Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-02-13, 05:03

by

by KCompRoom2000

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I bought the bottom half of a Dell Latitude CPi D266XT laptop to use for a restoration project for my Dell Latitude CP M166ST laptop. The M166ST was suffering from plastic damage on its palmrest and bottom casing, so I thought the donor D266XT would be perfect for replacing those parts. I'll include …

---

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

Posted on 2022-02-10, 03:21

by

by KCompRoom2000

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I had a spare 2x USB + Mini Firewire Expansion Slot header cable laying around, since I remembered the motherboard in my DOS rig has a USB header I thought I'd install it in there just for fun. The motherboard (Soltek SL-54U5) had a proprietary USB header (2x8 pin Dupont) since it predates the …

---

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

Posted on 2021-10-03, 08:06

by

by KCompRoom2000

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Well, I got the second replacement floppy drive for my Toshiba Tecra 720CDT and unfortunately it doesn't work, it has the same slipping belt problem that my last one had. When I was opening up the drive to replace the belt, I accidentally broke off the connector that connects to one of the motors on …

---

Re: What retro hardware you killed today or in the past :(. Killing spree stories+serial killers are welcome.Rest in pie

Posted on 2021-10-01, 06:56

by

by KCompRoom2000

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

A few months ago, I accidentally scraped around the CPU heatsink bracket on a Dell AM3 motherboard while trying to remove the bracket. Luckily I didn't scrape any of the traces, just the green silkscreen on the board, so it still works. I just placed hot glue over the areas that got scraped just to …

---

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

Posted on 2021-09-29, 08:09

by

by KCompRoom2000

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The external floppy drive for my Toshiba Tecra 720CDT died a week ago and I ended up buying two Toshiba external floppy drives because the first one wasn't the correct one for this laptop, so here's to hoping that the second one is the right one this time. I've double-checked the seller's images …

---

Re: Internet is slow on one computer yet fine on the other

Posted on 2021-09-15, 00:57

by

by KCompRoom2000

in Milliways

in Milliways

I know I'm necroposting on a 6-month old thread, but I've managed to fix this issue not long after my last reply. I was able to fix it by following this suggestion: Reduce the network speed , from 1Gb to 100Mb This miraculously fixed the issue for me, everything's all good now. Thanks. --- I'd be …

---

Re: I wish I had discovered Windows ME sooner!

Posted on 2021-08-31, 22:43

by

by KCompRoom2000

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

If anything, Windows ME seems to be the only 9x-based Windows version that gets along well with my Dell Optiplex GX150. On Windows 98SE, I've been experiencing in-game freezes and shutdowns on occasions. None of these issues happened on Windows ME or 2000, which is weird because people say Windows …

---

Re: Windows XP on 486

Posted on 2021-08-23, 06:05

by

by KCompRoom2000

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I've been researching this in the past, and from what I remember, the only times Windows XP checked for the CMPXCHG8B instruction are at the first part of the setup (i.e. after the "Setup is inspecting your computer's configuration" screen) and when attempting to do an upgrade install from an older …

---

Re: Your least used complete vintage system

Posted on 2021-08-08, 03:07

by

by KCompRoom2000

in Milliways

in Milliways

All of them. I just don't have enough time to play with older computers anymore.

---

Re: What do you regret throwing out?

Posted on 2021-07-21, 09:24

by

by KCompRoom2000

in Milliways

in Milliways

Well, now that old CRT TVs have become difficult to find in my area, I regret getting rid of my parents' old Sharp 25" CRT TV (manufactured on Dec. 1999). To be fair, both of its input jacks (rear RF coaxial and front Composite AV) broke, rendering the TV useless without any repairs, but now that my …

---

Re: Leak of Windows 11

Posted on 2021-06-19, 02:46

by

by KCompRoom2000

in Milliways

in Milliways

I'm on Windows 10 Pro 20H2 now and since installing Windows (02/06/20) have never been asked to sign in to a Microsoft account and practically never been asked to switch browser. Only time was that one update to introduce the new Chrome Edge, but I think that particular one was backported to 7 / 8 …

