Re: Vogons Video Announcement Thread
Posted on 2023-03-29, 19:35
A short video about installing Windows 98SE on a Intel Coffee Lake Refresh (9th gen) computer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAHbJ_S2a6E
Re: Windows 98SE is running on Intel 9th gen platform (bare metal)
Posted on 2023-03-22, 18:23
What did you do differently from the other folks who failed? - Alex I think my "special" approach was to use a Windows 98 compatible disk controller. This is how I managed to pass the "Windows protection error" message which was causing a dead end. Wow, that's very cool to see. Is there any issues …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2023-03-16, 14:19
This Soyo SY-025P2 Socket 3 motherboard - looks brand new. I replaced the leaky Ni-Cd battery with a 2032 socket. The socket has no lever... but comes with metallic holes... Didn't test it yet.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2023-03-14, 17:50
Just installed Windows 98SE on a Intel 9th gen platform... That's pretty cool! Did you patch something to make only 512 megs visible to the OS? I don't expect ddr3 to exist in that size? [Edit] DDR4, I guess After the first restart -> edit C:\windows\system.ini -> under [386enh] insert this line …
Windows 98SE is running on Intel 9th gen platform (bare metal)
Posted on 2023-03-14, 16:22
Windows 98 installation process usually ends into a "Windows protection error"/ "VCACHE error" on the latest Intel generations. There are a couple of videos on YouTube with failed installations on 9th gen platform. (using real hardware) It took me like a working day (5PM to 1AM) to make it happen... …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2023-03-14, 15:56
Just installed Windows 98SE on a Intel 9th gen platform...
Re: NT4 drivers for Intergraph RealiZm II ZX25 (MSTM415) ?
Posted on 2023-03-04, 12:51
Thank you for the drivers. I installed the new drivers and they read now the correct DCC info so I can enable full HD resolution, but I end up with some vertical black bars. The image need to be stretched about 10% to cover the full display area. I experienced this also with my Voodoo 3 @ 1920x1080. …
Re: NT4 drivers for Intergraph RealiZm II ZX25 (MSTM415) ?
Posted on 2023-03-02, 23:54
It would be best if you updated to SIV 5.69 Beta-06 first. Done. @Horun download web.archive.org links unfortunately are broken. Now a big deal would be to find any NT 3.51 drivers. Being released in late 1997 it's not a guarantee to be NT 3.51 compatible. But if there are drivers this should be …
Re: NT4 drivers for Intergraph RealiZm II ZX25 (MSTM415) ?
Posted on 2023-03-02, 21:05
Well, good news. I found some working drivers on a Japanese website. http://www.fmworld.net/biz/vpro/lib/int3d/int3d.exe These drivers are meant for the MSMT496 model. The card I have is a MSMT415 with 32 frame buffer + 64MB texture memory. I think this is the maximum. I don't know what performance …
NT4 drivers for Intergraph RealiZm II ZX25 (MSTM415) ?
Posted on 2023-03-02, 18:31
Can anyone help me with NT 3.51 / 4 drivers for Intergraph RealiZm II ZX25? The card was launched in 1997 and obviously must be compatible with NT4 (even NT 3.51), but the only drivers I could find are some later universal drivers for Windows 2000/XP. The whole Intergraph RealiZM line up is not very …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2023-02-23, 22:02
I received an unusual "graphic" card:20230222_213809.jpg PC Weasel 2000 was a line of graphics cards designed by Middle Digital Incorporated (Herb Peyerl and Jonathan Levine) which output to a serial port instead of a monitor. This allows servers using PC hardware with conventional BIOSes or …
Re: Windows 98 SE VM on a Ryzen 3000 not working
Posted on 2023-02-22, 22:00
Sorry for coming late to the party. Didn't know about this "CPU issues" when I bought my Ryzen 3900X about two years ago. So... I went for a fresh install on real hardware (X470/3900X/Voodoo3) and everything worked fine in the end, as I was expecting. As of today Windows 98SE is still running …
Re: Windows 98SE Mini PCI Wifi card woes
Posted on 2023-02-22, 18:41
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > ENUM > PCI *Windows 98 is very PCI tolerant as you can see in the attached image, on a newer motherboard there are like 50+ PCI devices
Re: Windows 98SE Mini PCI Wifi card woes
Posted on 2023-02-21, 22:10
I'm using a USB stick for WiFi in Windows 98 - there are many early B/G dongles Windows 98 compatible. But I guess you just want to install that card for your peace of mind. You can take a look into registry also and delete devices from there and reinstall. This was the only way to get rid of a …
Re: Optical serial mouse?
Posted on 2023-02-21, 14:02
PS/2 port bandwith is 7-12 kbit/s lower than what you can theoretically achieve on the serial port, but PS/2 can deliver 275 mA. I don't think the bandwidth is the problem... Clearly ... since there are wireless solutions for a serial mouse, the same receiver can be used with an wireless optical …
Re: Optical serial mouse?
Posted on 2023-02-21, 13:25
...because there is no point since the serial port can't power them. Actually, the serial port provides power but not enough for an optical mouse, which draws about 100 mA way higher than a regular serial mouse: PC serial mouse uses typically DRT and RTS lines for generating +5V power for …
Re: Windows 95A on a 386SX/Ryzen 9
Posted on 2023-01-23, 23:24
RAM was such a big thing. The biggest and unforgettable upgrade I have ever made was from 16MB RAM to 64MB SDRAM. In late 1998 and I was into Half Life with only 16MB RAM, the minimum requirements. Half life was designed with loading screens as you played. You passed a certain point - the screen …
Windows 95A on a 386SX/Ryzen 9
Posted on 2023-01-22, 20:58
I can report that Windows 95A is working flawlessly on a Ryzen 9 configuration* Boot time is about 7 seconds with SATA drive in DOS mode. 3 min Youtube video with Windows 95 and some benchmarks I was able to copy the same Windows instalation on a 840MB drive and using an ISA - IDE card to boot it up …
Re: Which USB 2.0 cards for old motherboards
Posted on 2023-01-22, 19:19
I did mentions this card before... I would recommend form Startech the PCI-E to USB 2.0 card using the classic VIA 6212 chipset. This PCI-E card it's recognized in Windows 98 with default drivers, works also in Windows 95 OSR2. (tested) I mean not everyday you can find a PCI-E hardware that works …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2023-01-22, 19:07
This Laguna 3D (CL5465) card + tv tuner + an odd AM receiver addon... (k174xa2)
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