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The Steam Deck Is An Underated Machine For Old PC Games

Posted on 2023-11-06, 21:00

PXL_20231106_204423261.jpg There's no thread here on the Steam Deck since before it was even released so I thought I'd bring this up. But the Steam Deck, while not perfect, is overall a pretty great system for playing classic PC games in a handheld fashion on the go. What's surprised me most is …

Re: VHS Hardware Emulator ?

Posted on 2023-10-22, 04:32

The problem here is that there's no purpose. Now, I don't that it'd be possible to invent one, but there's no reason to do so, there's no problem to solve. The 'headphone jack to audio casette adaptor' solves a specific problem: Plugging other devices, normally a phone or MP3 player int a car stereo …

Re: declining utility of older systems

Posted on 2023-10-15, 02:57

My Windows 9X and XP PCs see my UnRAID server just fine so I just made a folder it it called 'Retro Tank' and I use that folder to ferry files from a moddern PC to the retro machines. That said, since both machines have 120GB SSDs in them and only run 'classic' software, their storage is basically ' …

Re: Core 2 build

Posted on 2023-07-23, 05:08

We'll have to agree to disagree. The loss of EAX with the transition to Vista was a biggie. Get a Core 2 or Ivybridge or lower core system paired with a real X-Fi soundcard and there are things you can't get with a modern version of Windows. Ya, the games run fine with modern systems, but they …

Re: Information on 'imaging' a hard drive, please.

Posted on 2023-07-23, 02:29

IIRC the xbox 360 requires a specific type of drive with custom firmware, you can't just clone the data to any old SATA drive and expect it to work. Yeah, sadly even in 2023 there's no 'real solutions. I was looking thinking 'Oh is there a new smart way to hack in an SSD into my Xbox 360?' and the …

Re: Looking for 4:3 DVI/HDMI Capture hardware

Posted on 2021-12-23, 20:10

Glad to read that you have a working setup! Which Crestron model did you get, if I may ask ? 'Crestron HD-SCALER' wasn't vague but I can get why it'd seem like it. That's the exact product, it's out of production but does DVI, RGBHV (not tested that), audio injection, covers all my bases really. …

Re: Looking for 4:3 DVI/HDMI Capture hardware

Posted on 2021-12-23, 15:20

Some updates as I moved along in getting this working. First, the Orei scaler was bunk, the manual claimed it supported a bunch of 4:3 resolutions which in reality it simply did not so I returned it. I settled on a Crestron HD-SCALER I got very cheap and it offers more than I need as well. It does …

Re: Looking for 4:3 DVI/HDMI Capture hardware

Posted on 2021-11-27, 04:34

oh, sorry, I completely missed that... don't use DVI then? x3 even then you can also find some older professional scalers that take digital input for less. Yeah, my Win9X PC is kinda overpowered, One of those Acer 775 boards with AGP, so it has a Radeon X800 in it. I'd prefer to keep the whole …

Re: Looking for 4:3 DVI/HDMI Capture hardware

Posted on 2021-11-27, 02:11

a) get a software/hardware combination that handles resolution changes during capture b) Use an inline scaler between the retro PC and Cam Link 4K to scale all resolutions to a specific resolution on the fly . Options include the Cypress CP-252 (VGA to DVI) and Extron RGB-DVI 300 ( VGA to DVI ). …

Re: Looking for 4:3 DVI/HDMI Capture hardware

Posted on 2021-11-24, 16:07

I am happy to read that you are getting closer to your objective . I have tried some other capture cards cards, including bottom-of-the-barrel cheap ones, and most have been disappointing and/or unusable for non-HDTV resolutions . The previously mentioned Datapath E1S and Cam Link 4K have been the …

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