Re: X-Wing Collector's CD-ROM ... no 640x480 resolution?
Posted on 2011-01-15, 20:14
Sadly the only X-Wing that does 640x480 is the Collector's Series one for Win95. TIE Fighter DOS Collector's Edition is the only DOS one of them all with SVGA.
Re: PowerVR Fun Thread
Posted on 2011-01-14, 23:25
My fabulous free PCX2 from Keropi (my hero) is kinda neat. I played MechWarrior 2 on it for quite a bit. It is kinda buggy though, with visual issues occasionally like texture filtering oddities. The fog is cool but it doesn't seem to get used for very many maps.
Re: How useful or useless is a 386 SX machine?
Posted on 2011-01-12, 21:21
I remember trying to run X-Wing on a 386SX 16 (friend had one) and it was rather disgusting. I personally went from a 286 to a 486 and never did the 386 era.
Re: Geforce4 MX 440 Datasheet/reference/specifications
Posted on 2011-01-12, 21:09
I've never seen anything myself. I suggest you go ask the guys working on the Linux "nouveau" driver.
Re: Flattr-Buttons for Dosbox?
Posted on 2011-01-11, 00:56
You could probably call it "impulse donating" because it's small sums of money combined with ease of use. It's the same idea as the high discount game sales at the various digital download sites. It might work. People spend much more freely when perceived risks/costs are minimized. I don't know …
Re: What is a normal temperature for a 1.4ghz tualatin PIII?
Posted on 2011-01-06, 20:53
Btw, I don't really like AS, I prefer the old fashioned white compound. The AS is a b*tch to clean up. The standard compound is easilly cleaned with a paper cloth and some rubbing alcohol :) The older Arctic Silver pastes were much harder to clean up than AS5. I like Ceramique a lot personally. …
Re: What is a normal temperature for a 1.4ghz tualatin PIII?
Posted on 2011-01-05, 19:52
If there's a heatspreader, the Arctic Silver engineers suggest either a line or a drop application, depending on the shape of the CPU die beneath the heatspreader. Apparently the majority of the heat conducts through the metal in contact with the die so it is critical to have a good paste …
Re: What is a normal temperature for a 1.4ghz tualatin PIII?
Posted on 2011-01-04, 01:30
When temps get that low you are nearing the limits of what air cooling can do. The 30's are too close to ambient temp. One solution is to leverage winter. I once put my PC in the window sill and cracked the window a bit for some air that was well below freezing. The computer got so cold that the …
Re: nLite, slimming down 2000 and XP.
Posted on 2010-12-28, 19:20
I'm with Old Thrashbarg. I have an EeePC 900 and I have spent a lot of time making slim XPs for it but I've settled on a full install because I just couldn't tell the difference aside from some space savings. The Eee900 has a mere 4GB drive for the OS but it is enough as long as you keep your 9" …
Re: Windows ME
Posted on 2010-12-28, 18:37
MatthewBrian wrote: Windows 2000 sails really smoothly on 64MB. I wouldn't be happy with less than 192MB, myself. Maybe 64MB is ok if all you do is look at the desktop. I think it would still be swapping things to disk even if that's all you're doing. I wouldn't even want to web browse on 98SE with …
Re: Windows ME
Posted on 2010-12-28, 02:23
My Intergraph TDZ 410 has 2k installed on it and the XP installer doesn't work because it's only 200mhz PPro. I've seen crazy folks install XP on underclocked Pentiums so there must be a way to get XP on there. :) I ran 2K on a dual CPU PPro before though and it wasn't exactly very enjoyable. It …
Re: Windows ME
Posted on 2010-12-27, 19:47
And this is exactly what the problem was/is. Any PC that can run 2k is better of with XP and any PC that is basically too slow for 2k (and XP) is better off running ME or 98SE. Of course. I was commenting more on "at the time". Before XP existed. I left 2K behind the day XP came out. I see people …
Re: Windows ME
Posted on 2010-12-27, 17:57
If it was about Direct3D you are right with NT4, but consider that in the timeframe where NT4 was quite common as 'NT OS', the early 3D games featured more likely Glide and OpenGL, whereas the 2D games just required DirectDraw 3. Well, the only OpenGL games that come to mind are the Quakes and …
Re: Does anyone have one of these Obsidian cards?
Posted on 2010-12-27, 03:40
The Quantum3D Obsidian X24 was popular for a short while before Voodoo3. It was an expensive way to save yourself a PCI slot and improve analog signal quality. The Quantum3D Obsidian 100SB is a similar single slot product using the Voodoo Graphics chipset.
Re: Windows ME
Posted on 2010-12-27, 03:24
XP with a Celeron is probably not much different from XP on a P1 with ~256 MB. XP minimum requirements are a P166MMX with 64 MB RAM (and I can say, that it installs well and can be used at least as network bridge ;-) ). It's not the Celeron, it's the 128MB of RAM that was the problem. Those were …
Re: Does anyone have one of these Obsidian cards?
Posted on 2010-12-26, 21:10
Does a list exist of which arcade machines used these? Check out http://www.system16.com . Midway used 3DFX hardware for a few well known games like SF Rush and Hydro Thunder. There's a restaurant near here that has a SF Rush 2049 cabinet yet. That one has Voodoo3 inside. Makes me feel all warm and …
Re: Windows ME
Posted on 2010-12-26, 18:46
I think the problem with ME was that enthusiasts wanted what became XP. There was another NT OS codenamed Neptune that was a precursor to XP but it was canceled. Win2K kicks the snot out of ME for reliable computing. But ME is at least somewhat of an improvement over 98SE. I think RAM was too …
Re: VOGONS Steam group
Posted on 2010-12-26, 18:43
Re: Working QDI Kinetiz 7E-A looking for a new home
Posted on 2010-12-26, 00:13
I'm pretty sure a GeForce would be problematic. I remember AGP problems with early VIA Athlon boards.
Re: Working QDI Kinetiz 7E-A looking for a new home
Posted on 2010-12-25, 17:14
KT133 + 686A teh pure evilz! 🤣
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