Re: Win98SE When is the hardware overkill?

Posted on 2019-07-02, 03:57

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by Shagittarius

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My Current Win98 Rig: Pentium 4 3.4Ghz, ASRock 775VM800 (https://www.asrock.com/mb/VIA/775VM800/), 512MB Ram DDR?, 1X 120 GB SSD, 2X 120GB HDD, Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB/Geforce 5950 Ultra, Voodoo 2 PCI, Soundblaster PCI, DVD-R/W, 1.44MB Floppy, 650 Watt EVGA Something. To me it's the perfect Win98 …

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Re: Win98 Games & software via network?

Posted on 2019-06-28, 14:07

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I run my 98 machine hooked up to the internet, and even browse some sites to grab patches all the time. I don't think anyone is targeting Win98 machines anymore and unless you actually install a virus yourself I wouldn't worry too much about the internet. I also keep fairly current backups in case …

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Re: Placing a bid under 5 seconds (Ebay)

Posted on 2019-06-24, 17:33

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It was probably nearly a decade ago when I was doing that for my friend. He doesn't sell computer components, they were collectible toys. I've never participated in doing this for my own for sale items because I start the bidding at the lowest price I'm willing to sell for, I think people who start …

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Re: Placing a bid under 5 seconds (Ebay)

Posted on 2019-06-24, 07:55

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The point is there is no other bidder except the seller who is trying to run you up to your maximum bid. I don't think that's fair, I can't understand why someone would be fine with that. There are penalties on ebay when you don't actually sell a won auction. I may have misunderstood you, I don't …

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Re: Placing a bid under 5 seconds (Ebay)

Posted on 2019-06-24, 06:44

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I'm sorry but you're incorrect about sniping not being protection from the seller. It totally is, when you snipe, you put in the maximum bid you were going to and if your only competition is the shill seller then his only choice is to sell or cancel the auction. I know this is true I use to do it …

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Re: Placing a bid under 5 seconds (Ebay)

Posted on 2019-06-23, 22:34

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Usually they have a friend do it then you can't even tell by IP.

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Re: Placing a bid under 5 seconds (Ebay)

Posted on 2019-06-23, 21:03

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The reason to snipe bid is because a lot of people selling on ebay bid on their own items. So you wait till there is 5 seconds left and bid so they cant run you up.

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Re: Placing a bid under 5 seconds (Ebay)

Posted on 2019-06-23, 04:34

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I'll snipe if I know I'm going to be around at the end of the auction, otherwise I just put my maximum bid in and ignore it till its over.

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Re: How to optimize win 98/98/3.1 for solid state storage ?

Posted on 2019-06-22, 07:10

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by Shagittarius

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For an SSD leave 20% of the drive unformatted, I think that's about the only thing you can do and that will ensure at least it wears evenly I believe. I'd be interested in hearing if anyone else has any tips for 98 and SSDs too.

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Re: Computer builders favorite tools ?

Posted on 2019-06-20, 14:09

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Since usually I'm working on a system I already put together and have just added a single part or needed to refresh the OS I'm going with my ghost images and carefully collected drivers. After a couple years of not having messed with a particular machine you forget all the nuances and particular …

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Re: Nec Multisync 3d problem

Posted on 2019-06-18, 14:08

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by Shagittarius

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I want one of those NEC multisync 3ds for all my vintage computing! Sorry to see yours is on the fritz, hope you get it sorted.

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Re: Redbook audio + Daemon Tools 3.47 + Windows 98SE

Posted on 2019-06-16, 15:19

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by Shagittarius

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I don't recall ever having a problem with this, but I might be mistaken, are you mounting the .cue file? I stopped doing this because my Win98 machine won't see my new NAS drive and I had some issues with programs refusing to run because they saw Daemon Tools running.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-06-15, 17:06

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by Shagittarius

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I'm very happy the chance I took on a Radeon 9800 Pro has paid off and it is in excellent working condition. Been messing with it all night, its so much faster on my 3700+ than my P4 3.4Ghz I'd suspect there are some issues with that P4. While it is true the athlon is much better, that P4 still …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-06-15, 08:18

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I'm very happy the chance I took on a Radeon 9800 Pro has paid off and it is in excellent working condition. Been messing with it all night, its so much faster on my 3700+ than my P4 3.4Ghz it makes me want to consider getting a motherboard and building a system around the 3700+. Its currently in a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-06-11, 04:46

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Just bought a 780Ti off ebay for $104.00. Seems about normal, comes with the box and the guy said it was not overclocked or used for mining, also that it was used in a mac which to me is the equivalent of saying , "It was owned by an old lady who only drove it to church on Sunday". Hope it turns out …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-06-10, 04:46

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Congrats on your new trash compactor!

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Re: ATI Graphics Solution

Posted on 2019-06-09, 17:38

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by Shagittarius

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Chunky beats bitplanes for scrolling pages of text any day of the week.

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Re: How to spot a high quality VGA cable

Posted on 2019-05-24, 14:29

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by Shagittarius

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A good VGA cable should also have a ferrite core for cutting down on interference, but I just read that's mainly outgoing interference so maybe the best and worst cables don't have ferrite cores?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-05-24, 14:11

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by Shagittarius

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Make sure you get some airflow on that board or it will die. Had this problem so many times back in the day, had to have 3dfx replace 2 Voodoo 2s, then eventually I added a fan to blow on it.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-05-23, 02:59

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by Shagittarius

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Windows9566 wrote: Just found a ATi Rage Fury Maxx at the thrift store. https://i.imgur.com/BIUnI1T.jpg […] Show full quote Just found a ATi Rage Fury Maxx at the thrift store. There's just one question I have for you...Did you order the code red?

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