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POWERING ON MY $600 486 GAMING COMPUTER!
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2021-10-06 at 4:05 PM UTC
Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson Well as I already stated, YOU missed the point not I…the point being that the guy with the desire and the cash…in this instance Fona…gets to decide what he wants, as he's already stated he has multiple PCs…including a gaming Win10 system…(READ THIS BIT SLOWLY)…he doesn't want or need that…he wants a working 486 era computer because WIN10 gaming systems struggle to run old dos games natively and some folks like original hardware.
Stick to your Apple kid
That is your point. But please show me where he said, "WIN10 gaming systems struggle to run old dos games natively." Which is anuntrue statement if you know what you are doing BTW.
Now back to my point. Dumbass could have a new laptop that will run anything a 486 can run and more for less money and effort. -
2021-10-06 at 4:07 PM UTC
Originally posted by Speedy Parker That is your point. But please show me where he said, "WIN10 gaming systems struggle to run old dos games natively." Which is anuntrue statement if you know what you are doing BTW.
Now back to my point. Dumbass could have a new laptop that will run anything a 486 can run and more for less money and effort.
P.S. I have never owned an Apple product. The only time I ever touched them is when they crapped the bed while I was working at NASA and KSU. -
2021-10-06 at 4:13 PM UTC
Originally posted by Speedy Parker Now back to my point. Dumbass could have a new laptop that will run anything a 486 can run and more for less money and effort.
Again your point is moot, he HAS a laptop, he HAS a Win10 system, he HAS a Pentium system running WIN98SE, he WANTS a 486.
"He could have"..is something he ALREADY HAS.
And to spell it out clearly no a modern PC will not run a good selection of Dos games natively...besides the speed issue and many old dos games not being throttled, there are no dos drivers for things like the sound chips on a modern motherboard.
...stick to your Apple gramps. -
2021-10-06 at 4:15 PM UTC
Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson Again your point is moot, he HAS a laptop, he HAS a Win10 system, he HAS a Pentium system running WIN98SE, he WANTS a 486.
"He could have"..is something he ALREADY HAS.
And to spell it out clearly no a modern PC will not run a good selection of Dos games natively…besides the speed issue and many old dos games not being throttled, there are no dos drivers for things like the sound chips on a modern motherboard.
…stick to your Apple gramps.
I guess D-Fend reloaded is just to high tech for you LMAO. -
2021-10-06 at 4:17 PM UTCHere is some free elementary education on this topic for you Jigle Puffer.
https://www.instructables.com/How-To-Install-DOS-622-Under-VirtualBox/?amp_page=true -
2021-10-06 at 4:18 PM UTC
Originally posted by Speedy Parker Here is some free elementary education on this topic for you Jigle Puffer.
https://www.instructables.com/How-To-Install-DOS-622-Under-VirtualBox/?amp_page=true
Virtual box is NOT NATIVE you fucking dummy
If you were going that route you could just use Dosbox...he want's to use the ACTUAL hardware...not emulation. -
2021-10-06 at 4:22 PM UTC
Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson Virtual box is NOT NATIVE you fucking dummy
If you were going that route you could just use Dosbox…he want's to use the ACTUAL hardware…not emulation.
Funny how you are arguing with me and he is not. Are you some kind of paid advocate or do you just enjoy swing on his sack.
Show me where he said he wants to use a native environment or hardware. His only goal is to be able to play old DOS games based on what he said. -
2021-10-06 at 4:32 PM UTC
Originally posted by Speedy Parker Funny how you are arguing with me and he is not.
Hilarious...I'm sure he's sitting there watching right?Are you some kind of paid advocate or do you just enjoy swing on his sack.
Show me where he said he wants to use a native environment or hardware. His only goal is to be able to play old DOS games based on what he said.
Deflection...
Virtual box is NOT native.
Go get an off the shelf 2021 Win10pro 64 bit system.
Wipe the drive, install dos 6.22 (which you'll need to buy and optical drive/floppy drive/or setup a USB stick), Install lets say Wing Commander 1...(which has no speed throttling), write a dos driver for the sound, post the results of Wing Commander running at a 1000x playable speed.
