Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2022-09-18, 18:06

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I've recently put my pcs to rest and bought a SNES which I enjoy enormously. At the moment I'm playing donkey Kong country 1 and it's awesome. I'm a bit disappointed neither of my two old 1280x1024 displays works with my OSSC though, not sure if there is s setting or if I need to get yet an other …

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Re: Compaq Prolinea

Posted on 2022-09-07, 17:38

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Hello, sorry to revive an irrelevant thread, but I cannot yet post new threads. I have a Compaq Prolinea 486/33 and I wish to add a CDROM drive but I need the special Compaq drive rails. I was wondering if anybody has the measurements & dimensions for these rails and can share as I want to attempt …

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Re: Strange portable computer

Posted on 2022-08-26, 04:38

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Tbh I'm not that interested in owning it, I have enough crap and this one is a little too new for me. Imight borrow it and perhaps help sell it if it has any value at all, being a less known manufacturer. I have a feeling the interest is low as it is too new but I agree it might depend on the …

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Strange portable computer

Posted on 2022-08-25, 16:41

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A friend of mine sent me pictures of a strange computer. I find it strange because it looks like a very old portable but it has windows keys, so it ran windows 95. I'm a lazy Googler but the number led me to believe ut is a pentium 120. IMG_20220825_183802_01.jpg Any ideas what it is and why it is …

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Re: Did you create maps for games?

Posted on 2022-08-22, 20:19

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robertmo wrote on 2022-08-19, 19:37: bad level design 😉 https://tv.trojmiasto.pl/Przy-schodach-donika … ideo-63174.html Agreed. Someone could really hurt themselves! (Is it an abandoned part of a subway or something?)

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Re: Aptiva 2176-C55 Restoration Project

Posted on 2022-08-19, 14:17

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Well that's good! At least if they are the same you have a spare if some component fails. I hope someone more knowledgeable can help you with the bios questions. IBM bios are probably well documented but it seems often they did it like Sinatra sang, "my way". I guess they set the industry standard …

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Re: Aptiva 2176-C55 Restoration Project

Posted on 2022-08-18, 17:51

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Sounds like a fun project. I'm too lazy too look it up but it looks to be a socket 7 with integrated graphics. Not really you normal pc I guess. The downside of this might be that you need to carry some spare parts yourself which is maybe a downside of you are low on space. But I personally dig the …

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Re: Freedos 1.3

Posted on 2022-08-16, 14:47

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What build do you have and what gap does it fill for you except curiousity? I would like to try at some point but o need some motivation. 😀

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Re: Trying to figure out my options for USB Floppy Drives

Posted on 2022-08-14, 21:20

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I have two IBM usb drives I use sometimes for copying drivers and such when usb sticks is not an option or I'm feeling nostalgic for that floppy sound. Reliability seems good to me but floppies are floppies if you know what I mean. I have not tried to write 720kb disks but I could try. I'm no expert …

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Re: vga and ide same irq.

Posted on 2022-08-10, 06:14

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Epic. What did you end up on playing?

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Pentium 5 that never came to be

Posted on 2022-08-07, 20:45

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Hey, I came across this https://youtu.be/qzZfkbHuB3U Maybe it would interest anyone else.

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Re: Socket 5/7/SS7 (Voltage Interposer) Tweaker. (Beta)

Posted on 2022-08-05, 18:28

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How is that? (Look at first post now) Changes in next version: Need to work on silk screen a little, make pin cut circles more visible also add circle for socket 5 key pin. I don't think it should be that difficult to slide the pieces together, unless it's a pressure fit and there isn't enough …

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Re: Socket 5/7/SS7 (Voltage Interposer) Tweaker. (Beta)

Posted on 2022-08-05, 11:45

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Hi interesting project. A friendly tip would be to edit the first post and explain a little bit what an interposer actually does. Maybe it will raise interests and potential supporters now that you seem to get close to a product. 😀

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2022-08-02, 17:16

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Imo broken items are too expensive. There is very little difference in price between non working items and working items. Which is really a shame as we all should encourage repairing of old items so the hobby can live on. Instead items are sold as 'untested' and might actually be thrown away by an …

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Re: Reasons to hate modern games

Posted on 2022-07-29, 05:20

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https://www.pcgamesn.com/diablo-immortal/microtransactions-100-million Diablo Immortal microtransactions have made over $100 million from player spending on mobile platforms alone, says a report from SensorTower on the RPG game Boggles the mind doesn't it? That's it, I've lost faith in mankind. ( …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2022-07-24, 06:45

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Almoststew1990 wrote on 2022-07-24, 06:00: I'm playing Star Wars Dark Forces 2. Never completed it before, and this is the GOG version on Windows 7. It works fine with 3D acceleration. You can hear the bar music already can't you. Dudu dudu dududu dududu-dudududu.

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Re: Transfer files to and from an old pc with no USB

Posted on 2022-07-21, 18:24

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I have a computer like this and I just hook up it to lan and use the usb device on an other computer to transfer directly to the pentium 1, via Microsoft file sharing protocol. If I had a slot to fill I might have got myself one of those floppy emulators that seem so popular. But I don't transfer a …

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Re: Looking for a compact DOS machine

Posted on 2022-07-21, 16:46

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Watch out! The emulation people wants to eat your brain! (Why arent there more spears being used in zombie movies?)

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Re: Looking for a compact DOS machine

Posted on 2022-07-20, 18:08

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I guess there are ATX motherboards with highly compatible built in video cards, but you probably need a separate sound card for dos fm sound. Some PCI sound cards can work in dos even without sb link. Maybe you can get some kind of riser board and make it smallish. The cheapest option is probably to …

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Re: Is gaming a waste of time?

Posted on 2022-07-20, 15:25

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Is gaming a waste of time? Ok, I'll try to answer your question from a non-gamer perspective. First of all, any activity at the same time can be considered as a serious occupation and as a complete waste of time. It depends on your definition of "serious occupation" and "waste of time". …

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