/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.10076813]

Tbh I would love to get into retro computing, but the hardware is so expensive for what amounts to a novelty and it takes up too much space
Would love a socket 7 win98 machine
But the hardware has entered "antique" territory so it actually costs money

[Anonymous No.10076820]

>>10076813
That's easy, buy and IBM Thinkpad T42, install whatever the latest custom windows deal is among the fans, download the drivers and you're done.

It's the last and best Thinkpad with native Win98 support and will run anything you throw at it natively, especially mid to late 90s DOS games like Blood. Has VGA out so you can use a CRT, and of course all the ports for a dedicated mouse and keyboard.

There you go, a bitchin' win98 setup for 150 tops.

[Anonymous No.10076829]

use a virtual machine or go for a newer pc, (windows xp) or find something like a thin client/embedded pc to run an older os those are usually dirt cheap

[Anonymous No.10076870]

Emulate it you fucking moron.

This board is for playing retro video games.
Collecting plastic garbage goes in >>>/toy/ or >>>/trash/

[Anonymous No.10077029]

>>10076820
>>10076829
>>10076870
I get that emulation is really good, but there is just something to the original hardware
Just neat I suppose
May look into the old thinkpad thing though
I know we have some older laptops at work that literally nobody would give a shit about if they went missing

[Anonymous No.10077716]

>>10076813
I want to get an old CRT monitor but instead of that real hardware nonsense I would just hook it up to my modern computer and run virtual machines.
Only problem is there are zero of them available in my area and I've been scouring FB Marketplace, Craigslist, and Offerup for months.
I do miss the aesthetic of old, beige computer cases but I don't really care for the authenticity of having an actual windows 98 machine or whatever since VMs work perfectly. I understand not wanting to emulate consoles but with computers it's all the same to me.

[Anonymous No.10077729]

>>10077716
Another thing to consider with CRTs is many of them had their video cable attached to the board and they weren't removable
You will need to buy a VGA adapter

[Anonymous No.10077749]

>>10077729
Yeah I'm not too concerned with that, I've heard there are some quality adapters out there for cheap. I just need to find a goddamn monitor.

[Anonymous No.10077752]

>>10076813
Why now? Why didn't you get something with in the past decade? You could have just asked around and had one given to you.

[Anonymous No.10077757]

>>10076870
SchizoPost

[Anonymous No.10077815]

>>10076813
You know what I missed out on collecting while it was somewhat affordable. Sharp X68000. Where's my pity party?

[Anonymous No.10077892]

>>10076813
>socket 7
I have a spare one, if you're in the south of england come pick it up

[Anonymous No.10077895]

>>10076870
Imagine getting this mad at retro video game hardware on the fucking retro video games board.

[Anonymous No.10077914]

>>10076870
/trash/ is for something very different nowadays friend

[Anonymous No.10077969]

>>10076813
You can probably replicate the feeling easily with any white or beige mechanical keyboard and a CRT monitor if you can find one, then running a virtual machine through it. Sometimes it's just better to do it the cheap and easy way, especially if you don't want to commit to something that big and expensive. Even then PC parts have mostly always been interchangeable for the most part. Was not uncommon to see people with a Gateway computer and an HP monitor or something even back in those days.

[Anonymous No.10077995]

>>10077969
Just did a very quick Google search out of curiosity, if you wanted you could also probably just use a vintage computer chassis and then just shove a single board computer of some sort inside, then run a VM through that. Honestly sounds like a cooler and way more fun project than just buying an old PC for retro gaming.

[Anonymous No.10078147]

This thread is going to make me start dry heaving. If you want to play on an old computer. Then use an old computer. If you need to use a VM. Then use DosBox. Old Computers are not for normies.

[Anonymous No.10078179]

>>10078147
>Old Computers are not for normies.
I agree, but the 'getting shit to work' part of old computers is where I certainly derive most of the fun

[Anonymous No.10078478]

>>10077892
unfortunately im in Ohio

[Anonymous No.10078594]

>>10078478
West or East?

[Anonymous No.10078707]

>>10078179
Even back then it wasn't easy. PnP was still in it's early stage. I remember insisting on an ISA modems with dip switches into the late 90s. Because the winmodem meme was real.

[Anonymous No.10078960]

>>10076820
running dos and 2d games is not an issue on dosbox or wine. it's the 3d games wine typically has issues with, and that's early 2000s and xp era

[Anonymous No.10079526]

>>10076813
Same. The trouble that I am encountering is finding someone willing to do electronics work like soldering. Everyone says it is annoying and very tedious, potentially dangerously fatal, work which is why repair shops has disappeared in my area. Power supplies is another huge hurdle, especially when I don't understand electricity beyond not sticking a finger into the wall socket. Since modern power supplies don't even fit the older stuff, and may not have things like -5V or 1.3 or 12 or whatever arbitrary number that old electronics require. For socket7, I'm just looking for it to do exclusively DOS and no Windows beyond 3.0/3.1/3.11 or GeoWorks. That's why I am glad DOSbox and ScummVM has advanced so much.

[Anonymous No.10079560]

>>10079526
Hey man, we talked before in a girlfriend of steel thread. If you're willing to pick up some tools, you can learn to repair power supplies yourself, check it out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkAp5x3Z_gc

Anyway, have a good one.

[Anonymous No.10079725]

>>10078594
Northeast