Re: Trying to cover all ground.

Posted on 2010-03-08, 07:26

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Similar to what I have ended up with, ie. 4 machines, though differing in detail. I used k6/x's for my glide/98 box for a long time but it was always too slow for later glide games. Now I use an xp2000+ which seems able to cover an awful lot of ground [especially if I swap the voodoo5 for a ti4], …

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Re: Thread Posting Ethics.

Posted on 2010-03-05, 10:20

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I think it's good to keep vogons uncluttered and focused on what makes it useful. So go easy on sales pitches; this discussion only started because someone seemed to be turning the forum into their personal small ads. At least keep your old crap in one thread, and make sure it's old crap. Here's a …

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Re: Is there a DOS util that can auto-edit a file depending on an enviroment variable?

Posted on 2010-02-28, 22:44

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That sounds like the kind of thing that would be fairly easy to write in BASIC.

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shutter glasses and lcd screens

Posted on 2010-02-26, 16:25

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I see it's now possible to get 3d glasses that work with lcd screens. I recall seeing that the old shutter glasses would not work with lcd screens - I'm guessing this is because of the ghosting with early lcd screens. But I guess it could be a complete change in technology. Anybody know if 1990s …

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s3 gamma correction

Posted on 2010-02-26, 16:13

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In windows 95 is there a way to adjust the gamma when running games in a dos box? Using an s3 trio but I can't find any settings to change.

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Re: Brown ISA slot

Posted on 2010-02-11, 11:24

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thanks for the replies, i'll try to post a picture later

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Re: Global disease of old computer lovers

Posted on 2010-02-10, 23:00

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england, uk, north-west europe

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Brown ISA slot

Posted on 2010-02-10, 22:58

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Just got a clean, working 486 system. The motherboard has 3 pci [white] and 3 isa slots [black], but also has a brown isa slot between them that looks different from the others but it seems like isa cards would fit in it. What would that be and should I worry about it? 🤣

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Re: My games machines

Posted on 2009-11-29, 10:57

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Thanks for the link, I'm trying them now. So far so good, wow gives a few glitches but I'm told we were getting those already. No crashes yet, so fingers crossed.

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Re: My games machines

Posted on 2009-11-27, 16:53

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bah, wrong button 😜

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Re: 486 system I'm building

Posted on 2009-11-26, 21:16

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Hey man you and all the other old people on this forum should ditch these like, ancient computers nad get like um, you know quad core amd or intel at like, 4ghz cause thats way faster. For what it's worth, this old pile of silicon bones has now been scrapped. Dosbox seems to be better for what I …

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Re: Mirage V7 VESA card missing one colour?

Posted on 2009-11-23, 21:03

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Yes, same cable used each time.

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Re: I would like to build a really bad system

Posted on 2009-11-21, 09:54

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-An off-brand 52X CD-ROM drive that sounds like a jet engine when it spins up. Pioneer by any chance? I have 2, from old NECs... There's also the kind of CD drive that won't open the drive door until god-only-knows-how-long, massively frustrating. I mean - goddam cd drive, I want the disk NOW, why …

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Mirage V7 VESA card missing one colour?

Posted on 2009-11-21, 09:33

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I have two VESA graphics bards - a Stealth Pro, which gives a normal display, and a Mirage V7. The V7 display looks dim, but also has a yellow cast to it compared to the Stealth Pro [or indeed any other machine I use with my monitor]. I'm assuming the card is failing in some way so it's in the trash …

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Re: Abit KT7A 1.1 - power cuts out after 3 seconds

Posted on 2009-11-03, 23:01

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Looks like a thermalright slk-800-u, said to be brilliant heatsinks, though heavy. I ought to get one to replace my tiny copper qtec one that has a small high speed [noisy] fan on it.

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Re: 486 system I'm building

Posted on 2009-11-03, 22:33

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Update: I got a new/old serial mouse and a new/old 8bit serial card. Seems to be some voodoo involved in getting it to work. Turn machine on and off a few times and plug/unplug the mouse and eventually the driver loads and the mouse works. Sometimes the driver loads but the mouse does nothing. …

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Re: Abit KT7A 1.1 - power cuts out after 3 seconds

Posted on 2009-11-03, 22:22

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where do you get all this, erm, "interesting" hardware from?

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Re: Two dead "retro rocket" mobos?

Posted on 2009-10-25, 18:11

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Don't different cpu's have different power requirements (which might explain why higher speed cpu's fail)? Might be a symptom of failing caps. retro games 100 wrote: These Epox boards are notorious for having "bad caps". Thanks for the heads-up, I was thinking to buy one but maybe I shan't bother.

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Re: How to Enable Hidden BIOS features?

Posted on 2009-10-21, 06:20

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The link on this page is dead but I wonder if it's worth tracking down the utility mentioned: http://www.sysopt.com/tutorials/article.php/3552446 Think I'll have a look for it later myself - I've got an Opti 495 board with ami winbios.

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Re: serial mouse

Posted on 2009-10-14, 22:02

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Is it a true serial mouse, or are you using an adapter of some kind? Its a ps/2 mouse connected via an adapter I had in a box of old cables. The mouse says it's serial compatible. Or does the mouse need a particular adapter - hmmm... I seem to recall seeing something about that on this very forum …

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