Re: Wait--There's a serial mouse that DOESN'T need a special mousepad?

Posted on 2017-08-24, 08:06

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by EdmondDantes

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I remember trying to clean several ball mice and they still kept having problems even when exposed to things like windex and rubbing alcohol. Then again, part of what used to be my issue is a lot of the mice I was using were hand-me-downs since I was a kid and couldn't afford much. When I had my own …

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Re: Is it possible to revive ps/2 ports?

Posted on 2017-08-23, 02:02

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by EdmondDantes

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Serial OPTICAL mice are hard to come by. Normal ball mice aren't, but I would only use those as an absolute last resort.

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Re: Wait--There's a serial mouse that DOESN'T need a special mousepad?

Posted on 2017-08-23, 01:58

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by EdmondDantes

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Yeah, I meant optical ones. Sorry I forgot to specify that in the thread title. I don't like ball mice so I tend to forget they exist.

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Wait--There's a serial mouse that DOESN'T need a special mousepad?

Posted on 2017-08-23, 01:48

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by EdmondDantes

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So I just ran across this on ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Collectible-Vintage-Info-Serial-Port-3-button-25-pin-Optical-PC-Mouse-/172763160162?hash=item28397c9e62:g:klMAAOSwiQ9ZWxMV What caught my attention was that the thing is serial, but the box doesn't even mention a special mouse pad, so is …

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Re: Is it possible to revive ps/2 ports?

Posted on 2017-08-23, 01:08

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by EdmondDantes

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I actually have had issues with games not liking my ps/2 mouse--Space Quest IV, King's Quest V, and Laura Bow II (all editions from the "Collection Series" box sets, I don't have different releases to test against except in SQ4's case tho I never did test). The sitch with those is strange. In both …

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Is it possible to revive ps/2 ports?

Posted on 2017-08-21, 06:22

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by EdmondDantes

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So recently the Ps/2 ports on my motherboard went bad. Okay, maybe not the keyboard one but definitely the mouse. It receives power, but Windows doesn't detect it, neither does DOS. It's an optical mouse by the way--I don't have a normal ball mouse to test with. My dad tried soldiering the solder …

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Re: PS/2 to Microsoft Serialmouse Adapter Converter

Posted on 2017-08-20, 08:39

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by EdmondDantes

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If you're still looking for a serial scrollwheel mouse, I just ran across one that isn't the one linked earlier: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Microsoft-IntelliMouse-9-Pin-Serial-Mouse-1-1A-P-N-98272-OEM-NEW-OLD-STOCK-/263055286960?epid=1454159549&hash=item3d3f5122b0:g:nvUAAOSwDrNZTySt Also this guy …

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Re: Nero 6 (Win98SE) not ripping CDs its ripped before. Weird

Posted on 2017-08-20, 04:08

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by EdmondDantes

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Sorry, thunderstorm kept me offline. Well okay here's the results so far. I tried Alcohol 52% but it told me it couldn't run on Win98se so I must've gotten a version that's too recent. CloneCD however worked for both the problem disks, producing four files--one seems to be the actual image and I …

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Re: What to do with a mobo that only has PCI-e slots?

Posted on 2017-08-20, 03:55

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by EdmondDantes

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Sorry, thunderstorm kept me from replying. As for why I thought this couldn't do XP.... I probably read that on Wikipedia or somewhere reliable(sarcasm) like that. If I were gonna use this motherboard tho, I would want to use a video and sound card actually designed for its PCI-e slots, not …

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Re: Nero 6 (Win98SE) not ripping CDs its ripped before. Weird

Posted on 2017-08-17, 03:54

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by EdmondDantes

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I'll have to try them. The only other one I've tried is Isobuster, but that program makes no sense to me and seems to like reporting bad sectors even on discs I know work fine... and it claims to rip to ISO but all the files I ever get from it are either just the CD's directories transplanted (Which …

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Nero 6 (Win98SE) not ripping CDs its ripped before. Weird

Posted on 2017-08-17, 02:11

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by EdmondDantes

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Not sure where this goes, but weird issue came up. Okay, so I usually make an ISO of CD-ROM games and then install/run from that if they're not multi-disc games and don't have audio CD tracks for the in-game music, that way they load faster and I won't have to repair the CD-ROM drive (And yes its a …

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What to do with a mobo that only has PCI-e slots?

Posted on 2017-08-17, 00:59

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by EdmondDantes

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So I bought a motherboard on ebay, but made a mistake and wound up getting one that I couldn't do anything with because it only has PCI-express slots. The board is a Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Quad, and it came with a Pentium 4 3.0ghz processor and 2gb of ram (across four sticks), all already on the board ( …

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Re: What was the last program to use Windows 98SE?

Posted on 2017-08-09, 14:40

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by EdmondDantes

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If you mean the last game to support Windows 98SE, we already have a topic about this: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=55244 and here's a list of the last 98-compatible versions of general software on an MSFN topic: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/105936-last-versions-of-software-for- …

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What was the last program to use Windows 98SE?

Posted on 2017-08-08, 20:30

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by EdmondDantes

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I'm asking because I finally got a Geforce 4 ti4200 (MSI make) and despite my plans from weeks ago, I found out that having both this and a Voodoo 3 in the same comp is not gonna work--even if I could get them to cooperate, I feel like they'd generate too much heat together. So I'm instead thinking …

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Re: Nvidia cards - the Wiki isn't clear on this...

Posted on 2017-08-01, 14:59

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by EdmondDantes

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Thanks for clearing that up. Should I look for any specific make/model or is one KVM switch as good as any other for my purposes?

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Re: Nvidia cards - the Wiki isn't clear on this...

Posted on 2017-08-01, 07:53

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by EdmondDantes

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Okay, one last thing. I asked in a previous thread and nobody ever answered it: I plan to put this GeForce (I found a ti4200 AGP from MSI, who apparently is one of the better manufacturers) in a comp that already has a Voodoo 3 in a PCI slot. Does each card have to be connected to a different …

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Re: Nvidia cards - the Wiki isn't clear on this...

Posted on 2017-07-31, 07:29

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by EdmondDantes

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These are oddball OEM cards manufactured for MEDION (low cost electronics), a brand that's been distributed through stores like Lidl or Aldi throughout Europe, mostly Germany. Why bother with them when there are so many 'real' FX'es on the market? Well, yeah, that's the purpose of this thread--as …

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Re: Nvidia cards - the Wiki isn't clear on this...

Posted on 2017-07-31, 06:56

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by EdmondDantes

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So basically, if its 128mb VRAM then its 64-bit? I'm looking at GeForce 3s and 4s now. I don't need a DirectX 9 compliant card, just one that does really good at DirectX 7 and 8, so all this "is this the right thing?" nonsense isn't worth it. For the curious I basically just want to be able to play …

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Re: Nvidia cards - the Wiki isn't clear on this...

Posted on 2017-07-30, 20:51

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by EdmondDantes

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I thought of one way... I noticed just now the card has Asus markings on it, so I googled "Asus Nvidia Geforce FX" and wound up finding a CNet page with a pretty detailed rundown and a picture (stock) but which looks a lot the one that guy is selling. https://www.cnet.com/products/asus-v-9520-x-td- …

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Nvidia cards - the Wiki isn't clear on this...

Posted on 2017-07-30, 19:56

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by EdmondDantes

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So I was on the Vogons Wiki and reading about NVidia cards. About the Geforce FX line, it says: "Avoid models with 64-bit bus and naming suffixes like LE, XT or VE because they have been crippled in some way." Okay, avoiding the extension is fine, but.... how do you find out if a card has a "64-bit …

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