For anyone attempting this in the future, Snappy Driver Installer Origin is the key - I use it whenever I'm trying to get an obscure piece of hardware running on Windows. I'm not sure if it has the iGPU driver because I installed that first, but it installed everything else automatically, except the COM ports (it has drivers for them but they don't install correctly and disappear on reboot).

@RetroBuiltGames

2 жыл бұрын

thanks for the tip!

Just stumbled across your channel. Very entertaining. Can't wait to go through your library of videos!

Never had a PC when I was younger so a lot of classic pc games passed me by! Although at college we did have Duke Nukem deathmatches in the computer suite! After watching this, I think I might have to take a look at classic pc gaming.

I did a similar thing with some wyse r90lw thin clients. I used to keep an old pc around for vintage games, but by 2019 or so I was concerned about the remaining useful life of hardware made a couple decades ago. The thin clients I found were running the embedded standard version of XP so they played ball with the old programs I was intending to run on them. I'm sure there are likely ways to get all that stuff to run on a modern pc, I'm too set in my ways and out of date in my computer knowledge to make that happen. It's just easy for me to have a dedicated set up for it.

I recently started building a library of MS-DOS games that can be run through RetroPie/Emulation Station using DOSBox. I've created a launcher that makes it easy to either launch the game executable or launch the setup executable that many of those old games came with. I've dropped in games like the Commander Keen series, Descent, Duke Nukem, Doom, Wolfenstein, etc. It's been a lot of fun to go back and play some of them. Anyway, thanks for the rundown on this project. I've been thinking about doing something similar for quite some time.

@RetroBuiltGames

4 жыл бұрын

do you play with mouse and keyboard or game controller with retro FPS games on raspberry pi?

@DionMunk

4 жыл бұрын

Ryan Bates I plug in a mouse and keyboard to play. The launcher I made pops up a disclaimer that reminds the user to plug them in to play.

There's actually a later version of this model (z90d7 I believe) that bumps up the CPU to a 1.65 GHZ processor and the graphics from HD 6310 to 6320, the graphics upgrade of which gives about a 20% boost to its benchmark. That makes this the fastest XP-compatible thin client I've ever tested.

@Fahrenheit38

Жыл бұрын

Might grab one of theses as a backup WInXP machine. Do you happen to know what would be the best Win9x box to get?

@bmwolgas

Жыл бұрын

@@Fahrenheit38 That totally depends on what you're using it for. For a basic box, the Wyse vx0 line of thin clients is fully Windows 98 compatible. For something capable of 3d gaming, the HP T5710 comes to mind. In both instances, you'll need to upgrade the tiny little disk-on-modules that come pre-installed.

@Fahrenheit38

Жыл бұрын

@@bmwolgas these are cheap enough I'd like to grab a few to cover as many bases as possible. Maybe even use it to save some wear and tear on my p3 and p4 gaming computers that I currently use for 98 and xp

@bmwolgas

Жыл бұрын

@@Fahrenheit38 There's some great videos on youtube for both of these, including even the DOS capabilities of the T5710. Just search for HP T5710 or Wyse v90LE and they should be easy to find.

Would love to see the Crusader games run on this but I have a feeling those FMV cutscenes might not care to behave.

decent solution!

I bought a couple of d90d7 (the smaller and little slower version of this) for retrogaming on windows xp. I read online that xp isn't ideal for ssd, so i also bought an 2.5 hdd. You had any issues with that ssd? And about driver can you explain where to find them?

@RetroBuiltGames

3 жыл бұрын

I didnt have any issues with XP using built-in drivers, but these SSDs i am using are 60GB and manufactured around~2012... try updating to SP3 and maybe you will get lucky.

Half-Life was running bad because you are using the software renderer instead of the OpenGL one

Funny, I do tech support for these at my ob. :P I wonder if there's anything that can be done to make it a little flashier... Maybe a paintjob and some RGB gamer fans? Ehehe... :P Bet it'd pair well with an xBox controller! Would be nice to get some kind of couch-able game launcher running on it too, I'd try Steam but Steam doesn't support XP anymore (won't support 7 either next year...) and I'm not sure any older versions of Steam had Big Picture mode.