---

Re: Leak of Windows 11

Posted on 2021-06-18, 06:55

by

by KCompRoom2000

in Milliways

in Milliways

Hmm.. I was running a laptop for a while with a local Windows 10 account and I don't remember it bombarding me with hints to use an MS account. As far as Windows trying to get you to use Edge.. I never see that even though I use Chrome almost exclusively. Yeah, same here. I guess some people are …

---

Re: Leak of Windows 11

Posted on 2021-06-18, 04:43

by

by KCompRoom2000

in Milliways

in Milliways

Why are you still using Windows 8.1? 10 is way better. Because unlike Windows 10 (1909 onwards), it doesn't bombard me monthly with the annoying "Get Even More Out of Windows" OOBE screen when I'm not using a Micro$oft account, it doesn't beg me to use Edge whenever I use Firefox/Chrome, it's …

---

Re: What are builds you want to make someday?

Posted on 2021-06-12, 06:22

by

by KCompRoom2000

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Recently I've picked up four motherboards from a lot, although most of them are regular no-frills Dell OEM motherboards, there's one interesting LGA775 motherboard (ASUS P5KC) that I think I'll use for a high-end Windows XP gaming rig for games that work better on something faster than my Athlon 64 …

---

Re: Windows 7 Retro?

Posted on 2021-06-10, 21:46

by

by KCompRoom2000

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Windows 7 will become retro after 2023. That's when Microsoft will finally pull the lever for all NT 6.x family of OS. Software support will drop rapidly after that point and you won't be able to use Windows 7/8 as a daily driver. By that point, I'll be exclusively using Linux as a daily driver and …

---

Re: Windows 7 Retro?

Posted on 2021-06-10, 08:28

by

by KCompRoom2000

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

You know, I find it funny how regressive modern technology has gotten compared to older, yet still perfectly usable tech. Recently, my 2019 iPad 6th gen has started struggling at loading my most-used websites left and right, regardless of the browser that I'm using (I've used Safari, Chrome, and …

---

Re: Fastest pc you have win98 on? (besides emulation)

Posted on 2021-06-09, 09:22

by

by KCompRoom2000

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

At one point, I ran Windows 98 on a Dell Optiplex GX260 with the following specifications: 2.4GHz Intel Pentium 4 (Socket 478) 512MB DDR-333 SDRAM nVidia Geforce FX 5200 128MB AGP 40GB IDE hard drive I still have its motherboard, though it needs a recap. I do have a few computers that are more …

---

Re: Internet is slow on one computer yet fine on the other

Posted on 2021-03-30, 01:05

by

by KCompRoom2000

in Milliways

in Milliways

Is this https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/18713/Ethernet-Intel-Network-Adapter-Driver-for-Windows-7-Final-Release the driver you're using ? if not... why don't ya give it a try. Tried that, didn't change a thing. Now I think I'll try uninstalling and reinstalling my Ethernet drivers to see …

---

Re: Internet is slow on one computer yet fine on the other

Posted on 2021-03-28, 01:29

by

by KCompRoom2000

in Milliways

in Milliways

Completely reset the TCP/IP config on the problem computer. In an admin command prompt run: netsh int ip reset Then reboot and try again. Tried that. While it seemed to have worked after the first reboot, it became slow and unstable again on the next day. I'm wondering if my integrated Intel NIC is …

---

Re: Internet is slow on one computer yet fine on the other

Posted on 2021-03-25, 01:02

by

by KCompRoom2000

in Milliways

in Milliways

ipconfig /flushdns would be a good one then to get rid of old entries. I've tried that once and while it seemed to have fixed it for a while, the network connection reverted back to its unstable state on the next day. I've ran it again just now, so we'll see if that fixes it. What for category …

---