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Re: Well, should I ask this girl to coffee or not?

Posted on 2016-10-17, 16:23

in Milliways

in Milliways

You've got your priorities right, the next step is to develop a friendship and see if any sparks come from that. That will involve asking her out. Just ask her if she wants to grab some coffee. Ask about what sorts of activities they have at her church, and share yours. It's a foundation you both …

Re: Replacement Case Feet

Posted on 2016-10-17, 15:57

in Milliways

in Milliways

What I've done in the past is make a small board slightly larger than the base of the case, out of wood or ply, and put casters on that. It looks kind of like a skateboard and has the advantage of putting any PC on it that you want (it's not attached to the case).

Re: making ground

Posted on 2016-10-17, 10:49

in Milliways

in Milliways

386_junkie wrote: yes this is true, your landlord should be a down to earth kinda guy and contact the electricity company to install one. I see what you did there.

Re: DOS games with certain music modes

Posted on 2016-10-16, 23:18

in DOS

in DOS

I want to say the Dynamix flight sims supported LAPC-I and/or CM-32L. Maybe some Sierra or LucasArts adventures too? Have to fire them up and check now. 🤣.

Re: DOS PCI Video Card Compatibility and Benchmark tests

Posted on 2016-10-16, 20:06

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Cool. Seems it's a better DOS card than the V3 😀 Thanks for testing!

Re: A game of spotting THE explosion sprite

Posted on 2016-10-16, 15:27

in Milliways

in Milliways

It looks like a potato.

Re: DOS PCI Video Card Compatibility and Benchmark tests

Posted on 2016-10-16, 02:59

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Excellent roundup. Thanks, that was really cool. The Banshee really seems to be a gem! I wonder if it's similar enough to the Voodoo3 2000, a card I've been able to find a couple of compatibility issues with: -in Wing Commander 3 it needs to use the alternate video mode to play the movie cut scenes. …

Re: Replacement Case Feet

Posted on 2016-10-15, 23:38

in Milliways

in Milliways

Looks cool. Are they drawer pulls?

Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2016-10-15, 22:44

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Did a little rearranging. The four beige PCs are (from right-to-left): 1. 486DX2-66, DOS6.22, 8MB 30-pin, CL-GD5428 VLB and SBPro2-compatible Packard Bell sound card (Aztech chip with Yamaha OPL3) 2. Packard Bell Multimedia C110 with POD200MMX, DOS6.22, 32MB 72-pin edo, TNT2 M64 PCI, Audician 32 …

Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2016-10-15, 03:18

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Sweet find, Brickpad! That's going to be a fun project. 😉 Cheers!

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

Posted on 2016-10-15, 03:13

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Gave myself a small CRT upgrade. Replaced my Gateway EV700 with a Viewsonic A75f. Both are 17" class, but the A75f is completely flat. I had the Viewsonic since new, but it was buried in storage until a couple of days ago. Pulled it out, cleaned it up and tried it out. So far, it still works great …

Re: How you COULD have been playing Ultima III in 1986...

Posted on 2016-10-15, 03:07

in Milliways

in Milliways

The Exodus Project is also a nice way to play Ultima 3. Optional VGA, use any soundcard for MIDI music, frame limiter and more. http://exodus.voyd.net/ultima3.html

Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2016-10-15, 00:56

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I've got an STB Velocity 128 Windows 95 driver CD.

Re: Ultra high resolutions on old school flight sims?

Posted on 2016-10-14, 14:07

in Milliways

in Milliways

USNF supported 1024x768 for sure. I could be wrong, but it seems like it might've supported 1280x1024? But that's a rare exception for a DOS game. The Build Engine games also supported 1024x768, but can't remember if they went any higher than that. Does it? I own both USNF '97 and Fighters …

Re: How you COULD have been playing Ultima III in 1986...

Posted on 2016-10-14, 13:42

in Milliways

in Milliways

Really enjoyed that man. Interesting (to me) fact: Ultima 3 was the only Ultima I played to completion on an Atari (8-bit). Good memories...thanks for posting this.

Re: Ultra high resolutions on old school flight sims?

Posted on 2016-10-14, 13:24

in Milliways

in Milliways

USNF supported 1024x768 for sure. I could be wrong, but it seems like it might've supported 1280x1024? But that's a rare exception for a DOS game. The Build Engine games also supported 1024x768, but can't remember if they went any higher than that.

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2016-10-14, 02:20

in Milliways

in Milliways

About halfway into Ultima Underworld 2. I'm on the weirdest level right now--Talorus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asBQ2PKI8Yw&l … YDpMKK&index=29

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-10-14, 02:12

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

PhilsComputerLab wrote: SquallStrife wrote: PhilsComputerLab wrote: Haha, good idea, could become my "signature" 😀 They truly are the pale hands of an indoorsy retro nerd! 😜 I actually have an all year tan pretty much 🤣 Living in the Outback and riding a bike add up to tan to me. 😀

Re: Newly minted retro PC: is there a market?

Posted on 2016-10-13, 13:20

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My take: almost anyone who would want a retro PC would also want to source their own parts and build it themselves. That's part of the experience.

Re: Help me with this Christmas present idea for my dad

Posted on 2016-10-13, 02:39

in Milliways

in Milliways

First off...brilliant idea and very thoughtful and loving. I'd be so happy if my son did something like that for me. :) Now, do you have any local places that might carry C64s? retro game shops, retro conventions, etc? I'm just thinking it would be ideal to see it in person before you buy. That's …

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