Re: DreamBlaster X1 : a rare card
Posted on 2016-11-13, 20:52
I'm thinking I'll get two or three myself.
Re: Diamond Stealth III S540 32Mb
Posted on 2016-11-12, 01:42
As I've said in a number of posts, the S540 is my goto DOS card. I've yet to find a game that has any issues with it. Scrolling has been smooth in games like Jazz Jack Rabbit and Commander Keen. You won't regret it for DOS. It doesn't fair that well in 9x using D3D or OpenGL. It works fine, but you …
Re: Did Iomega Ever Make RELIABLE Storage Options?
Posted on 2016-11-03, 07:08
Yes, but others in the thread had asked about SparQ. I was simply responding with my personal experiences with both of the major, commercially available, removable mass storage devices.
Re: How would a 386 "remember" BIOS settings without a battery?
Posted on 2016-11-03, 07:04
Wow!!!!! What happened to that massive wall of Russian text? I've never seen a forum post that big before. I did a refresh to do a translation and it was removed. Just curious to what was in that massive wall of text.
Re: Did Iomega Ever Make RELIABLE Storage Options?
Posted on 2016-11-03, 06:44
I had one zip CoD out of 6 drives. It was a first gen SCSI model, and Iomega and they were gonna replace it. The claimed they sent a replacement (after I sent the bad drive in of course), but it never showed up. After 3-4 weeks the company claimed they would send another. It too went missing. Iomega …
Re: Best Super Socket 7 Motherboard?
Posted on 2016-10-31, 07:28
Has ECS suddenly become a better brand in the last 10 years? When I was a system builder we avoided them like the plague because of the high failure rate. Yeah, I too have a long standing rule of avoiding them like the plague. But like it's already been pointed out, they did make a few good boards …
Re: Best Super Socket 7 Motherboard?
Posted on 2016-10-31, 03:22
I'd go with the ECS simply for the convenience of the ATX form factor. If you've already got an AT and case and PSU, then either board is fine. It's just a pain in the behunkus to redrill and tap an ATX case to fit an AT board correctly.
Re: Claustrophobia feeling from having too much stuff?
Posted on 2016-10-28, 05:50
I had no choice but to build a two story workshop last year to keep up with my hobbies. The lower half is for wood working, and a little machining. Upper half is for retro work, electronics, and gun smithing ( and maybe reloading in the near future). Still building storage for all the retro …
Re: Retro LAN gaming over the internet, how do I do it?
Posted on 2016-10-21, 20:25
That's cool. Personally I have an image I can toss onto a new drive if I think it's infected, problem solved in 10 minutes. But you are right about the LAN being compromised being an issue. It's just that it's not something that is easy for a modern script kiddie to do an I thought it would give you …
Re: Retro LAN gaming over the internet, how do I do it?
Posted on 2016-10-21, 02:49
But there are ways through the DMZ, and more so if you know make/model of the router. That's why many modern routers either stopped giving the option of a DMZ, or blast you with warnings if you try to enable it. It's such a small worry with an old 9x rig, it's hardly worth mentioning. I just wanted …
Re: Retro LAN gaming over the internet, how do I do it?
Posted on 2016-10-20, 22:06
Well, to be honest there are reasons to force your way into an exposed IP. Once there the bad guy has easier access to the whole LAN, including phones, tablets, printers, and other devices. But 99 plus percent of all the hackers who do things like that are script kiddies, who wouldn't be able to …
Re: Retro LAN gaming over the internet, how do I do it?
Posted on 2016-10-20, 05:49
That... that is asking for trouble. Unless I put a software firewall on it. Maybe even then. In the past several years, I've yet to see a DOS or 9x rig have any security issues being open on the net. Old worms, malware, and scripts just aren't out there any more, and the current stuff just doesn't …
Re: Retro LAN gaming over the internet, how do I do it?
Posted on 2016-10-19, 04:32
Put the '98 rig on DMZ setting on the router. That should avoid problems with Kali.
Re: Want to Build Retro Gaming PC - What to Buy?
Posted on 2016-10-13, 19:20
It's just a simple .in file edit to get 98se to work with up to 1.5 GB. There is some sort of patch that allows up to 2.5 GB, but that's where the system can get unstable. It depends on a host of factors, but if you want to run some old copy of Photoshop, then the 2.5GB patch is fine. I've never had …
Re: Hired Guns and the Great Gravis Ultrasound Mystery!
Posted on 2016-10-12, 17:36
Being both a heavy PC and Amiga gamer since the 80's, I'm surprised I've never heard of this game. I'll have to play it on both machines to see/hear the difference. Thanks for the heads up on it and offering up a fix for its PCI audio. Great work! On a side note: is this a game that was also …
Re: Software equalizer
Posted on 2016-10-07, 06:20
I know you are looking for a software solution, but have you considered finding onw of the old drive bay EQ heads? Here is an example: http://www.telecommander.com/pics/links/audio/futurepowerequalizer/futurepowerequalizer.htm I've got an old NEC digital one that works very well for 2, 2.1, and 4 …
Re: Yamaha TG300 versus MU-series MIDI modules?
Posted on 2016-10-04, 01:31
The 100 will have the same sounds as the 300 as far as default GM is concerned. The 300 has extra stuff for making music. If you're only concerned with games, consider the 100 as an option since its often cheaper and easier to find. It's also very small and cute.
Re: Yamaha TG300 versus MU-series MIDI modules?
Posted on 2016-10-03, 11:34
Since I upgraded my MU2000 to the EX firmware, I lost the TG-300 mode. This was a few years ago, but I remember it sounded different to my actual TG-300. However it may very well be that the MU2000's audio out via TOSLink was so clean, it made it sound different. I've often wished that I had spent a …
Re: Phil's YouTube and Website updates (philscomputerlab)
Posted on 2016-08-30, 22:27
When I listen to them side by side, the S/PDIF rip sounds like its missing a little something. But it sounds cleaner to my ears and I prefer it over the straight up rip. I know I shouldn't like it more (if I understand the argument made against the Live!), but I do. It seems to favor highs a wee bit …
Re: Is it illegal to scan and upload old computer magazines
Posted on 2016-08-24, 21:03
Wouldn't it be great to have the old "phone book" sized Computer Shopper as an archive. Every month was a 2lb+ book of prices for computer parts (mainly X86 PC). I wonder if Ziff-Davis would give permission to archive those, but who would want to do it. At its height, I think it went over 800 pages …
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