Re: Do you keep a tech-journal?

Posted on Yesterday, 23:24

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by Ensign Nemo

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Since you're taking notes by hand first, it might be worth looking at an OCR solution like a Rocketbook: https://getrocketbook.com/ . I have one and the OCR is decent. I never ended up using it much, as I find it more convenient just to type out my notes. To expand on the markdown stuff I mentioned, …

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Re: Do you keep a tech-journal?

Posted on Yesterday, 23:14

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For my retro PCs, I keep a directory full of the drivers, and I'll sometimes create a text file if there's something that I want to remember. I only document stuff like driver issues and fixes that I needed to use.I also use a markdown tool called Obsidian to keep track of any notes I have on stuff …

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Re: How important is screen resolution to you?

Posted on Yesterday, 07:57

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revolstar wrote on Yesterday, 07:07: Dunno how popular the Nostalgia Nerd is around these here parts, but he has just posted a video titled Why did we Abandon 4:3? I've always enjoyed his content, but kind of forgot about him as he doesn't seem to upload as much these days.

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Re: Software defined hardware graphics card?

Posted on 2024-05-13, 17:43

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by Ensign Nemo

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Instead of emulating a Voodoo, would it be more feasible to create a novel GPU that acts like one instead? Basically, something new that provides compatibility and glide support.

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Re: The King has left the Building.

Posted on 2024-05-10, 07:04

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by Ensign Nemo

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Does anyone have a spare Voight-Kampff machine lying around? let's figure this out once and for all.

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Re: The King has left the Building.

Posted on 2024-05-10, 06:27

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He seems to take pictures of his own hardware though. Is that within the capabilities of a bot? Yes it is, and we have no idea if its their own hardware or just pictures from an archive. Says Evil King V3 yet its a stock Voodoo3 Box I tried a few of them in reverse Google image search and nothing …

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Re: The King has left the Building.

Posted on 2024-05-10, 06:22

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Could a bot rack up over 4,000 comments without being noticed by anyone here until now?

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Re: Trying to build a retro DOS/Win98 computer.

Posted on 2024-05-10, 00:57

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by Ensign Nemo

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Thin clients are another option. Some of them will run DOS and Windows 98 natively and can be found for fairly cheap. Now, they have some limitations, as you're not going to fit a Voodoo into them or a Sound Blaster 16. Nonetheless, I think they are a great option for someone looking for a little …

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Re: Trying to build a retro DOS/Win98 computer.

Posted on 2024-05-10, 00:28

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"also, is this truly the aim? are you genuinely wanting to experience the win 98 and DOS operating systems?" I guess its a 40+ year old crisis or something. I want to re-live my pentium 100/K6-2/P2 days, fiddeling with the autoexec.bat and so on. But i dont really remeber much... just that putting …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-05-09, 05:39

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Also you really dont want a super sharp CRT with retro stuff, it tends to make older games look awful, a bit of softness can produce a better quality gaming experience. That's definitely true. One thing I was really excited about was playing console games in true 240p resolution with scanlines, but …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-05-07, 07:49

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I found a datasheet describing a more recent but similar card. (https://partners.trendcontrols.com/trendproducts/cd/pl/pdf/en-ta200241-uk0yr0608.pdf) Page 2 seems to explain that the card is indeed managed through serial and is only using the ISA bus for power. (this more recent card is PCI based) …

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Re: How important is screen resolution to you?

Posted on 2024-05-06, 19:56

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I also enjoy to watch TV shows or movies on more "period correct" TVs now. I find that high definition is almost too good and older standard definition content look worse in some ways on them. In particular, I really notice the actor's mascara when watching the original Star Trek on my high-def TV. …

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Re: How important is screen resolution to you?

Posted on 2024-05-06, 17:02

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A lot of this 4k and 8k stuff is more of a marketing ploy, as it won't be noticable unless you have a big enough TV and are at the right viewing distance. It's also a bit like digital cameras and megapixels, as consumers are impressed by big numbers. However, the resolution is only one part of the …

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

Posted on 2024-05-06, 16:21

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EDIT: On top of all that, most thrift stores these days only sell very large, low value items and absolute garbage in their physical store. They usually have an online shop where anything valuable, which they usually receive from free, is sold online to the highest wealthy bidder instead of giving …

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Re: Is the Pentium 4 underrated for retro computing?

Posted on 2024-05-05, 18:25

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What is or isn't considered retro or vintage is going to highly subjective and people will always disagree about it. Personally, I need something to have a "coolness" factor that is even more subjective. It has to give me the feeling that I'm using something really special. My subjective criteria …

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Re: How do I play DOSBox-bundled Windows games on real hardware?

Posted on 2024-05-04, 23:45

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I've run plenty of Dosbox games in regular DOS. I'm not sure about Keen, but normally you just have to find the correct executable to run. I assume that you're trying to run the game's executable not Dosbox itself?

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Re: How to optimize DOS and Windows 3.11/98 for CF cards/SSDs?

Posted on 2024-05-04, 20:32

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The Vogons wiki mentions that some people never fill the storage past 50% and modify their swap file settings. See "Write Amplification and wear leveling" at https://www.vogonswiki.com/index.php/Storage#Modern_Storage_for_Retro_Computers. I think there's been some disagreement online whether or not …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-05-04, 19:43

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Should indeed be a decent XP gaming system as long as it works, but I'll warn you that the GPU it has is extremely unreliable (bumpgate) Thanks for the heads-up. Hopefully, I'll get a bit of life out of it. Apart from the GPU, the entire laptop does get a bit toasty. Check when was the laptop built …

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

Posted on 2024-05-04, 04:49

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mc.jesus wrote on 2024-05-04, 04:46: Today I connected my IBM E74 CRT monitor to my Macintosh FrankenMac 8600 and played some Starcraft. Welcome!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-05-04, 03:22

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GPU: Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT Should indeed be a decent XP gaming system as long as it works, but I'll warn you that the GPU it has is extremely unreliable (bumpgate) Thanks for the heads-up. Hopefully, I'll get a bit of life out of it. Apart from the GPU, the entire laptop does get a bit toasty.

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