Re: How do you treat rust?
Posted on 2021-02-07, 23:46
I don't like rust. It's coarse and rough and irritating — and it gets everywhere.
Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?
Posted on 2021-02-06, 09:56
xcomcmdr wrote on 2021-02-06, 09:53: foil_fresh wrote on 2021-02-06, 09:50: xcomcmdr wrote on 2021-02-06, 09:42: A lot of DOS games on Steam are sold without music or cutscenes. Relativetly unknown titles such as Quake, for example. Back in the day, ripped versions used to be free ! unknown? did …
Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?
Posted on 2021-02-06, 09:50
xcomcmdr wrote on 2021-02-06, 09:42: A lot of DOS games of Steam are sold without music or cutscenes. Relativetly unknown titles such as Quake, for example. Back in the day, ripped versions used to be free ! unknown? did you miss a word here?
Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?
Posted on 2021-02-06, 08:40
I mainly buy games on GOG just for the goodies. On this note, I only grab the free games from GOG/Steam/Epic. Never bought anything from these. I tend to spend a few bucks on steam sales if I see a dosbox game that I like and the price is low. I feel there are too many games on steam that are …
Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?
Posted on 2021-02-06, 08:22
kolderman wrote on 2021-02-06, 07:38: I mainly buy games on GOG just for the goodies. what goodies do you mean? like the manuals and soundtracks etc? its a good bonus.
Re: Biostar MB-8433UUD-A
Posted on 2021-02-05, 07:46
Talk about sick to the stomach... I just bought one of these motherboards (rev 2 with the UM8886BF southbridge) purely for the PS/2 port. I really hope I don't have the mouse/kb input problem... it should arrive next week. I'm so anxious now. It doesn't have DYS printed (it says FXS) but still I'm …
Re: If you have multiple PCs set up, how do you handle your sound output?
Posted on 2021-02-05, 05:18
Some nice ideas here, I'm eyeing that behringer 8x line mixer. Seems to be what I need. Thanks @gex85 @megatron-uk you're nuts! thats so insane 🤣. you should do a quick video, i'd love to see it in detail.
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2021-02-04, 14:00
I hope you enjoy Monkey Island. Sorry to tell you this but I didn't really enjoy it. It's basically an average game. The characters were okay and the plot of saving the Governor was interesting but I really didn't like how the game relied on jokes and puzzles to move the story. The story wasn't …
If you have multiple PCs set up, how do you handle your sound output?
Posted on 2021-02-03, 09:48
I'm looking for ideas on how to get the 7 retro PCs I have (lol) to get into my main PC's sound card over a single 3.5mm input. Currently I've got my 4 most used PCs all hooked up to a cheap-ish KVM that is PS/2, VGA and 3.5mm audio input but it does create a fair bit of excess noise/interference. …
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2021-01-31, 13:06
chrismeyer6 wrote on 2021-01-30, 15:26: I introduced my 6 year old son to Sim Tower last night and he loves the game. He woke us up around 3 am cause he turned his computer on and started playing and forgot to lower the volume on his speakers. that's just adorable 🤣
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2021-01-31, 13:04
I'm finally playing the first Monkey Island game! BTW I'm going to complete it later. Unrelated talk here but do you know that the 1987 TMNT series had a episode that parodied Zak McKracken? (The episode name is "Zach and the Alien Invaders") haha! I haven't played the game but i'll be sure to …
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2021-01-29, 05:51
Finished Have no mouth must screeam. The endgame is ridiculous, I can't believe anyone ever finished it without hints. Started Phantasmagoria on the same PC. After burning the CDs to get rid of noise, getting midi working, and changing resolution so the videos play fullscreen -- it is actually …
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2021-01-29, 02:15
Finished Have no mouth must screeam. The endgame is ridiculous, I can't believe anyone ever finished it without hints. Started Phantasmagoria on the same PC. After burning the CDs to get rid of noise, getting midi working, and changing resolution so the videos play fullscreen -- it is actually …
Re: Recommended Gameport -> Midi cables? Joystick passthru? Quality?
Posted on 2021-01-28, 03:43
I've heard reports of the classic passthrough type cables on ebay being poorly built and not always functioning correctly. I guess I've been lucky in that regard because I've had no issues with the one I bought there a couple of years ago. It came from UK seller "cable_star" who doesn't appear to …
Re: Recommended Gameport -> Midi cables? Joystick passthru? Quality?
Posted on 2021-01-28, 02:26
I've heard reports of the classic passthrough type cables on ebay being poorly built and not always functioning correctly. I guess I've been lucky in that regard because I've had no issues with the one I bought there a couple of years ago. It came from UK seller "cable_star" who doesn't appear to …
Recommended Gameport -> Midi cables? Joystick passthru? Quality?
Posted on 2021-01-27, 23:59
I ordered a Roland UM-One mk2 because I want to get some retro PC MT32 emulation going and was wondering if the cheap-ish gameport->midi cables on ebay are worth getting? I'm really not sure if I want joystick passthrough because I don't realistically see myself using a joystick much (not too into …
Re: Notoriously difficult-to-run DOS games?
Posted on 2021-01-25, 14:27
In my experience Cutemouse is a nice "cute" little program, but if you want best compatibility use Microsoft Mouse driver Version 8.20. It really works with everything. Jut try to load it in UMB if possible, because yes, it is a memory hog, a compatible memory hog. Oh... my two sents. Z aka. Zed …
Re: Best cpu for Voodoo Banshee
Posted on 2021-01-25, 01:51
i was running a banshee with a k6-2+ 550 for a while and it seemed like a good pairing.
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2021-01-25, 00:30
I played through the first chapter of Blood last night - I've played the first level a bunch the last year, testing PCs and sound cards etc but never sat down to have a good go at it. It does not disappoint! This game deserves all the praise it gets. Every level was great but I really liked the …
Re: MS 4138 + 486 DX4 ?????
Posted on 2021-01-23, 08:14
i might be wrong but i think that the 486 cpus tend to have the multiplier circuitry built in, so as long as it's the same FSB and voltage, it will work. the jumper settings in that manual show the same configuration for a dx 33mhz as well as a dx2 66mhz - so a dx4 100mhz should also use the same …
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