Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow

Posted on 2016-03-24, 19:37

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I first played Alley Cat in the late 90s, but I didn't know anything about Bill Williams until I read this article a few weeks ago from the Digital Antiquarian. A pretty amazing life! Thanks for linking that article. It was a great read. So much more to him than computer games... That said, he …

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2016-03-23, 00:07

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I have a Hercules Touch 95 CD version 1.01, May 24, 1996. Contents Of This CD =================== This CD-ROM contains drivers and utilities for the following Hercules products: Hercules Terminator 32/DRAM Hercules Terminator 64/DRAM Hercules Terminator 64/VRAM Hercules Terminator Professional …

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Re: I wish all, a nice easter 2016.

Posted on 2016-03-21, 18:29

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Thank you, same to you, friend.

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Re: Regarding a dog...

Posted on 2016-03-21, 18:20

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What sucks is the possibility of running into the previous owner in some way due to their proximity. But if that time ever comes, you can state "My dog is chipped and I have records to prove it." YOU can prove that YOUR dog is chipped and that you paid for it. The other person cannot. How would they …

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Re: Microsoft replacing past downloads with Windows 10 links.

Posted on 2016-03-20, 18:29

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I like www.oldapps.com for some of these hard-to-find downloads, though they only go up to directx 9.0c it looks like.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-03-20, 12:00

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Got a Sony CRX215E1 CD-RW drive for use in my PIII machine, which was using a rather noisy and low quality Liteon DVD which actually caused some FMVs to stutter (its either breaking down a bit , cheap , or both) , while I lose the DVD playing ability, considering none of the games I run on this use …

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Re: Duke Nukem 3D "Could not detect MPU-401" when MPU-401 works well otherwise

Posted on 2016-03-20, 11:55

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DoomGuy II wrote: and sure enough I plugged in my external MIDI into the SB Live!'s gameport and low and behold I was able to get the pure MIDI I wanted. I didn't realize you had an external MIDI device. Which one are you using?

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Re: My 3DMark01 Mega Thread

Posted on 2016-03-20, 03:43

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Here's my Win98 rig. P3-933, Geforce FX5200: Filename 3dmark01.jpg File size 201.17 KiB Views 1566 views

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Re: Duke Nukem 3D "Could not detect MPU-401" when MPU-401 works well otherwise

Posted on 2016-03-20, 03:14

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Oh! I thought you were trying to get it working with the Live! I'd never heard of a motherboard with MIDI onboard. Hopefully someone else can help you out.

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Re: Duke Nukem 3D "Could not detect MPU-401" when MPU-401 works well otherwise

Posted on 2016-03-20, 02:59

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Okay, I got it hooked up and verified midi music plays in Duke. In Device Manager under Creative Miscellaneous Devices->Creative SB16 Emulation, I've got 220, 330, 388, 5, 1, 5 respectively. My IRQ is 5 compared to your 7. In Duke's setup.exe, I've got Sound FX set to SB16, IRQ 5, DMA 1 and 5. Music …

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Re: Duke Nukem 3D "Could not detect MPU-401" when MPU-401 works well otherwise

Posted on 2016-03-20, 02:31

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I wish I had my Win98SE rig hooked up. It's got a Live! and Duke on there and I'm pretty sure it was playing Midi okay in the game. If I get a chance, I'll hook it up and see if it can give me anything else to suggest to you.

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Re: Duke Nukem 3D "Could not detect MPU-401" when MPU-401 works well otherwise

Posted on 2016-03-20, 02:15

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In Device Manager do you have SB16 Emulation enabled and working? Make sure there are no device conflicts.

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Re: My 3DMark01 Mega Thread

Posted on 2016-03-20, 01:59

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Nothing overclocked here. Move along. Filename 3dmark01.JPG File size 168.1 KiB Views 1578 views

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Re: Duke Nukem 3D "Could not detect MPU-401" when MPU-401 works well otherwise

Posted on 2016-03-20, 01:21

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You don't mention the OS--Win98? Is the Live! your only sound card?

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Re: How to reliably (and cheaply) store data?

Posted on 2016-03-19, 22:40

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I'm trying DiskFresh. I do like that it runs in the booted OS so you can still do stuff. Running it on my 750GB backup drive and it's pretty slow. I'm estimating about 10 hrs and it's on a SATA interface.

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2016-03-19, 22:36

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I don't recommend the 227 patch unless you're playing with the later releases, due the simple fact 227's public release is more or less "beta software" and is yet to be actually finalized. I've played about halfway through Unreal on a Win98 rig with 227d. No issues. The way I see it, the 227 patch …

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

Posted on 2016-03-19, 19:01

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luckybob wrote: I got my IBM model 95 fired up last night. I replaced the slow (4mb/s) spock scsi card with a corvette It may be slow, but it lives long and prospers.

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Re: FPS with fun, interesting storyline and good enough gameplay?

Posted on 2016-03-19, 17:51

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Thief? Half-Life? Jedi Knight 2? Unreal?

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Re: Extracting MIDI from an old game

Posted on 2016-03-18, 21:01

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Great site, zerker. Thanks for the link. I didn't realize there were so many Windows games that supported MIDI. I thought MIDI in games stopped at DOS.

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2016-03-18, 20:35

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Are you using the unofficial patch and hi res textures? Highly recommended. Patch: http://www.oldunreal.com/oldunrealpatches.html Textures: http://www.oldunreal.com/textures.html Unfortunately I believe the unofficial patch won't install on 98. Sticking with the original textures as I'm running on …

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