Re: Getting Parallel Tape drive running on W98

Posted on 2019-06-08, 15:57

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by Roman78

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Other question: I have more old Tapestreamers here, like the Iomega Tape 250. I lokked here: http://vogonsdrivers.com/index.php?catid=61&menustate=35,0, does someone know, what drivers or software i can use with that device? Or is the driver not there?

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Re: Getting Parallel Tape drive running on W98

Posted on 2019-06-08, 11:46

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by Roman78

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Hmmm I checked Conner BackupExex and Seagate BackupExec (Windows 95 and Windows 98) Default programs. I did not checked NT or 2000 yet. I'll try that....

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Re: Getting Parallel Tape drive running on W98

Posted on 2019-06-08, 06:34

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by Roman78

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Yes that's the Logo. But i cannot find much information about Tape-Drives there. The earliest snapshot is from 1999 and the device from 1994 I would like to get it working via the LPT-Port, because my Pentium III is already pretty full containing a 3,5" and 5,25" Diskdrive, a LS120 and a ZIP250. So …

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Getting Parallel Tape drive running on W98

Posted on 2019-06-07, 09:42

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by Roman78

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I got a QIC-80 tapedrive from the Company Shuttle Technology, the Shuttle Tape 250F. This is an external Parallel Tape drive. Now i wanted to use W98 to read some old tapes of mine. But i can't find any driver nor does Win98 recognize the drive out of its own. I opened the case, inside is a Archive …

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Re: SSD in a Vintage Computer

Posted on 2019-05-23, 06:52

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by Roman78

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I have never been able to get XP to boot in AHCI mode. How do you manage that? Sometimes it is very frustrating. Here i have an Esprimo and i was unable to get AHCI working, even with SP3 installation medium which should AHCI integrated. I tried several drivers and scripts, nothing worked. On my XP …

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Re: SSD in a Vintage Computer

Posted on 2019-05-23, 05:25

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Indeed, i paid about 5 Euro for some IDE-SATA adapters. That was an expensive one, because it had to fit into an MacMini. Even de SD-IDE adapters are around 3-5 Euros. So i made some test with my XP-Machine, first of all it is an i3 3rd Generation with SATA-2, so it is not that old. This could also …

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Re: SSD in a Vintage Computer

Posted on 2019-05-22, 10:15

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by Roman78

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Thanks @Jo22 I just made a test on some i5 i have here. I just installed XP an took a look in Chrystal DiskInfo, but could not see any information about the alignment. But running MiniTool Partition Wizard 11 told me about the alignment and was able to align. Something different: I read on SSD and …

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Re: SSD in a Vintage Computer

Posted on 2019-05-21, 12:56

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by Roman78

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Ohha... this is totally new to me... Please also note that these issues are not only restricted to SSDs. HDDs since ~2008 or so do use 4K sectoring (socalled Advanced Format , AF). While they do accept 512Bytes per Sector externally, they nolonger use them internally. If you're using a stone age OS …

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Re: SSD in a Vintage Computer

Posted on 2019-05-21, 08:23

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by Roman78

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I searched a little for Windows XP and found some information: Disable services: Defrag, Superfetch and Windows Search Disable File indexing, System Restore and the Pagefile And, because XP only supports 3.3 GB ram, i install 8gb and use Dataram RamDisk 3.5 to crate a 4GB RamDisk to use as Temp- …

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SSD in a Vintage Computer

Posted on 2019-05-21, 06:29

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by Roman78

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SSD's getting cheaper and cheaper these days. a 120GB SSD is available for less than 20€ (22 Dollar). This would be a great supplement for some old Computers. On DOS-Age computer i mostly use SD-Cards as Harddisk. But from Windows95-age onwards the SD-Card lacks the cache and it feels slower than a …

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Re: What is the best Thin Client for Windows 98 (SE)

