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05-14-07, 10:14 AM | #16 | |
Eternal Patrol
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05-16-07, 08:27 PM | #17 |
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Oh, boy. Better than ever. Ok, no luck with the old IBM. So, today as I was driving to the Bar-B-Que joint for lunch, I saw a little electronic repair shop, hiding between a hair salon and a pet food store...
... I felt a pull in the Force... and I veered into the parking lot. I went in and this place was piled high with TVs. There was just this narrow little path to the counter. In the back was this fellow and he came to the front when he saw me. I asked him if he had any old computers, by chance. He said, no, not really. I said I was looking for an older computer. He said, well, he had one in the back, but it was really old. He brought out a Compaq 4504. I asked if it worked and he said it did, so I told him to get a monitor and power cord and let's have a look. As we were plugging it in he said he was pretty sure it was at least a Pentium 200 mhz with Win 98. Now that it appeared I might buy an old junker, he was still trying to keep me interested. I said, "Windows 98? Awe, I was hoping for one with Windows 95." He arched an eyebrow and couldn't resist. "Why do you want such an old computer?" I leaned forward, locked eyes, and after a pause told him, "Research. Let's leave it at that." The PC powered up, and by golly, it was Win95! Pentium 200. I checked the sound card, ES1887, no Soundblaster Live Memory? A whopping 16MB, yes, that's MEGAbytes. Kneel before me Aww, yeh-ah. Threw $40 at the man and sped home. Hooked it up, loaded Command Aces of the Deep, and we're in business. So, next up, Wolfpack!
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05-16-07, 08:36 PM | #18 | |
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05-16-07, 08:58 PM | #19 | |
Admiral
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Ha! You cheated though! You still should build up your other computer, link the two CPU's together, and power galore! (or maby fried hunks of silicon galore!). I had my insparation in you, and you gave up! (I am planning on building my own computer for the first time, once I make my move to Atlanta)
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05-16-07, 10:00 PM | #20 |
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So, you couldn't wait for patch 1.3 ...
now you've got me interested in an old PII 400 for SH 1 ...
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05-16-07, 10:42 PM | #21 |
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Good find Onkel,return to base @ your discretion. Get UBI to communicate it's in there best interest.
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05-17-07, 03:11 AM | #22 |
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Fond memories of my Pentium 150Mhz, ahhh
T'was a good machine, with all you could desire. Sort of May keep my 1.83Ghz Core 2 Duo though
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05-17-07, 10:14 AM | #23 | |
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05-17-07, 10:29 PM | #24 | |
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Tonight! Seawolf SSN-21 ! Man, does that bring back memories... I had to make a boot disk just like the old days to config the EMS memory to get it to run. But that's all it took. Restart with the boot disk, naviagte with DOS prompts, and bingo--moody synth music, crew voices, smoking hot 256 colors. I remember you could not go any faster than half speed with the Towed Array deployed, and if you armed a torp, you had to fire it within 8 minutes or the nav battery would run down and you had to reload. Great game! Tomorrow night: Silent Service II
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05-18-07, 01:17 AM | #25 |
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If you need the discs for Red Storm Rising, I think I have the Amiga version somewhere - but no more Amiga. That one i played a lot.
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05-19-07, 01:31 AM | #26 |
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Tonight, I brought Wolfpack back to life (no sound, though ). Anyone here ever play Novalogic's Wolfpack?
I'm picking up a Soundblaster 16 card off ebay, will try to see if that will rememdy the sound woes.
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05-19-07, 06:56 AM | #27 | |
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For the other PC, perhaps some connectors have corroded or moved a bit. Disasembling and reassembling everything might help. Also check for signs of damage or leaks on capacitors. |
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05-19-07, 07:18 AM | #28 | |
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Christopher Edit: I got Wolfpack to play okay under Win98, but it's a tad fast for a good game. Last edited by ChristopherT; 05-19-07 at 07:38 AM. |
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05-19-07, 08:49 PM | #29 | ||
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Update: I loaded Grey Wolf: Hunter of the North Atlantic and played a couple missions, then Silent Hunter I. The intro movie does not work but the game plays great! Then I got fancy and installed Fast Attack. The intro movie for this one plays, but then the screen goes black.... and no game So, the lucky run comes to an end, I'll have to roll up my sleeves and see what I need to do to get FA working. Let's review, so far the SUBSIM Legacy machine has: Command Aces of the Deep Seawolf SSN-21 Wolfpack Silent Service II Greywolf Silent Hunter I have to get Fast Attack working then I'll tackle Great Naval Battles, Clancy's SSN, Das Boot, Silent Steel, and Fighting Steel. My goal is to have the most pre-2000 naval and subsims running on one machine in the world. Neal
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05-20-07, 07:18 AM | #30 | |
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