Re: Problematic games list

Posted on 2020-01-24, 19:23

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HunterZ wrote on 2020-01-19, 20:30: This thread is about old Windows games that don't run well or at all on modern Windows machines. Ohh, sorry, my bad! Ok, what about "The Lion King II: Simba's Pride", anyone was able to run it even on Windows 98 system?

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Re: I can't identify my laptop's sound chip

Posted on 2020-01-20, 21:24

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DCG Retrowave, did you tried just extract HP exe file using 7-Zip and install driver manually from WDM folder? Also sometimes may help drivers from other vendors. Yesterday I installed Windows XP to Dell Inspiron 20 3045 all in one machine, using every drivers from other vendors (wi-fi, audio, video …

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Re: I can't identify my laptop's sound chip

Posted on 2020-01-20, 19:15

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DCG Retrowave wrote on 2020-01-20, 18:28: That's the one I already downloaded from HP that didn't work. It doesn't make sense to me because every other device driver for that model worked fine on my 6360t. Did you tried this? https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archi … ng/td-p/4306836

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Re: I can't identify my laptop's sound chip

Posted on 2020-01-20, 18:08

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https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfserv … mId/ob-121883-2

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Re: Installing MS-DOS on a CF Card

Posted on 2020-01-20, 15:42

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Falcon_H wrote on 2020-01-19, 20:04: "starting MS-DOS" , but it hung up indefinitely. I eventually admitted defeat and seceded that I would try using floppies, but I then discovered that the floppy drove is broken. I had same problem with Compaq LTE5300 laptop (hangs and endless floppy use). EZ- …

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Re: Problematic games list

Posted on 2020-01-19, 17:09

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HunterZ wrote on 2020-01-19, 17:05: This is listed everywhere as a DOS game. Have you tried using DOSBox? No, I tried using different Dos machines.

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Re: Problematic games list

Posted on 2020-01-19, 16:54

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https://www.mobygames.com/game/big Can't start it 🙁

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Re: Futuremark has released all their old benchmarks for free

Posted on 2020-01-18, 16:08

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We know that, but thanks for remind

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Re: Is ebay the best place to get hardware?

Posted on 2020-01-16, 23:08

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If you lucky... yes! I bought at least 4 Dos laptops that was sold as "not working, as is", but actually full working laptops after cmos battery/hdd was changed. Very cheap. Just avoid resellers. https://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/223740177823-0-1/s-l140/p.jpg https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/ …

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Re: Which laptop for retro use would you get based on specs?

Posted on 2020-01-16, 17:59

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Cyclone3d, ohhh, sorry about it. So not only Sony makes laptops with YMF-744/754 and ATI cards, some Fujitsu C series too Fujitsu FMVNE243L3 / Fujitsu LifeBook C-5130, Celeron 433, ATI RAGE Mobility P (4Mb), Yamaha DS-XG, Floppy drive, CD/DVD https://i.postimg.cc/1tM8RX1R/Fujitsu-FMVNE243-L3-ATI- …

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Re: Which laptop for retro use would you get based on specs?

Posted on 2020-01-16, 16:03

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ATI cards better for scaling, but Maestro 2E is not so good: http://www.baudline.com/solutions/full_duplex … ro2e/index.html So I recommend to avoid Maestro 2E and to find anything with Yamaha YMF744 or YMF754 chip instead. Actually nothing here perfect in list.

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2020-01-15, 19:34

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vorob wrote on 2020-01-15, 13:20: Okay, I bought Compaq N400c. This laptop looks amazing!

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Is it possible to change the default bios parameter?

Posted on 2020-01-15, 14:56

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Is it possible to change the default bios parameter if the bios does not allow changing it? I have Toshiba Portege 3110ct laptop, here bios firmware: https://support.dynabook.com/support/viewContentDetail?contentId=120404 Bios show me PC Card parameter: Controller type: Auto unfortunately impossible …

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Re: Bought these (retro) software/OS today

Posted on 2020-01-15, 02:07

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NAM still on sale, can't believe my eyes!

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Re: Compaq Contura collection

Posted on 2020-01-13, 02:21

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Sweet laptops!

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Re: Got myself IBM 365XD... and I'm kinda disappointed :(

Posted on 2020-01-03, 16:27

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Throw it away, Thinkpads are bad for Dos gaming, you need Toshiba, Sony or Fujitsu.

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Re: What HDD do you use? (1GB to 10GB)

Posted on 2020-01-03, 14:35

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TOSHIBA HDD 2GB MEHDD20A PCMCIA

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Re: Dune II and Windows 9x

Posted on 2020-01-02, 14:23

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Usually setupds.exe allow to choice IRQ and after you put setupds.exe /s to your autoexec.bat sound card should work at Ms-Dos fine. If you get some errors, try to remove set blaster line from autoexec.bat

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2019-12-31, 14:14

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Re: What HDD do you use? (1GB to 10GB)

Posted on 2019-12-31, 04:01

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For very old laptops (before 1993 year): Areal A85 (85 Mb) Areal A175 (175 Mb) Areal A260 (260 Mb) For some 1994 and later (without USB): IDE-CF adapters with Sandisk, or Lexspeed cards (8-16Gb) For most later period laptops with USB: Samsung 30Gb 2.5 5400RPM IDE PATA Internal Laptop Hard Drive All …

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