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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-02-09, 15:06

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Yeah the Cyrix was a 6x86 - i vividly remember reading PR133 and then seeing it also said 120mhz. I honestly thought it was a bit of a dodgy knockoff of a CPU because only Pentiums were spoke about at my school with no mention of a 686 (or 586 for that matter) and nobody I knew of heard of a cyrix. …

Re: If you have multiple PCs set up, how do you handle your sound output?

Posted on 2021-02-09, 07:45

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I use an Extron SMX 500. It’s nice that you can control it over the network. I wouldn’t recommend it though unless you are okay with a rack mount switch. It’s also difficult trying to collect the right cards you need for the switch. Generally people won’t sell the cards individually and want you to …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-02-09, 01:01

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My Biostar MB-8433UUD-A mobo came today. The guy who sold it to me shipped it with some RAM and CPU that I didnt expect, very cool indeed. The CPU is an IBM branded 100MHz (5x86-3V3100GF) in one of the purple-ish packages. Is it a collectable or is it a good performer? I think it's pretty cool to …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-02-08, 12:58

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My Biostar MB-8433UUD-A mobo came today. The guy who sold it to me shipped it with some RAM and CPU that I didnt expect, very cool indeed. The CPU is an IBM branded 100MHz (5x86-3V3100GF) in one of the purple-ish packages. Is it a collectable or is it a good performer? I think it's pretty cool to …

Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2021-02-08, 00:42

in Milliways

in Milliways

my retro confession is that we need to lock this thread and never allow it again

Re: How do you treat rust?

Posted on 2021-02-07, 23:46

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I don't like rust. It's coarse and rough and irritating — and it gets everywhere.

Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2021-02-06, 09:56

in Milliways

in Milliways

xcomcmdr wrote on 2021-02-06, 09:53: foil_fresh wrote on 2021-02-06, 09:50: xcomcmdr wrote on 2021-02-06, 09:42: A lot of DOS games on Steam are sold without music or cutscenes. Relativetly unknown titles such as Quake, for example. Back in the day, ripped versions used to be free ! unknown? did …

Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2021-02-06, 09:50

in Milliways

in Milliways

xcomcmdr wrote on 2021-02-06, 09:42: A lot of DOS games of Steam are sold without music or cutscenes. Relativetly unknown titles such as Quake, for example. Back in the day, ripped versions used to be free ! unknown? did you miss a word here?

Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2021-02-06, 08:40

in Milliways

in Milliways

I mainly buy games on GOG just for the goodies. On this note, I only grab the free games from GOG/Steam/Epic. Never bought anything from these. I tend to spend a few bucks on steam sales if I see a dosbox game that I like and the price is low. I feel there are too many games on steam that are …

Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2021-02-06, 08:22

in Milliways

in Milliways

kolderman wrote on 2021-02-06, 07:38: I mainly buy games on GOG just for the goodies. what goodies do you mean? like the manuals and soundtracks etc? its a good bonus.

Re: Biostar MB-8433UUD-A

Posted on 2021-02-05, 07:46

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Talk about sick to the stomach... I just bought one of these motherboards (rev 2 with the UM8886BF southbridge) purely for the PS/2 port. I really hope I don't have the mouse/kb input problem... it should arrive next week. I'm so anxious now. It doesn't have DYS printed (it says FXS) but still I'm …

Re: If you have multiple PCs set up, how do you handle your sound output?

Posted on 2021-02-05, 05:18

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Some nice ideas here, I'm eyeing that behringer 8x line mixer. Seems to be what I need. Thanks @gex85 @megatron-uk you're nuts! thats so insane 🤣. you should do a quick video, i'd love to see it in detail.

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-02-04, 14:00

in Milliways

in Milliways

I hope you enjoy Monkey Island. Sorry to tell you this but I didn't really enjoy it. It's basically an average game. The characters were okay and the plot of saving the Governor was interesting but I really didn't like how the game relied on jokes and puzzles to move the story. The story wasn't …

If you have multiple PCs set up, how do you handle your sound output?

Posted on 2021-02-03, 09:48

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I'm looking for ideas on how to get the 7 retro PCs I have (lol) to get into my main PC's sound card over a single 3.5mm input. Currently I've got my 4 most used PCs all hooked up to a cheap-ish KVM that is PS/2, VGA and 3.5mm audio input but it does create a fair bit of excess noise/interference. …

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-01-31, 13:06

in Milliways

in Milliways

chrismeyer6 wrote on 2021-01-30, 15:26: I introduced my 6 year old son to Sim Tower last night and he loves the game. He woke us up around 3 am cause he turned his computer on and started playing and forgot to lower the volume on his speakers. that's just adorable 🤣

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-01-31, 13:04

in Milliways

in Milliways

I'm finally playing the first Monkey Island game! BTW I'm going to complete it later. Unrelated talk here but do you know that the 1987 TMNT series had a episode that parodied Zak McKracken? (The episode name is "Zach and the Alien Invaders") haha! I haven't played the game but i'll be sure to …

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-01-29, 05:51

in Milliways

in Milliways

Finished Have no mouth must screeam. The endgame is ridiculous, I can't believe anyone ever finished it without hints. Started Phantasmagoria on the same PC. After burning the CDs to get rid of noise, getting midi working, and changing resolution so the videos play fullscreen -- it is actually …

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-01-29, 02:15

in Milliways

in Milliways

Finished Have no mouth must screeam. The endgame is ridiculous, I can't believe anyone ever finished it without hints. Started Phantasmagoria on the same PC. After burning the CDs to get rid of noise, getting midi working, and changing resolution so the videos play fullscreen -- it is actually …

Re: Recommended Gameport -> Midi cables? Joystick passthru? Quality?

Posted on 2021-01-28, 03:43

in MT-32 General

in MT-32 General

I've heard reports of the classic passthrough type cables on ebay being poorly built and not always functioning correctly. I guess I've been lucky in that regard because I've had no issues with the one I bought there a couple of years ago. It came from UK seller "cable_star" who doesn't appear to …

Re: Recommended Gameport -> Midi cables? Joystick passthru? Quality?

Posted on 2021-01-28, 02:26

in MT-32 General

in MT-32 General

I've heard reports of the classic passthrough type cables on ebay being poorly built and not always functioning correctly. I guess I've been lucky in that regard because I've had no issues with the one I bought there a couple of years ago. It came from UK seller "cable_star" who doesn't appear to …

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