Re: [Build Advice] Win 98 / DOS build — Help confirming parts stock + P-III w/ ASUS P2B-F motherboard

Posted on 2021-06-29, 16:14

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by eric1992

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I use SD cards for my Windows 98 SE PC so that I can have one SD card dedicated for Windows games from the 90s and another for DOS games (which has 98 on it as well). Windows 98 SE as far as I know is unable to have partitions above 137 GB, just so you know. As for the sound card, you should …

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Re: Gravis Gamepad

Posted on 2020-01-18, 02:14

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by eric1992

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Well I got it working but when I plugged it back in some time later two of the pins on the connector broke off! I've never had that EVER happen on ANY controller! What a waste of money, I'm going to send it back. Does anyone have any other recommendations for controllers? I would try the sidewinder …

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Re: Gravis Gamepad

Posted on 2020-01-18, 00:42

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by eric1992

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Well I got it in the mail and I can't get it to work in DOS right. Sometimes when it's plugged in it's not detected (realms of chaos says no joystick detected) and earlier some of the buttons weren't working. Is this POS bricked or am I not using the right drivers? Edit: I am aware of the switch …

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Re: Gravis Gamepad

Posted on 2020-01-09, 21:20

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by eric1992

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I would recommend the Gravis Gamepad Pro over the original Gravis Gamepad. The Pro is a copy of the first PlayStation controller and much better. Also, it has some nice features like an integrated 2-player adapter. I also like the Logitech Thunderpad, but most people don't seem to agree with that. …

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Gravis Gamepad

Posted on 2020-01-09, 20:36

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by eric1992

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I'm considering purchasing one of these since I've kind of given up on trying to get my sidewinder controller to work right in MS-DOS (I used those two programs that were made by that Bret guy) games. With Secret Agent for example does that one allow the use of a gravis gamepad or do I have to get …

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Re: SCSI or IDE on Win98

Posted on 2019-11-06, 20:06

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by eric1992

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I was wondering about upgrades for my Win98 machine. I'm currently using a standard 30GB IDE hard drive. My options are a SATA SSD or a SCSI HD, I could also just leave it as it is. Try getting an SD to IDE adapter and preferably a Sandisk SD card (Don't do gigastone those cards don't work well) …

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Re: Where to get Windows 98/95 versions of older games?

Posted on 2019-11-06, 20:04

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by eric1992

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JohnJohny wrote: I know that there is GOG.com and it's a good site but when buying you never know if the game is going to work on your retro rig. Do you know any place to get retro games in their original form? Goodwill sometimes, but it's usually random luck for that.

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SD Card as hard drive freezing sometimes?

Posted on 2019-07-23, 02:11

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by eric1992

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I don't know if this is just coincidental but I recently just made two Windows 98 drives using 2 SD cards. One of them seems to freeze if I change settings on a game like Quake 1 or 3. I have a 64 GB one and a 16 GB one.

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Re: Your worst "terrible packaging from eBay sellers" experiences

Posted on 2019-06-18, 17:21

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by eric1992

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1. A barely used VHS tape of Unsinkable Donald Duck that wouldn't work until I replaced the bottom half. I know that's not PC related but still I was pretty upset with that. 2. A microsoft sidewinder controller that had plastic literally broken off of it during shipping. At least I could get a …

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Re: Slow Doom on fast Retro PC

Posted on 2019-06-18, 17:12

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by eric1992

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Why not use a NVIDIA RIVA card instead of an ISA card? You should be able to get a much better framerate. Also Doom doesn't go 60 FPS unless you're using source ports I think.

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Re: SD to IDE adapter with bracket?

Posted on 2019-06-16, 17:22

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by eric1992

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You're right, with bracket there seems to be not much choice atm. I ordered one last year [1] which also took forever to arrive (over a month). I normally don't care to much about delivery times though, I'm more concerned with excessive postage/handling costs :) The one I have I'm currently using …

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Re: Suggestions for my PC setups

Posted on 2019-06-16, 17:19

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by eric1992

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The one advantage of having the PII and PIII is a little bit of diversity with the graphics cards. E.g., maybe you want to use a Voodoo for GL in the PII, and just a run of the mill Direct-X card for the PIII. I use a Matrox Mystique (because I love the textured special edition of Mech Warrior II …

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SD to IDE adapter with bracket?

Posted on 2019-06-16, 00:25

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by eric1992

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I can not find these on eBay. I saw one on Bonanza but it's 15$ and could take up to 45 days just to get to my house. Is there anywhere else where I could find these, or could I just get one without the bracket and just somehow mount the thing onto one of the expansion slots?

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Re: Rapid sounds in XP?

Posted on 2019-06-04, 22:48

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by eric1992

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Integrated motherboard audio has the same problem too.

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Rapid sounds in XP?

Posted on 2019-06-03, 21:24

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by eric1992

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Using JezzBall as a reference here, the sound in Windows 98 SE or any other 9x machine plays at the right pace. But on XP or something like that, the sound doesn't play as much. Why does that happen? I'm using a Sound Blaster Audigy card.

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Re: Windows XP Activation

Posted on 2019-05-22, 22:10

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by eric1992

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Got it activated, had to upgrade to SP3 and it worked perfectly. I don't really plan on having this online again.

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Windows XP Activation

Posted on 2019-05-22, 20:28

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by eric1992

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I installed XP professional on a Compaq Presario (I'm planning to swap out the case and motherboard sooner or later) but the PC keeps telling me to activate it. I can get the internet working just fine on Windows 10 but on XP it won't load any pages or anything. Even just plugging the ethernet into …

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Can I put a PCI s3 savage 4 pro into a PC with an AGP card?

Posted on 2019-05-09, 12:06

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by eric1992

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I have a Geforce 3 ti 200 in my AGP slot on my Windows 98, and I'd like to have S3 metal stuff for some games. How do I hook up a savage 4 pro card in a pci slot with a geforce 3 ti 200 card in the agp slot?

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Enable "safe to turn off computer" message in Windows 98?

Posted on 2019-05-09, 01:28

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by eric1992

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This sounds crazy but I kinda would like to have it to where I actually HAVE to turn the computer off after it shuts down. I have an ATX motherboard, and I've tried disabling ACPI and APM and that doesn't do a thing. Is there a setting I can change to get that screen to show up?

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Re: Recommended sites/places to get old cases?

Posted on 2019-04-22, 22:08

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by eric1992

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I'm pretty sure my recycling center won't allow it.

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