Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2014-10-10, 16:23

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I have a USB floppy drive and I must say, it's never let me down. Some of the really old drives i take in px are so dirty that it's almost impossible to not get errors. Fitted a small fan ( the 80mm looked ridiculous) to the V3 3000 and finally got round to making a back up iso of my original Tomb …

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Re: Monster 3D Voodoo 1 dead?

Posted on 2014-10-09, 12:40

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by Splinter

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I still have the card and forgot to mention that, in driver properties, in spite of newer drivers ie, not the ones Windows wants to load, it always says 'no drivers have been loaded or are needed for this device.................' etc etc

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Re: Monster 3D Voodoo 1 dead?

Posted on 2014-10-07, 20:18

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by Splinter

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All efforts to to get a game running, even in Dos have failed. I have to put it down to a dud card and luckily the seller is being very reasonable by offering a refund. Heck, it happens! Thanks for your help anyway.

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Re: Monster 3D Voodoo 1 dead?

Posted on 2014-10-06, 22:10

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Will try both those suggestions tomorrow and thanks 😀

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Monster 3D Voodoo 1 dead?

Posted on 2014-10-06, 21:17

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by Splinter

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There is a similar thread on this subject by someone else, but I couldn't find it. Installed on Win 98 SE using the last reference drivers 3.01.00 and DX 6.2. Dx Diag fails or freezes and any glide games wont run or cant see the card. I've tried the card in three different Win98 machines and …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2014-10-05, 18:09

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by Splinter

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Project IGI and boy! is this a game to tear your hair out! It runs just great on Win7 x64 without even any compatibility mode, for me anyway. I'm at the last level, level 14, Finding the Bomb and have been for as long as I can remember, which may in fact be several years to tell the truth and I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-10-05, 15:02

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by Splinter

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That's a very nice haul and should keep you busy for a while!

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2014-10-03, 12:08

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oerk wrote: pewpewpew wrote: And nobody /ever/ desired a Sempron on a Biostar. Amen! 🤣 Agreed!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-10-02, 12:25

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by Splinter

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Asus P2B and Monster Voodoo 1, all working well except for the P3 700 which I picked up in a boot sale and it's dead. I'll be using a P2 400 until I can get a P3.

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2014-10-01, 12:20

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My current test bench :) From front to back: Slot 1 with Pentium III 1.1 GHz, S3 graphics and 3dfx Voodoo 386DX-40 with Cirrus Logic ISA VGA Asrock Socket 478 board with 2 GB DDR and Pentium 4 3.2 GHz. My time machine which is based on a DFI Super Socket 7 board with a Pentium 200 running at 66 x …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-10-01, 00:37

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by Splinter

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Finally managed to find an Asus P2b to go with the PIII 700 and the bloke had a Monster 3d Voodoo 1 too, so got both for about $30. Picking them up tomorrow and that will bring the Voodoos to 1, 2 (3), 3 and 4 and five retro machines, so I'd better stop now and play with them 😀 Pics tomorrow.

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2014-10-01, 00:30

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Is one of those Voodoo2s bent? Slot CPUs are pretty cool I think. I want to replace my socket 370 setup with slot A or 1, but finding a cheap motherboard is a little tricky. I already have a QDI P6I440BX B1S laying around. I love that board, but I feel like getting something different. It does look …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2014-09-30, 19:00

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Subjective too, to an extent. I like the way things look as well, which is why I like Slot 1 and A.

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2014-09-30, 17:17

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This got me thinking again, what is a retro rig? I've put together four 'old' machines recently.. 2 x PII Slot 1, a Celeron 433 Socket 370 and an Athlon Slot A all running Win98SE. I've just dug up a Sempron 2300+ on a Biostar, installed XP and it still doesn't feel retro enough for me, even in an …

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Re: Post photos and discuss your pc joystick and game controller collection...

Posted on 2014-09-26, 13:08

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by Splinter

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Well that was a blast...Incoming and Forsaken with a joystick as opposed to keyboard mouse 😀 A little compressed air on the joystick innards fixed the no-right turn issue.

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Re: Post photos and discuss your pc joystick and game controller collection...

Posted on 2014-09-25, 17:43

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by Splinter

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@Retrofanatic Many thanks for the driver info :) The joystick I posted a pic of..is it the Sidewinder 3D Pro? Which according to what I've read, is gameport only. I think mine might be borked as it's not being detected in any Win98 machine, with any driver. Edit...not borked as it works in a …

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Re: Post photos and discuss your pc joystick and game controller collection...

Posted on 2014-09-24, 20:35

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by Splinter

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I just acquired this Sidewinder . Does anyone know where to find a Win98 driver as I've run out of options on Google?

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2014-09-24, 12:09

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by Splinter

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Finished off the Athlon 700 on Gigabyte GA-71XE mobo with Voodoo 2 SLI to bring to four my retro machines, which is probably enough for the moment as I need to pay the rent. Pics to follow.

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Re: End of the line

Posted on 2014-09-23, 11:53

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If it feels right for you, go for it. Me, I'd take the cash, buy a big bike and go cruising on the highways.

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Re: Which PIII?

Posted on 2014-09-20, 18:58

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by Splinter

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Decided on Athlon Slot A in the end, which I got this morning in a nice little Gigabyte/Athlon 700 combo

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