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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-07-13, 04:31

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I never understood why they were even made. Hmmm, larger platters which means the heads have to move further when seeking which in turn makes the week time a lot longer compared to 3.5" drives. Sells for the same price as 3.5" drives. Yes, I'll take multiple poor performance and prone to failure …

Re: Most stable and compatible win9x configuration

Posted on 2021-07-13, 01:02

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

You can still use that Voodoo 2. You don't have to have a pass-through cable. Just swap the monitor cable over the the Voodoo 2 card after starting the game or use a monitor with multiple inputs or use a VGA switchbox... though the switchbox will generally degrade the signal quite a bit unless you …

Re: A "broad spectrum" 90s build?

Posted on 2021-07-13, 00:57

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

DOS doesn't care what interface the video cards is on. The only thing you really need to worry about is VESA support and nice, fast speed in DOS. Yes you can have separate video cards for Glide and DX/OGL. You will just have to switch the monitor cable or have a switchbox (usually poor quality video …

Re: Registering devices with microsoft

Posted on 2021-07-12, 20:31

in Milliways

in Milliways

I've also used a ton of OEM Windows 7 keys and they always just work. Note that they are Pro. I do have a bunch of Home keys as well but I've never needed to use them. The free upgrade to Windows 10 still works just fine as well. For OEM machines that originally came with Windows 7, the OEM version …

Re: Registering devices with microsoft

Posted on 2021-07-12, 16:07

in Milliways

in Milliways

It makes it super easy to transfer Windows licenses between systems and also to reactivate licenses if the hardware changes too much. You just select the activation troubleshooter, tell it that you changed hardware, and then select the system to reactivate / transfer the license. Sooooooo much …

Re: Most stable and compatible win9x configuration

Posted on 2021-07-11, 03:44

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Short version: Thank you guys, I'll get a P4 based on intel chiset and a Geforce of some kind, and a plain pci audio card or even use the onboard if it behaves. Regarding the sound I'm not picky at all. I'd be happy to use the ESS if I had an ISA slot if that would mean to be trouble free, my …

Re: Most stable and compatible win9x configuration

Posted on 2021-07-11, 03:42

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

IMO, asking what is the Most stable and compatible win9x configuration, is kind of like going to a car collectors forum and asking "What is the best motor oil." I actually know the anser to that one. And it is not Castrol Carstor oil....;) Haha. I've been using Mobile 1 Full Synthetic oil in my …

Re: What do you regret throwing out?

Posted on 2021-07-11, 00:28

in Milliways

in Milliways

Years ago I stuck either 3 or 4 AWE32 cards, some SB16 cards and some Pentium 1 stuff out to the curb. Somebody was probably really, really happy to get them. I wasn't into retro computing back then and didn't even think about selling them. A while later I gave away my CPU collection. Probably 20-30 …

Re: New display to old laptops?

Posted on 2021-07-11, 00:24

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

There are a few different standards for connections. Generally, you will need to get a converter board unless you can find a new screen of the same size and connection type.

Re: Best Jumpered Sound Cards?

Posted on 2021-07-11, 00:19

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

That would be a pretty big list. Pretty much any sound card that is non-pnp can be used without drivers in DOS. And even some pnp cards just have to have an initialization program run... No drivers have to be loaded in memory.

Re: Doom 3 timedemo shootout with period correct hardware.

Posted on 2021-07-10, 15:08

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

On what page did this change to any hardware instead of period correct hardware?

Re: Most stable and compatible win9x configuration

Posted on 2021-07-10, 05:22

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Ah, ok. It was years and years ago. I thought I had to do something with the Audigy driver set to make it work on the Live!

Re: Most stable and compatible win9x configuration

Posted on 2021-07-10, 05:10

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Audigy 2 ZS has way cleaner output than the Live! cards. Although, what I did before I had an Audigy was mod the Audigy driver set to work with my Live! card. It did make the output better.

Re: Intel test board to test 10 slot 1 CPUs. More like a power board without chipsets.

Posted on 2021-07-10, 02:41

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

That's weird.... And really useless without whatever test system it was meant to hook up to. Not a bad price though since it comes with 10x CPUs.

Re: Are 586 Cyrix more fun?

Posted on 2021-07-10, 02:39

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Cyrix 5x86 are fun to mess with and with the right motherboard, you can run as low as around 2-4Mhz for excruciatingly slow performance.... Good for recording whole songs in game intros before any sound effects play in the intro.

Re: A troubleshooting guide for Caluser2000.

Posted on 2021-07-10, 02:33

in Milliways

in Milliways

Way back in the day, I have a Linux distro that fit on a floppy. It was a router distro. I thing I was running it on something like a 486. Freesco perhaps?... I think you are correct. As for my original post, all of them are kinda silly. I've been in IT for a good 20-ish years and usually Windows …

Re: PCI slots fouling CPU heatsink

Posted on 2021-07-09, 16:34

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

That's a bad idea. Let's sandwich a card in between two towers of heat.

Re: PCI slots fouling CPU heatsink

Posted on 2021-07-09, 15:36

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

pan069 wrote on 2021-07-09, 10:30: It happens to AGP boards as well 😀 PCPartner Socket 7 epic design fail The ASUS P5A-B also has a bad layout. Almost any AGP card has issues clearing the CPU heatsink. Electrical tape to make the AGP card not short out on the heatsink is about the only thing you …

Re: A troubleshooting guide for Caluser2000.

Posted on 2021-07-09, 01:45

in Milliways

in Milliways

Heh. Linux has been super easy to install for years now. I haven't actually run a Linux box for years though so I'm not even sure if the package system works the same. I tried out a few different distros a few years ago and didn't really see the point for what I do. Way back in the day, I have a …

Re: Advantages of Dual Pentium3 or dual Pentium motherboards for retro PC?

Posted on 2021-07-08, 19:37

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Dual 1.4 Tualatins fair game?

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