Re: How many usb keyboards on one computer?

Posted on 2015-03-18, 01:52

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by Matth79

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I seem to recall a utility for preventing unexpected USB keyboards, as this is one form of attack from a compromised USB device. https://www.gdatasoftware.com/en-usb-keyboard-guard

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Re: Any known problems with cloning an existing install of Win98?

Posted on 2015-03-18, 01:31

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by Matth79

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Grab this - http://www.partitionwizard.com/activity/special-offer.html One of the best partition twiddlers, and you could convert the cluster size to one that is ok with scandisk/defrag

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Re: Philosophy: What kind of office

Posted on 2015-03-14, 23:14

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There is the longstanding giveaway of Ashampoo Office 2010 http://www.mostiwant.com/blog/ashampoo-office-2010-full-version-free-download-with-serial-key/ It IS legit - the page too register free is direct from Softmaker (it's a rebrand of Softmaker) http://www.softmaker.de/reg/ash10_en.htm …

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Re: The Understudy - ASUS CUSL2-C, P3 800EB & Voodoo 3 AGP

Posted on 2015-03-12, 22:49

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I suppose Voodoo 3 doesn't report temperature - I'd be inclined to consider a side low fan, rather than a side high. The other possible (actually, I thought this case came with it) would be a passive pipe in the top position, to release cool intake air closer to the CPU - came with my version, but …

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Re: High-End AthlonXP Build-up

Posted on 2015-03-11, 22:57

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Kind of glad to see the end of the "naked core" era ... I know some people reckon you can improve heat transfer by "de-lidding", but naked cores are fragile, vulnerable, and present a rather small surface area, all of which is critical, so quality & application of the paste is significantly more …

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Re: Good sound recording software for Windows 98?

Posted on 2015-03-10, 22:11

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http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/legacy_windows Audacity has versions for "legacy" 2.0.0. supports 98/ME

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Re: ATI Rage II+DVD vs. S3 Virge 4mb

Posted on 2015-03-10, 22:07

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by Matth79

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http://www.vintage3d.org/rage2.php - Perrmance, possibly better with the Rage http://gona.mactar.hu/DOS_TESTS/ Compatibility (DOS) excellent with the S3 - there are quite a number that have problems with the Rage

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Re: Old hard drives - value

Posted on 2015-03-10, 21:55

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Best secure eraser is http://cmrr.ucsd.edu/people/Hughes/secure-erase.html on drives large / recent enough to support ATA secure erase. The old ""gutmann method" of 35 patterns tailored to RLL and MFM encodings is irrelevant to the high density schemes of more modern drives. Even a single full …

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Re: The Understudy - ASUS CUSL2-C, P3 800EB & Voodoo 3 AGP

Posted on 2015-02-26, 23:27

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I like the CM 330 case, mine is the PSU high version. I suck at cable management too, so long as nothing goes in a fan, that's good enough ... no windowed cases for me. Not sure about the side fan configuration - with the back fan slurping the heat out, wouldn't have bothered - not sure if the side …

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Re: Cx486DLC ISA only mobo VGA suggestions + Audiotrix pro

Posted on 2015-02-19, 00:19

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To improve for Windows, particularly for move and scroll, you need a card which features windows acceleration (hardware Bitblt). In Cirrus Logic, it came in with the GD5426. In Western digital, it started with the 90C31 For Tseng the ET4000/W32 - the 4000AX is a fast DOS card, but is not a windows …

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Re: DriverGuide.com’s Not-so-surprising Scammy Tactics

Posted on 2015-02-19, 00:01

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by Matth79

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I remember when driverguide were decent - EIGHT junkware attempts, the should hang their heads in shame!

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Re: Remember the 16550 UART (and the modem era)?

Posted on 2015-02-18, 01:20

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by Matth79

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My favourite modem - a Lasat Safire 56K internal ISA that I picked up for a few quid from a computer fair rummage box ... recognized the Rockwell 56k chipset - upgrade firmware from K56flex to V90, and it was storming fast - on newsgroup headers, I was getting about 4x compression and maxing …

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Re: Proper EMM386 configuration

Posted on 2015-02-18, 01:01

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You WILL need different configurations. Some games have their own memory manager, incompatible with EMM386 - they MAY be ok with HIMEM and DOS=HIGH. Can't immediately think of any games that use EMS, but with EMS enabled (the RAM option) you lose 64k of upper memory compared to NOEMS, and with less …

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Re: Video cards not recognized, detected as standard VGA adapters

Posted on 2015-02-14, 23:01

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Problem with graphics driver, problem with chipset driver, or perhaps a virus interfering. I'd sweep with malwarebytes, and maybe some others, possibly a bootable AV CD of some kind.

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Re: Getting Drives Working Together

Posted on 2015-02-14, 22:50

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If the 3.5 won't work on it's own on that cable, but will on another, then the cable must be at fault. NB. For the 5 connector / 2 drive cable, traditionally both drives were jumpered as B, the one after the twist taking A. With a single untwisted cable, the drive would be jumpered as A There is …

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Re: Best OS for a 286?

Posted on 2015-02-07, 22:56

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I remember installing Windows 3.1 on a 286 with 1MB - it was a demo machine that had been brought in, and they wanted to see it running windows, which would have been in "real mode" as it was set as shadow. I quickly dived into BIOS, and reallocated from shadow to extended, and had it running in …

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Re: Young Micro 486 Cache Layout?

Posted on 2015-02-07, 22:51

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I'd go by this one instead http://stason.org/TULARC/pc/motherboards/U/UNIDENTIFIED-486-VEGA-VS486F-3VL.html The figures on the other one do not make sense - 4 8k chips is 32k not 64k, and while 4 32k is 128k, 4 128k is 512k not 256. I'd say fill the cache with 32k's and use the 256k setting, the 3 …

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Re: Advice on a vintage motherboard choice

Posted on 2015-02-07, 22:36

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by Matth79

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If that's the original Dallas RTC/battery unit, then it may be dead, or may not have much life left in it - you can find them online. The battery is built in to the module. Also, there has been some mention on the forum of a replacement for it.

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Re: MPXPlay Windows 3.11

Posted on 2015-02-03, 22:25

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http://kay-bruns.de/freeware/index.html CD4Win (player/ripper) NB. German only, but the buttons should be obvious

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Re: Best video card for Pentium III 450Mhz

Posted on 2015-02-03, 22:05

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Any Radeon 9600-9800 would work pretty good with the P2-450. I've used a 9600XT and 9700 Pro with a P2-400 and now a P3-650, it really complements the CPU well. In most games the CPU doesn't seem to be holding the card back at all. Very handy for flight sims. I do rarely see V3's on ebay every once …

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