DOS Games Discussion

abyss · Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 8:47 pm Post subject: Aweosome windows 95 video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q883haP86vM

If you can find any great computer videos than your welcome to post them. I watch this video a lot of times.

Larry Laffer · Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 3:26 am Post subject:

That's cool but I like this one better:
http://www.gamehacked.com/index.php?action=play&id=4577 Laughing

damn what was that addictinggames link??

[edit]: you'll see I'm not the only one with the 20 GBs on a small HDD Tbbbbbth!

abyss · Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 4:27 pm Post subject:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VPFKnBYOSI

Another great windows 95 video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbj8kMvQDfI

A video that shows just how terriable windows 98 is.

Windows 95 is a great operating system but Windows 98 is a terriable operating system. Can someone please tell what game their playing shortly after it says start playing on the windows 95 video

Larry Laffer · Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 2:20 am Post subject:

Why do I have the feeling that the win95 video is an old TV commercial that was done when Win95 was released?

Oh and from what I see that game looks like Terminal Velocity(there's a DEMO on dosgames.com ---> space-shooters)

Oh and checking some alternate titles for that win98 video....

You must keep in mind that Win98 was a GREAT hit when it was released, and it true-it crashed a lot but so did win95 Tbbbbbth!

abyss · Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 9:46 am Post subject:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdd4zGGL5ps

A great windows 95 video

http://www.youtube.com/watch ?v-H9Th8fnhx48

Another great windows 95 video.

The_Sinister_Mastermind · Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 9:44 pm Post subject:

abyss · Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 3:52 pm Post subject:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCMZZgBURls

Another great windows 95 video

Final Chance · Expert Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Posts: 155

The_Sinister_Mastermind · Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 12:32 am Post subject:

Well there you go, you learn something new every day. Tbbbbbth!

My other PC is a hybrid of Win 98 & Win 2k, it's not entirely one OS or the other, so, I'm the only person in the world (Or the only person I know of) that has Win 99. Tbbbbbth!

Final Chance · Expert Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Posts: 155

I had Windows 99 before. It was actually a beta version of Windows 98 SE.

franpa · Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 5:13 am Post subject:

eh we HAD windows 95c but recently we chucked all our win95 discs.

The_Sinister_Mastermind · Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 4:14 am Post subject:

Final Chance · Expert Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Posts: 155

I know there is a way to fuse together Windows 98 SE and Windows 95, the program 98Lite can use Windows 95's EXPLORER.EXE and retrofit it to Windows 98 SE. The benefit of that is reduced Internet Explorer integration, hence a bit of a speed boost. Therefore, it's a cross-breed of Win98 and Win95.

But how did you inter-breed Windows 98 SE and Windows 2000? The two of them use totally different kernels and designs, although both use WDM drivers.

Windows ME was an attempt to cross-breed Windows 98 and Windows 2000 (Windows 98 core, Windows 2000 look and feel).

Are you using NT 5.0 Beta? Or Georgia Beta? What exactly is it about? I'm curious.

The_Sinister_Mastermind · Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:12 am Post subject:

Honestly, I don’t know, my trust old P3... Actually, it may have been a P2, but a very late model one so it was fast, or, I dunno, anyway the processor broke, I think a few other things were wrong with it as well.

But anyway, my dad being the tight arse that he is, rather then pay to get it fixed he gave it to one of his buddies who’d do what they can when they can, like 6 months later, we got it back with a piece of shit ass slow processor in it but at least it worked I guess.

Though now about all it’s fit for is DOS gaming, you can’t play any kind of video or audio media on there as the playback jitters, it can’t handle anything much higher then midi.

Final Chance · Expert Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Posts: 155

The fastest Pentium 2s and the slowest Pentium 3s were about 99% identical.

Both of them had 512 KB of HALF-SPEED L2 cache, both of them used 0.25mK transistors, and both of them used 100 MHz buses.

The Pentium 3 wouldn't see a big improvement until Coppermine, with 256 KB of FULL-SPEED L2 cache, 0.18mK transistors, and a 133 MHz bus.

An upgrade from a Pentium II 450 to a Pentium III 450 is almost no benefit at all. The Pentium III 500, 550, and 600 only benefitted from more MHz since the Pentium II was stopped at 450.

So in essence you started with a Slot 1 machine and ended with a Slot 1 machine. Both of them being equally obsolete today, even if you were able to reach the 600 MHz limit you wouldn't be that much better off.