Posted on 2019-05-15, 09:51

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by Roman78

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@BushLin: unfortunately there is no Socket 370 Mobile or Low Power CPU. The Pentium III i have, has a TDP of 35 Watts. The Geode NX 1500 has only 9Watt. @appiah4: only the NeoWare has Legacy SB compatibility. The HP T5710 sound card could have, but the Bios is missing the option to enable Legacy …

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Re: What is the best Thin Client for Windows 98 (SE)

Posted on 2019-05-15, 08:58

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by Roman78

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@BushLin: unfortunately there is no Socket 370 Mobile or Low Power CPU. The Pentium III i have, has a TDP of 35 Watts. The Geode NX 1500 has only 9Watt. @appiah4: only the NeoWare has Legacy SB compatibility. The HP T5710 sound card could have, but the Bios is missing the option to enable Legacy …

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Re: What is the best Thin Client for Windows 98 (SE)

Posted on 2019-05-15, 07:43

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by Roman78

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Oohhh powering a 1V CPU with 1.6V could be fatal. According to the CPU-List the Geode is not supported. Maybe it's possible to edit the Microcode to add the Geode, but there is still the problem with the Voltage. /edit: Found a German-Forum whit the same issue. The guy there said the SK43G has the …

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Re: What is the best Thin Client for Windows 98 (SE)

Posted on 2019-05-15, 07:19

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by Roman78

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That could be an option. I have a NX1500 and NX1750 CPU here. And directly integrated CD or DVD and disk drive. No need for external devices. What is you power consumption idle and load and noise level? Than i would need a Low-Power GPU as well. /edit: just checked the CPU specs, i would go for the …

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What is the best Thin Client for Windows 98 (SE)

Posted on 2019-05-15, 06:25

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by Roman78

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I have always keep an eye on power consumption and desktop space. So i like small powerful computers. Nowadays you can install MacOS 9 on a MacMini G4 - Great. And also Windows on thin clients. But what is a good an fast thin client to keep an eye out for? I have: HP T5710 https://www.parkytowers.me …

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Re: Need W98 drivers for ATI Radeon X1250

Posted on 2019-03-22, 11:47

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by Roman78

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According to techpowerup the X1250 is based on the R400, so maybe we could use a X800 driver. I read that someone has done this. https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/radeon- … s-1250-igp.c847 Running XP on 1 Ghz could be a little slow i thing. Maybe Sp1 would work good.

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Need W98 drivers for ATI Radeon X1250

Posted on 2019-03-22, 11:16

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by Roman78

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I own a HP Thin client T5730: https://www.parkytowers.me.uk/thin/hp/t5730/ I want to install Windows 98 on it for some retro gaming, this has a ATI Radeon X1250 GPU, but i am unable to find the appropriate driver. Also need the USB, Audio, Netwotk and SMB driver. There is an ATI Chipset on this one. …

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Re: Apple iMac G4 restore

Posted on 2018-11-19, 12:34

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by Roman78

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Old (1998-2002) games don't run well in OS X for mysterious Apple reasons. (There were lawsuits over this IIRC.) PC emulation also sucks. If you want to play these games you need a machine that can boot the classic OS. Indeed. I own some old Games for the Classic OS and those run horrible in the …

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Re: NetWare - Ultimate Retro File Sharing?

Posted on 2018-08-23, 13:03

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by Roman78

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I never played through network card at Dos, had these games whole IPX stack everytime inbuild or you have to have already something (network driver, Netware) installed? Well, you would load your specific NIC's ODI driver, and the IPX stack driver (2-3 TSRs total), which is the basis of the Novell …

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Re: Need ATI Radeon 7000 driver for Windows 95 OSR 2.5

Posted on 2018-08-22, 08:23

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by Roman78

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I did stick to W98 on my thin client with the ATI Radeon 7000m . W95 did run, but not satisfactory (is that the right word). And DOS had even more problems, not the the Radeon, but whit the Soundcard integrated in the Thin client. I think it would be possible to flash a Rage 128 from Apple to pc. …

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