Re: MechCommander Gold freezes before main menu in 98SE
Posted on 2022-08-07, 22:56
Try lowering the RAM to 256MB (A reach, but something to at least eliminate). Do you have any older/alternate video cards to test in place of the 6200?
Re: MechCommander Gold freezes before main menu in 98SE
Posted on 2022-08-07, 17:09
Are all of your games working except this one? If so, a general axiom in my experience has been there will always be one game which inexplicably breaks, though all others work fine. Be careful you aren't polishing the walnut staircase while the rest of the house burns down around you. Otherwise, if …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-08-07, 14:17
Today some free stuff popped up on the selling site i frequently look through for pc parts. The parts were located in the town next to where i live, so i picked everything up as fast as possible. This weird and chonky aftermarket cooler for a graphics card... 2022-08-07 13.44.08.jpg And a Mainboard …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-08-07, 02:56
Here its nothing but flat open scrub land leading into a vegetated desert (Aussie deserts are weird till you get to the center of OZ). Im glad I dont have to deal with humidity, spent a few weeks up in the tropics of Australia and the humidity nearly killed me, Ill take dry heat any day of the year …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-08-07, 02:35
I'm the same, Evilbay is really my only way of sourcing retro hardware, comes from being 4 1/2 from the nearest major city and living in a rural town next to a desert. I'm also rural, but it's all but a mountainous, humid jungle most of the time, heh... Here its nothing but flat open scrub land …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-08-07, 02:31
That's interesting. I didn't know that there were 12mb variants with chips only on one side. That's really nice. I didn't know, either. They popped up on eBay, I thought that's interesting, checked trusty Vogons: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=40441, and then bought them. I've seen …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-08-07, 02:15
I rarely buy things anywhere else. If I had your skills, connections, and if I wasn't lazy (haha..) maybe it would be different... I'm the same, Evilbay is really my only way of sourcing retro hardware, comes from being 4 1/2 from the nearest major city and living in a rural town next to a desert. …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-08-07, 02:13
Seems someone spends alot on ebay... Nice cards.. I rarely buy things anywhere else. If I had your skills, connections, and if I wasn't lazy (haha..) maybe it would be different... I'm the same, Evilbay is really my only way of sourcing retro hardware, comes from being 4 1/2 from the nearest major …
Re: Bought these games today
Posted on 2022-08-06, 23:51
Re: Which 3dfx Voodoo for a PI MMX?
Posted on 2022-08-06, 22:49
Thanks guys for the replies. Period correctness is not really a concern, tho I'm also oriented towards the Voodoo 1. On the other hand I might have an opportunity to get a Voodoo 2 12Mb for a fair price, and that's why I'm a bit undecided. Not sure about the benefits, I reckon that CPU is a …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-08-06, 22:02
That's interesting. I didn't know that there were 12mb variants with chips only on one side. That's really nice. I didn't know, either. They popped up on eBay, I thought that's interesting, checked trusty Vogons: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=40441, and then bought them. I've seen …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-08-06, 21:41
Radical Vision wrote on 2022-08-06, 21:22: Seems someone spends alot on ebay... Nice cards.. I rarely buy things anywhere else. If I had your skills, connections, and if I wasn't lazy (haha..) maybe it would be different...
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2022-08-06, 21:16
Added 12MB STB Black Magic 3D Voodoo2's and a couple of Intel NICs to the collection. I bought them because of the 12MB all being located on the front of the board. The seller listed them as 8MB boards, though, because of the 8MB listed in texture RAM from the 3dfx control panel. I added a couple …
Re: Is 98lite still worth using on Windows 9x builds?
Posted on 2022-08-06, 19:28
I used it in the "QuakeToTheMax" contest for my ME build, if modularity and a slim installation footprint is what you're after it works pretty well. Performance wise, I didn't notice much of a difference. Unofficial Service Packs did more for me (performance wise), and they are offered free (Of …
Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware
Posted on 2022-08-06, 15:11
I'm a user there and the UX is good, that's the only substantiation I care to provide. Why do you, a member for less than one year, have such a vested opinion on this anyway? The admins are going to do whatever they choose with or without you white knighting Oh, geez.. Strawman arguments, personal …
Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware
Posted on 2022-08-06, 15:02
VCFED has a marketplace section and it runs without issue Yeah right. Do you run it? eBay also runs without issue…. :) And I’ve been there. I didn’t see any $100 Voodoo5 cards. Prices are in line with EBay. Great if it works, though. You have to look just as hard for great deals as any place - …
Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware
Posted on 2022-08-06, 14:13
Well the spammer, scammer and troll problem tends to explode as soon as you have a classified section and it takes a LOT of moderation. Also there tends to be spillover into regular forums of trading vendettas etc... so it needs a really close eye. I quite understand if they want to avoid all that …
Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware
Posted on 2022-08-06, 13:56
VCFED has a marketplace section and it runs without issue Yeah right. Do you run it? eBay also runs without issue…. :) And I’ve been there. I didn’t see any $100 Voodoo5 cards. Prices are in line with EBay. Great if it works, though. You have to look just as hard for great deals as any place - …
Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware
Posted on 2022-08-06, 13:33
I think the advocates wanting a buy/sell section are living in fantasy land. Everyone here is a Boy Scout only wanting to sell to a fellow enthusiast at heartwarming prices. Otherwise, and call me cynical, does anyone really think a forum here for buy/sell would mean the stupid sellers who have no …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2022-08-06, 01:02
Certainly not any miracle work like others perform around here, but I saved this Asus V9280 AGP 8x Ti4200 64MB from the "recycle bin." I bought this on eBay some while back for $28.00/shipped from Ukraine. The seller advertised and demonstrated it worked, but it was missing a capacitor. When it …
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