Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2020-12-06, 07:05

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It took me beating both Arena and Daggerfall for me to be able to enjoy Morrowind's combat system enough to be able to play the game. Instead of complaining about the lack of hitting, now I'm just happy to not have to flick my mouse around while missing.

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

Posted on 2020-12-04, 02:45

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I've been spending a while now trying to figure out how to get my Dell Audigy 2 ZS working in tandem with my Vortex 2 card so that I can properly use daemon tools for CD audio. My DVD Drive is picky as all hell about burned disks.

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

Posted on 2020-12-03, 05:11

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Went through another Dark Forces mission. I'm currently at mission 9: Nar Shaddaa. This game has been so far really funny, however I had to patch it to support mouselook, since I can't play with keyboard only anymore. The game in it's base form supports mouse aiming, albeit horizontally only. I am …

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

Posted on 2020-12-02, 20:39

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Not sure it counts as retro, probably stretching it a bit lol - but today I completely disassembled & cleaned out a fat PS3. This thing was literally full of dust in every nook and cranny you could find. Also cleaned off the old crusty thermal paste from CPU & GPU and applied new thermal paste. …

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

Posted on 2020-12-02, 06:14

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Don't you touch my optical drives. I have DVD Drives up to the roof and it makes my HAPPY. Alright ? Signed: "old" people like me. You don't need to tell me, I have both a CD and DVD drive in my 1.42 DP G4 for the sake of having both doors open. I was more making the point that G3 computers, in a …

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

Posted on 2020-12-02, 03:04

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Now the iMac G3 has a working optical drive again. While it's technically a downgrade from the semi-original broken DVD-ROM drive, I'm just glad to be able to read CDs on it again without them getting stuck in the drive. Besides, I never found a reason to use DVDs on this computer as I have plenty …

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Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2020-12-02, 01:56

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While the Gravis Gamepad is unquestionably iconic from an era otherwise dominated by 'Joysticks', it's not a particularly great gamepad. If you're using Windows 9X or higher, those Retrobit controllers like their Sega Saturn pad is far superior in every way. The Japanese/Later Western Saturn pad is …

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Re: What Microsoft Office bundle are these disks from?

Posted on 2020-12-01, 20:27

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Going by the copyright date it is most likely Office 4.0

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Re: english, the planetary language

Posted on 2020-11-30, 21:53

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yawetaG wrote on 2020-11-30, 16:46: But what kind of feet? Small ones, large ones, broad ones, narrow ones? Explicitly the size of some schmuck's feet.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-11-30, 03:09

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LOL, abomination is indeed the right word to describe a fully accessorized Genesis. I have not yet decided to embark on that path . I currently do have a Retron 5 to use with the Power Base Converter . I will be passing on the Sega CD, 32X and even bases Genesis base system for now . I do have a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-11-30, 02:03

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darry wrote on 2020-11-29, 22:42: I found a Sega Power Base Converter for 10 CAN$ at a local pawn shop!!! Now I have to find my Sega Master System games . How many other additions to the Genesis do you have? Can you create a full abomination?

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

Posted on 2020-11-28, 23:19

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I finally played Daggerfall through to the end. I was bouncing from save spot to save spot at times, but I enjoyed myself a lot.

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Re: Windows 95/98 games you never get tired of?

Posted on 2020-11-23, 07:38

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I quite literally play through Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2 every few weeks. As of recent it's been on my modern computers thanks to the graphics fix and LOD mods, but I also use my 98SE machine from time to time.

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

Posted on 2020-11-23, 07:29

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I managed to beat TES: Arena on my Pentium Machine, albeit with the L1 Data cache disabled via setmul so that I can have normal gameplay. It was fun, in a janky sort of way. Filename image0.jpg File size 195.41 KiB Views 1133 views That ending screen is really comfy.

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Re: PnP monitor pop up Win 98

Posted on 2020-11-23, 05:43

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RedCharles wrote on 2020-11-22, 20:33: Alright. I was scared I was gonna brick my 98 install again. But Windows worked. Thanks. You're welcome. It's good to be cautious, but don't overthink.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-11-22, 01:57

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Today I spent an extreme amount on some hardware. image0.jpg An entire $5 for a bootable 133 PATA drive and SATA drive combo. Now I only need to figure out how to get it to boot off of PATA when something SATA is also attached. Maybe the PATA is just a slave like controller. Primary it would just …

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Re: PnP monitor pop up Win 98

Posted on 2020-11-21, 18:12

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I have usually had no issue with just clicking next multiple times. Windows usually seems to be able to find the generic PnP driver.

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

Posted on 2020-11-21, 06:08

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I've started the long journey of playing The Elder Scrolls games, starting with Arena. I need to find a way to avoid using a CD, though, because the constant disk access is slowing things down.

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Re: Is anyone excited for Big Navi?

Posted on 2020-11-20, 08:22

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Bruninho wrote on 2020-11-20, 04:14: Yikes. Not good. I prefer low power, more power efficient stuff. They don’t have something with less power or more efficient? They're quite literally only showing the high end for now. You're going to have to wait for a while to find anything close to what you …

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

Posted on 2020-11-19, 21:27

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After integrating the PCI SATA1/UDMA 133 card in to my Socket 7 system, I am happy to report that even DOS 6.22 is booting faster now. It's almost night and day, despite my SD-IDE adapter not even getting close to 133MB/s.

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