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Re: Is this Pentium 3 PC worth buying?

Posted on 2022-01-15, 21:23

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Motherboard is probably one of the Intel SE440BX family, but with Dell's variation of the ATX power connector and the Dell BIOS. These boards and power supplies are better quality than most. The Dell or Intel versions of these boards have a brand marking on them accordingly. Almost surely it will be …

Re: Are we opening sealed copies of old games?

Posted on 2022-01-14, 23:57

in Milliways

in Milliways

I only have one sealed PC game - and it's a re-release of NHL '98, nothing valuable. When I'm ready to really sit down and play it, I'll tear the shrinkwrap off and consider that part of the experience of enjoying the game. Honestly though, I expect there's nothing in there but a thin black and …

Re: Testing 5V voltages from socket 3

Posted on 2022-01-01, 07:10

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The Vcc pins should all be in parallel. It should be sufficient to just check some random subset of them. I don't know about the jumpers, sorry.

Re: NHL 97 Keeps Telling Me To Install

Posted on 2021-12-29, 03:21

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in DOS

In that screenshot it looks like you ran DOSSETUP from the CD (drive D:), not the game executable from the directory where you installed it. But after the error it shows you suddenly at C:\NHL97DOS\ somehow, which I guess is where the game is actually installed. The game executable is probably named …

Re: Win9x build help and suggestions

Posted on 2021-12-28, 12:20

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

With some investigation I saw that the 440bx board had 5 unsoldered pinheaders by the voltageregulator chip. One row goes to gnd the other to vid 0-4 on the regulator. Using this without a cpu installed I should be able to check if it supports the lower voltages right? Those jumpers to Ground would …

Re: Tell us which videogame sounds or voice-clips are the most burned into your brain for life

Posted on 2021-12-28, 10:49

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in Milliways

The coin-up sound from Pole Position. Startup sounds from a few NES games: Goonies II, Rush 'N Attack, Metroid Windows default sound effects. Especially that jarring "Exclamation.wav" sound. "Any dwarf can wield an axe, but it takes a true warrior to make it sing it's melee melody!" - Lords of Magic …

Re: Windows XP, hardware problem c000021a

Posted on 2021-12-27, 22:39

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Try to establish that the hardware is stable. If you can establish that, then you can proceed to worrying more about Windows. Most likely though, the Windows error is just a product of a hardware issue. Try booting memtest86 and leave it running for at least a few hours or overnight. Or if another …

Re: Nascar Racing 2 - cannot get it running with Silicon Motion LynxEM+ (SM712)

Posted on 2021-12-27, 22:17

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in Marvin \ Software

3D acceleration is definitely not required, assuming this is the normal retail version of the game anyway. I think I first played it on a Cirrus chip. Beyond that I don't have anything to contribute to what the issue is, sorry.

Re: Is it just me or has Firefox gotten progressively worse every major release?

Posted on 2021-12-26, 12:59

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in Milliways

The only reason I bother to keep Firefox updated is because it's tiring having to fake out the User Agent string just to continue accessing whatever website that would otherwise give me a garbage page on purpose telling me to "update my browser". I have a pet peeve with web sites that try to …

Re: Merry christmas 2021 everyone....

Posted on 2021-12-26, 11:12

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in Milliways

Anyone get any retro hardware, software, movies or music ? I was given 3 NES games (Ghosts 'n Goblins, Strider, and Willow). Looking forward to those, yes even Ghosts 'n Goblins (had it as a kid). I didn't get anything retro for PC - thought about asking for a Dallas RTC chip for a socket-4 I …

Re: Tyan S1564S to S1564D single to dual processor conversion

Posted on 2021-12-24, 01:52

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Do you have the Intel datasheet for the 430HX? I've attached it just in case not. Skimming the info they seem clear that 512KB is the limit for cache size, but it would take someone with more knowledge to say whether any "cheating" is possible. I do wonder if having dual CPUs changes the rules any, …

Re: Is it just me or has Firefox gotten progressively worse every major release?

Posted on 2021-12-23, 09:54

in Milliways

in Milliways

I've started running into some sites that don't load on Firefox 68. That amazes me, and I really don't want to let it upgrade again. Firefox 68 is pretty badly broken now. I'm not sure what thing web devs are chasing to break a web browser so quickly, which was probably pretty standards compliant …

Re: Is it just me or has Firefox gotten progressively worse every major release?

Posted on 2021-12-23, 00:15

in Milliways

in Milliways

I've started running into some sites that don't load on Firefox 68. That amazes me, and I really don't want to let it upgrade again. One of the most obnoxious things Firefox has done was when they started automatically updating without ever asking if you wanted that feature enabled. So on a fresh …

Re: YOUR favorate game era.

Posted on 2021-12-22, 12:18

in Milliways

in Milliways

Game consoles: Late 80s I love late 80s NES games, especially those in the adventure genre. I was never so obsessed with new games as I was when I starting seeing stuff like Goonies II, Legend of Zelda, Rygar, etc. People often complain about adventure games of this period being cryptic, but the …

Re: Unreal Engine 5- Who's ready for a jump in graphics realism?

Posted on 2021-12-21, 02:43

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in Milliways

Unless video cards become halfway affordable again at some point in the next 10 years, I think game devs might need to shift their efforts to something other than graphics. They may create a consumer rebellion if they ignore the escalating cost of what they're pushing.

Re: Favorite forgotten games

Posted on 2021-12-19, 04:48

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in Milliways

Lords of Magic. A medieval fantasy themed strategy game that I found instantly addicting, but it was a commercial failure and few people probably remember it anymore. Based on what I've seen with the (very occasional) youtube/twitch video, I think a fair number of people don't figure out the …

Re: Help: Compaq Deskpro EN (PD1050) Tualatin BIOS rom

Posted on 2021-12-17, 00:00

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have a similar system. It came with a 1.13GHz Tualatin and now runs a 1.4GHz without issue. According to my old notes the chip I used was marked as follows: PENTIUM III-S SL5XL Q231A519-1214 1400/512/133/1.45 I don't know if these machines are picky about core steppings, or if you just need a BIOS …

Re: Asus P2B Motherboard: No support for PIII?

Posted on 2021-12-16, 08:52

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

That PDF from Asus doesn't say that rev1.04 is fake. It just says that there are some fake boards which are marked as rev1.04. There are also authentic rev1.04 boards. At the time when they wrote that PDF, rev1.04 was no longer in production so they advised people to be suspicious of "new" rev1.04 …

Re: Whats your experience in importing motherboards?

Posted on 2021-12-14, 23:32

in Milliways

in Milliways

kixs wrote on 2021-12-14, 17:29: The declared value on CN23 form isn't good enough and you have to send additional proof of purchase price. Does it do any good if the eBay "packing slip" is included in the box or the outside packet, which shows the item price, shipping, and tax amounts paid?

Re: Merry christmas 2021 everyone....

Posted on 2021-12-14, 23:20

in Milliways

in Milliways

Looks like it will be a White Christmas in Northern California and Silicon Valley. Take a look at this Photo of the surrounding Silicon Valley Mountains. And it is Snowing hard in the California Sierra’s. I just looked up my old zip code, looks like it will be snowing overnight. I always enjoyed …

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