Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2023-08-04, 23:18

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by Ensign Nemo

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Well the "pulled from a working enviroment" FX5700 showed up... with obvious damage to the card in the form of a missing capacitor. It doesn't work, and I finally snapped and sent the seller a scathing message with my demand for a refund. I don't care if this pisses him off and it takes me longer …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-08-04, 21:07

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by Ensign Nemo

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As I get older, I find myself having less patience for longer games. I don't spend a lot of time gaming, so even a 40 hour rpg would usually take 2 or 3 months to finish. I also take long breaks from gaming when things get busy. This makes it hard to come back to games, as I usually forget the …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-08-04, 19:26

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by Ensign Nemo

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As I get older, I find myself having less patience for longer games. I don't spend a lot of time gaming, so even a 40 hour rpg would usually take 2 or 3 months to finish. I also take long breaks from gaming when things get busy. This makes it hard to come back to games, as I usually forget the …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2023-08-04, 00:14

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by Ensign Nemo

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If you exclude laptop GPUs and embedded graphics, I own three. Each of these is in a system too. Lol.

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Re: CRT experience

Posted on 2023-08-03, 06:14

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by Ensign Nemo

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I used a Sony Trinitron 21“ for a while but it just was too bulky, colors faded and pretty dim. Now have a Panasonic (anyone familiar with it?) that‘s not so bulky a looks way better! 17“ is perfect I‘d say and the colors are just great. My TFT screens from ViewSonic, HP and Eizo all show weird …

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Re: CRT experience

Posted on 2023-08-02, 22:58

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by Ensign Nemo

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Interesting. I was thinking about a monitor with 4::3 mode that has a VGA port. I have one, but never tried it because I have a couple of 4:3 monitors. I'll have to test it sometime to see if it handles it differently than HDMI.

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Re: CRT experience

Posted on 2023-08-02, 17:30

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by Ensign Nemo

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Some modern(ish) LCDs have a 4:3 mode. Asus seems to have offered that on a lot of their monitors (e.g., https://www.asus.com/ca-en/commercial-monitors/vs229hp). Have you ever tried one out yourself for a more modern option without extra adapters? The challenge is that certain modes (e.g. 320x200) …

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Re: CRT experience

Posted on 2023-08-02, 17:28

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by Ensign Nemo

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I'm surprised that so many people here dislike CRTs considering that most of us are trying to recreate the original experiences using old hardware. IMO, having a CRT is the one thing that you can't fake on modern hardware. You can emulate a wide range of vintage computers and consoles, but you can't …

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Re: CRT experience

Posted on 2023-08-02, 17:19

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by Ensign Nemo

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There is not yet a truly *good* solution for connecting VGA to a modern LCD. You will always end up with a picture that is bad in some way, fails to switch resolutions without a 5 second wait, jitters, etc. VGA was designed to be connected to a CRT, and a good, well designed CRT will always look …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-08-01, 18:54

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by Ensign Nemo

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I was introduced to computers on a 386 ps/2 as well. Although I was really young at the time, that is what I remember ours looking like. I wish we had kept it. My dad also had a Vic 20, which would also be fun today. One thing that I remember is how sturdy and clicky the keyboard was. It's not a big …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-07-31, 23:51

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by Ensign Nemo

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I just picked up a Fujitsu Lifebook E-5140. I don't know much about this laptop, but it was only $20, so I grabbed it before anyone else did. I've also been really happy with each Fujitsu device that I've owned so far. fujitsu_e5140.jpg There's a neat little LCD screen right above the keyboard that …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2023-07-30, 19:32

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by Ensign Nemo

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comteck123 wrote on 2023-07-30, 13:02: Got the perfect 98SE setup on 86Box, and still trying to find some games for my 98se vm on vmware What system did you emulate?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-07-29, 03:01

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by Ensign Nemo

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Just bought a Roland MT-300S for $30. It was sold as a music learning aid, but it has general midi, so I think it could work as a poor man's SC-55. There isn't a ton of information about this model, but some people have used it for DOS games. It seems like it's a bit flaky, but does work well for …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-07-29, 02:11

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by Ensign Nemo

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Don't forget: games tend to run on Intelligent mode and the MIDI IRQ needs to be set to 2/9 since a lot of games don't like anything that is not IRQ 2/9. Speaking from experience. For SoftMPU, http://bjt42.github.io/softmpu/ is where you'll get the latest version. I've used this for years and the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-07-29, 01:50

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by Ensign Nemo

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Are you using an MPU-401 card, SoftMPU, or the Roland UM-One MKII MIDI2USB adapter? And $30 for that? You, my friend, hit the luck lottery. I've never played around with midi hardware, so I haven't figured out the details yet. My main retro rig has a sound card with a game port. I plan on getting a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-07-29, 00:22

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by Ensign Nemo

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Just bought a Roland MT-300S for $30. It was sold as a music learning aid, but it has general midi, so I think it could work as a poor man's SC-55. There isn't a ton of information about this model, but some people have used it for DOS games. It seems like it's a bit flaky, but does work well for …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-01-22, 09:12

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by Ensign Nemo

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I'm sure that some people here would gladly take care of this hypothetical CD for you if you that's something you would be uncomfortable dealing with.

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-01-20, 08:32

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by Ensign Nemo

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That's why I never picked up the new God of War, nor do I intend to. It was clear from the teasers and trailers it's not a game worth having form me. And that's where we circle back to the gate keeping topic of this other thread . Those (of us) who liked Tomb Raider and God of War for what they …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-01-16, 00:56

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by Ensign Nemo

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devius wrote on 2023-01-15, 19:01: It's how us older folk scrolled through social media before smartphones and tablets existed 🙃 I guess if that's the only time you are able to connect to the BBS, you better not waste it.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-01-15, 18:27

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by Ensign Nemo

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kohellus@gmail.com wrote on 2023-01-15, 08:26: Bought this a few months back. It took a long time to arrive and it took a long time for me to get time to know the insides of it 😀 I know guys who like to read in the bathroom, but computing is a whole new one (-:

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