, mining, and all that, that is set in earths solar system. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminus_%28video_game%29 You can't leave it, planets are connected by gates, or you can actually spend Real world time, traveling between them and not use the warp …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2014-09-15, 20:02
What does the sound brush do? Let you add samples? Playback and record midi's from a keyboard without a computer?
Re: Testing AGP cards in a 133mhz FSB Intel 440BX system
Posted on 2014-09-15, 19:11
If you can run Aquamark 3 looped for like an hour @ that setting its probably stable. That bench will crash at the slightest instability. You need something weaker for lesser cards tho... Looping the dragon merry-go-round, 1-light & 8-color lighting tests from 3dmark2001 might be good, I used to do …
Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread - P233 AT
Posted on 2014-09-15, 17:46
This is my latest retro rig. When I received this machine I was expecting a 386 or 486, but this is what I got. Someone had upgraded it in the past. Frankly it dashed my dreams of a working 486 but whatever lol. This is good too, and the TURBO switch works I can switch bewteen 133\233mhz. When I got …
Re: Mechanical gaming keyboard without media and macro keys
Posted on 2014-09-15, 16:23
Get a Model M and paint the keycaps with black Plastidip. There are model M's that are black. I had one once. Not sure if they were called Model M, but it was fully mechanical and clicky with springs just like the beige ones. It got hit by a can of pepsi tho and stoped working even after taking it …
Re: Windows 98SE and DDRam1
Posted on 2014-09-15, 15:38
I have used 1gb in 98 fine, on an NFORCE1\2\KT266\KT333\KT400 for the XP. You may need to boot with less, but if you follow that guide above it should work. If it, really is highly unstable, Limit it to 512mb, most boards don't have an issue... Nforce1\2 is the most finicky, I don't even like using …
Re: Windows 98SE and DDRam1
Posted on 2014-09-15, 05:07
This page has detailed info on how to limit ram usage in 9x. http://www.thpc.info/ram/vcache98.html Limiting memory usage to 960mb or less is a good idea for 1gb systems. You can also use msconfig if you don't want to root around the system.ini manually in 98\ME.
Re: Crazy system requirements for its time
Posted on 2014-09-14, 18:32
I never beat Unreal2... I should go replay it sometime. I remember getting halfway through it and stopping because of the low fps on some bridge you had to cross.
Re: New WaveBlaster Header Compatible Daughterboard, The DreamBlaster Synth S1
Posted on 2014-09-14, 18:23
Nice so its a real thing! Lot more songs to compare to on that site, it doesn't sound to bad. Warcraft2 track on the very end sounds really good.
Re: Bootable CD to quick format a 40GB HDD with FAT32 FS?
Posted on 2014-09-14, 17:58
I often just use the 98\ME CD\Floppy, + a floppy with Freedos's FDISK\Format utility's copied on to it or I add them to a 98\ME floppy with them. If I don't use that, I use bootable GParted linux distro, Or Puppy Linux which also has Gparted on it, but is even lighter with resource reqs, and will …
Re: New WaveBlaster Header Compatible Daughterboard, The DreamBlaster Synth S1
Posted on 2014-09-14, 17:33
I've actually tried using my Casio synth keyboard in that way, as a MPU-401 device as I have the cables to plug it into a gameport, its quite old and unique sounding. But its not fully GM compatible only has 96 instruments, so things are missing and ordered incorrectly in some cases. It does sound …
Re: New WaveBlaster Header Compatible Daughterboard, The DreamBlaster Synth S1
Posted on 2014-09-14, 17:07
I hope the site is legit, I give up trying to find these internal waveblaster addons, at-least ones that don't cost a fortune 🤣. Wish they had more songs for comparison tho.
Re: Socket 5 & 7 Motherboard VGA Benchmark comparison
Posted on 2014-09-14, 05:00
Yea quake is much better, I think PCPbench does pretty good too. 3dbench put out a really high score on my Cyrix, for its low speed, so did doom actually, not as high as the P233mmx tho.
Re: Socket 5 & 7 Motherboard VGA Benchmark comparison
Posted on 2014-09-14, 04:47
It got 103.31 to be exact. PCI riva TNT P233mmx. PII 450 on a BX board and a Voodoo 3, 100.52. Yes on the P2 I was running the MTRRLFBE program too. My board doesn't have dimm slots, but good to know it supports 256mb. I wonder why the SIS's boards so fast with this game! :exclamation: thats pretty …
Re: Socket 5 & 7 Motherboard VGA Benchmark comparison
Posted on 2014-09-14, 04:06
I get a weird doom score on mine... over 100fps. I even retested it a couple times. I posted a bunch of benches of my 500mhz and less machines in your benchmark thread... And that P233+ Sis mobo scored the highest in that game, even above a PII 450 on a BX board. And you got 62fps at 100mhz! Is …
Re: New WaveBlaster Header Compatible Daughterboard, The DreamBlaster Synth S1
Posted on 2014-09-14, 03:18
I've seen that site before... and wondered if its safe to buy from.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2014-09-13, 22:09
I suspect the Winman is a windows only card I did a few searches and couldn't find anything that suggests it works under dos, Ive got the Winman 4X4 and unfortunately it might be completely useless for retro purposes, also got a midiman portman which is a midi device that plugs into the parralell …
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