Re: Computer Won't Turn On
Posted on 2024-03-26, 18:04
Board damage or just filth?
Re: Computer Won't Turn On
Posted on 2024-03-25, 04:20
Still using that potato camera I see... The third pic is okay and I don't see anything suspicious, the last one might have been acceptable with better lighting. The rest are pretty bad, no chance to make out any traces and such, but fwiw at least there don't seem to be any bulging caps. Two …
Re: What brand / computer company used this logo?
Posted on 2024-03-24, 03:27
StriderTR wrote on 2024-03-23, 19:31: Again, the logo looks familiar, like other brands I know, but nothing matches exactly that I can find. Looks very similar to the Xiaomi logo too. Not saying they made them, just that's why it might look familiar.
Re: ideal sound card for early win xp system for 2000-2002 games?
Posted on 2024-03-24, 02:02
> Aureal was killed in 2000 Aureal the company, yes. But a couple games using the tech were still in development at that point. Also notice I said to get such a card too. It certainly isn't a replacement for EAX, just a maybe-nice-to-have addon. If in doubt, go for EAX.
Re: startech vga2hdmiPro burned out?
Posted on 2024-03-23, 13:15
Fwiw my (CYP rebranded version of the first model of the) vga2hdmipro came with a 5V 2.6A wall wart, but I've also had it running off of a USB port (though I might just have been lucky with that and picked one that provided more current than others).
Re: ideal sound card for early win xp system for 2000-2002 games?
Posted on 2024-03-22, 18:08
Sure, why not. I noticed your components all date toward the end of your target time frame, making them just barely period correct... but then you already knew that, and having a bit of spare power on tap doesn't hurt. Since you enjoy EAX, maybe look into getting a Vortex card too, for some A3D …
Re: Cap blown on GUS PnP Pro
Posted on 2024-03-22, 04:01
It could have blown for another reason than "being old"... But odds are that's what it was, and replacing it will suffice. Don't forget to check where it blew up at inside your PC and that clean up.
Re: DOS Games that don't run as well under Windows 95/98 - Is there a list?
Posted on 2024-03-22, 00:14
Yes, there's such a list, it was published by Microsoft Didn't know that existed. Nice. For quick reference, these are the titles: List 1942: The Pacific Air War Aces of the Deep Aegis: Guardian of the Fleet Archon Ultra Arctic Baron Are You Afraid of the Dark? Battle Chess 4000 Battledrome Beneath …
Re: Texture filtering - yay or nay?
Posted on 2024-03-21, 01:49
I read midicollector's comment as "only [some of the] hardware accelerated versions did filtering", which afaik is true.
Re: Computer Won't Turn On
Posted on 2024-03-21, 00:39
> when I hit the power switch nothing happens Absolutely nothing at all? i.e. not even the PSU fan starting? Reseat all your cables, and make sure that everything that needs to be plugged in, is. I tend to forget about that extra 4pin power connector going to the mainboard, for example. And the …
Re: Feedback needed: BIRDS
Posted on 2024-03-20, 07:59
Dzzee uses mesa's OpenGL implementation for its DOS build - ask thp how it's done. It's still gonna be a bit of a resource hog compared to not using OpenGL in the first place... but at least it'll work at all.
Re: List of Web Browsers For All Operating Systems
Posted on 2024-03-20, 04:06
even after racking up the RAM for my XP vm If you don't mind me asking - I do get wanting a browser on a physical machine, but not in a VM. What's the point of using an outdated browser on top of an outdated OS within a virtualized environment which reduces performance and potentially introduces …
Re: Ripping Pre ISO-9660 Discs
Posted on 2024-03-19, 23:56
.iso contains nothing but the bare minimum necessary for a (well specced) ISO9660 disc. It doesn't even do audio, ffs. Bad choice for your oddball formats. That DiscImageCreator looks good, or you could use something else that tries to preserve as much info as possible, e.g. Alcohol, CloneCD, …
Re: DOS/SMB/Mounting images
Posted on 2024-03-18, 23:21
Both should be doable individually (possibly with a different network card), but afaik these things do not "stack" well - i.e. you'd need to copy the disc image off the network before mounting it. I'd recommend sinking more time into this only if that's acceptable.
Re: GTA I - FreeDOS 1.3
Posted on 2024-03-18, 23:13
Rockstart made GTA 1 freeware years ago. So it's not piracy per se. They did (but didn't allow mirroring), and then they un-published it so it's not available any more unless you have an old download. And either way, it's different from OP's version. Version A being available(-ish) doesn't mean …
Re: GTA I - FreeDOS 1.3
Posted on 2024-03-18, 22:12
Straight up piracy. Enjoy your closed thread, as soon as a certain mod becomes aware of it.
Re: The keyboard stops working after minute or so.
Posted on 2024-03-18, 21:21
Have you tried other keyboards? As for the "might be crashing", is it just the keyboard that stops working while the mouse keeps on chugging? Here 's another, much better photo of that board. You sure those yellow components are fuses? They look like caps to me. If they are this is the best-fused …
Re: Help needed for GPU identification
Posted on 2024-03-17, 20:49
I think I might've seen one like this just a few weeks ago, right here.
Re: VCS - A capture utility for certain Datapath capture cards
Posted on 2024-03-17, 19:46
a (presumably) linux person asking why the windows community isn't out programming for "fun", is so on brand it physically hurts. So is a Windows person wanting to be spoon fed a binary instead of going through a few (and rather well documented, in this case) build steps. It's an open source …
Re: Things I learned about fans
Posted on 2024-03-16, 01:41
SScorpio wrote on 2024-03-16, 00:57: once you fix one noise you started hearing another Coil whine has entered the chat
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