Re: MS-DOS doesn't detect my SATA DVD Writer

Posted on 2014-11-11, 00:32

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by Matth79

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Are you matching the default device name with MSCDEX / SHSUCDX - different drivers often have a different default name - or you specify the same /D: option on both rather than using the default

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Re: Best Printers for 90's computers.

Posted on 2014-11-10, 20:37

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by Matth79

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

If an inkjet has stood idle for too long, it may be clogged beyond the capability of cleaning cycles - manual cleaning is very tricky

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Re: Need help finding bit for screwing in mobo standoffs

Posted on 2014-11-10, 19:10

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by Matth79

in Milliways

in Milliways

if you have a screwdriver with interchangeable bits, can't remember if the hex fitting of the handle is the right size. There are also sets that have a hex to square adapter as a socket driver - and using a screwdriver handle instead of a spanner is better to avoid overtightening. Smaller scale tool …

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Re: 3dfx Voodoo 1 cards

Posted on 2014-11-10, 18:59

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by Matth79

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Are we sure the -12 means 12nS ... and not 120 nS - did they have 12nS RAM back then, at a price where 2-4MB could be used?

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Re: Using a modern hard disk in a 486

Posted on 2014-11-05, 19:07

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by Matth79

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Depends on the BIOS - LBA is the most standardized form of translation, but was defective in some early BIOSes. LARGE is a CHS translation that can vary between systems. I'd try LBA, if there are still problems, try LARGE.

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Re: Vain efforts to make your furnace happy

Posted on 2014-11-03, 17:35

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by Matth79

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Interesting... I though the cuts would be a lot worse, reducing the effectiveness of the fins beyond the cuts. Spacers? They may reduce the blade chop noise, but the turbulent airflow off a closer fan may cool better - leading to the other paradox - larger fan on reducer - you could put a LOT of …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-10-31, 23:36

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by Matth79

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Picked up an AT desktop case (with digital display) in great shape! It even has a yellow-snow-colored 5.25" floppy! :blah: Hmmmmmm...Perhaps yet another build on the horizon?? :cool: http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/537/Oc9iBh.jpg Reminds me of an old case I had - it was my old MMX …

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Re: Research Application ASYST DIR command

Posted on 2014-10-29, 23:37

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by Matth79

in DOSBox Games/Apps

in DOSBox Games/Apps

DOSBox targets only the functionality required for games, pure luck if other things work. You could try installing FreeDOS in a Virtualbox session, but Virtualbox is also not guaranteed to support a DOS environment - or if it can't get along with virtualization at all, then maybe dual booting with …

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Re: intel 100+ pro nic bad or pc too slow

Posted on 2014-10-26, 18:02

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by Matth79

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Pro 100 (82558 or 82559 chipset) were one of my favourite cards, You want the Intel download drivers, there are a few performance settings to tinker with. The slider setting defaults to "max network performance", but that also means a high interrupt rate - moving the slider a few click to the right …

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Re: PATA/SATA adapter for optical drives?

Posted on 2014-10-24, 22:52

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by Matth79

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I know on MYCE (was CDFREAKS) the non-RAID SIL based SATA cards are highly regarded for optical drives - while converters are not recommended for writers

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Re: I think I've killed a Socket7 BIOS

Posted on 2014-10-12, 17:07

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by Matth79

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Described here... http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=62 Be aware that a mistake in the procedure could damage the "donor" motherboard, and also be aware that older standard 5V BIOS chip systems and newer 3.3V are incompatible. So remember, it's an operation that could leave TWO dead …

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Re: Replace 486 HDD

Posted on 2014-10-08, 21:23

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by Matth79

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The overlay software operates at a level below that of a TSR, as far as I understand it, the overlay loads at the boot/partition level and takes over the disk control functions, overriding pretty much any BIOS limit. I remember the time when they were supplied with most drives - for WD drives, the …

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Re: Replace 486 HDD

Posted on 2014-10-06, 20:06

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by Matth79

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/J.Steunebrink/bioslim.htm A better description... If FDISK is seeing the 504MB limit, that suggests the drive is not in translation mode. http://www.faqs.org/faqs/pc-hardware-faq/enhanced-IDE/part1/ Ah yes, entry 6.5. It is highly unlikely that any other partitioning …

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Re: Replace 486 HDD

Posted on 2014-10-06, 15:28

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by Matth79

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Danger, using another system to partition is a recipe for disaster - an unrecognized translation mode will result in wraparounds and overwriting existing data. http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Large-Disk-HOWTO-4.html If the BIOS is allowing 8GB, is it set to either "large" or "LBA" mode? - large is …

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Re: Help me pick components for a new Windows 98 build!

Posted on 2014-10-03, 15:48

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by Matth79

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

With what you have there, maybe a slocket and use the 700 Celeron on the slot board - assuming compatibility and clock speeds work out

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Re: QuaTech PCD2-B ISA Card

Posted on 2014-10-02, 22:57

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by Matth79

in DOS

in DOS

http://download.driverguide.com/driver/PCD2-F … ch/d616903.html As I understand it, the PCD2-F was the front panel bay version of this, so the driver should be the same. Found several mentions of manuals too, but not sure if any were free download.

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Re: Extremely slow VIA Nehemiah CPU

Posted on 2014-10-02, 14:30

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by Matth79

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http://cpu.rightmark.org/products/rmma.shtml - this might do for examining cache - that stepped speed graph shows the breakdown of primary, secondary and RAM - not sure how a 64 I / 64 D / 64 secondary would show up - if the 64 secondary is full speed, then there may not be much of a break point …

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Re: Free Use / Open Source Question - DosBox

Posted on 2014-09-25, 16:50

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by Matth79

in OpenGLide General

in OpenGLide General

GPL is absolute, it makes no restrictions on how you use the software, but imposes responsibilities if you wish to use/modify the code. DOSBOX is designed around the features required for games - it is not intended to be a 100% complete DOS environment, so anything else may find some missing …

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Re: Any use for a circa 2002 Athlon XP system?

Posted on 2014-09-25, 16:32

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by Matth79

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Was going to say the 760 chipset was true class, but that's the AMD 761 NB and the VIA 686B SB (not sure if that gave it the same bug that VIA NB / 686B SB suffered)

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Re: ISA VGA output crap on LCD?

Posted on 2014-09-19, 22:23

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by Matth79

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Way back, I remember we were looking at ordering some 486 machines, and the one we liked (mostly) had a Trident card - which we asked if they could change, because several of the monitors we had just did not like Trident at all - CRT monitors, with a bad case of dot crawl with the Trident card - for …

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