Re: Unable to delete .fon file, Windows 3.1 emulation

Posted on Yesterday, 06:04

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There was a small utility called wholockme (there will be others, too) that told you which process was locking a given file. So find out that process, kill it, delete your file and reboot. Also, you can restart windows on safe mode / repair mode (so most services and processes are not running) and …

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Re: Best old MP3 player for Win 9x/XP ?

Posted on 2020-10-15, 08:17

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by Zup

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I'd recommend Winamp 2.x, too. In my Ryzen computer I use audacious, with the Winamp look (maybe some version of audacious can run on Win 9x as well).

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Re: Favorite win3.1 software?

Posted on 2020-10-15, 06:37

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Indiana Jones ran under Windows 3.x, but I think Yoda Stories required Win9x. I thought it was a Windows 3.1 game, but I've tested and won't run (error 21). So it seems that my memories are hazy... On the other side, I've remembered that Microsoft published a bunch of diskettes with games like " …

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Re: Favorite win3.1 software?

Posted on 2020-10-11, 16:43

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Operation: Inner Space Not very good, but played many hours: - Indiana Jones: The Desktop Adventures - Yoda Stories I-don't-know-why-I'm-playing-this-thing-again: - Winmine.exe

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Re: turbo button speed

Posted on 2020-09-28, 15:05

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when i push the turbo button - it goes from 66 to 08 - that doesn't seem right to me Where did you saw that? Just remember that (most) speed displays on cases can display whatever you want as long as you can put on 7 segment displays (i.e.: 66/33, HI/LO, those things) and does NOT show anything …

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Re: Going "unsynced"... what monitor (and other doubts)?

Posted on 2020-09-26, 18:15

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I've been looking some monitors available in my country, and these three are the strongest contenders... - AOC Gaming 24G2U. I've seen a review where it was connected to an nVidia cards (so I know it will work fine), it has a USB 3.0 hub, can be adjusted in height and (depending on countries) it …

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Going "unsynced"... what monitor (and other doubts)?

Posted on 2020-09-24, 17:08

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So I'm thinking about buying a new monitor, and I wanted to check one of those freesync/gsync things. The problem is that (because of COVID and other factors) it is difficult to see a variety of monitors working (so I can see how good/bad image shows). My doubts: - I've got a nVidia 1050 Ti that I'm …

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Re: Drivers doing stuff on their own and other horror stories

Posted on 2020-09-16, 05:31

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Had one recently though trying to nLite touchpad drivers for this netbook I'm on now, and it just wouldn't detect the mouse at all even when uninstalling the driver. IDK what caused that... I had a similar issue with an HP laptop (Intel Atom). The touchpad didn't work, but a USB mouse worked fine. …

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Re: Drivers doing stuff on their own and other horror stories

Posted on 2020-09-15, 06:45

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Yeah the huge ass drivers were always a mystery to me (I never really cared to "investigate" it really though). Always jokingly thought, are they hiding secret BMP or RAW images in there or what? :D How can a simple driver (not including bundled bloatware) be 50+ MB?? Some drivers include pretty …

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Re: Drivers doing stuff on their own and other horror stories

Posted on 2020-09-13, 08:21

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Hopefully this can trigger a funny topic - what are your drivers horror stories? I'd say posting about 300+ MB printer drivers could be considered cheating, but please share anyway :D Not only printer drivers, audio, video and (some) network drivers make huge installations as well. Fortunately, …

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Re: Offline websites on CD (ISP offline try-out discs from 95-97)

Posted on 2020-09-10, 05:45

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Also, I remember a Creative CD (SB AWE64Gold?) having part of their site recorded.

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Re: Why are telephone cables still not shielded?

Posted on 2020-09-07, 05:27

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Shielding is useless unless both terminals use shielded connectors. I mean that both connectors need to have a connection for the shield AND that connection must be grounded. I doubt that most phone equipment have those connectors, and I highly doubt that any phone company would shield cables all …

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Re: Interesting Steam releases of games?

Posted on 2020-08-20, 08:43

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Future Proof is a cheap RPG maker game, that may or may not like you. This game is interesting because it has lots of hand drawn fonts included (path ...\steamapps\common\Future Proof\www\fonts) that may be used directly on windows (ttf/otf/woff files). Just remember that the fonts were licenced to …

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Re: Game keys for free

Posted on 2020-08-20, 07:49

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FioraSlayer wrote on 2020-08-20, 04:49: Is Dead by Daylight spark of Madness still available? Yes, I've still got it. Do you want only this DLC or do you need other ones (remember you must have the base game on steam to play it)?

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Re: Super Duper printers

Posted on 2020-08-15, 11:44

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You can’t go wrong with HP Laser printers. I have always bought them. They just work as intended and they have good software support. Did HP buy Samsung printer division ? I must say that I've been looking for an HP all in one replacement and it seems that I must stay with HP, but I'm not very …

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Re: Most reliable 2.5 inch IDE hard drives?

Posted on 2020-08-15, 11:17

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I've seen lots of Toshiba and Fujitsu HDDs fail, so I won't recommend them. I must say that those HDDs were installed on Canon copiers, so maybe those fails were related to vibrations and/or temperature... but still I avoid buying HDDs of that brands. On the other hand, those HDDs were replaced with …

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Re: What is your Favorite CPU and Why ?

Posted on 2020-08-13, 17:30

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Z80A. A simpler CPU for simpler times. But I might be cheating because at that times people didn't build their own rigs (and still they were proud of having a Spectrum and not a C64).

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Re: List of Free Games

Posted on 2020-08-11, 14:03

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Do i need win10 or can i copy and run those games on my retro K6 System? You can use them almost directly, but remember to change the sound card settings. Jazz Jackrabbit (GoG) : Copy the Jazz Jackrabbit folder without subfolders (use a 8.3 folder name, please). You can use it without changes. More …

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Re: Light guns and console emus

Posted on 2020-08-08, 16:53

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Most light guns of the era only works with standard CRT TVs. That means, CRTs working at 50/60 Hz. LCD/TFT won't work (because there is no "beam" to detect, and higher frequency TVs (like those 100Hz TVs) will fail because the beam will be detected at a different time. So, although hooking a gun to …

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Re: Western Digital Research 20,000RPM Hard Disk

Posted on 2020-08-05, 06:52

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I guess this is (like most 15000 rpm disks) enterprise only stuff. It will likely be installed on servers or storage devices. The advantages would be that disk life is not limited by write cycles... the disadvantages are noise, and power and cooling requirements (expect it to run fairly hot).

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