Re: Built a 'new' 486 - Trouble with Doom
Posted on 2016-10-13, 02:35
Could it be a stability issue? Maybe try BIOS defaults or even reducing timings to slowest to see if it gets more stable.
Re: got a gateway
Posted on 2016-10-12, 15:44
candle_86 wrote: Got a PNY FX 5200 from ebay for 4 dollars, not sure if to place it in my AThlon 1200 and use its Quadro 2 MXR in this P3, or put the FX into this P3 hmm Is the FX 5200 64-bit or 128-bit? The 128-bit is a decent card, about as fast an a GF3 Ti200, and slightly faster with AA/AF …
Re: What makes real hardware.. "real"?
Posted on 2016-10-12, 02:07
It's the whole experience- -sourcing and building the hardware just like you did back in the day (except with more knowledge/experience then back then) -hearing the sounds of bootup and seeing it on a real CRT :) -experiencing the delays of the old, slow hard disk, before the game starts -playing …
Re: Ultima Dragons 25th Anniversary Bash Kickstarter
Posted on 2016-10-12, 01:05
Turns out my Dragon name was mis-spelled in their database. It was for sure "Rush" Dragon back in the day, but the name that they had associated with my real name was "Rusk". LOL. That must've opened the door for someone else to grab the name after I wandered off. At any rate, she asked if I wanted …
Re: Ultima Dragons 25th Anniversary Bash Kickstarter
Posted on 2016-10-10, 21:37
Hmm, and I'm not either of those names. 😀 I wonder if I became inactive for long enough that the name was released for others to use. I remember being active on Prodigy for maybe 1-2 years.
Re: Ultima Dragons 25th Anniversary Bash Kickstarter
Posted on 2016-10-10, 20:49
Cool. I was an Ultima Dragon back in the day. Can't remember for sure what my name was...Rush Dragon maybe?
Re: strange hardware problem on my pentium 2 machine
Posted on 2016-10-10, 20:41
I would suggest pulling out the Voodoo, ethernet and sound cards and reset your BIOS to defaults. Then try again. Does it still happen? If so, then try a different keyboard. If you can get the PC to a point where it stops rebooting when you have a keyboard plugged in, then start adding back your …
Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow
Posted on 2016-10-10, 20:23
Once again, I love ADG videos but it is simple inconvenient to watch them in a playlist only to be "stuck" on a certain videos, I find this unnecessary interruption of flow a put-off. I've run into the same thing. If you're not logged in, the playlist halts with a message that you have to log in to …
Re: VIA C3 Ezra / Ezra-T CPU
Posted on 2016-10-10, 19:01
@clueless1: That table needs updating; it mentions Ezra-T having no L2 cache, but it does. And the onboard C&T 69000 VGA is slow. Would you do the honors of updating it when you have time? Feel free to add other variables, such as setmul switches, and just note in the Comments column. Then I'll …
Re: VIA C3 Ezra / Ezra-T CPU
Posted on 2016-10-10, 15:53
I never heard of the VIA C3 CPU until recently and I want to hear more. j^aws submitted benchmark results to my cachebench database: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uKhCIaYDP1sWoETFdqQ0kq_TY_sL4yHBSCGgG3qblPk/edit#gid=1720967797 There's a few different speeds (1.2Ghz, 1Ghz, and 200Mhz) with …
Re: Opinions on Pentium 1 systems
Posted on 2016-10-09, 21:08
Look at it this way: -a 486 with cache and turbo manipulation, can play games from the mid 1980s to 1993 no problem. Even some games from 1994-1995 (graphic adventures and other non-demanding games). -a fast (P133+) Pentium with cache manipulation can play games from 1990 to 1996. So there are some …
Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow
Posted on 2016-10-09, 11:37
I don't see it as a big deal. Kris feels it's the right thing to do for his videos, I respect that.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2016-10-09, 00:11
Been playing around with this lovely graphics card. At first glance it appears to be a 8800 GTX, but this is actually a Dell 8800 Ultra. It works great, handles most XP era games at 1600 x 1200 with 4x AA and 16x AF just fine. Does run a bit hot, I guess the paste could get replaced, but at the …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2016-10-08, 19:16
Played some Ultima Underworld 2 early this morning. Finished up Killorn Keep and about to head into the Ice Caves of Anodunos. Now I'm cleaning out the basement, throwing crap out, and making room/organizing my retro gear. I'm at the point where I need to be more selective with what I hold onto. : …
Re: A game of spotting THE explosion sprite
Posted on 2016-10-08, 16:56
Just going from memory, it seems like X-Wing/Tie Fighter had this explosion?
Re: Firefox-like browsers and excessive writes re:SSDs
Posted on 2016-10-07, 18:01
For me the issue is with web browsers being wasteful and inefficient with their write strategies, whether SSD or mechanical disk. Basically, it's very easy for these browsers to write over 20GB per day sitting there doing nothing, which approaches the limit of some lower-end SSDs. If I have an …
Re: Favorite MIDI game soundtracks?
Posted on 2016-10-07, 17:54
Just wonder: when you like a particular MIDI game soundtrack, do you like the music itself, or the quality of the instruments when the game is played in a typical PC at that time. I think it has to be both. Most of us, back in the day, have played/heard the MIDI tracks that today we call our …
Re: Top private browsers
Posted on 2016-10-07, 15:44
Site that recommends privacy-conscious providers/os/browsers/software: https://www.privacytools.io/ in particular, notice all the about:config tweaks that they say make FF and FF-like browsers more private. Not saying you will have complete privacy, but you may be interested anyway.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-10-07, 14:29
Batyra wrote: @James-F Just to be sure - I'm new here that's why I'm asking. 😀 You can see description under photo I've added? Or is it just for my information and other users doesn't sees it? I think his comment was directed @ bishopcop, not you. 😀
Re: Firefox-like browsers and excessive writes re:SSDs
Posted on 2016-10-07, 14:20
It'll take at least 25 years for daily 10GB writes to wear down a good SSD. People are way too paranoid about reducing SSD writes. By the time you will wear down a SSD by Firefox use, it will be severely outdated. The time you spend trying to reduce SSD writes is really better spent elsewhere. Your …
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