I seem to be leaning the other way, I am playing a lot of dos classics that don't seem to play well with win9x, but still have a few win9x games I still like to play. I have used several pci audio cards in the last week, two soundblasters live! (1 value, the other a 5.1) a turtle beach santa cruz …

thanks for the offer! I already got the one from vogonsdrivers.com ( the compilation with everything.. think it was like 600megs ) and I am eyballing some gf3 ti200's on ebay.. is there a particular model?

very nice writeup, I had no idea about the cpu throttle in starcraft. It would definitely be useful for passive cooled video cards on older systems I imagine.

But is doesn't feel right so I have put in an AWE32 for when I want to do things "properly" Really what it boils down to is this, every post I have seen in the forum, and I have went through a whole lot doing my research, states that pci sound cards are the devil and should be burnt and exorcised …

thanks so much for the information! i was checking out the system requirements for mechwarrior 3 and they seemed feasible. Mechwarrior 3 Minimum / Recommended Operating system (OS) 95 / 98 Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 166 MHz / Intel Pentium 200 MHz or faster System memory (RAM) 32 MB / 64 MB Hard …

So finally got my build finished, sort of. I ended up using the D7336A motherboard with a Intel 440ZX/100 chipset. Just took it out of the cramped pavilion tower and swapped the processor to a PII 450 from the 400 stock. I basically cannibalized my other systems to build this one. Mainly I did it …

thanks again, ill be getting it all installed and running soon.

OK almost got it together, however can't decide about the monitor? I have a 17inch mag crt or a couple of Samsung syncmasters also 17 inch but flat screen still 4:3 ratio. I seem to remember the flat screens seemed very bright unless I am doing something wrong. The CRT is huge and most likely would …

thanks for the input!

On a whim I bought a sata to ide bidirectional adapter, think ill try it out this evening after work. I also think ill keep the voodoo5 in the sd11 board since it seems to work with no issues. The other ECS system maybe win9x gaming only. Still not sure. Hell, I may even turn the old Pavilion into a …

Thanks Carlos! Ill give them look. And forgive me Phil, I just noticed the storage options video on your site 😀 http://www.philscomputerlab.com/hard-drive-op … -retro-pcs.html

thanks for the input! I can throw a current gen system together with my eyes closed so assembling this old type setup Is a refreshing change. I am thinking I will go with whatever sound option is good for both dos and win9x gaming If it seems that I stay more with the win9x side I may use the L7VTA …

good to know ! I am sure I could probably find a list of games that look for the second card exclusively on here somewhere. This place is great for that kind of information from what I gather. I am hoping a few of you hardware guys will chime in with some ideas on what to put with what to make a …

ohh I am already working on it, check out my post In marvin for all the details 😀

Nottah back with some hardware questions. Intro post was wordy.. probably a bit TL;DR , but this post should be a bit more interesting. I was looking for a old sidewinder to play Mechwarrior and Tie Fighter on my Pavilion, and found a guy on craigslist selling two of them, one for 10 and two for 15. …

Howdy! Nottah here with probably a whole slew of questions. I was trying to get my retro groove on and had went out and found an old Pavilion 4540 Had a tiny ( by today's standards) 8 gig harddrive and a 433mhz celeron. Let me tell you, it was a pain to get in and out of that case. Need very tiny …