Re: My first Socket 7 machine + some questions

Posted on 2015-12-23, 09:37

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by jheronimus

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All COM, LPT, PS/2 connectors seem to be placed on separate boards that are honestly made from tinfoil and flex considerably. I'll have to replace them really soon and I'm wondering — can I place those connectors in the holes that are currently sealed? You can see them above the board slots. Looks …

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Re: My first Socket 7 machine + some questions

Posted on 2015-12-23, 08:25

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alexanrs wrote: Run TCPOptimizer. Windows 98's TCP stack comes optimized for dial up connections. TCPOptimizer changes this and speeds up networking quite a bit. Wow, thanks. I'll definitely try that tonight!

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Re: My first Socket 7 machine + some questions

Posted on 2015-12-23, 02:50

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Some update on my experience so far 1) I am really glad you guys persuaded me not to get a second Voodoo 2 card. Turns out, I wouldn't be able to insert it, as the CPU placement restricts the number of full-length PCI cards I can use. Basically, with the added Voodoo and the 3COM NIC card I have …

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Re: PS/2 mouse and keyboard stop working after booting Windows 98

Posted on 2015-12-22, 23:30

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HOLY $#@! SHIT (not sure if you can swear here, but I'd really like to) Well, I just went to BIOS and checked the PCI/IRQ settings. Set "PNP OS" to yes (since I run Win 98) and set "Resources controlled by" to auto. Rebooted and everything works now. The keyboard, the mouse. Even the clicking sound …

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Re: PS/2 mouse and keyboard stop working after booting Windows 98

Posted on 2015-12-22, 23:16

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by jheronimus

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Did you try a different keyboard? I've seen some 486 boards work with some keyboards and not others, even for the same model of motherboard. I don't know the brand of the case either. No, I don't have other PS/2 devices, and the machine does not have USB ports. But like I said, the keyboard and …

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Re: PS/2 mouse and keyboard stop working after booting Windows 98

Posted on 2015-12-22, 22:34

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Nothing seemed to work, so I tried reinstalling Win98SE. The problem is still there. Also I tried booting without a mouse. The keyboard works, but the system reacts to the key strokes really slow and somewhat erraticaly. Also, the pu-pu-pu-pu stuttering sound is still there. Also, the mouse didn't …

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Re: PS/2 mouse and keyboard stop working after booting Windows 98

Posted on 2015-12-22, 21:24

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Try booting without the mouse, clear CMOS settings, set CMOS settings to setup default, reboot. Btw, I have that same AT case as you, except I do not have the numerical LCD speed display. I don't even have a CMOS battery right now, so I guess the settings reset every time I reboot. Do you know the …

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PS/2 mouse and keyboard stop working after booting Windows 98

Posted on 2015-12-22, 20:07

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Hi, all. Well, that was quick. Right after I bought my P233MMX machine , I decided to make some upgrades: - replaced the CD ROM with a CD-RW drive - added Voodoo 2 - added 3COM 3C905C-TXM NIC card I kinda hoped that Windows 98SE would have the drivers for the 3COM card as without network I have no …

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Re: My first Socket 7 machine + some questions

Posted on 2015-12-22, 16:13

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gdjacobs wrote: Has the old optical drive failed? No, why?

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Re: My first Socket 7 machine + some questions

Posted on 2015-12-22, 11:58

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alexanrs wrote: The Virge IS the successor to the Trio64, using a 2D core derived from the later Trio64 revisions with some 3D features tacked on. Oops, my bad. I thought it was the other way around.

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Re: My first Socket 7 machine + some questions

Posted on 2015-12-22, 09:25

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Any particular reason as to why you want to replace the Virge with a Trio64? In DOS they should be virtually identical, and 2 MB video memory should be enough for era-appropriate Windows resolutions. Maybe it's just "more is better" mentality — if you can get a faster card for 5-6 dollars, why not? …

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Re: My first Socket 7 machine + some questions

Posted on 2015-12-22, 09:22

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tayyare wrote: Edit: I found this: http://bios.rom.by/LS/5I-TX1/ Holy shit, thank you for the LBA patch!

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Re: My first Socket 7 machine + some questions

Posted on 2015-12-22, 00:23

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Three observations so far: 1) everything works A LOT faster than I remember. The BIOS checks actually take longer than booting Win98 itself; 2) I tried playing some Pink Floyd CDs on my CD ROM. For some reason, there is no output to the speakers. I could only hear the music once I plugged my …

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Re: Need a slower PC!

Posted on 2015-12-22, 00:06

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I've just bought my first P-233 machine, so I'm new to all this, but I wonder — is it not simpler to just get an Ultima Collection CD with U7 on it? It's been released in 1997, so it must be patched for your Pentium-120, no?

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Re: My first Socket 7 machine + some questions

Posted on 2015-12-21, 23:26

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I use NICs in all my old machines. Using FTP to transfer files to old Windows 9x systems is a FAR more convenient solution IMHO than USB flash drives, floppies or CDs. That's exactly my thinking as well. Especially since no other machine in my house has a CD drive, let alone a floppy drive. And …

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Re: My first Socket 7 machine + some questions

Posted on 2015-12-21, 22:35

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Any particular reason why you want to replace the Cirrus Logic sound card with an AWE64? I just thought it would have better compatibility with games. Why not stick with 98SE? I'm not sure why 95 would add to your rig if your rig is more than capable of running it. Better compatibility ( …

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My first Socket 7 machine + some questions

Posted on 2015-12-21, 21:03

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Hi, all! I finally got my hands on my first machine with a Pentium. Basically, all I wanted was to get something so I could get my hands dirty and not build a computer from scratch. This machine is extremely clean (the insides are actually much cleaner than my regular PC, lol), nicely built, not too …

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What's the cheapest way to get the MT-32 sound?

Posted on 2015-12-20, 23:59

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Hi, all. I'm going to build a Socket 7 machine soon for the purpose of playing LucasArts and Sierra adventures and a bunch of other late DOS games. I've been reading a lot on MT-32 family, but these modules are extremely rare and expensive in my country (Russia). So I was wondering whether it is …

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Emulate old Web?

Posted on 2015-12-15, 00:16

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Hi everybody Just tried oldweb.today and it seems to work beautifully, which made me think: can I just emulate old Web for a Win 95 machine? E.g., make a sort of a proxy out of another computer or (preferably) Raspberry Pi and whenever I go to http://www.example.com in Netscape 4, I get its 90s …

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Re: Old Hard Drives

Posted on 2015-12-14, 16:33

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I'm new to building retro machines, and just about to build my first one. Are those IDE disks that rare? I'm going to build a Pentium MMX socket 7 machine, and I thought to eventually get a Seagate 7200.7 series — an IDE disk with 7200 rpm and 40GB options still on the market (not sure if my …

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