Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2020-05-12, 21:18

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Pierre32 wrote on 2020-05-10, 11:17: IMG_20191121_210327.jpg This is a sweet setup. I need to get me a all-in-one 486 one day. The desk is quiet unusual with that double shelf setup - is that how the desk came or did you make that yourself?

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2020-05-12, 21:08

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Is there a word for people who have a visceral adverse reaction to seeing cramped desks with no room for the mouse? It's a like a kind of OCD claustrophobia, and I have it.

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Re: Any 3dfx games NEED a Voodoo 5500?

Posted on 2020-05-12, 21:06

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Clive Barkers Undying came out in 2001, I run it on v5, and while it runs well, I think the v5 only barely gets there. Running with 2x AA at 1024x768. I have not tried, but I doubt it would run well at all on a v2. And technically every Glide game NEEDS a v5 if you want to run with AA, which you …

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Re: I wish I had discovered Windows ME sooner!

Posted on 2020-05-12, 09:55

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Vista and Me were *hated * when they came out, and there is little reason to try and disprove that opinion.

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Re: I wish I had discovered Windows ME sooner!

Posted on 2020-05-12, 06:46

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You mean stripped of Win98SE features.

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Re: List of known Thin Clients with SoundBlaster Pro support for cheap MS-DOS gaming !

Posted on 2020-05-12, 00:49

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Hi there ! I did work some weeks on compiling a list of known Thin clients i know about and searched over internet. Here it is : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18X3uxqWBowuVXnLB6_7gjh-kpZ_HdKS5kwPDu-p01Ac/edit?usp=sharing All these machines should have sound in pure MS-DOS games thanks to …

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Re: ISA sound card for lucas games?

Posted on 2020-05-11, 21:45

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This project i moving along nicely, thanks for all the help The ES1868 have arrived and I am also a happy owner of the legendary Roland MT-32! This thing is quite fun to play with, I have hooked it up to my synth and played all the vintage Roland D50 sounds and I had a laugh :) I have to say it …

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Re: SSD Woes On Windows 98 SE

Posted on 2020-05-11, 08:22

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Why SSD I've noticed modern single platter 80gb drives made around 2010 are saturating my ide controller anyway. Random access Nothing wrong with it at all. But good hdds are becoming rarer and more expensive than 120gb ssds, need the ability to limit to 120gb, and are only a few years away from …

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

Posted on 2020-05-11, 05:29

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Why are we talking about TOS for something that is not a service? Hasn't anybody heard of a EULA?

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-05-11, 02:48

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One day I want to play through all the Wizardrys and all the Zorks in proper sequence. These games go from the early 80s to late 90s and are some of the original games in their genres, but aren't very well knows today.

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Re: Radeon X800 XT vs FireGL X3-256, any concerns for Win9X

Posted on 2020-05-10, 21:36

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They are too new for 98, and die hard and often. What does that even mean? Are they working under 98? Yes. Are they overkill for 98? Yes. Does it matter? No, why would it... There isn't something like too new part in PC, definitely not in overkill builds... And also, that issue with dying is …

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Re: FMonster, the monster of sound synth

Posted on 2020-05-10, 08:32

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No, a table implies more than one waveform is being stored 😉

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

Posted on 2020-05-10, 05:50

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Plain old DOS is still used in places. Complex applications can be extremely expensive to rewrite.

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Re: Radeon X800 XT vs FireGL X3-256, any concerns for Win9X

Posted on 2020-05-10, 03:19

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Board compatibility can be an issue with the X800 series under Windows 9x . I was never able to install the drivers for mine on my Pentium 3 board . Geforce FX 5900 and Geforce 6600/6600GT allowed drivers to be installed (Geforce 6 series have been reported to have stability issues under Windows 9x …

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Re: FMonster, the monster of sound synth

Posted on 2020-05-10, 02:59

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by kolderman

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Technically opl4 does wavetable synthesis.

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Re: A worthy Voodoo 5 Replacement ?

Posted on 2020-05-10, 00:08

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Obligatory Phil video https://youtu.be/1-w1NziFoLg

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Re: A worthy Voodoo 5 Replacement ?

Posted on 2020-05-09, 23:17

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> What's a reasonable AGP video card that can play DirectX 5-6-7 games flawlessly? I hope you are using your v5 in Glide in mode where possible... The v5 was about the same as the original geforce, but about a year later. A geforce ddr would be ideal, but as they are very rare, a geforce 2 would be …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-05-09, 09:06

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yawetaG wrote on 2020-05-09, 08:48: Kawai GMega MIDI module complete with box . Plus a set of rare anime MIDI file CD-ROMs. This is a really nice module with certain games. It doesn't fare so well with others, but when it does it sounds great.

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Re: The market for socket 5/7 CPUs is big enough for there to be some "interesting" products coming out of China (video)

Posted on 2020-05-09, 04:55

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Is it something to do with the gold perhaps?

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

Posted on 2020-05-09, 03:37

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Do internal HDDs not die also?

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