Re: Having trouble sorting out what options there are in the top of the line for a Win98 100FSB system in ATX or EATX

Posted on 2016-10-11, 16:56

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by kaputnik

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I'd go Athlon 1400B KT133 That would be the fastest build, it also gets you ATA100 if you get the 636B chipset, more than 2 USB ports, 1-3 ISA slots (my AZ11E has 2 ISA slots), AGP 4X so you can run from AGP 1x to AGP 8x cards, support from 512mb High Density SD-Ram Also by Socket A, VIA had very …

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Re: DOS 7.1 will only partition 8GB CF card

Posted on 2016-10-11, 11:24

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by kaputnik

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Well, even in the 486 it's listed as CF CARD and ~32000 mb. The FreeDos FDISK also reports only 8GB total space. It works at 8GB, almost. It gets general read errors randomly and it basically is a waste of a purchase. Is there any place that lists decent brands and types that are known to work in …

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Re: DOS 7.1 will only partition 8GB CF card

Posted on 2016-10-11, 11:14

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by kaputnik

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Are you sure it detects as a 32GB card in BIOS? Got a 16 GB Kingston 266x card that won't detect as more than 8 GB, sometimes only as 4GB, in three different computers with two different BIOS manufacturers. It seems to live its own life, there's no consistency at all. It's working perfectly in USB …

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Re: Having trouble sorting out what options there are in the top of the line for a Win98 100FSB system in ATX or EATX

Posted on 2016-10-11, 09:28

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by kaputnik

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It's not a Slot 2 system, but would say my 440BX build falls in that category as far as 100 MHz FSB systems goes, clicky . Scroll down a bit, it's in the bottom of the OP. Might give you some ideas :) Have a look at the DOS/W98 monster too, it's about as powerful it gets if you want ISA without …

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Re: ThinkVision LT1913p soundbar peripheral

Posted on 2016-10-09, 14:31

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by kaputnik

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Maybe I'm missing something. How do you get sound to the sound bar? It says that it only has a USB interface... but the cord looks like it's only a couple feet long. If it connects to the monitor and the monitor provides a standard mini jack then I guess that'd explain it... But I'm not seeing …

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ThinkVision LT1913p soundbar peripheral

Posted on 2016-10-09, 08:15

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by kaputnik

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Using a ThinkVision LT1913p IPS monitor for my retro machines, together with a pair of cheap, crappy 90's "multimedia speakers" for the sound. There's a soundbar peripheral available for the monitor, which I'm thinking of picking up. It's quite expensive, but might be worth it to get rid of those …

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Re: The All-amazing super-de-douper SuperPi thread!

Posted on 2016-10-08, 20:54

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by kaputnik

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PIII 1.1GHz (Coppermine)/440BX/512MB SDRAM/Win98SE. For some strange reason Superpi Mod crashes at seemingly random points on this rig (any ideas?), had to use the unmodded version: superpi_bx440.jpg Xeon X5470 (Harpertown)/P965/4GB DDR2/WinXP: superpi_xeon_xp.jpg Also did some testing on the other …

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Re: power supply

Posted on 2016-10-08, 09:01

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by kaputnik

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Stole this from Hardforum. https://hardforum.com/threads/cheap-seasonic-550w-600w-and-650w-psus.1912136/#post-1042565342 550w: http://www.ebay.com/itm/SEASONIC-550W-ATX12V-V2-03-EPS12V-V2-91-ACTIVE-PFC-F3-PSU-POWER-SUPPLY-SS-550HT/391384022093?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851 600w: http://www.ebay. …

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Re: Water-Cooled Win98se Computer

Posted on 2016-10-01, 11:46

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by kaputnik

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Well I found a listing tonight for X6800 unlocked core2duo chips for $23 free shipping on ebay from a USA seller.. guess I'll order one in a couple days and go ahead and take this win98 water system from "Crazy" to "Nucking Futs" and laugh at it later this next week :D If you want even crazier than …

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Re: Want to recap soon. What's the best for cleaning...

