Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-03-11, 13:01

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A few posts up I mentioned the PII-333 without heatsink I bought. Here is my ghetto solution. Filename ghetto.jpg File size 666.47 KiB Views 5878 views Judging by how hot the aluminum heatsink gets, it's doing a decent job. It's not covering the cache chip, but it's keeping the processor stable …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-03-11, 04:18

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Nothing fancy, but I wanted to experiment with SETMUL to see if a Pentium II would give different results than a Celeron at the same speed with different combinations of L1 and L2 being disabled. Currently have a Celeron 333. Bought this PII-333 for $9 shipped. In the end, with L1 disabled, the PII …

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Re: Commodore 64 revival (warning, wall of pics)

Posted on 2016-03-10, 22:46

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Excellent work, badmojo! I too had a friend with a C64...:) It was a few years before your experience (1983ish), and we were in junior high. I'd go over his house and play his C64 games, he'd come to my house and play Apple II games. Those were the days... And yes, the tape drive load times were …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2016-03-10, 21:33

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bjt wrote: Another of my absolute all time favourite games. Upgraded from the EA Classics version to the original version. […] Show full quote Another of my absolute all time favourite games. Upgraded from the EA Classics version to the original version. Really nice! Great condition. I wish I could …

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Re: CD Dos games that uses midi as music?

Posted on 2016-03-10, 14:47

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Two more that haven't been mentioned: Anvil of Dawn Gabriel Knight CD

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Re: Phil's "Playing GOG.com games on your MS-DOS Gaming PC" Thread

Posted on 2016-03-08, 22:12

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The following GOG games have either ISO or bin/cue files that will let you make an install CD: Dragonsphere Gabriel Knight 1 Flight of the Amazon Queen--edit: NOPE. There is what looks like an image file (queen.1) but I could not get anyburn to recognize it as a valid file when renaming it to .iso …

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Re: Any tips for getting old floppies working?

Posted on 2016-03-08, 20:27

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No luck with Norton or Unstoppable Copier (typically gets about 4% integrity on the files in bad clusters), but I did find the unreadable files in "other locations" and was able to make the install work. I hate going that route, but I don't want to pay for the game twice just because my floppies …

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Re: Any tips for getting old floppies working?

Posted on 2016-03-07, 20:40

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Well, there is this this one for $9 w/ free shipping - http://www.ebay.com/itm/INCA-by-Sierra-Originals-for-PC-Rare-Classic-CD-Rom-Game-1995-/261151056127?hash=item3ccdd0e0ff:m:mhG8XkhUdzI_igiyEwayokw Nice! Using some search terms from your link, I found one for around $5.50 shipped: http://www. …

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Re: Do you connect your old systems to the internet?

Posted on 2016-03-07, 20:34

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I'm basically done with installing this Windows 98se box and I'm at the point where I need to decide whether to connect this sucker to the internet. I would expect that's a very bad idea. I'm leaning towards giving it an IP without a gateway, so I can ftp/copy files off my internal servers. If I …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2016-03-07, 19:03

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Picked up Wizardry 8 at GOG on sale for $1.99! This was the last RPG I played to completion, back in 2002. I remember it being VERY long and VERY entertaining. 😀

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Any tips for getting old floppies working?

Posted on 2016-03-07, 17:09

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I have an old game ( Inca by Coktel Vision ) that came on 10 floppies. Some of the disks give read errors when trying to install. Any tips for trying to get these floppies working well enough to complete a game install? I'd just buy the CD version on ebay , but it's not worth $30 to me. :exclamation …

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Re: Geforce3 Ti 500 vs Geforce 6200

Posted on 2016-03-07, 15:16

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That's why we benchmark. 😀 Have fun testing it, record lots of results with both cards, then you can make a better choice than any of us ever could. Best of all, you can share the bench #s here and we can all ogle them.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2016-03-07, 12:10

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I started the weekend off with some benchmarking for Phil's spreadsheet.I then swapped the SB16 Vibra (CT2800) with an Audician that arrived Saturday and did some testing with it. Lastly, made some progress in some retro games--I'm now 2 missions away from beating WC2, got to the boss on Duke3D …

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Re: Possible Game Incompatibility with Audician 32 Plus

Posted on 2016-03-07, 00:15

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Nice call, falloutboy. I guess this game doesn't need much CPU. LOL. disabling L1 on the Celeron basically turns it into a fast 286 or slow 386, but it runs Atlantis fine. Thanks! You can get a bit of a sense of speed with the NSSI benchmark. I use speedsys usually. The Celeron scores 384.08 with …

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Re: Possible Game Incompatibility with Audician 32 Plus

Posted on 2016-03-07, 00:03

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Nice call, falloutboy. I guess this game doesn't need much CPU. 🤣. disabling L1 on the Celeron basically turns it into a fast 286 or slow 386, but it runs Atlantis fine. Thanks!

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Re: Possible Game Incompatibility with Audician 32 Plus

Posted on 2016-03-06, 23:45

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Why not just disable the CPU cache in BIOS or by software tools for DOS. I also have this sound problem with the Audician 32 Plus on my K6-III+ rig, but with "Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle". Just need to lower the CPU speed by disabling cache or lower the FSB, multiplier. The Celeron does not …

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Re: Possible Game Incompatibility with Audician 32 Plus

Posted on 2016-03-06, 23:07

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What CPU are you using? Try to lower your CPU speed. Some games are more CPU speed sensitive on some sound cards. I appreciate the tip. I'll try putting the Audician back in my slower DOS PC to see what Atlantis does there. For reference: the PC it is in is a Celeron 333 my slower PC can be …

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Re: Best graphics card for a P3 1.13 GHz?

Posted on 2016-03-06, 13:07

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As for 5xxx I have doubts about their 2D speed in real DOS and handling 89 MHz AGP compared to 4xxx. I can't vouch for 89Mhz AGP compatibility, but 2D DOS speed of at least the FX5200 was excellent. Pretty much on par with TNT2 M64 and GF2 MX. So perhaps that gives hope for the rest of the 5xxx …

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Possible Game Incompatibility with Audician 32 Plus

Posted on 2016-03-06, 02:26

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After installing the Audician today I went through my game library and came across one game I couldn't get sound working on: Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. This is the GOG version and it worked with both the SB16 Vibra CT2800 and the Aztech ISA SB Pro-compatible. I tried various launch …

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Performance impact of sound quality

Posted on 2016-03-05, 19:54

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I noticed on my slower DOS PC that Duke Nukem 3D took a noticeable hit in framerate when bumping the sound quality to 44khz. Duke allows you to adjust between 44, 22, 16, 11, and 8 khz. I tested 3 ISA sound cards: Soundblaster 16 Vibra (CT2800), Audician 32 Plus, and an Aztech SBPro-compatible. I …

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