dirtboy69 Posted March 3, 2003 Share Posted March 3, 2003 tell me where i can get a dos based emulator for the 2600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtboy69 Posted March 3, 2003 Author Share Posted March 3, 2003 oh and a dos based complier cause the one i have runs in a dos window but work work on my 486 with windows 3.1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted March 3, 2003 Share Posted March 3, 2003 Wow, that is pretty lazy. Emulators Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted March 3, 2003 Share Posted March 3, 2003 What kind of chip does your 486 have? Intel's? The reason that I ask is that I have an AMD 5-stepper running at 133mhz, and the only 2600 emulator that it can even remotely handle is A26 (available at zophar.net). Stella crashes right out, Z26 and PCAE both run extremely slow (at about 10 frames a second). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miqorz Posted March 3, 2003 Share Posted March 3, 2003 Hey nuke isn't it about time you upgrade your machine to atleast 500 MHz? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCold Posted March 3, 2003 Share Posted March 3, 2003 Nukey Shay - funny you say that, I ran z26 on a 486 50mhz laptop with 8 mb of ram, and I'd think it ran at at least 10fps. It was choppy, but seemed playable. BTW - what does 5 stepper mean? In my system information thing, it says my 1.1ghz is a 4 stepper, is that normal?(it's also an AMD) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted March 3, 2003 Share Posted March 3, 2003 It doesn't really mean anything to us...it has to do with the chip bugfixes and revisions. How on earth is 10fps playable?? @Quazick Good idea...can you give me a loan? (the 486 was completely free) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCold Posted March 3, 2003 Share Posted March 3, 2003 It doesn't really mean anything to us...it has to do with the chip bugfixes and revisions. How on earth is 10fps playable?? @Quazick Good idea...can you give me a loan? (the 486 was completely free) I'm not saying it DID run at 10fps, I' m saying I would assume it ran at at least 10fps becuase it seemed playable. I just said it wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtboy69 Posted March 3, 2003 Author Share Posted March 3, 2003 it's not really a 486 i guess it's a pentituim 1 (i don't know how to spell) running at 165 with 86 megs of ram if nothing runs on it really good i'll just play on my new computer then it's just i try to keep my roms on the old computer so they don't fill up my space Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindog Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 Geez, I've thrown out P100 and P2-233 machines already because it didn't seem like anyone would want them even for parts. Now I have a Celeron 400 motherboard (in a case with a failed power supply) sitting in storage because I figured I could use it in some hardware project sometime, and bought my new motherboard and processor (Athlon 2100) for all of $150. Or you can get a whole new 933MHz PC (well, if you don't mind Linux) from Wal-Mart for 200 bucks. Anyway, even the P100 ran Stella at a perfectly acceptable speed. I sometimes get the sense I'm talking to people in Romania or somewhere else that's 10 years behind techwise Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 Ahem...my computer was free, it's not like I had any choices. And I'd advise anyone throwing away a computer to take a sledge to the hard drive first (or just pulling it out and keeping it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtboy69 Posted March 5, 2003 Author Share Posted March 5, 2003 last year my old high school threw out a bunch of p1s so i picked one up to do all of my emulating and programming on so i don't fill up any space on my p4 with 900mhz i got z24 to work just find on my p1 thanks the only thing is a bit of slow down with some of the homebrewed games i downloaded and more complex games and the sound falls behind but it's still playable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 Ahem...my computer was free, it's not like I had any choices. And I'd advise anyone throwing away a computer to take a sledge to the hard drive first (or just pulling it out and keeping it). I know exactly what you're getting at, I have pulled all sorts of harddrive's out of junk machines in the past, just to see what was on them. Scary stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miqorz Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 Ahem...my computer was free, it's not like I had any choices. And I'd advise anyone throwing away a computer to take a sledge to the hard drive first (or just pulling it out and keeping it). I know exactly what you're getting at, I have pulled all sorts of harddrive's out of junk machines in the past, just to see what was on them. Scary stuff. Especially military computers that arent properly formated.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 NO, I wouldn't touch those with a ten foot pole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCold Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 I have 2 386's that I got at a thrift. They were both servers for a local school district, still have all the software, school information, etc. . And I don't plan on formatting the hard drives on either very soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerGnome Posted March 20, 2003 Share Posted March 20, 2003 wow.. I can't belive I'm reading this.. a bunch of vintage freaks talking about throwing out obsolete hardware! About three times a year I'll hobble together old parts and donate them to people that would benifit from a computer but dont have much use from them, Like say.. Basic internet machines for E-mail and what not for the old folks to communicate with family and what not. I've allready made the decision not to upgrade my OS any further than win98se on this machine.. I still perfer true DOS to runa lot of things, but the next generation machine I get is going to be all the hoopla and be balls out for the newer games. Z26 should run fine on a early machine, as long as you arent putting too much of a demand on the system. Max out the ram and a 486dx should work it just fine. Ive run Z26 on better machines than mine.. and well.. they ran TOO fast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerGnome Posted March 20, 2003 Share Posted March 20, 2003 sorry.. on an older computer, get a early generation video card with acceleration. that will take the load off the cpu as well, and smooth stuff out. the biggest thing you need to consider about EMU is that your hardware needs to replicate the original hardware before it translates the infromation and sends it to your computers hardware. I've only really run into big problems becouse of that in MAME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindog Posted March 20, 2003 Share Posted March 20, 2003 I actually have never thrown out a hard disk that I can think of; I don't know where my original 170MB drive from 1994 is, but I do still have my 2GB drive from 1996. Not because I'm paranoid, just because I'm a packrat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted March 20, 2003 Share Posted March 20, 2003 Same here...I'm glad that I hung on to those older drives (two 500+MB, 1 300+mb, and 1 125mb) after my 40GB drive failed...it's what I am using in the free 486 that I found. I still have a Western Digital 40mb drive as well Regarding throwing away hardware, there are quite a number of computer recycling places that will take unwanted equipment (as well as thrifts and repair shops). Keep 'em out of the landfills! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerGnome Posted March 25, 2003 Share Posted March 25, 2003 Same here...I'm glad that I hung on to those older drives (two 500+MB, 1 300+mb, and 1 125mb) after my 40GB drive failed...it's what I am using in the free 486 that I found. I still have a Western Digital 40mb drive as well Regarding throwing away hardware, there are quite a number of computer recycling places that will take unwanted equipment (as well as thrifts and repair shops). Keep 'em out of the landfills! hell keep them out of landfills first off on account that everything is so toxic in the long run.. the other reason is well.. the same reason we all keep all this other stuff runing., just becouse.. y'know? is there any NEED to keep an ST or a c64 running? not really..its horrendusly obsolete technology, but it serves some sort of purpose.. hell.. look at nukey.. becouse he was able to hobble together some leftover parts.. were able to talk to him now and share his company.. like you need the computer to be hardcore to work the internet? not realy.. unless you want to mess around with advanced java crap and all the other stuff, hell.. nthe biggest reason I hate pop up adds is becouse they tie up resources. but then... I my first modem was the one I built from parts from radio shack for my vic 20, and the schematics I got from the comodore magazine, then hacking into contractor service lines to make the connection.. besides that.. I'm drunk and rambaling..so y'all carry on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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