Re: Advice on a 486 Build

Posted on 2009-12-13, 05:04

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bushwack wrote: Svenne wrote: MS-DOS 7.1 is another alternative, and it has more extras. I was thinking MS-DOS 7 only came with Win95... That's why I said 7 and not 7.1 😜 Guess I forgot about 7.1, I run 6.22 myself since I have the retail floppies.

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Re: Advice on a 486 Build

Posted on 2009-12-12, 23:46

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Svenne wrote: MS-DOS 7.1 is another alternative, and it has more extras. I was thinking MS-DOS 7 only came with Win95...

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Re: After 14 uninterrupted years of using MS Internet Explorer, I've just changed over to Firefox!

Posted on 2009-12-10, 22:31

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I still remember when Internet Explorer 4.0 was much faster than Netscape Navigator. Mozilla failed in part because of Microsoft's bundling of IE in Windows, but also in part because of the horribly huge piece of bloatware that Navigator was! Regards. I remember IE being so easily hacked back then, …

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Re: Any chance of finding a not-so-good Bioware's Dragon Age review?

Posted on 2009-12-09, 04:30

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We just need to be able to selectively delete our memories so we can enjoy the crap. :) +1 I don't like MMOs. I deleted Mass Effect after a couple hours of play, I can't remember exactly what was the final straw, but I'm thinking it was the game as a whole. I think Fallout 3 is awesome. RPG or not, …

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Re: After 14 uninterrupted years of using MS Internet Explorer, I've just changed over to Firefox!

Posted on 2009-12-09, 04:05

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I haven't used IE since the 90's, before Firefox and Mozilla I was using Netscape. I think my first web browser was embedded into Prodigy, hehe.

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Re: My stuff for sale

Posted on 2009-12-08, 22:59

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I wouldn't say XP games are old games, any new game that comes out is still made to work with the gazillion of copies of XP in mind. Now Win9x/Me is another story.

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which one of you jokers outbid me?

Posted on 2009-12-05, 17:38

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem … =STRK:MEBIDX:IT crazy 😳

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Re: Minor problem with MSI FX5950

Posted on 2009-12-04, 23:06

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The NV blur issue isn't really any different than with many older cards of the '90s that simply weren't designed for high resolutions. With TNT through GF3, 17" monitors were probably the main target and that's typically only 1152x864 75Hz or so. My eyes! MY EYES! I always preferred 1024x768 85hz …

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Re: Minor problem with MSI FX5950

Posted on 2009-12-04, 22:22

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Oh no! :oops: So, it looks like I need to try either a GF3 or GF4. Which one is best? Do any exist without a fan, and also provide a sharp image, not blurry? (I seem to recall a discussion about an early GF card that had a blurry general image quality.) I don't know who started the blurriness GF …

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Re: Minor problem with MSI FX5950

Posted on 2009-12-04, 04:54

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I had a BFG 5900XT die on me too after about a year or two, no idea why. BFG was nice enough to send me 6600GT in it's place, which was much faster.

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Re: Voodoo2 vs. Voodoo3/5

Posted on 2009-12-03, 03:51

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Did anyone here accidentally buy a Voodoo Rush? :) Blurry, slow 2D + gimped Voodoo Graphics all at a nice high price!! I did for someone else but I returned it cause it was sooo buggy and performance was lacking. Told them just to go buy a generic Virge and a Voodoo. I can't remember the blurriness …

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Re: Voodoo2 vs. Voodoo3/5

Posted on 2009-12-03, 00:15

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My brother had an AGP Voodoo Banshee in the 380MHz Athlon/VIA system that he built a year or two after I built my Intel PII-450 + AGP nVidia TNT1 system. It seemed to be a decent card at the time. If you were a gamer on a budget and wanted Glide capability the Banshee was an OK single card Glide …

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Re: Voodoo2 vs. Voodoo3/5

Posted on 2009-12-01, 14:55

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I loved Civ2 back in the day but when 4 came out, seemed like the game played by itself -seemed easy. (maybe cause I played on default :pppt: ) Then sold it right away while it was still worth something. I recently bought Civ3 and just couldn't get into it either. :sad: I was hoping to get that Civ2 …

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Re: 486 system I'm building

Posted on 2009-12-01, 14:49

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That hardware is for a purpose, a purpose that no one here is trying to achieve. People here are using these computers as memories of old fun, to do specific audio editing, play loved games as they where meant to be played. Some are just here to learn. I have to say lots of times I find my old …

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Re: mininova shutdown

Posted on 2009-11-29, 23:20

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Torrents are convenient. Well, nocds are good to keep your original discs in their cases without using them everytime to play. And sometimes iso images are needed when there's no nocd or it has viruses and such. Viruses and such? What does that mean? I've never had a game get a virus over my many …

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Re: mininova shutdown

Posted on 2009-11-28, 17:02

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Yeah, torrents do have their legitimate uses. But what do they have to do with installing a game after a format or no cd cracks. All that can be done without torrents, it's just a small file. Honestly, how many games have you borked over the years? :wink: Well unless you have small children. My son …

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Re: mininova shutdown

Posted on 2009-11-28, 14:24

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I had to search to see just what mininova was, 🤣. I guess once you get older you acquire so much legit crap and have so little time that downloading pirated stuff is kinda pointless.

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Re: PowerVR PCX2

Posted on 2009-11-26, 20:43

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by bushwack

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I have a PowerVR PCX2 in my win95 machine and it's fun to tinker with with other hardware\software from the same era. I also had one in my Win98 rig at one time but gave up due to driver/software issues and performance wise just useless compared to a pair of Voodoo2 cards or a TNT/TNT2 card.

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Re: Windows 7 - which version ?

Posted on 2009-11-26, 20:27

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robertmo wrote: Are there any adventages of windows 7 64-bit over 32-bit apart from using more than 4 GB memory? The 64bit is snappier for the most part.

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Re: Videom memory upgrade

Posted on 2009-11-25, 21:39

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That's one ugly looking mobo. yeah, it looks like crap This is the forth AST PC I own and they all have hardware that looks like shit...but my experience with these machines so far is that they are rock solid and well built Hehe But really, I've never even heard of upgradable mobo videos that took …

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