Re: Windows NT4 2024+ setup and summary + WIP overview
Posted on 2024-12-09, 22:28
Nice little write up that, I thought I was the only one left using NT4. Good enough for a sticky I would have thought 😀
Re: What is that one computer habit that you got rid of?
Posted on 2024-12-09, 14:36
Installing anti virus and a software firewall on my main web browsing PC. Theres so many things I use to do that I dont. RAM cleaners on Win98, running apps as services on Win2k and XP, defragging drives and cleaning up temp files... The list is endless. The main thing Ive noticed I dont do anymore …
Re: Using Modems for Multiplayer Gaming
Posted on 2024-12-09, 13:06
nfraser01 wrote on 2024-12-09, 12:55: It's been about 30 years since I thought about this, but can't the modems connect directly to each other? Some can but not all, and just because it says it can on the documentation it doesnt mean it will. Why not just use a null modem cable?
Re: Using Modems for Multiplayer Gaming
Posted on 2024-12-09, 04:05
I'd started with an older Linksys SPA2102 and, despite using a proper, modem-supporting configuration, was being met with ~100ms decode latency on the ATA device itself. This would consequently result in "poor" connections for anything beyond ~12000bps. Thinking it might just be some limitation of …
Re: Ram sizes and costs in 1997 and 2000.
Posted on 2024-12-09, 00:30
June 1997 a recorded price of 16Mb 4Mx32-60 SIMM EDO was $59 On average at that time is was $3.96 per Mb. The year finished at $2.16, which was the last time RAM was valued at over $2 per Mb. By November is was $104 for 32Mb, a month later it was $69. The dramatic drop in RAM prices you guys keep …
Re: Ram sizes and costs in 1997 and 2000.
Posted on 2024-12-08, 21:53
June 1997 a recorded price of 16Mb 4Mx32-60 SIMM EDO was $59 On average at that time is was $3.96 per Mb. The year finished at $2.16, which was the last time RAM was valued at over $2 per Mb. By November is was $104 for 32Mb, a month later it was $69. The dramatic drop in RAM prices you guys keep …
Re: Using Modems for Multiplayer Gaming
Posted on 2024-12-07, 12:38
As Gravis said in his video you will only have a 33.6k connection, and there is no ISP>subscriber compression so it will run slow. Its great to set up and see it working but if you want a genuinely useful 56k dial up setup at home then you will need a lot more than an ATA. Sorry, not what you want …
Re: Fujitsu Siemens Stylistic st4120
Posted on 2024-12-06, 17:06
Didnt have that one I had the ST5021D some years ago with the base station. Still have the drivers for it. I used it while at University when I was there the second time. It was a time before iPads and other such things were common place. It runs WinXP TPC, which is XP Pro with the Tablet PC addon. …
Re: Moments in computing history when you felt that the future had arrived
Posted on 2024-12-06, 15:55
Firebird had more of an effect on browsing than anything else. It was because of that you got Chrome. Firebird gave us tabs, blocking popups and an interface you could customise. Before Firebird it always looked and worked the same... ie. IE.
Re: Moments in computing history when you felt that the future had arrived
Posted on 2024-12-05, 20:41
Pentium power. Sound blasters. CD ROM drives. Plug n Play OSs was clearly a vision on what was to come. GPUs SSDs, but I remember thinking they would be PCIe based cards not what we have now, and didnt think we would get the 2.5" drives we ended up getting for many years. we were mugged off there.
Re: Why have PC designs always been so crude ?
Posted on 2024-12-04, 21:11
You are comparing the worst of something to the best of something. Not all stereo equipment was as it is in your picture.
Re: Tool for checking component’s health?
Posted on 2024-11-30, 03:43
HDTune Pro is the only way to go when it comes to HDD/SDD's, i used to work for a company building systems that used it, thats when i first found out about it, brilliant program. read my post here with picture https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1291668#p1291668 That can also be done with the …
Re: Tool for checking component’s health?
Posted on 2024-11-29, 23:46
So what's your alternative for S.M.A.R.T. values - asking the HDD god if the HDD has good karma or time traveling to the future returning with the knowledge of what will happen? The values are no forecast, no tool says that the HDD will be broken in x seconds, it's all about probabilities (not …
Re: Tool for checking component’s health?
Posted on 2024-11-29, 07:09
I wouldnt trust SMART as it is as the guys said above, once it shows a warning of any kind of moribund. In your case its already failed so yes it will fail sooner rather than later. Time to get a "new" one.
Re: Modern Retro PC cases, whats your favourites?
Posted on 2024-11-28, 21:28
Im quite liking the modern window cases with the front and side panels being made of glass. It allows you to show all that old hardware. The old GPUs seem to lend themselves better to be shown off than their modern counterparts due to the graphics printed on the coolers. https://p.globalsources.com/ …
Re: SHUTTLE XPC SN45G-V2 nForce2 drivers for 98
Posted on 2024-11-27, 15:27
When I run the CPU as a 2500+ it runs perfectly. One of the smoothest Win98 PCs ever in fact.
Re: Help to make a Windows 98 boot zip disk
Posted on 2024-11-23, 15:16
Iomegaware zip tools seems to have worked. I now have a zip disk I can use to install Win98 without any other media 😀 Cheers Yoghoo.
Re: Help to make a Windows 98 boot zip disk
Posted on 2024-11-23, 12:29
Ill get Iomega tools and give it another go.
Re: Help to make a Windows 98 boot zip disk
Posted on 2024-11-23, 10:29
Ive edited the Win98 boot floppy to include Zip drive support (edit of config.sys and autoexec.bat) so when I boot up it has the option to boot with zip and or CDROM drive support... But it doesnt seem to want to let me fdisk /mbr on the zip drive. I can access the zip disk but no more... So I can …
Re: Help to make a Windows 98 boot zip disk
Posted on 2024-11-22, 15:58
Nexxen wrote on 2024-11-22, 13:22: Mobo model? Asrock 775i65G E6700, 1Gb PC3200, X800XL, 120Gb SATA on SATA1, CDROM Master, Zip250 Slave. (set up to be SATA + Chan 1 in compatibility mode)
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