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Topic: 5.25" / 5 1/4" floppy drive-USB? |
swaaye
Replies: 2
Views: 262
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Forum: Hardware Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 7:31 pm Subject: 5.25" / 5 1/4" floppy drive-USB? |
Modern BIOSs and OSs still support 5.25" drives so you could just buy one and hook it up on the regular floppy connection. Why not? If you're only going to use it once....
You can get combo dr ... |
Topic: Looking for a DOS Gaming Laptop |
swaaye
Replies: 14
Views: 1897
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Forum: General Gaming Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 11:47 pm Subject: Looking for a DOS Gaming Laptop |
Hey I'm with you on preferring to use old hardware. I wouldn't mind having an old laptop, as I have had those machines in the past. But let me elaborate on why I will not be heading down that road. ... |
Topic: Star Trek The next Generation A final unity |
swaaye
Replies: 69
Views: 75688
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Forum: Get Games to Work Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:56 pm Subject: Star Trek The next Generation A final unity |
Yeah the game works MUCH better with DOSBOX 0.73 than it did with 0.72 and older.  |
Topic: STTNG: A Final Unity DosBox Guide |
swaaye
Replies: 0
Views: 249
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Forum: Get Games to Work Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 3:17 pm Subject: STTNG: A Final Unity DosBox Guide |
-= Star Trek TNG A Final Unity within DOSBOX =-
Tutorial gone. It seems that DOSBOX 0.73 runs the game installer fine now and the game itself may be fine with DOS4GW now too. So just install the ... |
Topic: Old CD Magazines / Magazine CDs for download |
swaaye
Replies: 4
Views: 844
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Forum: Find Old Games Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 12:55 pm Subject: Old CD Magazines / Magazine CDs for download |
I downloaded the one that is Mac compatible...let's see if I can get Classic working on here again.
btw, all of the CDROM Today CDs are for both Mac and PC. |
Topic: Old CD Magazines / Magazine CDs for download |
swaaye
Replies: 4
Views: 844
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Forum: Find Old Games Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 5:48 pm Subject: Old CD Magazines / Magazine CDs for download |
| Thanks for the sticky. I hope people have fun with these bits of history. |
Topic: Old CD Magazines / Magazine CDs for download |
swaaye
Replies: 4
Views: 844
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Forum: Find Old Games Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 1:03 pm Subject: Old CD Magazines / Magazine CDs for download |
| I have some old CD magazines that I thought you guys might enjoy. They are all from 1994-6. Some of them will work in XP but no promises :) The downloads are 7zipped ISOs (200-350 MB). If anyone has m ... |
Topic: Looking for a DOS Gaming Laptop |
swaaye
Replies: 14
Views: 1897
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Forum: General Gaming Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 9:37 pm Subject: Looking for a DOS Gaming Laptop |
old notebooks have terrible LCDs, btw. they don't get better with age, either.
Best to get something recent with a powerful CPU and use dosbox. |
Topic: Compaq deskpro disaster! |
swaaye
Replies: 11
Views: 3282
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Forum: Hardware Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:10 pm Subject: Compaq deskpro disaster! |
| Take the mobo out, remove the CPU, RAM, and any other removable parts and give it a nice bath. Dish soap+water dip and/or some isopropyl alcohol (70 or 90%). Maybe even get out a soft brush and go at ... |
Topic: FPS + RTS = FPRTS Do you know any? |
swaaye
Replies: 17
Views: 5925
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Forum: General Gaming Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:09 pm Subject: FPS + RTS = FPRTS Do you know any? |
Thread revival!
Battlezone 1 and 2 for PC are where it's at for this genre. There is another game called Uprising that's similar too. I really liked the Battlezone games and wish they'd make me ano ... |
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