Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-04-23, 23:53

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Today I've spent hours trying to get SLI running with two Voodoo II's and it just doesn't work. First I had just two of them: A Creative CT6670 and a PowerColor. Both of them work fine individually, but in SLI mode my screen just turns itself off and the computer locks up. On the PowerColor I …

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Re: New sound card project: AWE64 Legacy

Posted on 2020-04-22, 00:21

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I am not volunteering to Beta test because I know there is a Russian guy with more posts than me who knows the significance of the deadline. I just want to say huzzah, please keep me on the quick list to buy though... however if no one else volunteers (fat Chance) you can tap me. I've got an IBM AT, …

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Re: Windows 3.11 vs. Windows 95

Posted on 2020-04-16, 04:07

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Can you not use Setver to fool those programs?

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Re: What sound card do you use on your modern PC ?

Posted on 2020-04-15, 15:22

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Currently running this in my main rig, I've been having some intermitant issues with it not powering on sometimes with a cold boot. I've changed PSUs removed additional cards etc and it still occurs sometimes. It's a great sounding cad but I'm a bit annoyed by the intermitant issue, I've talked with …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-04-02, 13:20

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The biggest problem I had with Divinity: Original Sin was that the combat felt too puzzle-y most of the time. Due to the environmental factors the dev routinely decide to throw encounters that you couldn't defeat without using environmental factors, like electrifying water or setting something on …

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Re: Suggest a beige 5.25" bay device?

Posted on 2020-03-28, 06:32

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by Shagittarius

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You could just burn yourself to create a wound that can symbolize your emotional pain, or as a way to avoid telling loved ones about your feelings. Or maybe just as a really round-a-bout way to charge your cell phone...

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Re: Suggest a beige 5.25" bay device?

Posted on 2020-03-28, 06:04

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PC Cigarette Lighter : https://www.coolerguys.com/products/sunbeam-c … er-for-computer

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-03-27, 23:53

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My first HDD was a 20MB Hard Card (HDD and Controller on the same ISA Card). It cost 200$ or $10 a Meg in im guessing '90 or '91.

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2020-03-20, 15:56

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On my P90 I get : "Fatal Error: Cannot open HWiNFO.PCI" using MS DOS 6.22, maybe this isnt intended to be run with PCI bus? It is. Are you launching the tool from the directory where all files (including HWINFO.PCI) are located? Oops, sorry, my mistake I somehow didnt include that file on my boot …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2020-03-20, 15:45

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On my P90 I get : "Fatal Error: Cannot open HWiNFO.PCI" using MS DOS 6.22, maybe this isnt intended to be run with PCI bus?

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-03-17, 00:33

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kolderman wrote on 2020-03-16, 17:21: Why do people talk about xen as if it's a stand alone game? It's a level ffs. Maybe because it was released totally seperate from Black Mesa? What does it matter to you ffs?

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-03-16, 15:27

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I finished Xen too a little while ago and I think the problem with Xen and most Half Life games is the heavy reliance on puzzles in what is essentially an action game. I think you could pull this off given the correct game design but to me it feels disconnected from all the Half Life games. I know …

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MS-98L9 V2.0 , a new 1151MB with an ISA slot

Posted on 2020-03-16, 02:51

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Just saw this on Tom's and though there may be some interest here for Vintage purposes: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/spectras-new-lga1151-motherboard-1992-pci-slots If it had and AGP slot I would probably be interested, but then it would need compat Win98 drivers too which I'm sure it doesn't. …

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Re: Rounding out the collection..

Posted on 2020-03-12, 03:38

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I never took it apart, I didn't let it smoke all the way down last time, I saw the familiar dimming of the CRT and knew what was coming so I shut it down. I don't know how soon I'm going to get to it but thanks for your offer, I'll probably get back to you at some point.

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Re: Rounding out the collection..

Posted on 2020-03-12, 00:45

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A bit off topic, but hey Shagittarius you ever get your Ibm 5154 back in working order? Unfortunately no, I took it to the only guy around here who would do the work and he tried twice, and charged me twice and each time it gave up magic smoke within 5 minutes of me getting it home. So I've got it …

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Re: Rounding out the collection..

Posted on 2020-03-12, 00:25

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i'm not sure why anyone would need more than 1 retro computer. I think he just wants to...but I find a use for multiple retro machines. I run: IBM 5170 AT (DOS) Pentium 90 (DOS/Win 3.11/Win 98SE) Athlon 3700+ (Windows XP) X3230 (Windows 98SE/XP) X5960 (Windows XP/10) i9900k (Windows 10) That Athlon …

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Re: Rounding out the collection..

Posted on 2020-03-12, 00:15

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The Pentium 90 to me is the Iconic early pentium, I would sub that in for the 120. You are going quite a bit more granular than you need to of course but I imagine that is just what you want to do. If you are just choosing those because you are obsessing over "doubling" the Mhz, may I suggest: IBM …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2020-03-10, 22:11

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Hexen II is a good one but its interface is ancient, you'll need to set the resolution from command line and also add the switch to turn mouse look on permanently, I forget what that is but you should be able to find instructions online.

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Re: I don't understand all the hate for the Nvidia FX series

Posted on 2020-03-10, 17:06

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The 480 was the generational competitor of the HD5800 series, you can't say just because it was late it wasn't the competing generation. If we are comparing cards based on when they were released and not generation then each company will have the lead for about 6 months at a time, but I don't think …

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Re: 42

Posted on 2020-03-10, 04:24

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I'm sorry what was the question?

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