Re: Best way to cool a room?

Posted on 2016-07-25, 21:40

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by tincup

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Well let me tell you how we do it without AC here in texas. http://www.instructables.com/id/5-Gallon-Bucket-Air-Conditioner/ This really works, had to do it in my place when the AC broke, kept the bedroom cool over the weekend until the apartment maintenance man could get it fixed. To give you an …

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Re: ''Burn in and Infant Mortality"? Does this make sense to anyone else?

Posted on 2016-07-24, 17:09

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by tincup

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I remember ads in Computer Shopper used to mention "burn-in" as part of the deal - usually with barebones systems.

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Re: System Shock Remake Demo

Posted on 2016-07-24, 16:30

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by tincup

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+1

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Re: Was Win95B the best version?

Posted on 2016-07-23, 19:25

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by tincup

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I keep DOC libraries on all my rigs - lists, notes, some spreadsheets, and game documentation mostly - and Word97 comes in handy and all the rigs "speak" the same language. Font control, formatting and sorting work nice and feature bloat isn't too bad.

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Re: System Shock Remake Demo

Posted on 2016-07-23, 19:12

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just downloaded and installed. 25 years later - normal UI and I can finally play the game! Very cool - looking forward to the final... You can buy System Shock Enhanced from GOG, which is the original game modified to use modern controls, run under Windows, etc. https://www.gog.com/game/system_ …

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Re: Was Win95B the best version?

Posted on 2016-07-23, 14:58

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by tincup

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I install Word97 on my retro rigs too if I need to fuss with docs with more than notepad. A small footprint and familiar to work with. As an aside I hated the change to "the ribbon" UI a few years ago and still use Office/Word 2003 on my main rig because of it. "Ribbon thinking" (a mess of of pre- …

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Re: Was Win95B the best version?

Posted on 2016-07-22, 03:42

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by tincup

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archsan wrote: Arguably Win95's best feature was developed by Brian Eno... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miZHa7ZC6Z0 ... who, of course, didn't (doesn't?) like PCs at all. So true... for such a short few notes so evocative..

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Re: Was Win95B the best version?

Posted on 2016-07-21, 11:35

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by tincup

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orinoko wrote: ... a 486DX266 will run Windows 95B quite well imho, but for what I am not certain. It does, and CPU cycle limited games often run best on a 486 Dx/66 or 100. That's what I use mine for. Even if these sorts of games are dos based, the W95 front end handles them well.

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Re: Was Win95B the best version?

Posted on 2016-07-21, 02:53

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by tincup

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I keep a 486 machine with vanilla W95a for old times sake, and 2 other Pentium rigs with W95c. Just the performance tweaks IE and IE core from the Unofficial SPs, USB updates and Desktop Update (for USB, mouse wheel, all CAPs folder names and various other helpful folder/Explorer options. 2 other …

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Re: Vintage hipster's.... I have mentioned them before.

Posted on 2016-07-20, 13:11

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by tincup

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snorg wrote: tincup wrote: ,,,I have met the enemy - and it is us... if anyone remembers the reference 😀 Pogo by Walt Kelly, right? Yep!

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Re: Vintage hipster's.... I have mentioned them before.

Posted on 2016-07-20, 02:11

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As unappealing as it sounds, I think it is us - people who really value and want old hardware to tinker with - that are the driving force in price increases. Although most of us don't and won't pay top dollar, some of us - enough of us - do. And that's the way it is. Demographics probably plays a …

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Re: Vintage hipster's.... I have mentioned them before.

Posted on 2016-07-19, 01:51

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I always liked punk since the cloths made sense. T-shirt, old jeans, and a ratty pair of All-Stars...

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Re: Lost everything :(

Posted on 2016-07-15, 14:04

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by tincup

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USB3 drive docks are a pretty good choice - you can swap HDs in an out and use anything available - so very flexible. External drives are more limiting I find. I use a dock in combo with a second internal HD that is used just for backup - fastest solution for everyday backing up.

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Re: How to Successfully use Windows 98 on PCI-Express Systems

Posted on 2016-07-15, 03:46

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by tincup

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So the card would beef up the XP component (GTX SLI) but leave W98 somewhat diminished - a less interesting proposal indeed - especially considering the potential downside of SLI to begin with. BTW I wasn't aware of the SLI limitation in W98 - really hadn't thought it through to be honest. I'm used …

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Re: How to Successfully use Windows 98 on PCI-Express Systems

Posted on 2016-07-15, 03:18

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by tincup

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Each GPU has 512mb allocated and there are 2 GPUs - so basically an GTX in SLI. I'm going to check out the Quatro as I know nothing about it. But as I understand it the 7950gx2 is the fastest 7x card that runs on modded NV dirvers. As an aside I ran 2x 7800GT/256 SLI from 2005-2011 - not a bad combo …

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Re: How to Successfully use Windows 98 on PCI-Express Systems

Posted on 2016-07-15, 02:35

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by tincup

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..Does anyone here have any information about using 1GB video ram video cards with 512MB system ram in a win98se system?. Not yet but I'm patiently tracking down a 7950GTX/1gb to test the possibility. I'm fairly confident it won't given my experience with 512/512 setups, but my memory is not …

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Re: How to Successfully use Windows 98 on PCI-Express Systems

Posted on 2016-07-15, 01:50

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by tincup

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I understand.. If you want to stay purist then choose a combination of VRAM and system ram that works (without the RLOWE patch). The process is a bit "touchy feely" - a 256mb GPU will always boot with 256 system ram, but you may also find you can boot with a bit more VRAM or a bit more system ram. …

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Re: How to Successfully use Windows 98 on PCI-Express Systems

Posted on 2016-07-15, 01:20

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by tincup

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Yes! it can be done as you've demonstrated. First step is an early PCIe gen motherboard with chipset drivers that support W9x. A number of fairly easily sourced and not too expensive s775 based mobos to chose from allow P4/C2D cpu options. Next the modded v9291 nVidia drivers for 7x cards - I run a …

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Re: Lost everything :(

Posted on 2016-07-14, 18:37

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by tincup

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Ooooffff! Good show @candle_86!

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Re: What's the hardest part of building a retro rig for yourself?

Posted on 2016-07-14, 12:22

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by tincup

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..C'mon, even the wise ones should show more respect for Windows 95. Have a nice life. :angry: Yes, to get USB1.1 working on W95 follow the steps you outline (disable USB support in BIOS sometimes necessary, and installing IE6 core components is almost always required too with W98 and USB2). But …

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