Brian Futrell wrote: > On Wednesday, December 15, 2004, at 08:36 PM, M D wrote: >> Darren wrote: >>> M D wrote: >> >>>>>> So Duke plays on VPC3 and DOS? Cool. >>> >>>>> As I understand it VPC will make use of a Voodoo2 breaking the 4mb >>>>> ceiling for vram which I see as the major drawback of pc emulation. >>>>> I'll throw a couple of bucks at it to find out, last local V2 on >>>>> ebay >>>>> went for $15, I was at work and missed it. Worst case, I have >>>>> another >>>>> old video card for yet another old mac or pc. >>>> >>>> Oh OK. Well in that case it would be well worth the effort in >>>> obtaining >>>> this card. I'll keep my eyes open for one too. I get the feeling old >>>> PCI >>>> vid cards for Macs are rare, tho'. >>> >>> I know Softwindows98 has options for both voodoo1 and 2 cards, I dont >>> see the option with Softwindows95. Voodoo cards can be flashed with >>> little trouble, stick with 3dfx rather than a third party. >> >> I see RealPC also has the Voodoo 1 & 2 support. It would be interesting >> to hear how much speed up to the emulation it gives. >> >> I installed Duke3D into RealPC and it loads! But is way too slow to >> even >> consider playing [I should try it on a faster mac]. > > Out of curiosity Mike, what are you running RealPC on?
Promise not to laugh? :) A Quadra 650 with an Apple PPC upgrade card [now a PPC 650]. I was setting the 650 up for kids to play old games on over the holidays. Noticed I had RealPC installed on it so tried running DOS Duke3D just to see what would happen. Unplayable but everything loaded without crashing Duke, DOS, or the Mac. - Just editing plain text under DOS it barely chugs along on this kit you might understand :) I have a more appropriate Mac to try this on [similar to your 'Sharkey' and 'Minty'] but with Christmas, haven't had much time for *fun* :) > I have a few models I can try it on - I even have a Voodoo 2 somewhere! > I also have RealPC 1.1, and VPC 2.x/3.x. You're lucky. It'll be interesting to hear what RPC is like with the Voodoo 2 on board. > Also, the Voodoo 1 & 2 cards can work in PCs and Macs without > modification-only the drivers are needed. That's it - I want one of these! After failed attempts at getting Matrox Millenium 1 & 2 cards pulled from PCs to work in Macs I've given up on strife :) > I've installed an Orchid > Righteous 3D (V1) and a Creative card (V2) and had them work without > any problems. Voodoo 3 cards do require flashing to use with Macs, but > they work rather well afterwards. Thanks for the info. Mike -- Mac-N-DOS is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac-N-DOS list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-n-dos.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:mac-n-dos@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-n-dos%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