Again, stick to your Apple girlfriend
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2021-10-06 at 4:34 PM UTCbtw, he is not the only one who would like a 486 dos gaming system, the price on them is increasing for a reason...can you guess what that reason is? duh.
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2021-10-06 at 4:41 PM UTC
Originally posted by Speedy Parker Show me where he said he wants to use a native environment or hardware.
Originally posted by BeeReBuddy dos box sucks and has no Turbo button.
Originally posted by Fonaplats I actually talked the guy down 30 dollars.
The computer ended up costing $320 which is a good price for that style machine.
The shipping was $70 and tax made up the rest.
I was born in 90 and the first computer I used was an old 486 just like this one but more yellow and it had lock along with a slightly different design looking quite different now that I really think about it.
I dont like emulators because they are just magic.
I want the experience back that I use to have.
I plan on playing Duke Nukem games and Woldenstine 3D and Rise of the Triad and Tyrian and Skunny Kart abd Dr Quandrys Secret Island and Jill of the Jungle and Jazz Jackrabbit and Commander Keen and Crystal Caves and a whole lot more.
The screen needed to be saved with a moving image so you could be sure that not only was your pc running but it wasnt frozen. -
2021-10-06 at 5:40 PM UTC
Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson
Let me look.... Hmmm, I see an expression of a desire to recapture a nostalgic experience, an opinion on emulators that demonstrates a complete lack of understanding of a virtual environment, some crying NG about an obsolete turbo button that at most could increase your clock speed to 200Mhz, and an expression of dislike for Dosbox.
Not a word about native environment or hardware. So I'm pretty sure that is just your interpretation of someone's words. -
2021-10-06 at 5:48 PM UTC
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2021-10-06 at 5:48 PM UTC
Originally posted by Speedy Parker an opinion on emulators that demonstrates a complete lack of understanding of a virtual environment
How so? to me it suggests he has used dosbox and found it unsatisfactory...followed with the statement "I want the experience back that I use to have". You can't have the same experience in a virtual environment...as it's not the same experience.
Anyone who remembers continually having to edit their config.sys, autoexec.bat files for every fucking game they buy or creating boot disks to run their games or messing around with IRQ/DMA settings to get their soundblaster clone board to work with there other boards knows that is NOT replicated in a virtual environment. -
2021-10-06 at 5:51 PM UTCTHEIR
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2021-10-06 at 5:57 PM UTCThere's usually a turbo setting in the CMOS BIOS settings where you can increase the performance on your onboard GPU about 20%.
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2021-10-06 at 6:07 PM UTCFona. The power light is on. Old computers sometime require you hold the on button for a few seconds. The one below the toggle . You pushed it for a fraction of a sec. Hold it in.
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2021-10-07 at 5:24 PM UTC
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2021-10-07 at 5:32 PM UTCGet the classic Trident TVGA card, it's what I had in my 486...at the time it couldn't be beat for the price.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/194402509547?hash=item2d434ae2eb:g:5kAAAOSwjo5hVReJ -
2021-10-07 at 5:33 PM UTC
Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson Get the classic Trident TVGA card, it's what I had in my 486…at the time it couldn't be beat for the price.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/194402509547?hash=item2d434ae2eb:g:5kAAAOSwjo5hVReJ
Yeah good advice. Tell the broke duck to waste more of his money. -
2021-10-07 at 5:40 PM UTCBack when I built my first 486..an SX 25mhz and I wasn't too au fait with PCs at the time as I was an Amiga user primarily with a 386SX 16 that I barely messed with, my stupid brother "Insisted" is buy an Adaptec Scsi card rather than using the IDE that was on my serial/parallel/IDE card...140 BRRRRRitish pounds I paid for that fucking thing (A fortune to me at the time)..just for the card..had to buy a scsi HD to go with it.
He claimed the IDE was no good and that scsi was the way to go...as if that slight increase in HD speed fucking mattered to me when I was on a tight budget, the twat...making me spend money on shit I didn't need.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
