Re: How to remove these darn screws?
Posted on 2022-06-24, 14:19
Don't forget to clear all the metal shaving bits out of the machine after drilling.... I never drill a case unless it's empty.
Re: The moment you were hooked
Posted on 2022-06-16, 20:00
When I was about 8 (1986) and a friend of my sister's came over to visit. He brought all kinds of games over for our Commodore 64 and copied a bunch for me to keep. I think Jumpman was the one I liked the most then. Or it could have been the first time that I did this: LOAD "*",8,1 edit: OKOK C64 is …
Re: List of active MMOs with working 95/98/XP Clients
Posted on 2022-06-03, 15:40
Ultima Online. I lost too many hours of my life to this over 20 years ago. I wonder if it's worth playing now. Lots of community run servers now, so I would guess some are fun and others are not. UO was never my thing, so I can't really judge. Maybe worth a look, though, if you were really into it …
Re: Advice on motherboard recap
Posted on 2022-06-02, 01:07
Ahh... Green and gold. Let me guess, hermei? If so, don't trust a one.
Re: List of active MMOs with working 95/98/XP Clients
Posted on 2022-06-01, 23:36
gdjacobs wrote on 2022-05-29, 23:30: Ultima Online. I lost too many hours of my life to this over 20 years ago. I wonder if it's worth playing now.
Re: 2008-era Win XP build
Posted on 2022-05-31, 13:10
I've got a 460 and a 760 on hand for when I manage to piece together my OP XP build. I'll probably roll with the 760.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2022-05-30, 15:39
Swapped a Thermaltake Silent Boost fan out in favor of a Noctua NF-R8 redux-1800. Cools just as well if not better and is much quieter. My XP box is now much more tolerable.
Re: 2008-era Win XP build
Posted on 2022-05-29, 12:39
I would run something much faster than the 8800GT unless you really want to be period correct. The SSD will be nice if you can trim it. I'd look to dual boot a more modern OS for maintenance, etc.
Re: A WIP Voodoo 2 SLi build...
Posted on 2022-05-29, 00:18
Nice build. I don't think 1.2ghz is too fast for the Voodoo 2 SLI, but I also don't think any CPU is too fast as long as it's not breaking things. I've got a build in the same case. When I ran an add-in USB card, I had to custom make a cable to tie in the card to a splitter to get both ports working …
Re: First Retro buid: W98SE P3 build
Posted on 2022-05-28, 09:09
Try the VIA PCI Latency Patch. I have a Geforce4 ti 4200 that is also finicky when used in 98 with the VIA chipset. I think it may be due to it being an 8x card. The compatibly issues are too annoying for me to deal with so I just run my Voodoo 3 instead. Older versions of the VIA driver are called …
Re: First Retro buid: W98SE P3 build
Posted on 2022-05-27, 19:03
Try the VIA PCI Latency Patch. I have a Geforce4 ti 4200 that is also finicky when used in 98 with the VIA chipset. I think it may be due to it being an 8x card. The compatibly issues are too annoying for me to deal with so I just run my Voodoo 3 instead. Older versions of the VIA driver are called …
Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware
Posted on 2022-05-26, 20:43
I think the YouTubers have enough followers with disposable income to affect the market for sure.
Re: Iwill KK266+ (KT133A) with Mobile Athlon 4
Posted on 2022-05-25, 20:13
Just to update.. I'm dual booting into DOS 6.22 and use Access as handy little game launcher when running DOS games. The machine runs everything I've thrown at it very well. Ultima 7 and Warcraft 2 even play flawlessly once the L1 cache is disabled. I handle that thru a batch file that sets setmul …
Re: What thermal paste stays wet the longest?
Posted on 2022-05-20, 20:01
Good to know swaaye! I stand corrected. I knew it was one of the C words.
Re: What thermal paste stays wet the longest?
Posted on 2022-05-20, 12:47
Ceramique was always my choice when Artic Silver 5 couldn't be trusted due to it's conductivity capacitance. Supposedly the Artic Silver 5 gets left in the dust these days compared to the likes of MX-5 and others. Ceramique didn't perform as well as AS5. That being said, you're probably better off …
Re: What thermal paste stays wet the longest?
Posted on 2022-05-19, 17:19
MX-5 is supposed to be lower viscosity than MX-4. It may stay moist (hehe) longer.
Re: Abit KT7A (KT133A/VIA686B), Athlon XP Mobile 2500+
Posted on 2022-05-19, 01:59
I do not know the reason but according to your modbin screenshot the proper bit cannot be edited. AWDBEDIT seems to be able to make this modification: registers2.png But I can't figure out the correct Register Mask and Value combination that would get me 0000 0100 0000 0100 or "0000 1101" in short …
Re: I miss the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s
Posted on 2022-05-19, 01:42
Isn't it a sign of getting old to complain about how things are going to shit and it was better back in the day? Which I have been doing for quite some time now that I think about it...
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2022-05-19, 01:36
Fired up a native DOS game for the first time in over 20 years. Felt like a mini achievement. I think the last one I played was Curse of the Azure Bonds Gold Box on my 286-16 with CGA. I really don't miss CGA.
Re: Iwill KK266+ (KT133A) with Mobile Athlon 4
Posted on 2022-05-19, 01:34
Finally got this thing button up to where it's really functional. CF reader is mounted in the case now and is formatted to 2GB with DOS 6.2. I played a bit of Tomb Raider 1 with the rush patch. Also fired up Redneck Rampage and Industry Giant for a few minutes. The cheap old CRT that I picked up …
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