Re: Help identify this video card
Posted on 2023-07-03, 22:57
that's a Voodoo 3 3000 I don't see why it wouldn't work.
Re: TNT2 Ultra faster than Geforce 2MX on Slot A?
Posted on 2023-05-30, 10:40
Oh no the MX 200 would not be an upgraded at all, a lot less memory bandwidth, only case it would be if you had a very slow CPU and low res. maybe I'm misremembering things, but I thought it was a MX200, it was an ASUS V7100 and apparently that doesn't say much as there's been different versions. …
Re: TNT2 Ultra faster than Geforce 2MX on Slot A?
Posted on 2023-05-30, 02:26
I upgraded from a TNT 2 ultra to a GF2 MX 200 MX 400 back in the day and it definitely was a considerable upgrade... I remember how happy I was that a cheap card like that gave me a boost.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2023-05-25, 23:26
ubiq wrote on 2023-05-25, 21:30: Did we all used to pull our desks a foot away from the wall for our CRTs to hang off? I feel like that was a thing. old computer desks also tended to be deeper and more sturdy than nowadays.
Re: How do you run CD games on a real dos computer?
Posted on 2023-04-21, 21:24
ayup only way to get CD audio to work in DOS on images is by using hardware OD emulators afaik as SHSUCD only works with ISO (but that it does well)
Re: Frame Generator
Posted on 2023-03-31, 13:11
the games already generate frames - problem solved.
Re: VGA Capture Thread
Posted on 2023-03-11, 15:04
for me the H-shift sometimes has a slightly different effect, you need to keep in mind that the extron is doing the shift in the signal, while VCS is doing it after the capture so there may be phase differences depending on where the active part of the signal moves, so moving in VCS doesn't change …
Re: VGA Capture Thread
Posted on 2023-03-11, 10:17
you can try playing around with the H-shift on the extron and play with the phase in VCS until you get it just right changing the width will always result in a soft image at one part as the sampling itself is off.
Re: VGA Capture Thread
Posted on 2023-03-09, 23:30
800 width is normal for 640x480, you gotta take into account that the "width" in that case is the sampling of the entire VGA signal line, not the output resolution of the PC itself, if it's missing pixels in the width that should be solvable just by horizontal position in VCS, if that doesn't help …
Re: VGA Capture Thread
Posted on 2023-03-07, 15:52
you can usually find those cables for cheap used as "nobody" needs them anymore ^^
Re: VGA Capture Thread
Posted on 2023-03-07, 15:47
the buffered local monitor ouput is just that, it just hands through the signal from the input in case you also want to view it on a monitor, you need to use the RGB output via a BNC to VGA cable for capture yes.
Re: VGA Capture Thread
Posted on 2023-03-01, 13:55
I also had the issue in windows and even 800x600 (though to a lesser degree) but yeah, as I wrote in my original post I'm using a 160xi, though it doesn't really matter as long as it has ADSP though I have others too, 109xi should work just fine. the 200Rxi is an older series iirc but yeah I get why …
Re: VGA Capture Thread
Posted on 2023-03-01, 03:22
the adsp makes it so the datapath card locks onto the signal correctly, while it's possible to shift the image on some of the extron interfaces that's not really necessary, you can just position it correctly in VCS using the interface.
Re: VGA Capture Thread
Posted on 2023-03-01, 02:10
Checked other messages in this thread again, and seems like I am not the only one: I don't remember if I ever posted my solution in here but it's rather straightforward. I just use an Extron RGB interface with "ADSP" in the capture chain, that fixes the sync issue. https://www.extron.com/article/ …
Re: Gatekeeping in the retro hobby
Posted on 2023-01-21, 12:25
Anyway, perhaps that's part of my problem. I'll try to double check next time before opening a thread. I don't think you did anything wrong here at all, there's always just those few that can't restrain themselves and try to ruin it for everyone else, which just goes on to drive home the point of …
Re: Gatekeeping in the retro hobby
Posted on 2023-01-20, 22:23
you know you can put multiple quotes in a single reply right? stop hoarding all the posts for yourself :p The stuff I got rid of I just dumped in the electronics container at the nearest recycling plant, selling wasn't on my mind (too much hassle). Maybe someone else picked up a few items, I don't …
Re: Gatekeeping in the retro hobby
Posted on 2023-01-20, 22:06
In some way or another, we're as vintage or obsolete as the systems in our hobby. ;) So maybe, as the years go by, our level of "compatibility" to the outside world is affected, too? 🤷♂️ As an observer, it seems to me as if people/users had been changed in personality over the last ~17 years. Back …
Re: Gatekeeping in the retro hobby
Posted on 2023-01-19, 11:16
Anders- wrote on 2023-01-19, 10:48: My point of view is that hoarding is most certainly not "for the good of mankind", but rather us grabbing all the stuff we can for personal enjoyment - if that means keeping things out of the hands from others, so be it. first and foremost it keeps things out of …
Re: Gatekeeping in the retro hobby
Posted on 2023-01-19, 09:48
And tips have been shared a LOT here including where to find stuff cheaper. Unfortunately these sources will eventually run out. Same thing with people selling off their collections. ^this... also the argument is kinda weird to come from a person that apparently deleted almost all of their old …
Re: Gatekeeping in the retro hobby
Posted on 2023-01-19, 00:19
I don't think there's any gate keeping in retro, just people making snarky comments trying to feel superior over others. (and I don't mean the sarcasm and jokes ^^) I guess a lot of people spend money to feel superior, it's the classic trope of having to have a better house, a better car than your …
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