Re: USB network adapters on Win 9x worth it?

Posted on 2011-09-11, 04:55

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by awergh

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painful experience with nics and 9x really?, the only problem I have ever had was with an NE2000 ISA NIC which didn't work untill I changed the IRQs in windows to be the same as the default ones for that card in NT4. Although I haven't had much experience with 9x in general lately but I had no …

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Re: Windows NT 4.0

Posted on 2011-09-11, 04:50

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1) It will not boot on it's own, only a floppy with ntldr, boot.ini, ect.. will boot the system. I'm a little confused how this happened did you use a dodgy disk or install from a plain i386 directory because with a proper install it will boot by itself no problem. Hmm although I have done inplace …

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Re: Dual monitor gaming with Matrox cards?

Posted on 2011-09-03, 13:16

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by awergh

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I remember trying to use a Matrox G400 with 2 monitors on NT4 @ 1600x600 but I don't think it worked because there was no DirectX3D support in UT with the driver I was using or perhaps there was some other issue I don't remember. I'm sure you could never choose a big resolution like that using 98SE …

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Re: Windows NT 4.0

Posted on 2011-09-02, 14:00

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by awergh

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Pretty sure NT4 Workstation/Server only ever game in RTM and SP1 form on disk and Terminal Server in SP3 form.

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Re: Windows NT 4.0

Posted on 2011-09-01, 14:04

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by awergh

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hmm I really haven't had a problem when there are out of the box drivers my Pentium 133, Pentium MMX 166 boxes both have NT4 SP6a with OOB drivers (except maybe the ESS Audio Drive/ Crystal something or rather) and they work just fine, maybe the NIC is different to I can't actually remember since I …

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Re: Windows NT 4.0

Posted on 2011-09-01, 08:41

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by awergh

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Another good link to check out for NT4 people is: http://www.bearwindows.boot-land.net/winnt4.htm Ugh. I've tried that SP6a slipstreaming tutorial several times now without success. Thats because you have to reapply SP6a anyway so its not so good, there is a thread on msfn somewhere about how to do …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2011-08-22, 15:30

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by awergh

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no Pics I lack pic taking functionality. I think the PSU sucked in burny smell yeah (I'm sure burny is much a work as desmellering is) although the Antec Smart Power 450W apparently are prone to failure so I dunno. Looking inside looks visually ok but I may have missed something. Sound paper sounds …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2011-08-22, 06:53

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by awergh

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since I decided it appears that this thread is perfectly fine for discussing what you have found not just bought. Theres quite a bit of found at uni lately but I post about that later pitty I have no pictures :( anyway I found an Antec Sonata II that on the outside looks fine however this is a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2011-07-20, 13:28

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by awergh

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Woah only $3 for a SATA <-> IDE converter I think I payed about $15 for one at the computer fair a few years ago ah well. I used it because I at the time upgraded to a new motherboard with only 1 IDE port and had 3 IDE drives I wanted to plug in so that was cheaper then buying SATA drives or an IDE …

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Re: Windows NT 4.0

Posted on 2011-07-12, 13:33

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I do really like NT4 even when I was totally sworn to 98SE. The compatibility list is pretty impressive but I'm not sure why Doom and Quake need a port when the original windows version works just fine on NT4 Hmm the copy of Red Alert I tried worked on NT4 but perhaps it was a "mini" version rather …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2011-07-01, 09:02

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by awergh

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Robin4 wrote: Should we going further with posting buys with pictures? pictures always make posts better but only if its not too much effort on your part, have a camera etc

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Re: (Solved) What is this ISA card - it looks like a network card.

Posted on 2011-06-19, 10:42

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by awergh

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NT4 SP4+ support NTLMv2 so NT4 is fine, the real danger is from LM which is quite weak hence its replacement with NTLM with NT4 SP3. 9x uses LM by default hence the problem. If your actually worried about this your better off having some sort of point where you can droppoff stuff for 9x boxes to get …

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Re: (Solved) What is this ISA card - it looks like a network card.

Posted on 2011-06-19, 07:52

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by awergh

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I think dealing with security is sufficiently problematic itself. No doubt it is possible to configure one's firewall to eliminate any possibility of outside hackers getting into your network shares while still making it entirely transparent to the computers you actually use, but I think staying on …

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Re: (Solved) What is this ISA card - it looks like a network card.

Posted on 2011-06-18, 11:28

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by awergh

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XP and Win7 Networking is easy, says me who think to have a proper network you have to have at least a domain or two. Networking Win7 is the same as for XP (for me anyway, I think homegroups are dumbed down pretend networking). Be on the same subnet, fix the firewall usually I disable it, I always …

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Re: Matrox Millenium G200A memory upgrade?

Posted on 2011-05-30, 14:01

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by awergh

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Yeah I do mean Q3TA I'm more of a UT99 fanatic to remember the difference.

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Re: Matrox Millenium G200A memory upgrade?

Posted on 2011-05-30, 10:36

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by awergh

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I vaguely remember that the Quake III system requirements stated that it would work on a G200 if it had the memory upgrade. I know for a fact it didn't work without the memory upgrade, but I've never had the upgrade to try it out.

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Re: Who else here hoards "insane" amounts of hardware?

Posted on 2011-05-28, 11:28

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by awergh

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Man, that's just crazy! In a good way of course :happyhappy:. BTW, that pile of old PC cases in what looks like some African location is nothing. Next weekend I'll go to my favourite Temerian dumpsite and take some pics... Please do!!! :D :D :D Will you be including before and after pictures and …

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Re: Who else here hoards "insane" amounts of hardware?

Posted on 2011-05-25, 11:28

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by awergh

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One reason for me to delay this plan is because I'm not sure how well XP and 9x (ME in particular) network together. My guess is that ME and XP should be relatively easy to network with a bit of google search, though networking XP's together is a piece of cake usually Being me for networking 9x I …

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Re: Who else here hoards "insane" amounts of hardware?

Posted on 2011-05-24, 13:57

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by awergh

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One other reason for me to keep more then a handful of rigs is that I have LAN parties with a couple friends and still, one day (), would like to try a 9x (Edit:Of course I meant Windows 9x, not have 9 rigs in a LAN! .) LAN with some old games, perhaps Unreal 1, Interstate 76 or Z and for a LAN you …

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Re: Hardware you regret parting with, or you wish didn't die

Posted on 2011-05-02, 08:38

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by awergh

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I think I was at a garage sale and there was a 24 Port Switch (unkown brand) that was probably 100mbps I don't know for sure and I didnt get it, this was just after I got my CISCO 1900 series switch before I realised it only had 2 100mbps ports. In comparassin the other day I got a D-Link 14 Port …

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