Re: Building an nt4 dedicated fileshare

Posted on 2020-08-23, 20:35

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by chinny22

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XP/2003 and below all use SMB1 so should be fine. XP does have the firewall but apart from that they all act the same with simple filesharing. I suspect the issue is not being in the same workgroup or not using the same username on the client server. You know this is the case when Win9x or below …

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Re: Build considerations: "All things dual" (Dual P3 + V5 5500)

Posted on 2020-08-23, 10:28

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by chinny22

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

And now I start to doubt, whether it was W2K or only XP, I have run in dual-card setup .. I would've sworn that I ran 2K that way too, but now, I'm doubting my memory .. Back in the day I used to run a G550 with two displays on W2K, but I can't remember if I ever used two GPUs. I had an AGP and a …

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Re: Voodoo Banshee vs. Voodoo-3 3000 ?

Posted on 2020-08-23, 08:13

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by chinny22

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Intel486dx33 wrote on 2020-08-22, 22:15: Would you put a fan on a Banshee ? Yes! these things are well known to get hot

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Re: Quality of Life Programs and Additions

Posted on 2020-08-23, 08:10

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by chinny22

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I assume you already know about KVM's so you don't need multiple screens, keyboards, mice? #1 Networking. Once you have that up you can install or copy rest of the drivers over the network. install software over the network, backup files, etc. #2 Archive program. Your choice I like WinRAR but that's …

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Re: Building an nt4 dedicated fileshare

Posted on 2020-08-23, 07:46

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by chinny22

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For the OS I'd recommend Windows 2003 for trouble free, It'll run on a P3 800 and even period correct. We installed it on many P3 servers back when it was first released. As the latest OS that'll probably run it benefits from the most refinement. Win2k is also a good option bit lighter on system …

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Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2020-08-21, 10:22

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by chinny22

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Ah man sorry to hear that! as you said at least it happened before you started collecting money, 1 less thing to worry about after all. As always real life commitments come first, good luck! waited 20 odd years for a GUS, few more aren't going to hurt when these things do get released to the masses …

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Re: VL IDE onboard vs ISA SCSI Bus Mastering

Posted on 2020-08-21, 09:40

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by chinny22

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Ah, well if your after authenticity then SCSI does make some sense. Hope you do get VLB working though, much more interesting in my books 😀

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Re: Job lot of floppys

Posted on 2020-08-21, 09:25

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by chinny22

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£10 for 50, yeh even if half were no good I'd still call it a good deal 😀

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Re: VL IDE onboard vs ISA SCSI Bus Mastering

Posted on 2020-08-21, 09:22

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by chinny22

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I wouldn't recommend SCSI for anything unless your after period builds. It's expensive (compared to IDE) noisy and HDD's will have had many more hours as many are from servers. Your much better off going something like CF or SD adapters on machines without PCI IMHO. Also that old ST3491A isnt the …

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Re: Build considerations: "All things dual" (Dual P3 + V5 5500)

Posted on 2020-08-21, 09:03

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by chinny22

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I've got V2 SLI in my dual P3 600 (linked in that 2017 post above) It's a good match but yeh my 2d card fails the dual criteria. If you don't have anywhere better to put the V5 I'd go with that and be happy that it's 2 GPU'S on a card. Definitely give yourself the option to boot to Win9x and …

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Re: Job lot of floppys

Posted on 2020-08-21, 08:37

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by chinny22

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You mean http://vogonsdrivers.com? That's a project SquallStrife looks after by himself and net technically linked to the forum. Give this read first and as your new it'll be where to post the drivers as well :) https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=30649 Next question whats the working to dead …

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Re: Gotek/FlashFloppy for ATAPI ZIP Emulation?

Posted on 2020-08-21, 08:25

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by chinny22

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Quick google found a similar discussion from few years ago, sadly it died out before an alternative was created but gives you an idea of what your up against. https://sp-forums.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=22455&start=45 Long of the short is you need an IDE device that emulates removable media device ( …

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Re: That 70's show! Something wrong in their timeline. (Yeah... It is still computer related)

Posted on 2020-08-20, 13:30

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by chinny22

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What about the "MiG-28" in Topgun? It had a staring role and is an American built F-5 so not even foreign let alone soviet! If it was a documentary then yeh they need to do their fact checking better But light entertainment, I think you have to cut them some slack, as long as it gives off the …

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Re: Could you build a retro PC right now?

Posted on 2020-08-20, 13:14

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by chinny22

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Depends where you draw the retro line. I've a Dell socket 370 in the garage I picked up for free and done nothing with. That's as old as I can go I've a few spare ATX cases, PSU's and Socket 775 M/B's maybe a 478 as well if I have to build from scratch. Loads of CPU's Plenty of AGP,PCI and 1 or 2 …

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Re: Can't get NT-based Windows to install, only 9x

Posted on 2020-08-19, 09:50

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by chinny22

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Have you applied the F4c(Beta) BIOS update? This increases Max HDD to 75GB well above your 40GB, I'm just not sure what earlier bios was limited at. https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-6BXC/support#support-dl-bios I would expect it to support 40GB drive which you say it does. I think it may be …

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Re: What to do with a Laserjet ?

Posted on 2020-08-19, 09:30

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by chinny22

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Not much demand for old printers, even in the retro community and someone that is looking probably doesn't want to pay for shipping further limiting potential interest. I would do what ever you want to do with it. The Positive is Laserjet 5 is very compatible with just about any OS. The Negative is …

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Re: Differences between Windows 95 OSR 2.1 and OSR 2.5

Posted on 2020-08-17, 10:23

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by chinny22

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While I do run OSR 2.5 on my 486 I skip the IE4 install so really it's just a 2.1 install. The other big change was the added USB support, doubt a 486 will miss that. winworldpc has the different versions if you do still want the latest version. even if it is just for kicks. Not many updates apply …

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Re: Can't get network cards to work

Posted on 2020-08-13, 16:01

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by chinny22

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The fact it happens with 2 different brands which would be using different drivers (hopefully) would make me believe its the protocol or OS at fault more then the drivers. although could be resource conflict I guess? does mtcp work? as that's independent of whichever OS you are running but knowing …

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Re: things you don't do with a retro PC

Posted on 2020-08-12, 14:57

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by chinny22

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Replicate - try to get the exact PC from some period in my past Don't need to, I still have the families first PC and my first PC, hording has it's benefits. I admit if I didn't I would probably do this though Authenticate - build a PC with strictly period authentic parts Fair few people like period …

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Re: Pandemic Builds

Posted on 2020-08-12, 12:57

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by chinny22

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Nice setups right out the gate you have the main 3 era's covered. Yeh a few bottlenecks or not quite optimal parts but we do kind of get hung up on that now that upgrades are easily obtainable and sentimental value is much more important then higher benchmark scores! I would highly recommend setting …

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