Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-25, 06:13

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bjwil1991 wrote on 2021-06-25, 06:10: Might have to recap or check for any corroded areas and get that cleaned off. That is a cute device, though. Indeed. Unfortunately, they now tend to cost an arm and a lag .

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Re: Advantages of Dual Pentium3 or dual Pentium motherboards for retro PC?

Posted on 2021-06-25, 06:11

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Remember facing huge lags when running file sharing software while trying to play fps games back in the early 2000s? Would that have been mitigated by a second CPU? Were the FPS games being played against online oponents ? If so, the blame would likely haven fallen on limited upload bandwidth …

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Re: I can't run a dos installed game. Please help me!

Posted on 2021-06-25, 04:49

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You are probably getting the "Could not load image file c:\popple\popple.cue. MSCDEX: Failure: Invalid file or unable to open." error message because the CUE file is pointing towards a non existent bin file . Assuming the bin file is named popple.bin , the first line of popple.cue should contain the …

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Re: I can't run a dos installed game. Please help me!

Posted on 2021-06-25, 03:53

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Now, you need to actually execute the proper file to start the game . If you go back and read the earlier posts, you will find that M. Blejicaaa has already been able to run the game. The issue is getting the game installed properly with the disc mounted appropriately. Sorry, I should have read …

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Re: Where to start diagnosing a dead 3dfx monster

Posted on 2021-06-25, 02:45

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I see, I do remember now reading that at the very start but got excited and jumped the gun. Its not straight pin to pin connection from input to output? (where chip was) That would be too easy? Bro I don't think you're picking up what I'm putting down. You might be better off just getting a new …

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Re: Digital cameras

Posted on 2021-06-25, 02:37

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Now that you have a DSLR and an EF lens, maybe you'll want to get a cheap close-up lens that screws onto the end (since you are talking about macro). That lets you get closer for shooting small subjects. I like getting dragon flies and bumble bees outside my house. It can produce a little color …

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Re: MSI K7 Master woes

Posted on 2021-06-25, 02:15

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Pulled the PLCC32 bios chip, copied and flashed to a fresh one with a TL886 flasher Have you tried to download a BIOS from MSI site and write the BIOS image using a programmer? I mean the BIOS from here: https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/K7_Master It's an archive on the site. The BIOS image …

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Re: Digital cameras

Posted on 2021-06-25, 00:53

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I just purchased a used Canon Rebel XTI (aka EOS 400D) for 25$ Canadian at a thrift store . The bundled kit lens' auto-focus mechanism is shot, but the camera itself works fine when tested with a Yongnuo 35mm F/2 EF autofocus lens that I happened to get like new for about 60$ Canadian at some kind …

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Re: I can't run a dos installed game. Please help me!

Posted on 2021-06-25, 00:32

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Now, you need to actually execute the proper file to start the game . Typically this will be a .bat or a .exe file . To find out what it's name is, type a) "dir *.bat" followed by Enter and look if any filenames are listed . b) "dir *.bat" followed by Enter and look if any filenames are listed . c) …

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Re: AGP to PCI adapters - any PCB designers here willing to make one?

Posted on 2021-06-24, 21:26

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I am very interested in this adapter- I joined just so I could comment! The best capture cards for digitizing analog video are AGP, so you have to keep an old AGP system around for this, but since the HDD are really slow on old systems, the capturing part can be a pain. Being able to run an AGP …

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Re: Roland Sound Canvas Prices

Posted on 2021-06-24, 20:01

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I got lucky and got a working SC-55 Mark 1 (some front panel controls are a bit sticky, but I don't care for my use case) for 80$ at a local (Montreal) pawn shop last winter . Ironically, they had had it for months before anyone showed any interest and actually knocked 20$ of the 100$ asking price …

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Re: How to get audio working right in a VMware Win98 virtual machine?

Posted on 2021-06-24, 19:41

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Well, the Sound Blaster drivers worked. Yay! Now I have a wonderful new world of error messages to explore https://i.imgur.com/rz9Q1uP.png Does sound work using dxdiag ? Have you installed a version of DirectX new enough to be supported by your game ? Are there dsound.dll and/or ddraw.dll files in …

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Re: Looking for old Thrustmaster utilities

Posted on 2021-06-24, 03:34

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Did you try any of these: ftp://ftp.thrustmaster.com/accessories/pc/joysticks/exe/ ?? Thanks for pointing me to the resources, but I can't find WL22V110.ZIP or TN0001.ZIP. They are 3rd party tools, maybe TM didn't have them. Found one of them . https://web.archive.org/web/20070226172507/http://home …

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Re: How to get audio working right in a VMware Win98 virtual machine?

Posted on 2021-06-24, 02:04

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Like... do I need to install a particular driver? Adjust a certain VM setting? SOUND NOT WORK, WAT DO I am shocked! I thought playing games without sound was a part of the authentic retro experience for you based on this post of yours https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=976469#p976469 . ;) …

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Re: I can't run a dos installed game. Please help me!

Posted on 2021-06-24, 00:39

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And do "mount c c:/" "cd popple" as it seems the game expects itself to sit inside the sub folder, as seen from within DOSBox. Alright, when I type "mount c c:/" then it says " Drive C is mounted as local directory c:/\ " BUT when I type "cd popple" it says " You are still on drive Z, change it to …

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Re: Would you be interested in an x86-based alternative to the Raspberry Pi, optimized for retro gaming?

Posted on 2021-06-23, 23:47

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This fits into this thread nicely, IMHO : https://hackaday.com/2021/06/17/where-are-all … ngle-board-pcs/

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Re: Kyro 2 Video Noise in-game only?

Posted on 2021-06-23, 04:09

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Is this normal for a Hercules Prophet Kyro 2 board? Is it maybe something wonky with this card and my OSSC together? Or perhaps a driver setting? I don’t see the same issue in Windows, just in-game. https://youtu.be/Yx3osusPHKg YouTube obscures the issue a bit, it looks like noise to me and maybe …

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Re: The Quest for Pixel Perfect DOS Emulation

Posted on 2021-06-23, 03:50

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Video card default in DOS . The OSSC digitizes and can integer scale/line double (or multiply) but leaves the vertical refresh rate unchanged on output. The horizontal refresh rate can be output as is or be an integer multiple of the original (as required by line multiplication if this feature is …

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Re: The Quest for Pixel Perfect DOS Emulation

Posted on 2021-06-23, 03:46

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Is 70.08Hz something you configured / set up, or was it the default refresh of the VGA card? Video card default in DOS . The OSSC digitizes and can integer scale/line double (or multiply) but leaves the vertical refresh rate unchanged on output. The horizontal refresh rate can be output as is or be …

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Re: The Quest for Pixel Perfect DOS Emulation

Posted on 2021-06-23, 03:22

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I would say that is almost uniquely on topic. I got it from here: http://tinyvga.com/vga-timing/640x400@70Hz It is a website about programming micro controllers. I also sourced my 640x480 displaying timings from the same place, and all other timings are bit of fudging about in the numbers starting …

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