Re: For Duke Nukem 3D/classic first person shooter fans
Posted on 2019-09-09, 23:50
I was worried at first that this was going to be another Commander Keen remake disaster.
Re: EGA Monkey Island
Posted on 2019-09-09, 22:17
Here is what is says to do on the Wiki of speed sensitive games: https://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/List_of_CPU_speed_sensitive_games For 16 color EGA version, on older CPUs with integrated L1 cache you can turn off the L1 cache to avoid the problem. I see that you have already tried that though. …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-09-09, 22:11
General_Snuss wrote: retropol wrote: tell me what was the price for this SC? I paid €70,-, which is a bargain if you ask me. That is a smokin' hot price for that.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2019-09-09, 21:23
Was trying to translate the user manual for the Yamaha PCC10XG to English with this page: https://www.onlinedoctranslator.com/en/translationform Converted from the original PDF to a Word .docx file first since the straight PDF translation completed destroyed the formatting. PDF: http://nwserveur.no- …
Re: Browsing the past with Wayback Machine
Posted on 2019-09-09, 19:15
I don't browse my favorite old sites this way because the broken images, non-working FTPs, and missing pages make me cry. :( I know what you mean. The Wayback Machine is really good, but sometimes they only have the text of a website (no graphics or file downloads) or just the first page of a long …
Re: Could this be the best Retro PCIE Graphics Card
Posted on 2019-09-08, 23:13
5900(NV35) is listed in the INF file of crowd favorite 45.23 - that would be nice to get it working. That and 82.69 which would not be as nice because one could simply use more powerful cards. I will look into those soon then. I mean yes and no. There are plenty of more powerful cards but not for …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2019-09-08, 23:06
Been working on doing some SB Pro 1.0 recordings. Also repaired an LG 52x32x52 CD-RW drive in the process of getting one of my machines going. It wouldn't eject and so I took it apart and found out that the tray was belt driven. Didn't have an o-ring / belt the correct size so I grabbed one of my …
Re: S3 Vision 864 Purchase – Is this really a 2MB video card?
Posted on 2019-09-08, 22:53
It is indeed a 2MB card. The socketed RAM chips are 256kb x 16, so each chip is 512kB
Re: What VGA card should I choose from what I have here ?
Posted on 2019-09-08, 18:04
The top cards in both posts are the best of the bunch. TSENG 3000AX ORCHID
Re: Low speedsys memory bandwith throughput on high end motherboards
Posted on 2019-09-08, 04:31
I think the performance between WB and WT is also going to depend on the program being run. See this thread for a bit more explanation of WB vs WT: Identify 486 L1 WT or WB Cache?
Re: Too many old hard drives
Posted on 2019-09-07, 23:45
kolderman wrote: > IBM drives are in demand Back in my day they were called the IBM DeathStar and not in demand at all. That was the DeskStar product line. The drives before that were fine.
Re: Office 2000 Service Pack 1 Dutch Wanted
Posted on 2019-09-07, 21:57
Ok, I think I tracked it down. This site specifically says it is the Dutch version: http://www.wiccelli.net/download/OFFICE%20200 … ds/default.aspx
Re: Low volume out of Cobra AW744L II card
Posted on 2019-09-07, 19:53
They are caps. I just matched the physical size up. I have no idea what UF/V they were.
Re: Office 2000 Service Pack 1 Dutch Wanted
Posted on 2019-09-07, 19:51
Napalm FTP indexer is your friend: https://www.searchftps.net/ Pretty sure this is it: ftp://ftp.uni-rostock.de/tools/microsoft/Serv … Office9/de/SR1/
Re: Too many old hard drives
Posted on 2019-09-07, 19:48
Sell them on Ebay. For retro machines I try to always use some sort of flash storage if possible. However, I have almost a full filing cabinet drawer full of spinning rust drives that I really need to go through and sell. Pretty sure I have tested them all at some point IF I didn't pull them from …
Re: Low speedsys memory bandwith throughput on high end motherboards
Posted on 2019-09-07, 00:20
What happens if the board physically doesn't have the L2 cache chips installed? Does it act the same way as if it is disabled in the BIOS?
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-09-06, 21:13
appiah4 wrote: I needed some variety in my ISA VGA collection so I grabbed this when I saw it for five bucks. Apparently it's one of the fastest ISA cards for DOS, interestingly. I will probably replace my 386SX's Trident 9000i with this. Did you mean to post a pic?
Re: Roland SCC-1 as external sound module?
Posted on 2019-09-06, 18:09
You really should just build a retro rig. Get an MT-32 to hook up to the IPC-T as well. Both of those cards you have fetch way more money than I am willing to spend on single cards. If you really want the external SC55, then sell those and get what you want. For the prices those cards sell for you …
Re: Roland SCC-1 as external sound module?
Posted on 2019-09-06, 15:02
If I were near you I would definitely be up for a swap with the SCC1. that being said, sell it and get yourself an SC55 or SC88 and have a bunch of money left over. Do you have the card that goes with the MPU-IP-T? If so, you can probably get around 200-300 for it as well. The breakout by itself …
Re: Could this be the best Retro PCIE Graphics Card
Posted on 2019-09-06, 14:55
HanJammer wrote: No such thing as retro PCI-E. So you wouldn't consider Geforce FX cards as retro?
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