Re: Sony Vaio is back ?

Posted on 2019-07-17, 08:35

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by chinny22

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I liked them but was typical Sony of the 90's Good product but overpriced and trying to lock you into Sony devices like no SD card reader just Sony equivalent and the i.link connector which was basically just a firewire connector. In fact remind you of a certan company named after a bit of fruit 😉

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Re: ebay NOS dual pentium pro build

Posted on 2019-07-16, 10:34

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by chinny22

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Think your talking about NTLM https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/982734/you-cannot-access-a-shared-folder-that-is-located-on-a-windows-2000-or In addition newer version of Win10 (around about 1803 or 1809 onward) also disable SMB v1 https://support.microsoft.com/en-sg/help/2696547/detect- …

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Re: KVM Switches

Posted on 2019-07-16, 10:04

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by chinny22

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One thing I recommend is getting KVM's that use standard cables. my no name 4 port KVM is good but uses a serial port connecter on the KVM side so good luck if I losses a cable. Where as my 8 port Compaq and most enterprise stuff has the vga and 2 ps2 connecters for each input, so you can buy the …

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Re: Dell Dimension 466 DMT

Posted on 2019-07-16, 09:51

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by chinny22

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just searching Dimension 466 brings up 486's on youtube. On that bases I'd definitely grab it. But I'd grab it anyway, see what it is, you can always thow it out again if its no good

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Re: Moving data between an old computer and a new one

Posted on 2019-07-16, 09:39

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by chinny22

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Problem is if you want to use the Mac, it adds a bit more complexity then if it was a modern windows PC. FTP Network is still the essayist as works on any OS and future proof. Yes it takes a bit more to get up and running but you'll save so much more time in the long run and people here will help. …

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Re: ebay NOS dual pentium pro build

Posted on 2019-07-16, 09:23

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by chinny22

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Damn that really is a fine looking machine, the Quad CPU fan's give it a this is some serous hardware look about it, although yeh you could replace just eh fans with something modern and quiet and probably get just as good cooling if it bothers you too much. re the PS2 keyboard, You could just use a …

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Re: Lastest vídeo of LGR

Posted on 2019-07-16, 09:02

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by chinny22

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Reminded me of the recent PPro Haul here last year. Wonder how many more exist yet to be discovered. At least the family is open to selling some of it off again. Not quite the same but a Sydney museum had a similar problem where stuff was going to be destroyed if they couldn't find a home, not sure …

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Re: Solid State Scsi options?

Posted on 2019-07-11, 16:23

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by chinny22

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As a proud owner of the P2B-DS I get wanting to use the onboard SCSI, but its not practical in any way, shape or form. Mines got 4 noisy ex server hard drives, becase I had them and because I can, not due to performance or anything like that I'd say even $60 is to expensive compared to the cost of …

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Re: Info about Acer Acros PZ25D

Posted on 2019-07-11, 16:13

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by chinny22

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486's under 66 Mhz are pretty tough, You can leave it on longer if that's what your worried about. Good thing about AT Power supplies is that you can use them even if disconnected from everything. I would expect the fan to work in that as soon as it had power, but event then wouldn't think it would …

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Re: Audigy 2 ZS issues on Win98SE

Posted on 2019-07-11, 16:05

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by chinny22

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Creative drivers are pretty bad round this time, its a pretty common problem. You can try different PCI slots, or reinstall windows with the card removed and go again. Although most the time device manager wont see anything what are the other missing drivers? maybe you do have a conflict?

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Re: Why is the Ensoniq 1370 recommended? it's trash!

Posted on 2019-07-11, 15:50

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by chinny22

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I mean, the sample reproduction is ok Not disagreeing with anything else you said though The Ensonic was always a budget card, where as the Live! was a premium product so you would hope the quality is better. My main point I was trying to make is its the same emulation software, just slightly …

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Re: How to avoid buying a server or such ?

Posted on 2019-07-04, 13:56

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by chinny22

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This is my one I picked up recently from work. https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=67119#p758387 You wont find them in server rooms, your example's of CNC mills etc would be correct. and dont be surprised if the integrated computer is a computer hidden away as even an industrial PC means a …

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Re: Sound Blaster Audigy: MIDI Music only coming from left speaker...

Posted on 2019-07-04, 13:40

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by chinny22

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so only midi. digital sound like wav files play on both speakers. Its not something simple like the midi channel in the mixer is moved all the way tot he left?

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Re: Suggestions on "ultra" 486 Build

Posted on 2019-07-03, 12:54

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by chinny22

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As you say you already have another 486, It's not like this one has to be games focused, I get it this is more of a test bench first, games second. If it was me I'd ditch the USB and go with a network card, catch is you'll want to network the other machines as well. It's file sharing is the only …

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Re: How to avoid buying a server or such ?

Posted on 2019-07-03, 12:31

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by chinny22

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Why would you want to avoid them, all 3 (Servers/Workstations/Industrial PC's) are so much more interesting then a standard PC! Generally speaking Servers are designed for 24/7 up time so have things like hot plug PSU's and HDD's that you can swap out without turning it off. They typically support …

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Matrox Mystique MSI Signal Out of Range

Posted on 2019-07-02, 10:28

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by chinny22

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Does anyone know what display mode the MSI API mode uses? I've only tested in Screamer 2 and Screamer Rally so may be specific to those games. Once I know I can keep an eye out for a compatible screen as both my nothing special 2nd hand dell 5:4 screens are having none of it.

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Re: Is the Crystal CS4236 a pretty good sound card for DOS?

Posted on 2019-07-02, 10:06

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by chinny22

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Keeping in mind this is a PII older fair chance your going to run into speed issues even if you add a more compatible graphics card. This link will let you know if you need to replace the ATI card or not. https://gona.mactar.hu/DOS_TESTS Sound wise, yes ideally you want an ISA card, but if the on …

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Re: Can NT3.51 and 2K/XP coexist? aka NTFS upgrade shenanigans

Posted on 2019-07-02, 09:31

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by chinny22

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Never tried but would a small Fat16 primary partition for the boot loader to live work? It wouldn't have to be much as it is only the boot loader Windows would then be installed on D:\ and above. although if bakemono says is true about XP's NTLDR dropping NT3 support I think your screwed no matter …

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Re: My Socket 423 trash-can case build

Posted on 2019-07-01, 12:12

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by chinny22

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Yep, the writing has been on the wall for a while now that P4' s will become affordable Win98 gaming rigs. Windows games have an advantage over dos in CPU speed issues are much less common, so having the extra horsepower in reserve isn't a bad thing. Socket 478 may be a better option simply due to …

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Re: Trying to revive a PIII machine, convert into Win98 gaming rig

Posted on 2019-06-28, 16:20

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by chinny22

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Looks like a decent machine. Not familiar with that exact bard but its pretty hard to make a bad BX motherboard and Tyan are better brand then most so would think you have a pretty decent start really. Just about all motherboards had 3 ram slots back then, I guess they figured out you'll max out the …

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