Re: Can I clone my CF C: drive like this
Posted on 2022-05-06, 10:57
Hmmm yeah maybe I'll make an image of it and then just write it a bunch of times as needed
Can I clone my CF C: drive like this
Posted on 2022-05-06, 10:30
So I'm planning on messing with sound cards and stuff and I am thinking it will probably upset my otherwise blank Windows 98 install. Can I install W98, chipset and graphics drivers, then plug the CF card into my main PC and copy its entire contents (including hidden folders) into a folder on my PC. …
Re: HUGE collection for sale on eBay
Posted on 2022-04-22, 15:29
Now is my cynicism's time to shine! Someone went into Computer Reset and made out with a literal lorry load of computers knowing that they could flip 99% of it in a year's time when CR was closing up properly or all the good stuff is gone. It's like scalping PS5s but for PS/2s HAHAHA christ I'm …
Re: ITX DOS & Windows98 mini PC
Posted on 2022-04-18, 12:53
I've got a similar system going at the moment. VIA EPIA-SP which is 800MHz C3 and 1 slot of DDR1 (I've put 512mb of DDR1 400 in there on the illusion it will help with the graphics chip). It has Via / S3 Unichrome graphics. It's got a single PCI slot that's currently housing a Sound Blaster Live …
Re: PCI MACH64 or Tseng 6000 for my DOS PC
Posted on 2022-04-14, 17:37
it's a 486 100MHz with 32MB RAM. The Matrox does have DVI out (as well a VGA) which I've used in the past but my monitor has DVI and VGA inputs.
PCI MACH64 or Tseng 6000 for my DOS PC
Posted on 2022-04-14, 17:06
I have the choice between: STB Lightspeed 128 2MB PCI ATI Mach64 CT (215CT22200) 2MB (?) PCI Matrox G450 PCI many megabytes Trident 9000C (the backup card) I want to play 90s DOS games like Doom 2, SC2K, the Monkey Islands and also have W3.1 driver support for higher resolutions and colours. Which …
Re: New Monkey Island game in the works
Posted on 2022-04-05, 10:28
I really need to complete 1 and 2 and I guess 3 unless that one doesn't count. I also need to complete Doom 2 (and 3, and Doom 2016 and eternal...)
Re: I don't need to upgrade, the sequel - Gaming on a 13 year old platform
Posted on 2022-03-27, 08:58
You can double your disk speed by installing a modern SATA-3 or SAS-2 controller. I could, and I've got the PCI and PCI-E slots to do that, but I don't really see the need. If I was going to do that I would get a PCI-E NVME adapter and maybe a USB 3 card. Nice post. I would think the lack of AVX …
I don't need to upgrade, the sequel - Gaming on a 13 year old platform
Posted on 2022-03-26, 22:57
Here's the sequel no one asked for: Two and a half years ago I wrote a post about my 2009 i7-860 and considered whether it still held up for gaming. The answer was yes - it could give playable framerates, sometimes in excess of 60fps, in modern games. A few years have passed and a new console …
Re: How far back do you have to go for a graphics card not selling for an inflated price?
Posted on 2022-01-31, 08:48
I'm currently running a Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz at 3GHz with an Nvidia 560ti playing through my backlog on Windows 7. This PC is entirely adequate for my day to day browsing (I'm not one to have 80 tabs autoload when I open my browser) but it can run all the xbox360 / early ps4 era games I missed. …
Re: Tell us which videogame sounds or voice-clips are the most burned into your brain for life
Posted on 2022-01-12, 09:41
I would just like to add the sound of the sniper rifle from MoH:AA. I can still hear it 20 years later (although I played it fairly recently)
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2022-01-09, 11:05
I completed Mass Effect Andromeda yesterday. Mixed feelings on it, the first half is a bit crap but the second half gets a lot better. Voice acting was good but the actual writing not great - lots of trendy quips and sound bites as if it was written by a bunch of mid 20somethings. The overall story …
Re: Tell us which videogame sounds or voice-clips are the most burned into your brain for life
Posted on 2021-12-26, 09:04
Red alert: Mission accomplished - I say this to myself whenever I achieve something trivial Silos needed Awaiting orders Unable to comply, building in progress Driver 1 menu music and menu sound effect Worms Armageddon / World Party "...traitor!"
Re: Merry christmas 2021 everyone....
Posted on 2021-12-25, 19:08
Happy Christmas nerds! We're wrapping up here in the UK. My fiance is back in Finland for 3 weeks, coming back on Jan 10th, and my brother and partner are stuck in France (well, they probably wouldn't be able to get back into France) so it's been quite a quiet Christmas with our remaining family, …
Re: Retro-monster build: dual soc1366 Xeon X5690
Posted on 2021-12-21, 09:33
I would definitely drop in the 1060, those CPUs are capable of much more than what a 480 can handle! That's basically a pretty capable modern machine with the 1060 in it.
Re: Unreal Engine 5- Who's ready for a jump in graphics realism?
Posted on 2021-12-20, 09:06
I've played it on my Series S and was slightly underwhelmed compared to what the hype was making it out to be. It was a bit of a blurry mess due to whatever dynamic resolution and temporal anti aliasing was going on, most likely due to the lack of power on the series S. However having messed with …
Re: Pentium III + Voodoo3 mini PC (MS-6168 based) [build log]
Posted on 2021-11-26, 19:47
I have a very similar M-ATX 440ZX board. It also has an on-board ESS Solo 1 and it's a really good all-rounder board with AGP and ISA. The Solo 1 sounds very, very good in DOS, especially for a PCI solution. Unfortunately with Slot 1 CPU prices not going down anytime soon I'm stuck with a 450MHz P3! …
Re: The weird GTA San Andreas build
Posted on 2021-11-24, 19:02
I remember dabbling in SA:MP, absolute madness but also very cool. I remember loads of stunt ramps and flying around following a motorbike gang around the coast of Las Venturas. Probably my first online experience now I think about it...
Very cyan image over VGA
Posted on 2021-11-24, 18:50
My video card does a very cyan image over DVI to VGA adapter. The pure blue of the XP formatting screen is fine, white text during post is pure cyan, black text is pure black, red is black. Does this mean that that red pin of the VGA out is not connecting properly? DVI video out is fine. Weirdly the …
Re: The weird GTA San Andreas build
Posted on 2021-11-24, 08:24
Unfortunately the 9550 will really struggle with SA. I tried one myself and I was getting around 20FPS. Part of the reason for this build was because in 2006 I got my first own compute - a £450 laptop. This had a 1.7GHz single core and Intel GMA950 graphics. GTASA ran like complete arse so it's good …
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