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Re: Network Booting (and some NetWare stuff)

Posted on 2022-03-07, 11:07

Very nice write up! Setting up a few servers for network booting is still something that I want to do at some point, give some of my old server something to do and make life easier for OS reinstall's. Something like Netware 4.11 for dos and maybe Win9x or maybe windows server for that. but know i …

Re: Use Win95 instead of DOS

Posted on 2022-03-06, 14:32

Lots of us use Win95 on our 486's, as you say its a much nicer OS for system management then Win3x (although that does have it's charm) You'll still have to properly configure dos mode as a 486 doesn't have enough power to run dos games from within windows. What I have deen doing since 1995 is have …

Re: Resurrecting a Deskpro 4000

Posted on 2022-03-04, 13:09

Nice setup, Not really a fan of SCSI outside of old servers now that better modern alternatives exist, but understand why you did what you did, and fair more then enough. I'd say your time frame is about right as well, our Deskpro 2000's/4000's at work all (200Mhz or faster) lasted till about 2003/ …

Re: XP build of some type

Posted on 2022-03-03, 14:02

I've GTX590 in my XP build and can play GTA SA (which I think is the tail end of XP era) with both in game and driver enhancements fully maxed out. I'd think your 560 will be just fine EAX is WinXP's main selling point as Vista killed this off, the X-fi is indeed the last card with XP support …

Re: Windows 7 question

Posted on 2022-03-03, 13:52

I built my Win7 gaming PC last year and it activated fine. I've since rebuilt it and never got around to activating and now don't see the need. It spends most it's time off line and the black desktop doesn't bother me. I think it locks taskbar and few other options lock after the grace period ends …

Re: The Christmas that happened 21 years later - my "new" 440GX based dual P3 monster workstation, web server and dev bo

Posted on 2022-02-25, 11:31

Real nice seeing dual CPU rig been given "proper" work. I'll admit none of my rigs really need the 2nd CPU but I just can't help myself.... Having Remote Desktop access to your retor box is surprisingly useful, so much so I started using NT4 terminal Server edition, It's a bit of a strange beast …

Re: Things you regret passing up on?

Posted on 2022-02-17, 09:35

in Milliways
Is there something special about the 100FSB Slot 1 P3s? 1Ghz CPU's (and maybe or or 2 below) demand a premium being the fastest of the 100FSB unless you want ot mess round with slocket adapters 600Mhz Katmai also sell for a bit more been the fastest some motherboards take Something like a 500Mhz on …

Re: Things you regret passing up on?

Posted on 2022-02-17, 08:57

in Milliways
Since joining vogons 3 bits of hardware showed up on ebay in large quantities at a good price. Even at the time I knew I should grab one of a few but talked myself out of it each time NEC XR385 Daughterboards Aural Vortex 2 soundcard P3 1Ghz Slot 1 CPU w/ 100FSB

Re: Win98: more than one video card

Posted on 2022-02-16, 11:14

i wonder, which chipsets allow this switching? and does it completely disable the other card for windows not to see? I think anything that has AGP has the option to set PCI or AGP as primary in BIOS. The primary card will be "disabled" in dos mode, but once the windows drivers are loaded it acts …

Re: Fixing SB AWE64 Gold

Posted on 2022-02-11, 13:44

Thing is Gold's sell for stupid money so it's worth a shot And still not sure why that is. Even though it's got quite a few things going for it, it still falls short (IMO). The Gold could've been the ultimate sound card... if only Creative had continued using a genuine Yamaha OPL3 chip... :cry: Yeh …

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