Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?
Posted on 2021-02-09, 01:25
Shreddoc wrote on 2021-02-08, 22:52: ultimately we are all sitting in front of bleepy-bloopy screens and going clickety-click. Truer words have never been spoken.
Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?
Posted on 2021-02-08, 08:25
I was born in 98, this stuff is all before my time! I didn't start any kind of PC gaming until probably the late-late Windows XP era? I was a Nintendo kid up to that point, but I use to play a ton of Railroad Tycoon 3 on the family's XP Compaq machine in the kitchen. It wasn't till a friend lead me …
How do you treat rust?
Posted on 2021-02-07, 23:28
What's your procedure for handling rust? Obviously big patches of it should probably be delt with but what about little specks here and there? Does it bother you? Or does a bit of rust here and there give some charm? I can't stand *any* rust, it just grosses me out and makes me feel like it's gonna …
Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?
Posted on 2021-02-07, 22:06
I wouldn’t want an amiga if you offered me one for free. What in world would I do with antiquated cr*p except let it collect dust? Idk if your being sarcastic or not. But your posting on the wrong fourm if you think any kind of 16bit vintage computer is antiquated dust, ment for the e-waste …
Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?
Posted on 2021-02-07, 22:01
There's one thing Amiga and Apple IIs have in common these days! ...they both cost a kidney if you want a half decent model on eBay 😎 *Cries at expensive A1200s*
Re: How to upgrade your (really) old computer to SSD
Posted on 2021-02-07, 00:13
I don't remember the disk performance itself feeling *too* terrible compared to a spinning drive of the time, but I have had multiple brand name CF cards get murdered by all the page file swapping and writing Win 9X does. Like, astonishingly fast. Within a week of heavy gaming. I'd stick to using CF …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-02-06, 21:33
More goodies came in today! First an Atari 520 ST. I gave it a good scrubbing inside and out because fucking yikes, the keyboard was disgusting when it arrived. Now it looks nearly mint, minus 2 missing plungers on the numpad. IMG_20210206_142407.jpg Next up, this nice Soyo VLB board. Soyo was …
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2021-02-06, 20:07
Does anyone else just feel tired of PC Gaming sometimes? I spent most of my entire teenhood playing TF2 daily with online friends, hours and hours on end. When I was alone I'd spend my allowance on steam sales and binge great titles like Saints Row 3, or Borderlands. Im 22 now and I just can't …
Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?
Posted on 2021-02-06, 20:02
Every single Geforce FX series graphics card I came across in my life without exception was faulty or dead. I initially misread that as GeForce RTX and I was gonna say, Yeah I'd beleive it. Iv run across more dead modern GPUs then any old ones iv boughten off eBay. Iv never had a dead one out of …
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2021-02-06, 04:52
Does anyone else just feel tired of PC Gaming sometimes? I spent most of my entire teenhood playing TF2 daily with online friends, hours and hours on end. When I was alone I'd spend my allowance on steam sales and binge great titles like Saints Row 3, or Borderlands. Im 22 now and I just can't bring …
Re: Let's talk about our hated trends
Posted on 2021-02-02, 01:58
+1 for tempered over acrylic. Iv ordered a few cases over my life (a bit indecisive haha) and never once had a glass side panel shatter. Even from Amazon. I know a few manufactures like Cooler Master and Fractal still make cases with solid side panels. Look for "noise dampening" cases. Those usually …
Re: Which is the best and most memory efficient CD-driver?
Posted on 2021-02-01, 05:34
Never used anything but VIDECDD. Usually just copy it from Phil's driver package and punch in all the lines onto config/autoexec manually. Never had an issue with it in pure DOS.
Re: Let's talk about our hated trends
Posted on 2021-01-31, 16:35
Two worst trends in the last 40 years.... The first one are those RGB/diode and casemodding that went on, back in the last half of the 00's. I mean. Now people are freaking sticking it on the walls!!! For what? To hide bromide yellow stuff with the colour of an old man's pee?? Secondly... That …
Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?
Posted on 2021-01-28, 21:15
Not really retro...but I do despise all turn based games. I hate them, I hate them and when I'm done hating them I hate them some more. No OpenXCom, then. Sad. :'( I've not heard of it...BUT if it is turn based then I can only surmise that I would despise it's very existence. Sorry. For a second, I …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-01-27, 23:53
Testing out my new RetroTink 2x Mini with my Commodore64 breadbin (rev 250407). Composit are good. S-Video cable are AWESOMME.... I will post some pictures tomorrow. I got one of these over the holidays. S Video out of a PlayStation looked AMAZING! Iv been told component is even better, but pricey. …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-01-27, 21:03
Any Atari fans here? I managed to nab thid Atari 520ST when I noticed it was being sold locally on eBay Canada. Screenshot_20210127-140511.png (original seller photo) Not that I really have the hobby money to split on another type of retro computer (I need one of those Atari diskdrives, and the mice …
Re: Sound blaster Pro 2.0 ( ct1600 ) picking up noise and static ?
Posted on 2021-01-27, 16:46
I'm pretty sure Sound Blaster Pro series cards are supposed to be a bit noisey naturally, no? That's just kinda the reality of early Creative Labs cards, especially if you have the internal speaker routed. Aging caps may play a part too. Did they ever make shielded CD audio cables? I know some of my …
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Official Modding Tools available for download
Posted on 2021-01-27, 00:10
Allright. I'l call it first. Incoming nude and/or extra genital enhancing mods in 3...2...1...
Re: Volo's Gamepad to PS/2 Adapter. Device discussion (official thread) (16.01.2021 PRODUCTION PROTOTYPE READY)
Posted on 2021-01-23, 19:34
I'm no electronics designer so please forgive my rather simplistic outlook, But how hard would it be to make something like this to accept PlayStation 1/Sega Saturn controllers? Without the analog sticks obviously.
Re: Let's talk about our hated trends
Posted on 2021-01-21, 22:39
I'm fine with modern widescreen monitors. My 1440p 27inch Acer Predator XB271HU has served me well through out the years, hell I actually kinda wish it was a bit bigger at 32inch or something tbh. Now curved monitors on the otherhand? Nah. The warped, curve effect on the screen image just makes me …
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