Re: Link Repository for Vintage PC Driver\Documentation Archives, FTPs, Websites

Posted on Today, 02:15

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I read this thread months, years before...and now I decided to answer. So...sorry for necro posting/bringing up some older posts... xD https://soggi.org/ Mainly motherboard focused site, with lots of information and BIOS files, but also has a decent collection in the drivers section. No ads, simple …

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Re: Best web browsing for Win 9x? (Mozilla, etc.)

Posted on Today, 01:28

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BTW since end of May 2024 roytam1's builts of Retrozilla, RZ browser and K-Meleon 1.5.4 support TLS 1.3 - they all run under Win9x! Downloads are available from roytam1's page (https://rtfreesoft.blogspot.com/) and from my website (https://soggi.org/misc/tools.htm). kind regards soggi

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Re: List of video card tech demos

Posted on Yesterday, 23:09

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I am putting up a list of video card tech demos ever released, the content becomes harder to find day by day. The list won't be complete, I deleted many of the ones I had so it'll be good to fill up the gaps as well: Hey BEEN_Nath_58, I noticed you've set some links to my webspace. Unfortunately …

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Re: An interesting Rage 128 Pro which needs very late drivers

Posted on Yesterday, 22:33

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Sorry, forgot to answer... I also had the "usual Win98 related trouble" (which ChrisK mentioned ) in mind. Nice to hear it exactly was this. Back in the days I always reinstalled Win98(SE) when I changed the video card and I did it anyway every few months at least to have a clean, fast system. I …

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Re: What are these cards?

Posted on 2024-09-14, 04:17

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I used the term "VRAM" in a less specific manner, as in " video memory ." I think nearly everyone knew what you have meant with "VRAM" - the dedicated random-access memory on a video card or on a motherboard (if the GPU is soldered on it or integrated into the chipset but still has it's own RAM and …

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Re: Storage options for Windows 98SE?

Posted on 2024-09-13, 06:24

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For Windows 98 SE I would recommend a fast IDE (called PATA today) HDD with a size of 60 to 120 GB and 7,200 RPM, so you'll definitely have no problems. It should support up to UDMA100 or UDMA133. SATA should also work, but you'll have to fiddle around with IDE/RAID/AHCI modus and/or drivers and …

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Re: What are these cards?

Posted on 2024-09-13, 04:29

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Stuff like UT, half life, early 2000s 3d, 2d games Back in the days when it was current hardware I didn't know a TNT2 M64 exists. We had 3dfx Voodoo3 cards (after we updated from some crappy cards), then nVidia GeForce and ATI Radeon cards. Some years later I had a look on M64 and Vanta cards from …

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Re: An interesting Rage 128 Pro which needs very late drivers

Posted on 2024-09-13, 03:41

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by soggi

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You're welcome! OK, so you tried the drivers I mentioned above... I don't have good news concerning my "Edit3" above until now. I thought that maybe Manli has had some "special" drivers back then, but the Wayback Machine doesn't have a copy of the driver linked on the download page. For example I …

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Re: Need help installing VIA VT8237A/VT8251 HD audio controller in Windows 2000

Posted on 2024-09-13, 03:10

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Can't you have a look on the board? There should be a HDA codec which is needed to have a complete audio device together with the audio controller integrated into the VIA southbridge (VIA VT8237A or VIA VT8251). I didn't have a look on Realtek's download pages for a while, but the drivers for …

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Re: An interesting Rage 128 Pro which needs very late drivers

Posted on 2024-09-12, 16:09

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by soggi

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Nevertheless, do you think it's worth it to have the latest Dell drivers on my page? What do you (@all) think? I'm stuck, please HELP! I guess you already tested the ATI Rage 128 (Pro) drivers for Win98(SE)/ME (version 4.13.7192 and 4.13.01.8006 [Beta]) from my website (https://soggi.org/drivers/ …

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Re: Are Abit back?

Posted on 2024-08-31, 22:19

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I think that in order to keep things tidy and clean I will sort the boards by the socket, chipset and memory - if 2 types are used. ... I think photos of the full version with mention that the V version lacks extras should be ok. I don't care in which order you plan to take the photos, but it's …

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Re: Are Abit back?

Posted on 2024-08-31, 06:03

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by soggi

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OK...let's get these things sorted... First... I'm almost always busy as we all are, i guess. So let's make a plan and/or set conditions to save time. But first for me...vacation...until next week's sunday (If you wonder that I maybe don't answer)! @PcBytes: I would create spec pages for every …

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Re: Are Abit back?

Posted on 2024-08-30, 06:50

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Thank you very much, nd22! I recall that we were talking/posting about ABIT several times in the past. As said some times before and above, I'm also some kind of fan and collector of ABIT's hardware. We should take this unique chance to built a (nearly) complete collection of spec pages and stuff of …

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Re: Windows XP Bluetooth services

Posted on 2024-08-30, 04:59

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Sadly I've not been on the forum really since last winter when I had just discovered it and had really been enjoying reading the topics and appreciated and the guidance and expertise so kindly shared. I had a stroke back then (aged 39!) and this is me just trying to get back into things (albeit …

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Re: Known DOS Diagnostic, Repair, Backup/Recovery, FTP, Benchmarking & File Manager Software For 8086/88/186/188/286 Sys

Posted on 2024-08-30, 04:16

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Thanks, what I went (am still going) through was for me a major "perception changed" about life and what truly important.. Which was a good part of the reason I decided to... This I can really imagine, at least a little - but it's even more: The message to the readers is that life doesn't have to …

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Re: An internet exclusive for retro computing

Posted on 2024-08-28, 16:39

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For many years I also have thoughts on what I would call "RetroNet", but don't have precise ideas for that. https://wiby.me/ is a good starting point and it also works w/o TLS (http://wiby.me/). I don't agree with you when you talk about "stupid modern "security"". Connections should be encrypted, …

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Re: Lastest softwares for Windows 7

Posted on 2024-08-28, 05:45

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BTW I know Deamon tools 4.49.1 is not the final version but its the last "Clean" version Same with Netscape, but anything later then 4x has no nostalgic value which is the only reason to install any version anyway! The last "clean" version w/o spyware of DAEMON Tools I've saved is version 3.47, …

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Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread

Posted on 2024-08-28, 05:04

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Radeons X800/850 work just fine in Win98 using the Catalyst 6.2. Both AGP and PCI-E, official or not, as long as it runs properly, who cares? And the same applies for CPUs - no need for native support - all core2 architecture based CPUs will run perfectly fine (with single core used of obviously). …

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Re: Known DOS Diagnostic, Repair, Backup/Recovery, FTP, Benchmarking & File Manager Software For 8086/88/186/188/286 Sys

Posted on 2024-08-28, 03:45

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by soggi

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Dave ::: https://dunfield.themindfactory.com ::: "Daves Old Computers"->Personal A bit OT... I took the time to read through your pages and also found your very personal "2019" article - great to see you made it and got back into life! Thanks for sharing your stuff (f.e. your "retirement" project), …

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Re: Asus P2B-F (rev 1.0): no video signal after BIOS update

Posted on 2024-08-27, 17:28

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by soggi

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Maybe you didn't chose the right 1014.003 file as there are a lot different ones for each P2B derivative. Below I attached the right one from ASUS' FTP. I always recommend these latest ASUS betas as they are very stable and have many things fixed. To flash these (older) BIOSes I always recommend …

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