Re: OEM PC Recommendations
Posted on 2019-09-09, 01:47
So it does look like the EN is what I want. Anyone know where I can find drivers for them? or are they just standard intel chipset?
Re: OEM PC Recommendations
Posted on 2019-09-08, 23:28
It's more of a perfectionism issue and wanting to get better condition stuff if possible.. Let me show you how I got there: * https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Full-size-ATX-desktop-case-chassis-400-Watt-PSU-New-ECE1255/191355063387?hash=item2c8da68c5b:g:lyoAAOSwxH1UK~Pk * https://www.ebay.com/itm/ …
Re: OEM PC Recommendations
Posted on 2019-09-08, 21:50
I figured I'd get a response like that. Really I'm after a few things: 1. easy to set up. 2. easy to find replacement parts (oem motherboards are far easier to find than regular ones) 3. form factors that are otherwise impossible before the advent of ITX (and the earliest ITX are 98 only) 4. …
OEM PC Recommendations
Posted on 2019-09-08, 17:53
Any prebuilts or OEMS you'd recommend? I never actually saw a thread on this, just suggestions in random topics here and there. I realized I want a vintage pc that runs 95 specifically, but I can't really justify the cost and time of building. Mostly the cost honestly. Yes, I'm aware 98 is better, …
95 Art/Sound Asset Swap into 98 Possible?
Posted on 2019-09-06, 14:24
A while back, someone made something called InExperience Patcher for Windows XP, which lets you swap all the art assets with their windows 2000 counterparts. This includes icons down to the control panel and pretty much everything. You could then put in your own soundset and you'd pretty much just …
Re: T42 - Mobility Radeon 7500 Driver Help
Posted on 2019-09-06, 14:19
Welp, I've decided that since most of these drivers require DirectX 8.x or 9.x anyway(and I've tested, they do, the control panel completely breaks if you don't), that the omega of 4.2 works best. So far its been running smooth, thanks.
Re: T42 - Mobility Radeon 7500 Driver Help
Posted on 2019-09-02, 10:01
An excellent start, thanks! So we know that 4.2 is pretty much the maximum you'd want to run(which is what your driver is based on), but according to https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=54375 that still might be too new: You generally want to steer towards the 3.x range with that card under …
Re: T42 - Mobility Radeon 7500 Driver Help
Posted on 2019-09-01, 22:10
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T42 - Mobility Radeon 7500 Driver Help
Posted on 2019-08-30, 20:23
I decided that instead of trying to build a whole new machine for collecting games and running them natively, I'd use the existing T42 I got at a flea market a year back. It's already upgraded with another stick of ram, a 120gb hdd, and cleaned. I played around with it some, trying out different …
Re: USB Audio Reccomendations
Posted on 2019-07-17, 23:40
Ohh, my apologies. Yup I see the difference now. Thanks for pointing that out.
Re: USB Audio Reccomendations
Posted on 2019-07-17, 19:34
Ohh nice! Yeah I'll probably just get the X3MB. It does look like the original X-Fi Go! and X-Fi Surround are in fact hardware accelerated. The later dacs, such as the Play 3 or X G1 7.1 do support alchemy, but I'm pretty sure it's software accelerated. I looked at the list of EAX games and it seems …
Re: USB Audio Reccomendations
Posted on 2019-07-17, 13:10
pretty much any usb thing these days is going to be class compliant with no drivers. I'm sure the extigy would run as a regular DAC no problem. I'm just pretty sure that you need creative's drivers in order to use ALchemy and mess with soundfonts. Just get the X3M A, I would say; soundcard and …
Re: USB Audio Reccomendations
Posted on 2019-07-17, 12:09
The extigy doesn't seem to have drivers for Windows 10. I also noticed it has performance issues from being an early USB product. As for my regular audio, I use the avantree leaf + avantree audition pro. Great sound and battery life, next to no lag. Best you can get short of sony's LDAC compatible …
USB Audio Reccomendations
Posted on 2019-07-17, 01:34
Lately, I've been interested in just playing everything on my modern machine in the best way possible. For the most part, I use high-quality APTx-LL Bluetooth headphones with its accompanying adapter and it works fine. But I'm curious about the number of USB options I have for when I need to have it …
Re: Pentium M ITX Build Power Issues
Posted on 2018-08-30, 20:20
Thanks for taking the time to look at them. Nice suggestions if I were really desperate, but I've confirmed with a bunch of outervision experimentation that the biggest load is, in fact, my DVD drive and either gpu of choice. That's good to note you used an MX series gpu though, it is lighter on the …
Pentium M ITX Build Power Issues
Posted on 2018-08-30, 18:49
So I've decided on a minimalist Win9x DirectX7 build and started on it over the summer. It was originally based on an EPIA-EN12000 board, but then I managed to find a Socket 479 board from BCM: http://www.bcmcom.com/bcm_search_results.asp?Product_ID=MX855. Itx pentium M boards have been nearly …
Re: Most common/servicable hardware
Posted on 2017-09-14, 18:01
I'm actually not too worried about dos support, because I didn't really grow up with dos and I know dosbox is pretty adequate. PCem/86box is sorta getting there. "Similar" hardware fits the bill, I wasn't looking for exact common hardware, just common hardware. So basically if that's AT/ATX boards …
Most common/servicable hardware
Posted on 2017-09-14, 16:16
So an interesting question I couldn't quite find a thread for. For some reason I can't shake this intrigue of having a vintage pc and exploring a bunch of old oses, despite how impractical it is and my past tendency to overthink/over-complicate things(i.e. my old threads) probably made my previous …
Re: Best Dosbox/sourceport/scummvm midi?
Posted on 2017-03-08, 16:18
Cool, I'll just stick to that then as I've done the comparisons already. Just wasn't sure if a youtube recording was the best means of comparison for hardware sound. Thanks for all your help!
Re: Best Dosbox/sourceport/scummvm midi?
Posted on 2017-03-08, 16:00
Well, I'm rather happy with VirtualMidiSynth and Arachno. I was just wondering if any other solutions produced a "cleaner" or better sound. but if its not big deal I'll save myself the shelf space.
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