Re: Happy
Posted on 2008-12-25, 15:23
Wishing all of us a happy and prosperous and wonderful new year! Let us progress in the retro-gaming world. So, uh, ...when is the new version of DosBox coming out? Hehehe.. 😁
Re: Happy
Re: Why do modern video games suck so badly
Posted on 2008-12-24, 05:26
Games initially were developed by a small group of people and their main aim was to give out an enjoyable, new piece of gaming moments everytime. It was the time of games revolution, where the (tech-accessible) population were treated to a new media of entertainment. Each game started defining it's …
Re: MSI MS5169 socket 7 ATX motherboard - should I get one?!
Posted on 2008-12-22, 05:08
As I said, good things don't come easy. Just received the motherboard today, and thank God, it's v4.0! 😁 That and maybe because they took time to package it : Excellent packaging! 😀
Re: Wing Commander, Kilrathi saga
Posted on 2008-12-21, 14:43
For the (Aesop's) Wolf, the grapes were sour. For me, there are some shelf-wear on the box! 😁 What's that? Cough...cough...250 pounds?..cough..*.. And I thought he was selling an LAPC-I card!!! 😉
Re: Bought these games today
Posted on 2008-12-19, 11:59
Thought of just posting what I've got both from eBay and from the stores directly. Just a part of my collection.. http://www.vogons.org/files/games_collection.jpg As you can see, the ATAC and Global Conquest are still unopened. Still factory sealed. This Drakkhen game is the European Version. Has …
Re: MSI MS5169 socket 7 ATX motherboard - should I get one?!
Posted on 2008-12-19, 11:18
Sigh..not yet. Maybe on Monday.. Dunno why it's delayed this time.. I guess good things don't come easy. 😁
Re: Could this be the ultimate fastest system with pure dos sound support?
Posted on 2008-12-19, 04:38
Testet my LAPC-I. Unfortunatelly LA synthezis part of LAPC doesn't work on this system. Speaker minijack out and RCA outs silenced. But MPU-401 part of card works very well, like MPU-401AT and SCC-1 midi outs. And MT-32 hooked with mcb-1 box to LAPC sounds beautiful. And more, tested LAPC on MVP3 / …
Re: Will ISA slots problems interfere with other motherboards functions?
Posted on 2008-12-19, 04:33
Probably because the caps in the PSU are failing and it is no longer putting out the power rating on the lable. I agree. Weird problems due to trivial causes. The one from the Gold pack is likely to be the better cable as it's the same one Creative bundle with their E-MU AWE Studio cards. Yes. It's …
Re: Will ISA slots problems interfere with other motherboards functions?
Posted on 2008-12-18, 13:34
I suspect your boards and/or power supplies are failing. UPDATE : I've changed my PSU to a slightly higher 550W CoolerMaster from a 450 Generic PSU. And now the problem is no more! Thanks for the suggestion, Moogle!. I never thought a 450W might be struggling with one of my classic system. Then, …
Why on earth did the chicken cross the road? Global debate...
Posted on 2008-12-18, 10:24
Some of you might already know this, but see HERE anyway. It's one my favourite! Never get bored of reading it.
Re: Will ISA slots problems interfere with other motherboards functions?
Posted on 2008-12-18, 10:12
Hmmm..the batteries are brand new. As for the board, hmmm...I noticed this problem after I started using the MK-II connected to the AWE cards via the joystick-midi cable. I have two of them, I tried changing this cable but the problem persists. The recurrence of this problem appeared after an …
Re: Swap your gaming "war story" here.
Posted on 2008-12-18, 04:43
the point is that there are people who love to write and/or read such thing. Yep, do like reading such stuff. Anything related to gaming is fun on it's own. Heck, I even like reading the game manuals so much. Even the technical supplements where they list the system requirements, EMS recommended, …
Cardboard box for a cpu casing...
Posted on 2008-12-18, 03:46
I had an idea to make a custom cardboard box for one of my custom low heat producing PC..but.. These are NOT what I had in mind .... :lol: http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/ubuntubox_1.jpg http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/ubuntubox_2.jpg http://technabob.com/ …
Re: MSI MS5169 socket 7 ATX motherboard - should I get one?!
Posted on 2008-12-18, 01:49
Still awaiting for the mobo. Suppose to arrive yesterday. Awaiting today. I've already downloaded all the possible BIOS updates for all revisions of the board from v2.0 to 4.0. Also downloaded and printed out the pdf manual. Now all that remains is the revision of the motherboard. If it's a rev 4, …
Will ISA slots problems interfere with other motherboards functions?
Posted on 2008-12-18, 01:42
I have faced this peculiar problem using 2 different motherboards when installing an AWE64/AWE32 (both PnP cards). One mobo was a P5F72 with intel 82430VX chipset, Socket 7 and another Slot 1 440BX based mobo. The symptoms: After inserting an AWE32 or AWE64 card, when I boot the system: Either 1.) …
Re: MSI MS5169 socket 7 ATX motherboard - should I get one?!
Posted on 2008-12-17, 08:27
( EDIT: Hands together facing the heaven praying for a new revision motherboard at the same time too!! :money:) I'm really hoping you got a rev 4 board too! As well as that other rev 4 board I mentioned in another very recent post (please see above), there's also this German seller: "c-b-s-d" who …
Re: Could this be the ultimate fastest system with pure dos sound support?
Posted on 2008-12-17, 07:57
Thanks to all your comments, I have completely scraped off my idea of a "Hybrid-PC". Too much to balance. I guess a Retro-PC has it's own individualized merits that can't be shared. Something like a class of its own! Anyway, it's much fun to rebuild a real retro pc! I've been hooked to Vogons and …
Re: Could this be the ultimate fastest system with pure dos sound support?
Posted on 2008-12-17, 07:49
There should be an option to switch to PCI graphics card. Then you can use a voodoo or voodoo2 card too. Please go to this website: http://www.falconfly.de/identify-3dfx.htm And scroll down to the bottom of the sceen, where it says "Caution". It tells you about a potential problem with old voodoo …
Re: MSI MS5169 socket 7 ATX motherboard - should I get one?!
Posted on 2008-12-17, 00:19
I'm still awaiting my board. Suppose to arrive today. Just entered my office. And the first thing I do is checking up in Vogons!!! 😁 (EDIT:Hands together facing the heaven praying for a new revision motherboard at the same time too!! 🤑)
Re: Could this be the ultimate fastest system with pure dos sound support?
Posted on 2008-12-17, 00:15
I highly recommend the ASUS P2B or P3B variants with a Powerleap adapter and a 1.4Ghz Celeron. I have seen a DFI P2XBL being sold locally. Any idea about this board? Thanks. All in all - almost all classic dos games, dos utils, dos 6.22 itself and even wfwg3.x - all works like a charm! That's nice …
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