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

Posted on 2017-11-13, 04:32

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by bjwil1991

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Speaking of getting systems that have hard drives that aren't formatted or taken out, when I purchase a computer from a thrift store, I check to see if the OS can boot, and if not, then I can run a live version of Linux, try to access the internal HDD to see what's stored on the drive without the …

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Re: Any good Windows 3.1 games?

Posted on 2017-11-13, 03:47

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by bjwil1991

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King's Quest VI and VII (I have both) for Windows 3.1 and higher. King's Quest VI can also work in MS-DOS as well. I have KQVI for DOS. Isn't the Win 3.1 version a different release? Is there a conversion patch? It's a different release, but for both MS-DOS and Windows 3.0 Multimedia/3.1 on CD …

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Myth II: Soulblighter won't run [SOLVED]

Posted on 2017-11-13, 02:43

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by bjwil1991

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I have a copy of Myth II: Soulblighter for Windows, and when I try to run the game, even if there isn't anything running in the background, I get this error message: myth2.jpg It's trying to run on a Socket 370 system with the following specs: Shuttle AV18 V3 motherboard VIA Apollo Pro 133A chipset …

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Re: Any good Windows 3.1 games?

Posted on 2017-11-13, 02:29

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by bjwil1991

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King's Quest VI and VII (I have both) for Windows 3.1 and higher. King's Quest VI can also work in MS-DOS as well.

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

Posted on 2017-11-12, 20:34

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by bjwil1991

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Decided to install the Riva TNT2 M64 card from the HP Pavilion 7955 that I purchased for $10 into my Socket 370 build, and it works!!! The AGP card has 2 modes: 4x and 2x (never seen a Riva TNT2 card that supports both modes) and the framerates in the games I own are amazing. Even DooM runs at …

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

Posted on 2017-11-12, 16:18

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by bjwil1991

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Decided to install the Riva TNT2 M64 card from the HP Pavilion 7955 that I purchased for $10 into my Socket 370 build, and it works!!! The AGP card has 2 modes: 4x and 2x (never seen a Riva TNT2 card that supports both modes) and the framerates in the games I own are amazing. Even DooM runs at …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-11-12, 04:36

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by bjwil1991

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Picked up a machine consisting of the following for 15 local: Generic and unimpressive AT Minitower Matsonic Socket 7 Board (Apollo VPX based) Intel Pentium 133 64MB RAM 2GB HDD Matsonic Virge DX 4MB PCI (Dead, replaced with Diamond Virge 325 2MB) Yamaha OPL3-SAX based ISA sound card (a lot of …

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

Posted on 2017-11-12, 02:56

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by bjwil1991

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Decided to install the Riva TNT2 M64 card from the HP Pavilion 7955 that I purchased for $10 into my Socket 370 build, and it works!!! The AGP card has 2 modes: 4x and 2x (never seen a Riva TNT2 card that supports both modes) and the framerates in the games I own are amazing. Even DooM runs at …

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Re: Old hardware giveaway thread.

Posted on 2017-11-12, 02:45

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by bjwil1991

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Re: Old hardware giveaway thread.

Posted on 2017-11-12, 00:31

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-11-11, 23:44

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by bjwil1991

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damn, I hear those ls-240 drives are near unobtainium, and its boxed even! I tip my hat to you sir. I was lucky today, plus the desktop was also a nice score since it has the Riva TNT2 M64 card in it, which will go into my Socket 370 system since the TNT2 card that it had decided to have problems. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-11-11, 23:33

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by bjwil1991

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luckybob wrote: bjwil1991 wrote: External LS-240 USB SuperDisk Drive for $9.95 pics or it didn't happen. As requested:

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-11-11, 18:24

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by bjwil1991

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Not sure if this counts or not, but I digress. I went on another thrifting adventure today and got the following: HP Pavilion 7955 for $10 Specs: Pentium 4 1.5GHz Socket 423 256MB SD-RAM 133 (you read this right) nVidia Riva TNT2 M64 with 32MB SDRAM (why I bought this computer) FireWire 400 PCI Card …

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

Posted on 2017-11-11, 15:41

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by bjwil1991

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Did a thing last night up until today. Finished building my project computer that was housed with Windows 98SE that was upgraded to the Socket 370 build since it has AGP 4x.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-11-11, 14:56

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by bjwil1991

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Got a copy of Area 51 that's ported to the IBM PC (Arcade game) last night. Amazing game, but my joystick doesn't play nicely. Did they make Zapp guns for the IBM PC?

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

Posted on 2017-11-11, 08:07

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by bjwil1991

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BitWrangler wrote: Native or on dosbox? Been having trouble with most of my usb analog sticks and dosbox, calibrate in windows, all good, calibrate in game all good, start game, full left, gah, sometimes no up down either. Native in Windows. I have spares that I can use.

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Re: Old hardware giveaway thread.

Posted on 2017-11-11, 08:06

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by bjwil1991

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

Posted on 2017-11-11, 02:49

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by bjwil1991

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Got a game called Area 51 at a thrift store for IBM PC (it's the arcade version), installed it on my Socket 370 computer, and it plays nicely, just doesn't like my Microsoft Sidewinder Precision Pro joystick (doesn't move correctly sometimes).

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Re: Old hardware giveaway thread.

Posted on 2017-11-11, 02:46

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by bjwil1991

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

Posted on 2017-11-10, 20:49

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by bjwil1991

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oeuvre wrote: Whipped this GIF up Fancy GIF. I had to click on the GIF to see it. I'll be amazed if someone makes a BIOS hack to display that. That'll be so cool to see that.

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