Re: Retro PCs, internet connection sharing, safety

Posted on 2024-02-08, 18:22

by

by Scythifuge

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

[...] I just found out about custom firmware on routers (in part due to researching the DIR-655 I thought I bricked - but is now mysteriously working and accessible from my XP and main PCs,) and I think that the concept is pretty neat. I read that we can thank Linksys for that. I saw info about the …

---

Re: Some GOG offline installers not executing under Windows XP

Posted on 2024-02-08, 05:25

by

by Scythifuge

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I don't think windows 10 (or 11) is terrible enough to move to Linux, I'd still call the OS Serviceable rather then enjoyable. I still don't actually like them and think simplicity of use the GUI has been going backwards, even starting with Win7 but I don't find much about modern computers …

---

Re: Retro PCs, internet connection sharing, safety

Posted on 2024-02-08, 03:51

by

by Scythifuge

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

if wifi4 is sufficient, i run 2 linksys e6400 routers (usb 3.0) flashed to fresh tomato firmware (newer releases of dd-wrt WILL work with wifi startup script hacks). should be super cheap on ebay by now. originally came with a 2a 12v ac adapter, but you can get by with 1.5a or so. i even run a …

---

Re: Some GOG offline installers not executing under Windows XP

Posted on 2024-02-08, 03:26

by

by Scythifuge

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

One reason i dual boot win7 with xp. I can potentially install under win7, do a reg diff, then play under winxp. The game partition is mounted as D on both. I am LOVING using Windows XP again (and I keep looking for ways to do things I do on my main PC on my XP pc, such as using an XP Pen drawing …

---

Re: Retro PCs, internet connection sharing, safety

Posted on 2024-02-07, 00:15

by

by Scythifuge

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I got a deal on an ASUS RT-ACRH17, though I am not sure of its capabilities - I made an offer on it (due to thinking I bricked my ancient DIR-655) and it was accepted, and I am going to collect a few more semi-modern routers. I am also looking at a TP Link TL-SG108E switch because it has a web …

---

Re: Retro PCs, internet connection sharing, safety

Posted on 2024-02-06, 19:35

by

by Scythifuge

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I updated the DIR-655 to the latest available firmware and thought I bricked it, because my XP machine is timing out when trying to access the menu. I connected my WIn10 PC to it and was able to access the menu. It turns out that the firmware adds "features" which are too new for XP and old CPUs to …

---

Re: Some GOG offline installers not executing under Windows XP

Posted on 2024-02-06, 19:28

by

by Scythifuge

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I had a feeling this might be a problem one day , honestly at this point gog should start offering the original floppy disk images and bin / cue files , I think some games offer it but I'm guessing not all of them. Also some releases are butchered to help with running the game on modern systems …

---

Re: Retro PCs, internet connection sharing, safety

Posted on 2024-02-06, 04:59

by

by Scythifuge

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I do want the retro machines to be able to go online, as long as they are isolated and pose no risk to the main systems and devices on the network, while being able to send/receive files between them and my main PC. It will be neat to utilize this thread and everything I learned/am learning on this …

---

Re: Retro PCs, internet connection sharing, safety

Posted on 2024-02-06, 02:39

by

by Scythifuge

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Okay so I have the switch running. I think that being short by half-an-amp will be fine as long as I don't use every port. This should get me by until I can order/pickup some new switches.

---

Re: Retro PCs, internet connection sharing, safety

Posted on 2024-02-06, 01:27

by

by Scythifuge

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I mean 1500ma on the universal. It is the same brand as my 300ma.

---

Re: Retro PCs, internet connection sharing, safety

Posted on 2024-02-06, 01:23

by

by Scythifuge

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Well, the switch died, so that can be removed from the equation. Well, if you want to run a separate network, you're going to need a separate switch and/or VLANs on a managed switch. Do you want the retro machines to have access to the Internet in your setup? I found out that switch lives; it was …

---

Re: Retro PCs, internet connection sharing, safety

Posted on 2024-02-06, 00:42

by

by Scythifuge

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Well, the switch died, so that can be removed from the equation.

---

Re: Retro PCs, internet connection sharing, safety

Posted on 2024-02-05, 23:41

by

by Scythifuge

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have to re-read the thread since there is a lot of information, and my networking abilities are rusty, though things may be quicker if I ask: I have the modem and router from my ISP, a gigabit switch, and an older wired/wifi (N) router. My main PC has two built-in ethernet ports, for some reason. …

---

Re: Some GOG offline installers not executing under Windows XP

Posted on 2024-02-05, 22:49

by

by Scythifuge

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

You can install the games on another computer and copy the files over. Games requiring registry entries or files outside of the games folders pretty much went out if style around when steam came out and became popular. I sync gogrepo and gog galaxy so I already gave bith. If I need an older version …

---

Re: Some GOG offline installers not executing under Windows XP

Posted on 2024-02-05, 22:12

by

by Scythifuge

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

To add: I had the XP machine connected to the 2nd ethernet port on my main, Windows 10 machine, using a cat6 as a crossover cable to copy many of these offline installers over from my file archives. Jade Empire was one of them. I just copied my archived Jade Empire offline installer folder to an SD …

---

Some GOG offline installers not executing under Windows XP

Posted on 2024-02-05, 21:58

by

by Scythifuge

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Greetings, I have been installing Windows 9x & XP compatible games onto my Athlon XP / WinXP system from my GOG library. I placed the offline installers into a folder on my D: drive, and install them from there into a games folder on my C: drive. Everything has been working perfectly until I turned …

---

Re: Best driver for ATA AIW X800 - Windows XP 32-bit / Athlon XP 3200+

Posted on 2024-02-03, 05:51

by

by Scythifuge

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Does anyone know where I can find the AIW files specific to 6.9? The Multimedia Center, DVD decoder, TV tuner stuff, etc.?

---

Re: Best driver for ATA AIW X800 - Windows XP 32-bit / Athlon XP 3200+

Posted on 2024-02-03, 00:42

by

by Scythifuge

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

I just tried the official 6.9 drivers, and the dxdiag tests were a success. I am now installing Just Cause to test for that weird center screen box-glitch. If the glitch is gone, I will probably stick with these unless someone suggest a better alternative. Now, if 6.9 is what I stick with, I will …

---

Best driver for ATA AIW X800 - Windows XP 32-bit / Athlon XP 3200+

Posted on 2024-02-03, 00:02

by

by Scythifuge

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Greetings, I am having trouble with ATI & Omega drivers for my AIW X800. I have tried 7.10 & 7.11 and cannot run anything in 3d and dxdiag tests fail to create 3d device. Omega drivers for 7.10 work, for the most part, but when I run Just Cause (2006,) there is a weird glitchy square in the center …

---

Re: Retro PCs, internet connection sharing, safety

Posted on 2024-02-01, 00:19

by

by Scythifuge

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Are there any open source web browsers still being worked on/updated/patched which would be good for a WinXP system? I am going to start looking for one after I move a bunch of files. My 750GB drive decided to crap out, so now my WinXP box is going to have 2 1tb drives which will probably never be …

---