Re: How does one setup booting from LAN exactly?

Posted on 2020-11-25, 04:36

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by aha2940

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The network card would require to have a BIOS. If you check old ISA network cards, many of them have an empty socket, which can be populated with an EPROM containing the boot BIOS image. However, you would also need to have an environment for the machine to boot. I don't know how that was done in …

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Re: How to retrieve the content of an old backup made of 4 rar files

Posted on 2020-11-25, 04:31

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by aha2940

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I would try copying the files to a linux machine and running all of them through the "file" command, to get a guess of what they really are.

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Re: Let's run Windows 98 on a really fast computer

Posted on 2020-11-22, 04:36

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kolderman wrote on 2020-11-21, 20:45: 256MB is fine for Win98. It really depends on what the machine will be used for. For some of us, 64MB is enough for Win98 😀

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Re: AT to PS/2 to USB?

Posted on 2020-11-21, 15:11

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by aha2940

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USB keyboards use a protocol to communicate over USB port. Some USB keyboards, also support PS/2 protocol (completely different from the one used for USB), which is used to communicate over PS/2 ports, when using the adapter. The adapter is completely passive, all it does is connect the PS/2 port …

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Re: Volo's Gamepad to PS/2 Adapter. Device discussion (official thread) (11.00.2020 SITREP)

Posted on 2020-11-18, 04:29

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by aha2940

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Hi! I had not seen the update to the first post of this thread. Still interested in this. PM sent.

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Re: Mitsumi CD-ROM Drive Not Being Recognized

Posted on 2020-11-18, 04:00

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Well after getting home and running the setup program with the correct I/O and IRQ values I've "upgraded" from a CD-ROM drive that isn't being detected at all...to one that doesn't work at all. It's not even trying to work because I don't hear it spin the CD up, it just kinda sits there and does …

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Re: Fixing eMachines Case

Posted on 2020-11-18, 02:58

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by aha2940

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In the upper hinge of your door there seems to be space for a spring like this one, taken from a Dell machine: Can you point to the place you mean? I was not able to find what you mean.. Sorry, after a more careful review of the pic, it seems I mistakenly thought the mechanism used to press teh …

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Re: SB LIVE! SB0100 refuses to install VXD drivers in 98SE

Posted on 2020-11-17, 03:39

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by aha2940

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I use these VXD drivers for SB0100 on Win98/ME: https://www.philscomputerlab.com/sound-blaster-live.html

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Re: Sony Playstation Classic gamepad works perfect on WIN98!!!

Posted on 2020-11-15, 05:03

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by aha2940

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peke12 wrote on 2020-11-12, 19:01: I'm looking for the same thing. How did you find a USB PS controller? Or do you use a PS/USB converter? The Playstation Classic comes with two USB gamepads. Those are original sony-made so good quality.

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Re: can a digital joystick get detected on win98se?

Posted on 2020-11-12, 04:30

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by aha2940

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I have two Gravis Xterminator Digital Gamepads (one for gameport only, the other works with gameport or USB port) and both work perfectly from Win95 upto Windows XP. they are not detected at all on DOS, though.

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Re: Fixing eMachines Case

Posted on 2020-11-10, 17:21

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anetanel wrote on 2020-11-10, 09:16: Thanks. Indeed it is a different mechanism. I don't see any place a spring could be placed on my door :\ In the upper hinge of your door there seems to be space for a spring like this one, taken from a Dell machine:

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Re: Spots on a retro laptop display.

Posted on 2020-11-10, 05:21

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by aha2940

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Maybe a picture would help understand what you are seeing, however if it is the same I see on one of my laptops, then it's a physical damage on the LCD screen, maybe it was hit/pressed too hard and it got damaged. No way to fix it AFAIK, only replace it with a good one. Regards.

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

Posted on 2020-11-08, 05:05

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Swapped a 9v power supply on my KVM cuz I thought the current one died. Turns out it was likely wrong polarity! The new one works fine with positive center, but not other way round. But the weird thing is the old one (some random Roland model) workes for years even though center-negative, and only …

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

Posted on 2020-11-07, 18:45

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by aha2940

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Just received a couple blank ATX shields and I had to use the dremel to make the AT keyboard and PS/2 mouse holes for the ports. I still have to find a way to make the holes for the parallel and serial ports.

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Re: re: Aux-IN, CD-IN Audio Connector cables

Posted on 2020-11-04, 02:56

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I found a couple searching for "cdrom analog audio cable" on the famous auction site.

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Re: My 1st DOS gaming build.. Need some advice

Posted on 2020-10-24, 03:17

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2) What's a good speed CD-ROM that's fairly period correct, but doesn't really hold me back? 8x-12x?? Are there brands to look for or stay away from? Even if not period-correct, on my builds I use CDROM/DVD units that do not have rubber bands for the tray-opening, but only gears. In my experience, …

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

Posted on 2020-10-19, 03:35

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by aha2940

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Yesterday I kind of restored an old laptop that was given to me for free several years ago. It's a 2007 HP (so it has heating issues) with AMD Turion X2 @2GHz, 3GB RAM, 15.4" screen and an ATI mobility HD3XXX video card. Had to disassemble it completely to replace the thermal paste on the CPU and …

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

Posted on 2020-10-17, 13:08

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by aha2940

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Yesterday I kind of restored an old laptop that was given to me for free several years ago. It's a 2007 HP (so it has heating issues) with AMD Turion X2 @2GHz, 3GB RAM, 15.4" screen and an ATI mobility HD3XXX video card. Had to disassemble it completely to replace the thermal paste on the CPU and …

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Re: Speaking of dual boot. The big trouble to put Windows 98SE and Windows XP in two different hard disk.

Posted on 2020-10-14, 15:15

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by aha2940

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I use "masterbooter" boot manager: https://github.com/nagydjol/masterbooter and it can boot anything from any hard drive. It can even hide partitions on the fly if that's needed. Not the most intuitive interface, but very well documented, and it even has that DOS look and feel.

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Re: Request for information about old computer hard disk data

Posted on 2020-10-14, 02:29

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Thank you alvaro84 for your suggestion. What application would you recommend to compress files as .rar archive ? Do you recommend Winrar ? Winrar for Windows 3.1 seems available here : http://www.win3x.org/win3board/viewtopic.php?t=226 But is written on the above page : " Require to have installed …

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