Re: micro ITX Atom board, possible retro platform?

Posted on 2022-09-24, 21:37

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by Zeerex

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If it is mini itx then it will likely only have 1 PCI slot. You’ll generally want at least two in order to have decent sound and audio working as the onboard ones may be too modern.

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Re: Looking for storage advice for a 98SE build.

Posted on 2022-09-24, 19:08

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by Zeerex

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If you are not spending all day on this, producing PowerPoint decks, checking email, browsing the web and thrashing the swap file then you do not need to be concerned about TRIM. I find SD card adapters to be great, they have low seek time and great small file performance that offset the 25mb/s …

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Re: CD-ROM Performance Win 98 and DOS

Posted on 2022-09-20, 20:22

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by Zeerex

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Perhaps try switching to a VXD driver and using the good old analog CD audio?

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Re: Power adapter for Compaq Presario 1610 laptop?

Posted on 2022-08-14, 23:45

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by Zeerex

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I have a 1688. Probably the same power adapter. It’s a Compaq ADP-60DB. Output: 19V 3.16A Hope that helps

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Re: 20th Anniversary of Vogons

Posted on 2022-07-02, 19:35

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by Zeerex

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Thank you Vogons. This place is a true online treasure. Happy Birthday

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Re: Three 5.25 bays idea

Posted on 2022-07-01, 21:29

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by Zeerex

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An idea for 2 slots: * A compact flash IDE slot so you can quickly switch OS cards without multiboot. They exist mounted in a 5.25 bay like this * A 5.25 storage rack to store those compact flash cards, like this

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Re: Three 5.25 bays idea

Posted on 2022-06-30, 01:04

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by Zeerex

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Three empty 5.25 bays? I got just the thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBtETkJeqmY /s

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Re: Can I disable L3 (motherboard) cache on OEM Compaq Presario with K6-2+

Posted on 2022-06-23, 02:20

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by Zeerex

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Recently had this issue with a packard bell SIS530 MB which I needed to disable the L3 so I could get faster FSB. What I do was find out what type of BIOS (award / ami / phoenix) - it was an AMI bios - then found a thread here on Vogons with a ton of old versions of AMIBCP for which one of them …

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Re: HID2JOY - Xbox One controller to Analog Gameport Adapter

Posted on 2022-06-21, 04:44

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by Zeerex

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This is super cool

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Re: Made a small DOS/Win98SE console from an Itona VXL thinclient with joystick port, and very happy with it :)

Posted on 2022-06-20, 13:50

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by Zeerex

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What are the specs for sound and graphics? Usually C3 are bundled with Via 686A plus S3 Unichrome. You might just want to get used to that controller. In my testing the best feeling gameport controller was the gameport version of the sidewinder. Unfortunately it has a compatibility issue with …

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Re: Should I use Win98 or XP for my Build?

Posted on 2022-06-14, 12:20

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by Zeerex

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Was playing with Me this week and I’m pretty impressed. I’ve got a 64mb, Celeron 550 and it’s running really well on it, love the boot speed. So far DOS audio over WDM SB emulation is a mixed bag, but this is a laptop and I don’t have much of a choice - 98 would be a similar experience I take it so …

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Re: Promise Sata 150tx2 speeds windows 98

Posted on 2022-05-26, 01:56

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by Zeerex

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This board already has USB (albeit 1.0). Have you tried it without the card?

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

Posted on 2022-05-24, 03:48

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by Zeerex

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Added an extra 128mb dimm (already had a single 128mb slot installed) to my PCChips M577 MVP3 board to get some additional memory speed with via 4x memory Interleaving. I didn’t even get a single megabyte of increased throughput in benchmarking it was literally identical. I figured I would avoid …

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Re: Question regarding Memory on pcchips m577

Posted on 2022-05-21, 04:00

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by Zeerex

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I've heard this before about PCChips motherboards; apparently it's caused by their use of very thin printed circuit boards to cut costs. I've used PC133 memory without issue on many motherboards that used a lower FSB - what exactly is the issue you're having? Yes, the board flexes a good amount …

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Re: Question regarding Memory on pcchips m577

Posted on 2022-05-21, 03:25

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by Zeerex

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So I had this same problem on my M577 (aka Amptron PM-9900) recently and it turned out for me that the ram was not sitting correctly. I swear I’ve never had this problem of difficulty getting RAM installed in 2+ decades, yet here we are. It was so extremely hard to get it to sit. And then when I did …

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

Posted on 2022-05-18, 10:59

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by Zeerex

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Added an extra 128mb dimm (already had a single 128mb slot installed) to my PCChips M577 MVP3 board to get some additional memory speed with via 4x memory Interleaving. I didn’t even get a single megabyte of increased throughput in benchmarking it was literally identical. I figured I would avoid the …

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Re: GA-5AX prices on Ebay are outrageous; why?

Posted on 2022-05-14, 00:15

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by Zeerex

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I know there are a ton of SS7 boards out there, but the only two I know the names of from the top of my head: P5A and GA-5AX. Let’s be real on lesser known boards prices are much more reasonable. BTW I’m one of those that skipped K6 entirely somehow. Only recently discovered a few years back reading …

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Re: Help with drivers for WYSE Vx0 V10L WTOS 800M 512MB RAM

Posted on 2022-05-12, 16:10

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by Zeerex

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Got pictures of the ATI unit plugged into the client?

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Re: Help with drivers for WYSE Vx0 V10L WTOS 800M 512MB RAM

Posted on 2022-05-12, 02:14

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by Zeerex

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Burying the lede here, didn’t know there was a Wyse VX0 with ATI support? I thought they all had that S3 Unichrome

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Re: I bought a DOM 64gb so you don’t have to. (Or do you?)

Posted on 2022-05-12, 02:10

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by Zeerex

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These are great for when you need them in tight spaces or if you really want to minimize cabling. I’ve used this brand but the 44 pin ones for thin clients with Win9x and it was plenty fast. That’s about the same speed as the SD card adapters which top out at 25mb/sec and those are pretty responsive …

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