Re: Who on vogons has the largesst/most impressive collection?

Posted on 2018-08-08, 16:50

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I was curious about this a while ago so went and counted them: I have 17 fully functional computers in this house. This excludes laptops, SBCs, and faulty and dissassembled machines. Can't photograph them now because most are stowed in inaccessible places. (I can only have a few out at a time for …

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Re: Matrox G2+ What Type Of Memory Does It Need?

Posted on 2018-08-08, 13:34

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Is it really worth chasing these upgrades? What difference do they make? Do any important games need them to run? If the advantage is just higher Windows resolutions/color depths then there's little point to them.

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Re: Matrox G2+ What Type Of Memory Does It Need?

Posted on 2018-08-08, 09:13

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Which is better, SGRAM or SDRAM? I heard this upgrade is pointless for games, and only useful for bigger Windows desktop resolutions. Is that correct? I remember trying to run 3DMark2001SE on a 8MB Millennium G200 and being unable due to lack of memory. Does the upgrade allow this to be done?

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Re: HP LaserJet 5MP

Posted on 2018-08-08, 07:11

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That's interesting. Are there 'test' PDFs that can be used for testing printer capabilities? How 'heavy' can these files get?

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Re: HP LaserJet 5MP

Posted on 2018-08-07, 08:12

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What is the advantage of increasing the memory? Faster printing?

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Re: PalmPilot Green Screen

Posted on 2018-08-07, 04:51

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Have you tried a hard reset? With the Palm III this is done by holding down the reset button while pressing the power button.

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Re: Weird floppy drive (5.25 in) issues

Posted on 2018-08-06, 16:33

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I have a dual boot Windows ME/XP machine with a DD 5.25" drive as B: It works fine in ME but causes errors in XP.

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Re: Server 2003 R2 Standard Ed. not activating error 32777

Posted on 2018-08-06, 16:18

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I had this problem last year. Just keep hammering the server and it will eventually activate. Then mirror your drive so you don't have this BS again. Office 2003 is the same. eta: Here is my old thread on this.

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Re: Problem with S3 Savage4 in DOS

Posted on 2018-08-05, 03:16

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I don't recognize this problem, but had another issue, where the card would show corruption on screen when it was stressed (3DMark etc.) I fixed it by underclocking the GPU by about 15% using the S3Tweak utility.

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Re: "I'm ready for my close-up now" said Ol' Bessie.

Posted on 2018-08-04, 16:32

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Do you know what the top edge connector is for? I don't plan on selling right now but I'll let you know if I ever need to clear some space.

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Re: NumLock ON/OFF

Posted on 2018-08-04, 08:05

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So how to launch DOSBox with same NUMLOCK status as host machine?

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2018-08-03, 23:06

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the_ultra_code wrote: https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1800/28886235407_f64166fbd6.jpg […] Show full quote That's one of those fake BTX cases that were popular in the middle of the last decade.

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Re: "I'm ready for my close-up now" said Ol' Bessie.

Posted on 2018-08-03, 22:49

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That memory card is interesting. I have one of these in my collection but didn't know what it was for. Mine is by Compaq not Kingston though. Can you post a photograph of the back side of it? Do these cards only work in the Deskpro 386S?

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2018-08-02, 23:52

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Merovign wrote: (sigh) I have ONE 5.25 (a Teac combo) but it doesn't work. I have one of these faulty as well. The 3.5" doesn't work but the 5.25" is good. I pulled out the ribbon cable to the 3.5" drive and it functions fine as a single 5.25" drive B: with a separate 3.5" drive as A:

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Re: Windows 98SE / XP build

Posted on 2018-08-02, 11:00

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I too have recently done something similar, but with Windows ME instead of Windows 98. 2.8 GHz Northwood. No need for anything faster (and hotter). This reminds me, is Windows XP incapable of using 5.25" drives? Windows ME detects the drive but XP doesn't. (The drive is DD not HD.)

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Re: Anyone still use ball mice?

Posted on 2018-08-01, 00:37

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I have a cat and she tries to be helpful, so no matter what I was picking little bits of fur out of the rollers. Optical mice were a great invention. I was recently given a faulty optical mouse. Opening it up, there was a long human hair that had gotten inside and rolled itself around the light …

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Re: HP LaserJet 5MP

Posted on 2018-07-31, 20:04

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Can you use virtual machines to run this hardware past its support date?

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Re: HP LaserJet 5MP

Posted on 2018-07-31, 16:46

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by Errius

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What maintenance do these things need?, because I'm really sick of inkjets.

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Re: Was this an April fools joke or is it real ?

Posted on 2018-07-30, 21:24

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I think it was on this forum that I heard about them. I might be misremembering though. ETA: Misprint? Multiple AGP slots are important if your system requires high-performance video and multiple monitors.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2018-07-30, 07:52

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Why would ME be less stable than 98SE? I thought the only problem with it was the removal of DOS.

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