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Re: Windows 3.11 vs. Windows 95

Posted on 2020-05-20, 11:56

How's driver management in 3.11? I think it's good. but I only think that way because it's simple/limited depending on your view. I think the same. Windows 3.1x was such a friendly little environment. In essence, you only had to restore some backups of the *.ini files if something went wrong. I do …

Re: Windows 3.11 vs. Windows 95

Posted on 2020-05-12, 10:43

^ Back in the early to mid-90s, I knew about online services such as CompuServe, AOL, X.25 networks/databases and others (Minitel etc) but not the Internet.. However, I heard about E-mail, which could travel between all these online services and "nets" (Fidonet etc) freely. Awesome! If memory serves …

Re: Windows 3.11 vs. Windows 95

Posted on 2020-05-12, 04:58

Win 95 RTM is such a different beast from OSR 2.5 Build 950C that it's totally worth having both in your collection. If you find a cheap RTM copy, by all means, grab it. I think the same. Back in time, however, we had no other chance but the RTM version. That was the only version available as a …

Re: "Best" sound card for an old ATARI 286 PC?

Posted on 2020-05-12, 04:39

in Marvin \ Sound
A MediaVision Thunderboard will do fine with Ablib and SB stuff. Had one in my original 286/16 clone. I second that. I've got both a Thunderboard and a Protak clone here. Though the FM/PCM balance is a bit off, which might result in a not so perfect experience for those (few ?) games that use both …

Re: PowerDVD vs WinDVD for Win9x/ME

Posted on 2020-05-12, 04:30

I also started with PowerDVD XP (WinDVD never worked for me, not sure why).. However, I quickly updated and bought myself a copy of PowerDVD 6 Deluxe (released ca. 'o4 or' 06). That version served me well into the 2010s and had awesome deinterlacers built-in (could also use the GPU's deinterlacing …

Re: "Best" sound card for an old ATARI 286 PC?

Posted on 2020-05-11, 21:05

in Marvin \ Sound
But my question for this topic is... What would be the "best" sound card for the ATARI 286? Not sure. Back in the 90s I had a PAS16 and was quite satisfied with that one. - Usability -> Sound Blaster 16 are cheap but do they still work in a 286 based system? Sure they do., the 286 has a true 16-Bit …

Re: Best CGA & Hercules games

Posted on 2020-05-11, 19:45

This thread made me think about this old YouTube video of Flight Simulator 4.0 running on a 700 MHz Pentium III machine with a Hercules Graphics Card clone, connected to an IBM 5151 monochrome monitor. It runs incredibly fluently, with the monitor hardly able to keep up, due to the phosphor-induced …

Re: Voodoo 3 3000 - is 15kHz RGB possible?

Posted on 2020-05-07, 07:39

in Marvin \ Video
Games that supported EGA were clearly intended to be scanned out at 15kHz on a real CGA/EGA monitor. Just so happened that they were forward compatible to VGA as well Hi, but wasn't EGA 21,8 KHz normally (vertical) ? :confused: Or I'm missing something and it's just about CGA compatible "modes" …

Re: Romanian Retro Pc

Posted on 2020-05-07, 07:29

Speaking of Win Me, there's a new LGR episode covering it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaNDeyYP98A Also, if you like to read more about Me, have a look at this older Vogons thread..: Windows Me - "Misunderstood Edition"

Re: Windows 1.0

Posted on 2020-05-03, 10:24

in PC Emulation
+1 Also interesting: http://www.seasip.info/DOS/Win1/vga.html "This utility patches the Windows 1.x EGA driver to make it work at VGA (640×480) and VESA (800×600) resolutions."

Re: 19" 5:4 vs 20" 4:3 -- which LCD would you choose?

Posted on 2020-05-03, 10:20

in Marvin \ Video
I have more problems with 10-15 years old LCDs then 25-30 years old CRTs. I second that. In most case, it's the CCFL background light that fails.. Years ago (2000s ?), if memory serves, two or three LCD/TFT monitors that I had died after two years of use each. LED LCDs might be more durable here. I …

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