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Re: Is it safe to connect to internet under Windows 95 or 98SE?

Posted on 28 minutes ago

I always liked the pre-IE 4 shell much better. But for others, I think 98SE had a longer shelf life, and was the baseline system requirement OS for a much longer period. I can understand this, I think. Relate to it, I mean. I more or less grew up with Windows 95 due to my father (I know I'm …

Re: Someone got xp sp3 running on a 486

Posted on Today, 04:47

by Jo22

in Marvin \ Software

I just gave this a shot. I had some initial issues with services.exe causing high CPU usage spikes, but they have gone away for the most part. This patch lets Opera 12.18 run on a 486. Crazy to think that Opera supported these CPUs for 27 years ! I assume that the original Opera had been a clean …

Re: How important is screen resolution to you?

Posted on Yesterday, 19:05

by Jo22

in Milliways

Hm. There might be bandwidth considerations, too, because of cable and terrestrial broadcast, not sure. For sure it plays a role. For TV content, 1080p needs to be 1080p50, which requires more bandwidth than 720p or 1080i. Plus the majority of DVB receivers might not be compatible with 1080p50. …

Re: Gotek Floppy Emulator problem - ACCESS DENIED

Posted on Yesterday, 17:44

by Jo22

in PC Emulation

Thanks for the vid, but he seems to have different problems than I do. I tried some other Chinese software, it says it formats the flashdrive, but actually doing nothing. I was thinking, maybe it has to do with some policy restrictions on Win11? Denied access to floppy drives in gpedit.msc? I have …

Re: Any t5710 Thin Client experts?

Posted on Yesterday, 13:26

by Jo22

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Does it have a Transmeta Crusoe processor, by any chance ? - If so, Windows Me would be worth a try. It's mostly 32-Bit, but not NT-like. Edit: Here are pictures of mine. I've installed the CF reader on the shielding plate. Re: How to install DX7 but there is limited space?

Re: How important is screen resolution to you?

Posted on Yesterday, 12:28

by Jo22

in Milliways

In my home country, the federal TV stations (public service broadcasting) refuse to air in full 1080p to this day. is there a cost implication for doing so? if there was then i'd be happy enough there are still broadcasts at least I'm not sure. Maybe it's unwillingness to upgrade equipment much …

Re: Someone got xp sp3 running on a 486

Posted on Yesterday, 11:46

by Jo22

in Marvin \ Software

The use of CMPXCHG8B in Windows NT was pretty wild. Windows NT4 SP4 and Windows 2000 had *best* CMPXCHG8B support, while simultaneously still supporting 486es. (Windows 2000 was latest Windows for PC-9821 series, too.) https://www.geoffchappell.com/studies/windows/km/cpu/cx8.htm

Re: Is it safe to connect to internet under Windows 95 or 98SE?

Posted on Yesterday, 08:38

by Jo22

in Marvin \ Software

Im not sure why people want 9x on the internet, aside from a few exceptions most fo the internet itself will be all but unusable via 9x and any browser that may run on it. Win XP fares better here but you will still find a good many web sites wont load or will only partially load and as soon as it …

Re: Video stutter and shadow ram (Dos 6.20)

Posted on Yesterday, 07:52

by Jo22

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Does using SmartDrive make any difference? If it's too much of a memory hog, it can use EMS if available. The SmartDrive replacement in Helix Multimedia Cloaking package doesn't take up memory in conventional memory, at all, except for that 1KB stub. Maybe there are other HDD cache utilities, too. …

Re: Pocket 386, the brother of Hand386 and Book8088, the story so far ...

Posted on 2024-05-23, 14:23

by Jo22

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Ah, I forgot about the screen. 😅 Yes, the screen/back light will likely not be affected and continue to draw same power either way.

Re: What are the DOS games that have problems if you have more than 16MB of RAM installed?

Posted on 2024-05-23, 07:53

by Jo22

in Marvin \ Software

Himem.sys also has a switch that can be used to lower available XMS memory. It's /INT15= and it'll reserve some memory for the int15h BIOS call, which might even increase application compatibility. Another alternative to a RAM disk is to use an EMS manager, maybe. Like EMM286 or EMS Magic. It can …

Re: Pocket 386, the brother of Hand386 and Book8088, the story so far ...

Posted on 2024-05-22, 21:03

by Jo22

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

^Hi, I'm not exactly sure what CPU core is being used, but some 386 variants had support for power-saving measures (386SL?). If this 386 system does support HLT instruction or APM, utilities like wqghlt.386 (Win3x Enhanced), AmnHLT.vxd or Rain or Wincooler (Win9x, Me) or DOSIDLE (DOS) can help to …

Re: How important is screen resolution to you?