Posted on 2016-09-30, 18:21

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by kaputnik

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If it's dust, I usually just scrub the board with a dry tooth brush, and/or a paintbrush I've given a "haircut", to make the bristles shorter and stiffer. Finish by blowing the last loose dust off with compressed air. If you don't have access to a compressor, you can buy canned air. If you have, …

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Re: Best motherboards for Tualatin?

Posted on 2016-09-29, 11:31

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by kaputnik

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Personally I think choosing anything other than an Intel chipset defeats the whole purpose with a PIII performance build. If you can accept other chipsets' quirks, an Athlon XP build means much better performance at a lower price point. My KT133A/XP 2400+ build eats anything PIII for breakfast when …

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Re: Melon's New Ol Socket 7 PC

Posted on 2016-09-29, 06:08

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by kaputnik

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Nice system, especially liking the monitor 😀 Smart solution with the speaker, keeping it in mind for my CM Elite 361 cases, they come with those squeaky piezo speakers too.

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Re: Socket 7 System just doesn't want to boot anything

Posted on 2016-09-27, 18:54

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by kaputnik

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Another thing, I've seen some Sony FDD:s with special connectors. They look just like regular FDD connectors with guide slot and everything, but that slot is on the wrong side. I believe they're OEM drives. If you connect them with a regular cable, it's not gonna work. It's easy to fix though, just …

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Re: Roland MT-32, CM-32L + General MIDI for $50 Building a MIDI box

Posted on 2016-09-27, 03:25

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by kaputnik

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Yes. Check first post! Hah, missed that completely! Explains why it's not been discussed in length already :D The knockoff USB adapters are usually missing parts, generally buffering and opto-isolation. http://www.arvydas.co.uk/2013/07/cheap-usb-midi-cable-some-self-assembly-may-be-required/ …

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Re: My SS7 Build "The Cheese block"

Posted on 2016-09-27, 02:56

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by kaputnik

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Very nice build! Looking to put together something like it, albeit a little less advanced in the sound department, at some point. While I do agree the yellowing gives the case a certain character, you state yourself that the whole idea is that you want period correctness. It wasn't yellow back then …

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Re: Roland MT-32, CM-32L + General MIDI for $50 Building a MIDI box

Posted on 2016-09-27, 01:00

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by kaputnik

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Has anyone tried this with what I without knowing anything about this MIDI stuff assume are cheap chinese UM-ONE knockoffs, like this one for instance?

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Re: Socket 7 System just doesn't want to boot anything

Posted on 2016-09-26, 20:47

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by kaputnik

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Might be silly to even ask, but are you 101% sure you've connected the IDE and floppy data cables the right way? Older connectors don't always have those guides, which means it's possible to connect them wrongly. If that's the case, look for pin 1 markings on the PCBs, and connect the cables wth …

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Re: I just bought a GF4 Ti4400 with a fan blade broken off... How f**ked am I?

Posted on 2016-09-25, 21:15

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by kaputnik

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I like the way I solved the replacement better. Simple, works well and as a bonus the card looks better now with more of the blue heatsink showing. I may 3D-print a fan shroud out of clear PET at some point. PET is a cool 3D printing material, with the right parameters on the printer it comes out …

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

Posted on 2016-09-25, 14:42

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by kaputnik

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You have a few scratch marks on the thermal contact surface, needs more polishing. Other than that looks great. It's the camera, those scratches are barely visible in the reality, and you can't even feel them with your nail. Might lap it just for the hell of it if I got too little to do some day …

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

Posted on 2016-09-25, 03:55

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Just finished up some early morning workshop fun :) Remachined an old, beaten up heatsink from a dead socket 478 P4 Compaq desktop, into a socket 370 one for my 440BX system. It's customized for use with a 370 slotket, hence the asymmetry. * Removed the "tabs" for the socket 478 retention mechanism. …

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