Re: Choices of sound cards for specific machines.

Posted on 2019-01-10, 12:46

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by chinny22

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This is NOT an easy question as you have discovered. Generally speaking newer the card cleaner the sound. This is why the AWE64 Gold is considered the ultimate card for dos by some, even the standard AWE64's have less noise then other Sound Blaster variants. However they are all noisy compared to …

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Re: Can I solder a USB port to this empty pad on Mobo?

Posted on 2019-01-10, 12:13

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by chinny22

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not that it matters as it looks like your going with ps2 now. But unless BIOS has "Legacy USB support" you wouldn't be able to use a mouse (or keyboard) plugged into the usb port from dos

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Re: "New" USB mouse vs. Every 90's PS/2 mouse I have ever owned.

Posted on 2019-01-09, 15:33

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by chinny22

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Interested in how does the USB mouse feel using a ps2 adapter? I'm not going anywhere with this, just curious to see if it seems like the lag returns or not. If you mean those basic usb/ps2 adapters. I don't think they change anything because they require that the usb mouse supports ps/2 protocol …

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Re: PATA 133, SATA 150 or SCSI U160 for 486 PC

Posted on 2019-01-09, 15:29

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by chinny22

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The easiest going forward will be an IDE-SATA adapter, mechanical drive, and LBA limits on the drive via SeaTools. Even if you have a 500G drive and you can only use 8.4G of it, they're so cheap to begin with software was so much more compact then. Plus, seek times are low enough on modern mech …

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Re: IBM Aptiva M62 restore.

Posted on 2019-01-09, 15:22

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by chinny22

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I love the LPX "pizzabox" format but riser cards are a pain, main benefit of a tower. This manages to suck at both! The case is built like a tank at least.

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Re: Daemon Tools 3.47 No Longer Works on Windows 98 After Installing Unofficial Service Pack 3

Posted on 2019-01-09, 15:17

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by chinny22

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Yeh don't bother with any updates either, PC runs fine. Even shuts down which is pretty good for Win98

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Re: Looking for a ~2000 antivirus that runs on win3x

Posted on 2019-01-09, 14:57

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by chinny22

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Think the corporate version was ok for bit longer but the home version that came pre installed included addons for email clients, browsers, firewalls which slowed the system down no end if not crashed it and wouldn't uninstall properly, as in they actually had to create a removal tool that you could …

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Re: Pentium 3 build - Old and New school blend

Posted on 2019-01-09, 14:44

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by chinny22

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D3FEKT wrote: The only problem i have with it is it's too fast for some games yet too slow for others that I play so can't really find a use for it. No problem at all, that'll be what those other PC's in the pic are for 😉

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Re: Pentium 4 'PressHot'

Posted on 2019-01-08, 16:42

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by chinny22

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Have a similar system with similar representation of 32 bit, only also aimed it as final Win9x build duel boot. It rarely boots into 98 if I'm honest though Also cheated and went with a 3.40 HT as it was free and sata drives as I have more of them. I went with red fans to match the "presshot" …

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Re: PATA 133, SATA 150 or SCSI U160 for 486 PC

Posted on 2019-01-08, 14:33

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by chinny22

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I'd recommend against SCSI, drives are noisy, old and only going to get harder and more expensive to replace. SATA is obviously the best as its the complete opposite of the above, dont know of any cards to recommend though. IDE you may be better off with a CF/SD card with its faster seek times on …

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Re: Power warning with old ASUS P3B-F with new gen EVGA 450W PSU

Posted on 2019-01-08, 14:22

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by chinny22

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My P2B and Corsair PSU does the same, (errors, cant remember the readout) I've just set it to ignore as nothing is on the -5v rail

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Re: Looking for a ~2000 antivirus that runs on win3x

Posted on 2019-01-08, 14:19

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by chinny22

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My question is: At what time with Norton did the cure become worse than the disease? early 2000's cant remember the exact version but it was a sad day I realised Syamantec is now Sh*t As to the original question, cant you just scan the disks on a newer system? Finding Win3x version of AV will be …

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Re: Compaq Deskpro 2000 Question

Posted on 2019-01-08, 14:15

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by chinny22

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Are you sure it's not the same BIOS? Whats the part number of the motherboard?

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Re: Does this look like a good late 90’s setup?

Posted on 2019-01-08, 14:05

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by chinny22

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What windows games are enjoyable on a 233MMX that also support EAX? I tend to agree with SirNickity that this is more dos gaming rig with very early Win95 gaming pushing the limit, but never actually owning one am happy to be convinced otherwise.

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Re: Is SB Vibra16s good enough ?

Posted on 2019-01-08, 13:57

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by chinny22

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Vibra 16 is as good as a SB16, does anyone really use the Bass/Treble settings on their SB16's? (as thats the only real difference) AWE is a SB16 with the EMU chip, so really this is the better choice if you already have it. but if your games don't support the AWE as a music device it'll be no …

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Re: "New" USB mouse vs. Every 90's PS/2 mouse I have ever owned.

Posted on 2019-01-08, 13:40

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by chinny22

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Interested in how does the USB mouse feel using a ps2 adapter? I'm not going anywhere with this, just curious to see if it seems like the lag returns or not.

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Re: APS External SCSI Tape Backup Drive

Posted on 2019-01-08, 13:33

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by chinny22

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For testing NT flavor may be easier, Win98 does have support, but NT branch has alot more native drives support. Although if you can find a Win98 Sony SDT-9000 driver I also rekon your set. as for the little number, that is used to pick the ID if it was daisy chained, 6 is the common default for …

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Re: Building Windows 98 PC 440BX board, SSD; Best to use IDE to SATA adapter or SATA card?

Posted on 2019-01-08, 13:22

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by chinny22

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BX motherboard's on board controller will be limited to ~160GB without drive overlay software. If your using a larger drive then that I'd probably go with a card over overlay software. If your under the limit I'd go with an adapter just to keep it simple. Performance wise I couldn't say which is …

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Re: Found this old PC + soundcard, any way to get Midi to run?

Posted on 2019-01-08, 13:06

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by chinny22

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So my Roland JV-1010 has arrived and I am testing some GM sounds from Doom and ROTT here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlDCGbGtX9k My old school PC-MIDI cable from China has arrived as well and I will try that later. Sounded pretty good to me, it defiantly another good option with existing midi …

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Re: Advice on upgrading HP OEM with Slot 1 P3

Posted on 2019-01-08, 13:03

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by chinny22

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Slot 1 makes a great DOs/Win9x cross over PC but as all cross overs it is a compromise. Put a sound card in that isa slot and 99% of even the most demanding dos game will run fine, catch is some games will run too fast. Decent AGP card and PCI sound card and majority of Win9x games will run ok, …

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