Re: Your Retrogaming laptop/portable machine megathread (recommendations, tips, minutae)

Posted on 2020-01-11, 22:20

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by stelth

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

SpectriaForce wrote on 2020-01-11, 20:53: stelth wrote on 2020-01-11, 14:47: Quake 2 (1997) Installed,runs good Software render mode I guess? yup with 320x240

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Re: Your Retrogaming laptop/portable machine megathread (recommendations, tips, minutae)

Posted on 2020-01-11, 14:47

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by stelth

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My current retrogaming laptop is a Dell Latitude XPi CD M166st Year: 1996 Processor :Pentium MMX 166 RAM : 32MB HDD : 1.5GB Audio : ESS 1887,ESS 690 wavetable music synthesizer Video controller : NeoMagic 2093 LCD Dimensions (active area) : 800X600 Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184.5 mm …

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Re: Your Retrogaming laptop/portable machine megathread (recommendations, tips, minutae)

Posted on 2019-12-24, 13:06

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by stelth

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

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This was my first ever laptop: https://i.gyazo.com/b7c5ee8283e0f02e9c4833168c72f6fd.png https://i.gyazo.com/08ca8d97c35d4ae515b3d51706cee368.png Nec Versa Premium Year : 2001 OS: Windows 98 SE RAM : 330MB HDD : 40GB Screen : TFT 14' LCD XGA Processor : CPU Intel Pentium III EB Tualatin socket 370 FC …

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NEC Versa,is it worth it?

Posted on 2019-12-20, 14:00

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by stelth

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I've found this laptop: NEC Versa 2655CDT 1997 OS : Windows 95 CPU (Pentium) : P55CL,150 MMX HDD : 1.44 GB LCD : SVGA, TFT 12.1-inch 800 x 600 resolution Sound Controller : ESS1688 Sound Blaster™ 16 register compatible mixer with AGC VGA Controller : Chips & Technologies 65550B Has the CT6550B …

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Is this laptop good for retro gaming?

Posted on 2019-12-16, 19:50

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by stelth

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I saw this laptop on ebay,what do you think? MODEL : Toshiba Satellite 315CDT 2.1 Billion Bytes PROCESSOR :Intel Pentium 200Mhz with MMX support MEMORY: 32 MB DISPLAY 800 x 600 resolution TFT Active Matrix Color Size : 12.1” Diagonal Controller :ChipChips &Technologies 65555 SOUND SYSTEM : Chipset …

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Re: can't get full screen in dos games

Posted on 2019-12-15, 22:35

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by stelth

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Azarien wrote: Some laptops have the scaling option in BIOS setup. My Toshiba Satellite does. Yes,i tried with and without the font stretch but didn't change a lot. I think i'll refund it and find another laptop for retro gaming without this problem,thank you all guys for help!

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Re: HELP Won't turn on Toshiba 430CDT

Posted on 2019-12-15, 21:20

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by stelth

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dries_86 wrote: suppose you have tried connecting an external display (VGA) ? Same thing happens ? I'll try it

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Re: HELP Won't turn on Toshiba 430CDT

Posted on 2019-12-15, 17:26

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by stelth

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possibly bad system memory. If you remove the HDD and turn it on without it, that can eleminate if its the hdd or not. If you have more than 1 stick of ram or other modules try single stick swap modules. Other possibility is dead cmos battery but id be surprised if it caused screen corruption. It …

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Re: HELP Won't turn on Toshiba 430CDT

Posted on 2019-12-15, 17:20

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by stelth

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

possibly bad system memory. If you remove the HDD and turn it on without it, that can eleminate if its the hdd or not. If you have more than 1 stick of ram or other modules try single stick swap modules. Other possibility is dead cmos battery but id be surprised if it caused screen corruption. It …

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Re: Your Retrogaming laptop/portable machine megathread (recommendations, tips, minutae)

Posted on 2019-12-15, 15:09

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by stelth

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I have this obscure laptop: 20191215_145433 (002).jpg 20191215_145338 (002).jpg Other specs: AMD K6-2+ 500MHz and a 12.1'' TFT 800x600p. It's a really low hour laptop, looks like new, including the excellent screen. But is it any good for Win9x 3D gaming? What is the best 3D game that I can run …

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Re: can't get full screen in dos games

Posted on 2019-12-15, 02:39

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by stelth

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Why exactly are you showing us a picture of the Windows 95 splash screen when the problem is with a DOS title? Wouldn't it make more sense to show a picture of the problematic program in question running? Dos games has the same size of the splash screen, even i installed the TSR program dos games …

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Re: Your Retrogaming laptop/portable machine megathread (recommendations, tips, minutae)

Posted on 2019-12-15, 00:52

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by stelth

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My current retrogaming laptop is a Dell Latitude XPi CD M166st Year: 1996 Processor :Pentium MMX 166 RAM : 32MB HDD : 1.5GB Audio : ESS 1887,ESS 690 wavetable music synthesizer Video controller : NeoMagic 2093 LCD Dimensions (active area) : 800X600 Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184.5 mm (7. …

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Re: can't get full screen in dos games

Posted on 2019-12-14, 23:16

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by stelth

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DosFreak wrote: By not spamming the forum and playing games on hardware that support them? sorry, i did another post because the other one was old and no one answered me

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Re: can't get full screen in dos games

Posted on 2019-12-14, 22:53

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by stelth

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stelth wrote: hi,i have a Toshiba tecra 730x CDT and had a problem with the screen scaling for dos games,i installed VEXP TSR for tecra laptop […] Show full quote hi,i have a Toshiba tecra 730x CDT and had a problem with the screen scaling for dos games,i installed VEXP TSR for tecra laptops but …

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can't get full screen in dos games

Posted on 2019-12-14, 21:47

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by stelth

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hi,i have a Toshiba tecra 730x CDT and had a problem with the screen scaling for dos games,i installed VEXP TSR for tecra laptops but the screen doesn't scale a lot,how can i fix it?

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Re: DOS Full-Screen Problem with Toshiba Tecra

Posted on 2019-12-14, 20:47

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by stelth

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hi i have a toshiba tecra with 12.1 screen,but when i try to play quake (320x resolution) it appears like a little square,how can i scale it? thanks UPDATE I installed VEXP TSR and now the full screen feature works fine,but it doesn't scale all my screen,it stills has the black borders,how can i …

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Re: DOS Full-Screen Problem with Toshiba Tecra

Posted on 2019-12-14, 18:43

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by stelth

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hi i have a toshiba tecra with 12.1 screen,but when i try to play quake (320x resolution) it appears like a little square,how can i scale it? thanks UPDATE I installed VEXP TSR and now the full screen feature works fine,but it doesn't scale all my screen,it stills has the black borders,how can i …

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Toshiba CDT OEM files

Posted on 2019-12-13, 17:32

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by stelth

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Hi has someone the toshiba CDT series OEM files? (satellite,tecra whatever) Where can i find them? Thanks

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Re: DOS Audio problem

Posted on 2019-12-12, 07:26

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by stelth

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MAZter wrote: Perfect ISA soundcard, in theory thanks

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Re: DOS Audio problem

Posted on 2019-12-11, 23:04

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by stelth

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stelth wrote: When i try to setup my DOS game Music Audio (Duke Nukem 3D for example) it says " FM Chip not detected", but in Doom 95 the musi […] Show full quote When i try to setup my DOS game Music Audio (Duke Nukem 3D for example) it says " FM Chip not detected", but in Doom 95 the music works …

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