Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-09-16, 06:12

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Hmm, sounds like the sort of thing I might have done had I been in high school :lol: Fortunately, I was homeschooled and didn't have the chance to mess up computers that didn't belong to me. I'm surprised I never messed up my dad's computer though, considering all the stuff I was downloading on it. …

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Re: My collection

Posted on 2016-09-16, 05:43

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Yeah, the DX4 would make a perfect DOS rig. As for the P75, I would upgrade to P133 (if your board can handle it, otherwise P120) and make it a DOS/Win98SE rig for later DOS games.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-09-16, 05:39

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I was going to get it off him for free minus one hard drive but then i got expelled for a combination of computer related things, which you could sum up to hacking, for two years before i got a hold of it Well that sucks. Two years? What did they think you trying to do, hack into the Pentagon and …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-09-16, 04:45

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by keenmaster486

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Well, I dunno, I've been to two recycle centers (one in southern Idaho in my hometown, and the other in Boulder, CO where I live now). Maybe I just got lucky, but at both those places they've been very nice and agreeable, and explicitly state that they're happy to see the stuff getting some use. I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-09-16, 03:22

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by keenmaster486

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Checked the manual for that Video 7 card (I think it's a "VEGA" card) and it says the composite output doesn't work without an add-on adapter 🙁

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-09-16, 02:51

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by keenmaster486

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Today was an exhausting day. I made the half hour trek on foot to the recycle center again (same place I got all that XT stuff) and this time I was once again rewarded richly. I found an AT clone in a horribly bent up case (marked "goof box" for whatever reason - huh), so I removed all of the parts …

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Re: What Are the Best Dell Dimension XPS Computers That Can Run 9x and Good For Gaming?

Posted on 2016-09-16, 01:42

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by keenmaster486

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Braca862 wrote: Just curious, does the T450 support wifi cards? If so, which ones? Well, it has PCI slots and runs Win9x, so it'll support any PCI wifi cards that have drivers for Windows 98. But honestly, you're better off with a 10/100 ethernet card. Wifi would work, but it's likely to be slow.

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Re: What Are the Best Dell Dimension XPS Computers That Can Run 9x and Good For Gaming?

Posted on 2016-09-15, 23:23

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by keenmaster486

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I can vouch for the T450 and T500. If I remember right my T500 came with a Voodoo 3 AGP from the factory 😁 I used it for every 9x game I could get my hands on back in the mid-2000's and never ran into any trouble that wasn't of my own making 😜

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Re: Skype systray messages, interferences with Dosbox at full screen mode

Posted on 2016-09-15, 13:42

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by keenmaster486

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Jorpho wrote: Why not just close Skype

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Re: Star Wars Despecialized Editions

Posted on 2016-09-15, 04:05

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I think they did with the soundtrack what they did with the video, that is, used the BD version where they could, but where it diverged, used other sources "quality enhanced" as much as possible. But don't quote me on that.

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Re: I created a VOGONS subreddit

Posted on 2016-09-14, 17:24

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by keenmaster486

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Poor OP, he's getting shut down pretty badly here 😒

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Re: Commander Keen problem!

Posted on 2016-09-13, 18:39

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by keenmaster486

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Didn't seem to work for me. On Bio Menace, I can still see map tiles off the right edge. It's humorous in game because some of them say "Edge Of Map". :P But that's a well known bug in the Galaxy engine. You can see it in Crystalus in Keen 4 as well. I didn't think that patch was supposed to fix …

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Re: Star Wars Despecialized Editions

Posted on 2016-09-12, 01:27

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Well, the idea of the fanedits was to basically create an HD version of the LaserDisk master, i.e. if Bluray had been used instead of LaserDisk at that time. So they took the LaserDisk versions, plus various other sources, and combined them with the official Blurays to create the closest thing to an …

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Re: Gaming with serial connection

Posted on 2016-09-11, 18:44

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by keenmaster486

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I've done this with DOOM; ordered a null modem cable off of Amazon for five dollars (or something). It works great for two-player simple stuff, but I mostly use it for file transfer between computers when there's no more practical way. Edit: I've also used it for Descent (I and II) and it works just …

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Re: Software for Windows 98

Posted on 2016-09-10, 14:57

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by keenmaster486

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I always install 7-zip 9 (last version supported on 98). I can't tell the difference practically between it and later versions; has exactly the same functionality and works perfectly.

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Re: Star Wars Despecialized Editions

Posted on 2016-09-10, 03:47

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Distributing altered versions of the movies is illegal, but Lucasfilm, owned by Walt Disney Co., doesn’t pursue charges unless people are doing so for profit, said a person with knowledge of the matter. Oh, also: “Fans are an incredibly important part of our legacy and we never cease to be amazed …

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Re: I've an idea: Let's get some game development going

Posted on 2016-09-10, 00:03

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if you need any testers let me know. I don't have a true dos system but I can test in dosbox. If I do get ahold of a dos system I'll let you know. OK! May I suggest that you have spectacularly unrealistic ideas about the difficulties involved here? That's why you guys are here, to tell me what can …

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Star Wars Despecialized Editions

Posted on 2016-09-09, 23:56

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https://www.facebook.com/despecialized/ https://www.fanedit.org/featured-restoration-star-wars-trilogy-despecialized-editions/ I just discovered these yesterday and I've already downloaded all three movies. So far I've been highly impressed with the quality, both of the video per se and of the …

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Re: Whats an audigy like in dos apps?

Posted on 2016-09-09, 15:08

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by keenmaster486

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Jade Falcon wrote: china Dos union had a universal AC97 driver for dos Where is it? I've been searching for that for years, and have never found it.

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Re: Whats an audigy like in dos apps?

Posted on 2016-09-09, 14:22

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by keenmaster486

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PCI-based cards will work if they have special drivers. But if the card has an OPL3 chip, it's likely to work with minimal effort (maybe an initialization driver) since all it requires is I/O ports and no IRQ or DMA. It's digital sound that messes things up.

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