Re: very good reason why packard bells sucked
Posted on 2008-12-07, 15:32
you will soon learn that most oem computers typically bundle with useless swag on it try judging a computer after formatting it rather
Re: Junk
Posted on 2008-12-05, 14:35
Another weird thing is that there's a Sep 98 BIOS update for this thing and there's no tools to flash it with. 🙁
Re: Do DOS games have Music?
Posted on 2008-12-05, 14:14
I own and have played Bard's Tale on a real DOS machine in 1990 and I can confirm there is no sound whatsoever other than the music in the tavern. Some console versions add in-game music to alleviate the emptiness of the original computer game, famous example being Maniac Mansion for the NES.
Re: Junk
Posted on 2008-12-05, 14:05
Because it has 3 PCI slots and 4 72pin SIMM slots, and I have two of them already, though the unused, older, green one has questionable mold and rust around the stuff around the CPU socket. And none of this was ebay'd. This costed $80 in 1996 😀
Re: Junk
Posted on 2008-12-05, 13:40
Moogle! wrote: You also may not have the right module. Tell me when the 512KB VIP cache modules will release. Moogle! wrote: There is a fix for this that involves cutting a trace for a resistor that's supposed to be effective. i'm not cutting anything.
Re: Junk
Posted on 2008-12-04, 21:17
hi i'm trying to nail out the serial port issue it 'works', but the mouse jumps all over the place and i've tried 3 different mice and two different serial ports. 😒
Re: Speed wise, what CPU "sits in between" a 486DX4 and the slowest Pentium II?
Posted on 2008-12-04, 19:37
Quake performances, my own test timerefresh AM5x86-133 @ 120MHz - 8fps AM5x86-133 @ 160MHz - 11fps Pentium 100MHz - 21fps Pentium 166MHz - 24fps Pentium II 233MHz - 57fps You decide which is in the middle 😀
Re: What should I do with this?
Posted on 2008-12-04, 19:34
wing commander
Re: Speed wise, what CPU "sits in between" a 486DX4 and the slowest Pentium II?
Posted on 2008-12-04, 18:41
K5's have sucky floating point though. My 'in the middle' would be the Pentium 100-166MHz range. (200MHz seems significantly speedier) Also comfortably in the middle is the K6 233, which is nowhere near P2 233 performance in my experience.
Re: Link for views on old hardware
Posted on 2008-12-04, 18:40
So do I! I have two!!!
Re: Opti
Posted on 2008-12-04, 14:56
Yep
Re: Best CD-ROM drive speed for DOS PCs?
Posted on 2008-12-04, 14:09
You could, but it's your ide chain tangle adventure 😀
Re: Old Pentium motherboard recommendation
Posted on 2008-12-04, 14:07
You can buy Pentium MMX 150mhz cpus that aren't laptop bound!? I use a Socket 7 i430TX for my Pentium / Cyrix6x86 80mhz rig.
Re: Glide and A3D
Posted on 2008-12-02, 04:39
In Diablo 2's case, 3d cards at the time had slow texture caching/upload for Direct3D and voodoo hardware was still popular to use in 2000, plus there's the fact that Diablo 2 was in development since 1997 so Glide technology adoption was quite early and more mature than their own whatever-late-in- …
Re: Terratec DMX6 - any thoughts?
Posted on 2008-12-01, 23:33
Silent Loon wrote: Analog Devices 1816 chip Ewww those have horrible clipping, pitch and static noise issues 🙁
Re: DOSBOX ON PLAYSTATION 2!
Posted on 2008-11-30, 12:56
pointing out there that there is not x86 playstation 2! (doesn't exist) if it ever arrives on the ps2, don't expect to play Quake and Blood on it
Re: very slow with high graphics settings
Posted on 2008-11-28, 14:13
Re: No sound in GLQuake
Posted on 2008-11-28, 14:12
Re: PowerVR PCX2
Posted on 2008-11-25, 14:35
Hmm, that's weird because KHG dropped support for it too (in a patch) before the neon250 was released, ditto for Unreal as well I think. Interesting screenshots of Quake3 using the Half-Life MiniGL driver (1.0.2.1 is the only one that works) http://leileilol.mancubus.net/powervr/pcx2/shot0003.jpg …
Re: PowerVR PCX2
Posted on 2008-11-23, 06:17
Updated list slightly. Seems GLDirect 1.0x is the only version that could barely work with PCX2 (2.x later don't)
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