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Re: USB network adapters on Win 9x worth it?

Posted on 2011-09-13, 16:02

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

To fake a MAC you'd have to know it first. And I doubt someone would really go to the effort of cracking the WPA of some average Joe's router just to get net access. You can find a MAC easy just sniff the traffic. That's why MAC filtering is only of use for those who would never bother to sniff the …

Re: USB network adapters on Win 9x worth it?

Posted on 2011-09-12, 21:18

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

mac's can be faked, and wpa cracked easily. physical security is the best thing you can have. The best encryption in the world is worthless if someone can just hide in your bushes and intercept packets. 3com and intel pci cards are STUPID easy to use in win 9x and are silly cheap. WHY would you …

Re: USB network adapters on Win 9x worth it?

Posted on 2011-09-12, 13:42

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I wish wi-fi would GO AWAY. I refuse to use it. All my computers are hard-wired. Nothing says security hole like broadcasting your network to your neighbors... Wi-Fi is a lot more secure than you think (WPA2, MAC filtering etc) and it's invaluable for mobile devices as well as machines that are in …

Re: SB Live! SB16 Emulation in Windows

Posted on 2011-09-10, 21:43

in PC Emulation

in PC Emulation

I had this, after moving cards around it eventually worked. Strange conflict.

Re: best hard drives

Posted on 2011-09-04, 19:40

in Milliways

in Milliways

The only way you'll get an idea of product reliability is with a huge sample size. Google released a HDD study years ago. They don't name vendors but do give their experience on what does and doesn't cause failure. http://storagemojo.com/2007/02/19/googles-disk-failure-experience/ Although there …

Re: NTSC / PAL Graphics card..

Posted on 2011-09-04, 19:37

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I think most, if not all cards have both PAL and NTSC video output which is selectable either in software or via a jumper on older cards.

Re: What does an Ad Lib sound card sound like?

Posted on 2011-09-03, 23:27

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Not sure if they are worth anything but I had an AdLib card, although the 3.5mm socket snapped off (probably an easy fix) but my brother binned it. Might still have the manual.

Re: 8mb V2 vs 12mb

Posted on 2011-09-03, 09:44

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

agreed, I can see some logic in disallowing ALL trades. I do think, however, that in the case of two active forum members exchanging parts with no monies involved that the risk of ostracism would be enough to ensure fair play. just my opinion, I'll fully comply with this rule from this point …

Re: collecting retro midi sound modules

Posted on 2011-08-31, 22:14

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

robertmo wrote: and how they handle no midi mapper in win7? There is a MIDI mapper but it's hidden. You can use an app called Vista MIDI Picker to change the default MIDI out device.

Re: collecting retro midi sound modules

Posted on 2011-08-30, 16:10

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Someone should really build a module switcher, considering how simple the interface is! I would, but I have no modules so it'd be a bit pointless 😜

Re: Anyone play Audiosurf?

Posted on 2011-08-29, 15:52

in Milliways

in Milliways

The Steam summer challenge finally gave me some incentive to give it a whirl. I was kind of underwhelmed, actually. I agree with RichB93. Beat Hazard is better. (It's also infuriatingly difficult and seizure-inducing, but nonetheless.) Talking of seizure inducing, have you played the 'Ultra' DLC? …

Re: Anyone play Audiosurf?

Posted on 2011-08-28, 04:02

in Milliways

in Milliways

Beat Hazard is better 😉

Re: Anyone play Terraria?

Posted on 2011-08-25, 01:50

in Milliways

in Milliways

I bought it when it was on sale and have played it very briefly but I've not really gone back to it as I couldn't get into it. I'll have to try again. That said, I've not played Minecraft in ages... 🤣

Re: How many video cards can you have?

Posted on 2011-08-18, 19:14

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

IIRC the Rendition V2200 drivers don't support multi-monitor configurations though.

Re: Rage 128 GL AIW PCI

Posted on 2011-08-18, 16:29

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Same here, although I thought the Rage Fury Maxx was/is too interesting to pass up. The one time I had a Rage Fury Maxx I wasn't able to get it to install properly on my Socket A board. This was probably around 2003, and I had wanted to try the card just to see how well it actually performed, so I …

Re: Rage 128 GL AIW PCI

Posted on 2011-08-18, 10:28

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Tetrium wrote: Personally I never bothered with the pre-Radeon ATI chips, I tend to prefer 3DFX/NV/S3(/Rendition 2100) and I have plenty of those to go around. Same here, although I thought the Rage Fury Maxx was/is too interesting to pass up.

Re: Socket 370 mobo recommendation required - for a 1.4 GHz Tualatin

Posted on 2011-08-16, 15:52

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Just read through this thread and WOW! A P3 at 1.74GHz!?! :shocked: That's insane! Only clocking I've done on a P3 is from 800 to 904 as its an 800E 100FSB chip :( I think I have a 667 133FSB chip though that I'll have to play around with. Has anyone had a play around with the QDI BrillianX 9 …

Re: Matrox G250 Trouble

Posted on 2011-08-15, 15:10

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I invested in a Matrox G250 AGP (factory OC'd G200) and a VRAM upgrade for it (yeah I've heard it clocks it back down, dunno if I'd end up using it or not), for use in my 300Mhz Pentium box (and yeah, I mean Pentium, not P2, etc.). I set it up, working fine, but when I install drivers for the card …

Re: Look what that Neon 250 sold for!

Posted on 2011-08-14, 23:10

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

That's ridiculous! They were only £120-£130 at launch and probably dropped down quite a bit after release!

Re: A surprise for me

Posted on 2011-08-13, 11:03

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

You are right, i should have checked psu first. I did start by opening the case and it looked so brand new i was sure it would all work like magic. Almost all the full computers i found before had nothing wrong really. One even had a hard drive with the woman's delivery moment pictures still on it. …

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