Re: How to install Win98 SE on laptop with no CD or Floppy Drives?

Posted on 2017-09-07, 11:49

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by chinny22

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I 2nd, 3rd, 4th? the use another PC to partition/copy CD contents over. But as long as any CD can boot and leaves you at a dos prompt, you can then remove that CD, insert the Win98 Cd and type setup, away you go! No need to mess round modifying CD images!

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Re: What PCI video card swaps have you done

Posted on 2017-09-07, 11:37

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by chinny22

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Also don't have a lot of PCI systems in my collection. Did get a S3 Virge DX few years ago, mostly to replace the ISA card in a PCI 486, but also will go into a P3 for a bit of S3D testing when I get round to it.

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Re: Advice upgrading Pentium MMX Voodoo2

Posted on 2017-09-07, 11:22

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by chinny22

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It's a shame there's not a good DOS compatibility list like we have here on Vogons for the Voodoo 2 There is! https://gona.mactar.hu/DOS_TESTS/ Couldn't see your card though, But I would think you would be ok. We are spoilt with choice now, but back then video card wasn't really a deal breaker. Why …

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Re: will you run windows95 on a highend 386?

Posted on 2017-09-07, 11:09

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by chinny22

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Pro's "runs a lot more applications/games and see how it performs" Poorly would be my answer, Sure it opens but is it really useable? "pretends to be a modern computer" haha, WIn95 is modern? People are arguing if WinXP is retro, Think any Win9x OS is safely no longer considered modern Cons: " …

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Re: Compaq Presario CDS 510 HDD problem

Posted on 2017-09-07, 10:57

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by chinny22

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It shouldn't matter if its the original keyboard or not, just as long as its PS2. In fact someone here has one without the original https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=45411 I'm not overly familiar with the 510, but I would remove the HDD and as many cards as possible, try less/different ram …

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Re: quake3 SMP-scaling thread…

Posted on 2017-09-01, 16:14

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by chinny22

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in Marvin \ Video

The voodoos were sweating bullets! Did you check which were the maximum settings that were playable? Not with this test setup but in the usual Win2k/SCSI setup I can get 33.9 fps at 1024x768 leaving the texture quality & filter at defaults, geometric detail medium, texture detail slider bit above …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2017-09-01, 16:08

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by chinny22

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

As far as I know, yellowing is some kind of reaction with oxygen and UV light greatly helps this reaction as well as heat. I'm not a chemist at all, that's just the only explanation I can give to the plastics that yellow even without light or heat. Yes! a lot of people talk about UV light but the …

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Re: Awe32 problems

Posted on 2017-09-01, 15:18

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by chinny22

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in Marvin \ Sound

it should at least show up in post as a PNP card, much like your AWE64 does. In fact in Win9x it should behave the same as the AWE 64 It's sounding more and more like a dead card 🙁

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Re: "Setup could not detect any Sound Blaster Audigy 2 on your System."

Posted on 2017-09-01, 15:05

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by chinny22

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I've had my ZS not picked up by creative drivers, Sometimes installing the drivers Then the card, sometimes different slot, and sometimes just changing my shirt seems to work. Admittedly this is mostly on WIn98 but at least one XP machine. The ZS is my favourite card, have 3 of them, but drivers do …

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Re: Windows 98se freeze playing games

Posted on 2017-09-01, 14:49

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by chinny22

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If the system is ok when doing something but locks up when idle, it sounds more like chipset then graphics driver issue. If you think about it an idle PC wont really use graphics but motherboard will still be doing things. Win98 isn't exactly stable best of times, but shouldn't be THAT bad. You can …

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Re: Trying to install W95, Dos boot disk not detecting CD ROM drivers...

Posted on 2017-09-01, 13:29

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by chinny22

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Do you have another PC with IDE? If you do just add the HDD in that PC as a slave and copy the Win95 folder off the CD onto the HDD. Put the HDD back in the original PC, Boot from a Win9x boot disk and run setup form the HDD, bypass the CD drive all together

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Re: IDE controller cards: should I consider?

Posted on 2017-09-01, 13:11

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by chinny22

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Only reason I would not use onboard is if I want a different interface, such as SATA, SCSI. and in SATA's case I'd use a converter rather then a whole new card The performance gains of say using a ATA133 in a board that has ATA-66 at best isn't worth the extra hassle IMHO

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Re: The more rare Pentium ii PCs

Posted on 2017-09-01, 13:03

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by chinny22

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in Marvin \ System Specs

Cool you know the history of the PC. This exact PC may not be common but that case was and I hated it. Was towards the beginning of more stylised designs rather then simple straight lines of the 90's But it does represent a important part of history, as it is about the time when the big OEM brands …

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Re: Recommend me some interesting parts

Posted on 2017-09-01, 12:46

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by chinny22

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Those were roughly my thoughts too. Both machines actually have ISA slots. Regarding sound cards - is the Audician 32 Plus a solid choice? From some reading it seems the onboard Creative chip in the Gateway, the ES1373 is essentially an onboard Ensoniq AudioPCI so I'm wondering whether that's worth …

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Re: 2006 dream machine!

Posted on 2017-09-01, 12:23

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by chinny22

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in Marvin \ System Specs

if you get a ssd and run vista you will not have trim unless if you use a 3rd party tool. Id use a velociraptor, they were some what popular back in the day before ssd's come down in price. SSD may go against the "Also this build will try to prove that using the right hardware Windows Vista is as …

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Re: Video and Sound card suggestions

Posted on 2017-09-01, 12:03

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by chinny22

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Do you mean the 3dfx V2 Voodoo 2? I have seen a few of these while working but did not know they were worthwhile. Also working on finding a new photo host They can be sold easily for 50~70 a piece on ebay, and more than double if you can find a matching pair. If you come across anything with 3DFX, …

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Re: Dell Optiplex GX150 - The luckiest Pentium iii pc score

Posted on 2017-09-01, 11:25

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by chinny22

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in Marvin \ System Specs

For me P4 is where WinXP really starts. P3 is all about Win9x/2k gaming, and you have the making for one hell of a fast 9x/2k Gaming rig. What you using for audio in it?

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Re: Timeline for resolutions (PC)

Posted on 2017-09-01, 11:05

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by chinny22

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in Marvin \ Video

I can see where your coming from, kinda interesting topic. Got our first PC in early 95 so just towards end of DOS gaming days. And while a few did, majority did not support anything above 800x600 so would say mainstream support of 1024x768 after Win95 sometime. 1280x1024 would be mainstream …

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Re: IT IS THE NINETIES, and you are about to enter a whole new world of

Posted on 2017-09-01, 10:54

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by chinny22

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in Marvin \ System Specs

VR has never really done anything for me, but fully get where your coming from and trust me. If I was you I'd have already tried it out, gross headset or not! Over 10 years of waiting vs long shower, screw it its going on! interested to see what system you build round this and how it holds up to …

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Re: 8 Character limit Fix?

Posted on 2017-09-01, 10:40

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by chinny22

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Or just use Dos 7 ripped from a Win9x install. From memory the only things that NEED dos 6 is Windows 3x which there is a hack for, and DOS disk utilities that don't understand fat32 and corrupt the drive

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