Re: you perfer a daul-boot for Win 98/XP build or 2 seperate builds for the best of both worlds

Posted on 2025-04-23, 19:14

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by vintageonthemoon

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Greywolf1 wrote on 2025-04-23, 14:33: Due to hardware issues I’ve ended up separating win 98 and having an additional win xp/7 machine means I can have a more robust xp instead of have to deal with 98/xp same here. you losing compatability either way with dual-boot, not matter how many patches with …

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Re: Getting the Bitmap Brothers' Z95 / Z Expansion Pack to run under Windows 11

Posted on 2025-04-22, 21:22

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by vintageonthemoon

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I figured out how to get Z95 running on newer systems and thought I'd share. Here's a how to: 1. Mount your iso or CD and install the game with the installer provided in the link below. Make sure to install to the default directory, i.e. C:\Program Files (x86)\Bitmap Brothers\Z 2. Copy the draw …

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Re: you perfer a daul-boot for Win 98/XP build or 2 seperate builds for the best of both worlds

Posted on 2025-04-22, 16:44

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by vintageonthemoon

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

i was using 45.23 drivers (most recommended for ti 4200), and they work fine, but early win 95 titles like "pitfall: mayan adventure", "Lomax" and "toy story" refused to work properly no matter what i do (even on the FX cards), in windowed mode, it struggles under 30fps with screen tearing, in full …

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Re: you perfer a daul-boot for Win 98/XP build or 2 seperate builds for the best of both worlds

Posted on 2025-04-21, 12:20

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by vintageonthemoon

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The problem with dual booting 98 and XP, is the requirement for 98 support limits some parts which would be better for XP. R Loew's patch can help with running 98 with a more XP appropriate amount of RAM, but later XP compatible GPUs don't have 98 drivers agree, that's a challenge, and overkill win …

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Re: Geforce4 Ti4200 - Black screen

Posted on 2025-04-21, 11:57

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by vintageonthemoon

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Hello everyone! I'm testing an Asus Geforce4 Ti4200 AGP 4x card based on the NV25 chipset (not the AGP 8x newer one). The problem I see is that I don't see anything, kinda :( Let me explain, the card works in 2D mode, drivers are installed and so on. However, when I launch a 3Dmark2000 benchmark or …

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Re: you perfer a daul-boot for Win 98/XP build or 2 seperate builds for the best of both worlds

Posted on 2025-04-21, 00:41

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by vintageonthemoon

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What drivers were you using with your 4200ti? It's surprising to hear you say you were having issues with old games, but the Radeon 9600XT was handling them. A P4, SB Live, and 4200ti should be a solid 98 machine that supports graphics features deprecated in later cards. As for the SSD in XP. With …

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you perfer a daul-boot for Win 98/XP build or 2 seperate builds for the best of both worlds

Posted on 2025-04-20, 20:11

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by vintageonthemoon

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i know it's been asked many times on Vogons, when it comes retro builds i have few but used mostly used 2 builds that i did 1. Windows 98 SE build using socket 478 ASrock p4i65G rev 1.1 board, 80 GB IDE hard drive, Pentium 4 2.8 ghz (northwood), 2 stickes of 256mb to 512mb of DDR400 Ram (daul …

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Re: having trouble flashing to the latest bios of MSI MS-6199VA Ver: 2

Posted on 2025-04-17, 22:27

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by vintageonthemoon

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I SOLVED IT! i remeber that i used a different board and messed up something in the bios steetings after save settings and exiting to a soft-reboot the board and the fans were working but getting no post or beeps on my monitor, so i shut off the computer, took the cmos battery out waited 2-5 …

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Re: having trouble flashing to the latest bios of MSI MS-6199VA Ver: 2

Posted on 2025-04-13, 22:38

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by vintageonthemoon

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I SOLVED IT! i remeber that i used a different board and messed up something in the bios steetings after save settings and exiting to a soft-reboot the board and the fans were working but getting no post or beeps on my monitor, so i shut off the computer, took the cmos battery out waited 2-5 …

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having trouble flashing to the latest bios of MSI MS-6199VA Ver: 2

