Re: Best DOS, Windows 3.1, and Windows 95 apps and games

Posted on 2013-01-23, 23:50

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by tincup

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or visit Home of the Underdogs. I think they have their copyright credentials in line... Everything organized by category with screens and decent reviews. Great site.

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Re: Is this the "hanging note bug" or something else?

Posted on 2013-01-23, 14:52

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by tincup

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hmmm... at 02/07/13 I only hear what sounds like short *sustained* chords of the pseudo guitar/organ vibrato - and it almost sounds intentional? I had thought the hanging note was a single unbroken high note, not a sustained chord effect. 🤣.. Maybe I can't hear the high-pitch?

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Re: Is this the "hanging note bug" or something else?

Posted on 2013-01-23, 05:10

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by tincup

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I'm curious too. I don't think I've ever actually heard it either - or at least I'm not sure if I have. I have an XR385 hooked up to a CT1750, but it's DSP 4.05 and I'm not sure if it has the bug to begin with. EDIT: DSP=4.05, not 1.04 😖

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Re: Computer-use pet peeves

Posted on 2013-01-21, 06:28

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by tincup

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Mau, I agree totally. 60fps is the base level for real response, much less is not too good. Fooling the eye is not the point, it's response at the joystick/wheel etc that counts, and that takes more than 30fps... Anyone that has played Grand Prix Legends above 60 fps knows what I'm talking about... …

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Re: Hardware that makes you drool - Your wish list

Posted on 2013-01-21, 06:10

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by tincup

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The "Brick" rules. What else would you want?

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Re: Retro Rig Project - Voodoo Rocket

Posted on 2013-01-20, 02:06

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by tincup

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cool.

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Re: When is an upgrade not an upgrade?

Posted on 2013-01-20, 01:56

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by tincup

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For instance, tincup, did you stayed with the same chipset? The chipset did change when I upgraded motherboard; 79xx series to the 990FX. No game changer but it supports my incremental cpu/ram/sata/usb/ssd upgrades better, and i won't need to think about that part for a good while i hope... As I …

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Re: When is an upgrade not an upgrade?

Posted on 2013-01-19, 17:48

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by tincup

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I recently upgraded a motherboard to get USB3, SATA3 and 2 Pcie slots @16. I considered it an "upgrade", at least in the sense of my previous comments about logs and naming conventions.

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Re: Computer-use pet peeves

Posted on 2013-01-19, 00:48

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by tincup

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Computer-user pet peeve? Users using an Apple;) But seriously, it's people who type most ACAD commands!

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Re: what hardware were you using in 1999?

Posted on 2013-01-19, 00:36

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by tincup

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OCZ Vertex 4 with 2 partitions which I keep at less than 50% capacity each: almost 4 months in and no problems to report.

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Re: When is an upgrade not an upgrade?

Posted on 2013-01-18, 23:11

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by tincup

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Now that we're talking about it I guess I do think of the the OS and GPU as the brain and soul of a rig. The other parts constitute the "mortal coil" - attributes that can be manipulated without altering the essential character of the machine. A sort of dualist conception of the computer I suppose. …

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Re: When is an upgrade not an upgrade?

Posted on 2013-01-18, 22:33

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by tincup

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Let's see. I keep a tech log for my various PC builds, noting hardware/software/configuration/tweaks and dated service entries. Generally I change to a new log when I either change the OS or graphic card of a machine, since those 2 parts have the greatest impact on what is essentially a gaming …

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Re: what hardware were you using in 1999?

Posted on 2013-01-18, 21:52

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by tincup

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I just popped for a 2TB Seagate as my 1TB + 640gb drives are getting uncomfortably full. I moved the OS and select games to a 256gb SSD [OCZ V4] a few months ago. What a game changer - I'm wondering if the new Seagate will be the last IDE drive I get...

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Re: Aureal A3D _3.0_, SQ3500?? also, which A3D card is best?

Posted on 2013-01-18, 06:49

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by tincup

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I meant I replaced it back in the olden days, not now. With a 1.4 Tualatin I'm not worried... MX300 is a nice card.

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Re: what hardware were you using in 1999?

Posted on 2013-01-18, 06:09

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by tincup

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PowerPie5000 wrote: I notice a couple of people mentioning 80GB and 120GB hdd's... I honestly don't remember seeing them that big in 1999? I I agree that would have been mega back then. I pieced together 10gb along with a few other drives, 3.1, 2.1 etc., Who rocked a 120gb in 1999? Step forward...

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Re: Aureal A3D _3.0_, SQ3500?? also, which A3D card is best?

Posted on 2013-01-17, 21:11

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by tincup

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I have a MX300 in my Tualatin 1.4/V5500 rig using the v10101bw driver set. Runs nicely. I bought it back in the day but decided to replace it with another card after I read how many cpu cycles it hogged as compared to other cards [Turtle Beach Montego, and SBLive! principally]. But now that I'm …

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Re: Black cases, when did they become mainstream?

Posted on 2013-01-17, 02:55

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by tincup

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... I miss brightness and contrast knobs...

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Re: Progress Thread - Building a Retro Gaming Time Machine - YouTube Video

Posted on 2013-01-16, 14:46

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by tincup

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Made a discovery today. The 3.5 Multi on Socket 7 boards is 1.5. So I now have my Pentiums running at 100MHz (as slow as it gets). Less is more in this case :D interesting - I recently 'upgraded' my AN430TX rig from P200 to P233, and discovered the 233 interprets the multis differently than the 200 …

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Re: Progress Thread - Building a Retro Gaming Time Machine - YouTube Video

Posted on 2013-01-16, 02:47

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by tincup

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And the other thing is that most games run quite well on newer XP machines without all the headache. ...well there you go. But if you can't easily get an old game to run smoothly on an new rig [XP/7/8] building a box is usually the most straightforward solution, if you have the parts. Once you've …

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Re: Progress Thread - Building a Retro Gaming Time Machine - YouTube Video

Posted on 2013-01-13, 22:36

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by tincup

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Mau1wurf1977 wrote: .. Yes the Radeon 7000 had no issues..... I rode a Radeon 9700pro 2001-2005 until trying out and liking the nV 7800GTs. But always liked the Radeon line and went back to them after the 2x 7800GT SLI ran it's course.

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