Re: Best Super Socket 7 Motherboard?

Posted on 2016-07-21, 10:22

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The best SS7 board is one that works and doesn't require taking out a loan :lol: 3dfx cards work well because many boards have flaky AGP chipsets, and the 3dfx AGP cards don't use the AGP cards, think of it as a PCI card if you like. Apparently the drivers work well for AMD too, but I never done any …

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Re: Phil's YouTube and Website updates (philscomputerlab)

Posted on 2016-07-21, 10:10

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Nopileus wrote: I think "meh" is the expression you're looking for, great video as usual! Ha, good idea, I might use that at some point 😀

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Re: Phil's YouTube and Website updates (philscomputerlab)

Posted on 2016-07-21, 08:28

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S3 Savage4! Awesome? Awful? Both?

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Re: ATI Rage 128 Pro - Better than expected!

Posted on 2016-07-20, 23:58

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by PhilsComputerLab

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I tested the Rage 128 Pro AGP on a Celeron 333 in DOS awhile back. My findings were that it was the fastest VGA card in the bunch, but one of the slowest in SVGA/VESA modes. http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=46247 That is interesting. But good to know that the Rage 128 Pro is a great card …

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Re: [retro swim] - An episodic video tour of SquallStrife's retro junk

Posted on 2016-07-20, 12:39

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by PhilsComputerLab

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Nice! The board looks lovely and good on you for using a Vortex 2 😀

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Re: Digital DOS games (GOG, Steam...) Retro PC Compatibility Sheet: We need your input!

Posted on 2016-07-20, 10:37

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Added Space Quest 6. Gave it a C. Sound option changes require editing RESOURCE.CFG and to launch the game a parameter is needed, but best to create a batch file. But maybe B is more appropriate as the game works fully, no content missing? EDIT: Added Police Quest 4. A release, full installation CD, …

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Re: Digital DOS games (GOG, Steam...) Retro PC Compatibility Sheet: We need your input!

Posted on 2016-07-20, 02:31

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Not sure, haven't worked with a multi CD game yet. Sounds like it falls under the "to hard" category...

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-07-19, 23:00

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Well the Voodoo1 seems to work; I chucked it in my P4HT/3.0 winxp machine (of all things!) and installed a 3rd-party driver from falconfly.de with no problems. I didn't try running anything on it yet but it shows up in the device manager fine. Nice. Note that some games have glitches on a V1 on …

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Re: The GTX 1060 Thread

Posted on 2016-07-19, 22:59

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I really like the look for that EVGA card. It's small and compact and packs a punch. I don't like what Asus did, triple fans, really? 🤣

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Re: Best all-round PCI video card for a Socket 7 build

Posted on 2016-07-19, 12:23

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I have a GeForce FX 5200 in my SS7 machine and I'm quite happy. It has VGA, DVI, Composite and S-Video and one of the few cards that clone the output under DOS. I don't think I ran into many issues, the main one is in Wing Commander III, flickering when you move from room to room. Other cards don't …

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Re: Can't mount CUE with ISO/OGG/MP3 in DOSBox

Posted on 2016-07-19, 08:03

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This might not be a workaround that you're after, but in order to play some of the GOG releases that use CUE / BIN images with compressed audio files, I convert the audio files back to WAV, then burn myself a mixed mode CD. That CD then works on a real DOS PC, and of course also in DOSBox. You could …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-07-19, 00:38

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by PhilsComputerLab

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Saw a Gigabyte i848 chipset board bundle with CPU, RAM and graphics card and bought it 😀

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Re: Voodoo 2 DOS Glide compatibility matrix

Posted on 2016-07-18, 23:03

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Agreed 😀 And then the V4 and V5 can force 32 bit colours and AA. It never ends 😊

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Re: Creative CT2950 installation in Dos

Posted on 2016-07-18, 22:59

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Unpack CTCMBBS and SBBASIC on separate floppy disks (available from Creative website). Insert SBBASIC disk and run the installation program. It will ask you to insert the CTCM disk at some point.

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Re: Voodoo 2 DOS Glide compatibility matrix

Posted on 2016-07-18, 22:56

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konc wrote: If by "better" we only refer to performance, of course. But there's the usual tradeoff between performance and simplicity. I'm with you on simplicity 😀 And because I had a Voodoo back in the day, it feels special using it. And Tomb Raider looks a bit different with the Rush patch.

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Re: Problem with MPU-401 on SB Vibra (CT2900)

Posted on 2016-07-18, 22:35

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Too easy 😀

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Re: Problem with MPU-401 on SB Vibra (CT2900)

Posted on 2016-07-18, 15:39

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by PhilsComputerLab

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Ok. Now did the drivers install fine however? When I say drivers, I'm referring to the SBBASIC driver package. I've had DIAGNOSE through errors before, but the card working fine. Are you trying to run a wavetable board or MIDI module through 330?

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Re: Problem with MPU-401 on SB Vibra (CT2900)

Posted on 2016-07-18, 14:52

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by PhilsComputerLab

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Any SCSI or network cards?

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Re: Problem with MPU-401 on SB Vibra (CT2900)

Posted on 2016-07-18, 13:29

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by PhilsComputerLab

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It might be conflicting with another card. Can you list the specifications of this computer? Or open the case and take some photos? Also what DOS are you using?

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Re: Windows 98 not connecting to NAS

Posted on 2016-07-18, 02:10

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Oldskoolmaniac wrote: Its a 4 bay nas and i have 3 drives in it, the 3 drives are separate shares Sorry, didn't word that properly. Is it a computer, or a ready-to-go NAS?

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