Re: DVD-ROM in Windows 98SE?
Posted on 2014-12-05, 09:17
Hi obobskivich, ...the first thing I´d try is an update of the firmware. Tried that already? greetings, duncan
Re: Which configuration would you recommend for older games until 2002?
Posted on 2014-11-21, 08:16
Hi to all, ...I really don´t understand what stability problems you talk about with 98SE. Got various machines running it, the mainly used ones a ABIT BH6 with PIII850 on slocket, 512 RAM, GF2Ti; ASUS CUBX, PIII1000, 512RAM, GF4Ti. After a proper install, both machines are running for years without …
Re: Win98se + MVP3 issues
Posted on 2014-11-20, 18:11
Hi, @brostenen: Good I could help 😉 You might go "by foot" through drive C and the registry do delete manually rests of nvidia stuff. To my experience, they never uninstall cleanly... @noshutdown: you have pm greetings to all, duncan
Re: Win98se + MVP3 issues
Posted on 2014-11-20, 08:17
Hi, take a look at philscomputerlab. Got my driver for NMC-5VM5XS there. greetings duncan
Re: If the world had to live with a single generation of PC, how far back could we go?
Posted on 2014-11-20, 07:36
Hi, after having built a few older rigs the last three weeks (from AM5x86-133 to PIII-700), my two cent: As much as I love the 486 in it´s later versions, combined with some early graphic cards capable of 3D, I experienced a bottleneck which is .... going on my nerves: IDE speed. Having "only" some …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2014-11-17, 19:04
Hi, #?-§!!!!! Spent the last three hours to test a nice´n´tiny 4DPS Ver2.11- different RAM used, different CPUs, PSU, graphics, resetted/cleared bios, name what you want - IF it boots up, it stops after recognizing (correctly) the CPU and doesn´t react any more. Not being into electronics (measuring …
Re: Iomega ZIP drives
Posted on 2014-11-17, 00:20
Hi, sorry to dig out this old thread, but iirc, one thing hasn´t been mentioned about ZIPs: jumpering the internal IDE ones (never had a scsi) to "Master/Slave a:" you could boot (if bios worked with them) like a floppy, but with not only a "startdisk", but with a load of diagnose programs and disk …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2014-11-17, 00:01
Hi @retrofanatic, white lithium is okay for some time. But it lacks the ability to "repair" slightest scratches in the surface. Having been a bicycle and motorbike mechanic before getting involved with hardware, I just took over the experience I made there - and it works. Even a simple, non- …
Re: Worth Keeping early socket 7 Motherboards?
Posted on 2014-11-16, 23:32
Hi @Unknown_k, ....how many HX-Boards with 512kb cache(or at least upgradability), and maybe even 75fsb, have you seen lately? In my region, even the most sorted 2ndhandshops for old hardware have got none, nil, zero. Those I know having them keep them. I could throw you dead with 1st generation …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2014-11-16, 19:50
Hi @RacoonRider, ...that is so much retro it counts twice 😉 greetings from a married duncan
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2014-11-16, 19:45
Hi retrofanatic, ...I use MoS2-grease for the bearings. Will last till eternity.... greetings duncan
Re: Completing-a-rig questions
Posted on 2014-11-16, 19:41
Hi ratfink, I myself stuck to 95b quite some time - ´till 98SE came out and I never looked back. Even my two 233mmx/ASUS T2P4/T2P4S run on 98SE (HX with 192RAM ;-) ) If there were still decent antivir programs, I´d be on the net with my CUBX with PIII/1Ghz - and 98SE! Driver problems are much less …
Re: Completing-a-rig questions
Posted on 2014-11-16, 19:30
Hi devius, definitely the CPU. Ran it on a PIII/850Coppermine with slotket on an ABIT BH6 before I got the GF4TI - with this CPU the graphic card slightly became the bottleneck, but ran really well. <> Myself, I´m sorting out at the moment. Will keep one or two "high end" 486, my two ASUS HX board …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2014-11-16, 19:11
Hi, by "order" of the steerswoman of our marriage-ship tidying out our spare room. today: - finished building and setting up my NMC-5VM5XS with K6-2 350, 128MB PC-100 CL2, Matrox 200 AGP, the on-board Yamaha OPL3, CD-burner aso.This one I will keep - just like it.... - tested and threw away three …
Re: Worth Keeping early socket 7 Motherboards?
Posted on 2014-11-16, 18:52
Hi, ...any board with a HX-chipset and the possibility to put 512kb cache on it is worth keeping. Not being a massive gamer myself (except Medieval: Total War with some mods), I´d say it´s one of the most mature chipsets of it´s time and you can play quite some older games on those. Having two …
Re: Completing-a-rig questions
Posted on 2014-11-16, 18:32
Hi, friends of antiques, @Skyscraper: This rig isn´t meant for gaming, just setting it up for havin it going. I decided to put in the Matrox for it´s 2D brilliance which I liked in former days on working machines as well. Thanks for the advice! @ratfink: Which board did you feed with your K6/2? …
Completing-a-rig questions
Posted on 2014-11-16, 10:18
Hi everybody, Don´t know why, but since I´ve got it, I like this NMC-5VM5XS board (with AMD K6-2/350) and want to complete it again. It got a VIA VP3/MVP3 chipset with the VT82C586B, so no ATA/IDE problems there. What I´m not sure about is which AGP graphic card would suit this chipset/CPU combo …
Re: Graphic card questions
Posted on 2014-11-14, 23:22
Hi, thanks @idspispopd, for the links. The miro one I had found myself, but only downloaded the stuff without much reading. Seems to be an interesting bit of hardware, I will keep it for experimental use. The NitroDVD I had lying around for ages, had found some old drivers, but never had built it …
Re: ...thanks for the fish...
Posted on 2014-11-14, 23:09
Hi to all, ...only half a day away from the net machine, and more welcomes again, even under my somewhat misunderstandable topic. Thanks for that, guys. @devius: my GeForce must be a 4x, otherwise it wouldnt work on a BX (2x). IIrc, backwards compatibility is 4 > 2 and 8 > 4, but not 8 > 2 @ …
Graphic card questions
Posted on 2014-11-14, 10:50
Hi, 1st: miroMagicPremium PCI - what was this card used for? Anybody has it working? 2nd: STB Systems NitroDVD AGP - any good? was hell to find a driver.... Because wife urges me to clean the room I don´t have much time for testing, benchmarking and spec-searching, so every single word of help is …
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