Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2024-05-22, 07:32

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by chinny22

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not driving so much, but does anyone else watch those "will it start?" and rescue type videos? You bet! Probably more than computer related video's I like fixing up old PC's and making them live again. Fixing up old cars isn't that far off the same subject matter. Helps that getting an old car …

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Re: Dell Dimension XPS T500 upgrades.

Posted on 2024-05-22, 07:10

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by chinny22

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The Motherboard is a BX motherboard made by Intel themselves, so rock stable Officially it supports 100Mhz FSB slot 1 CPU's so fastest is a 1Ghz Coppermine (which is what I have in my T500) You wont find one of those cheap but maybe something around 700 or 900Mhz? you can also get a slocket adapter …

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Re: Is it safe to connect to internet under Windows 95 or 98SE?

Posted on 2024-05-21, 01:59

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by chinny22

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another thing to consider - you can use a firewall etc, all good practice, and the risk is then fairly low but if you *never* connect that 9x machine to anything else, never take data from it on floppy, usb or otherwise and the machine's particular set up isnt precious to you (or you have a …

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Re: Pentium3 to look for?

Posted on 2024-05-21, 01:55

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by chinny22

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I am not convinced that this is because of "youth rigs". If all software would work on todays hard and software just as well, many people wouldn't bother. It will be interesting in the future, when it is the games that are failing to run, not the machines. Likely, there will be no way back, even if …

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Re: For Win98 games you don't need a build faster than [...]

Posted on 2024-05-21, 01:47

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by chinny22

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Off the top of my head the only games I own that don't work on XP are Return Fire Road Rash Dark Reign? (or is that just the installer) Need for Speed 3, 4 Porsche (which is my fault as many other people have succeeded) Main other use for 9x is when I want to use my 3dfx cards. Again, Need for Speed …

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Re: Is the Pentium 4 underrated for retro computing?

Posted on 2024-05-21, 01:35

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by chinny22

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Which sound card? Also which magazine thought a Williamette S423 with RDRAM was the best system? :D Some Hercules thing, I think it was, with a crazy external breakout box. (And I call it a "crazy external breakout box" as someone who owned an Audigy Platinum eX at the time... this thing is much …

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Re: Voodoo 2 SLI Retro Sleeper Build

Posted on 2024-05-21, 00:43

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by chinny22

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Love those V2 coolers and very lucky you got the same case as back in the day. Think you have a great PC

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Re: Finalizing my 486 retro computer - advice is welcome

Posted on 2024-05-20, 23:59

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by chinny22

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486/40! That makes for a nice change from the endless 66Mhz and above builds (which I'm also guilty of) I like the idea of VLB I/O controller. Even if performance doesn't really change it's just nice to use VLB as it's what makes 486's a little different. Personally I don't see the big deal is with …

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Re: Voodoo/TNT2/GeForce or Voodoo/GeForce for Windows 9x?

Posted on 2024-05-20, 07:06

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by chinny22

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I thought about installing two identical Voodoo 2s 12MB in SLI in HP Vectra VEi8 PCI slots and connecting its onboard Matrox GPU to Voodoo as 2D signal that Voodoo 2 needs/lacks. What max 2D resolution gives that Matrox GPU? That could be the first PC. Is it bad that it is 3D accelerator and not …

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Re: Late era 486 build

Posted on 2024-05-20, 02:43

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by chinny22

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Beeper is definitely your 1st step. Good chance the PC is trying to tell you whats wrong by giving you a beep code that you have a ram/video/whatever error Even a cheap piezo buzzer will do. (proper speaker is preferred if playing PC speaker games though) https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/182990065587?_ …

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Re: Gotek Floppy Emulator problem - ACCESS DENIED

Posted on 2024-05-20, 02:32

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by chinny22

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I know once your newer than XP the software is pretty buggy (and it's not exactly amazing in XP) This video is for Win10 but would think it still works for 11? https://youtu.be/Of9aVq_cQQQ?si=-zECKqLIlXSdwOEI Must admit I copy files from my modern PC's across the network to my XP rig and use the …

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Re: Pentium3 to look for?

Posted on 2024-05-20, 02:11

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by chinny22

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Pentium 3 have massive retro tax slapped on them already. And there's not that much on sale, anyway. There's a ton of Pentium 4, but there doesn't seem to be much demand for them. I still think the P4 is a bit underrated for retro gaming especially when paired with an industrial board w/ ISA slots. …

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Re: Is it safe to connect to internet under Windows 95 or 98SE?

Posted on 2024-05-20, 01:55

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by chinny22

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Update. Just recently, there had been a little controversy about XP and its vulnerability to internet malware. It's because of a YouTube video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uSVVCmOH5w Saw this video and was disappointed. I thought it would be good for the old "how safe is " question that comes …

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Re: Voodoo/TNT2/GeForce or Voodoo/GeForce for Windows 9x?

Posted on 2024-05-20, 01:40

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by chinny22

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Speaking generally your probably safe with Vood00 + GeForce. Nvidia cards had good backward compatibility so most of the time isn't much need to go with earlier cards. But for a more informed answer we would really need to know Which games you want to focus on. Which Voodoo card Which GeForce Rest …

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Re: Windows Me - "Misunderstood Edition"

Posted on 2024-05-20, 01:25

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by chinny22

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Back in 2000 were there actually many users who wanted, cared about or even know what native DOS mode was? Indeed more then you would think. You have to remember that computers were still very expensive while at the same time became obsolete much quicker. Many people either didn't want or couldn't …

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Re: Rise of the Triad Vibra 128 problems

Posted on 2024-05-17, 01:02

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by chinny22

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I can't remeber if this was one of the games that caused me issues on my related PCI 64. If you select SoundBlaster as the music device does that work?

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Re: To bay or not to bay

Posted on 2024-05-17, 00:51

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by chinny22

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Personally while all my PC's have a optical drive I hardly use it. Most my games don't use CD audio and the few that do I go without. however while not perfect you can get cd audio over DaemonTools DaemonTools No CD Audio

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Re: Do you keep a tech-journal?

Posted on 2024-05-17, 00:09

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by chinny22

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I have my "hardware" spreadsheet which now lives in google it lists Hardware type (sound, video, etc) Make, Model, Part number, Buy price, Sell price, Location (PC name or stored) It's useful for as I can't remember which soundcard is in which PC or when people ask here about prices or finding …

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Re: Should I purchase virgin floppy disks nowadays to have a retro system?

Posted on 2024-05-16, 23:44

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by chinny22

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More important would be where have these been stored for the last 10+ years. Thats whats going to affect lifespan If someone's clearing out their garage that's damp in winter and boiling hot in summer, then you're going to get more dead disks then used disks that have come out an air-conditioned …

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Re: My experience returning to Win98 after 25 years

Posted on 2024-05-10, 03:44

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by chinny22

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whenever I get a "new" win98 pc I find it takes a few installs to find the right driver combinations but once you find it you know for next time. I install as little as possible, drivers, Direct X, Winrar Deamon tools no windows updates. (I also install IE6 and Office but not really needed) I figure …

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