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Re: 486 DX-33 question

Posted on 2018-03-10, 12:03

For example, the Space Shuttle uses original Intel 8088 CPUs. They've been to the moon and back many times (talk about thermal stress), and still work fine, 40 years later. Space Shuttle hasn't been flown since 2011 now and I'm pretty sure they never went to the Moon in one :P I am almost certain …

My Athlon 64 build adventures.

Posted on 2018-03-06, 13:32

My Athlon 64 build adventures: Part 1: It always starts with an idea. I see Phil's youtube video where he makes a cheap win98 pc using Asus A8V deluxe motherboard and I remember that I had the same motherboard. I used to have a pc with the same motherboard back in 2005 or 2006. I had a Athlon 64 FX- …

Re: DirectX 8 Gaming

Posted on 2018-03-05, 07:51

Pretty much all of them had installer who asked if you want to install directx. Also when you search for minimum system requirement for a game online, it often says the directx version required. Also the graphics card that is in minimum requirements for the game usually gives also a hint because it …

Re: Period correct build?

Posted on 2018-03-04, 23:59

It isn't going to be my main pc. It is actually going to be third older pc that I have built. My main pc still has windows 7. I recently bought a new gaming laptop and it came with windows 10 and I hate windows 10. At least when it comes to windows 10, I much rather use windows 7 on my main desktop …

Re: DirectX 8 Gaming

Posted on 2018-03-04, 23:35

I remember that most games used to come with the directx version it was designed for. Pretty much all of them had installer who asked if you want to install directx. Also when you search for minimum system requirement for a game online, it often says the directx version required. Also the graphics …

Nvidia GeForce7800GS agp fan speed.

Posted on 2018-03-04, 20:16

I have a bit newer system that I use to also play dos games that are now speed sensitive. Win98se is installed and I have disabled in msdos.sys that it doesn't boot to GUI and I get ms-dos immediately. Problem is that the graphics card fan speed only goes down when I go to win98se GUI and if I stay …

Re: Period correct build?

Posted on 2018-03-04, 16:57

I have a 486 33Mhz pc for dos games, so dos support isn't that important. But I think it will be good for wide range of windows games. Ahh, yeah you should be perfectly fine then. I didn't realize you already had an old machine for the older stuff. Yeah I'd say anything that XP machine won't handle …

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