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Re: Windows 95 on a Compact Flash - Any need to alter swap behavior?

Posted on 2019-02-08, 08:23

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Dunno if you really have to worry about swapping on a retro computer that sees relatively little use, but as a good measure, I'm always adding the line... ConservativeSwapfileUsage = 1 ...to the [386Enh] section in System.ini when running the OS off a CF card. It's of course supposed to reduce the …

Re: What is some FM synth video game music you like?

Posted on 2019-02-08, 06:24

in Milliways

in Milliways

Dune and Dune II have amazing FM soundtracks.

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-08, 06:21

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Intel486dx33 wrote: A couple of SB AWE64’s for my 486 computers. Never saw a CT4500 with colored jacks before those are probably replacements.

Windows 95 on a Compact Flash - Any need to alter swap behavior?

Posted on 2019-02-07, 22:31

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I'm currently installing Windows 95 on a 4GB Compact Flash (as the PC I am using has a BIOS limitation with detecting drives beyond 4GB apparently, and the <4GB drives I have are slow and loud..) and I was wondering if I need to do anything to make sure the OS inflicts less wear and tear on the …

Re: DOS LAN party... recommend me some multiplayer games!

Posted on 2019-02-07, 20:22

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

So when are we getting photos of this event?

Re: Daemon Tools on Windows 95

Posted on 2019-02-07, 12:50

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Thanks!

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

Posted on 2019-02-07, 11:57

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

red_avatar wrote: Read carefully :p (this image I found online so the specs don't match) POST STATUS: Reading & Comprehension: FAIL

Re: Daemon Tools on Windows 95

Posted on 2019-02-07, 11:24

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

DosFreak wrote: Daemon Tools 3.47 Runs on all Windows 95 releases or just OSR2.x?

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

Posted on 2019-02-07, 11:16

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Pentium 75 being too slow for Windows 95 is news to me in 2019.. I mean, I ran OS/2 Warp 3 on a DX4-100 super smooth, how much slower could Windows 95 be? Regardless, you say it's a Pentium 75 PC with 8MB RAM, but the boot screen clearly says it's a DX2-66 processor and 16MB of RAM is onboard - one …

Re: Thinkpad A20m - what should I do with it

Posted on 2019-02-07, 08:26

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Good God! Why does everyone who want to get into DOS gaming has to start with some stupid pointless dual-boot idiocy? :confused: I've been there. The appeal of trying to build that one single computer that boots and runs every single OS and game perfectly makes you do stupid things. Then you go the …

Daemon Tools on Windows 95

Posted on 2019-02-07, 05:58

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Does DT run on Windows 95? Does it need a certain version or patch level?

Re: Hilariously bad stock images of vintage hardware

Posted on 2019-02-07, 04:57

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Now I wonder just what I missed. 🤣

Re: Serial port breakout bracket not working after motherboard change

Posted on 2019-02-06, 20:48

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Why not to solder the bracket side wires in the other way around? Because the new bracket only cost me 3 bucks shipped and zero minutes of soldering work :) The new bracket was indeed staggered and worked flawlessly! Now I just need to install a HDD to this PC and install Win95C on it alongside the …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-06, 08:24

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Finally got around to cleaning and photographing it, so here is my first SS7 motherboard, and the CPU it came with: https://i.postimg.cc/w7LcDwQD/TMC-MI5-VP4.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/7f2XmHwG/AMD-K6-2-350-AFR.jpg And the aforementioned warp: https://i.postimg.cc/JtJBFGHL/TMC-MI5-VP4-Warp.jpg No idea …

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

Posted on 2019-02-06, 05:44

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Oooh another U5S-Super33 build! What motherboard does the system run on? How much cache does it have? How fast does it run? Have you tried Ultima VII on it?

Re: Serial port breakout bracket not working after motherboard change

Posted on 2019-02-05, 20:21

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I had the same problem a week or so ago! lol I made a couple of very janky adapters to go in between the headers and the serial ports. It's things like this where I really take my signature quote to heart. https://i.imgur.com/16DwUhcl.jpg I am considering making the same thing with Female to Male …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-05, 14:18

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The MVP4 board arrived but suffice to say I am not crazy about replacing my Tyan 430TX with this.. 674C418C-976F-40C0-8BBB-3D7350538480.jpeg Any ideas if this can be fixed? Or should I just lay it down in a case and screw it on and let it flex as much as it will? I wonder if it actually works LOL ( …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-05, 10:02

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

http://downloaddrivers9.blogspot.com/2005/07/creative-sound-blaster-ct1140.html?m=0 This might help. You are right, I never seen such a SB before, too. What the heck is this USB connector supposed to be doing? Leads to a 404 Not Found I'm afraid. Anyone know what this is? Listed as "Sound Blaster …

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-05, 07:19

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

What am I looking at here? Never saw an SB Live like this.. Really about to just grab it, if I can locate drivers for it.

Re: How about a MR-BIOS ROM file repository?

Posted on 2019-02-05, 07:04

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

OK, guys, I am super excited to share this link with you.. Because I have either hit the MR BIOS Rom motherload.. Or I just found out something you all already knew and I'm getting all excited about nothing, but: http://www.elhvb.com/mobokive/archive/power_utils/cdroms.txt And the CD contents are …

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