Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-08-08, 15:01
Finally made my mid-00s dream come true https://twitter.com/mgawronskikot/status/1424 … 7483607042?s=21
Re: Video playback on retro PCs
Posted on 2021-08-04, 21:35
P200 MMX will be perfectly suitable for playing a majority of 650MB DivX videos from the era. Some of them were even playing fine on non-MMX P100. Just don't play it on windows
Re: Need help choosing a laptop
Posted on 2021-08-03, 09:01
Ohh, ive got a few W95-era laptops i bought cheaply - around 50 pounds each, but those are not really suitable for DOS era gaming due to native screen resolution - 800x600. Things get more complicated with 640x480 laptops - not many of them being sold on ebay, rarely in good condition and the demand …
Re: Need help choosing a laptop
Posted on 2021-08-02, 05:30
Thanks for your comments. On the top of having those laptops, im actively looking to buy an older laptop - Pentium 1 era with 640x480 display, which will eventually take over for DOS and Windows 95 games - but buying such laptop in a good condition and for the buck is not easy and it's hard to say …
Need help choosing a laptop
Posted on 2021-08-01, 16:28
Hey. I am looking for a laptop which i am planning to use for late 90s games. Im mainly interested in late DOS era games, some Windows 98 era games and maybe - very occasionally a XP era game. I like my experience to be authentic, but also appreciate ergonomics and comfort. The two contenders are ( …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-07-03, 11:38
Found it on ebay
Re: Most beautiful Dos-Games for a 486...what are your favorites?
Posted on 2021-07-03, 11:25
Settlers was a game I loved on Amiga, how does the PC version compare? I have played both, but never compared them side by side. I think that the PC version looks even better as it was supporting SVGA (?) My opinion of many old games took a nose-dive after I had tried some more modern games. I …
Re: My CRT haul and giveaway (UK only)
Posted on 2021-06-30, 18:27
I just wanted to confirm that this giveaway is legit and huge thanks to @chinny22 ! Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-06-30, 18:25
Not really "bought" as it was a giveaway on this forum but still I'm so excited and grateful. Currently I'm struggling to get refresh rates over 75Hz but that's maybe my Radeon 9250
Re: Is downloading Amiga ADFs from the TOSEC collection on the Internet Archive legal?
Posted on 2021-06-30, 15:24
Sorry if my post sounded llike a harsh reprimand, that's not what i meant. Ultimately you will most likely not get caught anyway and its only up to what you believe is morally right. I am also downloading games from archive.org or ExoDOS, quite a lot of them actually, but either i already own them …
Re: Most beautiful Dos-Games for a 486...what are your favorites?
Posted on 2021-06-29, 17:02
leileilol wrote on 2020-08-02, 02:10: Tyrian's quite beautiful. Disregard the "2000" version and its ugly changes though What was wrong with 2k?
Re: Is downloading Amiga ADFs from the TOSEC collection on the Internet Archive legal?
Posted on 2021-06-29, 16:17
It entirely depends on the country you're living in. In some countries, you can download stuff as long as you don't upload anything, in other countries you can do that with music or movies but not with software , and I'm sure that there are places where it's illegal to download any pirated content …
Re: Aureal Vortex 2 SQ2500
Posted on 2021-06-29, 16:02
I never had A3D card but i remember reading reviews that were describing a truly 3d effect where a player could hear precisely from which direction a sound is coming which was apparently possible on headphones or even a pair of speakers. Was that true?
Re: Thinkpad Dock I with a 5.25" floppy drive
Posted on 2021-06-29, 15:59
I never seen a 5.25" drive with an eject button. Were those common?
Re: Would you be interested in an x86-based alternative to the Raspberry Pi, optimized for retro gaming?
Posted on 2021-06-29, 15:57
Potentially yes, im on a quest to make a smallest possible 486/Pentium era PC for gaming, right now playing with PC/102. Im not sure if you can get any smaller than PC102 standard though - if the sound/midi/graphics output will not be at at least S3 Virge GX/Orhpeus card level, then it needs some …
Re: Most beautiful Dos-Games for a 486...what are your favorites?
Posted on 2021-06-29, 15:55
There were many beautiful games in DOS era, but definitely Settlers is one of my favs
Re: Best video cards with DOS / Win 3.x / Win 9x support
Posted on 2021-06-29, 15:50
How about more modern radeons, like 7500s? I found quite a few posts saying that older Ati cards are crap in DOS, but im wondering if things got any better with newer Radeons?
Re: post up pics of your "computing area"
Posted on 2021-06-29, 15:48
My desk, it's super messy as things are in constant move
Re: Show us your IBM Compatible PC games collection
Posted on 2021-06-29, 15:46
Mix of Amiga and pc games
Re: Bought these games today
Posted on 2021-06-29, 15:43
A few of my recent purchases. Sorry, not much IBM related and some hardware included too
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