Re: Looking for 10" CRT monitor for games

Posted on 2012-09-29, 15:27

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10" and 12" CRT's were indeed common, but usually monochrome and not VGA. This little gem does 1024x768 and I assume a couple resolutions under that. 'Perfect for DOS games since I never ran any of them above 800x600 anyway. If it can handle 320x200, 400x300 or any of those funny lower resolutions, …

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Re: Scored a "New" Computer Yesterday

Posted on 2012-09-28, 02:15

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Really? That's interesting. Over on the thinkpads.com forum I've always heard very positive things about the T60s. Newest ThinkPad I've owned was a T42 and I never once had an issue with it. I kind of wish I hadn't sold it. The ONLY thinkpad I have left working is a mint (and rather obscure) …

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Re: Scored a "New" Computer Yesterday

Posted on 2012-09-27, 16:43

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Yeah, Wikipedia has information about problems with the Latitude D630 and 620 that apparently the 520 is immune to. Also, apparently, the D520 was also available with an SXGA+ screen. Furthermore, there was one more model after this, the D530 which is updated with the newer Intel Santa Rosa …

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Re: Everything looks smoother on a CRT.

Posted on 2012-09-24, 22:58

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For me 60hz CRT is flicker hell, totally unbearable. It depends on the persistence of the particular CRT, as well as the quality. I've had low-end HP CRTs which just killed my eyes at 60Hz. Whereas the nice IBM trinitrons I have are perfectly fine at 60Hz. I actually get annoyed when something puts …

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Re: Everything looks smoother on a CRT.

Posted on 2012-09-24, 22:33

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Not having used a CRT for many years I recently found one and hooked up a decent rig to play some classics like Doom 3, Blood 2, Aliens vs. Predator. I was shocked by how much smoother those games appeared to run on the CRT than they do on my LCDs. I wish the HD CRTs were not such beasts, I would …

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Re: AAARRRRRGGGH!!! (Hardware failures)

Posted on 2012-09-24, 00:44

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Is anyone else beginning to have alot of trouble with hardware? I realize alot of my stuff is pushing 15-20 years old, but it seems over the last three years, I've been losing alot of stuff. Motherboards, harddrives, soundcards... ect. Is it just me? /end rant I have things that are 30+ years old …

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Re: PENTIUM II VOODOO POWERED

Posted on 2012-09-24, 00:24

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sprcorreia wrote: Hey Rayman, where are you from? I see Portuguese options on that snapshot... It's not my screenshot, sorry! The computer I have the 4500 is currently going under repairs (so I can't get any screenshots from it at the moment).

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Re: PENTIUM II VOODOO POWERED

Posted on 2012-09-23, 22:54

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the 4500 I have on AGP 4x is perfectly solid. It can run games that are way after its time with ease : warcraft 3, half life 2, age of empires 3 etc. Also, if I want an alternative to ATI or nVidia (for modern computing), only a 5500 can push high resolutions and offer dual output with VGA and DVI …

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Re: Philips PSC703 soundcard

Posted on 2012-09-23, 20:02

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I have one of these. Very temperamental card. Although in theory it has DOS compatibility, only once I managed to get sound from it in pure DOS. About 2 years ago. And I can't remember how. But I remember I had only SB DAC, no OPL and no GM. In Windows 98SE I had no SB compatibility with VxD …

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Re: PENTIUM II VOODOO POWERED

Posted on 2012-09-23, 19:46

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Cause a 5500 is an utter POS that's why! It's got the durability of wet tissue paper. Personally, for Glide gaming I don't see the need to hold back on CPU power for any particular reason. My Glide rig has a 1.6ghz Tualatin with Voodoo 2s in SLI. Anything that might overwhelm the V2s gets run on …

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Re: PENTIUM II VOODOO POWERED

Posted on 2012-09-23, 06:51

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I can't find the link at the moment, but I distinctly remember seeing benchmarks that show voodoo 2's can bog down cpu's up to about 600mhz. Depends who did the benchmarks. Typically 3dfx cards were benchmarked in OpenGL or Direct3D instead of Glide... :sly: With Glide, they stomped on pretty much …

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Re: My Dual Xeon PC

Posted on 2012-09-22, 17:39

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thank you guys! with pentium 4 not being everyones cup of tea (myself, I love them) I thought it would be a great idea to build another P4 but now with a xeon as a cpu. The only thing with xeons is that the heatsinks do not attach to the board but to the m/b tray underneath. So couple of M4 nuts …

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Re: Sound Card Recordings

Posted on 2012-09-22, 05:05

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I've added ESS ES1869 recordings. I've been curious about the ESFM synth. The card is easy to setup. Basically you just plug it in and power up and you're good to go. It's PNP and my BIOS setup the resources perfectly. The card doesn't need any drivers to work with DOS games. It's SBPro compatible …

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Re: Weird lines on screen in Descent (II) w/ Voodoo 3 3000

Posted on 2012-09-21, 22:22

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Here's a few things which might help if you didn't already check: #1 What drivers are you using? Drivers can cause weird errors like that (such was the case with some cards I had, ATI Rage *cough cough*). #2 Is the card properly cooled? Excessive heat can agitate GPUs in that manner. #3 Do you have …

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Re: PENTIUM II VOODOO POWERED

Posted on 2012-09-20, 17:39

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I have a Pentium II 300 that I would like to make into a Voodoo II sli machine. How much ram do I need and what OS should I use. It currently has windows ME on it. Would like to play Powerslide, Unreal, UT99, Quake II, Redline, Thief Gold and a few others circa 1997-1999. The best OS is windows …

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Re: Introducing the 3dfx Voodoo 590

Posted on 2012-09-19, 05:27

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If nvidia rebranded the geforce line with voodoo, we'd have the world's first thermally inefficient voodoo cards 😉

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Re: What's the attraction of legacy hardware?

Posted on 2012-09-19, 05:21

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I've tried on DOSBox for many years... however, I eventually got my old pentium 1 system again... never looked back. The problem with emulators is that they are not seamless and I require many variables to be fulfilled: #1 3dfx support, including for certain drivers (some games I have will only work …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2012-09-19, 01:33

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What MIDI/synth keyboard models are those? I see the top one is a Roland. I've got a cheesy Yamaha MIDI keyboard that I used to use to doodle in Cakewalk :) The top one is a JUNO-60 and the bottom on is a Jupiter-4 (which it does have MIDI). But because it's only 49 keys, it doesn't make the best …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2012-09-16, 23:42

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Here's some of the older computers I use most frequently: http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/2091/room256ibmcorner.jpg And some of my synths/software etc: http://img542.imageshack.us/img542/372/room256rolandcorner.jpg I have a lot more computers (5150, 5160, thinkcentres, intelistations etc), but am …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2012-09-16, 23:29

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This is the current status of my P1 gaming machine: http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/1484/opl3machineresize.png I did a lot of work to get it to that point! --> P1 233Mhz MMX w/ arctic silver thermal paste --> 92mm Noctua fan for CPU --> S3 Trio64 --> 3dfx voodoo2 12MB (diamond monster) --> SB16 …

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