Re: proper way to store computers in storage

Posted on 2024-02-05, 12:09

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by candle_86

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Good luck! It wasn't the only reason but we were somewhat priced out of the UK and until we find somewhere we can call home the PC's I shipped over to Australia are in my sister's garage in the moving boxes they came over in, each has a bag of silica chucked in the case as just about everything …

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Re: proper way to store computers in storage

Posted on 2024-02-05, 04:27

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by candle_86

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Store them similar to how they would have been boxed new. If you think all these NIB machines that are found in long locked up warehouses that would have been similar conditions to what you described and usually come out ok. You have the advantage of not having to worry about transport so can be …

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Re: proper way to store computers in storage

Posted on 2024-02-04, 17:56

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dominusprog wrote on 2024-02-04, 17:34: Put them in a plastic bag with a bag of moisture absorbing silica. Also keep them away from direct sunlight. it's a closed metal building no chance of sunlight, as for silica yea not a bad idea I'll order some trash bags and some of those or maybe just shove …

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proper way to store computers in storage

Posted on 2024-02-04, 17:01

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by candle_86

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I'm relocating to an RV for a year or two, and I've got my collection of now 40+ desktops. Is there anything special yall can think to do besides pull batteries. I'm in Texas and its not a tempature controlled storage building so can freeze in winter and can easily hit 150-160 in summer inside that …

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Re: very poor OpenGL preformance

Posted on 2023-09-30, 17:05

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It's one of the Rialto AGP bridge cards so that could be why. The drivers are rather unpredictable with them. Yes I'm not sure either, if I could get a working 6600gt or 6800 series ago I'd just go that route. I've been tempted to swap to a pice board and a quadro fx3450 I just tried Medal of Honor …

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Re: very poor OpenGL preformance

Posted on 2023-09-30, 03:10

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by candle_86

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swaaye wrote on 2023-09-29, 22:03: It's one of the Rialto AGP bridge cards so that could be why. The drivers are rather unpredictable with them. Yes I'm not sure either, if I could get a working 6600gt or 6800 series ago I'd just go that route. I've been tempted to swap to a pice board and a quadro …

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Re: very poor OpenGL preformance

Posted on 2023-09-29, 17:35

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by candle_86

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7.11 had the same issue but I went all the way back to 5.13 and my issues are fixed. Not sure what the 5.13 drivers do diffrent than the 6, 7, or 8 series drivers

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very poor OpenGL preformance

Posted on 2023-09-29, 16:13

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by candle_86

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So I've started playing on a system for 2001-2003 era games which it should handle fine, and for DX7,8, and early 9 titles it does great, but OpenGL it just falls apart. System Specs Athlon 64 3200 939 Venice E6 ECS KV1 K8T800 Chipset 1GB 2x512mb PC3200 2.5-3-3-5 Saphire X700 Pro Tried Cat 6.12, 7.2 …

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Re: PS/2 Pinout

Posted on 2023-06-07, 00:08

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by candle_86

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it isn't, from probing though its VCC|NC|GND|Unknown|Unknown I'll try swapping wires around then if there is no risk

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Re: PS/2 Pinout

Posted on 2023-06-06, 19:03

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by candle_86

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no for the PS2 Mouse header pinout on the board, the manual shows where it is but does not tell me what the pins are, i found 5v and ground but my multimeter for obvious reasons doesn't tell me clock and data

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PS/2 Pinout

Posted on 2023-06-06, 18:58

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by candle_86

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Hey anyone know the pinout on the iwill p55xb2, I already figured out the pinout for the cables I got, but the manual doesn't say for the onboard header. I did use my multimeter and probed 5V and Ground but i can't find clock or data.

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Re: How to force Quake 2 to use 32bit color

Posted on 2023-05-07, 23:30

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thank you, so by default it just uses my desktop color depth, so i can just swap between 32 and 16bit desktop?

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How to force Quake 2 to use 32bit color

Posted on 2023-05-07, 18:00

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by candle_86

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because of the God aweful steam version and the stupid RTX version finding information for the command line argument for how to enable 32bit color mode in quake 2 seems to have gone missing, its all about the stupid steam version or the stupid RTX version so what is the command line argument for …

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Re: Compaq Prolinea

Posted on 2023-04-14, 17:20

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by candle_86

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Well I'm taking mine to its limits that I can Pentium 166 up from the 120 64mb EDO S3 Virge/DX 4mb Promise Ultra 66 128GB Compact Flash, only partitoned 64GB for trash collection, and of course can move it to my USB CF adapater on my modern comp for file transfer

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Re: New 486 Build

Posted on 2023-04-01, 21:04

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by candle_86

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I swapped the AZXT for an Optio931

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Re: New 486 Build

Posted on 2023-04-01, 13:21

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by candle_86

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Oh mine is Pizza box, I'm just waiting on the Ram and the VLB card to arrive and I'll be taking some pictures, as for Windows 9x, nah I've got a Pentium 166, Celeron 333, Pentium III 550, and Pentium III 866 for Windows 9x. This is gonna be just DOS/Win3.1

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Re: Newest CPU and GPU for Windows 95?

Posted on 2023-04-01, 03:05

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by candle_86

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The bigger issue Windows 95 2.1GHZ flaw on intel and AMD's 350mhz error, both have fixes, one offical for the AMD, but the 2.1 fix came out alot later. Honestly I'd stick to something like Pentium II or AMD K6

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New 486 Build

Posted on 2023-04-01, 02:59

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by candle_86

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Well I'm building a new 486, since I sold mine a few years ago cause I was supposed to move. I'll have pictures later but so far here are the specs Intel 486SX 25 oc'd to 33mhz 16mb FPS SIMM genoa systems 8500vl VLB AZXT Sound Card GoTek 2GB compact Flash DVD-RW (Only Beige Drive) 3com 305CB Network …

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Re: Any easy way to convert .img files to 1.44mb

Posted on 2023-04-01, 01:26

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by candle_86

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I'll try 7zip, winimage works but it its disk by disk and clunky

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Any easy way to convert .img files to 1.44mb

Posted on 2023-03-31, 21:08

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by candle_86

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So I'm using a Gotek now and finding issues with software on any disk image besides 1.44mb. I've taken to extracting them with winimage and then copying them onto the USB drive I use. Is there any easier way, more streamlined?

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