Re: Win98 PC to Windows 11 PC Internet Connection Sharing

Posted on 2024-02-24, 16:33

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by ElectroSoldier

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You dont want nor need ICS to be set up on the Win98 PC as this will share the connection of the PC to another PC. All you need to do is bridge the connections in the Windows 11 PC and then set the IP of the Win98 PC and it will get a direct connection to your router. All you will need is a cross …

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Re: Some questions about a LGA775 Win98 build using PCIe graphics

Posted on 2024-02-23, 17:34

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by ElectroSoldier

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Its not a 7600GS its a 7100GS. Its been a couple of weeks since I was messing about with it... But the idea is the same. Like I said I think its super situational to get Win98 to work properly on a 775 board because most of them dont work properly.

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Re: Some questions about a LGA775 Win98 build using PCIe graphics

Posted on 2024-02-23, 17:29

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by ElectroSoldier

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VIA with a PCIe slot and a 7600GS. Nvidia 7000 series cards aren't so great for Win9x gaming. The drivers that they require are simply too new, and many games will exhibit unusual issues, including low performance. Try something from ATi's X800 series with Catalyst 6.2 instead. It will likely be …

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Re: Win98 PC to Windows 11 PC Internet Connection Sharing

Posted on 2024-02-23, 17:26

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by ElectroSoldier

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In Win98 My Computer > Control Panel > Network Double click the Network adapter in the list > Bindings > Make sure TCP/IP is in the list. Click ok to close the window. Double click TCP/IP that either relates to your network adapter or if it is the only adapter and dial up isnt installed then there …

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Re: Some questions about a LGA775 Win98 build using PCIe graphics

Posted on 2024-02-22, 18:39

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by ElectroSoldier

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I also have a device manager that has no exclamation marks but performance in some/most games is poor compared to a P4 system. Is your system using a VIA chipset with an AGP graphics card by any chance? There's a known bug with certain VIA chipsets which halves AGP performance under Win98. Also, …

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Re: Some questions about a LGA775 Win98 build using PCIe graphics

Posted on 2024-02-22, 09:11

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by ElectroSoldier

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Now that the E8600 is here, I tried Quake 1 in software mode and got 346.7 FPS at 640x480. :D Note that this was from within the Win9x DOS prompt. However, any higher VESA resolutions seemed to be buggy in that environment, resulting in severe graphical distortions. I then dropped down to pure DOS …

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Re: Latest hardware for a Windows XP 32-bit computer.

Posted on 2024-02-19, 02:29

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by ElectroSoldier

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I cant believe its been that long. I still think of it as one of the new sound cards after the SB Live! 😀

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Re: Latest hardware for a Windows XP 32-bit computer.

Posted on 2024-02-18, 19:14

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by ElectroSoldier

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fosterwj03 wrote on 2024-02-18, 14:28: I suspect the X-Fi would count as retro these days... 😜 Really? I hope not because that would make me antique.

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Re: quick p4 question

Posted on 2024-02-16, 13:53

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by ElectroSoldier

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From what I understand the early OSs like 2k and XP they didnt see a P4 HT as a one CPU with two cores but as two seperate CPUs. They both use a "per socket" licence, and if you put a quad core CPU into Win2k it will only see the first 2 CPUs (0,1) , Ive had Win2k on a dual xeon quad core and it …

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Re: quick p4 question

Posted on 2024-02-16, 11:08

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by ElectroSoldier

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Not quite but its a decent start. Win98 is single threaded, while it can run multiple processes at once but each process can run one thread of execution. A P4 HT is one core that can run two threads at once, so the second thread will not be used as it will never try to run two of them. Win98 might …

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Re: quick p4 question

Posted on 2024-02-16, 06:46

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by ElectroSoldier

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I believe the first Hyper Threading Pentium 4 was the 3.06HT 533 (SL6S5), the 2.8GHz 533 was none HT. Its a very capable CPU for Windows 98. Windows 98 was pretty much dead by the time the P4 2.8/533/512 was released, using it for Windows 98 would put a lot of power in a Windows 98 PC, it wasnt done …

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Re: Rarest CPUs?

Posted on 2024-02-15, 18:58

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by ElectroSoldier

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The last of any particular line is usually hard to find because not many people can afford them and then they get replaced

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Re: Duel Pentium 3 MB stuck at verifying DMI Pool

Posted on 2024-02-13, 18:49

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by ElectroSoldier

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Try booting with only CPU RAM and video. Nothing else plugged into the board at all No IDE etc

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Re: What vintage CPU socket saw the biggest increase in CPU horsepower from release to retirement?

Posted on 2024-02-12, 14:58

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by ElectroSoldier

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When it comes to computers, I disagree. Things move much faster in the PC world. 10-15 years is sometimes (but not allways) sufficient time for hardware and software to become archaic, as such, it could kind of be considered "vintage". Case and point - 8088 to 486/pentium - that period started in …

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Re: Quantum Fireball 1.2GB SCSI prices

Posted on 2024-02-12, 14:50

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by ElectroSoldier

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Make sure it has a returns policy. If you cant return it dont touch it.

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Re: What vintage CPU socket saw the biggest increase in CPU horsepower from release to retirement?

Posted on 2024-02-11, 01:37

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by ElectroSoldier

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None of the Socket 939 CPUs have instructions to support OS beyond Windows 7. Which wasn't the first time (Slot A/early Socket A lack of SSE) or the last (Phenom II lack of proper SSE4.1) time it happened with AMD platform. This one in particular isn't critical though, because running on Windows 10 …

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Re: What vintage CPU socket saw the biggest increase in CPU horsepower from release to retirement?

Posted on 2024-02-10, 14:57

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by ElectroSoldier

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None of the Socket 939 CPUs have instructions to support OS beyond Windows 7. Which wasn't the first time (Slot A/early Socket A lack of SSE) or the last (Phenom II lack of proper SSE4.1) time it happened with AMD platform. This one in particular isn't critical though, because running on Windows 10 …

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Re: What vintage CPU socket saw the biggest increase in CPU horsepower from release to retirement?

Posted on 2024-02-09, 16:54

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by ElectroSoldier

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Much better then LGA775. In essence, an AM2 motherboard can run anything from a single core athlon/sempron to a quad core Phenom. AM2+ motherboards can run some AM3 chips, like the Athlon II and Phenom II. Majority of AM2 mobos weren't capable of working with anything but Athlon 64. Some ASUS and …

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Re: What vintage CPU socket saw the biggest increase in CPU horsepower from release to retirement?

Posted on 2024-02-09, 02:29

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by ElectroSoldier

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It feeling retro doesnt change what it is though. I ran XP on a dual X5365 system for a while... It doesnt matter if it was XP or Vista though, now it is what it is and it isnt retro to me, its original, not a remake version pretending to be old. I have a dual PIII 1400 system that isnt retro to me …

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Re: What vintage CPU socket saw the biggest increase in CPU horsepower from release to retirement?

Posted on 2024-02-08, 22:58

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by ElectroSoldier

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Much better then LGA775. In essence, an AM2 motherboard can run anything from a single core athlon/sempron to a quad core Phenom. AM2+ motherboards can run some AM3 chips, like the Athlon II and Phenom II. An then there are odd-ball regular AM2 boards that can run both AM2 and AM3 chips, despite …

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