Posted on 2024-05-22, 19:17

by Jo22

in Milliways

I just saw a local chain advertising a 25" MSI 1920x1080 IPS 100Hz monitor for 109 Canadian dollars. That's abou the price of a reasonably fancy full course meal + wine for 2 people here. For comparison, the cheapest 15" reasonable dot pitch CRT monitor I could get in early 1996 was a 500 CAN$ …

Re: What are the DOS games that have problems if you have more than 16MB of RAM installed?

Posted on 2024-05-21, 23:07

by Jo22

in Marvin \ Software

OS/2 1.x could handle about 512MB of RAM, if memory serves. Physical, or virtual? Um, not sure, have to check. It depends on the type of OS/2 distribution, I think MS ot IBM. Microsoft had added i386 support, whereas IBM was using 80286 code. The 80286 had 1 GB adress space for virtual memory, …

Re: What are the DOS games that have problems if you have more than 16MB of RAM installed?

Posted on 2024-05-21, 22:14

by Jo22

in Marvin \ Software

There were DOS compatible, i386-based multi-user operating systems like real/32 or PC-MOS/386. They weren't using much 32-Bit code yet, but that wasn't needed at the time. [..] 32-bit was needed, and BADLY. [..] 32-Bit was being welcomed, but in the 80s, the primary objective was to get rid of …

Re: What are the DOS games that have problems if you have more than 16MB of RAM installed?

Posted on 2024-05-21, 21:17

by Jo22

in Marvin \ Software

There are different versions of Pinball Fantasies. Most notably, GOG sells "Pinball Fantasies Deluxe". IIRC something in Pinball Fantasies Deluxe uses a DOS externder that crashes if too much memory (EMS or XMS) is available, whereas classic Pinball Fantasies is a plain real mode application. …

Re: Is it safe to connect to internet under Windows 95 or 98SE?

Posted on 2024-05-21, 15:07

by Jo22

in Marvin \ Software

I would say that today it is safe.... I used Windows 98se up until 2016 as a main home system nothing much affected 98 after about 2008 or so as it ceased being a real target. It was only connected by dial up though which does make it less of a target due to exploits not being able to run real time …

Re: Is it safe to connect to internet under Windows 95 or 98SE?

Posted on 2024-05-20, 08:16

by Jo22

in Marvin \ Software

Update. Just recently, there had been a little controversy about XP and its vulnerability to internet malware. It's because of a YouTube video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uSVVCmOH5w Saw this video and was disappointed. I thought it would be good for the old "how safe is " question that comes …

Re: Is it safe to connect to internet under Windows 95 or 98SE?

Posted on 2024-05-19, 21:03

by Jo22

in Marvin \ Software

Update. Just recently, there had been a little controversy about XP and its vulnerability to internet malware. It's because of a YouTube video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uSVVCmOH5w https://www.derstandard.de/story/3000000220737/neu-aufgesetzter-windows-xp-rechner-ist-bereits-nach-10-minuten- …

Re: Should I purchase virgin floppy disks nowadays to have a retro system?

Posted on 2024-05-18, 22:28

by Jo22

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=74405 https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=43416 https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=58186 https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=95319 ^These threads come to mind.. Generally speaking, the original Gotek firmware is *ss poor (IMHO). 😢 …

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Re: Is it safe to connect to internet under Windows 95 or 98SE?

Re: Someone got xp sp3 running on a 486

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Re: How important is screen resolution to you?

Re: Someone got xp sp3 running on a 486

Re: Is it safe to connect to internet under Windows 95 or 98SE?

Re: Video stutter and shadow ram (Dos 6.20)

Re: Pocket 386, the brother of Hand386 and Book8088, the story so far ...

Re: What are the DOS games that have problems if you have more than 16MB of RAM installed?

Re: Pocket 386, the brother of Hand386 and Book8088, the story so far ...

Re: How important is screen resolution to you?

Re: What are the DOS games that have problems if you have more than 16MB of RAM installed?

Re: What are the DOS games that have problems if you have more than 16MB of RAM installed?

Re: What are the DOS games that have problems if you have more than 16MB of RAM installed?

Re: Is it safe to connect to internet under Windows 95 or 98SE?

Re: Is it safe to connect to internet under Windows 95 or 98SE?

Re: Is it safe to connect to internet under Windows 95 or 98SE?

Re: Should I purchase virgin floppy disks nowadays to have a retro system?