Re: How far back do you go?

Posted on 2012-04-26, 02:14

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Right now I only go as far back as 486s simply because that's what I have. On the PC front I probably wouldn't go further back than a 386, just because I haven't found enough that justifies needing a slower machine. For other computer hardware, I'd like to go back but simply can't afford anything …

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Re: freeware paint/image editing program? (like jasc paintshop pro)

Posted on 2012-04-16, 15:03

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PSP8 was a lot different, but PSP9 went back to being more like PSP7. I used PSP7 for a few years and upgraded to 9 and I definitely like 9 better. (I picked up a copy of PSPX recently, though, and it's almost identical to PSP9 but doesn't make Windows 7 fall back to Windows 7 Basic every time I run …

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Re: Ensoniq Soundscape S-2000

Posted on 2012-04-06, 15:09

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by MrKsoft

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That's not an S-2000, it's the Opus. Check this picture from Wikipedia, it looks identical to me. The S-2000 is a full-length card anyway, much longer than the Opus.

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Re: Technically impressive FM synth music

Posted on 2012-04-01, 16:56

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I found this song on Youtube a while back: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWuDp6z3nHo. Simply amazing! As far as I know it was done in Adlib Tracker 2, but unfortunately the composer doesn't seem to have released a file so we can play it on our own cards.

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Re: Trying to find software for Mac similar to two apps I used on PC

Posted on 2012-04-01, 14:46

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I don't know how long the feature has been around, but VLC currently has FluidSynth integrated so it can play back MIDIs with Soundfonts. While they still have a PPC version, it looks like it only supports 10.5. However I bet if you went back to whatever the last version for 10.4 was it would still …

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Re: NEC XR385

Posted on 2012-02-16, 03:56

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Alright. As long as it's not a problem with the DB. I'm not really in a position to pick up anything else right now (as I said, college student, yadda yadda-- only stretched out my money and bought the XR385 when I did because I had a weird gut feeling that they'd be gone soon) but as soon as I can …

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Re: NEC XR385

Posted on 2012-02-16, 01:35

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Thought I would bump this topic with an update. I got my XR385 today (from double-fish1981) and took some pictures of the packaging so that others know what they're getting into. I've put them into an album here: http://imgur.com/a/tQh0B Luckily, I didn't get a DOA one! Board is working well and …

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Re: hub or switch?

Posted on 2012-02-11, 02:31

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I've been working forever with a plain old hub and it's been working fine. On the other hand, everyone tells me I should never do that. I just received a nice 16 port switch from a friend, though-- but I haven't hooked it into the network yet.

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Re: The All-amazing super-de-douper SuperPi thread!

Posted on 2012-01-24, 01:53

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New result. Intel Advanced/ATX (430FX), Pentium 133mhz, 64MB EDO, Windows NT 3.51 SP5. 16m 23.153s. Ok, my 960T wanted a shot at the title for just a minute till a intel setup comes in here and crushes it ;) My X4 960T / Asus M3A78-T (NB:790GX/SB:750) / 8GB DDR2 1066 @ 800 First at stock 3.0GHz: 23. …

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Re: The All-amazing super-de-douper SuperPi thread!

Posted on 2012-01-23, 15:11

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Just for kicks I tested my laptop (MacBook Pro Early 2011: Core i7-2720QM 2.2Ghz, 8GB DDR3, Win7 BootCamp). 12.854s. :P Going to try my other two machines, a P133 and an Athlon 64 3500+ I have here in a bit. edit: HP Pavilion a1130n, MSI MS-7093 motherboard, Athlon 64 3500+ 2.2Ghz, 1.5GB DDR1, XP …

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Re: NEC XR385

Posted on 2012-01-22, 15:23

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I just ordered one yesterday. I figure that there isn't really any other way to get these so a risk has to be taken. I'll report back on the packaging when it arrives (of course that will be a good long while)

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Re: Microsoft releases Windows Defender Offline beta

Posted on 2012-01-19, 19:24

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You could use DBAN to overwrite the whole drive with 0's.

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Re: ATi Radeon Thrill Thread

Posted on 2011-12-22, 04:38

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My first ever video card upgrade was to a Radeon 7500 (64MB, AGP) in my Pentium II/450. I remember I was pretty young at the time and I bought this roller coaster building game, and because the Riva TNT card that came with the PC was old and didn't have DX8 support, the menu came up completely blank …

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Re: Mac emulator and speed control

Posted on 2011-12-18, 17:56

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Actually it will likely be even faster in Basilisk. The emulation overhead of a PPC vs a 68k is a lot higher, so emulating a PPC Mac is not as fast. Those emulators unfortunately don't have any sort of speed control. You might want to look into MESS's Mac emulation, which is still in its infancy but …

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Packard Bell 486... upgrade questions

Posted on 2011-11-27, 21:51

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I have a Packard Bell Legend 204CD system, which has been in my possession for about ten years. It's a desktop form factor and has a PB450 motherboard with a riser for 3 ISA slots, a 486DX2/66, 4MB of onboard RAM + 4MB on a SIMM, 545MB hard drive, onboard Cirrus Logic GD5428 graphics, and a pretty …

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Re: DIfferences between NT 4.0 and NT 3.51

Posted on 2011-11-19, 16:01

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Up to Office 97 works on NT 3.51, and that was completely intended. Lots of early 32-bit stuff will work as long as it doesn't use things like DirectX. Heck... even up to Firefox 2.0 will run! This page has some good info on NT 3.51 and has some extra stuff to update it / improve compatibiliity: …

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Re: A suitable antivirus for a 512MB RAM machine

Posted on 2011-11-08, 23:01

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MSE usually is the answer for low-resource antivirus, but I have noticed that once in a while it will do this and eat ridiculous amounts of memory. For some reason it'll do that for a week or so and then stop completely... not that that is acceptable or anything.

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Re: what is your computer "plan"

Posted on 2011-10-26, 22:47

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I already mostly have the PCs I need/want, although I'd still like to do two builds: a 486 build and a dual P3-S 1.4 build. Apart from that, I find myself wanting to invest in more obscure/exotic hardware instead of just generic PCs.

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Re: Fastest emulators period

Posted on 2011-10-19, 16:35

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There was this old Sega Master System / Game Gear emulator called Massage that I remember worked really well on a 486DX2-66. It's certainly faster than Meka anyway (which frameskips on a P133)

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Re: Win16/DOSBox?

Posted on 2011-10-06, 22:46

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It works in DOSBox, but anything that needs SHARE.EXE (Office comes to mind as well as anything using Win32s) isn't going to work. I find that pretty disappointing because it's ALMOST the perfect replacement for an old PC. Virtual PC works, but the SB16 OPL emulation is absolutely atrocious (a real …

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