Re: Volo's Gampad to PS/2 Adapter. Device discussion (Do you need this thing?)

Posted on 2020-05-19, 10:29

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by Pierre32

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Cheers for the update 😀 And good work finding yourself employable. That can never hurt. Volo wrote on 2020-05-19, 10:01: I’m not asking you to push for 50 pre-orders as of now. I'll ask. Send Volo an email!

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Re: What are the best Vga to hdmi scalers or peripherals for MS-DOS games ?

Posted on 2020-05-18, 13:50

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Just to let you know that by total surprise, i found a cheap device that accepts VGA MS-DOS 70hz signals to convert into HDMI standard resolutions (720P, 1080P, maybe something else) ! https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/32971318124.html?spm=a2g0o.placeorder.0.0.2ddd6ef8IJ0stJ&mp=1 Only $31, it seems to …

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Re: MicroProse Resurrected!

Posted on 2020-05-18, 04:59

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https://store.steampowered.com/search/?publis … rose%20Software Bit of a mixed bag of upcoming titles, but certainly on brand. I particularly like the look of the two old school tactical shooters. Early access is a bummer; I've walked that path too many times. But I'll follow progress.

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Re: Looking for specific hardware

Posted on 2020-05-15, 07:14

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Personally my best finds are from regularly browsing local classifieds for more general terms like "hardware" or "video card" and looking through the pictures. You get an eye for the good stuff pretty quickly. :) I use this approach on ebay too. I have a whole heap of saved searches with broad …

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2020-05-13, 00:45

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by Pierre32

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Start your thread 😀 The help will come to you.

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2020-05-12, 23:08

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SquallStrife's job isn't to supply tech support on the drivers posted in the archive. Why don't you make a thread in one of the hardware subforums where more of us can help you out? This isn't the right place for these sorts of questions. You might want to have a look at the page in question as SS …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2020-05-12, 21:51

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IMG_20191121_210327.jpg This is a sweet setup. I need to get me a all-in-one 486 one day. The desk is quiet unusual with that double shelf setup - is that how the desk came or did you make that yourself? It's an Ikea Jerker, which was a modular desk popular with computer folk as well as music …

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Re: Compaq ProLinea 4/33 revival information and CPU upgrade help

Posted on 2020-05-12, 04:58

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The PC only has 3 ISA slots so I'm considering if I want to add an easy to swap IDE-CF ISA back plate interface card for or keep the LAN NIC with a gameport on it (can a machine from this era handle 2 gameports - from the sound card and lan? would be cool to use 2 controllers) For what it's worth, …

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Re: Ultimate Music Tracker Base

Posted on 2020-05-11, 22:25

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Yesterday I was searching for a DOS tracker that would support both OPL3 and external MIDI. Wikipedia clued me in to All Sound Tracker, googling that name landed me on your site, then after that I found this thread where you had just learned about it and added it. One of those funny coincidences …

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Re: Best CGA & Hercules games

Posted on 2020-05-11, 07:41

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Arctic Fox blew my mind back in the day! arcticfox_9.gif This thread made me think about this old YouTube video of Flight Simulator 4.0 running on a 700 MHz Pentium III machine with a Hercules Graphics Card clone, connected to an IBM 5151 monochrome monitor. It runs incredibly fluently, with the …

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Re: Volo's Gampad to PS/2 Adapter. Device discussion (Do you need this thing?)

Posted on 2020-05-11, 07:36

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by Pierre32

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Looks excellent, and I've sent an email. Enjoyed the humour in the video too, I had a giggle.

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2020-05-10, 13:13

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Cheers! The desk is an Ikea Jerker, a great modular product that they should never have discontinued. The shelves have a steel support running the length, but if you view full size you can still see them bowing slightly under the weight. There are now some discreet wooden blocks in the middle to add …

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2020-05-10, 13:01

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by Pierre32

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Yep. And for pure, "dump all the things" preservation there's archive.org.

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2020-05-10, 11:17

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IMG_20191121_210327.jpg The monitor on the left (Acer 77c) is driven by a fairly nondescript tower out of shot. It contains a Pentium-S 90mhz, Diamond Stealth 3D 2000, Voodoo1 and Labway A151-830 (OPL3) sound card. Runs DOS 6.22. The all-in-one to the right of that is a Compaq Presario 425, running …

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Re: compaq presario quick restore CDs

Posted on 2020-05-10, 08:18

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Have you checked archive.org? I was very happy to find mine there (425/433) https://archive.org/search.php?query=compaq%20presario&and[]=mediatype%3A%22software%22 You may not get a title match for the exact model, but be sure to check the descriptions as well. 4100 series: https://archive.org/ …

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Re: HardMPU, anyone?

Posted on 2020-05-10, 06:17

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ab0tj wrote on 2020-04-08, 15:01: So I have been testing a new design... ab0tj wrote on 2020-04-10, 03:27: I think it'll still be a while before this one is ready for prime time, but it at least works at this point. Now it's time to test, test, test! That's the fun part Registering my interest!

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2020-05-09, 23:27

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I'm trying to install the Force Feedback steering wheel disk using winrar. I can't find anything to check or uncheck in the winrar settings to accomplish what you are suggesting. I'm guessing you have downloaded this one? http://vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=880 Seems to me that it's an all- …

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2020-05-09, 22:33

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I'm trying to figure out how to use a zip file of some drivers I just downloaded from vogonsdrivers.com. The files are for several Microsoft Sidewinder game controllers. After unpacking the zip file I was expecting (hoping) to find several independent file groups equivalent to the original driver …

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2020-05-09, 10:55

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This wasn't as easy as it sounds though. You can't create an account there and only request one through PM.. which I can't since the Vogons Forums prohibit the use of PM for users with a low post count. Good job on throwing up a lot of hurdles to make software preservation a hard job, I guess. Yeah …

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Re: Universal PnP Sound Card Enabler for DOS v0.70b (UNISOUND)

Posted on 2020-05-08, 11:07

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by Pierre32

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What an awesome looking tool JazeFox, thanks for sharing. I've got a build coming up and a couple of sound cards that might benefit. Can't wait to test.

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