Re: PS/2 Vs. USB for Windows 98 SE

Posted on 2021-01-07, 09:14

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Guess I'm a mouse ignoramus, but in my experience mice are mice. Use them for games, use them for everything. I don't use optical mice. In fact, didn't even have one until a couple of years ago. I didn't buy it, I salvaged it new. Rate? Precision? Whaa? I need to clean the mouse maybe once in 6 …

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Re: conner cp3044 failing?

Posted on 2021-01-04, 03:29

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I think I remember from a Macintosh drive that wouldn't read, the grease was just so dried and gummed up it wouldn't spin up. But the data was all there and it read correctly (even disassembled). Of course then the guy blew up the controller chip by using the wrong power supply...but besides the …

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Re: SimCity 2000 Music hanging with Audician32 and Dreamblaster S2

Posted on 2021-01-04, 03:24

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digger wrote on 2021-01-04, 00:13: it's actually quite unique and memorable. That's one way to put it.

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Re: Looking for a Motherboard Manual

Posted on 2021-01-02, 08:38

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Though it would not have helped here, if the websites on archive.org were fully indexed and their content (html, pdf, txt, doc) centrally text searchable, it would be a thing of wonder . I can only imagine how much useful hardware/software data and drivers could be sleeping in old nondescript …

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Re: Repairing 386 MB, Need ideas...

Posted on 2021-01-02, 08:34

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jdgabard wrote on 2021-01-01, 22:33: And if you still can't figure it out, donate it to me. I'll probably get it working and add it to my collection. 😉 Damn, I will. You know quite a bit about early computer design.

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Re: How to install Windows XP Pro SP3 properly

Posted on 2021-01-01, 16:44

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Lazar81 wrote on 2021-01-01, 10:20: hwh wrote on 2021-01-01, 10:13: On SP3, nothing. At least net framework is needed for my gpu control center. Seeing as you already mentioned that in the first post, and it pertains to specific software you wish to use that tells you what to install with it, I …

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Re: SimCity 2000 Music hanging with Audician32 and Dreamblaster S2

Posted on 2021-01-01, 10:15

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SimCity 2000 has music?

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Re: How to install Windows XP Pro SP3 properly

Posted on 2021-01-01, 10:13

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On SP3, nothing.

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Re: Was Deus Ex rough on contemporary hardware?

Posted on 2021-01-01, 09:33

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I first ran it on an Athlon 1700+ with a Geforce 2 Ti, in 2002. No issues of course. Ran it at 1024x768. But that is a little after release. And it's far above the stated requirements for the game.

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Re: When did you purchase your first 386 / 486 Computer? Availability vs the early 90's affordability norm.

Posted on 2021-01-01, 07:15

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I never bought one. But my first computer was a 486-66 hand me down in 1999. I'm not sure what year...94-96? That was my mother's introduction to computers. It was ready for the web with a blazing fast 14.4 modem. Once I visited the "Starship Troopers" web page and looked at renderings there. Each …

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Re: Old fraps version?

Posted on 2021-01-01, 06:28

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https://web.archive.org/web/20000301110441/ht … om/download.htm There's version 1.2 from November 1999 (Windows 95/98). I think that's the best you're going to do.

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Re: How do people storage their computer stuff (motherboards, video cards, CPUs)

Posted on 2020-12-31, 04:44

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All my hardware would have been trash many years ago if ESD was a major issue. Frankly, a lot of hardware is surprisingly durable. Humidity fails to kill a lot of it. The first computer I rescued was a 386 that had been sitting out in the rain for ...? Days? Weeks? Worked like nothing had happened. …

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

Posted on 2020-12-31, 04:30

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The other day I finally got my 286 back. I decided to open her up to assess the damage. First off, holy hell this thing is heavy. 35? 40 pounds? I went in to assess barrel battery damage. What did I find? An externally connected lithium battery. It was disconnected. Thanks, AST.

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Re: How do people storage their computer stuff (motherboards, video cards, CPUs)

Posted on 2020-12-26, 03:47

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Mostly piled in unceremonious stacks inside plastic boxes. Frequently...what you come up with becomes permanent.

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Re: Merry Christmas everyone and have you ever lost something in your computer stash ?

Posted on 2020-12-26, 03:40

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Most of my "lost" stuff are things my dad threw out or "lost" himself while I was away. Like my Nashua disk pack. Or (oddly) my mouse for my actual computer. I could understand some weird stuff getting tossed aside like the film reels, but my mouse? Recently while I was running my actual system on a …

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Re: Hyundai SUPER-16TE xt clone: restoration and info

Posted on 2020-12-25, 09:51

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Amazing work on that. I've heard these systems get very good MPG.

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Re: Potential OS Change Questions

Posted on 2020-12-18, 08:32

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I suggest ME. It's obviously not as lightning fast as 98, but it's just fine when you give it enough resources. It's the most sophisticated DOS based Windows version, installation is easy. I would say it's not as "clean" as a nicely done 98 system, but less of a pain to get stuff done.

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Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2020-12-06, 10:53

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Terrible game. People always talked about it like it was amazing, though. Is it perhaps this kind of game where the entertainment is from following the story, but the gameplay is sub-par? I never even tried to play it, simply because RPGs in general are not my cup of tea. So I wouldn't be able to …

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Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2020-12-06, 09:17

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xcomcmdr wrote on 2020-12-06, 07:08: I never enjoyed Baldur's Gate I/II, not even a little. Terrible game. People always talked about it like it was amazing, though.

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Re: Fact review on graphics card purchase for XP

Posted on 2020-12-06, 09:12

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It looks like Bandicam requires Win 7+ for nvenc support. A support article is saying the tab won't appear in XP or Vista. Looking at FFmpeg, the last Nvidia driver is 368.81, while the nv_codec_header module requires 456.71 or newer. I probably was misremembering CUDA powered encoding versus nvenc …

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