Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-06-04, 01:40
Are you using any Aztech utilities such has hwset.exe or diagnose.exe? Those should help you out.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-06-04, 01:12
just wanted to say that I've tested this Packard Bell Aztech Sound Galaxy BXII card now and it seems to work great as far as the sound and OPL2 are concerned but I can't seem to find an IO port that works for midi on this thing. I always get some kind of "detection failed to find hardware" or …
Re: Would the members of Vogons like to play Xonotic?
Posted on 2016-06-03, 23:49
Bringing up possible theft of SoundIdeas material allegedly hospitalized one of them (from the stress) causing me to get banned, since clan influence trumps contributor concerns about freedom. :rolleyes: I could see why you'd have mixed feelings about playing. Well, if it ends up working out, your …
Re: Would the members of Vogons like to play Xonotic?
Posted on 2016-06-03, 22:45
FWIW it doesn't work on Windows 95 due to a D3D9.DLL dependency (for an OpenGL game). also i quit playing it when it was nexuiz in 2008 because some of the clan members on the team were jerks and their changes still apply to xonotic I would hope those changes would have no effect on a handful of …
Re: Guess the game!!
Posted on 2016-06-03, 21:04
Your hint gave me a number of trails to follow, but they all ended up at dead ends. 🙁
Re: Would the members of Vogons like to play Xonotic?
Posted on 2016-06-03, 20:40
Nice of you to consider hosting. I take it you mean a dedicated server vs an ad-hoc one that one of us sets our own playing machine up as?
Would the members of Vogons like to play Xonotic?
Posted on 2016-06-03, 18:30
http://xonotic.org/ Just a thought. Xonotic is an open source FPS with decent enough graphics, yet still playable on 10 year old systems. It is very easy from within the game to spin up a server (eg, Vogons Xonotic server). If there's any interest maybe us Vogons members could have a Saturday night …
Re: Why are old PCs considered lame and boring?
Posted on 2016-06-03, 18:06
I've been wondering lately why do retro PC computers (by which I mean mostly XT - 486 class machines have generally lower recogniton than Amiga, Atari, consoles, etc. Example: Amibay lists PC offers as "other" while there are separate departnents for most other stuff. Example 2: I'm already grew …
Re: Spam, spam, spam
Posted on 2016-06-03, 14:20
Here's another with zero posts and advertisements in their profile: http://www.vogons.org/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=33328 edit: http://www.vogons.org/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=33301 edit: http://www.vogons.org/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=33146 edit: http://www.vogons.org/ …
Re: Spam, spam, spam
Posted on 2016-06-03, 14:18
These are suspicious looking: http://www.vogons.org/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=33443 http://www.vogons.org/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=33442 Two different usernames from obviously the same person. No posts since joining May 16, but lots of advertising in their profile for their …
Re: Guess the game!!
Posted on 2016-06-03, 12:13
Wow, that is obscure. Spent far too much time trying to figure it out. 🤣. Hopefully someone will figure it out, but it probably won't be me!
Re: Do you make money of your Retro habit?
Posted on 2016-06-03, 11:38
Now that I think about it, I guess I have made a little money, but only due to sellers trying to pawn off broken items or inaccurate descriptions. Out of about twenty or so purchases (yeah, that's all I've bought), a few have gotten refunded due to wrong description or broken product, which I've …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2016-06-03, 11:28
@HighTreason I haven't been here that long, but there are times I feel ignored as well. Keep some things in mind: -most people here have lives outside of Vogons, so the odds are great they will at some point miss some posts. I get the feeling there is a lot of history behind your words that I simply …
Re: Retro Ringtones!
Posted on 2016-06-02, 23:02
For years I've had the intro from Pressure Cooker (Atari 2600) as my phone ringtone mainly because I love the history behind it and it's a really catchy tune. Thing is, I really liked it but now I absolutely hate it! I believe it' some subconscious negative reinforcement thing that I have, maybe …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2016-06-02, 22:48
Well...I suppose this can be retro activity. Ordered a replacement battery for a UPS I had collecting dust in the basement, for the purpose of protecting my retro PCs. Battery arrived today, so now I can feel a little more confident gaming during thunderstorms.
Re: Retro Ringtones!
Posted on 2016-06-02, 20:40
I recorded the Ultima IV ones from AppleWin emulator. It's basically just three versions of the opening song: full version, edit of first half, edit of 2nd half. They are in OGG format. There is a noticeable skip at the start of the song, but that's how it plays every time in AppleWin. I can't …
Re: SSD Worth it?
Posted on 2016-06-02, 19:14
How you use your system also makes a difference. If your system is always on and you have a decent amount of RAM, the SSD is not as noticeable because your programs are living in RAM (which is faster than the SSD). So minimal disk accesses=less noticeable advantage for SSD.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-06-02, 18:42
That IS a good deal for $60! Congrats on the score.
Re: Guess the game!!
Posted on 2016-06-02, 16:33
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2016-06-02, 15:24
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/what-hard-drive-should-i-buy/ This is from 2014. It should be noted that Backblaze's 2016 tests show vast improvements in Seagate's failure rates, so Seagate seems to be responding to the pressure. This Backblaze article tends to get circulated pretty heavily when it …
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