Re: FYI: Steam drops XP/Vista in 2019
Posted on 2018-06-13, 06:06
Re: Which Audigy for EAX?
Posted on 2018-06-12, 15:44
Re: HP Vectra and other non-supported oldies
Posted on 2018-06-12, 14:32
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Norton Commander 4.x and 5.0: a few questions
Posted on 2018-06-10, 13:25
I'm targeting the good year '94 with software, so ideally I would like to use NC4. So far I'm unable to find an original image, so I settled for 5.0 for now (early '95). But it badly misbehaves - when you view-edit (F3, F4) a file there's a ~25% chance for the machine to crash. I have QEMM 7.5 …
Re: List the PC games that you have beaten
Posted on 2018-06-10, 12:48
Last night I finished Warcraft: Orcs and Humans with human campaign. It was not nearly as excited as the one for the "filthy orcses ©", both music- and mission-wise. I'm not very good with strategies, but it felt quite unbalanced - especially 11th mission - you just have to spam some water …
Was it common to use a hintbook in 90s?
Posted on 2018-06-10, 09:56
I was never much good with adventure games, but it's one of my favorite genres nevertheless. Back in the days I mostly used walkthroughs or consulted our class clown. Somehow he always knew the answer (magic? :exclamation:). Recently I finished Monkey Island with 0 hints until the damn navigator's …
Re: List the PC games that you have beaten
Posted on 2018-06-05, 21:40
Took me slightly over 20 years, but I finally finished Doom ! At first I tried version 1.2, but due to weird kb/mouse behavior quickly updated to 1.9 and kicked the demons butt all over 3 original campaigns in just about 2 weeks (on medium difficulty). I'm not very much into shooters prior to Half- …
Re: Miss America "will no longer judge competitors on physical appearance" (seriously)
Posted on 2018-06-05, 20:57
" The Miss America beauty pageant is scrapping its swimwear segment and will no longer judge competitors on physical appearance. This is so yesterday! But seriously, as long as we're on the topic of PC stuff, I find this thing even more "controversial": Is the FAA sacrificing your safety for …
Re: WFW3.11 vs 3.11 and 3.x_ desktop customization
Posted on 2018-06-02, 16:48
Cool! Much obliged 😀
Re: WFW3.11 vs 3.11 and 3.x_ desktop customization
Posted on 2018-06-02, 15:28
Thanks for the link, but the resources from the aforementioned video are still missing (chess and various geometry wallpapers for example). I guess I'll have to compare 3.X versions in DOSBox before touching my main DOS machine.
WFW3.11 vs 3.11 and 3.x_ desktop customization
Posted on 2018-06-01, 21:41
Just watched LGR's new video on installing Windows 3.0 and it has a lot of cool desktop wallpapers and themes my Workgroups 3.11 (complete installation) doesn't include. Was it removed from all 3.1x editions?
Re: Is 486 DX the ultimate DOS machine?
Posted on 2018-05-19, 06:42
feipoa wrote: OK, so Ultima 7 should play well on a 486SXL-40, 50, or 66?? According to my research, I would't run it on anything higher than 50 (with 25 being lower limit). Otherwise the inherent choppiness of the game will be one of your lesser problems 🤣.
Re: Need to quickly identify hardware
Posted on 2018-05-17, 23:23
Unless you are some kind of homeless bum who can't afford a cup of coffee, why not just buy it and find out? 1. I might be a homeless bum and you just deadly :dead: offended me 2. I might prefer an extra cup of coffee a day 3. It could be a very long ride to pick the lot 4. I'm not into collecting …
Need to quickly identify hardware
Posted on 2018-05-17, 08:46
pic1.jpg pic2.jpg It's a local auction and it's ending soon. Very few bids, currently a few bucks. Is it 386 or just older 486 board? No obvious leakage. What about the form factor - it's not quite squared - does it mean it comes from some brand desktop? Anything special about it? Other components? …
Re: Is 486 DX the ultimate DOS machine?
Posted on 2018-05-16, 16:01
Thank you very much for making things clear to me, guys! Generally I'm against any pseudos and 3-in-1 systems. True, I do have 233MMX+Voodoo1 PC, but I don't feel like turning it into the latter. While it didn't changed my plans towards building DX a bit, now I have to decide on this proverbial top …
Re: Is 486 DX the ultimate DOS machine?
Posted on 2018-05-16, 10:30
squiggly wrote: Define "better". Here: as the only DOS machine to handle anything DOS/16-bit related, it should be able to run most if not all games with good FPS.
Is 486 DX the ultimate DOS machine?
Posted on 2018-05-16, 09:58
For now I've no plans to go beyond 80486 and all the newer Win9x+ stuff is covered with practically finished 233MMX+Voodoo1 (Win95 only), P3 800+ti200/ti4200 (98/ME?) and hopefully soon to be reborn PII 450+TNT2/Voodoo3 (98). While I understand that a few games are too speed sensitive, for the most …
Re: Best DOS/3.1x applications from the early 90's?
Posted on 2018-05-15, 21:42
I do much of my daily tasks on my 486 actually, so that's something we can maybe have some fun chatting about. Wanted to PM you with this, but can't just yet due to my new account status. Anyways, it feels like congratulations are in order - you now have exactly 486 posts on Vogons! Quite a mark …
Re: Best DOS/3.1x applications from the early 90's?
Posted on 2018-05-15, 20:47
In essence you'll have to tell us what you like to do with your PC for solid suggestions Hmm.. I'd like to be more precise, however it's not that easy. I think in general I want to cover 3 areas: - games: certainly, it's the first thing that comes to mind as supposedly the main reason for building …
Re: Can somene help me with best 2006 AMD windows xp gaming pc ?
Posted on 2018-05-14, 07:11
I thought about a similar build (intel) at first, but decided to go with year 2009 instead, to cover all of the XP games. Not an AMD guru, but recently Phil was tinkering with something similar year-wise on his youtube channel. My ultimate XP build is Asus P5Q, C2D e7600 or one of the higher clocked …
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