Re: My guide for a Windows 98 SE PC (no focus on DOS)

Posted on 2023-03-21, 19:39

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This is a very nice guide, great work! I wanted to add an idea I used on with my recent Windows 98 build on an AMD K6 platform - separate partitions and backups. I was reading through an old school Windows 98 optimization book and the author noted the advantages of separate partitions for Windows 98 …

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Re: Dead Slot 1 motherboard A-Trend ATC-6310M

Posted on 2023-03-21, 16:48

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Have you checked mosfets voltages? One should generate the +2.0V required by the cpu (or the V needed). With no cpu does it power on? No +12V on fans can be a dead chip driving the fans: check traces from +12V to one of the chips onboard, +12 doesn't come straight from the PSU. Also "sense" line. …

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Dead Slot 1 motherboard A-Trend ATC-6310M

Posted on 2023-03-21, 14:49

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I had a perfectly working A-Trend ATC-6310M baby AT Slot 1 motherboard, 440ZX. It was passing every test and benchmark, then I turned it off for the night and it never turned back on. I'm hoping to find the fault and fix it. In short, there seems to be no attempt to power on when I press the switch. …

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Re: Manual for 370CPU Card slotket adapter

Posted on 2023-03-15, 04:57

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I dont think this is fcpga converter, so you might need to mod it too. As for vid pin you can just buzz jumpers to cpu/edge connector pins, Vcore table is universal Card is made by QDI , and as @rasz_pl says is (unmodified) for PPGA Celerons...only manual I know of is for the later FC-PGA version …

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Re: Manual for 370CPU Card slotket adapter

Posted on 2023-03-15, 00:59

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I dont think this is fcpga converter, so you might need to mod it too. As for vid pin you can just buzz jumpers to cpu/edge connector pins, Vcore table is universal Card is made by QDI , and as @rasz_pl says is (unmodified) for PPGA Celerons...only manual I know of is for the later FC-PGA version …

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Manual for 370CPU Card slotket adapter

Posted on 2023-03-14, 03:17

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Hi all, I have a slotket adapter that I'm having trouble finding a manual for. It appears to be distinct from the more common Asus S370 CPU card. These are the markings: 370CPU CARD 3.0(S3.1) Jumper 1: JFSB (Default closed = Auto, Open = 100 MHz) Jumpers 2-6: VID0, VID1, VID2, VID3, VID4 (All …

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Re: GPU suggestion for my P4 setup

Posted on 2023-01-15, 04:58

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Does anyone know if any kind of LCD that can be used in this system? trying to save some spaces Any LCD with a matching connector (VGA, DVI, or both) to your graphics card should work, but an LCD in a 4:3 or 5:4 aspect ratio would be most appropriate for the games you'll likely play. For my 2004 …

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Re: Happy New Year 2023

Posted on 2023-01-01, 08:35

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Happy New Year! Wishing you all a great year and good capacitors. :)

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Re: Unreal games on GOG to be delisted on Dec 23 at 2pm EST

Posted on 2022-12-23, 00:33

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It's a bummer Unreal Tournament 2003 wasn't released digitally and isn't in the discounted pack. I mostly played 2004 and loved it, including the vehicles and huge Onslaught maps, but some say 2003 was a little more distilled and more similar to UT99. I would have liked to have it included even if …

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Re: Socket 7 board help

Posted on 2022-12-20, 01:09

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There's so much great advice in this thread. One piece of hardware I didn't see recommended yet is a POST card. They are inexpensive and invaluable when the board doesn't finish booting. To use them, simply install it in an empty PCI or ISA slot, then look up the last displayed code online for your …

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Re: How to completely erase Windows 98 SE from hard disk

Posted on 2022-12-20, 00:56

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You could try dban if you want to be totally sure there's nothing on the disk. A single zero pass should be sufficient. The last version that runs on standard i386 CPUs and fits on a floppy has filename "dban_1_0_7_i386.ima".

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-12-14, 16:57

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Saw this NOS Laplink cable for cheap and grabbed it, should give me another way to get files to and from old DOS based machines and laptops. Again if I can avoid having to tool around with coax networking or networking in general for DOS machines then I will. Laplink.jpg Any null modem cable and a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-12-14, 01:27

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I picked up a Dell Studio XPS 435T/9000 at my local thrift store that, thankfully, has no silly policy about not selling computers. They said $40.00, I offered $30.00, they said "Sold!" This thing is built like a tank! I actually put it on a scale because I had to know, and it weighs forty pounds; …

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Re: Transferring Win98SE installation from 8GB CF card to 64GB CF card

Posted on 2022-12-13, 22:43

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You could try copying the files using the Windows built-in robocopy command. I've had good luck with it, it's kind of like an rsync for Windows and might work better than using Explorer. robocopy /e X:\ C:\CFBackup\ robocopy /e C:\CFBackup\ X:\ Where X:\ is the CF card reader. The /e switch will …

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Re: Socket A upgrade question

Posted on 2022-11-28, 22:12

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I found some really great info about Thorton vs Barton. In short, the 512K L2 cache and 400 MT/s upgrades helped but didn't make a big splash, and Barton still lagged behind contemporary P4s which could reach 800 MT/s (quad pumped vs AMD's dual pumped FSB). Fifth-generation Athlon Barton-core …

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Re: Socket A upgrade question

Posted on 2022-11-28, 21:44

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Your intended upgrades are all relatively small bumps in performance. Your existing CPU may be a better overclocker if your motherboard supports extensive FSB /voltage manipulation than your target CPUs and is worth exploring first. My personal experience during the socket A era was that many …

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Socket A upgrade question

Posted on 2022-11-28, 19:40

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Hi everybody, I'm working on my first Socket A system and would like to upgrade the CPU. I haven't worked on an AMD system from this era so I'm a little new but am reading up. Motherboard: Biostar M7VIT-800 CPU: AMD Sempron 2800+, 2.00 GHz, 256K L2, "Thorton" RAM: 1GB DDR GPU: Retail ATI 9800 Pro, …

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

Posted on 2022-11-25, 18:17

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Final of recoloring))) WOW that's a beautiful color scheme. The muted blues/greys gives it a high-end workstation vibe in my opinion. There's all this talk of WD-40 for cleaning electronics here... how about Deoxit? Some retro YouTubers seem to swear by it. "Deoxit that socket!" - Adrian's Digital …

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Re: Windows XP how much people still use for MAIN OS?

Posted on 2022-11-25, 17:48

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Here are my thoughts on the shells in Windows over time. Of course we've got to start with DOS. You have your classic DOS commands, DIR, ATTRIB, COPY, MOVE, MKDIR, etc. I wish they lined up better with Unix commands, e.g. you have to use COPY instead of cp and RENAME instead of mv. You can pipe …

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Re: Boot diskette for Windows 95

Posted on 2022-11-03, 03:58

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To add onto the previous reply, RawWriteWin is also a great tool for writing floppy images too. It lets you read them back as well for a quick MD5 to verify it was written correctly. The source is available and it runs on Win 95 to 10, might be a fun task to add auto-verify to it... http://www. …

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