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

Posted on 2016-06-14, 22:16

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E rating: When the game doesn't run on a DOS PC at all. 7th Guest for example, this game uses ScummVM and there are no executable required. Maybe you can "source" missing files and get it to run, but at this point you might just as well "source" the entire game. Is this true of all GOG games that …

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

Posted on 2016-06-14, 14:30

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Trying to get Prehistoric 1 and 2 to run. Weird way of packing the game. It mounts a folder as CD in DOSBox. In TITUS.BAT it launches the game this way: CD PREH2 ..\CDRUN PRE2.SQZ I think they got the games from TITUS / TELSTAR 10 GAMES CD ROM which launches all the games from the CD. CDRUN seems to …

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Re: Pentium II 450 and Voodoo cards

Posted on 2016-06-14, 11:55

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Early P4 that has a AGP slot that still supports the Voodoo5 Umm, all the socket 423 motherboards (and up) that I've seen have an AGP 1.5V keyed slot. Earlier 3.3V cards like the V5 will not work on those. They don't even physically fit. I have three motherboards with socket 478 that are compatible …

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Re: Most useless/undesirable piece of vintage computer hardware

Posted on 2016-06-13, 11:12

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Modems and analogue TV tuner cards are top of my list 😀 I only have one or two though, so not a big deal.

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Re: Motherboard with 1.4Ghz Tualatin support and 3 ISA slots?

Posted on 2016-06-13, 08:40

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LAPC-I is most suitable for a 386 and the SCC-1 fits a 486 or Pentium nicely. So there is a reason a high powered Pentium III board usually doesn't have any ISA slots 😀

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Re: Motherboard with 1.4Ghz Tualatin support and 3 ISA slots?

Posted on 2016-06-13, 07:46

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Don't think I've seen one. I agree, stick with a Slot 1 440BX board. With a 1.1 GHz Pentium III you're not missing out on match compared to a Tualatin.

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

Posted on 2016-06-13, 07:10

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Good idea. Something I want to do is install all my GOG DOS games into an archive that is ready to go. I started at some point, but always get side-tracked with projects like this 😊

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

Posted on 2016-06-13, 04:14

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Great start! There are already ~ 50 game entries 😀

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Re: Horizontal desktop Socket 7 build

Posted on 2016-06-13, 01:07

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Very nice! I'm working on something similar, but it's ATX based.

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Re: Seller raises price after receiving question about said price..

Posted on 2016-06-13, 01:04

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Thread locked. Reason: Slippery slope type discussion.

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Re: Tweaking the DreamBlaster S1

Posted on 2016-06-12, 12:43

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Wow, very nice!

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Re: Tweaking the DreamBlaster S1

Posted on 2016-06-12, 12:22

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Very cool! Setting reverb and chorus is always handy. The X1 does have a jumper which lets you choose between two modes, but this is great for S1 owners. Now this will set the global reverb and chorus so to speak? What does the post effects do? Also when you run a game like Doom that will send a …

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Re: List of games that use MT-32 default instruments

Posted on 2016-06-12, 05:14

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You can run Munt on another computer, like a laptop and connect them. Basically building a MIDI box 😀

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

Posted on 2016-06-11, 18:59

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clueless1 wrote: Thanks, Phil. This'll be a nice resource for the community. I added Lands of Lore CD. Will add more as I have time. 😀 That's the idea 😀 I will also add things every now and then, but this was another project I started and then got "distracted" with other work 😊

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Re: Voodoo 2 SLI Issue

Posted on 2016-06-11, 17:18

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MrEWhite wrote: Before I post pictures of the issue, I just noticed the RAM chips don't share the same speeds. Could this be the issue? And, apart from the RAM chips, they both look fine after a visual inspection. You can try under-clocking the cards?

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Re: Phil's "Playing GOG.com games on your MS-DOS Gaming PC" Thread

Posted on 2016-06-11, 17:16

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Hey everyone, I created a Google Doc sheet for everyone to document Retro PC compatibility of digital releases: Digital DOS games (GOG, Steam...) Retro PC Compatibility Sheet: We need your input! Lots of great information in this thread already, so let's see if can continue the momentum...

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

Posted on 2016-06-11, 17:14

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Reserved just in case 😀

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

Posted on 2016-06-11, 17:13

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What is this? Digital platforms such as GOG, Steam and others sell digital copies of classic DOS retro games. This project is about documenting, if and how, these games can be played on a real DOS PC. Often this is straight forward and you just need to copy the game folder onto your DOS PC, but …

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Re: Games that uses the CM-32L specific sound effects

Posted on 2016-06-11, 14:52

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Kaminari wrote: http://midimusicadventures.com/queststudios/ Don't get your hopes up. Ah I know that site. I listened to the first few tunes, I think the second one was The Heart of China and it sounds quite off compared to a real Roland MT-32. I stopped right there 😐

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

Posted on 2016-06-11, 14:51

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A quick way is to just create charts in PowerPoint. Or you can use the cloud versions of PowerPoint or Google docs. I found that faster ATI cards are stronger in Far Cry, F.E.A.R., but weaker in OpenGL games. Even the X850 XT PE loses against the 6800 GT in Doom 3 for example.

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