Re: Hints and Tips for my new build
Posted on 2016-04-19, 01:21
For those games a P100 should be perfect 😀 For OS you can't go wrong with MS-DOS 6.22.
Re: Hints and Tips for my new build
Posted on 2016-04-19, 00:05
Great timing, I've got a similar video project going live tomorrow :D It depends on what games you want to play. A pentium is quite versatile. At 100 you can run pretty much any DOS game from the 386 era and onwards. Newer games running at high resolution might chug a little, here a Pentium 133, 166 …
Re: What are the best Sound Canvas games?
Posted on 2016-04-18, 23:23
Lost Vikings I actually was running this one on the MT32 option and thought it sounded really good that way. I should record comparisons sometime. Officially the "definitive version" of that soundtrack is the SNES, but the DOS version can sound quite good on quality hardware. I just remember …
Re: Trouble locating the REAL Sil3512 Win98 Driver (Silicon Image site is dead, Lattice site useless)
Posted on 2016-04-18, 19:02
Please update this thread with your findings and maybe attached the files that worked for you! These sort of questions pop up all the time 😀
Re: LAPC-I or CM-32L?
Posted on 2016-04-18, 17:38
Because you got this fancy MIDI splitter, you just turn on whatever unit you want and set the audio switch :) With CD-Audio, I made myself a super fancy rear bracket CD Audio output. I drew two holes in a rear bracket, mounted to RCA plugs and wired one of these CD to sound card cables up. That …
Re: LAPC-I or CM-32L?
Posted on 2016-04-18, 16:11
Got it on all fronts, thanks. Yes, the generic PSU at correct spec seemed like the best option. Could any of you recommend a good, 2 or 3 to 1 switcher? I don't see all that much on eBay right now. Preferably, something modern/new that would match my other gear. Thanks! I used to have something …
Re: What are the best Sound Canvas games?
Posted on 2016-04-18, 13:30
Some of the later Sierra games sound quite good. Strike Commander, Lost Vikings, Sam and Max, DOTT, Raptor and many more!
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-04-18, 09:54
tikoellner wrote: Maybe the reason for that is that my point of reference is 286-386 era stuff, and this is perceived in a different way by someone younger. Yea you're just too old 😊
Re: Opti 82c941 daughterboard - should I get it?
Posted on 2016-04-18, 08:57
For that price absolutely.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-04-18, 08:48
My GeForce 6800GS AGP arrived from NZ on the weekend. Luckily the PSU in my P4 had the necessary power connector and I spent a good few hours on the weekend completing Half Life 2 and starting Fallout 3. Never played F3 on PC before - seems like the game could use a lot more power as it doesn't …
Re: Amiga computers - which one to get?
Posted on 2016-04-18, 05:20
I got a Mist FPGA recently and thought about getting a real Amiga, but there is just too much to it. The Amiga alone is just the start, it really is an expensive hobby. But I had a choice, I would go with a plain A500 with memory expansion and GOTEK USB floppy installed. I'm not much into hard …
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2016-04-17, 19:30
Some decent Gold games on the XBox360 lately. Playing Dead Space at the moment, great game.
Re: LAPC-I or CM-32L?
Posted on 2016-04-17, 17:43
Yes it will. With the AWE many games won't work. You can use SoftMPU to get around this but it's not the same. I used a 4 in 1 AV switcher from eBay, but these days I just plug in whatever I need. I still have my audio mixer though, I use it mix Sound Blaster, MIDI and CD Audio together.
Re: LAPC-I or CM-32L?
Posted on 2016-04-17, 16:57
The LAPC-I combines the CM-32L with a proper Roland intelligent mode MPU401 interface. With the right breakout gear you can also connect your MT-32 to it. However, internal cards will always limit your usage a little bit. For example the CM-32L is easier to use with DOSBox and USB MIDI adapter. So I …
Re: Souped up Packard Bell
Posted on 2016-04-17, 00:25
Very nice machine! The TNT2 M64 is a great choice, I'm also using one, AGP version, in my 3 in 1 Retro DOS Gaming PC. It has excellent compatibility with DOS games and is very cheap and easy to find. With the CPU, you could try a standard Pentium 200. That would give you a slower cache-less speed, …
Re: What is the best Socket 478/865 Chipset MoBo for Win98?
Posted on 2016-04-17, 00:04
Problem now is a vid card. Will a Voodoo5 5500 AGP OR PCI work? If not what is the fastest yet compatible card? But if I use a voodoo2 in SLI, can I pass through the onboard graphics of the P4i65g? What is the goal of this machine? For a stock standard V5, just go with a Pentium III. a 1 GHz CPU is …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2016-04-16, 15:51
At some point Nvidia put a cap on DOS performance. Try a Radeon, I had to do this when I ran it on my i7 😀
Re: Phil's YouTube and Website updates (philscomputerlab)
Posted on 2016-04-16, 14:07
clueless1 wrote: If you shortstroke the SSHD to 8 GB for a DOS system, do you know if the data will be living entirely in the solid state cells? Interesting question 😀 It might cache it all, but that will be tricky to determine.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2016-04-16, 11:51
I can relate to that. Now I've got a pretty organised system going. I don't think I have nearly as much stuff as you have, but organisation really helps with this hobby 😀
Re: 16x9 CRT HDTVs
Posted on 2016-04-16, 10:05
GoblinUpTheRoad wrote: 166 lbs! It'll be horribly heavy and awkward to move around. That's impressive 😁
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