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Nightkin244 wrote:i grew up on apogee games, from monster bash to commander keen(he was a pimp!) and DK series, man i loved those games!
Yea, same. They really cranked out games like there's no tomorrow eh?

Cozmo and "Arctic Adventure" were my favorites.
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anyone know of any slow down programs for old games?
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I think I remember reading somewhere that turning off your graphics card will slow down old games to playable rates. I could be wrong though, don't quote me on it.
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anyone know of any slow down programs for old games?
Just dust off your old Petntium 166 w/ Win 95 and use that. That's what I do. Except it's a Pentium Pro w/ 256 KB of full-speed on-die L2 cache overclocked from 200MHz to 233MHz. Playing around with computers is fun!
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MurPHy wrote:
anyone know of any slow down programs for old games?
Just dust off your old Petntium 166 w/ Win 95 and use that. That's what I do. Except it's a Pentium Pro w/ 256 KB of full-speed on-die L2 cache overclocked from 200MHz to 233MHz. Playing around with computers is fun!
see ive got a pentium 120 MMX but it doesnt start. i think the power converter/fan assembly is fucked but i dont know where i can find another one.
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see ive got a pentium 120 MMX but it doesnt start. i think the power converter/fan assembly is fucked but i dont know where i can find another one.
It doesn't start at all? So when you push the power button, nothing happens? No fans start up, no POST, etc? If that's the case, then it is *probably* the power supply.

I remember a similar case with my aunt's old Pentium 166. They said that one day, it just wouldn't start. *Poof*, like that. So I took it, tossed the old power supply, and put in a 200W "el cheapo" kind that I had salvaged from an old 486DX2 system. It started right up. Windows 95, yuck.

Anyway, in the meantime they had bought a new 1.5 GHz P4 Dell, so they didn't even want the thing back. I asked them if there had been a big lightningstorm the night that their old PC stopped working. They said "Umm, I think so." So that was that. A running PC on an unprotected wall outlet during a lightning storm = fried power supply.

As for your problem, if it IS the power supply that is at fault, then getting a new one is easy. If your computer is in ATX formfactor, that is. And guessing from the processor type, it probably isn't. It is more likely to be of the older AT formfactor style. Brand new power supplies are hard to get for such systems, as most (if not all) PC components manufacturers stopped making them many years ago.

If you really want to get your old system up and running, I can sell you another 200W "el cheapo" power supply that I have in storage for $5. Or you can get a nice, new ATX formfactor power supply and use a nifty ATX-to-AT converter cable, similar to this:

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This was found on www.pcpowerandcooling.com, one of the better PC power companies out there. You can also get a power supply from them, or somewhere else, such as www.antec-inc.com, another manufacturer of high-quality power supplies.
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yah. one day it just didnt start. no fan no nothing. ive known it was the power supply for a long time. its just a matter of finding one for cheap. maybe i can find a buddy i can get one off of for something like a bottle of tequila. saves me looking for one than attempting to pay shipping and the rest of the garbage for one.
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maybe i can find a buddy i can get one off of for something like a bottle of tequila. saves me looking for one than attempting to pay shipping and the rest of the garbage for one.
Well, that would work too. Just make sure that it will work in your system, eh? Proprietary PCs are the devil. Remember that.
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Or just find a CPU "killer" program.

I spotted a few at 3drealms.com while browsing their download section.
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Forgot to check this thread, but System Shock 1 can be gotten at http://www.the-hawk.tk

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