Re: Amstrad 5.25 floppy drive compatible with 386?

Posted on 2023-02-01, 20:24

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When I receive a computer like this, the first thing I do is completely disassemble it while carefully photographing everything. Clean dust, check for damage (burned components, etc). Also look inside the PSU. Blow some canned air over everything. Then partially reassemble it. Just motherboard, PSU …

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Re: What is PCI-X?

Posted on 2023-01-31, 19:12

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Some 32-bit PCI cards can run at 66 MHz or higher so you will still get a performance boost from plugging them into PCI-X slots. ETA: But be careful what cards you put on the PCI-X bus. A single 33 MHz card will drag the speeds of all other cards down to that level. ETA2: Related discussion

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Re: What is PCI-X?

Posted on 2023-01-31, 16:01

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My file server for years ran PCI-X SATA RAID cards, first the RocketRAID 1820A, then the 2220. (It now uses a 2320 with PCIe x4)

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Re: Amstrad 5.25 floppy drive compatible with 386?

Posted on 2023-01-29, 02:25

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Yes the cardboard is there to stop the heads banging into each other when the machine is moved. It's a good sign, but you can never be sure with things like this. Good luck with the purchase.

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Re: Amstrad 5.25 floppy drive compatible with 386?

Posted on 2023-01-29, 02:16

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A 286 will almost certainly have a high density (1.2 MB) drive, but you should check with the seller to make sure.

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Re: Windows XP: is there a True Ms-dos patch?

Posted on 2023-01-28, 23:06

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VDMSound was what everybody was using back then. It was the precursor to DOSBox I understand.

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Re: Extended Memory on PC/XT

Posted on 2023-01-28, 20:55

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That's interesting, thanks. I always thought you needed a 386 for this.

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Re: Extended Memory on PC/XT

Posted on 2023-01-28, 19:59

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XMS on a 16-bit CPU? Don't you need 32-bit CPU for that?

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Re: Amstrad 5.25 floppy drive compatible with 386?

Posted on 2023-01-28, 19:25

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Yes, double density, 360 KB. It won't be able to read high density disks.

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Re: Amstrad 5.25 floppy drive compatible with 386?

Posted on 2023-01-28, 19:05

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That will be Sankyo with Amstrad branding. I have a pair of DFE222A10-A drives which I guess must be similar spec.

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Re: Matrox G450 PCI any good use?

Posted on 2023-01-25, 12:57

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I have a Marvel which I use for video capture of old VHS tapes, but I've never used it for gaming. The thought never crossed my mind. But now that you mention it, I'm curious to see how it performs. I assume since it is AGP it will outperform the PCI Millennium. I don't have the G450 MMS, but do …

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Re: Program that searches words inside multiple files

Posted on 2023-01-25, 10:12

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Yes grep. I still use Borland's Turbo Grep 5.5 from 2000. It can't handle UTF though. There's probably a newer version with that functionality, but I haven't needed it. > Isn't that a *nix program? Not part of windows? OP spoke of using Windows search but he also refers to a 3rd party program. As I …

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Re: Matrox G450 PCI any good use?

Posted on 2023-01-25, 09:53

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Beware that there are at least three "Matrox G450" cards: Matrox Marvel G450 eTV Matrox Millennium G450 - this is the one you want for gaming. Avoid the others. Matrox G450 MMS

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Re: VPC 2007 on XPSP3 'beta has expired' when clicking on the exe after install.

Posted on 2023-01-23, 19:42

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I've been using VPC2007 right up until a few weeks ago when I finally switched to Windows 10 from 8.1. It's unfortunate that it won't run on Windows 10 as I now no longer have access to my DOS/Windows 9x/NT VMs. (I tried running VPC inside of Hyper-V but it just crashes the W81 guest OS.) So I …

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Re: Gatekeeping in the retro hobby

Posted on 2023-01-20, 00:58

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To be perfectly honest, I still stand by what I wrote. But I stopped watching the video, cause she gave me a vibe of something I moved away from. For almost 7 years ago, which was extremism to a degree that I do NOT like. Sadly I first realised how extreme I had been, when my mother died. And I …

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Re: Gatekeeping in the retro hobby

Posted on 2023-01-18, 21:37

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Photography is another area with an elitism problem. The new generations of smartphones have some pretty fancy optics that make them competitive with much more expensive professional cameras, but of course smartphone photographers don't get any respect.

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Re: Gatekeeping in the retro hobby

Posted on 2023-01-18, 13:01

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To be fair, this is an emulator support forum. People who insist on running their games on 'old junk' are not really supposed to be here.

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Re: Inswell Turbo XT (XT clone) with two ST225 drives, need help.

Posted on 2023-01-18, 12:20

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What on earth are you going to do with so much storage? Host a MUD or BBS?

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Re: Memories of Win 8.1 as it goes EOL

Posted on 2023-01-11, 17:37

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I tried Everything a few years ago, and IIRC, it doesn't support file-contents search. I need the ability to type a string into the Start Menu (e.g. "Longhorn") and have the associated document ("Notes on Windows Vista.docx") immediately appear. I could do that in Windows 7/8.1, but not in 10. (I …

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Re: Memories of Win 8.1 as it goes EOL

Posted on 2023-01-11, 17:06

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The main thing I don't like about Windows 10 is the search system, which is frustrating to use compared to Windows 7/8.1. This is non-trival for me since I use Windows Search continuously.

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