Re: Music Quest MPU clone cards, anyone interested in them?
Posted on 2018-04-28, 04:20
So if we use a midi daughterboard....does the sound come out of the green jack?
Re: Multichannel analog+digital DOS mixer for multi format DOS sound builds, COMING SOON!
Posted on 2018-04-28, 02:33
Any ISA sound cards with SPDIF out that includes all output including FM and Midi?
Re: Best Sensaura Implementation
Posted on 2018-04-27, 20:22
Gahhhrrrlic wrote: I'm not sure if everybody's into it or not but we could use this space as a means of documenting known good/working configurations. For example: . I will be very in favor of this. Should it be on here or vogonswiki or a shared google doc?
Re: Via C3 Build Help Needed
Posted on 2018-04-27, 06:48
I'm not sure if this entirely accurate? I didn't do Quake on my 866 chip but on my Ezra-T @ 1200 mhz I get better FPS in Quake than I do on my K6-III+ @ 550mhz... about 89 FPS on the K6-III+ as opposed to 120FPS on the Ezra-T. My 866 (stock) benchmarks were 380.0 3DBench || 97.2 PCPBench || 455.63 …
Re: Best Sensaura Implementation
Posted on 2018-04-27, 02:28
swaaye wrote: S Honestly I have a hard time noticing any special wavetracing stuff in Half Life compared to the usual positioning that all cards do. Did you try it with a real Vortex2 in addition to the GTXP?
Re: Via C3 Build Help Needed
Posted on 2018-04-27, 02:26
Why is everyone so interested in getting the maximum speed out of an Ezra-T? Is it so that you can have just one machine for newer stuff too? I'm only really doing this project to get the older machine equivalents such as 386 and 486. I have a Pentium Pro, PII, PIII and P4 for all the rest, though …
Re: Via C3 Build Help Needed
Posted on 2018-04-26, 23:43
gdjacobs wrote: C3 CPUs are still cheap on ebay. Even Ezra-Ts > 800mhz? I had a look for similar recently and couldn't find any worldwide.
Re: What recent hardware has the best chance of becoming "retro" in the future?
Posted on 2018-04-26, 17:41
We have lots of ways making old games work on a newer pc like dosbox or glide wrappers...even if there was a perfect emulation for all the old hardware. I don't get why people shill for emulation so hard. It's utter crap 90 percent of the time. Number of times I have installed a game from GoG onto …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2018-04-26, 11:07
PCBONEZ wrote: cyclone3d wrote: Just found this for cheap. A Wang Alliance 750CD desktop computer.. What the hell were they thinking when they named that thing? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Laboratories?
Re: Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs for Retro Gaming
Posted on 2018-04-26, 05:07
Qjimbo wrote: squiggly wrote: It is corporate junk. Zero interest for retro enthusiasts. So what you're saying is in ten years time boxed copies of it will be on eBay for $1000+? 😀 Out of interest, how much would a boxed, sealed copy of Windows Me signed by Bill Gates sell for?
Re: What recent hardware has the best chance of becoming "retro" in the future?
Posted on 2018-04-25, 21:16
It's highly unlikely anything after around 2007 will be collectible. Why? Simply because there are little or no programs/games that came out for Windows Vista (2007/DX10) that would not work on a modern computer today, or probably in 10 years time. Crysis came out in 2007 and can still suckerpunch a …
Re: Best hardware for Need For Speed Porsche 2000 / Unleashed
Posted on 2018-04-25, 10:54
I played this back in the day. Pretty sure I had either a Duron or an Athlon (maybe even a Sempron) with some variant of a Geforce2 (maybe a GTS?). I recall playing it with a joystick, the Sidewinder Precision Pro to be exact: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Microsoft_ …
Re: Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs for Retro Gaming
Posted on 2018-04-25, 07:31
No point to this. It existed to provide a SUPPORTED version of windows on hardware that couldn't run full windows, so corps could still get support without upgrading fleets of crappy low profile oem PCs that could do little more than run Excel. It is corporate junk. Zero interest for retro …
Re: What are your video cards of choice for (S)S7 systems?
Posted on 2018-04-25, 07:23
Some matrox 4mb -> voodoo1 4mb. Also used a riva 128zx. Both AGP.
Re: Digital DOS games (GOG, Steam...) Retro PC Compatibility Sheet: We need your input!
Posted on 2018-04-25, 07:20
DosFreak wrote: GOG updated several of their games today from using DOSBox to ScummVM. SDL2 so XP+. Unknown if anything else changed with the ga […] Show full quote GOG updated several of their games today from using DOSBox to ScummVM. SDL2 so XP+. Unknown if anything else changed with the games. …
Re: Best Sensaura Implementation
Posted on 2018-04-25, 00:14
Mine came a few days ago. I'm going to try it on a Dell p3 with win2k.
Re: Music Quest MPU clone cards, anyone interested in them?
Posted on 2018-04-20, 09:55
#MeToo
Re: Aureal Vortex2 based card with Digital Out?
Posted on 2018-04-19, 23:06
Silly me looks like most SQ2500s give you a choice of RCA or optical out right on the card itself. I wonder what the driver software is like for them.
Re: Which Older Rig?
Posted on 2018-04-19, 22:44
Would there be any real advantage to moving to a Phenom II X6 setup? The 1055T is about as high as I would go as the 1090's and up are kind of pricey.... *warning* *warning* The 1055T is multiplier locked and cannot be easily overclocked. That's why the black editions like the 1090 cost more. …
Re: Best Sensaura Implementation
Posted on 2018-04-19, 22:16
I picked up a Game Theater XP. Anyone have experience with the drivers? I managed to collect all released versions from the Hercules FTP. But I'm not sure any other than the oldest is VXD. I also have one on the way, please keep posting your experiences with it, especially which drivers work well …
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