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Modern frontend for modern + retro machines

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First post, by arncht

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This is my modern frontend, designed to seamlessly support any modern PC or Mac while also accommodating older machines. Due to space constraints, I can’t keep peripherals from different eras, such as CRT monitors. I switch between machines depending on which era I feel like exploring, and I can comfortably do my work here as well, mostly using a MacBook.

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Currently, the DX4 setup is connected under the desk.

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Samsung OLED G8 34” display
OSSC Pro scaler

Behringer Flow 8 mixer
iLoud MTM speakers



Roland SC-55 MIDI module

Roland MT-32 MIDI module



Retro fleet:
1987, Amiga 500, 1M RAM, Kickstart 1.3
1993, 486DX2 66, 8M FPM, WD90C33 1M VLB, SB Pro 2.0, MS-DOS 6.00
1995, DX4 100, 16M FPM, S3 Vision864 2M VLB, SB Pro 2.0, GUS 1M, Roland MPU-IPC, MS-DOS 6.22
1995, Pentium 120, 16M EDO, S3 Vision968 2M PCI, SB AWE32, GUS 1M, MS-DOS 6.22
1997, Pentium MMX 233, 64M SD, S3 ViRGE 4M PCI, 3Dfx Voodoo 4M, SB AWE64 Gold, GUS PnP 8M, Win95 OSR 2.5
1999, K6 III 450. 128M SD, 3Dfx Voodoo3 3000 16M AGP, Aureal Vortex2, GUS PnP 8M, Win 98 SE
2000, Pentium III 1000, 256M SD, GeForce2 Ultra 64M AGP, SB Live, GUS PnP 8M, Win 98 SE
2003, Athlon XP 3200+, 512M DDR, Radeon 9800 Pro 128M AGP, Audigy 2, WinXP SP1

2006, Core 2 QX6700, 2G DDR2, GeForce 8800GTX 768M PCIe, X-Fi Fatal1ty, WinXP SP2

My little retro computer world
Overdoze of the demoscene

Reply 1 of 5, by dr_st

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This looks exceptionally nice. One of my favorite games as well. 😀

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Reply 2 of 5, by tauro

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It looks really nice!
Which machine(s) do you use the most?

Reply 3 of 5, by arncht

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tauro wrote on 2024-12-29, 16:42:

It looks really nice!
Which machine(s) do you use the most?

Do you mean from retro perspective? The dx4 and the p3 are my two favorites. They can cover the 90s.

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My little retro computer world
Overdoze of the demoscene

Reply 4 of 5, by tauro

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Yes, exactly. From a retro perspective.

Finding the balance between speed and "retroness" is a delicate art.

I mostly concurr with your selection.

A fast 486 can cover anything up until the early '90s. Only fast DOS games are out.
You seem to really like the GUS card. I'm not familiar with it but I couldn't do without the OPL3 sound.

After the '90s everything is C2D+XP territory, which is not as fun.
I mean I have an Athlon XP and a P4 build, but they don't feel as retro to me, and the C2D is more convenient.

Reply 5 of 5, by arncht

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The gus is mostly for demoscene. It is interesting just at the hw mixing games, typically with module music - the pinballs.
These configs are the result of the lot of benchmarking and ca 20-30 builds, i tried out way more hardware.

You can find here the benchmark tables (check the tabs below):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eXksI … dit?usp=sharing

My little retro computer world
Overdoze of the demoscene

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