Running Nox on retro machine

Posted on 2021-04-10, 16:00

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Hi One of the games from my childhood that I remember was Nox. I saw it on gog.com for 4-5 bucks so I bought it. I installed it on my Surface pro (windows 10). I saw that Phil had some guide describing how to get gog-games to work but I just went ahead and copied all the game files to my windows 98 …

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Re: Bought an unknow computer

Posted on 2021-04-09, 19:32

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Ok. I guess that more games will be affected in time. I loved splinter cell 1, and never finished it for some reason.. I wonder if I have something that can run it... 😉

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Re: Bought an unknow computer

Posted on 2021-04-09, 17:32

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I'm curious, what is the point of a retro XP PC (except for being totally awesome). Are there many games that run better on XP? 🤔

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Bought an unknow computer

Posted on 2021-04-09, 12:36

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So I was browsing an action site and happened to buy an unknown computer. there was a picture of the back and I saw a sound card and something that I thought was a TV input card, so I guessed that it was something from the P3/P4 era. Because of the seperate sound card I also thought it could be …

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Re: Looking for an old computer game

Posted on 2021-04-08, 19:43

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I guess I spent a few hours on my old Cyrix 133 HHz playing that game. It was probably also just a demo or shareware version but that did not really matter back then. 😀

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Re: Your saddest retro computer pictures, a feel bad topic

Posted on 2021-04-08, 19:41

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I guess people harvest CPUs for gold and try to sell the rest as jewlry, as I also saw some other ad selling similar CPUs for harvesting.

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Re: Looking for an old computer game

Posted on 2021-04-07, 18:25

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The game is freeware; the original DOS version is available here , and there's a free Windows port too . Yeah I found the DOS version, thanks. Sound is not working in windows 98SE even though settings are ok and I fooled the game into thinking it is in DOS. I'm still waiting for some adapters to …

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Re: Looking for an old computer game

Posted on 2021-04-07, 17:58

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MrFlibble wrote on 2021-04-07, 17:34: PowBall? Yes! Thats the one! I've been looking for it for years to be honest! Thanks a bunch! 😀

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Looking for an old computer game

Posted on 2021-04-07, 16:58

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I'm looking for an old arkanoid clone where in between levels you transformed into a space ship dodging astroids. It was on pc around the era 1990-1995 maybe. Anyone has a clue?

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Your saddest retro computer pictures, a feel bad topic

Posted on 2021-04-07, 16:08

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I found this very sad ad on eBay when browsing for an upgrade. Filename Screenshot_20210407-165833.jpg File size 197.12 KiB Views 1718 views Can you match it with something more sad?

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Re: Lord Of The Rings

Posted on 2021-04-07, 08:29

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And the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling goes to... Filename lotr.png File size 380.11 KiB Views 435 views

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Re: My build and hello world

Posted on 2021-04-06, 12:52

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I loved the HD sound too, it felt at home... until I started researching DOS-era sound cards when I needed undisturbed silence. That's when I switched to Flash. With almost no fan sound (Pentium 90 doesn't need one, and the PSU ones tend to be very quiet), I am starting to understand the different …

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Re: My build and hello world

Posted on 2021-04-06, 12:46

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Welcome to the world of Windows 98 computing Joakim. I'm the same, I only started tinkering a month or so ago but and am gradually getting the hang of old computers again. Just try and stay off eBay, it's very compulsive 😁. Yeah I'm on a Swedish site similar to ebay too often looking for deals. …

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Re: My build and hello world

Posted on 2021-04-06, 09:38

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Cool I got the motheeboard cou and ram for 75 $ or something labeled socket 7 prolly seller did not know what it was. Neither did I really it seems so I am considering myself lucky indeed! I read somewhere the board might take 1gb of ram which is silly. I might go with 256 or something like that if …

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Re: My build and hello world

Posted on 2021-04-06, 04:36

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I agree that matrix g400 is maybe not optimal. It's mostly because it was a good deal and for Lols). Also it seems that I did not get the g400 max but s g400 dual head. I could have swore I checked a table with the revision number corresponding to g400 max.. but oh well it was 15 $ so I guess it's …

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Re: My build and hello world

Posted on 2021-04-05, 21:23

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The TAG-RAM is missing on this board. 1 SRAM L2 Cache chip is present, but no TAG-RAM. It´s supposed to look like this: http://www.dosdays.co.uk/topics/images/acorp_5ali61.jpg (Same revision (F) of the board) If there are instabilities, a closer look at the electrolytics around the CPU and in the …

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Re: My build and hello world

Posted on 2021-04-05, 08:32

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So I received enough pieces to start assembling but I ran into a problem with general instabilities. Graphic glitches and write and read errors. It's a hassle to find the root cause with no spare parts! I struggled for a couple of days with this, trying different BIOS settings etc. Now I found in …

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Re: My friend give me this old computer...something from 1998, Super 7!

Posted on 2021-04-04, 16:31

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Very nice! The only thing I would improve upon us maybe the CPU. I'm building a similar system, the hardest part is to find a crt and a case to be honest mostly because if complicated/expensive shipping. I'm envious!

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Re: Burning my first iso in 15 years

Posted on 2021-04-04, 06:29

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For the record I attempted to use this image: https://archive.org/details/win98se_201801

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Re: Burning my first iso in 15 years

Posted on 2021-04-03, 21:13

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OK. Thanks for the replies, it really makes me feel less alone in my adventure. It seems like the first Windows 98SE (Swedish) was corrupted. The English one seems to work (and it boots), but I am having trouble installing it on my SD card through the SD->CF card reader. The boot of windows 98 from …

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