Re: I'm new here, from South Africa, ask me anything

Posted on 2020-04-22, 13:12

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and I'd guess those are definitely not bootlegs? x3 No they are not, they retain basically the entire original copy protection in the case of Amiga games for example. They were definitely licensed because only particular developers' games were in the market, USGOLD, Sierra and Lucasarts for example …

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Re: I'm new here, from South Africa, ask me anything

Posted on 2020-04-22, 12:55

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Did you, in the late 80s and early 90s, have strange releases of original games for the local market? Here in Turkey a local retailer sold original games in Betamax casette boxes with Black & White manuals. They later went even cheaper and sold the games in plastic shrinkwrap with no boxes at all. I …

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Re: Help deciding on a sound card

Posted on 2020-04-22, 12:51

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4238 is probably a 3D integrated version of the 4237 and not the 4235 which was actually corrected in 4236. 4236/4237 both have very good FM Synthesis (even though it is distinctly different from Yamaha OPL3) so stick with the onboard sound chip for best compatibility and quality of the stuff you …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-04-22, 08:57

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Just a single card today - but an interesting one. Top in this picture is the AudioExcel AV310 I already had, below the new acquisition. 15875065682960.jpg CMI8330 cards are always welcome - I like their SBPro2+SB16 support and bug-free MIDI (and can forgive iffy FM). But take a look under the MIDI …

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

Posted on 2020-04-21, 17:02

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Nobody said otherwise.

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Re: Cyrix appreciation thread

Posted on 2020-04-21, 12:16

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mwdmeyer wrote on 2020-04-21, 10:56: Yes I always wondered if the Cyrix would be better than a Pentium for things like Starcraft and other RTS games. I'd need to do some testing at some stage. The problem is that while it may be better, Pentium is good enough for those, while Cyrix is not even …

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

Posted on 2020-04-21, 06:27

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Caluser2000 wrote on 2020-04-20, 19:37: Swappee out my P166mmx test mobo for an AUSUS socket 7 mobo rocking an AMD K5-266. More pci slots, slightly quicker, 2 16-bit ISA slots, 1 AGP slot and more available memory. I can test a few more cards now. K5-266?..

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Re: ISA sound card for lucas games?

Posted on 2020-04-21, 05:19

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LucasArts games range from Maniac Mansion to The Dig and in between there are a million different sound standards to take into acount. However, for these games you want to have the following: 1. Decent Adlib/Sound Blaster compatibility 2. No MPU-401 Bug 3. MT-32 MIDI support 4. General MIDI support …

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Re: ISA sound card for lucas games?

Posted on 2020-04-20, 16:24

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LucasArts games range from Maniac Mansion to The Dig and in between there are a million different sound standards to take into acount. However, for these games you want to have the following: 1. Decent Adlib/Sound Blaster compatibility 2. No MPU-401 Bug 3. MT-32 MIDI support 4. General MIDI support …

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Re: Cyrix appreciation thread

Posted on 2020-04-20, 16:07

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It's weird and sad to re-stumble onto this topic on the day I brought home an MMX-200 to replace my 6x86MX-PR233 because its Quake 1/2 performance was so lacklustre.. Now I feel dirty and I'll probably not do the swap..

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

Posted on 2020-04-20, 12:51

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Oj0 wrote on 2020-04-20, 12:26: That seems a bit high? I was running my V2 SLI on a Celeron 300A @ 504 and there was a definite gain from single to dual card. At 800x600 it would run virtually at the same speed.

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Re: The Budget 1997 (was: OS/2 Warp) Gaming PC

Posted on 2020-04-20, 12:11

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Yes, the 6x86MX was a fantastic processor for my initial purpose: An OS/2 and MS-DOS multi-boot PC. However, I too have found it painfully limiting upon trying to get the PC to run any kind of demanding 3D game. I have looked into CPU prices at 1997 Christmas and it appears the MMX-200 was a …

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Re: The Budget 1997 (was: OS/2 Warp) Gaming PC

Posted on 2020-04-20, 08:55

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Well, I have been messing around with this PC for quite some time, and managed to get the OS updated to FPM15 and kernel level to 4.5. And at the end of the day, I wiped it clean, and repurposed it into a 1997 Budget Gaming PC. Since the day I first booted OS/2 Warp 4, I had a feeling this would …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-04-20, 05:05

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PC Partners PCI board with a UMC chip. Works. https://i.imgur.com/q2k2Bo0m.jpg I have the exact same board, mine had a barrel battery. Can you give me a good clean shot of the battery area so that I can cross check? From what I can tell only the diode on D14 and resistor on R12 are missing, I'd be …

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

Posted on 2020-04-19, 23:18

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I am in the same boat but I opted to keep a 386SX and a 486 VLB instead. I maintain a Socket 7 as my main these days..

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

Posted on 2020-04-19, 22:15

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Oh ffs

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

Posted on 2020-04-19, 21:18

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K6-2/400 is also bottlenecking that Voodoo 3 quite a bit, by the way.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-04-19, 20:53

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PC Partners PCI board with a UMC chip. Works. https://i.imgur.com/q2k2Bo0m.jpg I have the exact same board, mine had a barrel battery. Can you give me a good clean shot of the battery area so that I can cross check? From what I can tell only the diode on D14 and resistor on R12 are missing, I'd be …

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Re: What sound card do you use on your modern PC ?

Posted on 2020-04-19, 20:48

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The combination of PSU and motherboard seems to be very important in not having interference of some kind in custom PCs, if I go by the discussions on a local synthesizer forum. The motherboard and having proper ground wiring on the wall electricity is what I find to be a lot more important than …

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Re: PCEm. Another PC emulator.

Posted on 2020-04-19, 20:48

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Amazing job. My only issue with PCem is how long it takes to set up a drive image and how difficult it is to modify the drive image..

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