Re: Was this an April fools joke or is it real ?
Posted on 2018-07-29, 22:42
Boards with multiple AGP slots actually exist. I think they're used for some virtualisation purpose.
Re: AMD 5x86 X5-133
Posted on 2018-07-29, 07:42
What external SCSI devices do you think you may need?
Re: Old Hardware in Movies
Posted on 2018-07-28, 09:13
He saw the price tag?
Re: Playing PC Booter Games off .IMG -- IN DOS
Posted on 2018-07-28, 09:02
WinImage uses the old RAWRITE format I believe. DOS booter disks use their own exotic formats which WinImage won't recognize.
Re: Playing PC Booter Games off .IMG -- IN DOS
Posted on 2018-07-28, 04:12
You can make an old school DOS rip of the image. Or you can put the image on a USB stick and boot from a Gotek or similar. The obvious problem with running an image from DOS is that it will take over the entire memory and overwrite DOS and the calling program. Does DOS even allow this?
Re: DEC Alpha
Posted on 2018-07-27, 01:01
Why did Windows 2000 drop support for this architecture?
Re: My Australian Collection
Posted on 2018-07-26, 16:56
The case says GP7-500 or am I reading it wrong?
Re: My Australian Collection
Posted on 2018-07-26, 14:54
Do you remember the models of the Gateways and HP?
Re: What happened to all those beautiful systems
Posted on 2018-07-26, 13:28
About more recent systems like the ML 350, yes, ONE specimen can be found popping up every now and then, but that's what I expect from a single home computer sale or a tiny company. You missed your moment. I picked up five G4/G4p models in 2014 for pennies. These are 2004/2005 computers so release …
Re: What would it take to fully rebuild a motherboard from scratch?
Posted on 2018-07-25, 18:31
Are those industrial boards fully compatible with old sound cards etc. or will there be problems getting them to play nice with them?
Re: Is a pentium pro worth it?
Posted on 2018-07-25, 18:18
tpowell.ca wrote: Intel486dx33 wrote: It's for a Windows NT workstation or server. What about a Dec-Alpha ? No x86 support unfortunately so while a special version of NT will run, there aren't many programs that work with it. At least, none that we would care about. That said, man... what a piece …
Re: Expected lifetime of videocards? Can they be saved?
Posted on 2018-07-25, 08:29
Fan failure is what killed my GeForce 3. The fan failed twice over 5 years. The first time (after 3 years of use) I was able to shut down the computer in time to prevent damage to the GPU. However the replacement fan also died 2 years later, and that time I didn't react quickly enough and lost the …
Re: Anyone still use ball mice?
Posted on 2018-07-23, 18:42
Someone here linked DOS USB drivers a time ago, but I remember testing them and finding them unreliable. IIRC, they only really work with DOS text mode programs (like MSD).
Re: So how big a deal were Safedisc and SecuROM on XP Installations?
Posted on 2018-07-23, 17:19
OT: a while ago I had a Valve game running in one window and a programming environment in the other, and was occasionally toggling between them. Then when I tried to compile the program I was working on, I couldn't. The generated executable was locked. When I went to see what was locking it, it was …
Re: Pentium 3 Xeon slot 1 mod?
Posted on 2018-07-23, 17:07
The Netserver LH4 has 4 CPUs but 6 VRMs
Re: Planned overkill 1996 Pentium Pro workstation build
Posted on 2018-07-23, 01:05
He's probably still hunting for a motherboard. I see PowerEdge 2100 motherboards now have ridiculous prices. Who pays 300 euros for this?
Re: Planned overkill 1996 Pentium Pro workstation build
Posted on 2018-07-22, 21:57
You need to get an older version of StarCraft to install on NT 4.0. I have 2001 and 2007 releases of SC+BW but only the first installs on NT 4.0 and Mac OS 9. The 2007 release refuses to install on both platforms.
Re: Should I buy a 56k modem?
Posted on 2018-07-20, 18:46
@Muz Unfortunately I don't remember anything about the setup. I don't even remember the model of the laptop, or how it connected to the mobile. (I'm guessing some sort of PCMCIA adaptor). However I do now remember the exact date I saw this: August 1997. The laptop was new, black and expensive, so …
Re: Should I buy a 56k modem?
Posted on 2018-07-19, 19:56
You'd be better off with a satphone for true emergencies but most people would be fine with the hotspot feature on their phone. Back in 2004 I remember using my flip phone as a modem don't know if you can do that anymore. Now that you mention it, way back in the 90s (c. 1996-7) I remember someone …
Re: Planned overkill 1996 Pentium Pro workstation build
Posted on 2018-07-18, 17:25
Right, the 2100 uses the 440FX chipset https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_c … II/III_chipsets
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