Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

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I can see it's ATX, 4 dimms EDIT: Actually, looks like 2x2 different RAM kinds. (1 AGP?) 1 AMR. 5 PCI and and I think I see an ISA lurking in the shadows at the bottom. https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/mpAAAOSwgvVmK8-C/s-l1600.jpg https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/WU0AAOSwy0FmK8-D/s-l1600.jpg Got that …

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Re: List of video card tech demos

Posted on 2024-04-25, 01:41

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Ok, which part of the COPY command for joining/merging binary files into one file you don't understand? COPY /B NAME_OF_FILE_1 + NAME_OF_FILE_2 + NAME_OF_FILE_3 +...+ NAME_OF_FILE_N NAME_OF_FILE_JOINED Open windows command prompt window (CMD.EXE), go to the folder which contains the two parts of …

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Re: Voodoo 2 SLi hanging up

Posted on 2024-04-23, 16:59

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I am using a rinky dinky socket 7 imbedded power supply Both cards seem to work fine single. Odd problems on a PC? Replace the power supply. I have torn too many machines apart trying to pin down an instability, I have seen it done way too many times, and it was the PSU. You say your PSU is not …

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Re: no impact live Linux distros

Posted on 2024-04-09, 16:00

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If you've booted from USB the there is a chance that UEFI was infected either by your USB getting infected or the media you loaded to it was or both. Chances of discovery on infected UEFI are slim so reinfection would occur. So make sure you use approved, scanned media and enable secure boot. Who …

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Re: K6-2+/III+ possible media player

Posted on 2024-04-08, 17:59

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libav and ffmpeg based stuff, maybe with compile flags off? Getting away from directshow might be the only way to get newer code, which stands to be faster. I get surprisingly good performance from a core2duo running MPV from deb-multimedia, on Debian. 1080p h264 is nearly all fine, just the odd …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-03-13, 21:11

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A Wii balance board! Charity shop job, a fiver (those right-hand drive, British fivers). There seems to be no set of scales/balance that can be connected to a computer for less money than a Wii balance board. And at a fiver, I'll have a punt. First hurdle looks to be the wonders of bluetooth on …

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Re: Open source DOS games

Posted on 2024-03-10, 15:42

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I happened to find this WP article yesterday, and it might have some games mentioned that aren't on this thread.... though the way WP works, that article is more likely to be updated from this thread. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_video_games_with_later_released_source_code? …

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Re: Telemetry used in case against yuzu emulator

Posted on 2024-03-06, 18:25

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Adware used to be a whole category of malware, but now nominally respectable companies provide very little other than adware. Software "stores" supply so many programs with built in ads. Some ad-free stuff still has links and UI elements for social media, which to businesses is a branch of marketing …

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Re: When did Unreal Tournament multiplayer get so "difficult"?

Posted on 2024-03-05, 13:09

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Git gud at dogfighting with the mouse in Frontier: Elite 2 or Frontier First Encounters, you need single pixel accuracy on deflection shots to not get blown out of the sky real quick. Then when you go to an FPS you'll be getting kicked from servers with the claim you're running an aimbot real quick …

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Re: How well do old PCs keep time?

Posted on 2024-03-05, 00:36

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A proper NTP daemon will slow or speed the system clock to allow for any drift in the hardware. I think what was called SNTP only does periodic time sets, with I presume time jumps when it does. No doubt there is a Windows version of ntp.org's NTP daemon, or OpenNTP from OpenBSD, or another …

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Re: When did Unreal Tournament multiplayer get so "difficult"?

Posted on 2024-03-05, 00:23

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Most of the go-faster stuff for PCs is like the go-faster tat for cars. Don't waste time on it, let alone money :) Perhaps the only significant thing to slow you seeing something, and thus responding to a game, is the screen. Flat panels can be significantly slower than a CRT, but do test it if you …

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Re: want to use pc-133 cas2 512mb sdram with bad memory addresses under win9x

Posted on 2024-03-03, 18:09

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Can you put smaller sticks in before the 512? I know I don't understand the details, so sorry if this is standard internet confidence from ignorance :) Can you fit a 256meg DIMM in eg the first memory slot, then the duff 512? Machine starts counting with the 256 meg, then stops using RAM halfway …

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Re: Connecting a Win ME box to a NAS

Posted on 2024-03-02, 17:24

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after all kind of issues with samba and NAS access in general, I ended up setting up a local FTP server on the NAS and accessing it from my Windows boxes with WinSCP 4.40. Way easier and more convenient imo. Yeah, I've been using FTP rather than even bother trying to use old SMB. IMHO SMB only ever …

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Re: Is it possible to get this card working? Ensoniq Soundscape VIVO with no audio jacks.

Posted on 2024-03-01, 19:36

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Cathode Ray Dude made a video, and a picture on Wikimedia is from his video.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4HAqGrJFCU at 16:50 it makes an appearance. Maybe the user NetFreak on this wiki can get a photo inside the back panel? https://wiki.preterhuman.net/Gateway_2000_Destination_D6-266 It …

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Re: Is it possible to get this card working? Ensoniq Soundscape VIVO with no audio jacks.

Posted on 2024-03-01, 18:35

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as you can see it does not have audio jacks, I assume it was part of a system that had custom ribbon cable connected to it leading to front panel or back panel. A Gateway machine? https://www.ebay.com/itm/166577562189?chn=ps&mkevt=1&mkcid=28 So maybe looking at Gateway's range for the era of the …

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Re: Good newer Powered Computer Speakers for older builds

Posted on 2024-02-25, 19:43

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Soundbars are desperately trendy, or were, so there's lots of those out there. Some probably have some good electronics and speakers, maybe bluetooth, and stand to be a bit cheap in the right places. Sometimes the soundbar is a silly format, and anachronistic for a retro machine, but do remember …

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Re: List of video card tech demos

Posted on 2024-02-25, 19:15

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Off some old CD images I have 3 2 demos that seem not to be listed on the first post. One might be a duplicate, Toys and ToySoldiers, a 15.5 meg demo. Guts - nvidia demo.exe ToySoldiers - nvdia demo.exe Waves - nvidia demo.exe Hmm, can't attach the latter two. Will figure something out.... edit: …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-02-25, 17:48

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Today I went ahead and hooked up my Windows 98 gaming PC again. I recently got an original copy of Baldur's Gate 1 and wanted to install it, only to not be able to install due to the CD-ROM drive not being able to read certain files. I looked at the first disc and of course, it has lots of minor …

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Re: Windows 98 GUI goes weird after playing DOS game

Posted on 2024-02-24, 03:53

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I spent too many hours to count at LAN parties on Windows 98 back in the day. I don't remember this happening. My memory must be going! lol At a LAN, if you're not the person having to do a reinstall of Windows, then any non-fatal glitch is not remembered. I assume, because I remember my PC always …

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Re: Live-booting a HDD-less Pentium4 laptop to backup floppy disks.

Posted on 2024-02-20, 15:31

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Check out isolinux + memdisk. I have created fully bootable win9x 'installs' this way. .... I didn't know higher than 95a could be network booted. It sounds very much like your process can just use pxelinux and memdisk, instead of isolinux and memdisk to get round the 95a limitation (if that is …

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