Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-02-07, 23:20

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So... uh. I found something a couple days ago... That's incredible. There haven't been any known cards for sale since I got mine back in 2014, then we get TWO Tasmanias at almost the same time! From my knowledge, you are now own the fourth and fifth cards that are known to be in hands of collectors …

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Re: Planet X3 Open Source Edition

Posted on 2023-02-05, 18:53

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The original tracks (for MT-32 and SC-55) have always been available as part of the commercial digital download package, namely as ordinary MIDI files as well as MP3s. The build system of the Planet X3 Open Source Edition, which obviously comes without artwork, pulls everything from the folder of …

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread

Posted on 2023-02-05, 18:06

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Finally!

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Re: Planet X3 Open Source Edition

Posted on 2023-02-04, 10:44

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Benedikt wrote on 2023-01-31, 19:17: [*] New audio device: MPU-401 (two modes: MT-32 and General MIDI) As far as I remember, the music in Planet X3 was composed on/for MT-32. Are the "original" tracks now available?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-02-04, 08:41

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Just a quick one, nabbed this Tekram DC-690CD Cached Raid card for my 486 box, Having trouble finding the manual for it so if anyone has a link that would be awesome, comes with 4mb of cache which I will upgrade to 16Mb. From what little I have found it supports 4 HDDs of up to 4gb each in a raid …

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Re: What are the most demanding games of their respective eras?

Posted on 2023-01-21, 23:22

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The intro music sounds very familiar. Are you RetroCompaqGuy? Nope, not me. I just linked to the video. :) That would be me :) When I made those first videos showing performance differences wasnt my concern, just the visual. If I'd redo any, it would certainly be a topic. Cybertroopers Virtual-On …

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Re: PowerVR Fun Thread

Posted on 2022-12-26, 10:29

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Chadti99 wrote on 2022-12-26, 10:10: Did a patch for the PowerVR version of Virtual On ever get released for the standard version or does a rip exist if I look hard enough? What about PureVex? Is that available, it’s just a demo correct or is it a full game? No patch was ever released. PureVex is a …

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Re: Discord

Posted on 2022-12-02, 17:33

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Please tell me why you prefer Discord and not just a web forum? (This has nothing with me as moderator, just personally curious)

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Re: Entirely questionable Digital Trends article: "The 5 worst Nvidia GPUs, ranked".

Posted on 2022-11-30, 10:20

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To be fair I think the NV1 gets a lot of flak that isn't warranted. You have to consider it was 1995, before any standards were set and there we almost no competition in the marked. They bet on Saturn's quad technology, but that didn't take of. When the industry then settled on polygons and DirectX, …

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Re: Vogons.org down ? What happened ?

Posted on 2022-11-06, 18:04

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Re: AdLib GOLD clone is now a reality

Posted on 2022-10-30, 09:54

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And if the images from ebay aren't enough, or higher resolution is needed for study, I met with the seller for an additional photoshoot a few days ago. Here's the result. Interesting detail : the CD-ROM interface is from Adlib Multimedia, but the SCSI interface is from AdLib (and has a serial …

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Re: AdLib GOLD clone is now a reality

Posted on 2022-10-21, 19:50

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That SCSI adapter already has a bid price of $400 CAD. That does seem a bit excessive, but I guess these are more about the collectability than practicality (which arguably applies to the Adlib Gold as a whole). Only the imagination is the limit here. I'd compare this to the memory module for the …

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Re: What era of computers do you draw the line at collecting and/or using?

Posted on 2022-10-21, 09:10

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Earliest: specced out 386DX (1990ish) Latest: P4/S939 (2005) Earlier and later than that just don't interest me.

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Re: Wipeout 2097 with NEC PCX1

Posted on 2022-10-21, 07:37

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How come the installer differentiates direct3d and powervr then? Wipeout 2097 was a PowerVR Extreme rated title. That meant really high compatibility and good performance. Direct3D titles are alittle hit and miss on the PowerVR cards, and many games require you to select the right settings in the …

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Re: Wipeout 2097 with NEC PCX1

Posted on 2022-10-20, 13:17

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I have a PCX1 and could check that if you like. Where do I get the SGL version? It's Direct3D, there is no SGL version. He is probably trying to run the bundled version from a Videologic card which has a PCI ven blocker in the code. There are example of other bundled games with the same limitation.

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Re: AdLib GOLD clone is now a reality

Posted on 2022-10-20, 07:34

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Damn, just saw this and filled in the form, hope I'm not late to the party.

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Re: Looking for 16bit version of Win Commander 3.53 - wc16v353.zip

Posted on 2022-10-04, 13:29

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this is nice as 3.53 seems to have added the FTP client feature: I have found that the best FTP client for win3x is actually Total (Win) Commander WS_FTP has a terrible gui (for today's standards) and CuteFTP is bugged as it will not always show all files in the remote directory Total Commander on …

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Re: Looking for 16bit version of Win Commander 3.53 - wc16v353.zip

Posted on 2022-10-03, 19:45

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If you can live with 3.52, it's here: https://archive.org/details/apc3122 EDIT: After closer inspection it looks like they put the same file (32bit) in both folders, even though it says 16-bit version on the index. Also have you tried contacting ghisler directly?

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Re: Compaq Contura 400CX Drivers and Manuals

Posted on 2022-09-05, 20:07

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Use the following website on the waybackmachine: https://web.archive.org/web/19990508123415/http://www.compaq.com/SUPPORT/FILES/PORTABLES/US/INDEX.HTML Select Contura and your model and OS. Then click the downloads you want, find the SP number. For instance, version 1.12 rev. b for "Computer Setup …

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Re: The Retro Web project - a better stason.org/TH99 alternative

Posted on 2022-08-16, 15:25

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Awesome, and a good name 😀

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