Re: My little PC collection, Xmas Special 2020 (Advent calendar update - today it's #9 of 9)

Posted on 2021-01-06, 10:50

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Thanks mate, good read! #6 is quite an impressive looking beast. The Lian Li PC-60 was a real style statement of the times. Back then, most of us either had one, or (as in my 'case') couldn't afford one and were envious! 😀

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Re: MT-32 wavetable daughterboard exist

Posted on 2021-01-06, 06:44

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Yeah we need to confirm whether it's a simple rompler, or a full reproduction of LA Synthesis capabilities. If the former, then with all due respect it won't be worth much. If the latter, then Yes Please.

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Re: What video card should I pair with a Pentium MMX?

Posted on 2021-01-06, 05:53

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Mirroring some above comments, I say Get the card to suit the games you want to play. A Voodoo card is no use if you don't intend to play Glide games, indeed it may even be counter-productive because the Voodoo1 has terrible general image quality (for everyday usage), and the Voodoo2 while much …

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Re: Looking for Advice in Regards to Building a Mid-to-Late DOS PC

Posted on 2021-01-06, 05:44

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Yeah for some people (including myself) the retro experience includes the hardware, and for those people emulation is a compromise. Nice-to-have-available, but it's not the form of retro quest I'm on personally. I need the beige box, the CRT, the noises, the sheer physical presence of the machine …

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Re: Repairable? Worth it?

Posted on 2021-01-06, 05:14

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These are just random videos I found to illustrate the amount and type of work involved to replace those two components. Replace capacitor https://youtu.be/VLcxyz3s5-Q?t=237 Replace inductor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZzhvUyjoI4

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Re: Microsoft Side Winder 3D Pro in Windows XP

Posted on 2021-01-06, 04:35

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I made my own Gameport-to-USB adapter for my Sidewinder 3D Pro a few months ago. (Assuming you're a basic solderer already) it's a reasonably trivial task. I can assist with information if you decide to go down that route.

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Re: Looking for Advice in Regards to Building a Mid-to-Late DOS PC

Posted on 2021-01-06, 04:27

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My DOS machine is a K6-2. I use it for a similar range as the OP wants - a cover-(almost)-all 90's machine, basically. There's the SETMUL utility (https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=38613) but I rarely need it. Most stuff just runs. A limited selection of very old games are very timer-sensitive …

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Re: ASUS rising prices

Posted on 2021-01-05, 15:30

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In desktop graphics cards: selling lesser quantities for more $ per unit seems to have been the general market tactic (necessity?) for a couple of decades now. It's been a sound business strategy in an era of declining desktop PC popularity. Buoyed by the loyal AAA gaming cadre and the burgeoning of …

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Re: CRT resolution stuck in text mode

Posted on 2021-01-05, 01:13

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Yes, I understand the settings in windows games and all, but what about in DOS? Do I need to be looking at the various dos utilities out there and if so which ones? DOS games set their own resolution. The few that don't, will have obvious Resolution Setting menus similar to Windows games. You are …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-01-04, 03:36

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CRT envy, my faithful constant companion.

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-01-04, 03:35

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Chrono Trigger is mandatory, skip the rest. :p Seconded. Chrono Trigger is one of those selected few games that I can wholeheartedly recommend to everyone. Also, it's not that long (25-30 hours). Nice, cheers guys I'll be sure to keep CT on the absolute essentials list. What about Zelda Link to the …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-01-03, 14:13

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I'm two steps down that mile-long garden path of "catching up on All Nintendo JRPGs" (= most JRPGs), as I continue working through Secret of Mana. Having done my research, I know I've still got Trials of Mana, Chrono Trigger, A Link to the Past, possibly Mario RPG, and the Final Fantasy's, as a bare …

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

Posted on 2021-01-03, 13:55

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When you think about it (/No More Jockeys), the fact a heatsink makes the difference between Go and Blow in the space of <5 seconds is quite an impressive testament to their efficacy in those scenarios. That is, they really take the heat fast.

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

Posted on 2021-01-03, 03:34

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Could I get an idiot-check please? I was going through a haul of computers I got and among them was an Barton Athlon XP 2800+ powered Compaq. I pulled the CPU, burned black over the back of the processor, burned brown around the front of the core (tan colored CPU for ref). Figured it was the CPU so …

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

Posted on 2021-01-02, 11:51

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Is that where you got your username? Shredding documents? Honest question. Not intentionally!, just part of the universe's random serendipity I guess. I certainly don't define my life by that long-ago deletion of material, and even if I did, naming myself for a personal mistake would be like Bill …

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

Posted on 2021-01-02, 03:26

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Rebuilding my digital archive of all my motherboards as I accidentally formatted the external hd I was moving stuff to. I'm a moron for not copying it in two different locations, but I assumed it was fine. Doing stuff @4 in the morning is the formula for failure: be warned! I have lost a lot worse …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-12-30, 01:56

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I grew up with Sega, and missed Nintendo almost entirely. Currently (over a period of years) I am alternating between revisiting Sega classics that defined my childhood, and discovering revered Nintendo classics for the first time. Just finished Dotemu 's The Dragon's Trap remake . What a simply …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-12-29, 09:00

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CP2077? Meh. It’s pure nonsense. No offense to others, but I simply disliked the game and the hype around it. The bugs in this game spreading around many platforms just reinforces my opinion about current gen game devs. AAA game releases are mostly the "Latest Michael Bay blockbuster!" of gaming. …

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Re: CRT resolution stuck in text mode

Posted on 2020-12-28, 23:14

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Is there not a way to "click" on the one you want from the OSD? No. The list you see in the OSD will be for information purposes only. The screen can only set a resolution when software asks it to. Example, Quake II's video options in the game menus, where the resolution is set for that game : …

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Re: 486 MS-DOS gaming PC, this was fun but short.

Posted on 2020-12-27, 17:53

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Just a quick casual "reverse engineer your soundcard and recreate it in a different form factor, because a regular sized PC box would be inconvenient", heh heh. I guess inconvenience comes in many different forms. Great skills, and it was nice to be educated about the lesser-known PC/104 form …

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