Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware
Posted on 2021-07-19, 15:41
I wonder how well HWinfo would work with a system with qemm memory manager it compress memory space.
Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware
Posted on 2021-07-19, 15:38
Tested out an ATI Rage LT PRO AGP PCI card under 98SE on my Asus TUSL2-C test-bench, and noticed questionable clocks being reported. Frankly, not sure what the actual clocks for this card are supposed to be, but looking on Wikipedia, these don't look quite right. Was wondering if you could take a …
Re: Trying to fix a faulty DTK Pim-Turbo "8MHz Turbo Board" Rev-5 with Siemens SAB8088-2-P 8088 CPU + 640KB RAM
Posted on 2021-07-19, 15:07
being non plug and play you'd need to plug disk controllers in each port to find the pre programmed correct one same as other cards it could be looking for memory expanson comms hard disk tape etc. If possible try find someone to dump your boards bios to tell you whats in it i bet a museum …
Re: Most stable and compatible win9x configuration
Posted on 2021-07-19, 13:01
For a good reliable DOS gaming computer that can run WIn95.Win98se/WinME go for this build. Motherboard - Intel 430vx or Intel 430tx or Intel bx440 with AGP RAM - 128mb or 256mb. Video - S3 trio64 IMHO there are some contradictories: 430VX or 430TX chipsets cannot cache more than 64MB RAM; …
Re: What modern activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-07-18, 14:50
Re: List of Currently Free Games
Posted on 2021-07-18, 12:58
One must fall 2097 a robot fight simulator for DOS i always loved it even the shareware version was fun. A legit retired to freeware game now. I think there was a later sequel coming but don't know much about it https://www.dosgamesarchive.com/download/one-must-fall-2097/
Re: New forum suggestions/Feedback
Posted on 2021-07-18, 12:51
This topic is to post ideas on what to change and to provide precise feedback on which features/looks you don't like. Please be as precise as possible. We will read all feedback, but no promises on what features/ideas we will take into account. I'd like to see a thread where people using merchants …
Re: Windows 98 Sata SSD
Posted on 2021-07-18, 11:25
A pci SATA controller with drivers for dos windows has their drivers but maybe they are for smaller capacity disks or run in compatability mode? I assume the SSD was set to boot from the PCI controller. AHCI mode might be the key. vogons downloads have R. Loews offerings in an archive it includes …
Re: Windows 98 Sata SSD
Posted on 2021-07-18, 04:59
A pci SATA controller with drivers for dos windows has their drivers but maybe they are for smaller capacity disks or run in compatability mode? I assume the SSD was set to boot from the PCI controller. AHCI mode might be the key. vogons downloads have R. Loews offerings in an archive it includes …
Re: SDRAM - what speed is best?
Posted on 2021-07-18, 04:31
My appologies for bumping an old thread but I had to put some life into it since it was a search result in google and did something about it. I have done some testing. My 512mb sticks of single chip sided sticks vs 2 chip sided sticks - single sided access faster. This I would assume be due to …
Re: Most stable and compatible win9x configuration
Posted on 2021-07-17, 10:35
From my perspective in this hobby for 10 years now is that Intel chipset boards are generally the most stable when it comes to Win9x. Once you go VIA or other brand strange stuff tends to happen. Also Win9x on anything newer than intel 865/875 is asking for trouble. I have NVIDIA, VIA, SiS, AMD and …
Re: 386SX/40 build
Posted on 2021-07-17, 06:10
I wanted to have a 386SX/40 in my retro PC collection, so I put together a system with the following specs: TD70AN motherboard AMD 386SX/40 CPU IIT 387SX/40 Math Coprocessor 4MB memory 60ns (4 x 1MB 30-pin SIMMs) MicroLabs Ultimate TrueColor ET4000AX 1MB ISA video card Goldstar Prime2c multi I/O …
Re: Which is the best and most memory efficient CD-driver?
Posted on 2021-07-17, 06:01
I just like to add that the most efficicient cdrom driver doesn't have to mean the least memory use. QEMM memory manager can compress memory fo fit more programs into smaller memory spaces. Has anyone tried Rudolph Loews dos tools for the optical department? I hear there are even burner tools for …
Re: Most stable and compatible win9x configuration
Posted on 2021-07-16, 22:20
Has anyone actually noticed little difference between the AGP modes? every game i've played that isn't high end 3d little difference in 2x 4x modes especially DOS. Is there an actual ATI card that can run in 8x mode on a pentium 4 or is it like prescott stuff
Re: Most stable and compatible win9x configuration
Posted on 2021-07-16, 22:17
I meant ISA and edited. As for 120gb disks not all bios in 90's support them thus a safe boundary that also is within design of many ms dos tools noteably fdisk
Re: Most stable and compatible win9x configuration
Posted on 2021-07-16, 18:17
No ISA or EISA stuff they are "plug and pray" unless its audio for DOS for compatibility. LGA 775 is mostly PCIE graphics not supported for win9x; AGP is rare. The gamers choice for 90's games is dos windows that champion is windows 98se. socket 370 aka pentium III is getting rare but socket 478 …
Re: Windows 98 Sata SSD
Posted on 2021-07-16, 17:28
here is a link to a simple fat32 tool good for windows 7 to 10 for storages up to 2 terabytes https://pendriveapps.com/format-fat32-larger-than-32gb/
Re: Windows 98 Sata SSD
Posted on 2021-07-16, 17:09
windows 9x only supports formatting up to 32gb drive spaces. what you can do is put your ssd into a windows 10 machine and use a 3rd party utility to format it beyond the 32gb barrier but not over 128gb once that is done put it back into your 98 machine and run setup but if your system has more …
Re: Windows 98 Sata SSD
Posted on 2021-07-16, 16:55
windows 9x only supports formatting up to 32gb drive spaces. Even if you can partition msdos format is short sighted. what you can do is put your ssd into a windows 10 machine and use a 3rd party utility to format it beyond the 32gb barrier but not over 128gb once that is done put it back into your …
Re: Windows XP Updates?
Posted on 2021-07-16, 08:05
I lost my Autopatcher XP archive a few years ago it had all post sp3 update patches. I am surprised, unlike autopatcher 98se 2007 theres no xp version available with the patches included if I had known I'd have posted it for everyone. Be damned if i knew where to get it. Does anyone know? of have a …
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