3COM 3C905B-TXNM Vs. 3C905-TX

Posted on 2022-05-22, 19:27

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by w0lf42

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I currently have a 3Com 3c905B-TXPXE EtherLink XL PCI 10/100 Ethernet Adapter in my system. But, after watching this video , I want to play around with XTIDE Universal BIOS. This video walks through using a network adapter. This requires an NIC with socket for a flash ROM. I'm happy with the my 3COM …

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Re: Windows 98 SE Keyboard/Mouse Not Responsive

Posted on 2021-09-24, 15:02

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So, new motherboard and power supply and keyboard/mouse are working great (both in PS/2 and USB).

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Re: Windows 98 PCI Card

Posted on 2021-09-15, 02:16

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by w0lf42

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Wow. Never crossed my mind to look for a SATA PCI card. I could use an SSD.

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Re: Windows 98 PCI Card

Posted on 2021-09-15, 01:20

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No SATA :/ I'm using an older power supply - Thermaltake Purepower W0100RU 500W ATX with 32 amps on the 5 volt rail. Cooling. I have 2 x 120mm intake fans. 1 x 120mm exhaust fan. 2 x 92mm blowing across the GPU and the two Voodoo2s. For CPU, I have a northbridge (search HB-802 heatsink on ebay) with …

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Windows 98 PCI Card

Posted on 2021-09-14, 18:08

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Greetings. I'm building my Windows 98 SE rig and have one PCI slot open. I'm trying to think of what I should use it for. My current build S1854 Tyan Trinity 400 1 x AGP GeForce FX 5200 2 x PCI 3DFX Voodoo2 12MB 1 x PCI Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! 1 x PCI Generic Network Card 1 x ISA Yamaha …

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Re: Windows 98 SE Keyboard/Mouse Not Responsive

Posted on 2021-09-07, 05:09

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I appreciate the replies. I can access Safe Mode both via USB and via PS/2 connectors I have been able to boot into Windows98 before on all of the hard drives that I have Win98 on. Maybe reinstalling the chipset driver will undo whatever is corrupted? I suspect that this might be the issue. I'm …

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Windows 98 SE Keyboard/Mouse Not Responsive

Posted on 2021-08-29, 20:09

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I haven't had a chance to work on my Windows 98SE system for a while (a couple of months). But, this weekend I decided to hook it up . Unfortunately, I'm always greeted with a "Windows Mouse Support" window upon booting. Even though my keyboard works in the bios (USB keyboard with and without PS/2 …

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DOS 6.x / DOS 7.x / Win98SE Command Prompt Differences

Posted on 2021-03-28, 23:16

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I have questions about the differences between running games in DOS 6.x, DOS 7.x, and in a Command Prompt window in Windows 98SE. Overall, does it matter? Windows 98SE provides Adequate USB Support - lets me use modern USB devices (e.g. Razer Tartarus Pro, Thrustmaster T.16000M, and Logitech Gamepad …

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Re: MechWarrior 2 Windows 98SE in 800x600 Crashing

Posted on 2021-01-25, 07:50

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I may be onto something. I installed GLQuake and had some issues. I turned off "Activation follows mouse (X-Mouse) in Tweak UI and it ran great. So, after having it off, I ran MW2 and it ran mostly fine.It's not crashing any more. But, there is some "alt-tabbing" to desktop behavior happening on …

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Re: MechWarrior 2 Windows 98SE in 800x600 Crashing

Posted on 2021-01-24, 23:09

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I'm back with more updates. New motherboard arrived and I have installed it. ASUS CUV4X Socket 370 Motherboard w/ Pentium III 733MHz CPU & 512MB RAM As far as I can tell, all of my graphical issues have been resolved. I don't believe that it was a settings/driver issue as I used the same hard drives …

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Re: MechWarrior 2 Windows 98SE in 800x600 Crashing

Posted on 2021-01-18, 03:37

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Thanks for all of the assistance. I think it's working. I purchased another motherboard and updated my config.sys to include this: SHELL=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM /E:512 /P

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Re: MechWarrior 2 Windows 98SE in 800x600 Crashing

Posted on 2020-12-29, 06:03

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Okay, I think that I've looked on virtually every page on the internet 😀 I landed on a 3dfx archive and see some files that look promising. You mentioned the Glide 2.1.1 SDK. I grabbed the 3dfx Software Developer's Kit V1.0. If I should try something else, please let me know. Thanks.

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Re: MechWarrior 2 Windows 98SE in 800x600 Crashing

Posted on 2020-12-28, 04:50

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Thanks for the suggestions. I jumped on vogonsdrivers.com, but wasn't able to locate the SDK.

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Re: MechWarrior 2 Windows 98SE in 800x600 Crashing

Posted on 2020-12-23, 05:13

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Okay. I've tried some more things. New keyboard and mouse Keyboard/mouse in USB and PS/2 connections (both are compatible with the USB-PS/2 adapter) Removing all other ISA/PCI cards (except my Raid controller card) New memory (and trying it in different RAM locations) Only using one Voodoo2 card (I …

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Re: MechWarrior 2 Windows 98SE in 800x600 Crashing

Posted on 2020-10-03, 19:00

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So, more fun. Not sure if this is another issue or somehow related to the same one. I have been jumping between drivers. I got my system back and up and running stable (or, "Win98 stable"). Launched Diablo II (in 800x600 with glide) and it worked fine. Launched MechWarrior2 (in 800x600 with glide) …

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Re: MechWarrior 2 Windows 98SE in 800x600 Crashing

Posted on 2020-10-03, 07:41

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Do you have any Z buffer settings switched on the Voodoo interface? Mechwarrior 2 does not use Z-buffer in 800x600 I don't see any Z buffer settings. Here are my Advance 3Dfx settings via the control panel https://i.imgur.com/EdRt0YN.png I got a program called Voodoo 2 Tweaker and here are the …

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Re: MechWarrior 2 Windows 98SE in 800x600 Crashing

Posted on 2020-10-02, 01:03

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Do other games work at 800x600? Quite a few actually: Diablo 2 Unreal MDK MDK2 Earthworm Jim 3D FreeSpace2 Also try running the CPU at 100mhz FSB. I have had issues with Voodoo cards at 133mhz fsb. I've tried the following processors: Intel Celeron 850 (100MHz FSB) Intel Pentium III 1 GHz (133MHz …

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Re: MechWarrior 2 Windows 98SE in 800x600 Crashing

Posted on 2020-09-28, 23:46

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I appreciate the quick response. I tried both changing the variables in my batch file and using the voodoo driver that you linked. Unfortunately, this did not work. Do you or anyone else have any other suggestions? Thanks

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MechWarrior 2 Windows 98SE in 800x600 Crashing

Posted on 2020-09-28, 01:09

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I want to play MechWarrior 2 Windows 98SE in 800x600 resolution. The problem is that every time I increase the resolution from 640x480 to 800x600 and start moving the mouse, the system crashes. I've installed other games on this system (Diablo II, FreeSpace 3, MDK, MDK2) and none of them have issues …

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Re: MechWarrior 2 Jumpjets Recharge on Windows 98SE

Posted on 2019-10-16, 23:50

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I managed to get HotkeyP working. I was able to pause/play a 1080P video in Window Media Player Classic while playing MechWarrior 2. I loaded up a mission with a mech that was equipped with jump jets. I had zero refresh until I played the video in the background. Since I'm already using AutoHotKey, …

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