Re: Worms: a small bug(?), setting not retained after exiting the game
Posted on Yesterday, 09:21
No idea, it looks weird being just an .exe file and not accompanied by any text file. Maybe something unofficial?
Re: Worms: a small bug(?), setting not retained after exiting the game
Posted on 2020-05-27, 14:10
Errius wrote on 2020-05-26, 14:59: From my notes on this game: ... Ah so there's another one who noticed this small thing! Thanks for sharing. It's also in the original Worms, not just the expansion.
Re: Silicon Image 3114 BIOS flash
Posted on 2020-05-26, 20:57
Hi, check out this thread in case you need an older BIOS (3112 and 3114 are the same, just 2 and 4 device support). Your m/b it's not a slot 1 PII but it's from the same era. I'm not saying this is the case, just trying to help because you are having the exact same symptom, device recognized and …
Worms: a small bug(?), setting not retained after exiting the game
Posted on 2020-05-26, 14:45
A small observation of zero significance, having been playing Worms quite a lot lately: If you change the game setting “automatic action replay” to “off” and save, the setting remains that way for the session. If you exit the game and restart it though, it’s back to the default “on”. Everything else …
Re: Fixing a Schneider EuroPC
Posted on 2020-05-22, 22:53
Waaay too much work. Even DIP chips offer enough protection from corrosion so taking them off is pointless. SMDs are even tighter on the board. Sanding on tiny traces? No. Expose as little of them as possible to avoid further damage. If you find a continuity error, fix it with wire on the other …
Re: Fixing a Schneider EuroPC
Posted on 2020-05-22, 19:02
No, they don't. They look pretty bad actually. Exactly this. Sorry, I don't want to spoil the fun but just in case it saves the trouble, this is (another) one very damaged EuroPC. I'd bet it's not fixable, I've seen many in better condition that even after extensive work on them never returned to …
Re: Compaq OEM Voodoo 3 3500 AGP with only VGA and TV-Out... lets put this to rest.
Posted on 2020-05-16, 19:04
But I think the slow CPU might have been a bottleneck, unfortunately that is all I had. It is for sure, difference is not huge but a bit bigger with a faster processor. Not that it mattered when the 3000 and the 3500 were sold new, most people would have noticed zero performance increase and a tv …
Re: Smallest Win9x installation possible to fit a 64Mb Hard Drive
Posted on 2020-05-13, 12:36
I'd also worry about how to install win95 on this, unless you have somehow a way to connect the 64MB (probably 44 pin DOM?) to another computer and start the installation there
Re: Spare motherboard trays
Posted on 2020-05-01, 18:10
Okay, but, is it really that much effort to plug in a few cables after swapping? I mean, the trays would already have the board (and expansion cards) installed, so that's already saving some time. No, you don't want to have the cards plugged on the motherboard while fitting the tray to the case. …
Re: How do you get enough conventional RAM for Amnesia by Renaissance to run on actual hardware
Posted on 2020-04-30, 11:22
Memory is not the issue with this, the message is misleading. It's a pain in the ass to run it on real hardware, your best bet is a real 386, it won't run on Pentiums even on many 486s regardless of speed (disabling caches etc won't help) . I don't know what exactly is the problem and therefore if …
Re: Welcome to the updated VOGONS
Posted on 2020-04-30, 09:13
Another reason for someone to stop the cursor change is to get back the text-selection cursor, which is also decided that we shouldn't have.
Re: What's the "signature thing" to do after installing an OS?
Posted on 2020-04-30, 09:00
old OS for retro use: get an image with nothing but the drivers installed, for when I screw it up installing dozens of things modern OS: not much these days, I guess installing my preferred audio/video players and browser extensions is a must for me
Re: DOS Benchmarks (Judging relative CPU performance, particularly with cache disabled)
Posted on 2020-04-27, 08:11
appiah4 wrote on 2020-04-27, 07:11: Interesting - Topbench does not give a direct comparison to other CPUs though, does it? You're right, it doesn't appiah4 wrote on 2020-04-27, 07:11: Is there a database of CPU Topbench scores somewhere? Have you looked at the site? https://dosbenchmark.wordpress. …
Re: DOS Benchmarks (Judging relative CPU performance, particularly with cache disabled)
Posted on 2020-04-26, 15:09
I've found topbench's measurements to be on par with speed perceived during actual use
Re: Noisy old computers ?
Posted on 2020-04-15, 19:22
Yeah, let this be the next locked thread please. I believe we all had enough of those, they're not even good for quarantine silly talk
Re: What sound card do you use on your modern PC ?
Posted on 2020-04-14, 21:22
curious for what reasons people use sound cards for digital output, the only reason I got the Xonar D2 was because my onboard sound back then did not support DTS connect. Exactly, good question. My guess is that most people don't know that when you only use the digital out, except from some very …
Re: VOGONS Driver Library
Posted on 2020-04-13, 18:52
What's the timeframe for these difficulties you guys have been having? It's not consistent for me, most of the times it's perfect while others something is really broken in the way for a couple of hours. Today for example it was fine all day. I'll leave another reply if it happens again, although …
Re: Aztech Sound Galaxy NX drivers
Posted on 2020-04-13, 10:18
Try running DEMOFM and see if you get any FM music. It doesn't require an IRQ or DMA, it directly accesses the port. Aztech cards are notorious of checking the exact card the drivers were intended for. Filename DEMOFM.zip File size 14.15 KiB Downloads 2 downloads
Re: Modem usage
Posted on 2020-04-10, 09:05
Besides from games and internet, how easy is to set up a home BBS, or maybe FIDO archive/emulation? You don't need a modem to setup a BBS nowadays, in fact you shouldn't because most people won't be able to call in (same like you, people don't have copper landlines anymore). The approach used is …
Re: VOGONS Driver Library
Posted on 2020-04-08, 10:32
If it helps, some day during the previous 2-3 days the site was taking way too long to respond and frequently failing to do so. I was able to download a driver after ~50 attempts to reach the download link, refreshing every page many times until it loads
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