Re: Pentium MMX 166 - Retro Rebuild
Posted on 2020-07-27, 00:40
i am jealous of the socket 3 and 5 boards you're seeing. i think most people threw that stuff out here in aus in the late 90s. good luck on the parts hunt!
Re: Stunts game: your opinions/experience?
Posted on 2020-07-23, 15:06
I was playing this in 99/00 sharing maps and replays with mates trying to crash in riduiculous ways. This would have been after playing nfs 1 2 and 3 already... It held up well. It played fine on what i think was an early celeron. I will have a go with it on the mmx over the weekend 👍
Re: Configuring Win95's "Restart in MS DOS"; DOS/Win95 selector menu? Many questions.
Posted on 2020-07-23, 05:22
looks like i've found what i needed here: How to create a boot (start up) menu under Windows 9x/ME
Configuring Win95's "Restart in MS DOS"; DOS/Win95 selector menu? Many questions.
Posted on 2020-07-23, 03:08
Hey guys I've been using Phil's classic Win98 dos menu and understand that it uses it's own Autoexec.bat/Config.sys to configure the environment for the options chosen. I managed to set up sound cards, get dosshell working as well as set up S3 VBE drivers in that setup. The other night I wiped it …
Re: Retro builds with modern conveniences
Posted on 2020-07-23, 02:08
recent (2016-2020) routers have the option to become an SMB NAS when you plug in a hard drive into the USB ports on them This is the best option for connecting retro machines to a network drive imho. I went with a router that can run OpenWRT - it's a TP-Link Archer C2700. I needed a better router …
Re: Retro builds with modern conveniences
Posted on 2020-07-22, 07:07
yall got me wanting to follow on with an idea i trashed a while ago. recent (2016-2020) routers have the option to become an SMB NAS when you plug in a hard drive into the USB ports on them. I wanted to build a NAS that only my retro PCs can access via their own switch. the one catch is that some of …
Re: CTMOUSE won't detect PS/2 mouse
Posted on 2020-07-22, 06:39
good luck indeed
Re: Did anyone Upgrade the cache on a Super Socket7 board?
Posted on 2020-07-22, 06:00
I haven't used it yet, but I've got an FIC VA-503+ that has 1024kb cache instead of the normal 512kb on an MVP3 chipset board, like the Shuttle-HOT591p i'm running now. technically upgraded? you decide. i think 128mb ram is still a tonne for this system and 256mb is overkill too. There are a few …
Re: CTMOUSE won't detect PS/2 mouse
Posted on 2020-07-22, 02:45
so there's an external 6pin din for ps/2 mouse AND there's an internal header that you're using - am i getting that right? is there a jumper to determine what one to use? i would further "test" by installing win98 or something to see if the mouse is picked up in the install environment. check the …
Re: CTMOUSE won't detect PS/2 mouse
Posted on 2020-07-21, 03:51
appiah4 wrote on 2020-07-20, 12:26: foil_fresh wrote on 2020-07-20, 06:52: i think you could try microsoft's mouse driver - i think it's mouse.com in the windows files. It is not present in my WfWG3.11 folder. The downloads via this page might be something to check out: https://winworldpc.com/ …
Re: CTMOUSE won't detect PS/2 mouse
Posted on 2020-07-20, 06:52
i think you could try microsoft's mouse driver - i think it's mouse.com in the windows files.
Re: 10 year cpu challenge
Posted on 2020-07-14, 01:41
2010 - was running a core2duo and geforce 8800 gts (got an i5 2500k in 2011 as well as 2x gtx570s in sli) 2020 - ryzen 3700x and GTX1080 my x99 mobo died late '19 which was running an i7 5820k since 2014 and i guarantee i'd be using it still if it didnt die.
Re: 1997 Pentium MMX Rebuild
Posted on 2020-07-08, 11:16
if the price is right that flatscreen is going to be amazing
Re: Sound Blaster 16 Bugs and Deficiencies Summary
Posted on 2020-07-08, 06:37
i got a SB16 CT2830 recently (this is some ASP model or something, but the sound processor chip slot is empty so i dont know if that matters a lot or not) and yeah i got a question about the dma clicking bug. is there any way to tweak mainboard memory settings to alleviate the amount of clicking and …
Re: Pentium 133 DOS gamer dream machine (1995/97 ).
Posted on 2020-07-07, 00:22
1 second per second?
Re: Best WinXP Video Card
Posted on 2020-07-05, 06:53
Pandora's Tomorrow? So not only does Splinter Cell not show proper shadows above a GF4 but Pandora's tomorrow shadows break above a 7000 series? So ridiculous. At this point I'd probably rather play them on XBOX. I have a G4 ti4200 but I don't feel like making a build with it for 1 game. hmm, iirc …
Re: Best WinXP Video Card
Posted on 2020-07-03, 07:34
"best" winXP card is tough because some games are broken when going from the nvidia 7xxx series to the 8xxx series due to the introduction of unified shaders vs the older shader model 3.0. I got a pc case recently that had a bunch of usable stuff inside, perfect for XP. Athlon II X2 4800+ running …
Re: Best WinXP Video Card
Posted on 2020-07-03, 03:22
"best" winXP card is tough because some games are broken when going from the nvidia 7xxx series to the 8xxx series due to the introduction of unified shaders vs the older shader model 3.0. I got a pc case recently that had a bunch of usable stuff inside, perfect for XP. Athlon II X2 4800+ running on …
Re: Big A** Monitors thread
Posted on 2020-06-26, 06:26
i can't vouch for my monitor enough - it might not be the greatest in terms of what it tries to be, but it's usability and compatibility is great for all this retro stuff. it's an AOC Agon Freesync 240hz 24.5" 1080p screen. 1x Display port input capable of (you guessed it) 240hz 2x HDMI inputs (dont …
Re: Your oldest favorite computer game?
Posted on 2020-06-26, 06:08
+1 for stunts - i was playing this in 1999 on my hand-me-down celeron, bringing floppy disks of tracks to school to swap with friends. so many good memories and laughs with this game :) the oldest game i'm FANATICAL about? Xcom/ufo defense. playing the demo blew me away in 94, getting it as the most …
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