Vintage Computers

Ello Ello Ello

I have a boxed Thrustmater Joystick if anybody wants to collect from Plumstead... Free.. no charge, just have to collect...

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Just PM me and arrange a collection...
 
lukekay said:
@My_King how's your retro adventure going?
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Going great.

Got my PCI sound card the other day.

Windows 98SE does not like it when I have it installed with Front USB Bus drivers.
Seems when Windows98 goes in to sleep mode it does not come out of it.
PS/2 keyboard, so that is not the issue.

But I still like Win98.

Windows XP has no issues.

Only problem, I can't find the MS Sidewinder Steering wheel, nor Monster Truck Madness. So not yet sure if the Gameport can be used.

Been playing Red Alert 2 for a few days.

Pentium 4 is waaayyy too fast still for old DOS games. So had to go with DoosBox on it.

The SATA fix is also going great. Just not the speeds I was expecting.
Then again I did not check max speeds on busses.

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My next games are going to be Decent.
 
My_King said:
Going great.

Got my PCI sound card the other day.

Windows 98SE does not like it when I have it installed with Front USB Bus drivers.
Seems when Windows98 goes in to sleep mode it does not come out of it.
PS/2 keyboard, so that is not the issue.

But I still like Win98.

Windows XP has no issues.

Only problem, I can't find the MS Sidewinder Steering wheel, nor Monster Truck Madness. So not yet sure if the Gameport can be used.

Been playing Red Alert 2 for a few days.

Pentium 4 is waaayyy too fast still for old DOS games. So had to go with DoosBox on it.

The SATA fix is also going great. Just not the speeds I was expecting.
Then again I did not check max speeds on busses.

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My next games are going to be Decent.
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That's awesome man, PCI sound cards are surprisingly easy to find... I grabbed a couple off of Takealot of all places. In my experience Win98 sleep mode is buggy as all heck especially on newer hardware. Think it requires bios settings to be tweaked in order to go into the correct sleep state. Did you install win98 via the quick install ISO or typical install media?

I've got Monster Truck Madness 1&2, drop me a PM if you want me to send you info :D Assuming you are not looking for the physical boxes to collect. Found Sidewinder Drivers as well.

I never got into Red Alert, but might give it a shot. Yeah DOS is a tricky beast with newer hardware... I've been on the hunt for hardware to play LucasArts games like Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis as well as Day of the Tentacle. That has resulted in 4 retro PCs being added to my collection. Finally got a P1 MMX 166MHz with an ISA SoundBlaster Vibra 16 which does the trick beautifully without chipmunk voices or broken audio.

Yeah PCI is definitely the bottleneck with SATA controllers. Still a heck of a lot better than trying to hunt down IDE spinning disks that are not FUBAR. I've resorted to CF to IDE adapters which make swapping OS drives really convenient let alone compact to store.

I've been playing Descent and it's tons of fun. It's clunky in the best way possible...
 
lukekay said:
That's awesome man, PCI sound cards are surprisingly easy to find... I grabbed a couple off of Takealot of all places. In my experience Win98 sleep mode is buggy as all heck especially on newer hardware. Think it requires bios settings to be tweaked in order to go into the correct sleep state. Did you install win98 via the quick install ISO or typical install media?

I've got Monster Truck Madness 1&2, drop me a PM if you want me to send you info :D Assuming you are not looking for the physical boxes to collect. Found Sidewinder Drivers as well.

I never got into Red Alert, but might give it a shot. Yeah DOS is a tricky beast with newer hardware... I've been on the hunt for hardware to play LucasArts games like Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis as well as Day of the Tentacle. That has resulted in 4 retro PCs being added to my collection. Finally got a P1 MMX 166MHz with an ISA SoundBlaster Vibra 16 which does the trick beautifully without chipmunk voices or broken audio.

Yeah PCI is definitely the bottleneck with SATA controllers. Still a heck of a lot better than trying to hunt down IDE spinning disks that are not FUBAR. I've resorted to CF to IDE adapters which make swapping OS drives really convenient let alone compact to store.

