Re: "Must Have" Best DOS games
Posted on 2016-05-05, 14:23
leileilol wrote: typical 'best must have dos' thread done. Might be more interesting to have a 'worst AAA game' list. I remember reading somewhere that Microprose put out a lot of duds …
Re: 3 floppy drives
Posted on 2016-05-04, 12:24
Never mind, I was hoping for something simple. There's also the issue of later mobos that support just a single A: floppy with no option for B:
Re: 3 floppy drives
Posted on 2016-05-04, 11:04
I would like to know this as well. Are you limited to ISA or do PCI floppy adaptors exist as well? Could you boot off such a bus floppy? Do they work in DOS without drivers?
Re: The Old New Thing: Startup apps start up when I tell them
Posted on 2016-05-02, 18:46
I always assume the computer will be unusable for the first ~5 minutes after boot and go do something else while it settles down.
Re: "Where we're going, we don't need"... cassettes!
Posted on 2016-05-02, 15:32
IIRC the only weakness of the C64 vs the Spectrum was its slower CPU. This was mostly an issue with calculation-intensive 3D vector games.
Re: Older mobos lower down than modern?
Posted on 2016-05-02, 15:17
No these things aren't standardized, and different cases use different height stand-offs. Why wouldn't this be defined in the ATX standard?
Re: Dell "fridge" 2x P PRO
Posted on 2016-05-01, 06:36
Cool. Listen to that roar. An old USB 1.1 card should work with it.
Re: Hardware requirements for burning a Blu-Ray disc
Posted on 2016-05-01, 06:30
I used to burn Blu Rays on a twin 1.4 tully system with PATA drive (GBW-H10N)
Re: Core2 Q9550 Daily Driver
Posted on 2016-04-29, 15:35
Intel Pro Gigabit Adapter (onboard LAN port died) I was going to mention this issue in the "Modern motherboards lifespan" thread but forgot about it. How many people out there are happily running mobos with malfunctioning subsystems, like sound or Ethernet, but with all other systems OK? I used to …
Re: Question about Windows 2000 Pro SP4
Posted on 2016-04-29, 13:07
Are there any downsides to running Windows 2000 Server instead of Professional? Gaming/multimedia issues? Remote Desktop is useful to have and isn't available in Professional.
Re: New York in 1993 in HD
Posted on 2016-04-29, 13:00
Impressive. Sight of those towers is creepy/ominous though. 1993 was also the year of the first attack on them.
Re: Dell "fridge" 2x P PRO
Posted on 2016-04-29, 11:10
Are you thinking of putting Windows NT on it?
Re: Uses for Each Windows
Posted on 2016-04-29, 10:59
Windows NT 4.0 works well with OpenGL games: the Quakes, RTCW, Alice and Half-Life all run well on it.
Re: Other hobbies?
Posted on 2016-04-29, 00:12
Pollen didn't bother me riding a bike as a kid. What did bother me were those clouds of little flies that would hang in the air over cycle paths, and also those little green caterpillars that would lower themselves on silk threads from the trees above. I came to associate cycling with mouthfuls of …
Re: Dell "fridge" 2x P PRO
Posted on 2016-04-28, 13:10
Power consumption is a concern with these behemoths. Play with them, but not too often.
Re: Growing up as DOS gamer in the early 90s, I once...
Posted on 2016-04-28, 03:41
Haha, this brings back memories. I remember mapping a game and sending the map into a magazine, and they published it on a 2-page spread. I took it into school and showed everybody. I didn't get teased about it. People were pretty impressed. Also, a bit later I got a program published on the cover …
Re: This idiot is selling dosbox for money on ebay
Posted on 2016-04-28, 03:17
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFMMXRoSxnA#t=2m00s
Re: Modern case trends
Posted on 2016-04-25, 04:52
The newest ATX case I have is from 2006. The only problem with old cases is that their front panel audio connectors usually don't support HD audio. ETA: front panel USB is also limited to 2.0 of course, though that hasn't bothered me as I don't have any computers with integrated USB 3.
Re: Dell "fridge" 2x P PRO
Posted on 2016-04-24, 05:15
Nice freight container. That RAID card looks like an AMI MegaRAID Enterprise 1200 (Series 428). I have an Enterprise 1400 (Series 438) which is similar.
Re: IBM PS/2 software compatibilities
Posted on 2016-04-22, 05:19
I read somewhere that they were deliberately underpowered so they wouldn't compete with IBM's mainframe range. Most of the initial models used the 80286 or older chips even though the 386 had been out for years by the time the PS/2 debuted. The clone manufacturers were building 386s from the start. …
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