@RetroBuiltGames

Жыл бұрын

if you find some other couch-game launcher id be interested. Only in-between is like a mouse-to-joystick software that still makes couch use clunky until your in-game.

Thank-you. I got my Wyse Z90D7 up and running using this guide. I installed 8GB RAM and a 1TB hard disk. There is no itemised list of drivers in the video or text, but I just had my finger on the pause button and made notes of each driver you installed. I disabled the com1 & 2 ports as they weren't doing anything anyway. It's perfect for DOS, W98 and XP era games. I even did a W10 partition and can run Windows 10 (all drivers installed automatically!) for modern games, surfing and YT on this amazing little computer.

@RetroBuiltGames

2 жыл бұрын

that's awesome!! the realtek network driver game me the most trouble.

@pinkipromise

2 жыл бұрын

@@RetroBuiltGames why dont u upload the drivers

@krunge

Жыл бұрын

So Win98 works well on this z90d7 model?

@RetroBuiltGames

Жыл бұрын

@@krunge i have doubts on that

@RetroBuiltGames

Жыл бұрын

@@pinkipromise it's 644+MB and github wants 25MB max

What audio driver did use for that pc cause trying to find it and have no luck with it?

@RetroBuiltGames

2 жыл бұрын

Audio Realtek_XP_6.0.1.7040

@Ragnheiour

2 жыл бұрын

@@RetroBuiltGames thank you

TLDR: Buy a Dell Wyse Z90 series Thin Client. They are pretty interesting pieces of hardware.

@LP-gq8ib

4 жыл бұрын

Can it run portal?

@LP-gq8ib

4 жыл бұрын

Also did the Dell pc you purchased come with Windows XP loaded? Or did you have to load the os manually?

@RetroBuiltGames

4 жыл бұрын

At 12 fps

@RetroBuiltGames

4 жыл бұрын

@@LP-gq8ib @6:00

Hi Ryan, my problem with this console is that you can’t use of the shelf discs.

@RetroBuiltGames

3 жыл бұрын

if you add a USB DVD rom ($20), you can

I remember i used to play doom when i was 12year old... Now games so improved ... Just started channel as well looking for some support :)

by any chance, do you have the gpu drivers for the z90sw? if so do you know if it would work on the z90d7?

@RetroBuiltGames

Жыл бұрын

i dont. check dell's support website.

@badpiggiesinstallerepic9

Жыл бұрын

@@RetroBuiltGames its all drivers for windows embedded, will those work on xp?

@RetroBuiltGames

Жыл бұрын

i am not sure. check with dell

try Batocera Linux, its an All in One Emulator OS and make that small machine AiO game emulation machine

@RetroBuiltGames

3 жыл бұрын

I was looking into this. had no idea a dedicated Linux emulator build existed for x86 platforms. It's very cool, thanks for the suggestion.

have you tried total war shogun i may become a believer in windows xp gaming with this gem of a mini pc

@RetroBuiltGames

Жыл бұрын

I have not, but i tried the 2000's port of Typing of the Dead. Runs without issue.

@Jaroartx

Жыл бұрын

@@RetroBuiltGames awesome gotta find a copy 😁

How does this run DOS games? Through DOS Box?

@RetroBuiltGames

3 жыл бұрын

runs fine.

@RyanAvx

3 жыл бұрын

@@RetroBuiltGames Fantastic! At the minute I have another thin client PC that has a lot of problems with the built in sound card, so while it's on 98 it can't really play normal DOS games, and the specs are a bit too low to run DOSBox!

Are you sure that port was a mSATA and not a Mini-PCIe intended for a wifi card?

@RetroBuiltGames

17 күн бұрын

i am not sure.

@Jackpkmn

17 күн бұрын

@@RetroBuiltGames Looking at pictures of similar models shows wifi cards in that slot.

just take apart the ssd its small chip inside no need for that extension cable

@RetroBuiltGames

3 жыл бұрын

tried that, as the sticker is peeling on this unit. the SSD modules are the full size of the case. SSD is from 2012...

@oldskoolmaniac705

3 жыл бұрын

@@RetroBuiltGames try Adata ssd's they are half hight i use these drives in old xp laptops with ide to sata adapters