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

Posted on 2021-01-19, 22:24

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Just got my first CF to IDE adapter and I used it to set up a DOS 6.22 install. Remarkable how little noise these retro rigs produce when you get rid of old IDE hard drives. Also, I put a NOS Speeze copper core cooler into my AthlonXP system. It's much quieter than its stock AMD counterpart which I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-01-15, 21:30

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Has that Tseng card got an FCC ID on it? It probably has, but since this is the only photo that I have of the card, it was hard to find out. But on the upper edge of the PCB there's a model number: 3081. In combination with the "Ara" VGA BIOS chip, it's more than likely to be this FCC ID: https:// …

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

Posted on 2021-01-15, 05:41

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Got a copy of Myth II Soulblighter the other day. I used to play this back in the late 90's. I loved how well the dark/horror atmosphere was done for this game. Take this intro the the second level, the writing and the superb voice over gives it real haunting feeling. https://www.youtube.com/watch …

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Re: 8-Bit Guy video's are becoming a chore!

Posted on 2021-01-14, 05:14

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One great (or rather terrible) example: https://youtu.be/kjcmPVpyvJ4 He's just speaking English as if it was Dutch. English and Dutch share the same alphabet but vowels and consonants are just pronounced differently . I'm native Dutch speaker but I've lived in Australia for the past 15 years. When …

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Re: Post your favorite video game cover (MS-DOS/Early Windows edition)

Posted on 2021-01-12, 23:12

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This has to be one of my favourites: https://wiki.ultimacodex.com/images/a/aa/Uw2box.jpg I was thinking about Ultima Underworld II when I saw the topictitle. Good choice bro ( :P ) ! Others already mentioned Ultima boxes: Ultima 5 and Ultima 8 are very nice, too. One that I like much is the Star …

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Re: Hello, World! :D - Robert B's PC builds - oogle away freely :)

Posted on 2020-12-29, 03:19

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Usually 24 hours. I also had reservations using tap water but sometimes there is no solution other than water + dish soap and IPA 99% afterwards. Sometimes I use an air compressor to flush out all the water. I reckon that about 25-30% of my parts have been washed with tap water and dish soap. when …

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Re: How do people storage their computer stuff (motherboards, video cards, CPUs)

Posted on 2020-12-27, 08:40

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Similar thread here from a while ago: How do you store your hardware (mobo's & cards)?

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Re: Merry Christmas everyone and have you ever lost something in your computer stash ?

Posted on 2020-12-25, 09:56

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I had moved out of my parents house in the early/mid 90's and, maybe around the mid 2000's I asked my mom if I could pick up my old PCs. She told me she tossed them in the trash years prior... Those were 3 Olivetti machines. An M24, PCS 286 and an M290S (if I remember correctly). So, yeah...

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Re: Post your favorite video game cover (MS-DOS/Early Windows edition)

Posted on 2020-12-22, 20:08

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ICO https://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/l/214724-ico-playstation-2-front-cover.jpg Cheating a bit here with an early PS2 title, but I couldn't help but include this work of art. Both ICO and Shadow of the Colossus are as close to art as it gets in video games (for me at least). To bad these …

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Re: Second Reality doesn't see Ultrasound

Posted on 2020-12-22, 02:05

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IRQ7 is free. I've run multiple other demos with the GUS without issue. I might pull the sound blaster card just on the off chance its only seeing that. Can you run the ultrasound memory test utility? Should be part of the drivers, on my system its called "gusdram.com". Edit: Can you try running …

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Re: Second Reality doesn't see Ultrasound

Posted on 2020-12-22, 00:59

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I have my Ultrasound Classic on the exact same settings and Second Reality works fine. Have you tried running the GUS diagnostics and/or settings tools? My guess is that there is a conflict (IRQ 7?).

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Re: Let's talk about our hated trends

Posted on 2020-12-16, 21:07

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Wanderer wrote on 2020-12-16, 17:59: The crazy pace at which technology and design becomes outdated. You'd almost start to think it's a feature. But it can't be, right?

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Re: Building a 486, Any tips & recommendations for a newcomer?

Posted on 2020-12-03, 20:44

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chinny22 wrote on 2020-12-03, 10:43: Living arse end of the world right definitely has it's benefits but parts availability isn't one of them! 😉 I concur. It's not so much the cost of parts. It's mostly the insane cost of shipping...

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

Posted on 2020-12-03, 06:00

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Went through another Dark Forces mission. I'm currently at mission 9: Nar Shaddaa. This game has been so far really funny, however I had to patch it to support mouselook, since I can't play with keyboard only anymore. I started playing a few months ago and got frustrated with the (seemingly) …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-11-28, 02:54

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Received today. I wish Socket 7 / 370 heatsinks weren't a pain to find. I have the same board I noticed voltage fluctuations on the +5v and +12v rails. Does your board by any chance have the same issue? https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=68318 StarTech sells reasonably priced heat sinks …

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Re: 8-Bit Guy video's are becoming a chore!

Posted on 2020-11-24, 10:09

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I'd think Adrians Digital Basement is probably my favorite channel at the moment (well hello hello). I think his format is really good and I like his mail call videos where he actually takes the time to go through the items. Not a big fan of candy reviews though... I have also enjoyed this channel, …

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

Posted on 2020-11-22, 09:29

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For some reason I have been getting interested in Win 3.1 programming. I used to do a fair bit of Win32 programming back in the second half of the 90's (plain C Win32 and MFC) but never really gave much thought to Win16. Anyhow, I stumbled on this second hand book online a while ago and ordered it. …

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Re: need info on m$ quickbasic

Posted on 2020-11-20, 05:10

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The command line compiler BASCOM.EXE from version 1 seemed to have been renamed to BC.EXE in version 4.5 (the most common version of QuickBasic, maybe even the last?). Anyhow, 4.5 is the version of QuickBasic I always use. I think I there used to be version 4 before that, can't remember back that …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-11-05, 09:05

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Finally got hold of one of these again after regretting selling all of those 10 years ago :) Nice. You must have paid a pretty price for that? I'm glad I never sold mine, although I've lost other hardware over the years (moving around). I have the exact same card. I think I got it in late '94 and …

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Re: Additional memory for Cirrus Logic CL-GD5428 VLB

Posted on 2020-11-02, 07:07

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Hmm. That would be sad. I was reading through this documentation and it implied that the 5428 seems to support 1024x768 64k colors (interlaced). https://datasheetspdf.com/pdf-file/1278053/Ci … gic/CL-GD5428/1

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