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984384 No.984384 [Reply] [Original]

So, /vr/, I know a lot of you emulate when you play old PC games, but who else has their own retro gaming systems for DOS or Windows 95/98 games? What are their specs? Do you have any interesting/rare hardware?

Alternatively, do you have a special system just for emulation, like a Pentium 4 system with a CRT for running DOSBox games in their native 4:3 res?

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>>984384

This is my main PC for DOS gaming, as well as my first computer.
I've kept in pretty good shape, and I have updated it over the years.

>Mobo: Abit FA4
>CPU: Cyrix Cx486DLC-33MHz
>FPU: ULSI Math-Co 33MHz
>Video Card: ATI Mach32 SVGA, ISA version
>Sound Card: Sound Blaster 16 VIBRA
>RAM: 8MB

The interesting thing about this system is that it really falls somewhere between a 386 and 486: the motherboard is a 386 motherboard with 386 sockets, the CPU performs like a 486SX and has the 486 instruction set, and the coprocessor is a 387, and quite possibly the least compatible 387, too.

The Cyrix 486DLC isn't perfect, either; some early 90s demoscene mags described it as "the least compatible 486", and while I haven't had many problems with it, some games and applications do behave oddly due to it. For example: In Traffic Department 2192, the AI tends to spaz out and friendly craft get stuck in buildings or in corners.

Still, I have a lot of nostalgia for this machine because it was my first.

>> No.984392

>>984384
There's a neat thread about this sort of thing here.
>>975765

>> No.984396

>>984392
Yeah, I posted in there, but it was more of a "what do you think of my rig" than a general retro PC hardware thread.

>> No.984414

>>984396

Fuck, my bad.

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>>984391

This is my mid-to-late-90s gaming rig. When I first got it, it was pretty shitty, but I've since turned it into something that anybody in the late 90s would be proud to have.

>Mobo: Shuttle HOT-637 440LX PCIset
>CPU: Celeron 400 (previously Celeron 300A)
>Video Card: Voodoo 3 3000D (previously an ATI Xpert)
>Sound Card: Aztech PCI 338 (Aureal Vortex 1)
>RAM: 160MB PC66 SDRAM
>OS: Windows 98

I also have a Matrox m3D that is a PowerVR chipset, but from what I've heard, it's pretty shitty, so I never put it in. This machine also used to have a Yamaha ISA sound card in it with a real OPL3, but this machine is more for Windows gaming, so I put an Aureal sound card in it that supports A3D.

>> No.985254

Could any kind anons recommend any places to get stuff to make a nostalgia rig? My dad always threw away our old computers, much to my distress, and now I have to get one on my own.

>> No.985342

>>985254
eBay is one good place, but unfortunately prices there are a bit high. Sometimes you can find a good deal, though.

I find most of my stuff either from people I know disposing of stuff, dumpster diving (only once), going to flea markets, and checking Craigslist.

>> No.987202

>>985254
Also, check your local classifieds for auctions. Lots of times schools and local businesses auction off their old equipment, including old computers. I know a guy who got an Amiga 2000 new-in-box that way.

>> No.987376

>>984384
I remember the shit out of those Falcon Northwest ads... I wanted one, even though I assembled my own back then.

Also, I had that monitor... Thing came in a box that was like, 3'x3'. Thing was a beast. Finally died a few years ago.