Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2022-01-26, 19:35

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https://i.imgur.com/MBpnxRIh.jpg the current state of my new-old-stock 5170 - IBM EGA adapter - IBM 5154 EGA display with memory expansion (for mode 10h) - 80287 FPU - AST Rampage 2MB memory expansion - Adaptec 1520 16-bit ISA SCSI adapter - 4gb Quantum Fireball SCSI drive - SB Pro 2.0 with CMS …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-26, 16:12

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I love these comparisions; and I see them all over the boards: They go something like this: "oh, you're crazy buying so-and-so hardware which was practically brand new, which you spent all of 2 minutes looking for; I searched 3 years and found a broken down piece of crap which I fixed up, and it's …

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

Posted on 2022-01-26, 03:22

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I plugged in a CRT and Slot 1 motherboard into a surge protector in anticipation of testing recent Voodoo and ISA sound card purchases. That's as far as I got. New phone cases and screen protectors arrived today, so it was time to migrate two iPhones (iPhone SE 1st gen and iPhone 8 ) to two iPhone …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-25, 22:55

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$400 for an AWE32? You crazy, man. I have one AWE32, a CT3980 so a PnP model with OPL3. Not the best, not the worst. I found it on sale for next to nothing in a second hand PC parts shop; it was in miserable shape, missing its bracket, a voltage regulator, a few caps and had broken SIMM slots. I …

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Re: Are we opening sealed copies of old games?

Posted on 2022-01-25, 18:45

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Here’s one: I bought this a few days ago. Only $25.00. It was listed as brand new, but has tears in the plastic. No problem, a $25.00 game, I’m going to open it. I opened it up, and there are finger prints on the disc a long with a sticker on the CD case and heavy scratching! It has a water-logged …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-25, 18:09

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Are there any smokers here? I wonder how many packs of cigarettes you purchased in the last 20 years. Probably $30,000 worth. We'll round down to $20,000 if you didn't smoke a pack a day @ $4/pack. Spending $400 on an AWE32 looks like a rather good deal to me from this perspective. Of course, this …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-25, 14:53

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Are there any smokers here? I wonder how many packs of cigarettes you purchased in the last 20 years. Probably $30,000 worth. We'll round down to $20,000 if you didn't smoke a pack a day @ $4/pack. Spending $400 on an AWE32 looks like a rather good deal to me from this perspective. Of course, this …

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Re: Mechwarrior 2 on 3Dfx

Posted on 2022-01-24, 22:46

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Great news, I'm glad it's working!

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Re: Mechwarrior 2 on 3Dfx

Posted on 2022-01-24, 22:24

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Aebtdom wrote on 2022-01-24, 22:20: Well, keep me posted. And thanks for the effort 😀 I should have something for you later tonight.

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Re: Mechwarrior 2 on 3Dfx

Posted on 2022-01-24, 22:17

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Could it be that I need the Orchid driver to make the game work? I'll tell you what. I'm about to reinstall Windows 98SE to test a number of Voodoo cards I recently picked up. None of them are Orchid cards. I'll install MechWarrior 2 3dfx version, and I'll let you know what I come up with. I have …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-24, 21:43

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I would agree with you, and I don't understand the mentality either. I think some things people just want to be able to say "I have a xxx... " I suspect it's collectors that want one of every model CPU in a certain line for example, but other than that I also don't get why anyone would pay that …

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Re: Mechwarrior 2 on 3Dfx

Posted on 2022-01-24, 21:34

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Well, I'm stumped. Other than checking your autoexec.bat and config.sys to make sure they are empty when running windows, I'm out of ideas. I've never encountered a game in Windows 9X where the sound wouldn't play unless it was a Daemon Tools vs. Physical disc streaming audio problem. I'm sorry I …

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Re: Mechwarrior 2 on 3Dfx

Posted on 2022-01-24, 21:07

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I have burned the image to CD and reinstalled it on full blown installation of 150 MB. No change. I've made a video with a bit of comment. Hoping it helps. https://youtu.be/B9JKnZhSalk I'm sure you thought of this, but I'm tossing it out there just in case; while you're using the physical disc, do …

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Re: Playing ON vs WITH retro hardware (and hardware preservation)

Posted on 2022-01-24, 17:37

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So far, I haven't done much. I originally tried to make "1 machine to rule them all" with my retro hardware and that went precisely nowhere. There is always a game which won't work no matter how much tweaking is done. It's as random as the system you put together. Whatever combination of other games …

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Re: Did I get ripped off? (Voodoo2 Diamond)

Posted on 2022-01-24, 16:25

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Also - This is the point where I reinstall Windows 9x. I give Windows exactly 1 try with Voodoo cards. If anything needs to change, unfortunately, time to reinstall. Make an image and get used to firing it up.

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Re: Did I get ripped off? (Voodoo2 Diamond)

Posted on 2022-01-24, 16:22

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If its a Diamond Monster Voodoo II then try using the last official Diamond Drivers, Diamond did a few things weird with their cards that meant using Official drivers wouldn't always work. Source, I own a pair of Diamond Monster Voodoo IIs and the official drivers have always had issues with them, …

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Re: My Retro Rigs

Posted on 2022-01-24, 16:19

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Very nice & clean looking machines!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-01-24, 14:22

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AppleSauce wrote on 2022-01-24, 08:18: We should just use this slogan when talking about the retro market from now on: "Yesterdays hardware at yesterdays prices" Actually, heh, this is one part of my purchase thought process when buying boxed hardware... "Well, it was XXX.XX dollars when it was …

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Re: Mechwarrior 2 on 3Dfx

Posted on 2022-01-24, 14:16

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Aebtdom wrote on 2022-01-24, 13:55: I am talking about actual sounds ingame, cinematic sounds, menu sounds etc and the complete lack of it. Burn the disc. If sound doesn't play normally, we will know there are other issues at hand. All of those sounds/music could be actual audio tracks on disc.

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Re: Mechwarrior 2 on 3Dfx

Posted on 2022-01-24, 13:45

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If the music is redbook audio, you need to have the disc in the physical CD-ROM. Turok, for example, won't play back the music because it is streaming off of the disc (but you can hear the various sound effects from the weapons, levels, and so on because there are loaded from file(s) on the HDD.) If …

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