Re: How important are 8-bit Palleted Textures for using Win98 and nGlide (need to choose best video card)

Posted on 2019-10-04, 23:09

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by mothergoose729

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For starters, a lot of the major paletted games are UnrealEngine1 based. Any images are required to be a paletted texture as there's no other supported texture format (Besides DXT1/3 for the s3holes) Can dgvoodoo2 emulate palatalized textures with shaders? Does Nglide use palatalized textures if …

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Re: 286 addon cards for XT

Posted on 2019-10-03, 05:29

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by mothergoose729

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There were a few SOTA ones on eBay that sold a few days ago for $50 each. I saw another pone the other day by a different company but can't seem to find it now. There is a Microsoft MACH 20 on eBay right now for $225 https://www.ebay.com/itm/Working-Microsoft-Mach-20-8088-to-80286-Processor-Upgrade …

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Re: 286 addon cards for XT

Posted on 2019-10-03, 04:26

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by mothergoose729

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Yikes! Thanks

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286 addon cards for XT

Posted on 2019-10-03, 03:16

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by mothergoose729

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I ran into a video on youtube of someone using an Orchid tiny turbo 286 on an IBM XT. It uses an 8 bit ISA slot, and then it has a cable with the pinout of an 8088 that goes into the chip socket. With a toggle switch on the I/0 shield, you can toggle between an onboard AMD 8088 and a 286. It …

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Re: Decent mATX s775 boards?

Posted on 2019-09-30, 18:05

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by mothergoose729

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If you don't plan to overclock, intel branded boards are cheap and are very reliable. I found this model on ebay in the US. https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/34684/intel-desktop-board-dg45id.html The G45 are the same as the P45 in most respects, they just come with integrated …

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Re: Dunuins Win98 PC

Posted on 2019-09-30, 16:16

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by mothergoose729

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A ti 4200 is a great card for windows 98

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Re: Searching for a CRT monitor

Posted on 2019-09-29, 19:54

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by mothergoose729

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I searched for a long time for CRT monitors in my area and I had a tough time finding them. I noticed one in the garage of a guy while I was buying his old TV. I picked up an old computer on cl, and then as I was walking out the door the girl offered me the monitor. The listing was just for the …

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Re: Tor on XP

Posted on 2019-09-29, 17:26

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by mothergoose729

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- Can i use Tor with my old XP-system? - Should i use Tor for surfing the *normal* www? - Is there some risk other than the usual = catching keyloggers, malware etc? - Is Tor a kind of "project" or is it established = stable. - If the last node is unencrypted, does it make sense at all? - Who is …

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Re: Tor on XP

Posted on 2019-09-29, 14:40

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by mothergoose729

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Hello, until recently i was Tricia McMillan, the irresponsible MyPal-surfer who is online with XP and continousely trying to pep-up his/her beloved notebook-grandpa with fresh software. Different mainstream sites offer pre-configured Firefox-Tor-bundles, even for XP. As Tor is en vogue and somehow …

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Re: Need advice on what cooler to get for Quadro fx3000.

Posted on 2019-09-27, 23:11

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by mothergoose729

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I haven't bought it, but I have a watch for the Z Machine GV 1000. It's big and cheap and claims compatibility with the Nvidia FX series.

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Re: Savage 2000 - 64MB with TV-Out - Worth?

Posted on 2019-09-26, 16:34

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by mothergoose729

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It's a rare card. It is unique IMO in that it has a highly compatible 2D core for DOS, while also being pretty powerful for early windows.

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Re: What is a good laptop for retro game play ?

Posted on 2019-09-25, 23:35

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by mothergoose729

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Which period of retro gaming?

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Re: Very compact retro PCs?

Posted on 2019-09-25, 20:25

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by mothergoose729

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For classic DOS, I think a K6-2 based laptop with with integrated ESS audio and S3 graphics are really tough to beat. I think the problem with not having accessible expansion on laptops really boils down to retro enthusiasts trying to cover multiple eras with the same machine. You can certainly find …

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Re: Advice about retro speakers

Posted on 2019-09-25, 20:21

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by mothergoose729

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There were some wedge-shaped Bose models available at my local computer store back in the day. (Mid 90s?) So you can kind of get away with a period-correct argument. They weren't beige -- they already had a little of the "Executive model" look about them. I think they were gray and silver. But, the …

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Re: Decent mATX s775 boards?

Posted on 2019-09-24, 20:02

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by mothergoose729

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P45 chipsets from Gigabyte and Asus reliably overclock to higher FSBs and are generally of good quality. The UDP lineup of gigabyte boards always had quality capacitors and thick copper PCBs. MATX was not an exotic form factor back then. Biostar T-Power boards were excellent overclockers, but there …

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Re: *New* Old Stock IBM CGA Card from Computer Reset

Posted on 2019-09-24, 15:21

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by mothergoose729

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The RF modulator connects to the header on the top of the card, above the composite. It's basically the same composite signal. The IBM 5155 uses this header to connect the internal monitor. I'm not sure if IBM never sold the RF modulator itself, but there may have been third-party options. Thanks …

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Re: *New* Old Stock IBM CGA Card from Computer Reset

Posted on 2019-09-24, 06:26

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by mothergoose729

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reserved

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*New* Old Stock IBM CGA Card from Computer Reset

Posted on 2019-09-24, 06:23

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by mothergoose729

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I recently bought this card "new", and I thought I would share my unboxing experience. CGA cards are not the sexiest thing in retro computing, but it is an original IBM component with official packing, which some people might find interesting. About five or six of these went on ebay recently and I …

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Re: Tandy 3 Voice Sound - SN76489 ISA Soundcard Project

Posted on 2019-09-24, 01:19

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by mothergoose729

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in Marvin \ Sound

Tandy music in stereo of course.

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Re: Reasons to build XP machine

Posted on 2019-09-23, 23:46

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by mothergoose729

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I tried out about 100 games from the XP era on windows 10 and I got all but maybe 5 of them working, with probably 85% of them working pretty much perfectly. Getting EAX back through software emulation is a giant pain. Even though I had the original discs, every game needed a no CD crack because …

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