Re: Are there regular users here with profession away from tech industry?

Posted on 2024-04-24, 06:31

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Intel486dx33 wrote on 2024-04-23, 09:19: Online shopping killed off the local Computer stores. Bit off topic but found this interesting about owning a computer store. https://youtu.be/YS2T-juTj_M?si=62sd5b-b9ya1-KUn

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Re: What is the LAST 5 DOS Game ever made for DOS?

Posted on 2024-04-24, 06:27

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I think there have been some more recent games by indy developers? but I'm not really into that scene. I was stuck on a 486/66 till start of 1999 so did ALL my gaming in dos up till that point. This shows in my collection with games like Quake missing due to it not running on a 486 and no real point …

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Re: Are there regular users here with profession away from tech industry?

Posted on 2024-04-23, 00:46

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AS/400 is surely still a thing under false name? :) Where I currently work AS/400 was finally replaced 4 months ago. It wasn't actually AS/400 hardware but virtualised on a standard Intel server. Not too sure of the details as it was looked after by the "AS/400" team, well 2 people one of which …

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Re: Are there regular users here with profession away from tech industry?

Posted on 2024-04-22, 03:30

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On a more serious and on-topic note is anybody here experienced enough to have actually used punched cards in a professional context, whether while working in IT or otherwise ? Not me as such but a UK truck hire / mechanics we did the IT for still used one right up till 2006. real nice old one that …

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Re: Is it really my nostalgia or are you playing it wrong…

Posted on 2024-04-22, 02:43

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No, the latest Doom game was shit for a Doom game. I think of it as Quake 3 amped to 11 with a doom skin. It's not you. heh. ... The same thing happened with Diablo. It's was based off of a roguelike and then it digressed from there. Diablo 2 was still good but then it went massively downhill with …

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Re: Pentium PRO?

Posted on 2024-04-22, 01:44

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I have a question, how fun are them G4/5 Power Macs to use ? The supply of both here in Australia is rather good and I have always loved the design of them especially the G5 with is sexy sleek Aluminium case. Im not a Mac person but owning a G5 is pretty tempting. I own a G4 MDD for much the same …

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Re: Windows 3.1 Must Have Software -

Posted on 2024-04-22, 00:31

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SkiFree and After Dark: Star Trek. Not that they're essential, but they are what I remember seeing on Windows 3.1 computers when I was a kid. SkiFree (and Lunner Lander) are absolutely essential, It's 1/2 the reason I install Windows 3! Windows 3.1 itself isn't really needed. but the GUI can be …

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Re: Are there regular users here with profession away from tech industry?

Posted on 2024-04-22, 00:12

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On a more serious and on-topic note is anybody here experienced enough to have actually used punched cards in a professional context, whether while working in IT or otherwise ? Not me as such but a UK truck hire / mechanics we did the IT for still used one right up till 2006. real nice old one that …

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Re: How do you test a retro graphics card before buying?

Posted on 2024-04-22, 00:01

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Keep in mind testing takes time and effort, which the seller might not to do. Its a gamble, I sold a lot of stull as untested last year, 99% of it probably worked (allowing 1% for items to die in transit (as RandomStranger said this is old hardware and it will fail eventually) but was all low value …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2024-04-21, 23:26

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seeing that sticker designed for windows 95 and NT wow two different worlds, maybe you could dual boot if it still works Probably wasn't dual boot when new, but to be able to fit into multiple user segments? Thats right, this was very typical for business class machines. In our case pre XP we …

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Re: P3 Tualatin and Voodoo 3 worth a try?

Posted on 2024-04-19, 00:38

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Your always going to have a bottleneck. For me I'd prefer it to be the GPU over the CPU. That said you could get a P4 motherboard with AGP and it'll do everything a Tualatin could do for much cheaper price. Yes it'll be held back by the V3 but it's not going to hurt anything if money is tight. On …

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Re: Pentium PRO?

Posted on 2024-04-19, 00:15

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Like everyone else has said. Think of it as a fancy socket 7 and the Pentium Pro as the first Xeon chip. Just as Slot 2 is comparable to Slot 1 or socket 775 to 771 Do these "enterprise" level systems offer any real benefit in a reto PC? not really. Are they fun to play with and give a certain …

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Re: Is it my really my nostalgia or are you playing it wrong…

Posted on 2024-04-19, 00:01

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There are some games that I really liked as a kid, but I just can't get into them nowadays. In most cases, it's because the UI feels too archaic to me, and I can't be bothered with the jankiness. Other times, I simply don't enjoy the gameplay as much as I used to. This is what I have found. When …

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Re: Is the core 2 extreme qx 6700 considered a collectable/rare cpu?

Posted on 2024-04-18, 02:17

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My main XP rig has a slightly slower Xeon X3320 I scored for free (as a bonus both the Asus P5KPL and P5N-D boards recognise the CPU without any mods) I'll admit I get a kick from seeing Xeon on the screen during boot. I suspect it would be the same seeing extreme. Sure I could upgrade cheaply to a …

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Re: Online copies of games are not owned

Posted on 2024-04-16, 23:49

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Funny enough this month's project is finding cracked versions of my games less then 10 years old. 3 are physical media but where the game and DLC and require activation, The oldest been from 2012 and still activated last year but no guarantee for how long. The final one is C&C Remastered on Steam, …

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Re: Upgrade to AWE64, or keep SB16 + Wavetable board?

Posted on 2024-04-15, 00:37

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I My research says that the AWE cards are basically SB16s with their own MIDI synthesis built-in, but they need CPU power to use it. Thats how I think of them. Just as people have a Roland SC55 AND Serda X2 AND multiple other midi modules as they all sound different. It's nice to have AWE as well …

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Re: Voodoo 3 3000 agp or agp card + voodo 2 pci

Posted on 2024-04-09, 01:52

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Benchmarks are boring. For actual 9x gaming use I think it's a great selection of parts and won't be disappointed

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Re: Has anyone archived no-CD for old games?

Posted on 2024-04-04, 05:51

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I don't know what this claim of viruses in no-CDs is about. I've used a lot of them for many years and don't remember having issues, although I tend to not use random ones made by who knows who. Scare tactics, just the other day I had Windows 10 Defender come up with a warning for "HackTool:Win32/ …

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Re: Config.sys and autoexec.bat for Dos 7.1

Posted on 2024-04-04, 05:35

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I find Phil's menu entries overly complex and needlessly confusing I also think less is more and go with compatibility over everything else. (so EMM386, MSCDEX) I've only got 2 menu options EMS and XMS with XMS XMS is the most used, I'm not going to win any most free memory awards but even with …

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Re: About to buy a Roland SC-55ST Sound Canvas

Posted on 2024-04-04, 05:22

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need to connect it so the serial port on my SB Live using a specific MIDI cable is that correct ? Not serial, Gameport with the cable dominusprog linked above. on the non gameport end you have the 2 DIN plugs the one labelled IN goes to OUT on the SC55 and the one labelled OUT on the cable goes to …

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