Re: Dangers of open spreadsheet to buy hardware?
Posted on Today, 00:25
Is it from somebody you have been in contact with before?
Re: Gotek like Optical Driver Emulator - Is it possible?
Posted on Yesterday, 21:21
Back in the day, there was also the common issue of drives not liking burned discs and a fix was to slightly adjust the power of the laser. I have a few drives like that. Is there more information on this that you know of? That was a really long time ago.... basically, there should be a tiny …
Re: Bum Simulator
Posted on Yesterday, 19:40
That would be great. For those who are not from Alabama ,we have named our minor league baseball team The Rocket City Trash Pandas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_City_Trash_Pandas And who cares about "political correctness"? That is just code for censorship, aka violating our first amendment …
Re: Gotek like Optical Driver Emulator - Is it possible?
Posted on Yesterday, 19:01
Oh, I've had burners stop burning after only a few uses. They generally still read discs ok, but even if they go through the burning process and say it completes the disc can still be completely blank and can be written with a working burner. Back in the day, there was also the common issue of …
Re: Bum Simulator
Posted on Yesterday, 18:47
Well if you don't like it, don't but or play it. Have you actually watched the trailer? It isn't realistic at all unless bums normally have super powers. Just to add to this.. why not show the trailer to some real bums... Provided they don't just decide to jump you and steal whatever you have on you …
Re: Recommend CRT monitor size for Windows 98 gaming.
Posted on Yesterday, 18:45
Hah... It could be considered the absolute worst quality anti-aliasing ever... Good luck being able to read text or make out any fine details whatsoever. Of course if you have bad close up vision you could just use your eyes' built in anti-aliasing by not wearing glasses or contacts.
Re: Recommend CRT monitor size for Windows 98 gaming.
Posted on Yesterday, 18:13
What? Higher resolution when using the same screen size works the opposite way. The higher the resolution, the less the jaggies stick out. Unless you are using a CRT TV via a little mod to play “VGA” resolution games Then you can’t see the jaggies at 640x480 or lower Ewwww... I have one of those... …
Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware
Posted on Yesterday, 17:51
You must have much better local sales where you are then. Around here stuff like Craigslist is full of people wanting crazy prices for old stuff.. and not even desirable old stuff. Same goes for every other local sales platform. And the last recycling center that would sell stuff to the public shut …
Re: Recommend CRT monitor size for Windows 98 gaming.
Posted on Yesterday, 17:36
What? Higher resolution when using the same screen size works the opposite way. The higher the resolution, the less the jaggies stick out. This is when comparing 2 monitors that are the same screen size but have different max resolutions. If you are using an LCD, the lower resolutions will blur …
Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware
Posted on Yesterday, 17:15
Love to know where you can get a good Core 2 system for only $10... As in, not OEM and not crappy components. The higher end boards are kinda pricey. I've been looking for a good P45 based board with DDR3 support and a Gigabyte EP45T-UD3P popped up for sale and I bought it... For only $89.99. And …
Re: Help gathering parts for more period correct 98se build
Posted on Yesterday, 17:06
For KT133A boards, the Abit KT7A is pretty much the best. With a modified BIOS you can run the Barton core CPUs and the mobile CPUs are good for this board. To get the higher multiplier support, a simple socket wire mod is the way to go. Be prepared to replace the capacitors on this era of boards …
Re: Bum Simulator
Posted on Yesterday, 16:42
I actually want to buy this game at some point but Biomutant was on sale and is one of the games I have really been wanting to get so I got it instead. https://store.steampowered.com/app/597820/BIOMUTANT/
Re: MIDI on LAN for Windows 98SE
Posted on Yesterday, 16:40
Think I found software that does what you want. Look for Midi2Lan on this page: http://www.synthzone.com/utilities.htm
Re: MIDI on LAN for Windows 98SE
Posted on Yesterday, 16:08
Does that computer have a sound card with a gameport already? If so, most likely all you need is a cable.
Re: Help! Windows 7 System Restore points keep on disappering
Posted on Yesterday, 15:41
System restore is one of the first things I disable. Try running an admin command prompt and run a chkdsk c: /f Could be that you have some file system corruption.
Re: Upgrade CPU Gateway P5-75?
Posted on Yesterday, 03:00
If you want then... Also there's this horrendously overpriced option called the Intel Overdrive, which for merely the price of a Super 7 board , K6-2-400 and 64MB SDRAM, and an AGP card, will make your system into a halfassed Pentium MMX Hah... I have multiple of the Pentium Overdrive chips and …
Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware
Posted on Yesterday, 02:22
Nope, they have been expensive for quite a while. You got a "great deal" at only $40.
Re: Can it be done?! Should it be done?!
Posted on Yesterday, 02:20
Good luck finding a new SS7 chipset in any quantity. There may be some tray of them floating around but a SS7 board is a whole lot more complicated than an XT motherboard and thus a small run would most likely end up being a whole lot more expensive than a NuXT. And what about CPUs? Why even use a …
Re: Upgrade CPU Gateway P5-75?
Posted on Yesterday, 00:37
Surprised that nobody has mentioned the Pentium MMX Overdrive chips which would give you anywhere from 150mhz to 200Mhz depending on the bus speed. Then there are also other upgrade units whuch could get you up to a minimum of 300Mhz by using an AMD chip that supports a 6x multiplier on the 2x …
Re: Anybody in the US (ideally the PNW) who can test some CPUs?
Posted on Yesterday, 00:15
I could test them, but if somebody is closer shipping should be a bit less. The thing about the K6-2+ and K6-III+ CPUs is that even though they are rated at 2.0v, they are usually not completely stable without 2.1v Also, a lot of SS7 boards don't listen voltages that low but the jumper settings will …
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