Re: Why do people like FPS games so much ?

Posted on 2019-05-29, 09:14

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by chinny22

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Then came Quake and I hated the clunky polygon models, unable to appreciate how much more versatile a true 3D engine was compared to the 2.5D Same with me. I saw it as a step back rather then forward. Think of the big movies round the same period. Arnie, Stallone, etc taking on the world single …

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Re: The smelly PSU problem

Posted on 2019-05-28, 16:27

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by chinny22

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How about washing it with vinegar, followed by water, followed by drying in the sun? Should be fine but the big benefit of IPA is it evaporates quicker. I'd feel safer with IPA. I would do the smoke test with hardware I didn't care about just to be safe as well. PS I open my PSU's somewhat often to …

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Re: Pci 2.1 Sound card w/ front panel audio header

Posted on 2019-05-28, 15:48

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by chinny22

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AceTomato wrote: Did they exist in the early 2000s? Nope. Some OEM's had started offering front connectors but wasn't a standard so not only were you stuck with the case but the soundcard as well/ This will work for SB Live! and up http://audigy2zshowto.blogspot.com/

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2019-05-28, 15:12

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by chinny22

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Ah that'll be it. The onboard E200i only supports 128MB. You can see it's battery in the slot right at the bottom of the motherboard marked with 01/07 Rev 1 I'm guessing the card is a Smart Array P400 or P800 which will give faster I/O but doubt even the onboard will be a bottleneck on a home …

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Re: Please help me find purpose for this laptop :)

Posted on 2019-05-28, 09:41

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by chinny22

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I've got 2 "useless" laptops that have to represent "useless OS's" that I personally would never install on a dedicated PC build In my case a Win98 FE and WinME. So I'd go with Win2000. I'm assuming you'll still want a "proper" Win98 and WinXP PC, so this'll make a nice little machine you can test …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2019-05-28, 08:28

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by chinny22

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ML350 indeed! Already switched to onboard because I followed the diagrams inside the case and it appeared redundant not to! Drive trays were gone so I slid a spare sata drive in loose just to test it out and it runs nice. What was the add on card? I'm assuming must off been some reason for it? more …

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Re: Windows XP Activation

Posted on 2019-05-23, 23:59

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by chinny22

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Seems like someone forgot to tell Microsoft They still don't support it. They had to do it in this instance, but only because it's really huge exploit and a lot ot ATMs are still using WinXP. Who's fault is that? I'm not complaining, We have a few XP/2003 PC's running industrial machines still …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2019-05-23, 23:46

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by chinny22

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Got these off freecycle last weekend https://i.postimg.cc/kG7qWt5x/Gumtree.jpg The post just said 3 working computers, hard drives removed. It was the beige dell that got my attention but the pic in the post wasn't clear enough to work out model numbers. So what did I get? Dell Inspiron 530s …

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Re: Strange ZIP drive (Guest.exe) behaviour

Posted on 2019-05-23, 23:03

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by chinny22

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Maybe your version of guest needs dos 7 for whatever reason. few different versions here http://oldcomputer.info/media/zip/index.htm I use v6.0 on my 486 with 6.22, but it's the parallel drive

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Re: Doom on Small Hardware

Posted on 2019-05-23, 22:57

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by chinny22

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yep just networking, nothing else

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Re: ATI 3D Rage II "upgrade" for Win98?

Posted on 2019-05-23, 22:37

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by chinny22

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Why would you think ATI was superior? ATI had already been around for years before 3dfx but it was 3dfx that had the first with a popular/widely supported 3d card. It's not to say ATI, S3 and other big companies of the day weren't trying mind. 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/ …

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Re: Upgraded Asus P2B-D with 133MHz FSB

Posted on 2019-05-23, 22:28

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by chinny22

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And here is my Rev 1.03 board stuck at ‎Katmai's Wanna swap 😉

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Re: Doom on Small Hardware

Posted on 2019-05-23, 22:18

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by chinny22

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$105.99! no need for anything that advanced! As you said, the decider is if you can find dos driver for the network card. If you wanted to keep to real hardware, couple of cheap thin clients or even laptops would do the job. oh and I had a great idea, get a 4th and have that show the map the entire …

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Re: Windows XP Activation

Posted on 2019-05-23, 21:55

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by chinny22

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The Serpent Rider wrote: But since Microsoft does not support it Seems like someone forgot to tell Microsoft, they released another patch just last week. https://www.howtogeek.com/414804/still-on-win … y-or-get-wormed

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Re: Your (feasible) dream retro PC(s).. do you have them?

Posted on 2019-05-23, 21:42

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by chinny22

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I'm into Mid 90's dos till around GTA San Andreas so with that in mind. My Dual Slot 1, voodoo 2 SLI, GFti4600, Audigy 2 ZS and AWE64 This play's 99.9% of my dos games and all my Win9x games. The Dual cpu is just for extra kicks. dream would be dual 1Ghz but M/B maxes out at 600Mhz which is fine …

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Re: When a Twenty Year old Sound Card makes it Retro

Posted on 2019-05-22, 10:13

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by chinny22

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Welcome, While no one will say that running dos on such a modern system is the best solution it does bring a certain type of joy and it still feels more um? authentic? then running dosbox

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Re: Need help deciding if this laptop is worth it.

Posted on 2019-05-22, 10:07

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by chinny22

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Is this off ebay? "Parts only" means the seller doesn't have to accept returns. Technically used the buyer is always entitled to return the item. It's a gamble. but the fact its got a screen and not as integrated as more modern laptops will mean swapping parts will be easier. BUT then it is a laptop …

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Re: Duel Pentium Pro build

Posted on 2019-05-22, 09:43

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by chinny22

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Ok, so I think I may have to EXPLAIN my joke. Do you get the joke now? Duelling Pentiums.... fighting each other? Of course you don't think it's funny. I had to explain it. Every time you have to explain a joke, it's no longer funny. You got a 1/2 laugh 1/2 groan (at myself) out of me, does that …

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Re: Scored an industrial PC with ISA

Posted on 2019-05-21, 12:07

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by chinny22

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I'd happily swap it for some of what lives in your garage, if only the Atlantic wasn't in the way! I'm liking the idea of mounting it on a wall or under the desk or something but it's not light so will need something solid to mount on

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Re: Dell Dimension XPS T500 / Optiplex 390 Hybrid

Posted on 2019-05-21, 11:56

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by chinny22

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Can you take the front panel and connect it up the the pins and just leave the panel inside the case just to shut it up? I like it though, gives a different meaning to a sleeper build

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