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Re: 1997 period correct retro PC build

Posted on Yesterday, 02:34

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I install OSR 2.5 on everything. Skipping IE4 install isn't a big deal at all, you just need to remove the CD before the final reboot or remove the IE4*.* files if installing from a hard drive. Never knew setup would run any check though! IE4 would install on my 486 back in the day (which is how I …

Re: Recommended PCI sound cards for Win98?

Posted on Yesterday, 00:39

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Most my Win98 PC's have the Audigy 2 ZS. In theory it should be the better card to previous Creative cards, but I don't notice any difference if I'm honest. But you don't have to mess around with the right card/driver combination and has unofficial dos support, and using previous cards don't have …

Re: touring old commodore plant

Posted on 2024-05-02, 02:56

in Milliways

in Milliways

Nice read. Was surprised that Commodore stuff still existed after their closure, another companies reverb then closure, then been abandoned for so many years.

Re: 1997 period correct retro PC build

Posted on 2024-05-02, 02:51

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

For me this is all about late dos and early Glide games. I'd probably gone with a Voodoo 1 as it's bit more compatible but if you don't intend to play any games on the list then a V2 is fine https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=35721 I could never get the hang of Decent but do love the music. I'd …

Re: Pentium 60/66 are DOS Only?

Posted on 2024-05-01, 00:00

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Your going to do most your gaming in dos, so 16MB is more then enough. Windows will be more used for system management site of things. Dos 6 with or without Win3x won't benefit from more than 16MB, but it won't hurt either. Win95 gives you the benefit of dos 7 enhancements like fat32, long file …

Re: Norton Utilities 4.0 for Windows vs 2001 for Windows

Posted on 2024-04-30, 04:39

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

I always liked Speed Disk as it gave more options then defrag. Disk doctor was good at rescuing floppies pre internet when that was how you transferred files between friends. but these days retro PC's are pretty static. Once you install the OS, few programs, games and that's it. Its not like the old …

Re: Dual Pentium Pro - Intel PR440FX Build

Posted on 2024-04-30, 04:26

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Now that you have finished the pain of installing each OS can I suggest adding NT3.51 for yet another long dead OS that supports dual CPU? Doesn't do anything NT4 or even 2k can't do but I found it the most fun as never came across it out in the wild so kind of felt brand new (and very old) I doubt …

Re: What would you do different?

Posted on 2024-04-30, 02:23

in Milliways

in Milliways

But WinXP wasn't around in the 90's? I actually still prefer Win2k to this day but have to agree XP is a bit more refined. Would have upgraded from our 486/66 much sooner then 1999, but even then, I was begging my parents to upgrade so want from lack of trying! Wish we kept our Apple IIe, Only sold …

Re: vogons hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy

Posted on 2024-04-30, 02:04

in Milliways

in Milliways

Here it stands for Very Old Games On New Systems. although the topics are re HHGTTG references like Marvin, https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Marvin Millways, https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Milliways etc

Re: Are there regular users here with profession away from tech industry?

Posted on 2024-04-24, 06:31

in Milliways

in Milliways

Intel486dx33 wrote on 2024-04-23, 09:19: Online shopping killed off the local Computer stores. Bit off topic but found this interesting about owning a computer store. https://youtu.be/YS2T-juTj_M?si=62sd5b-b9ya1-KUn

Re: What is the LAST 5 DOS Game ever made for DOS?

Posted on 2024-04-24, 06:27

in Milliways

in Milliways

I think there have been some more recent games by indy developers? but I'm not really into that scene. I was stuck on a 486/66 till start of 1999 so did ALL my gaming in dos up till that point. This shows in my collection with games like Quake missing due to it not running on a 486 and no real point …

Re: Are there regular users here with profession away from tech industry?

Posted on 2024-04-23, 00:46

in Milliways

in Milliways

AS/400 is surely still a thing under false name? :) Where I currently work AS/400 was finally replaced 4 months ago. It wasn't actually AS/400 hardware but virtualised on a standard Intel server. Not too sure of the details as it was looked after by the "AS/400" team, well 2 people one of which …

Re: Are there regular users here with profession away from tech industry?

Posted on 2024-04-22, 03:30

in Milliways

in Milliways

On a more serious and on-topic note is anybody here experienced enough to have actually used punched cards in a professional context, whether while working in IT or otherwise ? Not me as such but a UK truck hire / mechanics we did the IT for still used one right up till 2006. real nice old one that …

Re: Is it really my nostalgia or are you playing it wrong…

Posted on 2024-04-22, 02:43

in Milliways

in Milliways

No, the latest Doom game was shit for a Doom game. I think of it as Quake 3 amped to 11 with a doom skin. It's not you. heh. ... The same thing happened with Diablo. It's was based off of a roguelike and then it digressed from there. Diablo 2 was still good but then it went massively downhill with …

Re: Pentium PRO?

Posted on 2024-04-22, 01:44

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have a question, how fun are them G4/5 Power Macs to use ? The supply of both here in Australia is rather good and I have always loved the design of them especially the G5 with is sexy sleek Aluminium case. Im not a Mac person but owning a G5 is pretty tempting. I own a G4 MDD for much the same …

Re: Windows 3.1 Must Have Software -

Posted on 2024-04-22, 00:31

in Windows

in Windows

SkiFree and After Dark: Star Trek. Not that they're essential, but they are what I remember seeing on Windows 3.1 computers when I was a kid. SkiFree (and Lunner Lander) are absolutely essential, It's 1/2 the reason I install Windows 3! Windows 3.1 itself isn't really needed. but the GUI can be …

Re: Are there regular users here with profession away from tech industry?

Posted on 2024-04-22, 00:12

in Milliways

in Milliways

On a more serious and on-topic note is anybody here experienced enough to have actually used punched cards in a professional context, whether while working in IT or otherwise ? Not me as such but a UK truck hire / mechanics we did the IT for still used one right up till 2006. real nice old one that …

Re: How do you test a retro graphics card before buying?

Posted on 2024-04-22, 00:01

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Keep in mind testing takes time and effort, which the seller might not to do. Its a gamble, I sold a lot of stull as untested last year, 99% of it probably worked (allowing 1% for items to die in transit (as RandomStranger said this is old hardware and it will fail eventually) but was all low value …

Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2024-04-21, 23:26

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

seeing that sticker designed for windows 95 and NT wow two different worlds, maybe you could dual boot if it still works Probably wasn't dual boot when new, but to be able to fit into multiple user segments? Thats right, this was very typical for business class machines. In our case pre XP we …

Re: P3 Tualatin and Voodoo 3 worth a try?

Posted on 2024-04-19, 00:38

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Your always going to have a bottleneck. For me I'd prefer it to be the GPU over the CPU. That said you could get a P4 motherboard with AGP and it'll do everything a Tualatin could do for much cheaper price. Yes it'll be held back by the V3 but it's not going to hurt anything if money is tight. On …

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