Re: Is there a DOS util that can backup/restore win9x installations? (no drive imaging)

Posted on 2013-10-04, 21:06

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Yes it does. However, as one might guess from its name, it is a drive imaging program. And for some strange reason I get the feeling that's not quite what the OP is looking for. :wink: Is there a DOS util that can backup/restore win9x installations? (no drive imaging) I am not looking for a drive/ …

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Re: Is there a DOS util that can backup/restore win9x installations? (no drive imaging)

Posted on 2013-10-04, 03:12

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IMO, the more elegant solution would be a more elegant batch file. With conditionals, variables, and the CHOICE command, you can do all sorts of cool shit.

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Re: Is there a DOS util that can backup/restore win9x installations? (no drive imaging)

Posted on 2013-10-03, 22:37

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I've never actually tried it, but the command-line version of 7Zip supposedly works under DOS if you use HX DOS Extender.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2013-10-02, 18:29

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Yeah, the fans just clip into those brackets. As for a door, Directron appears to still have a limited selection front bezels for the Chieftec mid-towers. Here , here , and here . They're a slightly different design from the Dragon (though they should be interchangeable), and your color choices are …

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Re: Katmai overclocking question

Posted on 2013-10-01, 14:06

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Honestly, I don't think knowing the exact temperature really matters... those things were pretty tolerant of heat. If it runs stable, and the heatsink doesn't burn your fingers when you touch it, you should be alright.

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Re: How to set jumpers on Chinon 5.25" drive?

Posted on 2013-09-29, 20:11

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OK... change the jumper from DS0 to DS1, see if it works just from that. TM is probably termination. It should be installed if the drive is on the end of the cable, removed if it's in the middle of the cable. IU just controls the function of the front LED light, shouldn't need to mess with that one. …

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Re: M921 motherboard for 486 no POST. Anything to do before I toss it?

Posted on 2013-09-26, 19:44

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You'd think it would beep if it was just a memory problem. Still, I guess it's worth a shot. If that is unsuccessful, and you don't mind a bit of tedious work, I'd take a close look at the chipset... I've had several boards where the big QFP chips had some legs broken loose from the solder pads. I …

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Re: Is it safe to use a soldering gun to splice power supply cables?

Posted on 2013-09-23, 17:28

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It takes a hell of a strong magnetic field to mess with the data on a hard drive. Far more than a soldering gun could create... even consumer-class tape erasers usually won't have any effect. Soldering guns do carry a current at the tip, a very high current in fact... but at a very low voltage. You …

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Re: People who call their entire computer a "CPU"...

Posted on 2013-09-21, 22:52

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PATA drives being described as IDE drives - as in "Is it a SATA drive? No, it's an IDE drive". You're fighting a losing battle on that one. "PATA" is a neologism. Anyone who was around before SATA existed calls "parallel ATA" IDE, because that's what it was always called... IDE was synonymous with …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2013-09-19, 20:58

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True enough, but most people who had the 300A got the Slot1 version. I didn't even know there was a S370 variant of it... it must be a fairly rare chip.

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Re: People who call their entire computer a "CPU"...

Posted on 2013-09-18, 18:16

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It's certainly not correct to call a computer tower/desktop/box a 'CPU', but at the same time I wouldn't say it's unreasonable to do so. I mean, it is, after all, the central unit that does the processing. It would've made even more sense back in the '80s, when all the drives and expansions and such …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2013-09-17, 00:04

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2 Radeon 7000s, one AGP, one PCI (Both going in the trash most likely) Keep the PCI one at least. Those are very handy cards to have around... decently fast for a PCI card, and they'll work with just about anything (including old Macs and Sun machines, with a BIOS flash).

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Re: Do any of the different MSDOS versions past 5.x really have any advantages or disadcantages over one another?

Posted on 2013-09-09, 15:10

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The DOS included in Win9x was version 7, but it was never available as a standalone product. There were, however, some unofficial (and not quite legal) releases of it... I think the Wengier/China DOS Union release was the most famous one.

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Re: USB Floppy Emulator / Simulator - Video Review

Posted on 2013-09-07, 00:59

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On the older versions of those things, the ones that only supported 100 'disks', there was a way to use regular IMG files. There was a bit of voodoo involved, but IIRC it required creating a folder on the root of the flash drive named IMG144, naming the image files in order from 000.img to 099.img …

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Re: Started using ATX cases for AT boards

Posted on 2013-09-06, 23:28

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I haven't seen an AT case myself with a single side-panel opening. Sure would be neat! I remember there being a few, in the very late days of AT. I imagine they're quite rare, though... they came out after ATX had already gained popularity (we're talking '97-'98 here), so probably not too many …

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Re: S-Video capturing

Posted on 2013-09-05, 17:58

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To be clear, there's no 64-bit or Windows 7 support for those, is there? No, they were obsolete long before Win7 came around. For SD capture, I don't know of any really good cards (at least, with a reasonable price tag) that support 64-bit. With these things, newer does not mean better. Everything …

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Re: S-Video capturing

Posted on 2013-09-05, 17:07

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The regular X1950 Pro definitely does not support video input. Though now that I think about it, there may have also been a version with VIVO, which does have that capability. The best cheap option, IMO, is the old Hauppauge PVR-250/PVR-350. They can be had for $10-15 on eBay, support XP (as well as …

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Re: SATA IDE vs. AHCI

Posted on 2013-09-04, 02:52

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The newest generation of drives can touch 200MB/sec on the inner tracks, so they would be somewhat limited by ATA/133 speed. But in general use it's actually pretty uncommon to peg out the transfer rate on a hard drive anyhow, so it's not likely that you'd even notice a difference unless you're …

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Re: Pentium MMX SL27S undervolting

Posted on 2013-09-01, 00:28

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What actually bothers me is that the CPUs aren't any cooler at lower voltages (finger test). The finger test is not exactly a precision measurement and you're probably not doing a direct side-by-side comparison, so I wouldn't really rely on that. But if you're just checking it at idle, there may …

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Re: Biggest program to ever be released commercially on floppy disks

Posted on 2013-08-29, 13:51

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Office 4.3 came on 24 floppies. There was also a Pro version that came on... 31 disks, I believe it was. I have a copy of it around here somewhere, but IIRC it's missing a couple disks from the set. Office 95 Standard was also sold in a floppy version, though the Pro version was a CDROM release.

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