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

Posted on 2018-02-01, 23:55

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by SteveC

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Seemed to have broken my Abit BX6 or the PII-333 on it as I've been messing around with capturing various old graphics cards and now it's stopped booting. Even the soft power off isn't working so I think it's toast :( Also discovering how on earlier than around year 2000 (pre-widescreen really) …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-01-30, 22:31

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by SteveC

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Is it sad I'd recognise a Matrox card anywhere from any angle? 😀

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Re: Tech demos - general discussion

Posted on 2018-01-29, 21:42

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by SteveC

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I am actually trying on a G400 in Windows XP SP3 on old hardware (Athlon 1900XP). Using that sdb file didn't help. HOWEVER I have got it to run! I had to set the render depth to 16 bit (render_depth 0) in the config file. No idea why though as this is the original G400 32MB I've had for about 20 …

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Re: What PCs / era are these

Posted on 2018-01-28, 18:56

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by SteveC

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What DX logo? There's an IBM logo on it! I'd say that was Pentium/Pentium II - used to have them at work many moons ago (late 90's). The black Dell is more like a P4, the white one (also Dell?) below that is probably P2/P3. No idea on second one down or the black one on the left.

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Re: Tech demos - general discussion

Posted on 2018-01-28, 18:54

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by SteveC

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Just done a complete fresh install of XP and the G400 and still it fails to run 🙁

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Re: Tech demos - general discussion

Posted on 2018-01-27, 23:12

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by SteveC

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Interestingly I'm trying to get the G400 tech demo working on an actual G400 and it used to work (Windows XP) but since changing around graphics cards (had a Parhelia and some NVidia 8400GS card in the PC since the G400) it just goes black screen, you get 1/2 second of sound then dumps you back to …

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Re: MechWarrior 2 | 3D card conversion files

Posted on 2018-01-17, 23:27

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by SteveC

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An update, I tried both the diamond monster drivers version 1.8 and ice mans drivers under windows 98 and both are no go. The titanium version works fine on the voodoo1 so the card is working on the system. The game starts but goes right back to the mission screen after starting a mission, no …

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Re: First Edition of PCFormat Magazine

Posted on 2018-01-06, 19:14

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by SteveC

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No afraid I haven't. Did a quick search and this guy is after them all - http://pcwpp.blogspot.co.uk/2010/06/every-once-in-while-i-get-bug.html. The covers are here - http://www.primrosebank.net/pcw/pcw_ov.htm Supposedly The National Museum Of Computing at Bletchley Park has them all according to a …

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First Edition of PCFormat Magazine

Posted on 2018-01-06, 11:49

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by SteveC

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Found this again so had to share - the first edition of PCFormat magazine from October 1991. I used to buy this religiously for decades. Shut down a year or two back and content was taken over by PCGamer, but it's not the same. https://1drv.ms/b/s!Aq1W74TOOh-jhqgiECGX7thpt4uUig Enjoy! (Not OCR'd …

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Re: Best and worst sound cards you have ever owned?

Posted on 2018-01-03, 19:49

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by SteveC

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I remember being blown away by Pinball Dreams on the PC Speaker

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Re: OPL2LPT

Posted on 2018-01-03, 11:06

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by SteveC

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Ooh I'll have to see if I can resurrect my 3d printer (not had a successful print in months - does filament 'go off'?) and print this case out!

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Re: What do you consider the break point between vintage and modern?

Posted on 2018-01-03, 11:02

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by SteveC

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P4 CPUs and beyond are modern for me. Then there are tiers of vintage; the P1-P3 period is where I am most interested in PC hardware, but I realize they are a more retro than vintage. True vintage is 486 and earlier for me. Yeah I'd agree with all your steps. You could still use a P4 as a daily PC …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-01-02, 23:22

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by SteveC

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That's not the actual card, just a photo I nicked online... hopefully mine's not broken 😀

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-01-02, 22:58

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by SteveC

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Awaiting delivery of another Matrox video card: A Matrox Mystique PCI 😀 I want an m3d (PowerVR) but they're so expensive!

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Re: TOP 5 videocards of all time

Posted on 2018-01-02, 21:29

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by SteveC

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I'd have to have the Matrox G400 to the list somewhere as it brought dual monitor setups to the mainstream desktop.

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Re: Best and worst sound cards you have ever owned?

Posted on 2018-01-02, 21:19

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by SteveC

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Worst - OPTi 931 - used to install them on new PC builds back in the day. Could be a nightmare to get working at times and the sound was poor. (Runner up was the SB Live due to the poor software as others have mentioned) Best - Soudblaster AWE32 - just used to work flawlessly with anything you threw …

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Re: OPL2LPT

Posted on 2017-12-30, 09:09

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by SteveC

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If you're not doing it for your own fun then you're doing it for the wrong reasons :) Plus I'm sure at least a few of us without CP/M machines will watch if you put a video up about it. The chances of me getting a CP/M machine are pretty low but I can enjoy it by proxy if there's a video to watch! …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-12-25, 23:04

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by SteveC

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Is 2011 retro enough, or should this be in the modern section? A Matrox quad output PCIe graphics card: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/kdoAAOSw8oFX0WGF/s-l300.jpg I only wanted the cable, but it was cheaper to buy the card too (came in at just under £20 delivered). Another Matrox to add to my …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-12-24, 15:15

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by SteveC

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Is 2011 retro enough, or should this be in the modern section? A Matrox quad output PCIe graphics card: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/kdoAAOSw8oFX0WGF/s-l300.jpg I only wanted the cable, but it was cheaper to buy the card too (came in at just under £20 delivered). Another Matrox to add to my …

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Re: OPL2LPT

Posted on 2017-12-24, 12:53

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by SteveC

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Oh yeah the model 80 is. I remember my dad having a model 80, and 70 and a P70 at the same time in his office at work and I believe they were all bought at the same time so were very similar specced.

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