Re: My first retro PC build, a Windows 95 Machine. Help & advice appreciated.

Posted on 2021-07-12, 11:17

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by chinny22

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Yeh Fdisk will nuke the disk, Not a big deal on a fresh build IMHO, but you can use tools like GParted without wiping the drive. I just like Fdisk as its with official one for Win9x so guaranteed to work. Fdisk You'll know if FAT32 is enabled when you start it'll ask if you want Large Disk support ( …

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Re: Bid for a GF 9400 GT but getting a Radeon HD 4550 -> dispute?

Posted on 2021-07-12, 10:23

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by chinny22

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If the listing specifically called it a GeForce GT 9400 then you can return it, honest mistake or not. Doesn't really matter how the cards compare performance wise. You can Get a GF6200 much cheaper then a much less powerful Voodoo card as an example. Of course contact the seller first politely …

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Re: Do you dislike the British?

Posted on 2021-07-12, 09:54

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by chinny22

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As a foreigner living in England I find it a funny country at times. Ireland, Scotland, Wales are proud of their nationality and embrace it. They celebrate their Saint Andrew/David/Patrick day, push to be able to select their country under citizenship in government documents, etc. England on the …

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Re: My first retro PC build, a Windows 95 Machine. Help & advice appreciated.

Posted on 2021-07-09, 22:31

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by chinny22

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Sounds like your enjoying relearning installing good old Win95. It's funny what you forget what was once second nature but dont worry it'll all start flooding back the more you play. As you have Win95 installed now you can simply hit Shift F5 to bypass windows and run fdisk to partiton the drives as …

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Re: SAS SCSI for retro computing

Posted on 2021-07-09, 08:53

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by chinny22

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Once you have the option for sata, that should be the only choice. Its CHEAP, fast, and easy. Like my ex. Always said your ex was kinda SASsy :P Ah, I guess simple solution is SCSI2SD by Michael McMaster: https://www.codesrc.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=SCSI2SD and use SD card instead of SSD. This …

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Re: Most stable and compatible win9x configuration

Posted on 2021-07-09, 08:29

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by chinny22

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Out of curiosity, why do you suggest avoiding a SBLive on a Win9x system? In keeping with OP's "I want to build a PC and be done with it" request I was also thinking about recommending Audigy 1 over Live! but like the Athlon option I've no first hand experience. (I've only used Live and the 2 ZS …

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Re: Most stable and compatible win9x configuration

Posted on 2021-07-08, 16:11

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by chinny22

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In my book, the Athlon XP / KT600 combo sure comes pretty close to perfection, though. :-) What about the 5V power requirement though? Not been able to use a off the shelf modern PSU is a big drawback in my book. If it wasn't for that I'd whole heartily agree with you if you do need the ability to …

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Re: Graphics card for Windows 3.11 and Nt3.51 in high resolutions (1600x1200 and higher)

Posted on 2021-07-08, 15:37

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by chinny22

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I've a 4MB Mystique in my NT 3.51 box, works well but anywhere near the resolutions your talking about even though it's attached to 20" monitor. Personally I find even 1024x768 starts been a bit too big for the Win3x GUI, just big blank borders everywhere. But yeh I think you on the right track, you …

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Re: Compaq armada 1750

Posted on 2021-07-08, 08:29

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by chinny22

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Generic ATI rage drivers may be an option as well? For the modem you can probably install a windows standard modem just to get rid of that annoying yellow mark. InfraRed I've no cheat driver but you can always disable in bios if you like having a "clean" device manager

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Re: Mixed Voodoo 2 SLI setup driver question

Posted on 2021-07-08, 08:14

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by chinny22

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Doesn't FastVoodoo v4.6 allow you to set the clock speed? I thought I remembered setting mine back to default but could be mistaken as that was many years ago.

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Re: Retro computer builds that surprised you the most because they worked better than expected

Posted on 2021-07-07, 16:31

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by chinny22

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And another one I heard of recently - it's not my story to tell - but come and show them the Cono Box, Pierre ! As you wish :D Not so much a story of unexpected performance, but that it performed at all. This street find full of rain, mud and grass seemed like an obvious write-off when I found it. …

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Re: Purchasing a 4:3 LCD for DOS/DOSBOX/MISTER/OSSC games?

Posted on 2021-07-07, 11:53

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by chinny22

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Speaking more generally I went from using some old Dell 17" 5:4 to using HP 20" widescreen as part of working from home last year, none of them ideal for gaming but all free ;) I was never a purist and 5:4 was close enough to 4:3 for my tastes. Only thing I've lost is the ability to display anything …

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Re: Most stable and compatible win9x configuration

Posted on 2021-07-07, 09:30

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by chinny22

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Keeping in mind OP wants Most stable and compatible I'd be looking around the P3 era I'm not an Intel fanboy but simple fact is Intel had more stable drivers in this time period. Slot 1 Intel BX based motherboard is legendary for it's stability. ISA slot is useful if you want to add Dos gaming S370 …

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Re: Retro computer builds that surprised you the most because they worked better than expected

Posted on 2021-07-07, 09:00

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by chinny22

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I was surprised how well the S478 P4P800 SE motherboard (or any other 865 chipset board I suspect) works in Win98. I knew SATA compatibility mode worked in XP for people too lazy to find the AHCI drivers but thought Win98 support may be a bit buggy. Happily I was wrong :) What started as a parts …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-07-06, 15:04

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by chinny22

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SteveC wrote on 2021-07-06, 14:26: I love the little LCD at the bottom showing you refresh rate etc 😀 I admit I had a little play with that as well as thought it was kinda cool. But it's menu layout for actually changing a setting like position takes forever, still with any luck those are the set …

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Re: My CRT haul and giveaway (UK only)

Posted on 2021-07-06, 10:06

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by chinny22

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That LG looks nice, reminds me of the IBM design. I think I used to have 19" Sony that could do 100 MHz in 1024x768, but it would not fit in my current cave layout.. Yeh the LG seems pretty well made. The guy I got it from said it was a really good screen, again lack of space was the reason he was …

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Re: newest laptop for Win98?

Posted on 2021-07-06, 09:46

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by chinny22

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Do you really need dos or at least dos sound? as the laptops your already looking at will have dropped soundcard support in dos. Even by the P3 era a lot of laptops had dropped this.

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Re: Bare Minimum Late DOS/Late Win95 Build

Posted on 2021-07-06, 09:33

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by chinny22

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Welp, looking up prices it seems the easiest option for storage is just any refurb 120GB PATA. I never had any issues in the past with them. SSDs can be had for the same price, but I sorta don't feel like dealing with adapters. Yeah, I'll still need a 3.5 to 5.25 adapters, but I'll need one for the …

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Re: Abit VP6 Dual p3

Posted on 2021-07-06, 09:18

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by chinny22

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Cool rig and nice backstory. I love my Dual Slot1 P3 600 for similar reason it's the history more then the actual spec. The Quake 3 test is about the only test I can think of as well. NT4/Backoffice or 2000/2003 SBS suite of apps may be fun to play around with if your into that kind of thing? Not …

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Re: [Build Advice] Win 98 / DOS build — Help confirming parts stock + P-III w/ ASUS P2B-F motherboard

Posted on 2021-07-05, 09:17

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by chinny22

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Yeh I don't get the point of overclocking anymore. I understand some people simply like the challenge and that's fine but the fact is you could simply get say a P4 based system for almost nothing and it'll be faster then even most extreme P3 overclock. Stability is much more preferable in my book

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