Re: Technological critique

Posted on 2021-03-29, 18:51

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it is the fact that identical looking USB-C cables (and ports, for that matter, but at least device specs can easily be looked up) can have different functionality (i.e. support or not various alternate modes and power profiles) without any external indication . No. A cable is just a bunch of wires …

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Re: "Windows Error Protection" after clean install of Windows 98 SE

Posted on 2021-03-29, 03:51

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No ! Win98se is old school 32 bit FAT and you need to make a less than 32GB C: , even XP 32bit cannot boot off a <32Gb FAT partition w/o error. This has to due with the old 32bit boot partition size, not the drive size the OS can see. AFAICR, Windows 98 SE's ESDI_506.PDR (generic IDE driver) works …

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Re: SATA Controller Preventing EMS

Posted on 2021-03-29, 03:09

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The addon PCI Promise FastTrak controller must have its own ROM occupying upper memory region that prevents a contiguous 64KB EMS page frame. If you can't free up enough upper memory region, then there is nothing you can do about it. ... LIM 4.0 allows non contiguous 16K pages ... Almost all EMS- …

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Re: "Windows Error Protection" after clean install of Windows 98 SE

Posted on 2021-03-29, 03:01

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Windows Protection Error. I can run it in safe mode, but that's it. If I use Windows 98 SE fdisk, it creates a 48GB partition instead of 120GB, but the end result is the same. No ! Win98se is old school 32 bit FAT and you need to make a less than 32GB C: , even XP 32bit cannot boot off a <32Gb FAT …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-03-29, 02:06

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Playing musical chairs with resources for my triple sound card build. Three cards normally isn't too bad, but these are a bunch of resource hogs, two are PnP and one of those isn't supported by Unisound and had its own crap utility that tends to hang the system if it can't allocate the resources it …

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Re: "Windows Error Protection" after clean install of Windows 98 SE

Posted on 2021-03-29, 02:01

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My recommendations, in this order, are : a) Inspect motherboard and video card capacitors b) What PSU are you using and if it is an older one, how are its capacitors ? c) Memtest the RAM (it is unclear whether you tried 2 different DIMMs or just removed one to go from 512MB to 256MB, if you used …

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Re: Which is the best and most memory efficient CD-driver?

Posted on 2021-03-29, 01:52

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maxtherabbit wrote on 2021-03-29, 01:51: dr_st wrote on 2021-02-24, 16:40: Really? I always DEVICEHIGH it and don't recall any issues. Same here I will echo that experience .

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Re: How often do you buy a brand new computer ?

Posted on 2021-03-29, 01:52

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I tend update CPU/motherboards about every 2 to 4 years, depending on budget and needs . I usually have one "flagship" (currently I9 9900K) that I try to keep current and multiple other machines using either parts bought used or hand-me-downs from the "flagship" .

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Re: SATA Controller Preventing EMS

Posted on 2021-03-29, 01:46

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Warlord wrote on 2021-03-29, 01:24: doesn't that only give you like 5k or something though. If my math is correct, B000-B7FF is 32KB and E000-EFFF is 64KB , so definitely more than 5KB .

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Re: Technological critique

Posted on 2021-03-29, 01:38

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I can't get it... people used to carry several cables for different purposes and ports, and always complained about that. Then we're gifted with USB-C, and there is a joint effort to get the all the things working with USB-C, yet people still complain. Go figure. With all due respect, and as …

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Re: SATA Controller Preventing EMS

Posted on 2021-03-29, 01:23

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Hey everyone, very new to the forum, great information here. Wondering if anyone can help me understand how to recover EMS after installing a SATA Controller. I recently purchased a Dell Dimension XPS R350 which came with the following: * Voodoo 3 2000 AGP * Sound Blaster AudioPCI 128 I was using a …

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Re: DOS 6.x / DOS 7.x / Win98SE Command Prompt Differences

Posted on 2021-03-29, 01:10

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There is negligible difference between DOS 6.x and DOS 7.x and aside from certain Creative Labs installers (which can be easily circumvented) I don't think there is anything that absolutely will not run in DOS 7.x. But there are definitely some poorly-programmed games that will probably not work in …

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Re: Technological critique

Posted on 2021-03-28, 20:44

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You can criticize USB-C all you want, but this change is happening as we talk now. IMO In at least two years or less everyone will have moved to USB-C and drop older USB ports. I have nothing against USB-C anyway, but I am not defending it either. I am just saying this change was and is inevitable. …

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Re: How often do you buy a brand new computer ?

Posted on 2021-03-28, 19:29

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I got a 45 CAN$ thrift store find with a J1900 CPU whose IPC is lower than that of a Core 2 duo E6600, but it has 4 cores and 4GB RAM . It browses and does Youtube better than I imagined it would . This is a 10-watt CPU .

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Re: Is intel fw82371eb good for windows 98 gaming?

Posted on 2021-03-28, 19:22

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I want to make win 98 Gaming Machine but im not sure if its good for it. Any answers? That part number is that of a PIIX4E . That chip can be found on multiple motherboards paired with one of several AGPsets . With all due respect, providing a model number from a random chip on a motherboard is not …

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Re: Is intel fw82371eb good for windows 98 gaming?

Posted on 2021-03-28, 15:53

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I want to make win 98 Gaming Machine but im not sure if its good for it. Any answers? That part number is that of a PIIX4E . That chip can be found on multiple motherboards paired with one of several AGPsets . With all due respect, providing a model number from a random chip on a motherboard is not …

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Re: SSD on TUV4X...impossible

Posted on 2021-03-27, 20:33

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Sorry for auto-replying again : I tried something : plugged the 40 Gb Seagate as MASTER, and a Fujitsu 80 Gb as SLAVE on the UDMA100 controller, booted on an Acronis True Image CD, done a HDD clone with partition automatic resize. Well....W98SE works on the clone, but the XP partition stays stuck …

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Re: A couple of unknown graphics demos

Posted on 2021-03-26, 00:29

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I did consider posting this question on pouet, and I may still do but for these specific graphics cards companies' demos I tend to find you lot are more knowledgeable about such things. I recently sold an old graphics card (damaged it turns out, sadly) and noticed on the back of the box that it had …

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Re: Testing Generic 3.5 "Staples" Floppy Disks?

Posted on 2021-03-25, 14:56

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Interacting with physical disk media is an integral part of the retro experience. With wise purchasing and rigorous testing protocols it's not too difficult to amass enough reliable drives and media to be able to use them rather effortlessly on an ongoing basis. Any drive of unknown origin should …

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Re: SSD on TUV4X...impossible

Posted on 2021-03-25, 14:40

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Here are some of the threads where I have posted about my experiences with SATA to IDE adapters . Maybe they will be helpful . (this is taken Verbatim from another thread discussing a possibly related issue : https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=80018 ) https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p= …

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