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Re: Server 2003 R2 Standard Ed. not activating error 32777

Posted on 2018-08-08, 14:47

in Milliways

in Milliways

Nah R2 is only at SP1 level. You still need to install SP2 If fact if you don't put the 2nd CD in during install it'll keep you at the non R2 level of 2003 (and I doubt many people ever really needed the extra R2 features) I did call MS Activation few years ago after WinXP support had ended and was …

Re: Only one can stay....

Posted on 2018-08-08, 12:08

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Sounds like you already decide on the motherboard. If using the P3C-S gives you more joy then go with it. Fastest CPU possible. Both sound cards. Sports Car GT seems to be the most demanding game D3D game in that list, but would think the V4 would run it ok? Rest of the games are Dos or glide which …

Re: Warcraft 2 not that fun anymore?

Posted on 2018-08-08, 11:52

in Milliways

in Milliways

Have to agree with mostly whats been said. Blizzard of 2016 wasn't the same as the Blizzard 10 years earlier, I can understand them not been overly interested in their back catalog. Starcraft (Which I never really liked) and Diablo 2 (which I did) were massive games, which still have an active …

Re: Windows 98SE / XP build

Posted on 2018-08-03, 16:34

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Duel boot? yeh the P4 HT based on a 865 or 875 chipset. (no real world difference) P4P800 motherboards were highly regarded back in the day so built mine around one of those and works well enough in 98

Re: Game Versions

Posted on 2018-08-03, 16:31

in DOS

in DOS

I like my games the latest and greatest for the most part, even if the bug fixes offer no real benefits, say fixes something for a bit of hardware I don't even own. But don't have any real place to go apart from google which will hopefully bring up some fan site like ones you linked above. So for …

Re: What part number is on original Windows 95c CD?

Posted on 2018-08-03, 16:21

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Looks like the version number on the CD could tell you. I know the "USB Support" isn't enough I just fond this pic on the net, couldn't tell you which numbers your after though.

Re: Geforce 6800GT vs Geforce 6800 Ultra ( AGP )

Posted on 2018-08-03, 16:13

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

6800 Ultra AGP owner here. I got it for bragging rights. I have fond memories of Win98 era and AGP so I can say, yes, I have the best and final graphics card that officially supports Win98. But nothing in Win98 really wants that much power, I doubt you'll notice any real world difference compared to …

Re: Compaq 386s Deskpro SCSI

Posted on 2018-08-03, 15:58

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Above is correct, You cant boot from a soundcard, I doubt the scsi controller even has the necessary to detect HDD's. Some HDD's have inbuilt termination say set by a jumper, others will require something physical on the cable. Finding out the HDD model and a quick google will tell you. Really in …

Re: For the Love of Optiplex

Posted on 2018-08-03, 15:43

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

no real nostalga attached but also like the "rounded-front leaning-forward case design" It looked old at the time, like 1930's streamlining, which made it kind of, um, classy?

Re: Fujitsu C Series - C1121D - Pentium M - Dos/98 Gaming? Need Advice on what to do with it?

Posted on 2018-08-03, 15:34

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

variant on the NAS idea, For a while I had an old laptop hooked up to USB 1TB drive which was on the same switch as my xbox which acted as my media centre, as wifi wasn't cutting it and everything else was other side of the room. or you could do like phil did and turn it into a external midi device …

Re: To those who are in or near Sydney (rare opportunity)

Posted on 2018-08-03, 15:18

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

checked price for ticket back home.....damn it! did send a email to my brother though!!!

Re: How to create a portable game installation drive/partition for a retro pc?

Posted on 2018-08-03, 15:16

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I actually prefer this way, saves the registry getting clogged up with unneeded entries and gets around those games that you cant NOT install add on online support services which are most likely dead anyway. Just about all my games on a separate partition run fine by just running the exe after a …

Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2018-08-03, 15:02

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

No idea where you live, shipping may have made it impracticable but no harm in chucking something on ebay before chucking it out and maybe pay for your next bit of hardware that 2x CD drive for example is slow, unreliable and not even IDE but even still, someone here was looking for one just the …

Re: Pentium 3 build - Old and New school blend

Posted on 2018-08-03, 14:47

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

man you stole my idea, green PCB's, leds, etc 😀 Although I would get rid of the ram heatsinks and leave them as standard green and add voodoo 2 SLI for even more greenery, but all green looks as amazing as I thought it would.

Re: Server 2008 and Windows 98SE: AD set profile path and map drive

Posted on 2018-08-03, 14:18

in Milliways

in Milliways

Problem is Windows 2000 was the first OS to truly support Group policy, earlier OS's don't natively support it so have to jump though a few hoops. Below lists a few ways to modify the registry, if you were doing this for lots of computers you could probably force the registry change over group …

Re: My Australian Collection

Posted on 2018-08-03, 13:42

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The case says GP7-500 or am I reading it wrong? you got points for observation, only to loose them "The more observant would have noticed the model number on the front of my case doesn't actually say GP4 400. This is because the same client had this PC but the power button was broken so said they …

Re: Meet Ol' Bessie

Posted on 2018-08-03, 13:24

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Very nice! loved the bit about been scared at the beep and turning it off again! lol Not as bad as me deleting files I didn't need in c:\ yeh they had to call someone to come reload MS DOS. I've still got that PC as well, and cant bring myself to upgrade it much as all the hardware has its own story …

Re: Problem with KVM switch and 5160

Posted on 2018-08-03, 13:15

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Are both KVM's Belkin? maybe the 5160 doesn't like that brad of KVM's? I've got a video card that doesn't like my 8 port Compaq KVM but works happily on a cheap no name 4 port KVM. Both happily work with my sole computer that needs the Din - PS2 adapter though.

Re: Old rack cabinet, finally

Posted on 2018-08-03, 13:04

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

also plan on using an old rack, Now isn't a bad time i see plenty of racks been thrown out as more stuff goes to the cloud. Just worried they will all be gone before I get a house to put the rack in!

Re: Could manufacturers re-release 90s hardware?

Posted on 2018-08-03, 12:48

in Milliways

in Milliways

First thing I thought of when I read this was they already do! industrial PC's Gotek after all was developed for industrial use not retro, we just benefit from it. But I think industrial demand is the best chance for any new developments in legacy hardware. We are even divided in our own community, …

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