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[Gazeyre1966]

Just a bit of fun really. Been having probs with my Pentium 3 Windows '98 heap O' shite again. I'm really really going to upgrade soon. So I just wondered if there was anyone else worse off than me.

[ady]

Just a bit of fun really. Been having probs with my Pentium 3 Windows '98 heap O' shite again. I'm really really going to upgrade soon. So I just wondered if there was anyone else worse off than me.

Blimey short lived that Gaz, Doubt it buddy lol....

[Toddyuk]

Lol Ady ..

Gaz wheres the Option 'I aint got a clue' lol I really dont have a clue what the spec of my laptop is , am a bit of a lamer when it comes to comps .

Bought it coz it looked nice

How do i find out what spec my lappy is like ?

[Gazeyre1966]

Right click on the "My Computer" icon and select Properties.

[ady]

Mines really not 'all that' either............then as Judy did say to me once "Ady its what you do with it"

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[Toddyuk]

Is that bad ?

[Nudgeman]

MPU 6.0 is the best emulator ever! It runs a treat on an AMD Athlon K2 with Windows '98. Games like Jackpot Gems are just so quick, it's the knees of the bee. The BFMulator runs a treat as well on such a rig, Dr. Who, Cops 'n Robbers, fast as you like. Impacts, SP.Aces, anything else in fact, forget it.

However when you want to play a poxy Union Games in MFMEv2.0 and above it goes sooooooo slowly it's enough to make you give up and just play the actual machine in the arcade. Why is something as simple as Fruit Drop or Triple Madness sooooo slow I wonder? Less lamps than some of the hi-techs and quite a straightforward game. Fruit Drop classic, why so slow? Don't tell me I need Windows Xp and a P4 processor. Outrageous! That said, the old BBC Micro Game Stuntman runs like viscous jelly superglued to a fat slug on the Acorn Emulator.
Upgrade calling....

[ady]

Fujitsu Siemens have to make the rankest cases I have ever worked in, in my life is it one of the shit brown and white ones with the green thumbscrews and the PSU over the CPU fan?

alth

Thats the One Alth.............inside too cost me Twice as much too n upping this 'n' that!

Basically just using the OS and case

[Gazeyre1966]

Mines really not 'all that' either............then as Judy did say to me once "Ady its what you do with it"

Yer joking mate...I'm gonna hand out a collection plate in Blackpool...lol

Don't even know how to copy my computer stats on here but they are.

128 Meg RAM
750 Mhz P3....Not Gig's...lol
13 GB Hard Drive

Amazing that I get them to run at all....pmsl.

[Gazeyre1966]

MPU 6.0 is the best emulator ever! It runs a treat on an AMD Athlon K2 with Windows '98. Games like Jackpot Gems are just so quick, it's the knees of the bee. The BFMulator runs a treat as well on such a rig, Dr. Who, Cops 'n Robbers, fast as you like. Impacts, SP.Aces, anything else in fact, forget it.

However when you want to play a poxy Union Games in MFMEv2.0 and above it goes sooooooo slowly it's enough to make you give up and just play the actual machine in the arcade. Why is something as simple as Fruit Drop or Triple Madness sooooo slow I wonder? Less lamps than some of the hi-techs and quite a straightforward game. Fruit Drop classic, why so slow? Don't tell me I need Windows Xp and a P4 processor. Outrageous! That said, the old BBC Micro Game Stuntman runs like viscous jelly superglued to a fat slug on the Acorn Emulator.
Upgrade calling....

On the contrary, Union games run like a dream as do most things, even on this heap of junk. SP.ace games are the only non-starter. Don't understand why.

[ploggy]

MPU 6.0 is the best emulator ever! It runs a treat on an AMD Athlon K2 with Windows '98. Games like Jackpot Gems are just so quick, it's the knees of the bee. The BFMulator runs a treat as well on such a rig, Dr. Who, Cops 'n Robbers, fast as you like. Impacts, SP.Aces, anything else in fact, forget it.

However when you want to play a poxy Union Games in MFMEv2.0 and above it goes sooooooo slowly it's enough to make you give up and just play the actual machine in the arcade. Why is something as simple as Fruit Drop or Triple Madness sooooo slow I wonder? Less lamps than some of the hi-techs and quite a straightforward game. Fruit Drop classic, why so slow? Don't tell me I need Windows Xp and a P4 processor. Outrageous! That said, the old BBC Micro Game Stuntman runs like viscous jelly superglued to a fat slug on the Acorn Emulator.
Upgrade calling....

Well, there's two things you could do to make the machines run faster. The first thing you could try, is to convert the reels, so they're using the new type.

When you go into MFME2.0's configuration screen, you should see an option on the bottom that says "convert reel"

Check that box, then load-up the layout/s that are running slower than they should.

Should see a noticeable increase in speed if the reels have not been converted before.

The other option you could try, if it's a classic that's running slowly, is to make the reels themselves smaller.

Some classic layouts I've seen use very large reels, which can slow the emulation down quite a lot.

Here's my PC setup. Just had it, and it runs very nicely. Still needs a chunk of ram though.

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[mangolio]

I dunno how to take a shot of my screen so my comp is as follows,

Amd Semprom ™ processor 3000+, 1.80ghz, 448 mb of ram.

Seems a bit poor to the ones you all seem to have. (Except for Gazeyres , I think my old school scientific calculator had more than that lol)

[mangolio]

Oh BTW your polls a little Intel biased both my machines are AMD!

alth

Any ideas hyow to up my spec Alth? Cheaper the better as I dont plan using it for anything major.

EDIT. Sorry quoted the wrong post so see post above.

[Gazeyre1966]

Oh BTW your polls a little Intel biased both my machines are AMD!

alth

Sorry Alth...Just went for the most popular. Shall I stick some up for other operating systems too? What about dial-up or monitors? f*** me, could have had 30 options up there

As for Windows '98 I've just had a rather nice pay rise so I'm saving up for a completely new system and flog this bastard on e-bay. Should get £200 for it if I keep all the fruities on the hard drive...lol

[Toddyuk]

Sorry Alth...Just went for the most popular. Shall I stick some up for other operating systems too? What about dial-up or monitors? f*** me, could have had 30 options up there

As for Windows '98 I've just had a rather nice pay rise so I'm saving up for a completely new system and flog this bastard on e-bay. Should get £200 for it if I keep all the fruities on the hard drive...lol

£200 Gaz ? surely youd pay them for it lol

[schnook]

Built this myself. proud of the 100 percent pirated software i managed to keep now for years.

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