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Reply #15 - May 7^th, 2008 at 5:35pm

Mushroom_Farmer Offline
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Fozzer wrote on May 7^th, 2008 at 2:42am:

Having crates of PC Games filling my bedrooms up, dating back over ten years, I get a bit worried about up dating my operating system...Win 5, '98. 98SE, XP, (Vista?), regarding compatibility... Roll Eyes

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Vista would give me even more problems!

Even now, I often have to Boot up my second Hard Drive with its Win '98SE operating system, and re-install my old 3DFX Voodoo Graphics cards, to be able run many of my lovely "old" Games.. Shocked

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Most/all of my favourite games date back many years ago, so I have to be very cautious when/if upgrading Operating Systems, Graphics Cards, etc... Wink

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Paul....Doom and Gloom...and Duke Nukem 3D!... Grin

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May be little need to fret Paul. My dad just recently bought a HP Media Center PC running Vista and it seems to have no problem handling the older programs. well so far anyway. Wink

&&&&"We're just sitting here trying to put our PCjrs in a pile and burn them. And the damn things won't burn. That's the only thing IBM did right with it - they made it flameproof." && Spinnaker Software chairman William Bowman, 1985

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Reply #16 - May 9^th, 2008 at 2:26am

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Melbourne, Australia.

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I will never get vista unless i get an alienware computer Grin

( 4 Gbs of RAM and 4.00Ghz should do it Grin

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But my dad got a new com and it has vista and can run it!.

Specs.

Vista Sp1
2Gbs fast DDR2 Ram
Nvidia 8600 512Mb
500Gb hard drive.
Intel VIV 2.80Ghz dual core

Sunset Chasing...RULES

AMD 9550 2.43 X4 - 2Gb RAM 800Mhz DDRII - Asus 4670
Corsair TX-750W

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Reply #17 - May 9^th, 2008 at 4:39am

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An elderly FS 2004 addict!
Hereford. England. EGBS.

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Every now and again I am brought up sharply when attempting to run some of my older software programs, to realise that my present piece of hardware, software program, etc will no longer work even with Windows XP SP2...let alone Vista!

To run some of my software programs requires reinstalling my Windows '98SE to operate much of my old hardware; Graphics Cards, Sound cards, joysticks, etc.....often because they were only designed to run under Win '98 and the later drivers for them are not available!

A classic example: The fantastic Creative Labs Soundblaster Live! 1024 Sound card, with the fantastic Emu (synthesizer) sound chip. It was only designed to work under Win '98SE, and was not recognised under Win XP, and would not work!. It took much searching, with the help of Alex, to find a suitable modern driver!
I find the "Windows"Compatibility Mode" rarely works... Cry

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Much of my older Win Versions, older drivers, older hardware, etc, are necessary to run my older Software!

Fortunately.....I NEVER throw anything away... Smiley

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Paul....Win 5...Win '98SE...Win XP....and 3DFX Voodoo Cards!... Wink

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Installing Windows Vista would forever trap me in "Modern Times"... Shocked

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Dell Dimension 5000 BTX Tower. Win7 Home Edition, 32 Bit. Intel Pentium 4, dual 2.8 GHz. 2.5GB RAM, nVidia GF 9500GT 1GB. SATA 500GB + 80GB. Philips 17" LCD Monitor. Micronet ADSL Modem only. Saitek Cyborg Evo Force. FS 2004 + FSX. Briggs and Stratton Petrol Lawn Mower...Motor Bikes. Gas Cooker... and lots of musical instruments!.... ...!
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