Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-08-11, 17:25
mrau wrote: anyone made these run off a battery? i often thought of it, but im just too lazy What's the point? You want to use it as an audio CD player?
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-08-11, 17:03
Got this Asus AGP-V3200 card for free. It's a 16 MB Voodoo Banshee for the AGP slot: 2016-08-11 19.35.47.jpg Well, guess I am about to build a Slot I machine (or two): I now have both Pentium II and Pentium III, a Voodoo Banshee, a Voodoo 3 3000 AGP, an Aureal Vortex-based card and two empty AT …
Re: 486 Motherboards and components
Posted on 2016-08-10, 23:26
Everyone's local market is different, but if I were you, I'd start by getting a complete system that has something you like and works — it would be a great starting point. Maybe get something with a case you like or a CPU+mobo that meets your requirements like having L2 cache or VLB. Getting …
Re: Best Socket 7 AT motherboard
Posted on 2016-08-08, 09:31
The Turbo button doesn't do anything on Pentium motherboards as far as I know. There are some rare socket 7 boards with a turbo header I think, maybe someone else here has used one and can comment on whether it works or not. You can turn off caches to emulate a 486 down to 286 speeds though. Not XT …
Re: Is a CRT worth the trouble of a better picture?
Posted on 2016-08-04, 15:03
Before you buy, check around any local businesses that are desperate to get rid of their CRTs. They may be glad to have you take them off your hands. :) Aren't home used screens more desirable? I mean, an office screen is guaranteed to have had 8 hour usage for 5 days a week for several years. …
Re: Is a CRT worth the trouble of a better picture?
Posted on 2016-08-04, 15:01
I miss the "real black" on my TFT that my CRTs had. My thoughts exactly! My main machine (and the one I used for Dosbox) is a MacBook Air, which has an average screen for a laptop, I think. And I can say that even my Compaq's budget 14 inch CRT (definitely not Trinitron or anything fancy) is way …
Re: Windows 98 compact build suggestions?
Posted on 2016-08-01, 13:11
NEC made many P3/P4 all-in-one machines like this Powermate 2000: and Z1:
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-08-01, 11:36
Got this Creative DXR2/CT7220 PCI encoder card for free: Filename 2016-08-01 14.25.22.jpg File size 109.56 KiB Views 3640 views I thought I could use the VGA passthrough cable from this card for my Voodoo cards, but it turned out to be male-male, not male-female. Is there anything useful I can do …
Re: What's a good steering wheel for DOS/early Windows games?
Posted on 2016-07-31, 12:31
At the same time, I must admit, Thrustmaster GP1 looks great when attached to a Thinkpad laptop. Here it is at the end of the video.
Re: My classic gaming retro system specs
Posted on 2016-07-30, 13:32
IIRC, I think the HP Vectra VE6 Series 8 comes with a Matrox Millennium video card, which I haven't changed or modified :) If that's the card you have installed, it'll have a decent 2D chip on it, but the 3D will suffer. I'd try to find a Voodoo or Voodoo2 PCI card for 3D graphics. You could play …
Re: What's a good steering wheel for DOS/early Windows games?
Posted on 2016-07-30, 13:25
Any opinions on the Thrustmaster Formula Sprint? Did you get this in the end? Nope. I've decided to wait and research a little more. To be honest I can't get over its looks — just seems a bit too spartan and cheap — more like Quickshot. Could very well be that because wheels of this era simply …
Re: Whats a good program for mounting iso's in win98
Posted on 2016-07-27, 22:34
Oldskoolmaniac wrote: Ive tried using magic iso maker with magic disc but that crashes on every 98 system I have, so what are you guys using that works? Daemon Tools. This version is the last to support 9x.
Re: What is your age?
Posted on 2016-07-27, 16:53
Thought I'd start a similar topic, but decided to google first. I'm 26, and I've been in a relationship for the last 7 years. We still don't live together, so she doesn't mind my hobby yet =) Besides, I've pretty much built my dream machine (except for maybe some rare sound cards or general midi …
Re: Need a little help with my MMX build
Posted on 2016-07-27, 14:37
If someone can help me out with some SDRAM then ;).... From my experience, later Socket 7 boards usually play nice with nearly any PC-100/PC-133 SDRAM memory stick. They are cheap, easy to find, and usually cause less issues than SIMMs. Also, I might be wrong, but almost all 32MB SDRAM sticks are …
Re: Pentium 2 PC for DOS games
Posted on 2016-07-27, 12:57
As for graphics...I can get/borrow Matrox G400. Will it be any better for older games ? I think, people are mostly saying that your Riva isn't fast enough for PII-era Win games, not that it won't work in DOS. Consult this table for compatibility issues. Rule of thumb is, nothing can beat S3 in …
Re: Pentium 2 PC for DOS games
Posted on 2016-07-27, 11:58
If Pentium II is too fast, then maybe Pentium Pro would be good(if it is supported)? Will know what motherboard it has, when it comes in few days. First, Pentium Pro is Socket 8, not Slot 1. Your motherboard won't take it. Second, it won't help much. There is nothing (to my knowledge) a Pentium II …
Re: Pentium 2 PC for DOS games
Posted on 2016-07-27, 11:53
Also, keep in mind that a lot of really popular CPU-sensitive games have been fixed in rereleases — either as Windows ports or as CD versions or anthologies. For instance: - Wing Commander doesn't like anything faster than 386 — Wing Commander Kilrathi Saga (the first three games) have no issues …
Re: Pentium 2 PC for DOS games
Posted on 2016-07-27, 11:28
Welcome! You don't really need Win 3.11 for that — unless you're simply curious. Windows 98SE will do just fine and is more appropriate for this machine. It has a real DOS mode that is just as good as a "pure" MS-DOS 6.22. Also, it has a lot more software available, including Daemon Tools for …
Re: Help identifying sound card
Posted on 2016-07-26, 19:44
^ yeah OPL4 is quite nice... try it under DOS were soft-synth is not available, it won't disappoint you in GM games. Maybe you also get the same OPL4 control panel as me, you can toy with it for fun: http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=488623#p488623 edit: scratch that, had a second look at your …
Re: Help identifying sound card
Posted on 2016-07-26, 18:09
Holy shit, guys. I've just tried the YMF-718S on my P-166 system with the drivers posted above. Looks like it has soft-synth. My only general midi devices until now were AWE32/SB32/AWE64. I've only tried it on Doom e1m1 and Duke Nukem 3D title screen, but I defininetly like the way the samples sound …
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