Re: Strange behaviour from SD to IDE adapter
Posted on 2019-08-16, 16:12
It works for me as primary master at the end of the cable with cd-rom jumpered as primary slave in the middle of the cable. And yeah, it's a bit picky.
Re: Strange behaviour from SD to IDE adapter
Posted on 2019-08-16, 12:11
I had similar problem. Don't use fdisk, use this solution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ievfLSUXu2s In my case, problem was with inability of fdisk to create MBR on SD card.
Re: ARGH! Win98SE Setup wants to swap floppies, and hangs...
Posted on 2019-08-12, 14:11
starhawk wrote: Yeah, that's not how I roll... Well, you can do it your way or you can get laid... It's up to you 😉
Re: Talk me into buying another P4 machine
Posted on 2019-08-10, 18:07
I still have this one https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/K8N_Neo_Platinum with A64 3000+ and it runs fine. For SATA you have to install drivers from floppy during XP installation. Other drivers are on the CD and works as they should.
Re: Talk me into buying another P4 machine
Posted on 2019-08-10, 17:50
965 + C2D is IMO great for late XP era. I had it combined with HD3850 and it was reliable and powerful (for the price) build. For some reason I never liked Pentium 4 (or more exactly socket 478). I preferred Athlons at that time. Not before nor after, just at he time of P4 😉
Re: Compaq Presario 5465 HDD size limit?
Posted on 2019-08-10, 16:30
Isn't there place under CD drive..? I don't remember exactly 😒
Re: Obscure (Chinese / Taiwanese / ?) memory (DRAM) brands
Posted on 2019-08-10, 13:19
I used to own few PQI usb flash drives (256MB) and never had a problem. It was pretty popular cheap brand some 15 years ago.
Re: Compaq Presario 5465 HDD size limit?
Posted on 2019-08-10, 07:23
You can still use IDE-CF with 4GB as system disk and big "modern" HDD on PCI card.
Re: Need to consolidate my retro systems - What should I keep?
Posted on 2019-08-09, 20:54
I would sell redundant CASES and keep boards/cards in smaller boxes (e.g. motherboard boxes which can be kept even under the bed). I did it some time ago and it helped a LOT.
Re: Compaq Presario 5465 HDD size limit?
Posted on 2019-08-09, 20:38
Cannot find specifications, but if it is the same or similar Compaq I used to own (Pentium 2, and AGP blocked by serial port), HDD limit is 6,4GB and PCI IDE card can work with bigger disks (40 GB tested).
Re: Things you regret giving or throwing away?
Posted on 2019-08-08, 19:11
There was a time I was unemployed and needed money, so I sold my spare computer. You wanna hear it? Abit BE6-II, P3-550, 384 MB RAM, TNT2 and Voodoo2 12MB. God dammit...
Re: My first DOS build
Posted on 2019-08-08, 18:22
Today I bought P200, but I realized I have no cooler :) P75 I have now has glued passive one so I have to find something. Maybe this could help? http://www.akasa.com.tw/search.php?seed=AK-210 It comes with adhesive thermal tape... I also bought S3 Virge DX 4MB and put it into my PC. Everything works …
Re: IDE controller card for Pentium 70 (ISA) worth considering?
Posted on 2019-08-07, 09:57
There are also 3.5" drive bays for IDE-SD/CF adapters.
Re: What are you eating/drinking? (the vogons food thread)
Posted on 2019-08-06, 21:52
I was repairing a fence today. After each plank painted I picked up a peach from the tree and ate it. There were 28 planks. I think that one day I am going to turn into a big giant peach. Last month I reaped almost 200 kilograms of apricots [didn't eat all of them ;)] and september will be dedicated …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-08-05, 12:05
appiah4 wrote: Ahh, I see. I'll just stick with a fast PCI card then; I have a few options (Trio64, ARK1000PV, MX86200FC or Millennium). I will gladly accept Voodoo1 as a gift 😉
Re: What are some games that had 3D accelerator support patched in after launch?
Posted on 2019-08-04, 22:51
Lands of Lore 2
Re: Slot-1 machine for DOS and Windows 98 games?
Posted on 2019-08-02, 13:55
I think TNT2 would be the best match, GF3-4 are probably too powerful, but if you have one, it's OK. ESS+S2 is great choice.
Re: 486 refuses to boot from any media
Posted on 2019-08-02, 13:01
That's pretty nice case... Also, congratulations 😉
Re: 1440p monitors and scaling lower resolutions
Posted on 2019-08-02, 12:41
It would be like smaller 18" display. 1600*1200 should be better (21" probably). And you will be still able to stretch the picture while preserving aspect ratio. It's not that bad as it used to be. For me it's still better than additional display.
Re: 1440p monitors and scaling lower resolutions
Posted on 2019-08-02, 12:04
I think 1280*1024 in 1:1 on 32" display will be still big enough to use. It should be also "native sharp".
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