Re: Best Games for a 286 640k 12mhz
Posted on Yesterday, 14:43
prehistorik is a pretty fun, it should run ok on a 286
Re: What do you think about Steam Deck handheld PC ?
Posted on 2021-07-22, 14:33
I have never had trouble with steam when I wasn't online.
Re: What do you think about Steam Deck handheld PC ?
Posted on 2021-07-21, 23:54
It actually looks like a really cool portable, especially for platformers which it will most likely excel at. The newer AMD APUs are pretty powerful. Pretty sure it won't really run higher end 3D titles at acceptable speeds though. This actually looks like something I would be interested in. …
Re: What do you think about Steam Deck handheld PC ?
Posted on 2021-07-21, 15:13
creepingnet wrote on 2021-07-21, 15:12: I think it's going to be another one of those pieces of hardware we'll see on LGR LGR Oddware in 20 years. Oh I love that. Slight addendum 😁
Re: What do you think about Steam Deck handheld PC ?
Posted on 2021-07-21, 14:53
It actually looks like a really cool portable, especially for platformers which it will most likely excel at. The newer AMD APUs are pretty powerful. Pretty sure it won't really run higher end 3D titles at acceptable speeds though. This actually looks like something I would be interested in. …
Re: Change a game's name by one letter, to make it something completely different (just for fun!)
Posted on 2021-07-20, 21:57
Doom - Room. Tommy Wiseau fights endless hoards of Lisas before they're "tearing me apart". "Oh hi Mark"
Re: Change a game's name by one letter, to make it something completely different (just for fun!)
Posted on 2021-07-20, 21:50
Half Life - Half Lift. The story of Gordon Freeman's struggle to put up some serious numbers.
Re: Katmai 450MHz + Matrox G400 16MB - 1999 PC Remake
Posted on 2021-07-20, 15:23
Those pictures are incredible. It's like a show piece. I have never seen cable management this good on a build from this period. It's a work of art. Well done!
Re: 3Dfx in 1999 regarding non-identical Voodoo2 SLI
Posted on 2021-07-20, 14:48
Ah, so it was less about sales and more about CYA support costs. It's stupid, but I'm not surprised. Thanks for sharing.
Re: Ultimate Intel 2004-2005 PC Pentium Build WIP
Posted on 2021-07-20, 14:46
Warlord wrote on 2021-07-20, 13:05: Heatsinks arrived. probably not perfectly centered but not the worst. I'm sure they'll work just fine. Looks better than mine 😁. The silver aluminum looks nice.
Re: Most stable and compatible win9x configuration
Posted on 2021-07-20, 14:45
Me and most of my friends stayed with Windows 98SE to the (bitter?) end. :-D I remember trying Windows XP when it first came out, and it was running noticeably slower than Win98SE with a Thunderbird 1.33 GHz and 256 MB RAM. I clearly remember that one of the first games I tested (if not the first) …
Re: Not so crazy idea : using a Raspberry Pi 4 with jackd , Zita A2J bridge and jack_mixer to make a software S/PDIF mix
Posted on 2021-07-19, 23:20
Thanks Darry for experimenting with VMWare. It looks like the VM route isn't totally ideal. I'll return to it if a native windows solution isn't working. I got my USB sound cards today. They only seem to accept optical inputs so I'll have to get a few more cables and adapters. Do you know of a good …
Re: A "broad spectrum" 90s build?
Posted on 2021-07-17, 20:42
My Via C3 build is for exactly this range, although it can go even earlier to the mid-80s for most games when thottled to slowest speeds. With a reasonable GPU it can easily handle 1999 games too. The K6-3+ is other obvious choice, although getting one that can go at higher speeds can be expensive …
Re: Windows 98 Sata SSD
Posted on 2021-07-17, 19:59
ok so the ide to sata adapter came today. i plug the drive in my windows 10 machine ran disk part clean to wipe the drive. then use the format tool zap provided 2 post up. made the win98 folder and copied the cab files over. then used the cd to boot into dos. the bios shows that the ide controller …
Re: Old Hardware that does't work or plays up in FreeDos and how can we fix it if possible.
Posted on 2021-07-17, 05:49
I booted into DOS on accident once. I took the CF card out of my XT machine and put it into the USB reader on my Ryzen PC, and then the computer restarted after an update. It booted from the CF card instead of the HDD for some reason and there was the DOS prompt 🤣
Re: Old Hardware that does't work or plays up in FreeDos and how can we fix it possible.
Posted on 2021-07-17, 01:18
DOS 6.22 will boot on anything. Whether or not you get sound on it is another thing, and many modern video cards lack a few of the old VESA modes.
Re: Is there any way at all to run Windows 98 in an AMD Ryzen PC?
Posted on 2021-07-17, 00:05
You can upload your configuration file and I can take a look. I attached the configuration I use. You can drag it into PCem's config folder and take a look at it in the UI. All of the paths will be different ofc so you will have to create your own HDD. Before we go too far though it might be better …
Re: Is there any way at all to run Windows 98 in an AMD Ryzen PC?
Posted on 2021-07-16, 23:45
You have a lot of problems going on here. There is no reason you can't install windows 98 in PCem. I've done it and it's really straightforward. That is the best way to play quite a few windows 98 games because you can emulate 3d acceleration (you don't get that with most virtualization techniques). …
Re: Windows 98 Sata SSD
Posted on 2021-07-16, 17:31
The SATA 300 cards will perform about the same as SATA 150 cards. I have seen SATA 300 speeds in windows 98 before, but only on particular socket 775 chipsets. I use a similar IDE -> SATA adapters for all of my SSDs. I have had issues with some SSD drives so the controller might play a part. I use …
Re: Windows 98 Sata SSD
Posted on 2021-07-16, 17:09
If you want to use a PCI SATA card then you can try the promise cards. The Promise 150, promise 300 TX2 and TX4 cards are all known to work well with windows 98, although I have heard stories about people having issues with them. You're motherboard should support 128gb drive natively. The only …
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