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Memtest86+ in 2020

Posted on 2020-07-21, 13:49

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Morning all. Just a FYI: Michael points to & discusses a Fedora discussion of the shortcomings of Memtest86+ these days, and what may be done about it. Fedora Developers Brainstorming Options For Better Memory Testing https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Fedora-Devs-Better-Memory-Test

Re: What is this video corruption?

Posted on 2020-06-18, 16:24

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

so i have an athlon xp system that runs on an nforce2 chipset along with a 9600xt agp - it is great in all win98 games except one - die hard nakatomi plaza. i've got 3d models all over the place, weird shadows and texture overlays, stretched and bloated elements, the list goes on. it's the only …

Re: Saitek Cyborg 3D joystick / Win95

Posted on 2020-06-17, 20:16

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in Marvin \ Software

tincup wrote on 2020-06-17, 14:49: OK, I probably misunderstood you. It's the Aviator and AV8R (both USB) that I'd say are essentially the same. Yup! Got that, agreed with it. I was adding as a "by the way" the info about the PC/360 being a suprisingly different beast from the PC-only model.

Re: Saitek Cyborg 3D joystick / Win95

Posted on 2020-06-17, 13:59

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The dilemma I face is that USB controller are no go on W95 of any flavor. You can enable the mass-storage/thumb drive function but that's about it. I was combing through a readme in an R Loew W95 USB driver kit looking for help (his memory limit patch is great BTW) and he states that exhaustive …

Re: Saitek Cyborg 3D joystick / Win95

Posted on 2020-06-16, 17:39

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in Marvin \ Software

Was searching for W95 drivers for the Saitek Aviator (if there is one) This "v 1.0" CD only contains XP. Pic below. In the meantime I'm trying to get a Saitek AV8R USB functioning in W95 (USB1 is fully funtional in this rig). Legacy drivers for the similar "Aviator" model install... AV8R and …

What is this video corruption?

Posted on 2020-06-16, 16:32

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

It's only in CFS2 so far. These are fine: UT2K4, FS9 ,IL2, & Unigine benchmarks. GT240 340.52 XP SP3 32bit E5200 Pegatron IPIBL-LB G33 None of the in-game settings alter it. I'm amused there's such a blow-out in only one game -- what causes this?

Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2020-04-04, 01:47

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

kolderman wrote on 2020-04-04, 00:29: I like those twin beige boxes. What have they got in them? A mausoleum of my final P1 & PPro, with all the spare drives & cards that would fit, to accompany them into what the afterlife may hold.

Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2020-04-03, 23:49

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

With so many of us on the Inside, I imagine we could do a pretty good sub-thread just of the piles that have formed as we re-arrange our space.

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

Posted on 2020-03-24, 21:54

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Ah. I've failed twice then: don't have the paper manual -- found the remembered pile of pamphlets under the Osborne, in a disused steamer trunk. It did include amusements though, and I found some needed cables on the way.

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

Posted on 2020-03-24, 20:30

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

wiretap wrote on 2020-03-24, 17:46: Got the Samtron fired up on the 8088. SC-431VS? Seems I've got the driver file still. There's a risk I kept the paper manual, but first rummage no luck. I probably stowed it somewhere creative.

Re: What music are you listening to?

Posted on 2020-03-23, 01:09

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in Milliways

MrFlibble wrote on 2020-03-22, 14:27: Recently I got hooked to this really good solo piano transcription of Handel's Water Music Thank you for reminding me. I like to revisit this one periodically for a cheering up: Mayuki Miyashita plays The Tom and Jerry Show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= …

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

Posted on 2020-03-23, 00:41

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

That cleaning of Alps switches is a pain... Whereas foam'n'foil is pretty straighforward. I did this 1993 BTC-5369 recently. I remain astonished that the foam holds up. This tech isn't my choice for typing either. It /might/ be okay if you could just feel the contact point. The softness is fine, …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-03-18, 04:05

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Almoststew1990 wrote on 2020-03-17, 23:36: I bought an AGP 7600GS today which hopefully will bridge the gap between my GeForce 3 ti 200 and more modern PCIE cards, and used for games in the 2003 to 2005 range with a Pentium 4 or something. That sounds right to me. I use a 7600GS on ASUS P4P800SE 3. …

Re: WT24PRO MC-P500A 500W ATX PSU - what is this?

Posted on 2020-03-18, 03:57

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

But /almost/ everything. It's trimmed everywhere yet they gave it honking sinks and fans. I find that rather intriguing. I think someone may have been pushing to deliver a successful really cheap PSU. Though heck-yeah, I wouldn't want to approach 500W with that.

Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2020-03-18, 03:42

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

... The 'Original 1956 Subway Map' Holy crud... and Wiki shows me that Bloor-Danforth opened in 1966. It had never occured to me that my mom was dragging me through something basically new, on a handful of outings to the Museum and such. The tube has always been such a part of the shape of that …

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

Posted on 2020-03-17, 14:32

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

After a few unsuccessful instalations I found out, that the issue mostly began after Plug and play hardware detection in the final installation stages of Windows 98. ... I had entirely forgotten about this. My dad's Pentium Pro was fussy about the order of installing hardware in W95. There was some …

Re: WT24PRO MC-P500A 500W ATX PSU - what is this?

Posted on 2020-03-17, 09:02

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

EDIT [getting old here - my eyes skip things] Thank you . Missed that part. All I get from Google is WT24PRO listed once inside an simple product list, "October_2008.xlsx", on a malware site. Three years ago there was only an Ebay listing, as part of group of six mixed brand PSUs. FWIW, that XLSX …

Re: WT24PRO MC-P500A 500W ATX PSU - what is this?

Posted on 2020-03-17, 02:17

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

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WT24PRO MC-P500A 500W ATX PSU - what is this?

Posted on 2020-03-17, 02:17

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

This one has quite slipped off the internet. Who was WT24PRO? Does anyone recognize it under another name? This unit came from a DIY-build ASUS M2NBP-VM A64X2 4200+ that I retired in 2017, and IIRC, it came here in 2013 via two hand-me-downs. This PSU is the correct year, so is possibly the original …

Re: What is the latest Ideas on Whiting Plastics ?

Posted on 2020-03-16, 23:59

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Why ? Just curious because like copper, brass, silver and other things ... the patina effect is part of nature and to reverse or remove it is detrimental to the object being reversed. It can lead to the item becoming more brittle or actually loosing value. Guess no one here is an antique or coin …

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