Formatting Linux Drive for Network Access from DOS/Win

Posted on 2018-09-20, 13:39

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by Hamby

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Okay, I'm getting ready to assemble my dual xeon system and install LinuxMint on it (primary use is 3D gfx and video editing). I'm confident that I'm going to want to be able to (hopefully easily) transfer files between it and my 286, 486, and K6-II systems which will be running DOS 6.22, Dos 6.22/ …

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Re: Windows 7 Themes manager service disabling every time with Chrome 69.0.3497.81

Posted on 2018-09-07, 23:10

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by Hamby

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I won't use Chrome. Or Win 10. I'm currently working on moving to Linux (on my dual Xeon system when I get it built), and DOS 6.22 / WFW 3.11 for as much as possible, and may set up a Win98 based Pentium system for specific software. To disable a service requires admin rights, so it's odd that a …

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Movie Computer Lust

Posted on 2018-09-05, 22:55

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by Hamby

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Have you ever watched a movie, seen the computer in it and just *wanted* it? I was rewatching an old movie called "Her Alibi" and Tom Selleck is a writer who is using a Zenith Supersport for his writing. I remember now how, years later, I saw the movie and wanted that old laptop for my own writing …

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Re: Oldest Win7, Newest Win98 hardware?

Posted on 2018-08-31, 22:23

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by Hamby

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I use 98 on i7 to 3770 and my friend use 98 on xeon skylake server mobo. What work: only one core at nominal frequency, no turbos; memory - up to 3.5 gbytes; video - vbemp only; usb - 2.0 only; network - yes, here is some internet... disks subsystem - work very good, with dma even in ahci mode :) …

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Oldest Win7, Newest Win98 hardware?

Posted on 2018-08-30, 23:10

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by Hamby

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So it popped into my head to (eventually) try building a vintage system to run Win7, and/or a get a modern system to run Win98 without emulation... Would Win7 run on a stock Pentium MMX? What do folks think would be the minimum clock speed? I can't imagine Win98 running on a quad-core i7... But …

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Re: Advice on dual-cpu motherboard

Posted on 2018-08-24, 23:41

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Hm. Which programs are you using for 3D editing? I'm asking because Adobe products still seem to rely on single-core performance, and an E5620 without overclocking is quite weak on this regard. For 3D rendering more threads are beneficial I guess but still, at stock speeds the E5620 are quite slow. …

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Re: ISA Modems.... should I keep any?

Posted on 2018-08-24, 22:03

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by Hamby

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Pardon my ignorance, but don't some ISA modems have UARTs on them? Could they be kludged into some kind of serial connection? Or would that take too much hardware modification?

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Advice on dual-cpu motherboard

Posted on 2018-08-24, 21:16

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by Hamby

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This hardware isn't all that old (I think one MB is 8 years old, however... that's technically old, isn't it?) but I could use some advice. At about the same price, I can get an Asus Z8NA-D6C dual xeon motherboard or a Supermicro X8DTN+ dual xeon motherboard. both come with 5620 CPUs & heatsinks. I …

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LGR - Doom3 on Windows 98, Voodoo 3

Posted on 2018-08-20, 21:39

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by Hamby

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Lazy Game reviews gets Doom 3 to run under Windows 98 with a Voodoo3 3D card... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQSIT18bOvg

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Re: X58 (ICH10) PC+ Yamaha7x4 /AureaV1 Sound-pure Dos7.1- compatibility list+research+ultimate configs, WIP- gurus needed

Posted on 2018-08-20, 01:59

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by Hamby

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Whoa... I was just looking for an Asus dual Xeon motherboard; saw some video reviews of the X58 (single cpu) motherboard. I was planning on running Linux on it and using it primarily for rendering... but this suggests I can multiboot Win98 and DOS 6.22? Could I triple boot with Linux? That would be …

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Re: Getting stubborn GOG.com games running natively. [e.g. Descent 3]

Posted on 2018-08-20, 01:53

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Cool! I'm definitely interested, 'cause I'd like to eventually get a lot of my gog games playing on DOS/Win98.

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Re: Retro OSes for retro computers

Posted on 2018-08-19, 04:53

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by Hamby

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I was always fond of Damn Small Linux.... 486, 16mb, 50mb storage. Could run in ram in 128mb. http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

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Re: ISA/PCI and GPIO?

Posted on 2018-08-11, 22:21

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by Hamby

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Thanks for all the info, everyone!

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Re: ISA/PCI and GPIO?

Posted on 2018-08-11, 18:29

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by Hamby

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There are many LCD and OLED displays these days that dave a serial interface built-in. All you need to control them are 2 signals: data and clock. A parallel port could control 4 of these if not more (by repurposing control lines as well) with an appropriate driver. What about a midi/gameport? …

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Re: ISA/PCI and GPIO?

Posted on 2018-08-10, 19:23

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by Hamby

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Thanks. I'm not interested so much in communicating with a raspberry pi as being able to interface with the various adafruit and other perpherals available for it. But thanks for the info!

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Gravis Stinger gamepad

Posted on 2018-08-10, 19:19

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by Hamby

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I dug up my Gravis Stinger gamepads. What they are is small, circular gamepads that connect via the gameport. They're Win95 compatible, but I don't think there's any DOS support for them. I know there was a Linux driver, because about 14-16 years ago I was trying to write a driver for Irix based on …

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2018-08-10, 19:10

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by Hamby

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I recently dug up my Gravis Stinger gamepads (serial port joysticks) and the driver CDs that came with them. I did a brief search, and saw where someone uploaded the Gravis xperience drivers, but didn't see anything about the Stinger. Should I rip and upload the driver CDs, or is it such an esoteric …

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ISA/PCI and GPIO?

Posted on 2018-08-10, 19:03

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by Hamby

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Pardon my ignorance, but I don't know much about Raspberry Pi or the other SBCs. However, I keep hearing people talking to them via their "gpio" pins. I've read where it's used for everything from communicating with CNC machinery, talking to data collection devices, even driving an LCD display. I …

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Linux on old hardware?

Posted on 2018-08-08, 18:27

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by Hamby

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I've recently acquired a 286 mb, a 486 mb, and inadvertently a 386sx motherboard. I'm planning on putting DOS 6.22/WFW 3.11 on the 286 and 486, respectively. I was wondering what I could do with the 386sx, at the same time I was researching Dual Xeon motherboards for 3D design and rendering. I'd …

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Can't find hard drives

Posted on 2018-08-08, 18:07

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by Hamby

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I've a K6-II 300mhz system (I want to say the motherboard is a P4B). It's developed an eccentricity where, after it's been sitting awhile (weeks, even) even though it's plugged in, even though it has a new CMOS battery, even though it doesn't throw a CMOS error, it can't find the IDE hard drive. …

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