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Re: General old 3.5 floppy weirdness (Track 0 bad error)

Posted on 2023-11-24, 23:17

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I've had track 0 issues too. Early DOS versions didn't seem to care, so you could always format the disk with one of them. I happen to have an eraser to wipe out VHS tapes, but it can be used to properly erase a floppy disk too. Then see if it can be formatted without the track 0 problem. I've also …

Re: Exclusive Windows 3.1, 95, 98, and ME Games List

Posted on 2023-11-17, 05:28

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Doesn't seem to be many answers to the original question. Full Tilt Pinball (the ancestor to Microsoft's free Space Cadet Pinball), only runs on 3.1 and 9x. There's separate installs for each of those OS's. 256-colour (minimum) is required. I don't have ME to test with. I tried running the game on a …

Re: List of Web Browsers For All Operating Systems

Posted on 2023-11-16, 06:53

in Release Announcements

in Release Announcements

No idea. None of my computers are able to run Windows 11 thanks to m$ stupid restrictions.

Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2023-11-13, 12:23

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks, I added the actual message above.

Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2023-11-13, 12:20

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The portable version works. The installer starts up and asks for the language, but then says it can't run on this computer. "This program does not support the version of Windows your computer is running".

Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2023-11-13, 12:11

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Installing - didn't get to run it.

Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2023-11-13, 12:05

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I notice the new version 766 will not install on Win98SE. Does that mean you've removed support for various old platforms? Can you list what you do support now?

Re: New forum suggestions/Feedback

Posted on 2023-11-13, 03:06

in Milliways

in Milliways

I had the same problem, looks like that icon does the trick. Now if only this forum had a Like button...

Re: List of Web Browsers For All Operating Systems

Posted on 2023-11-12, 04:58

in Release Announcements

in Release Announcements

I've obtained the google chrome version numbers, so I've updated my 2 posts on that subject. Supermion installed and worked flawlessly. Looks like google has changed its search settings again, and just like last time it's buggy as hell. I have previously used MyPal on a XP computer, and it works on …

Re: List of Web Browsers For All Operating Systems

Posted on 2023-11-10, 15:31

in Release Announcements

in Release Announcements

zyga64 wrote on 2023-11-10, 13:39: Try this one: https://github.com/win32ss/supermium Thanks, I've downloaded the 32-bit mini-installer. I'll try it out over the weekend when I get the computer out of storage.

Re: List of Web Browsers For All Operating Systems

Posted on 2023-11-10, 00:17

in Release Announcements

in Release Announcements

For anyone who is interested, if you happen to have the Windows 7 Ultimate (evaluation version) you will know while it remains working forever, it can't be activated and so therefore there's no windows updates including getting Service Pack 1. Latest IE is IE 9 - IE11 installer bombs out. Edge can't …

Re: List of Web Browsers For All Operating Systems

Posted on 2023-11-09, 22:48

in Release Announcements

in Release Announcements

Edge beta stopped updating in January. Google Chrome stopped updating in January. Edge still gets the occasional update, but none has happened for a few months so maybe it's finally ended. Firefox went to ESR version a few months back. Last version of Edge: 109.0.1518.140 Last version of Firefox: …

Re: Connecting old machines to the internet: dispelling the superstition

Posted on 2023-11-08, 23:03

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

When I had ADSL back in the days of copper (before cable), the modem/router thing logged the IP addresses of all inbound random connections - and there were heaps of them. Perhaps some current modems might offer the same facility. The other thing you could try is installing wireshark or some other …

Re: Connecting old machines to the internet: dispelling the superstition

Posted on 2023-11-08, 16:30

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

I use various internet-enabled versions of windows from WFW3.11 through to Win10, and none of them has ever caught anything. IPv4 only, each with a dedicated address, all behind a modern router/modem thingy. Each is only turned on when needed, which usually isn't that often. The antivirus I use can …

Re: Network Printing in DOS through WFW3.11

Posted on 2023-11-08, 04:35

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

I have in the past been able to see the mapped drives and copy files around without needing to be in Windows; the NET command is available in DOS so that these things can work. Can't remember the exact circumstances, not near the computer currently.

Re: Windows for Workgroups TCP/IP Disk

Posted on 2023-11-08, 04:28

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Probably getting a bit off-topic, but I have 2 old NAS's but they only allow connections from certain OS's. I don't know what OS they run. Landisk-193A ancient NAS with 80GB drive - can connect to all Windows except WFW. Noontec with 1TB drive - can connect to W2K and newer. The original OS was …

Re: Windows for Workgroups TCP/IP Disk

Posted on 2023-11-06, 21:58

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

I think ipconfig works on all windows versions at the command line. ipconfig /all for more info.

Re: Windows for Workgroups TCP/IP Disk

Posted on 2023-11-06, 09:34

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

I think that's normal, at least in my experience. The newer OS can "see" the older ones, but it doesn't work the other way around. I was really surprised when I first found that a Win10 machine could connect to a shared WFW drive, but it definitely didn't work the other way around. I assume that …

Re: USB mouse and keyboard performance on DOS/Windows

Posted on 2023-11-06, 07:40

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Wow, seems those computers were lemons.

Re: Windows for Workgroups TCP/IP Disk

Posted on 2023-11-06, 07:31

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

I've got 2 machines with WFW3.11 and TCP/IP. First one is a 386/25 generic computer with a 3COM ISA network card, I used this card because the drivers are included with WFW. As you know you only get Netware and NetBEUI by default, so I added TCP/IP (with tcp32b.exe as advised) and removed the …

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