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Re: Is it really my nostalgia or are you playing it wrong…

Posted on 2024-04-21, 20:57

in Milliways

in Milliways

Many games I used to play I got thru sharing , demos and the crappy multipacks that had one decent title in it or wait 6 months after release to buy it cheaper as I couldn’t afford new games and downloading wasn’t an option either lol Many games had been played to death and many got thrown to the …

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2024-04-13, 18:12

in Milliways

in Milliways

Just finished the human campaign of StarCraft Zerg are up next then Protoss and then onto broodwar

Re: Question about XP Pc

Posted on 2024-04-13, 11:57

in Windows

in Windows

@cosmic wouldn’t 64bit hardware cause compatibility issues and wouldn’t it butcher your cpu as well? I tried using a laptop with 32bit vista on it and it still had massive issues with pre xp games so how can it be usable? Thought for it to work you would still need a 32bit capable cpu. I’m a novice …

Re: Computer Won't Turn On

Posted on 2024-04-13, 11:37

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I’ve had a read through the manual for the motherboard you listed if you have the same manual read page 19 about the usb wake-up function it mentions that your computer won’t switch on if you have the wrong jumper setting if you have a non compatible psu for this function. Also there is a LED …

Re: Question about XP Pc

Posted on 2024-04-12, 12:22

in Windows

in Windows

Watch out for the dell’s and hp’s a lot of these are work or generic home computers and many are 64 bit. And you will have a nightmare with obtaining cards to fit in them. Research the cpu and motherboard before bidding I’m currently working on 2 of them The first one I’ve got xp / win98 working but …

Re: PCem

Posted on 2024-04-12, 11:42

in Milliways

in Milliways

I’ve got a old i5 win7 laptop from 2010 Win95 pentium 90 works alright for most that I’m playing. Win98 pentium 2 233 windows is ok but any remotely demanding games kills performance Have yet to experience what it’s like with a modern computer I’ve opted for getting a 32bit desktop which is …

Re: Computer Won't Turn On

Posted on 2024-04-12, 11:26

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Out there question is your power switch on the psu or a board connection if it’s the board connection can you bypass the switch to turn it on? Is it possible you have a duff switch?

Re: Windows XP fails to install on Gigabyte GA 7DPXDW-P

Posted on 2024-03-11, 18:51

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I’ve had the same issue different motherboard I’ve resolved it with installing the sata controllers with F6 at install and was installing win xp sp2 too, In my bios there was also a setting for os install but don’t know if it did anything.

Re: new laptop hard drive

Posted on 2024-03-11, 18:20

in Milliways

in Milliways

I don’t see a big deal with using hdd I’ve got a dell inspiron win7 from 2010. Ssd and extra ram can help speed things up. you’re not intending to use it for any high end stuff anyway and either hdd or ssd are cheap enough a fresh install can help clear out clutter. A image of your hdd or a spare …

Re: Installing Win98SE on a PC with a 7th gen Intel CPU

Posted on 2024-03-07, 17:03

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Is this purely to get win98 to work or can you actually play games from that era on there too.?

Re: Dell disaster xp install

Posted on 2024-03-02, 20:52

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Finally got xp running on this build with the sata harddrive needed to load the sata controllers and piss about with the hdd for the install to finally accept the hdd. Next challenge is installing win 98 on both computers but boot disks aren’t working on an actual computer but are on PCEM

Re: Tell about your country

Posted on 2024-02-26, 18:00

in Milliways

in Milliways

Tin foil hat” I read an article about the NSA knew about an exploit in Microsoft for years and never mentioned it so they had back doors to peoples computers.

Re: What are these "DiscImageCreator" files and how do I convert them to an ISO?

Posted on 2024-02-26, 10:29

in Milliways

in Milliways

There are various programs like imgburn or diskimagecreator and it unpacks the bin,cue files onto the disk. Or use PCEM and mount them to play in your virtual computer which would be easier that burning a physical copy PS, these kind of disks used to be notorious for malware and viruses I used to …

Re: eBay sellers can effortlessly delete their negative feedback

Posted on 2024-02-26, 10:15

in Milliways

in Milliways

I’ve had someone on eBay try to scam me when I sold a job lot of computer parts even tho the listing said untested used parts sat in box for decade no refunds or returns it sold for a tenner buyer tried to claim back money and leave negatives feedback out of spite the listing was honest as to the …

Re: Tell about your country

Posted on 2024-02-24, 16:43

in Milliways

in Milliways

I’ve had that once wasn’t impressed

Re: Windows 98 PC powers off only with Doom 2

Posted on 2024-02-23, 08:49

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I’ve read somewhere that xmp extreme memory profile can cause faults and shuts down computer no warning. Could be something that doom 2 taps into that nothing else does Might be worth looking into.

Re: Tell about your country

Posted on 2024-02-23, 08:23

in Milliways

in Milliways

We can get the Lotus biscuit version in some Ontario stores, wife likes to use them instead of graham cracker crumbs in some recipes. ( UK might be more familiar with using crushed digestives) Funny you mention that while the lotus or biscoff biscuit is often advertised as spekulaas but they are …

Re: Tell about your country

Posted on 2024-02-22, 22:00

in Milliways

in Milliways

Speaking of food I always have a challenge getting stuff in the uk cuz it’s not popular to British taste It quite funny as I shared stuff I got for st Nicolas with my colleagues and they asked me how I could eat this stuff. (Speculas, brok speculas, taai taai, pepernoten and kruid noten.

Re: Tell about your country

Posted on 2024-02-22, 18:56

in Milliways

in Milliways

I know most westerner countries are always complaining about child poverty but won’t let them work until their 16 😉 People are exploited everywhere some aware some unaware and a lot of people ignore it for personal conveniences

Re: Thor - my attempt at a high-end Windows 98 build, based on the Pentium 4

Posted on 2024-02-22, 09:12

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

I’m messing around with two P4 HT rigs tho due to lack of knowledge mine seem to be either home/office desktops with limited expansion due to between having pci slots and one pci-e x1 slot. So finding cards that fit and work in the 98/xp build is challenging. Tho I have a new untested motherboard …

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