Not sure if Gaming Peripherals count in this thread, but if they do then I got a boxed Microsoft Side Winder Precision Pro today from eBay. It was one of the original model, but it came with a Game Port to USB adapter so it works in my retro PC and my modern PC. SWPrecisionPro.gif I bought one of …

Checked all my discs this morning (didn't read that it was already found) and the only one unaccounted for between PCPP 17 and 50 is 22. No wonder I couldn't find it. I've downloaded it and will give it a go on my Matrox m3D when I have some time. At least I jogged someones memory who had it I …

I still have my old PC PowerPlay magazine cover CDs from late 97 to sometime in 99. They were in love with PowerVR and I think they had Purevex on one of the CDs. I remember it because I tried to play it with a voodoo card installed not understanding PowerVR is different and getting frustrated with …

I've given up on the Rage Fury MAXX. Google suggests that it has major issues with VIA chipsets and this black screen on anything else but 640x480@16 color is one of them. Last time I ran the card was to do a series of benchmarks and that was on a 440BX board with a 100MHz FSB Celeron 1000A in a …

I put the rig together today with a few modifications as things didn't go to plan. For some reason the Soltek board will not boot from the Sil3114 card I had. On my other MSI 694T it would show up on the first BIOS screen and then set the boot option to SCSI first, it would boot off SATA devices no …

Thanks Borgie83. I might look look into the Strike-X; it is currently out of stock as well locally. We will see which one gets in first. I used ME for USB Mass Storage support, not USB support in general. The ME theme doesn't bother me although I do prefer the stock look of Win98SE which is what …

Thanks Borgie83 and Tetrium. I will probably hold out until the SeaSonic S12-II 520W comes back into stock. Those I know will work as it powers my current retro rig that I listed in http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=38304 Borgie83, I noticed in your thread (nice system btw) that you have an …

I have a few spare parts around and I am thinking of putting together the following build: Pentium III-S 1.4GHz (Tualatin) SOLTEK SL-65KV2-T (VIA Apollo Pro 133T) ATI Rage Fury MAXX 64MB 2x 3Dfx Voodoo 2 1000s in SLI Sound Blaster Live Platinum with Live Drive Sound Blaster AWE64 Value with SIMMConn …

My two V5 5500 AGPs have rust like shown in both of your screenshot, but both still work fine. Interestingly I have two V4 4500s that show no sign of it.

Thanks d1stortion. That makes sense. I got an SIMMConn and a 16MB SIMM (should have been 32MB but seller mislabelled it) and have loaded a few different sound fonts. I never knew Duke3D and similar games can sound so good. One thing I found is that if you run an AWE32 game and then try to use the …

I just got an AWE64 Gold (CT4390) to replace my old AWE64 value in my retro game PC and after installing the drivers off of the disk from VOGONS driver site, everything is now running okay however I am not sure how to configure music for my old DOS games: Duke 3D Blood Shadow Warrior Warcraft 2 Take …

Thanks for the advice. Will keep that in mind for my next build. I have the retro pc itch, but not really the cash to scratch it.

Welcome aboard, young lurkling! :D I see you're using a stock Intel HSF. I always found those to make a nasty whining noise. Btw are the clips that attach the HSF to the socket made out of plastic? If they are, I always found those to be brittle. I always re-use the heatsinks, use a clip from a …

I have been a long time lurker here and found this place very useful in building up my retro gaming machine. I was into games massively during my early teenage years that saw the introduction of 3D accelerators (and the ViRGE decelerator) and rise and fall of 3Dfx. During that time I purchased heaps …