Re: Best Doom 1 & 2 config?

Posted on 2017-07-25, 23:03

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But usually if it doesn't work in real DOS it shouldn't work in DOSBOX I would think? Was there a game that you know of that didn't work in Pure DOS but in DOSBOX? For example, some DOS games from GOG do not have the ISO or the necessary files to just copy over to your DOS PC. Or sometimes the way …

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Re: Best Doom 1 & 2 config?

Posted on 2017-07-25, 22:36

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I've been playing Doom lately on my 486DX2 clocked at 40Mhz and it's way more playable than I expected. Yeah, it's not buttery smooth like on a Pentium, but I don't feel like my gaming performance is being penalized by the lower framerate. Have you tried playing Doom 1 v1.666 or Doom 2 under DOSBOX …

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Re: Electromyne and others overpricing. Changing face of the hobby. Opinions?

Posted on 2017-07-25, 22:29

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Is anybody worried that the hobby is focusing too much on prestige and exclusivity? Worried? Not really. But that doesn't mean that I prefer it to be this way. If it were my choice, I would've preferred for things to stay the way they were 10 years ago, but that's not realistic. I'm in the same …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2017-07-25, 22:11

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We'll be moving to a house soon - too big for our needs, but not much choice in this area :( Loads of space compared to my current apartment. The attic has ~100m2 of space. So my storage will all be moved upstairs from three different locations :D I also get a room all to myself :D It's not a big …

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Re: Sound Blaster Emulator for Dos?

Posted on 2017-07-25, 21:59

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Did you forget the potential lawsuits for trying to emulate the Sound Blaster on an internal PC speaker while Creative Labs is producing and selling the hardware version? Did Media Vision get sued for the Thunder Board ? That's hardware but also are you saying you preferred to buy a ThunderBoard vs …

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Re: List the PC games that you have beaten

Posted on 2017-07-25, 21:04

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Wow thsee kind of threads just make clear how addicted ti gaming I am. Assassin creed black flag Blood Blood and magic Castle of the winds Command & conquer Command & conquer - covert operations Command & conquer - tiberian sun Command & conquer - tiberian sun firestorm Command & conquer 3 Command …

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Re: Best Doom 1 & 2 config?

Posted on 2017-07-25, 20:43

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Friend of mine actually had an early Pentium from Escom, don't recall if it was a 60 or 66 MHz model. And when he came to my house and saw DOOM, he was surprised at how smooth it was. As it turned out, the early PCI videocard he had, was slowing things down more than my 486 CPU was. He eventually …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2017-07-25, 20:39

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I’ve been working on a new home office / man cave / kids rumpus room over the last few months and moved in recently – I’ve finally accepted my limitations and had tradies in for most of the skilled work, so it’s a much nicer result than the old home office. We built it in our existing shed - which …

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Re: Struggling to get SB16 Emulation working with Audigy 2ZS in Win98

Posted on 2017-07-25, 20:25

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If you can't make it work even after clearing out the DOS drivers, it seems you may need to resort to DOS mode and those drivers. It's not a rare problem based on Google results, but there's very little in the way of solutions. It's very weird. It only detects the SB16 emulation device as actually …

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Re: Adventure gamer wanting a do-it-all PC

Posted on 2017-07-25, 20:15

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A lot of the Lucas Arts and Sierra adventure games have sound issues on fast systems. http://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/List_of_CPU_speed_sensitive_games I think the sweet spot is a slow 486. Trouble with Pentium 2/3 is when you disable cache to slow them down, they slow down to 286 speeds, which …

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Re: Electromyne and others overpricing. Changing face of the hobby. Opinions?

Posted on 2017-07-25, 19:50

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Price inflation frustrates me too. I used to see listings on E-bay for Amiga 2000 and 3000 desktops for $200-$300 all the time, now they're going for $600 or more. I have no doubt overpaid for some of my items (286, 386 and 486 specifically) although nothing like $200 for a single motherboard or $ …

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Re: Sound Cards after DOS

Posted on 2017-07-25, 19:30

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In the early days of onboard sound, getting another sound card was often a good idea. I seem to recall that the onboard devices tended to consume system resources best used elsewhere, but these days RAM is plentiful, CPUs are fast, and despite the various grumblings, it is probably reasonable to …

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Re: Computer Chronicles

Posted on 2017-07-25, 19:21

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I had never heard of it until now (I assume it simply didn't air in Canada) so I have no nostalgia for it My cable company back in the day would carry the closest PBS affiliate, and I think it was even possible to get it over the air on a good day. I watched it back then. But I can't recall if it …

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Re: Better video card for this setup?

Posted on 2017-07-25, 19:09

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Jorpho wrote: JTD121 wrote: Not sure what was equivalent on the ATi side at the time; maybe 9700/9800 Pro/XT? I really like the old versions of Tom's VGA Charts. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/vga-chart … -iii,730-4.html At least we agree on this. 😊

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Re: Sound Blaster Emulator for Dos?

Posted on 2017-07-25, 18:50

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Jorpho you are missing the point it wasn't that expensive. I think the Sound Blaster when I first bought it cost me around $160 with my own money at Softwarehouse which later became known as CompUSA. In comparison most computers back in the day could cost close to $2,000 or more fully assembled and …

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Re: Sound Blaster Emulator for Dos?

Posted on 2017-07-25, 17:16

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But I do agree that USB sound is probably today the best single target for a universal emulator as it can be attached to any computer with USB and the interface is standard and will not change as long as USB is around. It is notoriously difficult to install Windows 7 from an external USB drive on a …

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Re: Sound Blaster Emulator for Dos?

Posted on 2017-07-25, 16:56

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I appreciate your enthusiasm here but this is getting way off on a tangent. If you were to create a customized PCIe sound card it would be a lot more work and eventually PCIe will become obsolete to a newer slot architecture which will repeat the ISA debacle. The best long term possibility against …

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Re: Sound Blaster Emulator for Dos?

Posted on 2017-07-25, 16:45

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I would think the reason it hasn't been done is no one during that time when Sound Blaster was dominant would choose to create one when an actual hardware device was capable of doing it. At the time the hardware was both extremely popular and very expensive. Someone who could manage it in software …

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Re: Any Commodore 64 or Amiga fans here at Vogons?

Posted on 2017-07-25, 02:13

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If you look at the Amiga, the early games were quite bad, sometimes even worse than the C64 version. I'd say that around 1989-1993 was the 'golden age' of Amiga games. Before that, the games were quite rough around the edges in general, with only a few exceptions (like Defender of the Crown). And …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2017-07-25, 01:50

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I remember Strike Commander. But I never quite got into it like Wing Commander so I never really finished the game. What's your impression of SC vs WC and how does the MT-32 sound in both games? I would think WC is the winner but see SC came out later maybe they had a bigger budget for musicians. I …

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