Re: Good looking CD / DVD drive

Posted on 2021-04-14, 18:54

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by Joakim

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imi wrote on 2021-04-12, 21:50: Pioneer Slot-In :p Aye I had one back then. It was friggin loud as a vacuum cleaner tho. Maybe you could modify it or turn down the speed slightly. But I used it a lot and it read all disks.

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Re: Running Nox on retro machine

Posted on 2021-04-13, 18:44

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So I did some more digging and saw that you can run either Nox.exe (very small exe) or game.exe (large exe). Nox.exe gives me about the same performance as running with the sound blaster turned off. According to some forum post I read it seems to be the other way around sometimes, maybe for newer …

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Re: Bought an unknow computer

Posted on 2021-04-13, 18:28

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XP is the last OS to support DirectSound3d/EAX That's a big plus in my book. 9x games have a better chance of working in XP (or a 32bit OS in general) and with hardware far exceeding the games requirements you can turn on AA, AF, etc. XP rigs still lack that nostalgia kick, but mine is probably the …

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Re: Running Nox on retro machine

Posted on 2021-04-11, 21:19

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I disabled my sound card, and the permformance increase was enormous. I could run the game in 800x600 with the highest setting and still get roughly the same performance than I did with sound on. I am not sure if this is normal or if my Sound Blaster 16 Pnp (ISA) is crap or if it just needs new …

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Re: Running Nox on retro machine

Posted on 2021-04-10, 18:56

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by Joakim

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It is probably a cpu intensive game as there is no 3d acceleration going on. It might also run better on a Pentium than AMD but I have no way to invesitgate. Changed it to 8 bit mode and get maybe 20 fps. Kind of playable.

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Running Nox on retro machine

Posted on 2021-04-10, 16:00

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by Joakim

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Hi One of the games from my childhood that I remember was Nox. I saw it on gog.com for 4-5 bucks so I bought it. I installed it on my Surface pro (windows 10). I saw that Phil had some guide describing how to get gog-games to work but I just went ahead and copied all the game files to my windows 98 …

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Re: Bought an unknow computer

Posted on 2021-04-09, 19:32

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Ok. I guess that more games will be affected in time. I loved splinter cell 1, and never finished it for some reason.. I wonder if I have something that can run it... 😉

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Re: Bought an unknow computer

Posted on 2021-04-09, 17:32

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I'm curious, what is the point of a retro XP PC (except for being totally awesome). Are there many games that run better on XP? 🤔

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Bought an unknow computer

Posted on 2021-04-09, 12:36

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So I was browsing an action site and happened to buy an unknown computer. there was a picture of the back and I saw a sound card and something that I thought was a TV input card, so I guessed that it was something from the P3/P4 era. Because of the seperate sound card I also thought it could be …

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Re: Looking for an old computer game

Posted on 2021-04-08, 19:43

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I guess I spent a few hours on my old Cyrix 133 HHz playing that game. It was probably also just a demo or shareware version but that did not really matter back then. 😀

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Re: Your saddest retro computer pictures, a feel bad topic

Posted on 2021-04-08, 19:41

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I guess people harvest CPUs for gold and try to sell the rest as jewlry, as I also saw some other ad selling similar CPUs for harvesting.

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Re: Looking for an old computer game

Posted on 2021-04-07, 18:25

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The game is freeware; the original DOS version is available here , and there's a free Windows port too . Yeah I found the DOS version, thanks. Sound is not working in windows 98SE even though settings are ok and I fooled the game into thinking it is in DOS. I'm still waiting for some adapters to …

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Re: Looking for an old computer game

Posted on 2021-04-07, 17:58

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MrFlibble wrote on 2021-04-07, 17:34: PowBall? Yes! Thats the one! I've been looking for it for years to be honest! Thanks a bunch! 😀

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Looking for an old computer game

Posted on 2021-04-07, 16:58

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I'm looking for an old arkanoid clone where in between levels you transformed into a space ship dodging astroids. It was on pc around the era 1990-1995 maybe. Anyone has a clue?

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Your saddest retro computer pictures, a feel bad topic

Posted on 2021-04-07, 16:08

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I found this very sad ad on eBay when browsing for an upgrade. Filename Screenshot_20210407-165833.jpg File size 197.12 KiB Views 1748 views Can you match it with something more sad?

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Re: Lord Of The Rings

Posted on 2021-04-07, 08:29

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And the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling goes to... Filename lotr.png File size 380.11 KiB Views 460 views

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Re: My build and hello world

Posted on 2021-04-06, 12:52

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by Joakim

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I loved the HD sound too, it felt at home... until I started researching DOS-era sound cards when I needed undisturbed silence. That's when I switched to Flash. With almost no fan sound (Pentium 90 doesn't need one, and the PSU ones tend to be very quiet), I am starting to understand the different …

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Re: My build and hello world

Posted on 2021-04-06, 12:46

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Welcome to the world of Windows 98 computing Joakim. I'm the same, I only started tinkering a month or so ago but and am gradually getting the hang of old computers again. Just try and stay off eBay, it's very compulsive 😁. Yeah I'm on a Swedish site similar to ebay too often looking for deals. …

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Re: My build and hello world

Posted on 2021-04-06, 09:38

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Cool I got the motheeboard cou and ram for 75 $ or something labeled socket 7 prolly seller did not know what it was. Neither did I really it seems so I am considering myself lucky indeed! I read somewhere the board might take 1gb of ram which is silly. I might go with 256 or something like that if …

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Re: My build and hello world

Posted on 2021-04-06, 04:36

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I agree that matrix g400 is maybe not optimal. It's mostly because it was a good deal and for Lols). Also it seems that I did not get the g400 max but s g400 dual head. I could have swore I checked a table with the revision number corresponding to g400 max.. but oh well it was 15 $ so I guess it's …

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