Re: When knowledge of a particular language makes you laugh....
Posted on 2013-05-01, 22:31
I think it's funny when people call each other 'dude'... It's not pleasant if you know what a dude actually is!
Re: Games like Daggerfall
Posted on 2013-05-01, 22:22
Another good game is 'Strife'... It's a first person game with RPG elements and was very underrated imo. Not quite Daggerfall (or even a true RPG), but it's still a good game 😉.
Re: Games that don't run properly on faster CPUs
Posted on 2013-04-30, 18:29
Elite Force should run without problems. Don't care for Star Trek at all but that game was pretty good :) I'm not a big fan, but i do find it interesting and i had a couple of the Star Trek games when i was still in high school (which i never finished)... I prefer it to the likes of Star Wars and …
Re: Games that don't run properly on faster CPUs
Posted on 2013-04-30, 11:21
Anyone know if the old Star Trek games have speed issues? I've ordered quite a few of them off ebay :cool:. Voyager: Elite Force with expansion. Voyager: Elite Force II Generations Hidden Evil The Fallen Harbinger Final Unity 25th Anniversary Judgment Rites Borg Klingon Klingon Honor Guard ... I had …
Re: Old PC or DOSBox?
Posted on 2013-04-30, 11:16
I'd be very careful with old Dell boards as they usually have proprietary power connectors, meaning you can't use a standard ATX PSU (unless you can find some kind of adapter). Super 7 boards are great for CPU compatibility (Intel, AMD, IBM, IDT)... But they can also be a bit picky when it comes to …
Re: 440BX Question
Posted on 2013-04-25, 22:26
AGP 2x really is of limited practical value, especially for 3D cards of the time. AGP 2x seems fine to me... You gain AGP texturing and there's not much of a performance difference between AGP 2x, 4x and even 8x. Below is my my 3DMark 2001 score using a 440BX based board, 128MB Geforce FX5700 (AGP …
Re: My 3DMark01 Mega Thread
Posted on 2013-04-25, 14:34
My results for the following system: Intel SE440BX2 slot-1 motherboard Intel Celeron 1.4GHz Tualatin (using Powerleap iP3/T slot-1 to 370 adapter) 512MB Princeton PC100 SDRAM (2 x 256MB) 128MB Gainward Geforce FX5700 (AGP 2x) Windows 98SE http://i799.photobucket.com/albums/yy271/PowerPie5000/ …
Re: >512MB with Windows 98...
Posted on 2013-04-22, 22:37
My Pentium III-S Tualatin 1400mhz is reported as a Pentium II: My 1400MHz Tualatin Celeron (via slot-1 Powerleap) is reported as a "Pentium Pro 1200MHz" by the bios... Everything else detects it fine though. One of the other systems i tried it with just said "Unknown CPU Detected" but it still …
Re: >512MB with Windows 98...
Posted on 2013-04-22, 10:43
I think i've discovered the problem, and it appears to be CPU related! My motherboard/Powerleap combo doesn't like the A1 stepping Celeron (random crashes), but it appears to work fine with a B1 stepping Celeron. I find this quite odd. Both A1 and B1 stepping Celerons are in perfect working order as …
Re: Old PC or DOSBox?
Posted on 2013-04-22, 10:35
What would be a better dos gaming machine?a more powerfull 486 or a slower around 100-133 mhz pentium? Definitely the Pentium! Turn of L1 and L2 cache and it's a 386DX, turn on L2 cache with L1 cache turned off and you have a 486DX2. The choice of CPU (Pentium, Pentium MMX, K6) does impact things a …
Re: >512MB with Windows 98...
Posted on 2013-04-21, 22:20
To make W98SE run OK with 768MB of RAM, just add this line to system.ini , below [VCache] : [VCache] MaxFileCache=262144 Then add this line to system.cb (for safe mode) : [VCache] MaxFileCache=65536 Thanks, but the unofficial service packs do this automatically. It seems people have different …
Re: >512MB with Windows 98...
Posted on 2013-04-21, 16:42
I like this thread on the subject http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/145982-using-more-than-512mb-ram-update-fix/ Look for posts by someone named 'gosh' who claims to be a former tech support rep for MS and how his comments are responded to by the community. His comments are basically of the "Windows …
Re: Maintanance and Cleaning your retro PC - Dust and Corrision Free
Posted on 2013-04-21, 09:48
Stick it all in the dishwasher, but make sure you DON'T let it go through the dry cycle as it's too hot 😉.
Re: >512MB with Windows 98...
Posted on 2013-04-21, 00:27
By the way, the msconfig with /maxmem is just editing the MaxPhysPage value in [386enh] section of system.ini. So - just set this value to 1FFFF (512 MB). This method is working even with the Win9x installation process. Now I don't need to remove DIMMs if I want to reinstall WinME... The unofficial …
Re: Old PC or DOSBox?
Posted on 2013-04-21, 00:20
Old hardware costs next to nothing (i've been through loads now!)... Unless you're buying off ebay in the US! Their prices always seem a bit steep for stuff that most people give away or dump.
>512MB with Windows 98...
Posted on 2013-04-20, 17:56
I've been running 768MB RAM with my Win98se box and i've noticed it's been getting quite unstable (now that i'm using it more). It seemed ok to begin with without installing patches or messing around with configs. I've since installed the unofficial service pack which is supposed to fix the 512MB …
Re: Barrel type CMOS battery
Posted on 2013-04-20, 17:48
I remember one of my 486 boards had a separate header to connect an "external" battery... I did this after removing the barrel battery from the board. I probably posted it on here somewhere but can't remember 😖.
PowerLeap Temps...
Posted on 2013-04-20, 14:36
I know a few people here use Powerleap iP3/T adapters and i'm wondering if you get any CPU temp readings from it? Or even fan speed readings? Ever since using one with my Intel SE440BX2 board i'm no longer able to see CPU temps, CPU fan speed or any voltage readings... Is this normal?
Re: Sisoft Sandra 99 weird results
Posted on 2013-04-20, 14:22
Does anyone know the latest/last version of Sisoft Sandra that supports Win98? I'm having trouble finding it 😖.
Re: Calling 440BX (and LX) users...
Posted on 2013-04-02, 20:14
Info on the net suggests that the major cause of troubles on 1.0 was poor supply of 3.3v through the board, and that one fix was to hook directly to the 3.3v of the PSU. Perhaps running a jumper wire from the 3.3v pin of the ATX connector to the respective pin(s) of the AGP connector would solve …
Page 2 of 37