Re: Great collectors of Vogons! What's missing in your collections? :P

Posted on 2015-01-20, 10:44

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- ATI 3D Rage 1 (USA) - is this card that "rare" or collectors just do not care about it? I suppose it is not really sought after because Rage II (c, +, DVD, whatever) based cards should be able to run anything the Rage I does, only faster. And it is probably just difficult to find one among the …

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Re: Not enough Disk Space for drivers

Posted on 2015-01-20, 10:35

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Regarding "not enough disk space": I suppose the big hd is exactly the problem, the calculation in the installer wraps around so the installer "thinks" it doesn't have enough space. In a newer version of Windows I'd use an Application Compatibility Fix for this, don't know what is the best option …

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Re: Has anyone tried mating V3 TV with DVI?

Posted on 2015-01-20, 09:54

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According to http://tdfx.de/ger/abc_05.shtml#dfp (German) the Voodoo3 2000 and 3000 PCI have solder points for a DFP (Digital Flat Panel) connection. DFP is compatible with DVI, you just need a passive adapter, or you could probably just solder the connector. DFP is more limited than DVI, though - …

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Re: Socket 7 build with overclocking

Posted on 2015-01-19, 11:04

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I don't think there is much of a point in overclocking a K6-2, especially nowadays. If you want higher performance with that board, look for a K6-III+. Since the SY-SSM seems to have some FSB setting above 100MHz it might be interesting to use a higher FSB without raising the core clock much, a K6-2 …

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Re: Best AGP 2X (or compatible) 3D cards for an ASUS P5A mobo

Posted on 2015-01-16, 12:34

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According to Gona's list Voodoo3 is not bad for DOS at all, but he didn't test for Terminal Velocity. Do you use a TFT or CRT? TFTs sometimes have trouble with old DOS games and some video cards, see Gona's list. Re Ali-V: I did put a GF2MX in a GA-5AX, ran fine, but I only tried some very light …

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Re: Latest Dumpster Find - 3GHz laptop in mint condition!

Posted on 2015-01-16, 12:22

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Do Throttle Watch or HWiNFO32 tell you anything about thermal throttling?

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Re: Windows 7 died

Posted on 2015-01-14, 12:36

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Come on, there will be five more years of security patches. As much as I'm sorry that XP is not supported any more working for a software company myself I understand that supporting several versions of your product at the same time is a big PITA. The actual problem is that compatibility is not good …

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Re: early 90's rpg suggestions?

Posted on 2015-01-14, 09:40

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Realms of Arkania - Blade of Destiny (and the trilogy). Hardcore stuff. Character generation is a program by itself, and it will take some time to create and assemble them if you think you're old school RPG player (Pre-made characters also available). Need to consult the manual to comply with the …

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Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)

Posted on 2015-01-12, 11:06

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OK, I already understand that Mobygames is supposed to be quite bad in that respect. I'd still try if only as an exercise. Back to my point: Do you guys consider the game debunked? If anybody has Savage hardware and feels the need to test the game with it please PM me.

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Re: Latest Dumpster Find - 3GHz laptop in mint condition!

Posted on 2015-01-12, 05:28

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P4's throttle in hardware when overheating, Athlons don't. (Maybe this has changed for newer AMD CPUs.)

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Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)

Posted on 2015-01-11, 21:55

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OK, here is what I found about "Der zerstreute Pharao". I strongly suspect that support for S3 MeTaL was a data entry error. For starters, Mobygames is the only source for this statement. As I wrote I got the game on Ebay. It's the 2008 re-release (Vista support stated on the box), but basically all …

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Re: The speed of the tech industries (or what is retro/vintage for the general man)

Posted on 2015-01-09, 23:55

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Ok fair point. It seems I have mostly Asrock and Asus boards. So these seem to be fine. Especially AMD was so into core unlocking and many boards had options for that. My newest i5 is an ASRock and I looked through the manual trying to find mention of this feature and it isn't there that I could …

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Re: GOG.com might be locking down their installers

Posted on 2015-01-09, 10:39

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$10 for leisure suit larry?? From 1987! For some reason they hide this in the expanded description: "Includes Leisure Suit Larry 1-6 (LSL 6 is in VGA and SVGA), the VGA remake of Leisure Suit Larry 1, and Softporn Adventure." This also explains the download size of 504 MB. It's indeed confusing …

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Re: Just curious..what is your oldest computer still in daily use for actual work?

Posted on 2015-01-07, 12:26

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Dual Pentium III-S Tualatin 1.4 GHz running at 1.5 GHz. It is my everyday, and my only everyday, computer. Has 3 GB of RAM, which I suppose is on the small side by today's standards. It does everything *I* need it to do and see no desire to upgrade until it no longer does everything I need it to. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-01-07, 11:12

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Bought an OmniView F1D108-OSD 8-port KVM switch new in box and got a Virge DX (still wet after cleaning) for free. Can you believe that up until now I haven't seen a Virge live? I've got more S3s Trios than I care to remember and up until now not a single Virge. Btw, this one has a "TV" connector. …

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Re: Hercules Graphics Card & AST SixPakPlus

Posted on 2015-01-07, 09:19

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Does anyone have any actual photos of hercules screens from various games? Stuff on the web are all weird VGA renderings made to look like Hercules. In reality they look nothing like the real thing. I'm now doubting my memory.. might have to pull that monitor out of storage and see, if it still …

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Re: Hercules Graphics Card & AST SixPakPlus

Posted on 2015-01-05, 14:51

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What use it will have with a modernish computer is completely dependent to a user's needs. I remember it was possible to use them as a secondary display adapter to a VGA card (during pre PCI times), with some software supporting this feature (AutoCAD, for example). But definately not as a secondary …

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Re: Pentium Pro and Windows 95/98 for old DOS games?

Posted on 2015-01-03, 00:09

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Actually the more demanding DOS games use 32-bit protected mode anyway. (True at least for Doom and Quake, and probably for most 3D games of that era.) Wolfenstein 3D is 16-bit, it will run on a 286.

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Re: X-Wing/TIE Fighter re-release

Posted on 2014-12-31, 01:26

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A little off topic, but the definitive version of X-Wing is actually the Mac version. It has 640x480 software rendered graphics just like TIE's DOS CD version , but retains the iMuse music and colored polygon look. It's a shame it can't be emulated at full speed. I've often wondered if it was …

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Re: what's the best comp Windows XP will run on?

Posted on 2014-12-24, 23:06

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I didn't say there weren't XP features lacking in Windows 7, only that there are none of importance that I can think of. This is ofcourse different from person to person. OK, that sounded different in your post. Which search function are you referring to? File searching in Windows Explorer. In XP I …

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