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Re: Notoriously difficult-to-run DOS games?

Posted on 2021-02-23, 12:33

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

The only problem I ever had with Beneath A Steel Sky was the fact that the sound was very very quiet. I had this on every system I tried but they all had either a SB16 or a AWE64 so always Creative. I had to lower MIDI music and set wave volume to max and 4x the sound to make the speech loud enough …

Re: GET OFF MY LAWN (the YouTube channel)

Posted on 2021-02-23, 06:32

in Release Announcements

in Release Announcements

You're kinda like my DOS gaming Shaman, wise with the knowledge of what fruits to enjoy and which poison to avoid. I might not watch everything (in fact I kinda avoid the text based ones or the EGA/CGA titles) but have definitely had a few vids that have made me load up a game or 2. And for that, …

Re: Worst LucasArts/Sierra adventure game

Posted on 2021-02-23, 06:04

in Milliways

in Milliways

Hi. I'm the guy who played Monkey Island 1 as his first PC game ever in '92, and didnt touch another point adventure game until Monkey Island 2 in 2009~ish (remaster) and then again in 2019 when I got the retro fever. The Lucas Arts catalogue is pretty solid. Recently I've played from Fate of …

Re: SB16 CT2230 makes my 486 freeze in Doom

Posted on 2021-02-16, 01:42

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Hey there - the last few weeks i've been playing around with a few socket 3 setups and encountered a similar issue. I was previously playing doom on a terrible trident ISA vga card, then I switched to a VLB card when it came. At this time I also installed a 3com ISA network card. A few minutes of …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-02-09, 15:28

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

mtgmackid wrote on 2021-02-09, 15:11: Had a great few days at ewaste, wow thats a good day in the mines!

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-02-09, 15:06

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Yeah the Cyrix was a 6x86 - i vividly remember reading PR133 and then seeing it also said 120mhz. I honestly thought it was a bit of a dodgy knockoff of a CPU because only Pentiums were spoke about at my school with no mention of a 686 (or 586 for that matter) and nobody I knew of heard of a cyrix. …

Re: If you have multiple PCs set up, how do you handle your sound output?

Posted on 2021-02-09, 07:45

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I use an Extron SMX 500. It’s nice that you can control it over the network. I wouldn’t recommend it though unless you are okay with a rack mount switch. It’s also difficult trying to collect the right cards you need for the switch. Generally people won’t sell the cards individually and want you to …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-02-09, 01:01

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My Biostar MB-8433UUD-A mobo came today. The guy who sold it to me shipped it with some RAM and CPU that I didnt expect, very cool indeed. The CPU is an IBM branded 100MHz (5x86-3V3100GF) in one of the purple-ish packages. Is it a collectable or is it a good performer? I think it's pretty cool to …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-02-08, 12:58

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My Biostar MB-8433UUD-A mobo came today. The guy who sold it to me shipped it with some RAM and CPU that I didnt expect, very cool indeed. The CPU is an IBM branded 100MHz (5x86-3V3100GF) in one of the purple-ish packages. Is it a collectable or is it a good performer? I think it's pretty cool to …

Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2021-02-08, 00:42

in Milliways

in Milliways

my retro confession is that we need to lock this thread and never allow it again

Re: How do you treat rust?

Posted on 2021-02-07, 23:46

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I don't like rust. It's coarse and rough and irritating — and it gets everywhere.

Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2021-02-06, 09:56

in Milliways

in Milliways

xcomcmdr wrote on 2021-02-06, 09:53: foil_fresh wrote on 2021-02-06, 09:50: xcomcmdr wrote on 2021-02-06, 09:42: A lot of DOS games on Steam are sold without music or cutscenes. Relativetly unknown titles such as Quake, for example. Back in the day, ripped versions used to be free ! unknown? did …

Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2021-02-06, 09:50

in Milliways

in Milliways

xcomcmdr wrote on 2021-02-06, 09:42: A lot of DOS games of Steam are sold without music or cutscenes. Relativetly unknown titles such as Quake, for example. Back in the day, ripped versions used to be free ! unknown? did you miss a word here?

Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2021-02-06, 08:40

in Milliways

in Milliways

I mainly buy games on GOG just for the goodies. On this note, I only grab the free games from GOG/Steam/Epic. Never bought anything from these. I tend to spend a few bucks on steam sales if I see a dosbox game that I like and the price is low. I feel there are too many games on steam that are …

Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2021-02-06, 08:22

in Milliways

in Milliways

kolderman wrote on 2021-02-06, 07:38: I mainly buy games on GOG just for the goodies. what goodies do you mean? like the manuals and soundtracks etc? its a good bonus.

Re: Biostar MB-8433UUD-A

Posted on 2021-02-05, 07:46

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Talk about sick to the stomach... I just bought one of these motherboards (rev 2 with the UM8886BF southbridge) purely for the PS/2 port. I really hope I don't have the mouse/kb input problem... it should arrive next week. I'm so anxious now. It doesn't have DYS printed (it says FXS) but still I'm …

Re: If you have multiple PCs set up, how do you handle your sound output?

Posted on 2021-02-05, 05:18

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Some nice ideas here, I'm eyeing that behringer 8x line mixer. Seems to be what I need. Thanks @gex85 @megatron-uk you're nuts! thats so insane 🤣. you should do a quick video, i'd love to see it in detail.

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-02-04, 14:00

in Milliways

in Milliways

I hope you enjoy Monkey Island. Sorry to tell you this but I didn't really enjoy it. It's basically an average game. The characters were okay and the plot of saving the Governor was interesting but I really didn't like how the game relied on jokes and puzzles to move the story. The story wasn't …

If you have multiple PCs set up, how do you handle your sound output?

Posted on 2021-02-03, 09:48

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I'm looking for ideas on how to get the 7 retro PCs I have (lol) to get into my main PC's sound card over a single 3.5mm input. Currently I've got my 4 most used PCs all hooked up to a cheap-ish KVM that is PS/2, VGA and 3.5mm audio input but it does create a fair bit of excess noise/interference. …

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-01-31, 13:06

in Milliways

in Milliways

chrismeyer6 wrote on 2021-01-30, 15:26: I introduced my 6 year old son to Sim Tower last night and he loves the game. He woke us up around 3 am cause he turned his computer on and started playing and forgot to lower the volume on his speakers. that's just adorable 🤣

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