Re: DirectX 9.0c Build, Stealth - Large Pics
Posted on 2015-10-07, 01:56
Can you disable cores in the BIOS? Would be interesting to see if 4 cores are being used or not.
Re: DirectX 9.0c Build, Stealth - Large Pics
Posted on 2015-10-07, 01:32
What games is this targeted at? And also, what are your expectations? E.g. 1080p resolution at 60 frames, something along those lines.
Re: Socket 939 and ISA?
Posted on 2015-10-07, 00:13
Can only speak for Intel, basically any board with the 865 chipset will work with Vortex 2 cards. Pentium 4 3.4 GHz should give you plenty of performance.
Re: Joystick Deadzone problem
Posted on 2015-10-06, 22:25
I owe a lot of my childhood to the Wing Commander series. I played these games way back when they were about as immersive as things got. For me, that means joystick or nothing. I almost don't know what playing a Wing Commander game with a mouse even means. :] Of course, but I just want you to try …
Re: Socket 939 and ISA?
Posted on 2015-10-06, 18:53
I like to use the Vortex 2. I've used in my recent "10 reasons for a Pentium 4" project. I used a ~ 2 GHz CPU, but you can go up to 3.4 GHz without any dramas 😀
Re: Socket 939 and ISA?
Posted on 2015-10-06, 18:35
If it's for sound, consider some PCI cards. There are models that work quite well with late era DOS games.
Re: Joystick Deadzone problem
Posted on 2015-10-06, 17:23
Try playing with the mouse, it has a much narrower deadzone. Meaning, you can turn slower than you can with ANY joystick. I wonder what the Windows 95 version is like regarding the joystick. All my sticks have rectangular corners. USB as well as my only analogue retro stick.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2015-10-05, 17:39
It was likely pure marketing driven. 9800XXL sounds better / higher / faster than 9800Pro. Medion is a massive customer, they likely got their wish.
Re: A scad of 486s on Ebay
Posted on 2015-10-05, 17:37
Don't forget PS/2 mouse ports. Such motherboards can often cost as much, if not more, than an entire OEM 486 that comes with PS/2 😊 Funny how people overlook this.
Re: S3 AGP Cards (and possibly others) Too Bright
Posted on 2015-10-05, 15:27
That's great news! Well done everyone 😀
Re: Building a fast 386 stealth style (ATX case, ATX PSU, CF card, USB Floppy, Power and turbo buttons)
Posted on 2015-10-05, 11:14
Ah, good old ESCOM, along with TIME & TINY the most common PC's here in the UK in the later 90's(after AMSTRAD were gone). I have a completly original ESCOM Pentium 100 system here,Trident graphics, ESS ISA sound, Aztec 4x CD-ROM ;) Got a TIME Cyrix MII in near stock configuration too, and a TINY …
Re: Building a fast 386 stealth style (ATX case, ATX PSU, CF card, USB Floppy, Power and turbo buttons)
Posted on 2015-10-05, 10:54
Can't believe I'm still the first one to comment! That machine wouldn't be for me since it couldn't replicate the retro feeling I get from an old machine. But I get why you went that way - replaced all drives and the PSU with more modern, reliable parts and kept the essential stuff. I like black …
Re: CMS/Gameblaster Rewrite and accuracy
Posted on 2015-10-05, 09:26
Yea, lots of these are done with DOSBox. I had a quick look, here is Monkey Island: https://youtu.be/Fr-84mjV3CI?t=1m30s I remember that the pitch right at the start was quite different compared with DOSBox.
Re: CMS/Gameblaster Rewrite and accuracy
Posted on 2015-10-05, 08:49
I was thinking of some popular games like Monkey Island, Last Crusade, Space Quest III.
Re: CMS/Gameblaster Rewrite and accuracy
Posted on 2015-10-05, 08:27
So if one overclocks the ISA bus, would the frequency of the CMS change? Harekiet, I have a few recordings I can provide to help? They are mostly in YT videos, but I could do fresh ones on a 386.
Re: Trouble with Voodoo1 and Tomb Raider demo
Posted on 2015-10-05, 06:08
Just to know, have you tried to go without the KVM? I don't think it makes a difference, but worth trying. Do you have any other voodoo cards to test if they do the same thing? You have tried pretty much everything already, at this point I would call the card likely to be faulty.
Building a fast 386 stealth style (ATX case, ATX PSU, CF card, USB Floppy, Power and turbo buttons)
Posted on 2015-10-05, 03:13
http://i.imgur.com/jpnEm5el.jpg I recently built this fast 386, aka "The stealth 386" :) Looks like a standard, modern computer from the outside, but turn it on and awesome DOS gaming awaits you! Here is an image of the finished computer in action: http://i.imgur.com/zHT4Dqsl.jpg As always, I …
Re: Pentium 120 vs 133 vs 200 - info
Posted on 2015-10-04, 17:44
I tested games only. http://www.philscomputerlab.com/voodoo-2-and- … ng-project.html
Re: Pentium 120 vs 133 vs 200 - info
Posted on 2015-10-04, 17:05
My tests showed that, under Windows 98 and with a Voodoo 2 card, the MMX 166 is ahead of the 200. In DOS the MMX doesn't help that much though.
Re: Is a ATX PSU with -5V really essential?
Posted on 2015-10-04, 04:52
Logistics wrote: Is the amperage requirement on the -5V rail anything significant? I just noticed that I have a couple of PP-303X Antec supplies (which I will now recap) lying around, and they do have -5V, but the amperage is only 500 mW. That should be plenty for any of my PAS16's, right? Yes.
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