Re: New forum suggestions/Feedback

Posted on Today, 10:13

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yeah i'm there. but it's mostly a EUR userbase so not very useable for buy/sell/trade as shipping becomes really crazy these days. I assume you are also on vcfed.org? That's the opposite, mostly a non-EU userbase and might suit you better. I'd like to add this also: wherever trades are allowed the …

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Re: XTIDE Hard Drive Recommendation

Posted on Yesterday, 15:08

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Jo22 wrote on Yesterday, 14:32: Does that XTIDE card support IDE/ATA or just 8-Bit IDE? It's the commonly known IDE for common HDDs. The name comes from "adding IDE to XTs" and not the 8bit protocol.

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Re: Mspaint alternatives (Win32/Win64)?

Posted on 2022-05-26, 12:10

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You could try paint.NET (https://www.getpaint.net/). It's not as simple as the old ms paint, but it's not photoshop either.

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Re: Random free game findings

Posted on 2022-05-20, 07:15

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MrFlibble wrote on 2022-05-19, 15:41: Laser Tank -- another puzzle game Isn't Laser Tank still alive here? https://laser-tank.com/

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Re: Retro to couch setup?

Posted on 2022-05-20, 07:12

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moknok wrote on 2022-05-19, 23:06: Joysticks seem difficult to do on couch unless you use a gamepad type. And until you attempt to do the keyboard!

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Re: I miss the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s

Posted on 2022-05-20, 07:09

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And with sites that have both traditional forums and a discord server, well the forums are dead a lot of the times. Adding to this, there were perfectly fine forums that suicided by adding social media things on top of them. User base changed and the forum died quickly, adding the new layer was …

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Re: 386 Motherboard Repair

Posted on 2022-05-20, 06:59

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Any ideas how I can remove the slots without damaging them to check for corrosion below each memory slot? The obvious way, by using desoldering equipment. A manual pump and a lot of patience + practice is the cheapest way and will do the job on old motherboards like this 386, albeit not very …

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Re: Is there a DOS utility that can set CPU fan speed?

Posted on 2022-05-16, 07:32

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I have an ASUS P2B motherboard that seems to post just fine but reports an error in the CPU temperature sensor. The effect is that while it boots the CPU fan never starts (tested a few different CPUs and different fan headers on the board). I know there are windows utilities to set CPU fan speed …

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Re: Windows games on reactos.

Posted on 2022-05-16, 07:26

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The target for ReactOS was to be a proper OS, not an emulator for running games. In my opinion it has failed after all these years to deliver even a minimum stable environment, but that's another topic and has nothing to do with the initial aim.

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Re: i7-3770K / Asus P8Z77-V Pro / GTX 960 / X-Fi / WinXP

Posted on 2022-05-13, 15:34

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kaputnik wrote on 2022-05-13, 14:24: When something not all that far from your main rig turns up on Vogons, you know it's time to start planning the next upgrade 😁 Imagine it being more powerful than that (ok except the RAM) 😃

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Re: I miss the 1980’s and 90’s

Posted on 2022-05-13, 08:44

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TrashPanda wrote on 2022-05-12, 10:11: what really hits home is that we are closer to 2050 now than we are to 1980 ...the 80s were 40 years ago. Let me make this worse for you, we are closer even to 2060 than 1980 ...and I still think 10 years ago was when nirvana released nevermind.

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Re: I miss the 70’s

Posted on 2022-05-12, 08:18

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To miss the 70s you'd need to be at least 10 years old then. So born around 1960. So at least 60 years old today. I don't believe we have many people above 60 in this forum.

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Re: Schneider Euro PC

Posted on 2022-05-11, 10:58

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The EuroPC part is correct, but I believe their joystick was the exact same common 15-pin PC joystick for both PC and PCII. So for the PCII they did give the y-cable as you wrote, but it also has two 15-pin connectors for normal PC joysticks (and not two 9-pins) Sorry for not letting this go. I …

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Re: I bought a DOM 64gb so you don’t have to. (Or do you?)

Posted on 2022-05-11, 10:03

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First I tried it on my tyan s1564D No dice, system hang every time it tries to verify DMI pool data. Even hangs when installed on a add in card. Ideas? It's been written before by me and confirmed by another user later that these specific DOMs (from 4GB and up) just don't work on older IDE …

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Re: MK8330 : new soundcard based on the CMI 8330 chipset

Posted on 2022-05-10, 10:22

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Just a guess based on a quick look at square.mp3 : mono track split (duplicated) to stereo, one side inverted. Results in a sort of "spatializer" effect, or "enhanced stereo" as some of the old boom boxes used to call it. With further uneducated (on my part) speculation that some frequency or phase …

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Re: Breaking the internet privacy

Posted on 2022-05-08, 17:24

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Where can I bet when this is getting locked?

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Re: XCOPY /S not copying all files

Posted on 2022-05-06, 19:18

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So you run this while on C:\> and a simple dir from the same location lists more than 2 folders? Very curious to see how this goes! I guess you also want to see what's going on and not just copy the files. I don't have any really useful idea but I'd bet it's something silly. Like a needed scandisk, …

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Re: Home Computer - was it a toy or a Personal Computer for the masses?

Posted on 2022-05-06, 13:03

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I didn't own any of them and the first computer I met in person was IBM PC AT 286, so after it all those Commodores and Spectrums class computers looked like a silly toy. Maybe that's why I have the same feeling also today. Try to think of them in the correct time frame: compared to what exactly …

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Re: Can I clone my CF C: drive like this

Posted on 2022-05-06, 10:48

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Yes, you can, you don't even need to have same partitions or same cards. I see two important points: 1. You will need to sys.com/make the other card bootable in addition to copying back all the files. Maybe also set partition to active if it's not. 2. Make sure to not only copy hidden and system …

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Re: my compact flash experience is a dud

Posted on 2022-05-06, 09:57

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chiveicrook wrote on 2022-05-06, 09:21: It should be possible to access all partitions regardless. There is an issue with partitions and removable devices (=CF card on usb card reader). Windows, at least until some version of windows 10, only display the first.

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