Re: (Ebay)US International postage prices?

Posted on 2012-03-15, 17:43

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Of the many, many packages I've received from outside of Canada over the years, the one time I've had anything like customs fees was with a game from Play-Asia – and even then, it was only five bucks in sales tax. Then again, I think most of those packages were well under $100 in value, if not less. …

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Re: Thrustmaster Emulation

Posted on 2012-03-15, 15:14

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DOSBox does not support RCS (which would overlap with the hat and/or third axis) or the Thrustmaster digital programming mode (which would allow the rudder, extra buttons on the throttles or more advanced joysticks to work) If I'm not mistaken, none of those features were generally supported by DOS …

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Re: Need help building dos/win95 games machine...please!

Posted on 2012-03-15, 13:38

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That all depends on how much time you want to spend cluttering your living space instead of playing games.

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Re: Legal status of Darkstone

Posted on 2012-03-15, 03:30

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So, would you say the same thing about GOG? Lots of stuff there is even older than 13 years. Even though the original publishers are willing to license the games and people are willing to pay for them, do you think they should be free just because they're more than 13 years old?

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Re: Legal status of Darkstone

Posted on 2012-03-15, 02:54

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Hey look, CDAccess.com still has a few copies in stock. http://www.cdaccess.com/html/quick/darkstpr.htm So, there you go. By downloading the game, one is depriving CDAccess.com of the $20 + S&H to which they are otherwise entitled. That's about the most compelling argument one can make in the face …

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Re: Parallel port and DOSbox

Posted on 2012-03-14, 21:52

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That doesn't look like a config file; that looks like part of the documentation. Your config file is C:\Documents and Settings\admquinn\Local Settings\Application Data\DOSBox\dosbox-SVN_MB6.conf , like it says. The config file will have a section preceded by "[parallel]". There are many threads …

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Re: Need help building dos/win95 games machine...please!

Posted on 2012-03-14, 15:42

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So yeah.... I'll build it using the cards I have, it's just a matter of trying to google my way to a suitable motherboard/CPU combination... Hopefully a mobo with the slots I want as well as being able to handle the faster pentium iii CPU speeds..... I suggest you just stick with your P75 and play …

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Re: Difficulties buying old games

Posted on 2012-03-14, 15:00

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For some reason http://www.cdaccess.com is still around, at least. It's kind of surprising they've endured for so long. Maybe they just want to sell off those hundreds of copies of Terra Nova.

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Re: (Ebay)US International postage prices?

Posted on 2012-03-14, 14:55

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I never quite understood this notion of a "gift". "Selling? Oh, no. You see, this nice guy I communicated with online was kind enough to send me a donation of $20! To return his considerate gesture, I'm sending him this nice widget in which he expressed an interest!"

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Re: DOs Box and Mouse control

Posted on 2012-03-14, 14:50

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Are you sure there's supposed to be a cursor? Some old menu-driven games didn't bother with them.

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Re: Need help building dos/win95 games machine...please!

Posted on 2012-03-13, 13:23

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I got a call from the "computer man" explaining that the fastest CPU allowed on my motherboard is 133mhz so clearly that won't be suitable Are you sure he wasn't just talking about the FSB? That seems like a weird speed for a motherboard to max out at. Given that SWIV3D is pretty much the only 3DFX …

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Re: Rock N Roll Racing 3D release soon?

Posted on 2012-03-12, 16:47

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Considering Blizzard is still alive and well, I am mildly surprised they haven't gone all C&D on them. Then again, they are in Russia.

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Re: Retro 98SE Gaming PC

Posted on 2012-03-12, 03:54

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SCSI can be a nightmare to deal with. I suggest you consult other owners of those developer kits for advice on the most practical cards for your purposes.

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Re: Software for joining and trimming audio

Posted on 2012-03-09, 19:53

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Gemini000 wrote: The only catch is that the encoding process for MP3s is still covered under a software patent, so it's hard to find free software that will encode back to it. Not really. LAME is all one really needs, and LAME is not even remotely difficult to find.

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Re: Value of a Pentium II 450 circa 2001?

Posted on 2012-03-09, 18:07

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I vaguely remember paying something in the vicinity of $90 for a used PII-333 CPU at the time. (I was upgrading from a 266.) But that was just the CPU.

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Re: Software for joining and trimming audio

Posted on 2012-03-09, 16:31

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You'll want to get something that can work with MP3 data directly, as decompressing and re-compressing the file can diminish quality. (It's probably imperceptible, mind you, but it happens just the same.) MP3DirectCut is what I usually go for, since I can remember its name.

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Re: Retro 98SE Gaming PC

Posted on 2012-03-08, 15:54

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The Drive specs I'm looking to do with this machine is to have two Hard drives, two optical drives, two 3.5 floppy drives, and two 5.25 floppy drives. the reason for this configurations, is not just for games, but also for dubbing the older floppy games to CD/DVD, and to back-up CD/DVD old games, …

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Re: Using CD Images with MS-DOS Hard Drive Image

Posted on 2012-03-07, 16:41

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Great Hierophant wrote: Supposing one had a DOS directory on the hard drive, how could you point the installer in the direction of those files? (AUTOEXEC PATH variable) DOSBox supports PATH. There's nothing special about it that requires autoexec.bat, y'know. http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/PATH

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Re: Multiple Floppy Images with MS-DOS

Posted on 2012-03-07, 16:25

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ripsaw8080 wrote: Jorpho wrote: The alternative to using the Boot command is to use "Virtual Floppy Drive" VFD drives are mounted as local drives, thus not a viable alternative when booting. Well, yes, but if one is only booting in order to support multiple floppy images, then booting would be …

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Re: Using CD Images with MS-DOS Hard Drive Image

Posted on 2012-03-07, 16:24

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ripsaw8080 wrote: old DOS versions of Daemon Tools. Gee, I can't remember hearing about those before. Are they superior to shsucdhd? Do they support redbook audio tracks?

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