Re: Archive.org lawsuit

Posted on 2020-06-08, 15:56

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by rmay635703

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We don't know what the book publishers want, but time will tell. Are you really sure about that? Are donations treated different that income? Easy, just gotta look at which publisher(s) and what specific works they are going after. My guess is they are delusional and hoping to go back in time to …

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Re: Archive.org lawsuit

Posted on 2020-06-07, 17:04

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To be honest, they really have a lot of (still) copyrighted material on their site without taking care of having the proper license or agreements. I love archive.org and the wayback machine but I can somehow relate to the publishers mentioned in the article. Hopefully they can find a solution out …

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Re: Floppy disk imaging - what program to use?

Posted on 2020-06-06, 13:37

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by rmay635703

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Omnidisk is great for running in DOS, that's my go-to when i'm not on Win2k or higher. On a vintage system Herne data systems software works great http://www.herne.com/mdisk1.htm Are its image files non-proprietary? Interested if it is compatible with Linux / OmniFlop They are raw not compressed …

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Re: Project 386-16SX

Posted on 2020-06-05, 21:23

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by rmay635703

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2gig of ram is pretty impressive looks like an Old Pc Partner board. Will have to Peruse TH99

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Re: MP3s slightly slower on old '90s pc with CMI8330

Posted on 2020-06-05, 02:26

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One of two options here 1. Different sound card 2. Mess around with the FSB and/or ISA clock rate I always wanted to test an original ssa/5 90 with a 1x multiplier and an 83mhz FSB

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Re: What is this IBM 486 board?

Posted on 2020-06-04, 02:17

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by rmay635703

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http://ps-2.kev009.com/pcpartnerinfo/ctstips/e572.htm Anonymous is right sorry, odd that the FRUs pointed there

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Re: Need help with AMD K6-2 support on EPOX EP58-MVP3C-M

Posted on 2020-06-02, 23:02

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by rmay635703

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Some boards have difficulty with async operation with a k6-2 cpu Make sure all your pci /bus clock stuff is set right And if it were me I would try 50mhz x 2.5x multiplier you see if there is any life.

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Re: MP3s slightly slower on old '90s pc with CMI8330

Posted on 2020-06-02, 22:45

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Demetrio wrote on 2020-06-02, 22:43: If I reduce mp3 bitrate, there's a chance that the playback speed will improve? Improve how? Audio accuracy, probably not Audio loading time, skipping and buffering = better

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Re: Your oldest favorite computer game?

Posted on 2020-06-01, 17:10

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As a kid I found paratrooper to be a lot of fun, in its green screen glory on my uncles then new 5150 with upgraded graphics. Agreed although I was in the IIe and doesn't rate as my favorite I think my point is at a given time different games were my favorite Paratrooper was one of three games I …

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Re: Your oldest favorite computer game?

Posted on 2020-06-01, 02:09

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As a kid I found paratrooper to be a lot of fun, in its green screen glory on my uncles then new 5150 with upgraded graphics. I also found the games from the Channel F to be fun as a kid, one of the games looked like you were flying a spaceship in the first person, sadly the game cart burnt up. It …

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Re: Will a PGA168 TI486SXL2-66 work in a standard 486 motherboard?

Posted on 2020-05-30, 18:19

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Only if the board supports it, some boards can’t be setup/jumpers for the TI chips

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Re: Fascination with the lowest end hardware from a given class

Posted on 2020-05-29, 12:16

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For a period of time I had a 386-12mhz system, I found it frustrating to work with Its graphics (always ended up with CGA), small hd, etc. It seemed slower than most 286’s

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Re: Smallest Win9x installation possible to fit a 64Mb Hard Drive

Posted on 2020-05-29, 12:03

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http://bednyazhka.narod.ru/Spesial/98-ME-2000-XPlite/nano98.htm Good luck getting *any* software running on that, as you'll have hundreds of missing DLLs. That's just a (nice) proof-of-concept, but not a usable OS. 98lite is perfectly useable but as you add in things (like networking) the OS …

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Re: Floppy disk imaging - what program to use?

Posted on 2020-05-29, 03:40

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by rmay635703

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On a vintage system Herne data systems software works great http://www.herne.com/mdisk1.htm

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Re: Smallest Win9x installation possible to fit a 64Mb Hard Drive

Posted on 2020-05-29, 03:18

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Seriously https://www.litepc.com/98lite.html http://bednyazhka.narod.ru/Spesial/98-ME-2000 … lite/nano98.htm Even China Dos union if you have to.

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Re: What's rarer: AMD X5-160, AMD K5-PR200, Cyrix 5x86-133GP, or Cyrix MII-433GP

Posted on 2020-05-23, 01:24

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I really would be curious to know just how the MII-433 @ 300 MHz compares up to the Pentiums. One day I'll get around to the ultimate socket 7 comparison. My gut feeling is that it is somewhere between a P233MMX and a P266MMX, perhaps even a slow slot1 celeron. My 2.2v Mii-433 overclocks to a real …

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Re: 3-Pin DIN Monitor connector

Posted on 2020-05-23, 00:21

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by rmay635703

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That appears to be identical to the common 5 wire color analog cable I have. Only way to know is to put probes on each wire or open er up and see where the pins go Ground and 5v is easy to ID, Good luck

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Re: Favourite 1996 games?

Posted on 2020-05-23, 00:16

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I downloaded Mafia II Definitive Edition and holy crap, it's several times the size of the original, 64-bit, uses (slower) D3D11 renderer instead of D3D9 one, loading times are longer, physics effects are a bit glitchy, stutters a bit, even on consoles, positional audio seems inaccurate in places, …

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Re: Smallest Win9x installation possible to fit a 64Mb Hard Drive

Posted on 2020-05-13, 18:36

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austinham wrote on 2020-05-13, 12:38: What about windows 98 lite? Not sure how small it is, but it’s worth looking into. The minimum install is 4mb, add drivers and directX and things bloat up fast.

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Re: 386SX build, reccommended parts?

Posted on 2020-05-11, 03:04

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I always liked the DTK 386sx-25 systems due the at form factor the socketed cpu and various bios timing options, not the best (no sx is) but quite flexible compared to other sx systems.

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