/vr/ - Retro Games

I emulate most of my DOS games, using DOSBox SVN-Daum. SVN-Daum is good because it has Glide support, ethernet support, and somehow you can get W98 running on it (though I've never tried).

Still, though, I own quite a bit of older hardware.

When it comes to non-IBM compatible PCs, I have a C128, Amiga 1000, Amiga 1200, and PowerMac G4 (circa 1999).

For DOS gaming, I have a 486-class machine with a Cyrix 486DLC @ 33MHz, 8MB of RAM, an ISA VGA card, and a SB16. I'm looking to get a better VGA card and possibly an MT-32 for it soon.

For Windows 95/98 gaming, I have several machines, but most of my work goes into a machine with a Celeron 300A, 160MB SDRAM, a Geforce2 MX, and a Yamaha sound card (with real OPL3). I'm going to upgrade this machine with a Voodoo at some point, to get 3dfx compatibility.

Pictured is the 486 machine, with a couple of more modern machines on top of it. One of them is a Sony Vaio from 2001 with a 1GHz Duron in it, but I don't really use that for gaming. I prefer to keep my stuff more period-correct (use a late 90s machine for late 90s games, etc).

486DX-33
16MB of RAM
3.5" + 5.25" floppy drive
80MB + 300MB hard drive
Diamond 1MB VLB video card
Generic 14" CRT monitor
Windows 95

** This PC ran a BBS for a couple years in the early 1990's, but with a different video card and less RAM.

>>360009
Damn, nice.

My 486 machine is somewhat similar, but it's a Cyrix 486DLC, which is really a 386 with 486 instructions and cache that fits in a 386 socket. Also, mine only has 8MB of RAM and a 200MB Seagate drive.

Oh, and it runs DOS+Win 3.11. W95 was always too damn slow on the thing.

The monitor changes depending on what mood I'm in. I have about a dozen CRTs, of which only 2 or 3 are decent.

Speaking of a old computers.

The TeraDrive was a 16-bit PC with an integrated Mega Drive, manufactured by IBM for Sega.

>>360195
Similar one was made for europe.

No.

I can't see the hard drive not going tits up after all those years.

>>360195
Sega does what Nintendon't
why no Giga Drive

>>360195

That's fucking awesome.

I'm sure I could never find one without it being a stupidly high price.

It would probably cost as much as a good arcade cabinet.

>>360227
Yeah, I want to get one and retro fit a newer computer inside. I love the aesthetics.

>>360218

SPOILER: CompactFlash is fully IDE-compatible.

My mom gave away our old PC I grew up with, if she had not done that I'd probably have it hooked up right now like I do my old consoles.

Bur I just emulate everything. Have not really run into issues.

>>360009
This is very similar to the specs of my first traditionally built PC after my Headstart Explorer Headstart Exploded

>>360195
WHAAAAAAAAAT!!!!

>>360382
Wow I didn't know that either. Why are SSDs so much more expensive than CF then? Transfer rates?

>>360373
You're crazy. I've been all about figuring ways to get true HD signals out of original hardware and I'm sure these do the best job ever of that.

>>360461

What.

CF is like $4/GB. That's far more expensive than SSD per gigabyte.

SSDs are SATA. CF is IDE and not really meant to function as a modern hard drive. Fortunately older machines don't need a lot of HD space in the first place (an old 486 would have maybe 512MB of HD space) and they don't tend to rip through the CF's write cycles like a modern system would.

>>360493
That is really neat information though. I may have to backup some old hard drives to CF.

I own an IBM T42 with Windows 98 running on it. Haven't done much with it, but it runs DOS games very well, runs 9x games very well, and I can play thief without newdark.

I own an IBM T42 with Windows 98 running on it. Haven't done much with it, but it runs DOS games very well, runs 9x games very well, and I can play thief without newdark.