Posted on 2025-04-08, 20:03

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by vintageonthemoon

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i have an Compaq OEM board of the 6199VA ver:2 by MSI with 320mb of ram and PIII 650MHZ running win98 se, it was recapped, add missing isa slots (and they work perfectly fine), the missing pins on the J3 jumper but was forced to short it, otherwise the system will turn on but no beeps, no post no …

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Re: Radeon 9800 Pro or Mx440 for Win 98 SE gaming

Posted on 2025-03-18, 11:16

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by vintageonthemoon

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i had more success with my "ATI Radeon 9600 XT 128-bit" then "Nvidia Geforce 4 ti 4200" on my windows 98 build with Pentium 4. very fast, reliable and with ATI Catalyst 4.2 drivers it works great under windows 98, Catalyst 6.2 is more for windows XP then 9x. getting much better results in lower …

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Re: Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure - Did this game EVER work 100%?

Posted on 2025-03-14, 12:50

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by vintageonthemoon

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"smooth" was always to fast, I always used "fast" and checked "sync to monitor". If you have a good 2d accelerator an 166Mhz+ you will likely get a good experience. same here, i use to the same options cause my computer is too powerful and fast for those titles. both for "Pitfall - The Mayan …

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Re: Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure - Did this game EVER work 100%?

Posted on 2025-03-12, 11:07

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by vintageonthemoon

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Sounds like an nvidia problem. nvidia drivers doesn't like palette changes (slows down immensely) or switching into low resolutions You're right, it was a Nvidia problem. i tested Pitfall with ATI Radeon 9600 XT 128-bit AGP 8X card, works perfectly fine in full screen after setting the full screen …

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Re: ASRock P4i65G issues

Posted on 2024-10-27, 22:43

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by vintageonthemoon

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i got Asrock P4i65g specifically for my retro build running Win 98SE on it, building around the limitations of the OS, the sweet spot of Pentium 4 Windows 98 builds. P4 northwood (2.8mhz), 2x256mb ddr 400 ram (512mb in total), Geforce 4 ti 4200 (128mb, 8x), SB live! 5.1 and 80GB HDD seagate. since …

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Re: Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure - Did this game EVER work 100%?

Posted on 2024-10-25, 11:11

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by vintageonthemoon

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i also had issues getting Pitfall: Mayan Adventure to work on one of my windows 98 SE builds, socket 478 pentium 4 2.8ghz, geforce 4 ti 4200 128-bit, Soundblaster Live! 5.1, 512mb ddr 400 ram, DX 8.1, playing them using daemon tools for virtual discs, the game will work fine at first but some times …

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Re: Flashing 3dfx bios

Posted on 2024-09-21, 19:37

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by vintageonthemoon

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THANK YOU SOO MUCH FOR THIS INFORMATION AND ROM. i got a 3dfx voodoo 3000 agp (V1.001, SD RAM version) from lot of old pcs for 40$ (what a bargin!), that card thankfully works, no artifacts or any kind of errors. replaced the old capasitors, changed the thermal paste and add a fan to the heatsink. …

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Re: New to windows 95/98 looking for good 3-d platformers

Posted on 2024-08-13, 14:08

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by vintageonthemoon

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i know this post is old, there's not a lot of 3-D platformers on Windows 95/98, aside from well known ones like "Rayman 2", "Croc 1 & 2", "Gex: Enter the Gecko", "Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time" it's sequel "Time Busters", "EarthWorm Jim 3D ", "Donald Duck: Goin' Qu@ckers", "Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge", …

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Re: Windows 98 Autoplay broken by re-association(?)

Posted on 2024-06-13, 14:28

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by vintageonthemoon

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when the autorun stopped working it's just standard CD drive icon

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Re: Windows 98 Autoplay broken by re-association(?)

Posted on 2024-06-13, 12:02

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by vintageonthemoon

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i know this post is old, but anyway i also recently has issues with autorun on my windows 98 SE pc, using Daemon tools on Drive D: and Disc Drive on Drive E: (easier using daemon virtual disc as the first drive otherwise most games will complain about missing cd or audio issues) at first everything …

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