Re: Why 7Z not RAR or ZIP?

Posted on 2017-09-27, 13:48

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by cyclone3d

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in Milliways

It packs better and is completely free. ZIP has lots of free tools, but not all extensions are universal (for example not all unpackers can handle encrypted archives) + it is not the best in terms of compression ratio. RAR is better but isn't free. 7ZIP can make ZIP archives. I generally use the …

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Re: Best 16-bit RPGs

Posted on 2017-09-26, 15:12

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by cyclone3d

in Console & Arcade Emulation

in Console & Arcade Emulation

Don't forget TurboGrafx/TurboDuo Ys 1&II and Ys III (And Ys IV since there is now a full English patch) Cosmic Fantasy 2 (really wish there were translations for the other games in this series) Neutopia 1 and 2 Dungeon Explorer 1 and 2 D&D: Order of the Griffon

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Re: Looking for old Detonator 7.68

Posted on 2017-09-25, 23:44

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by cyclone3d

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

HAHAHAHAHAHA Found them on a random Chines website. My Google-Fu has not failed me.

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Re: Looking for old Detonator 7.68

Posted on 2017-09-25, 23:23

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by cyclone3d

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Nope, not there. Can't find anywhere to download that specific version either. I saw one place that said they received WHQL, so it might be available on some 3rd party ftp site.

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Re: Looking for old Detonator 7.68

Posted on 2017-09-25, 19:59

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by cyclone3d

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have the old Nvidia ftp completely downloaded. I'll check when I get home to see if I have that version.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-25, 05:34

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by cyclone3d

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My Aztech Sound Galaxy collection is growing.. at least the cards I am interested in for now. Just picked up a Sound Galaxy BX II. Pretty rare to see them for sale. I was looking at pictures and from what I can find, there were at least 3 revisions of the card. The earlier one using the standard …

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Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2017-09-25, 05:12

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by cyclone3d

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I'm in the USA, so I'll keep my eye out for an additional Interwave card. If I had more than one, I would probably be willing to sell one at a not so absurd price. The one I have I got for $75 about a month ago on eBay. I don't know if the items you're seeing aren't available to Canadian buyers or …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-09-23, 03:19

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by cyclone3d

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

All, and more for $150 - just had to send my son to Oklahoma to pick it up. lol - He and his wife enjoyed the road trip! And I, got the spoils! Intel P3 800Mhz Soyo SY-6BA+II 3, 128meg SDRAM 168pin DIMM PC133 ATI Rage Pro AGP 16MB Quantum3D Obsidian x24 SLI PCI (3Dfx Voodoo 2) Creative Lab's …

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Re: Dosbox Source Code

Posted on 2017-09-21, 21:59

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by cyclone3d

in DOSBox General

in DOSBox General

Yeah.. that would be pointless to even try to do. It is compiled, and the source code is available for free as it is open source. What exactly are you trying to accomplish? I already know a few very easy ways to reduce the needed CPU power by at least 25%. Once I get all my other projects finished I …

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Re: Simmconn AWE64 Adapter

Posted on 2017-09-20, 18:36

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by cyclone3d

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I already have one reserved. Should I go ahead and send payment or are you waiting for finalization of the universal one before they can be built? I will probably be interested in getting 2 additional on top of the one I already have reserved. RIght now I only need to have an idea how many of which …

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Re: Simmconn AWE64 Adapter

Posted on 2017-09-20, 13:59

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by cyclone3d

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

yes, good news, from batyra : Universal seems to work well with his 32 mbyte SIMMs on both value and gold card. It does not work correct with smaller sizes of simms, but this is probably irrelevant. He will make a more detailed report (with exact simm types) soon : :happy: I already have one …

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

Posted on 2017-09-20, 05:44

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by cyclone3d

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Worked on putting together a Slot 1 PIII-600 rig. Waiting for some jumper wires so I don't have to destroy the original wiring in the case for the LEDs and switches. Case is from a Dell XPS T450. Also got my Slot 1 PIII-550 CPU working. Turns out it was just the connection that was dirty. Tested …

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Re: Anyone know about old laptop floppy drives?

Posted on 2017-09-20, 05:38

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by cyclone3d

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Can you post pics?

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Re: Anyone knows if this got released?

Posted on 2017-09-19, 03:50

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by cyclone3d

in Milliways

in Milliways

Checked my sources as well as doing some searching and the only thing I was able to find was that youtube video. Guessing it was never released in the updated form.

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Re: Simmconn AWE64 Adapter

Posted on 2017-09-19, 02:34

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by cyclone3d

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Any update on getting a universal one tested/working?

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Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2017-09-19, 02:30

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by cyclone3d

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in Marvin \ Sound

As it turns out, I may not be able to do the things that need access to the hardware, but I am finding out the hard way that it will bother me to no end if I try to leave everything as it is now. Given that none of my options are particularly pleasant, I have tentatively decided to pursue the least …

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Re: voodoo 3 3000 + mAtx (micro ATX) = ???

Posted on 2017-09-18, 21:40

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by cyclone3d

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

You could also go with a Socket 462 board. Faster than a PIII and looks to be more readily available from my quick search. I found a list of chipsets that support the 3.3v AGP https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=44685 List of chipsets that are 100% compatible: I440BX, i815, i820, i840, VIA …

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Re: Anyone knows if this got released?

Posted on 2017-09-18, 21:08

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by cyclone3d

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in Milliways

Search on google for "Black Knight Marine Strike Fighter" with the quotes. Or wait.. you are specifically looking for the Windows version. I'll take a look and see if I can find it later.

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Re: Dual Pentium pro for a 486?..

Posted on 2017-09-18, 17:41

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by cyclone3d

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

jheronimus wrote: Before this thread gets closed, I'll just note that there is no way a dual PPro board with two actual PPros is worth as much as a Soc3 board with a DX2. Don't you mean the other way around?

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Possible to use a single computer for MT-32 games?

Posted on 2017-09-17, 15:42

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by cyclone3d

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I was looking over the list of games that support MT-32 on a wiki, and the most demanding one I saw was Transport Tycoon Deluxe. Not even sure it is worth trying to run it on an older computer as once the cities/routes get huge, it can come to an absolute crawl.. just like the SimCity games. Are any …

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