Re: Moments in computing history when you felt that the future had arrived

Posted on 2024-12-18, 10:12

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For me, futuristic moments were always in networking: GeoCities homepages in the 1990s Everyone could publish and global communications were not limited anymore to text/CLIs but colorful online documents Domain registrations in the 1990s Not a technology per se but the wide-scale availability of …

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Re: HP Visualize P-Class Pentium III: Dual Windows 2000

Posted on 2024-12-14, 07:18

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The Visualize P500 is almost complete now: three case fans, it apparently requires the I/O fan when more than 2 PCI/AGP cards are installed? Proper loud now after booting Windows. Initio SATA PCI and the 2 TB SATA harddrive work well under Windows 2000 for storage. Also got the LSI PCI SCSI adapter …

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Re: VLIW for the masses - Transmeta Crusoe on Windows

Posted on 2024-12-13, 13:10

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Got USB 2.0 working on the Futro S200. Futro S200 have a VIA VT8235 chipset/southbridge with USB 2.0 ports. I used nusb36e.exe from Phils website. Installed the USB driver according to the instructions and now a USB 2.0 stick w/ compact flash works like a breeze.

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Re: HP Visualize P-Class Pentium III: Dual Windows 2000

Posted on 2024-11-13, 22:16

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For 80mm it sounds OK. I don't know what is the original fan specs since my fan is 120mm one in XU800. Managed to finally exchange the fans now, took a while with cabling and what, 92mm fits much better. p500fans.jpg However the P500 now complains about the missing (optional) I/O card fan after I …

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

Posted on 2024-11-11, 07:26

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Installed XP on an old Asus X50n notebook that was headed for the recycler (AMD Turion 64 and Geforce 7000M). Not too bad for W98-era games.

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Re: HP Visualize P-Class Pentium III: Dual Windows 2000

Posted on 2024-11-09, 11:58

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I'd still suggest to take static pressure into consideration when selecting new fan. Your old fan could very well be more than 4.5 mmH2O air pressure. The existing backside fan, which is surely not the original, is a NMB 80x80x25mm (3110KL-04W-B50-D00), 3250 RPM and 38.8 CFM, with 3,81mm H2O. I …

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Re: Pentium Pro Siemens Pro D6 for Windows NT + games

Posted on 2024-11-08, 14:16

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Rather hit and miss with games under NT 4.0 so far. Unreal with 226 patch does not really start anymore and crashed the PC a few times. I suspect the SB16 driver of the soundcard plays a role, need to investigate that. SimCity 3000 also has issues starting and Mission Cyberforce needs compability …

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Re: HP Visualize P-Class Pentium III: Dual Windows 2000

Posted on 2024-11-07, 20:56

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Will take that into account, thanks. Not sure though if these are really the original fans, which I kind of doubt. They don't look OEM but I wasn't able to find out what HP shipped the P500 originally with either.

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Re: VLIW for the masses - Transmeta Crusoe on Windows

Posted on 2024-11-07, 18:17

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Card actually looks interesting but from one of the seller's reviews: "in the tight slot in a small profile system it overheats in a few minutes and locks up." That might be a problem with the Futro thin client, there is no active cooling at all

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Re: VLIW for the masses - Transmeta Crusoe on Windows

Posted on 2024-11-07, 17:20

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The system actually needs a full-height but short PCI adapter, not low profile. Any recommendations on *short* PCI cards?

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Re: HP Visualize P-Class Pentium III: Dual Windows 2000

Posted on 2024-11-07, 08:03

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If your Visualize P500 uses standard fan connectors, you can get small adapters to reduce the fan speed. Thanks for the idea. However the P500 does not use CPU fans but has two case fans (front and back) and air shrouds. I am in the process of replacing the backside fan with a quieter one, the …

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Re: Pentium Pro Siemens Pro D6 for Windows NT + games

Posted on 2024-11-06, 13:56

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I tried that but it didn't work. There was an error that it could not find the MeTaL engine, even though I added the metal.dll and changed UNREAL.INI. Do you have a working extract from UNREAL.INI ?

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Re: Pentium Pro Siemens Pro D6 for Windows NT + games

Posted on 2024-11-06, 10:55

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Bruno128 wrote on 2024-11-05, 12:50: Can you please test whether S3 MeTaL API (in UT99/Unreal) is supported in Savage4 NT4 drivers It seems MeTaL is not supported in those drivers on NT, at least I cannot select it in Unreal. Will try another driver version to make sure.

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Re: Pentium Pro Siemens Pro D6 for Windows NT + games

Posted on 2024-11-05, 10:29

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For further video card experiments -- found a Savage4 PCI. Filename savage4.jpg File size 352.84 KiB Views 504 views File license CC-BY-4.0 Creative Labs 3D Blaster PCI w/ 32 MB. Works well on Windows NT4 with 8.20.33 drivers. When I find a way to benchmark 3D on NT4 will test this card soonish. …

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Re: Pentium Pro Siemens Pro D6 for Windows NT + games

Posted on 2024-10-31, 16:56

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That would indeed be excellent but I don't see myself shelling out north of $200 for a Voodoo 1 or 2.

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Re: Pentium Pro Siemens Pro D6 for Windows NT + games

Posted on 2024-10-31, 15:53

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Now pretty happy with the Pentium Pro Siemens Pro D6. Windows NT4 is installed on a 64 GB compact flash, using Ontrack DDO. Very sharp graphics with Matrox Millenium II on PCI. NT4 is really snappy on this box, and Windows games work well. Will give the Kyro 1 (Hercules) PCI 64 MB a shot later this …

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Re: HP Visualize P-Class Pentium III: Dual Windows 2000

Posted on 2024-10-31, 15:46

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Got Windows 2000 installed, used an 80GB IDE drive. Runs very well on Visualize P500 with two Katmai @ 500 MHz. Next: Put in Geforce mx460 in place of the Elsa GLoria Primergy AGP. Will post benchmarks soon. The P500 is still slightly loud with its 2 or 3 fans, I might need to look into getting …

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Re: HP Visualize P-Class Pentium III: Dual Windows 2000

Posted on 2024-10-27, 07:37

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x86 Visualize ancestor - Kayak XW (P2 period) were the highest end, basically XU + upgraded video and were always coming with SCSI disks. P3 Coppermine high-end Kayak XU800 had Ultra160 Adaptec chip on motherboard. You are correct, SCSI was optional on Katmai Visualize and was only on some models …

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Re: HP Visualize P-Class Pentium III: Dual Windows 2000

Posted on 2024-10-26, 06:31

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Visualize C3750 service handbook I searched in my library and some obscure online archives but came up empty on C3750 documentation. It seems HP never really marketed C3750s as a full product, might've been limited to upgrades for existing C3600 customers, so documentation was not provided broadly. …

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Re: VLIW for the masses - Transmeta Crusoe on Windows

Posted on 2024-10-26, 06:07

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Windows 98SE installed fine on the Futro S220, now on 8 GB compact flash. Drivers worked from the archive fujitsu_S210_drivers.zip : 6103v2_7 for network SiS315e for video Vinyl_V700b for sound It is supposed to be operated standing -- it does get warm as there is no active cooling. Had my first …

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