Re: Retro Network Backup

Posted on 2019-05-03, 12:36

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by Orkay

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

For tape backups, there's some DAT72 SCSI drives and tape cartridges on eBay that are quite affordable. Each cartridge can store 36GB of uncompressed data, and more when hardware compression is enabled (though this depends on how compressible your data is). It's not fast, but in a way, that's a good …

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Re: Windows 95, 3Dnow, and SSE

Posted on 2019-05-03, 06:27

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by Orkay

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Hi, I have made a video about using SSE/3DNow under 1st edition of Win95. For testing I have used my MandelX fractal generator and SoftIce: https://youtu.be/ivJxALS7JyA Conclusion: If you start sse.com in autoexec.bat (without loading EMM386 in config.sys) then you can use SSE/SSE2/3 under Win95, …

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Re: Windows 95, 3Dnow, and SSE

Posted on 2019-05-02, 08:33

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by Orkay

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I ran a single frame render in 3ds MAX R3 using both a 450MHz Pentium II and III under Windows 98, only to see them finish rendering in pretty much the exact same time, so it does seem that program doesn't use SSE instructions. I can't really think of any programs using SSE that would run in Windows …

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Re: Windows 95, 3Dnow, and SSE

Posted on 2019-05-01, 10:30

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by Orkay

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I've been trying to validate some of the claims regarding what would happen if one was to run SSE-capable programs in Windows 95. Using a 450MHz Pentium III running Windows 95 OSR2.1 with new chipset drivers and an updated USB supplement, I ran three programs at once which support SSE optimizations …

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

Posted on 2019-04-30, 07:41

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by Orkay

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Recently, I got a couple of VXI VRMs in the mail to upgrade my Pentium Pro server , only to remember that the VRMs overlap the CPU sockets on the Supermicro P6DNF unless the capacitors are short enough, as was the case with the single Supermicro VRM-002 I had in there with a 256K PPro. I can't trust …

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Re: Ryzen 7 most powerful windows 98 computer?

Posted on 2019-04-30, 00:34

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by Orkay

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I'm a bit late to this thread, but as the creator of the latter video mentioned in the OP, I may as well address some of the things that were discussed here: Admittedly, I didn't know much about support for native PCI Express devices in Windows 98, as I've never been interested in a lot of hardware …

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Re: windows 95c display properties help

Posted on 2019-04-26, 21:24

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by Orkay

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I have an S3 Virge and a Voodoo1 from Diamond that I can test with a computer running Windows 95C. Which drivers did you use, specifically? Under Windows 95C, the one I'm using doesn't even add an S3 Refresh tab, but I can adjust the refresh rate by going to "Advanced Properties" in the display …

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Re: Modifying Windows XP installation files?

Posted on 2019-04-26, 17:24

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by Orkay

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I don't think you should have to recompress the file at all. Try adding the new ACPI.SYS file and removing the original ACPI.SY_ from the setup directory, and Windows XP Setup should copy the uncompressed ACPI.SYS without any trouble. I've modified some setup files in Windows NT 3.51/4.0 this way.

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Re: windows 95c display properties help

Posted on 2019-04-20, 20:54

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by Orkay

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I don't know about the default tabs (background, appearance, screen saver, settings), but I have figured out how to manually add custom tabs to the display properties in Windows 95A and B. It largely involves making registry changes and copying the necessary files a tab uses to the SYSTEM directory. …

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Re: Windows NT 4.0 in VMWare or VirtualBox?

Posted on 2019-03-25, 10:31

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by Orkay

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The installation partition size limit for NT4 is 4 GB, but once installed (and probably patched with SP6a), you can use partition magic to increase NT4's primary partition size to about 7.8 GB. It's possible to extend the boot partition without the need for an external partition manager by …

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Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors

Posted on 2019-02-07, 06:25

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by Orkay

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Here's six of my CRTs all connected to one computer. MVC-221S.JPG I was using a 1.33GHz Tualatin in this picture, but ended up switching to a Pentium 4 when I recorded this temporary setup so that games wouldn't lag so badly when stretched across all of the monitors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= …

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Re: Windows NT 4.0 drivers on Windows NT 3.51?

Posted on 2019-01-29, 23:40

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by Orkay

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Adaptec doesn't specify that their Ultra160 SCSI driver supports Windows NT 3.51, but I was able to use the NT 4.0 drivers on 3.51 without running into any problems. I don't remember if it specifically disallowed installing the driver through Windows NT Setup, as I used a different method to install …

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Re: Booting Windows 98 from USB with ASUS cuv4x-c

Posted on 2019-01-25, 23:18

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by Orkay

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Also maybe I'll try your method someday if I have the chance, I guess since windows 10 is NT-based I hope it will work (kinda) or else VM Windows NT 4 could do that somehow. You're probably better off using an NT4/2000 Server VM, as Windows 10 doesn't support NetBEUI. You could use TCP/IP, of …

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Re: Booting Windows 98 from USB with ASUS cuv4x-c

Posted on 2019-01-24, 17:53

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by Orkay

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Sounds complicated to set up a server to be honest, also I just got IDE to USB 2.0 adapter now so everything is fine now. except I have to launch the windows 98 setup through my VMWare using the physical disk, let it install halfway before it will detecting drivers and then swapping to my retro PC. …

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Re: Dual Pentium Pro Build Thread

Posted on 2019-01-08, 04:44

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by Orkay

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Here's my dual Pentium Pro computer in an absolute monster of a case, weighing in at around 80 pounds. front_closed.jpg front_open.jpg There's plenty of fans in the middle of the case to pull lots of air from the hard drives; this computer came with three of them when I first got it. rear.jpg …

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Re: I am getting a new ATX case, but I'm unsure of what kind of build to put in it.

Posted on 2019-01-05, 19:46

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by Orkay

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I happen to have a couple of cases that use the exact same interior design, with only the front and side panels being different. It's most definitely as cheap and flimsy as dionb says. One of those cases I got included a power supply from 2000 that made a suspicious squealing noise when I tested it, …

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Re: Win95c vs. Win98se for gaming ?

Posted on 2018-12-20, 01:17

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by Orkay

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Several months ago, I ran a large set of benchmarks on two computers across eight different versions of Windows. One of them used an 800MHz Pentium III with 512MB of PC100 SDRAM and a Voodoo3 3000, which is far beyond the specifications that you might be going for. Regardless, I figured I'd brief on …

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Re: How many of you use the SPEAKER OUT?

Posted on 2018-10-07, 17:31

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by Orkay

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I do have one pair of Polkaudio passive speakers that I plug into a speaker out port on one of my computers whenever possible. It's a convenient way to save one power outlet, but the lack of a volume knob on the speakers can be a bothersome issue in some circumstances. If, for example, you swapped …

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Re: Abit BH6, Asus Geforce256 ...any value in that ?

Posted on 2018-09-30, 01:57

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by Orkay

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Definitely. As I understand, the Abit BH6, like other Abit motherboards, is sought after for its jumperless overclocking utility in the BIOS. The GeForce 256 was held in high regard for its stunning performance compared to other GPUs from 1999/2000, but is very hard to find these days and regularly …

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Re: Why are 3Com NICs regarded in such high regard?

Posted on 2018-05-10, 12:30

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by Orkay

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3Com NICs are really convenient to install and use. I have four 3C905C-TXM cards, and they have broad OS support (DOS, Windows 3.11 and later) as well as integrated PXE boot ROMs, which I plan to use for installing old Windows systems without a CD.

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