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

Posted on 2015-11-09, 18:54

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AnacreonZA wrote: Oh Starcon 2 - how many exams did I fail because I spent too much time playing that game. 😀 There are far worse games to lose that kind of time to. I do remember the printed star chart making it a hell of a lot easier to play though, so it's a little weird now to not have it.

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

Posted on 2015-11-09, 13:35

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Smashed things (Worthless things like brown cardboard boxes) because I wanted to listen to 50s music... Most of what I found was "Digitally Remastered" bullshit. I hate that shit, it needs to be fucking outlawed. If I want to listen to music from a certain time period it is because I like what it …

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Re: Need a little help with an Apple IIgs

Posted on 2015-11-05, 17:09

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The trick to opening a //c is to remove the screws that hold it together (that's all of them but the four that hold the floppy drive in, although you can remove those too), fold the handle down (as if you're going to use it), lift the rear of the machine about 3-5", and drop it on its handle. The …

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Re: Compaq cds 524 - upgrade info [help]

Posted on 2015-11-05, 16:49

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Best of luck with the project. I've never dealt with a machine that lacked BIOS, but I can't imagine that headache that would present.

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Re: Compaq cds 524 - upgrade info [help]

Posted on 2015-11-04, 12:24

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I can't say anything specific to this Compaq model, but with regard to your question about installing an ISA graphics card, my guess is that the worst you'd be in for is changing a BIOS setting so that it doesn't default to the onboard graphics. If it's anything at all like more modern motherboards, …

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Re: Is it possible to protect '98 on a live internet connection?

Posted on 2015-10-30, 15:05

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alexanrs wrote: One can always be the 1,000,000th visitor on a random site and get a shit load of cash xD That happened to you too?! Wow. It IS a small world. High five for mutual good luck! 🤣

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Re: Is it possible to protect '98 on a live internet connection?

Posted on 2015-10-30, 12:30

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For something interesting to happen you have to desperately try to enlarge your penis or download GoT season that has not been shot yet or whatever dumb people do on the net. Hey, you won't be feeling so smug when that Nigerian prince wires me his millions. I could use it too, what with all of …

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Re: Odd Dual Boot Question

Posted on 2015-10-30, 12:29

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Interesting ideas all around. I suppose the only question I would have had is resolved by the extended partition containing the logical partition (which, since I have three partitions on this drive and only use two, is a pretty solid idea). Since I don't want to go to the trouble of creating …

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Re: Odd Dual Boot Question

Posted on 2015-10-29, 13:37

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Just so I'm clear, both DOS and Win 98 were installed to my C: partition. It's a 6gb drive, so I divided it into 3 2gb partitions. With both installed to C:, does that mean I can't use the "load previous version of MS-DOS" option in the boot menu or will it work regardless? I avoided that option for …

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Re: Odd Dual Boot Question

Posted on 2015-10-29, 02:06

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Just an offtopic, is there something really specific to people dual boot ms-dos with Windows 98?since ehm, window 98 is an "MS-DOS APP" so, you already has a fully working ms-dos? Idk, that's why I'm asking that, I'm still a ms-dos newbie... I need to do more digging on it. It's not Windows 2000 …

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Odd Dual Boot Question

Posted on 2015-10-29, 01:41

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Ok, so my Dell is well on its way to being a proper DOS and early Windows 9x entertainment system. Unfortunately, while I had it running smoothly with only DOS 6.22 installed, once Windows 98 came into the picture, I found I had a LOT of weird anomalies in driver loading when I went to restart in MS …

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Re: Dead P200 Machine?

Posted on 2015-10-27, 16:14

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You could try the system with only the SB16, I'd try different slots as well if you can. To be really sure, if you have another PC with ISA slots give the card a try in there as well. I have a few cards that don't like certain systems for whatever reasons. I may try it in my 486 when I get that up …

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Re: Is it possible to protect '98 on a live internet connection?

Posted on 2015-10-27, 16:11

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Does anyone else feel at least a twinge of regret at the fact that the internet has become the last word in bloatware? Remember back when a computer that was too old to do anything else was still good enough "to get online and check your email?" There are some cool sites out there, but I can't help …

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Re: Dead P200 Machine?

Posted on 2015-10-24, 05:26

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Alright, so I finally had time to open this beast up again and try a few things. I was hoping to double check the RAM and the expansion cards (which, themselves, are attached to an expansion card) in the hope that it was as simple as removing a component that had gone bad. Fortunately, taking out …

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Re: Any Buckling Springs Fans on Vogons?

Posted on 2015-10-22, 15:58

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Big fan of buckling springs, but I can't convince my other half that I should have one. She hates the noise of my MX Blue TKL board as it is - she'll snap if she hears the CLACK CLACK of a Model M or a Unicomp! Clearly, the best solution here is to drive her totally mad so she'll no longer notice …

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

Posted on 2015-10-21, 15:57

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Not for the faint of heart! Congrats on the (surprisingly) positive results!

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

Posted on 2015-10-21, 15:37

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I'm no expert, but saying "some rust" in regard to that board is like saying the Titanic is "a little soggy."

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

Posted on 2015-10-21, 12:53

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Well the stuff didn't get collected. So this is the stuff I could save from potential dumping today. For free. Holy crap! :exclamation: More than "hope you've got a van," it's "hope you've got a large, empty garage!" A lot of it is actual rubbish. Out of what I have cleared so far I have got a few …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-10-21, 12:50

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A pair of socket 370 Celerons, I think the 1.4 is a Tualatin and last of that breed, may be I'll open that one if I find a good ISA mobo to go with it. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ZWzgK6q8xgPLMZdVe15IZoPxqI6W8lgVnbvLJIvXNWtSLNZjv8deQ-Db_TBL7GmDr3XIYaLeT2ICYCih7XpZGAdYkYHFHKb69BODI7W- …

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Re: Any Buckling Springs Fans on Vogons?

Posted on 2015-10-20, 18:06

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I lucked into an old Acer keyboard (manufacture date in 1996) that I'm just about positive is buckling spring at a Salvation Army for $4. It must have been some kind of NOS or office surplus they'd taken n as it was still in the box with the plastic packing that covered the keys. No fading or …

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