Re: P-4 laptop what can be used for ?

Posted on 2017-02-07, 03:28

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by notsofossil

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

There are Mobile Pentium 4, Pentium 4-M and Pentium M CPUs. The latter are the true mobile chips, much better architecturally and power-wise, and are the ancestors of all modern mobile CPUs. Yeah I have a Dell Latitude C640 with a Pentium 4-M in it. I too have had to replace the heatsink paste for …

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Re: Which XP?

Posted on 2017-02-06, 15:42

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There's really no reason to use XP SP3 on an older computer (Pentium M and earlier), it really bogs down the system and not much software truly requires it. Sometimes you'll find something that needs Windows Installer 3.1 and .NET Framework 2.0, you can still install those onto XP SP2. Another …

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AT Caseless?

Posted on 2017-02-06, 06:33

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I have an AT bog-standard Socket 7 board in a smelly old yellowed, tall and really heavy PC case. The parts inside are still good though, even the PSU. Although fumigating the case is an option, perhaps go caseless? I know people do that sometimes for ATX systems, but what about AT? Is it a bad idea …

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Re: P-4 laptop what can be used for ?

Posted on 2017-02-06, 05:16

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As others have said, Pentium M is not a Pentium 4. You could comfortably run Windows ME, Windows 2000 SP4 or Windows XP SP2 on a Thinkpad R51. I am posting from a Thinkpad T42 running Windows ME with the unofficial service pack actually. First thing you'd want to do increase the RAM. If using WinME, …

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Re: Warcraft Adventures discussion

Posted on 2016-11-27, 07:14

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by notsofossil

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I don't usually care much for high fantasy, but Warcraft Adventures is pretty neat. Should I seek out the regular Warcraft games? I might have a copy of Warcraft 1 around here somewhere...

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Re: Old Valve Games

Posted on 2016-11-27, 06:22

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by notsofossil

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have a boxed Half-Life Blue Shift that oddly claims it includes the original Half-Life, if anyone else wants in on original Half-Life goodness.

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Re: Fellow Vogoners, tells us a little more about yourselves!

Posted on 2016-11-26, 04:04

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I'm 24 years old and I've always been a big fan of Windows and computers in general. I also have a soft spot in my heart for PowerPC Macintosh systems, especially with Mac OS 9. Over the course of this decade, I've come to realize what I love most in technology and video games is in the past. I …

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Re: Meanwhile on CNN

Posted on 2016-11-26, 03:57

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by notsofossil

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Hahahahaha... That was no accident, given all the racy sex related programs CNN has been airing lately.

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PCMCIA cards you use/like?

Posted on 2016-11-25, 07:50

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by notsofossil

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Just about any laptop that isn't newer than the Core 2 Duo CPU has at least one PCMCIA slot in it. The most I've used them for is adding USB ports and accessing Compact Flash cards. Is there anything special you guys do with PCMCIA slots?

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Re: Warcraft Adventures recreation, looking for help

Posted on 2016-11-25, 07:37

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I recently got around to playing Warcraft Adventures, on Windows ME of course. I've never played a Warcraft game before, but this is a really fantastic adventure game. I'm really surprised by the sheer amount of animation in this game, it rarely recycles frames even in similar situations. Even when …

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Re: Old Valve Games

Posted on 2016-11-24, 08:27

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This has become a massive pet peeve of mine lately. It's not just old Valve games, almost anything re-released on Steam or GOG is all anyone ever talks about or troubleshoots these days. If you want to look up issues with running Serious Sam TFE/TSE or Jedi Knight, you'll almost never find anyone …

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Re: building a network of old gaming pcs

Posted on 2016-11-21, 01:25

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For an operating system for these games I would go with Windows 2000. It's very stable, and can actually be set up to run current web browsers. Plus you should be able to run Pentium 1through 4's on them as well. Avoid Windows ME as its the opposite, very unstable and one of the least liked Windows …

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Re: Lowest system you tried for everyday main PC

Posted on 2016-11-06, 04:24

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Lowest would be my Thinkpad T42 running Windows ME. I can browse the internet using the built-in Wi-Fi (Firefox 3.6.28 + KernelEx), use Skype (hacked 3.8 version), watch videos (VLC 0.8.6) and even use my Willem EPROM programmer. Best of all, I can run my favorite PC games on their intended OS, …

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SD to IDE 2.5" adapter not working

Posted on 2016-08-17, 06:29

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by notsofossil

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Bought a couple of these adapters, one works, the other doesn't. The PC will wait for a while before giving up on locating the non-working adapter. There's not much to these things, I take it there's nothing I can do? I already tried cleaning excess flux off the board, sometimes that has caused …

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Re: Tried 3 systems, can't get 98 or ME Stable

Posted on 2016-08-15, 18:46

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Win9x can be very hit or miss with hardware, I've had WinME work beautifully on systems as new as Pentium M + Intel 855 chipset, or fail hard on Athlon-based systems. You'll have to do a process of elimination by excluding hardware until you get stability, then slowly add back devices until you …

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Re: ESS Allegro (ES1989) Laptop DOS compatibility

Posted on 2016-07-26, 00:23

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I asked about this earlier and I came to the conclusion that you need ESS drivers in VXD format, not WDM. After that, the only other thing to check for is as stated above, disable plug n play BIOS. I was using a Dell Inspiron 8000 with an ESS Maestro-3 PCI card.

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Re: Sam n Max - original Windows icon?

Posted on 2016-07-05, 21:05

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Yes that's true, but DOS 7 tied to Win9x isn't completely autonomous, you can't really edit the autoexec.bat and what not to load DOS drivers and still expect Windows to work properly. Mouse.com doesn't play nice with Windows. I asked elsewhere and apparently it's not possible to edit up a shortcut …

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Re: Sam n Max - original Windows icon?

Posted on 2016-07-04, 20:57

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by notsofossil

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No options for running it in the DOS Manager of Windows 9x? The game does technically work in 9x, but the sound configuration tool doesn't. Could perhaps someone share the sound config file for Sam & Max? I don't really have a DOS system set up currently.

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Re: Sam n Max - original Windows icon?

Posted on 2016-07-04, 16:03

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Just out of pure curiosity, if you're referring to Sam & Max - Hit the road, what do you mean by "official icon"? The readme file of the cdrom version states "The CD-ROM version of Sam & Max Hit the Road will not run under Windows. Sorry." So it can't possibly contain any windows icons. Was there …

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Re: Xp Pro x64

Posted on 2016-07-03, 19:32

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I used XP x64 for about 2 years in place of XP x86, by the time it fell apart and required a reinstallation, I felt the x64 version was a mistake to install. It worked very well as any version of XP does, but my problem is it was significantly less compatible with hardware and software than XP x86. …

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