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

Posted on 2021-12-22, 13:33

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Over land lines? I know Telnet is still a thing but are there even real landlines left? Did a quick Google and found this for the UK: https://www.icuk.net/broadband/dial-up-internet.asp And now I'm wondering whether to give that a go over Christmas. Got an external 56.6 and an ISA Zoom 14.4 (BABT …

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Re: Dos gaming on the go

Posted on 2021-12-22, 13:26

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Laptops of that vintage regularly have monitors that are ill-suited for games. I personally never understood the fascination with laptops. I don't want to be a party pooper, but if your goal is to solely play DOS games on the go, perhaps a laptop from a few years ago or even a newer one with an IPS …

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Re: Dos gaming on the go

Posted on 2021-12-22, 10:38

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Did a little digging as the Thinkpad has the Type service tag on it which can be used to get better details on it, its a late model 365XD (2625-4E9) with the PCI bus, CD drive and 10.4 TFT so looks like it'll be my next purchase !

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Re: Dos gaming on the go

Posted on 2021-12-22, 10:10

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The 4000CDS will have an absolutely unusable DSTN display. The 365XD could have either a DSTN or a TFT depending on configuration - ideally you'd want the one with the 640 x 480 TFT for DOS as the scaling on the 800 x 600 is nasty. DSTN .. Dual Scan Twisted Nematic ? Im unfamiliar with this type of …

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Dos gaming on the go

Posted on 2021-12-22, 09:54

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Looking at two cheap laptops for some DOS gaming portability, neither is amazing but both are roughly in the same ball park for DOS performance and compatibility. First laptop is a Toshiba Satellite 4000 CDS (Pentium II 233, 160MB ram, Yamaha OPL3 based sound), its in immaculate condition physically …

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

Posted on 2021-12-22, 09:41

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Nexxen wrote on 2021-12-22, 09:26: Opened the box, took this pic, closed the box. Filthy. I have to make a tool to remove all the keys. This is going to take a lot […] Show full quote Opened the box, took this pic, closed the box. Filthy. I have to make a tool to remove all the keys. This is going …

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Re: Does a Tualatin build have to give up decent MIDI support?

Posted on 2021-12-22, 08:39

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It's quite easy to get hardware FM synthesis as well as fantastic MIDI capabilities from many PCI cards. Yamaha YMF7x4 ESS Solo-1 Fortemedia FM801 Aureal AU8830 These cards are troublesome with i815 due to ICH having no real DMA. For this chipset, they work best with PC/PCI. If your board lacks PC/ …

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

Posted on 2021-12-22, 04:32

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Kahenraz wrote on 2021-12-22, 04:28: BitWrangler wrote on 2021-12-22, 03:21: How is the phone wired into that? 🤣 How else is he supposed to dial into a BBS? Are there bbs still operating? Would be fun for a nostalgia kick to dial into one, just to hear the awesome modem talk.

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Re: Does a Tualatin build have to give up decent MIDI support?

Posted on 2021-12-22, 04:28

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I too am searching for a good all round pci sound card that doesn’t force me to give up DOS compatibility, if I have to compromise a little then that’s ok. I have a p3 1.4s build on a sis635t board so no ISA for me either.

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Re: Anyone got 4k working on a radeon 9800 pro?

Posted on 2021-12-21, 04:10

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I am just curious. What would be the oldest graphics card that you can actulle get 4k windows desktop out of? IIRC you need HDMI 2.0 or DP 1.1 which would be around the GTX 600 series for nVidia, Intel HD 630 (There are reports of HD500 series supporting it too but unconfirmed), AMD is a bit vague …

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

Posted on 2021-12-21, 03:06

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PC Direct 286 machine only . .its not a 286 but a 486SX in disguise with a thrown together parts list. Oh my .. has a 52MB Quantum Pro in it .. That is near-enough my exact first computer, the heart of my youth's PC nostalgia. Obtained new in late 1991. A PC Direct 286 with 52MB Quantum HDD, which, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-12-20, 13:30

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heh hope so, cant let a good Voodoo go to scrap like that. Just what I thought! There was another lot from another seller. 10kg of scrap. Also with a Voodoo 1. But that went for 70€. Also the moron ripped out the socket with the CPUs, cuz time is money! -.- Would take more time to rip it out than …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-12-20, 11:38

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RaiderOfLostVoodoo wrote on 2021-12-20, 11:34: I won an auction for a scrap lot for 30€. Most interesting piece: A Voodoo 1 from Diamond. Gotta have to earn my name! Lets hope it works or can be restored. heh hope so, cant let a good Voodoo go to scrap like that.

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Re: Anyone got 4k working on a radeon 9800 pro?

Posted on 2021-12-20, 09:48

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I am just curious. What would be the oldest graphics card that you can actulle get 4k windows desktop out of? IIRC you need HDMI 2.0 or DP 1.1 which would be around the GTX 600 series for nVidia, Intel HD 630 (There are reports of HD500 series supporting it too but unconfirmed), AMD is a bit vague …

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

Posted on 2021-12-20, 09:09

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Well, I rerouted most of the cables in my retro closet after finding a female to male power cord that worked with the interconnect in my PowerMac G3. After that, i got 7.0.1 installed on my LC II, as 7.1 was just a little too heavy for that trashy little abomination. Trashy little abominations are …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-12-20, 08:47

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Two Laptops $10 AUD each one is a D800 Pentium M the other is a D630, the D800 posts but has a wiped HDD the D630 Doesn't appear to have a HDD, figure for a tenner each they might be worth fixing or for parts. the D800 might be worth fixing as it has a FX5200 GPu in it.

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Re: CRT Displays Choosing for DOS

Posted on 2021-12-20, 08:24

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dr.zeissler wrote on 2021-12-20, 08:15: By far the best monitor for dos-gaming in VGA 320x200 is my IBM 8513. True purists use Hercules Orange Monochrome or CGA 😜 That said I spent a few years using CGA for gaming back in the day, in some ways it was better than VGA but that might just be nostalgia …

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

Posted on 2021-12-20, 07:30

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by TrashPanda

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Well, I rerouted most of the cables in my retro closet after finding a female to male power cord that worked with the interconnect in my PowerMac G3. After that, i got 7.0.1 installed on my LC II, as 7.1 was just a little too heavy for that trashy little abomination. Trashy little abominations are …

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Re: CRT Displays Choosing for DOS

Posted on 2021-12-20, 01:13

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A 21" trinitron with a fine grille pitch at 60Hz is peak CRT in all use cases and you cannot change my mind. (Unless you can find a larger one) :) I would love another trinitron but they are like finding hens teeth, at least here in Australia. I would hate to see the shipping costs to get one from …

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Re: CRT Displays Choosing for DOS

Posted on 2021-12-20, 01:05

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This one caps out at 86khz horizontal and 140hz on the vertical with 180 MHz pixel clock. the tech manual for whatever reason doesn’t list mask type but at .25 pitch and being flat I think it’s safe to assume a shadow mask. Found more info on a forum, it’s a shadow mask crt, not quite a trinitron …

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