I've been playing Descent and it's tons of fun. It's clunky in the best way possible...
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Thanks, but yeah looking for physical.

Windows 98 SE was Physical install.

My next game on the "old" PC to finish will be Grim Fandango.

I have it on Switch, but want to play it with the physical I have.
 
My_King said:
Thanks, but yeah looking for physical.

Windows 98 SE was Physical install.

My next game on the "old" PC to finish will be Grim Fandango.

I have it on Switch, but want to play it with the physical I have.
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Ah okay cool, good luck with that search :)

Might want to try the quick install method to see if it sorts the USB issue. I've had great luck with that fixing a plethora of weird oddities on newer hardware (includes quite a few of Rudolph R. Loew's patches as part of the base install).

Grim Fandango brings back memories :D
 
My_King said:
Going great.

Got my PCI sound card the other day.

Windows 98SE does not like it when I have it installed with Front USB Bus drivers.
Seems when Windows98 goes in to sleep mode it does not come out of it.
PS/2 keyboard, so that is not the issue.

But I still like Win98.

Windows XP has no issues.

Only problem, I can't find the MS Sidewinder Steering wheel, nor Monster Truck Madness. So not yet sure if the Gameport can be used.

Been playing Red Alert 2 for a few days.

Pentium 4 is waaayyy too fast still for old DOS games. So had to go with DoosBox on it.

The SATA fix is also going great. Just not the speeds I was expecting.
Then again I did not check max speeds on busses.

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My next games are going to be Decent.
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May I recommend https://pcem-emulator.co.uk/
When you have the old system up and running and is too fast for a particular game, you can use pcem, it will emulate specific windows and dos systems down to the particular hardware. It is like a virtual machine, but better.
 
Ok something somewhere is not playing ball...

Got this:

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With this:

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Not connecting in Control panel, Gaming options.

The plug goes in and out without resistance.

Maybe the cheap sound card?
 
I have a circa Y2k Pentium 1 tower stashed in my storeroom. Last fired up around then too. Probably running Windows 95. I'll start it up some time - just for nostalgia and to play Carmageddon again.
 
My_King said:
Ok something somewhere is not playing ball...

Got this:

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With this:

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Not connecting in Control panel, Gaming options.

The plug goes in and out without resistance.

Maybe the cheap sound card?
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Hmmm does your motherboard perhaps have a Gameport pin header that you could get an external adapter like this to try with? I stand to correction but, pretty sure it's a different standard to Serial/Parallel unless you find an active adapter.

www.bobshop.co.za

Game Port and Printer Port Female Bracket | bobshop.co.za

Buy Game Port and Printer Port Female Bracket for R50.00
www.bobshop.co.za www.bobshop.co.za

It's a pity you're not in CPT, I'd have happily offered a PC with a creative soundcard with a gameport to test with to rule everything out. What model is your current soundcard and does it have the gameport showing up in device manager as it's own device?
 
Unfortunately I gave away all my sound cards on here with gameports else I would have offered. Just checked and only have a few parallel and serial port headers left.
 
lukekay said:
Hmmm does your motherboard perhaps have a Gameport pin header that you could get an external adapter like this to try with? I stand to correction but, pretty sure it's a different standard to Serial/Parallel unless you find an active adapter.

www.bobshop.co.za

Game Port and Printer Port Female Bracket | bobshop.co.za

Buy Game Port and Printer Port Female Bracket for R50.00
www.bobshop.co.za www.bobshop.co.za

It's a pity you're not in CPT, I'd have happily offered a PC with a creative soundcard with a gameport to test with to rule everything out. What model is your current soundcard and does it have the gameport showing up in device manager as it's own device?
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Thanks for the suggest, but no gameport unfortuantly.

Its that red pci one you see on bob. Crystal thing.

2 things pop up, game device and joystick.
 

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