Re: Late 90's Windows 98 - Internet Explorer build
Posted on 2021-07-17, 04:55
That looks terrific. I especially like the Y2K Compliant sticker! 😁
Re: Rack project
Posted on 2021-07-03, 03:49
This is awesome. I'm interested in how you fit the motherboards into the various [4U?] chassis. I'm aware of some rackmount chassis being compatible with ATX motherboards, and people then put consumer grade components inside. However, some of your systems are going to be older than (and not …
Re: Resizing a Windows 98 .img
Posted on 2021-07-01, 03:03
Okay, so you're using DOSBox... But I still don't understand what exactly you're trying to accomplish... The IMG file is for Windows 98Lite? This is probably an image of the installation CD. I don't think you want to increase the size of the CD, there wouldn't be much point in that. Are you trying …
Re: Resizing a Windows 98 .img
Posted on 2021-06-29, 20:17
Is this .IMG file a virtual hard drive which you are using with PCEm? If I'm guessing incorrectly, could you please be a bit more specific?
Re: Would you be interested in an x86-based alternative to the Raspberry Pi, optimized for retro gaming?
Posted on 2021-06-28, 19:22
Yep, we actually made it to page 10. Should we set a new stretch goal? He keeps saying he has 'people' to work out the technical issues but instead of getting to work and getting the device built he just keeps coming back here to dispute our replies. It almost seems as if he doesn't actually have …
Re: Would you be interested in an x86-based alternative to the Raspberry Pi, optimized for retro gaming?
Posted on 2021-06-26, 20:34
To what chips were you referring to when you wrote It's been done ? I was referring to the detailed examples that I already gave, which are no longer being made. Can you explain to us again how the research & development work that Intel did to develop the Pentium Pro into the Core 2 Penryn over a …
Re: Digital cameras
Posted on 2021-06-25, 16:48
Great photo! I also use a Sony A6000. I bought it shortly after launch (in 2014) and it's still going strong...
Re: My overkill Windows 9x build (period adjacent...ish)
Posted on 2021-06-23, 05:31
I actually tested this, on both socket 939 and LGA775 PCs, and can confirm that (at least in Windows 98 games and benchmarks) there is no performance difference between single and dual channel memory. PS: nice build, bZbZbZ :) Wow, Windows 98 on a dual channel LGA775 system would REALLY be overkill …
Re: My first retro PC
Posted on 2021-06-22, 03:12
My apologies, I missed the recording you attached to your original post... I think it was removed by one of my browser extensions. I listened to your recording... since your Biostar M7VIW has an AWARD BIOS ... the closest description in the table might be "Repeated beeps alternating high & low …
Re: My first retro PC
Posted on 2021-06-22, 02:47
Okay, you've tried different two sticks of RAM, so it's probably not the memory. If you plug the CPU fan into the motherboard, does the CPU fan spin up? Do you have your motherboard connected to a PC Speaker? Sometimes if you get beeps during POST errors, you can deduce what the problem is...
Re: Would you be interested in an x86-based alternative to the Raspberry Pi, optimized for retro gaming?
Posted on 2021-06-22, 02:37
Why are you still here, bulk replying everyone, defiantly disputing that feedback that YOU asked for? If you think the self-proclaimed experts at Vogons don't represent the customer for your idea, why do you seem so desperate to make us agree with you? You could be using your exemplary powers of …
Re: Would you be interested in an x86-based alternative to the Raspberry Pi, optimized for retro gaming?
Posted on 2021-06-21, 19:38
However, I think a lot of people here are getting bogged down in the technical details of how such a thing would get made, particularly if I were to make it. That's really not the point of this thread. I already know people who I can discuss such things with. The point of this thread is to …
Re: Would you be interested in an x86-based alternative to the Raspberry Pi, optimized for retro gaming?
Posted on 2021-06-21, 06:09
I would not be interested in a retro PC gaming project run by a founder who had little respect for common aspects of the retro PC gaming community LOL... you said what we were all thinking. WDStudios, why don't you pitch AMD on your great idea. I'm sure they have a lot to learn from you and the …
Re: My overkill Windows 9x build (period adjacent...ish)
Posted on 2021-06-21, 03:32
Alas, Socket 754 was single channel only. The funny thing is, I don't have any 256MB sticks of DDR1... I only have 512MB and 1GB sticks. So 1*512MB is nice in that it maxes out Windows 9x (without any need for patches). I do have a Socket 939 motherboard but I'm using it with an Athlon 64 X2 under …
My overkill Windows 9x build (period adjacent...ish)
Posted on 2021-06-20, 21:59
Hello! Do you prefer period-correct hardware? Instead of telling me how this build isn't period correct, why not check out my FIRST EVER POST where I show off my PIII/BX440/Voodoo3/CRT ? :) Anyways... after I finished restoring my PIII (which I adore) I decided to make a second Win9x computer under …
Re: Would you be interested in an x86-based alternative to the Raspberry Pi, optimized for retro gaming?
Posted on 2021-06-20, 21:17
Why? The architecture has already been designed. Isn't that where the vast majority of the R&D costs go? ... Why not? That's exactly what AMD did when they made the first APU, except it was a K10 core and a Radeon HD 6000-series. ... Or just a die shrink of the SB400. ... What does the transistor …
Re: Windows 7 Retro?
Posted on 2021-06-20, 20:55
WD Studios... you don't like Windows 10 and that's perfectly fine. You are entitled to your opinion. Why do you feel the need to tell me my opinion is wrong? I understand the advantages the older OS had, and the advantages than the new OS has. The pros and cons need to be weighed against the user's …
Re: Windows 7 Retro?
Posted on 2021-06-20, 20:47
XP would try to keep 64MB free whatever RAM you had it running on from 128MB upward, therefore it hadn't loaded everything, and would swap out on demand, to actually get more than 64MB free, towards the end of mainstream lifespan, you had to go to 768MB installed, which would get you about 128ish …
Re: Windows 7 Retro?
Posted on 2021-06-20, 20:45
Back in the day, I ran Windows XP with 384 MB of memory and I thought it was fine. These days I never run it with less than 2 GB (2 sticks of 1GB DDR400)... I have the RAM available, so why not? I even have an XP overkill system with 2*2GB of DDR2-800.
Re: Windows 7 Retro?
Posted on 2021-06-20, 18:15
XP is retro if you wanna do an original release install on a system with 256-512MB RAM and keep it in it's own little world, cut off from the present. XP is modern foolishness if you wanna run it with all updates and service packs up to when they cut off embedded support (ATMs etc) and you wanna …
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