Re: Mid-90s Sierra Games
Posted on 2019-06-12, 19:14
I'd honestly suggest to replace that Trident with an early ATi card with 4MB of VRAM. Tridents were and still are considered notoriously shit.
Re: Your worst "terrible packaging from eBay sellers" experiences
Posted on 2019-06-12, 19:10
Not exactly hardware related, as all the hardware I got so far has shipped quite well, but I ordered a big box game on Amazon. The seller said he would flatten it. I said ok. This is how you flatten big boxes: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/FtUAAOSw~SJclozg/s-l1600.jpg This is how he flattened it: …
Need help installing Win98 ThinkPad 770 drivers
Posted on 2019-04-28, 17:53
I did Ctrl+F for Windows 98 drivers and I installed every driver from here: https://thinkpads.com/support/Thinkpad-Drivers/download.lenovo.com/lenovo/content/ddfm/770.html I had to skip the drivers installation while I was installing Windows 98 because I initially didn't have any after installing …
Trying to factory restore a Thinkpad 770, having problems with DOS.
Posted on 2019-01-31, 20:42
I'm not the most experienced with factory restoring old hardware, and this is my first time doing this, so I'm going to need some step by step help here. So I got a Thinkpad 770, burned my own 770 recovery disk, and I have a really old bootable Norton Commander floppy for Windows 95 that I use as a …
What are some extremely high end keyboards from the late 1990s that go for a decent price now?
Posted on 2019-01-17, 22:55
I know of Model Ms and stuff, but does anyone know of any other keyboards which were super high end in the late 1990s (from around the Voodoo3-era, ones that costed a lot too) that go for under $100 today? I'm trying to get some kick-ass peripherals for my Voodoo3 build and make it as 90s over the …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-01-11, 22:10
The first thing I got was this sick 16MB Voodoo3 rig off Mercari. I just need my 3 prong power cord to finally come here so I can play lots of SWAT 3, AvP, and SS2! It was honestly a really good price IMO ($161 + $30 shipping) so I didn't feel bad about getting it at all (I did in fact test it and …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-01-11, 21:05
The first thing I got was this sick 16MB Voodoo3 rig off Mercari. I just need my 3 prong power cord to finally come here so I can play lots of SWAT 3, AvP, and SS2! It was honestly a really good price IMO ($161 + $30 shipping) so I didn't feel bad about getting it at all (I did in fact test it and …
Re: Anyone know of any high end computer peripherals from the late 90s?
Posted on 2019-01-05, 18:08
High-end peripherals? CRT: go with a Trinitron/Diamondtron with max 0.25 dot pitch and at least 92kHz horizontal refresh. Keyboard... that iConcepts thing is a shitty low-end rubber dome. Look out for a Cherry G80 with MX blue or brown switches (or black if you really can't find those). Anything …
Re: ThinkPad 770's screen is black only when plugged in.
Posted on 2018-12-30, 16:36
The amps don't matter but volts do. Using higher voltage is most definitely not recommended as it can destroy the battery (with fireworks) and the charging circuit. Yeah, I think that was the problem, I contacted the seller and he said it worked fine when plugged in his charger, which was a much …
Re: ThinkPad 770's screen is black only when plugged in.
Posted on 2018-12-30, 15:50
Sounds like this is going to require some disassembly and inspection. Does external VGA work when the AC adapter is connected? If so, it could be an issue with powering the backlight from the external power jack, so something in between could be wrong, whereas the path from the battery to the …
ThinkPad 770's screen is black only when plugged in.
Posted on 2018-12-30, 01:08
Weird problem, but I just got this 770, and it only works when not plugged in... I was gonna ask this on the ThinkPad forum, but I have insufficient priviledges or something. I can't seem to find the problem at all, and there's no OS installed yet. Can someone help.
Re: Anyone know of any high end computer peripherals from the late 90s?
Posted on 2018-12-28, 14:26
oeuvre wrote: Higher end PC speakers would be Altec Lansing ACS495 and ADA880... and cambridge soundworks Those were all choices I was actually gonna get, but that large subwoofer that comes with all jacks the shipping price way up 😢 Also are they good with an A3D Vortex?
Re: Anyone know of any high end computer peripherals from the late 90s?
Posted on 2018-12-27, 19:57
High-end peripherals? CRT: go with a Trinitron/Diamondtron with max 0.25 dot pitch and at least 92kHz horizontal refresh. Keyboard... that iConcepts thing is a shitty low-end rubber dome. Look out for a Cherry G80 with MX blue or brown switches (or black if you really can't find those). Anything …
Anyone know of any high end computer peripherals from the late 90s?
Posted on 2018-12-27, 18:24
I just got my first Win9x legacy desktop in 14 years, it's a Win98SE with a Voodoo3, and I'm trying to make it over the top 90s luxury, with high end, time specific peripherals. This is what I bought so far: CRT : none, looking for one for cheap/free, specifically a Flatron or some Viewsonic. The …
Re: Just some Thinkpad 770 questions...
Posted on 2018-12-27, 17:36
oeuvre wrote: for drivers https://thinkpads.com/support/Thinkpad-Driver … t/ddfm/770.html Thanks!
Re: Just some Thinkpad 770 questions...
Posted on 2018-12-27, 15:18
The bays on the 770 series are Ultrabay 2 which is pretty much only used for the 770 series and its dock. the 05K8890 is for the Ultraslimbay. https://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Ultrabay Both the 770 and 770E use the Trident Cyber9397 video chip and the CS4237B Audio chip so drivers should work fine ( …
Just some Thinkpad 770 questions...
Posted on 2018-12-27, 03:22
I just purchased a Thinkpad 770 (just a plain 770, not an ED or anything) today (for parts) and bought everything I needed for it total for a combined cost of $115 (laptop itself (which had no HDD equipped or anything in the Ultrabay), CD-drive, ext. floppy drive, hard drive + caddy, feel like I …
Re: Mouse not working in Win95's MS-DOS mode
Posted on 2018-12-18, 22:19
Where do I get the 6.22 mouse driver? Also I'm using Win95 on a Fujitsu laptop from '98, 233MHz PII MMX, 64MB RAM, 3.2GB HDD That's a nice laptop. Anyways, you'll need to get either a MS-DOS 6.22 boot diskette, or the installation diskettes. Winworld would be a good place to get the DOS install …
Re: Mouse not working in Win95's MS-DOS mode
Posted on 2018-12-18, 21:19
Have you tried forcing a mouse driver from something like MS-DOS 6.22? It can be buggy, but it generally works. You could also try grabbing a copy of old DOS-based MS-Works and see if the mouse on that works. I've never tried to use a mouse in rebooted DOS mode, so I've never really seen this …
Mouse not working in Win95's MS-DOS mode
Posted on 2018-12-18, 20:57
It's a driverless plug-and-play PS/2 mouse, idk what to do. I'm trying to play some Redneck Rampage, but I can not get the mouse to work in it. Also mouse support does not work for other DOS games. Help!
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