Re: Windows 98se turned into Me
Posted on 2021-04-21, 18:30
Ok thanks I will perform a clean install.
Windows 98se turned into Me
Posted on 2021-04-21, 17:57
So I was going to install my network card driver but the installation said my OS was not supported. I went into the system properties and lo and behold it it's true! IMG_20210421_195009.jpg I was mocking about with different Nvidia drivers the other day and maybe something happened.. Or it might be …
Re: Determining how much to spend on this hobby
Posted on 2021-04-21, 08:05
I can relate to the "getting a good deal nonetheless"-feeling when clicking buy on something you really don't need. You can make good purchases but it is not "worth it" if you are not willing to sell the parts. Then it is just a time consumer, which is ok, but I only have so much time (and space).
Re: Determining how much to spend on this hobby
Posted on 2021-04-21, 05:03
I mostly go for good deals, even though I might have spent a little too much for an old k6-2+ the other day. But if you really want one I don't see the difference from buying a nice bottle of wine or something. When it comes to parts will eventually break, personally I'm mostly worried about CRTs, …
Re: Sound Blaster: From best to worst
Posted on 2021-04-19, 16:38
Very nice list. Helpful buyers guide. Wish K had it when I got myself a ct4170 which seems to be the worst on the list! 😁
kings quest VI
Posted on 2021-04-17, 19:52
Hey So I was firing up Kings Quest 6 in windows 98 and realised it was not stable in 800x600 without a patch from sierrahelp.com.After installing it the game no longer crashed after running the welcome screen, splendid! Less splendit was the fact that the background is totally black. This, I fixed …
Custom over kill turbo button
Posted on 2021-04-17, 09:35
I have been thinking about building some kind of custom turbo button for my SS7 time machine... My 5ali61 board has a turbo button and led connector but I was actually thinking of making something more complex. Albeit totally over kill and over engineered.. lol.. I was thinking about the possibility …
Re: Good looking CD / DVD drive
Posted on 2021-04-14, 18:54
imi wrote on 2021-04-12, 21:50: Pioneer Slot-In :p Aye I had one back then. It was friggin loud as a vacuum cleaner tho. Maybe you could modify it or turn down the speed slightly. But I used it a lot and it read all disks.
Re: Running Nox on retro machine
Posted on 2021-04-13, 18:44
So I did some more digging and saw that you can run either Nox.exe (very small exe) or game.exe (large exe). Nox.exe gives me about the same performance as running with the sound blaster turned off. According to some forum post I read it seems to be the other way around sometimes, maybe for newer …
Re: Bought an unknow computer
Posted on 2021-04-13, 18:28
XP is the last OS to support DirectSound3d/EAX That's a big plus in my book. 9x games have a better chance of working in XP (or a 32bit OS in general) and with hardware far exceeding the games requirements you can turn on AA, AF, etc. XP rigs still lack that nostalgia kick, but mine is probably the …
Re: Running Nox on retro machine
Posted on 2021-04-11, 21:19
I disabled my sound card, and the permformance increase was enormous. I could run the game in 800x600 with the highest setting and still get roughly the same performance than I did with sound on. I am not sure if this is normal or if my Sound Blaster 16 Pnp (ISA) is crap or if it just needs new …
Re: Running Nox on retro machine
Posted on 2021-04-10, 18:56
It is probably a cpu intensive game as there is no 3d acceleration going on. It might also run better on a Pentium than AMD but I have no way to invesitgate. Changed it to 8 bit mode and get maybe 20 fps. Kind of playable.
Running Nox on retro machine
Posted on 2021-04-10, 16:00
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 …
Re: Bought an unknow computer
Posted on 2021-04-09, 19:32
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... 😉
Re: Bought an unknow computer
Posted on 2021-04-09, 17:32
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? 🤔
Bought an unknow computer
Posted on 2021-04-09, 12:36
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 …
Re: Looking for an old computer game
Posted on 2021-04-08, 19:43
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. 😀
Re: Your saddest retro computer pictures, a feel bad topic
Posted on 2021-04-08, 19:41
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.
Re: Looking for an old computer game
Posted on 2021-04-07, 18:25
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 …
Re: Looking for an old computer game
Posted on 2021-04-07, 17:58
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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