Re: Archiving release dates of hardware

Posted on 2023-07-14, 20:03

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by MrYossarian

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I have updated the network cards with what rasz_pl and dismuter said. I have also added the Intel CPUs all the way to Pentium II. I will do Pentium III and maybe a few of Pentium 4 at another time. AMD, IBM, NEC, WinChip and VIA processors will be done later.

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Re: Archiving release dates of hardware

Posted on 2023-07-14, 18:46

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by MrYossarian

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@dismuter @Horun @rasz_pl Many thanks to you all, you've given me motivation to work on this again. I will update the information with what you guys have said and I will go ahead and do the CPUs

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Re: Archiving release dates of hardware

Posted on 2022-11-23, 16:41

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by MrYossarian

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Sorry for all the spamming, if there's better ways to announce updates, please let me know. I have added the sound cards in the list, and I also moved a network that I really wasn't sure if the release date was correct or not.

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Re: Archiving release dates of hardware

Posted on 2022-11-23, 15:39

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by MrYossarian

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I have completed my video cards list and also sorted the network internet controllers along with the video cards as well. I have put a section for missing/incertain data, these are priorities to find a date and such, so, if anyone is able to find anything about these, lemme know.

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Re: Archiving release dates of hardware

Posted on 2022-11-23, 00:57

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by MrYossarian

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I have added more video cards to the list. I am planning on doing the S3, Trident and Tseng Labs branch tomorrow. I will also sort them by release date as well so that people can make their picks based on the year. Thank you all for your interest in this project.

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Re: Archiving release dates of hardware

Posted on 2022-11-22, 21:20

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by MrYossarian

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I did this for CPUs (Intel and AMD), graphics chips (NVidia, ATi, Matrox, 3dfx) and soundcards (Creative and GUS) up to 2003. My list is surely far from complete since it is only to get a rough overview for stuff that interests me. Most dates I collected from Wikipedia, only some were harder to …

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Re: Archiving release dates of hardware

Posted on 2022-11-22, 17:08

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by MrYossarian

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3Com 10Mbps Ethernet 3C500 aka IBM Ethernet (IE) aka EtherLink is October 1982! Added to the list Western Digital WD8013EBT: Couldn't find anything on it, so rare that Google only returned 1 result Well it was getting FCC certified in 1990 https://fcc.report/FCC-ID/EU4WD8013EBT Updated the info. I …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2022-11-22, 16:36

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by MrYossarian

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Been playing Tomb Raider II on my Windows 95 PC as of late. Almost done with the game.

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Re: Archiving release dates of hardware

Posted on 2022-11-22, 01:34

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by MrYossarian

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I think this project would be worth doing. I often find myself wondering when specific h/w was released back in the day. Usually I try to determine that from old magazines. Oh yeah, I agree. I think I will do a few video cards tomorrow since you're interested. Probably tomorrow. So stay tuned :) …

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Archiving release dates of hardware

Posted on 2022-11-21, 18:14

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by MrYossarian

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Hello there, I was thinking of doing a little archive as a personal project of mine, and also for compatiblity reasons with hardware, mainly in 86Box for some software too. Pretty difficulty considering that most data from back in the days, especially in the 80s and early 90s are pretty much not …

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Re: Compaq EP650 with a Pentium III 700 MHz?

Posted on 2022-07-20, 19:48

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by MrYossarian

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So, quick update, I have finally received the Pentium III 700 MHz processor and I replaced it. Had a little bit of trouble replacing the former processor because it has an heatsink that is specifically made made for the motherboard, that way it can be firmly seated, which isn't the case of the 700 …

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Re: New games on Steam that work on XP or older?

Posted on 2022-07-11, 16:21

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by MrYossarian

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There's a pretty good tutorial explaining how to make Steam work on Windows XP, here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-FbdgMar7Q

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Re: oldversion.com down?

Posted on 2022-07-11, 16:18

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by MrYossarian

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We still have a few archives of it via the wayback machine, but I doubt that all the files are available in it. Last working archive dates back to July 3rd: https://web.archive.org/web/20220703074526/http://www.oldversion.com/ If that website never goes back online again, could there be anyone that …

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Re: My Compaq Pentium 3 Gaming PC (Windows 98)

Posted on 2022-07-11, 13:48

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by MrYossarian

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@kiacadp I will send pictures once I get back home. And I wish I could have a Voodoo 3, but, they're super expensive to get now unfortunately. @Con 2 botones Thank you! Yeah I never really tried to put them vertical, in fact, I don't think I could, I don't think there's enough space to flip the …

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Re: Compaq EP650 with a Pentium III 700 MHz?

Posted on 2022-07-11, 13:44

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by MrYossarian

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Thank you all for the replies. I went ahead and bought a 700 MHz processor, it will train me to change the processor of an old PC at the same time. I do understand that it probably won't make much of a difference, kinda like how my GeForce 2 Pro 64 MB that's an AGP 4x is running at 2X on this …

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French Updates for Windows 95

Posted on 2022-07-11, 01:11

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by MrYossarian

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Anyone here knows where I can get all the updates for Windows 95 in French? Windows 98 had a french unofficial service pack, but, I couldn't find anything for Windows 95.

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Re: Which ISA card best completes a dos/9x system (already have 9x pci cards and wavetable)?

Posted on 2022-07-11, 00:59

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by MrYossarian

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I'm probably late on this, but, I think a Sound Blaster AWE64 can do the job. Used to have one on my retro PC and it worked pretty well! The MIDI synthesizer on it isn't too bad neither.

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Compaq EP650 with a Pentium III 700 MHz?

Posted on 2022-07-11, 00:57

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by MrYossarian

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Hi there, so I was wondering, is it possible to replace the in-board Pentium III 650 MHz with one that's 700 MHz? Some games that I'd like to play, like AVP2, say that they work better with a P3 700 MHz, but, I don't want to order one if it's not gonna work on that computer. The board is a Compaq …

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My Compaq Pentium 3 Gaming PC (Windows 98)

Posted on 2022-07-11, 00:48

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by MrYossarian

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I'm a big fan of retro games, and, playing old games on modern hardware with emulators and all that sort of stuff never really cut it for me. So, about a year ago, I went ahead and bought myself an old retro PC in order to play Windows 98 games. It's a Compaq EP/P650/10/9/128c. Apparently it's not a …

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