/vrpg/ - Thread 3933656

Anonymous
getting an old CRT setup 02/23/26(Mon)10:14:49 No.3933656

getting an old CRT setup Anonymous 02/23/26(Mon)10:14:49 No.3933656 [Reply]▶

Where I live I have easy access to decent old tech, such as old CRTs and hardware for installation of Win XP or Win 98

I am more worried about the software side of things, I'd like to use this computer to run mostly old cRPGs such as the original Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, Temple of Elemental Evil... But the software side of things concerns me

Are those ancient OG Baldur's Gate patches still around? Do modern TOEE mods even have the original hardware in mind? Some other software issues...

Has anybody tried it these days?

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Anonymous
02/25/26(Wed)13:49:10 No.3934777

Anonymous 02/25/26(Wed)13:49:10 No.3934777▶

My guess is you'll have the most trouble with a soundcard.

Anonymous
02/25/26(Wed)13:50:08 No.3934779

Anonymous 02/25/26(Wed)13:50:08 No.3934779▶

>>3934777
>checked
something something IRQ 7 DMA 15 COM 21 how did I do

Anonymous
02/25/26(Wed)13:51:15 No.3934781

Anonymous 02/25/26(Wed)13:51:15 No.3934781▶

>>3934779
I was gonna say temember IRQ 7, but I've long forgotten the other shit.

Anonymous
02/25/26(Wed)14:02:41 No.3934795

Anonymous 02/25/26(Wed)14:02:41 No.3934795▶

>>3933656
I built a modern computer with a used graphics card that supports VGA. Then I used a YouTube guide to optimise GOG installations of retro games for the crt. I also play Slippi on my crt. It's fantastic.

Anonymous
02/25/26(Wed)18:09:17 No.3934972

Anonymous 02/25/26(Wed)18:09:17 No.3934972▶

>>3933656
>Do modern TOEE mods even have the original hardware in mind?
I think you should be fine with Co8, but modern versions of Temple+ are upgraded to run on DirectX 11. So I suggest to try with pre-DX11 versions of Temple+ (1.0.13 or older).

Anonymous
02/25/26(Wed)22:16:29 No.3935091

Anonymous 02/25/26(Wed)22:16:29 No.3935091▶

>>3933656
>hardware for installation of Win XP or Win 98
Just get a chink industrial mini pc, many of them come with vga and sound, no reason to bother dealing with ancient hardware in that regard.

Anonymous
02/26/26(Thu)00:54:23 No.3935157

Anonymous 02/26/26(Thu)00:54:23 No.3935157▶

>>3933656
You can plug the CRT to a modern PC, run Dosbox or PCem and have the same results. Mostly.

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