Re: New Old Stock Build Pentium III @ 800 MHz w/ ISA Slots

Posted on 2015-12-05, 06:17

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Not bad, not bad at all. You did what you could with what's presently available. As Phil said, don't worry much about -5V, only a few ISA cards need it. Here is an old thread listing them (may not be complete though): http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=42781&p=411580 The memory issue is well …

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Re: Christmas present

Posted on 2015-12-05, 03:47

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WOW! The ultimate remote controlled toy! Wish I had one of those when I was 10, would have laid waste to my local neighborhood mercilessly :evil: :lol: :evil: :lol: I believe I still have a double set of remote controlled race cars me and my brother got for Christmas back in the early 80's. I'll …

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Re: System constantly forgetting I have a Voodoo2 installed

Posted on 2015-12-05, 03:29

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by JayCeeBee64

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Sounds like you overclocked the IBM CPUs. It' usually not an issue unless the PCI bus was also running out of spec (higher than 33MHz); if this is the case then your old Voodoo 2 could have sustained some damage. Still, 486-class processors will not push a Voodoo 2 hard at all - when I had my 3dfx …

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Re: System constantly forgetting I have a Voodoo2 installed

Posted on 2015-12-04, 17:42

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by JayCeeBee64

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That's good to hear. I've never seen a Voodoo 2 that only works when it wants to; perhaps a more detailed, cursory examination is needed. Unfortunately Voodoo 2 cards do have a tendency to fail quite suddenly and without warning, even if you take the utmost precautions when storing and/or handling …

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Re: Spelling and grammar pet peeves around here

Posted on 2015-12-04, 04:34

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Looks like the Grammar Police is coming out of the woodwork :lol: Personally, I tend to make silly mistakes every so often; at least I try to catch and correct them when I can, but sometimes that's just not possible. At times the error goes beyond grammar and/or spelling (here's an example of a …

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Re: How many computers could you possibly build?

Posted on 2015-12-04, 03:25

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Just one, based on my Asus CUSL2-C motherboard; needs an ATX case and floppy drive (the Asus board also needs a recap), everything else I already have on hand - two S370 Pentium III CPUs w/coolers, my choice of video/sound/memory/HDD/DVD-ROM, cables, case fans, ATX PSU and even a USB2 card. And …

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Re: Need some old patches for games

Posted on 2015-11-28, 17:21

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Gamecollector wrote: Half-Life (full patches, not incremental ones) 1.0.0.8. 1.0.0.9. 1.0.1.0. 1.0.1.3. […] Show full quote Half-Life (full patches, not incremental ones) 1.0.0.8. 1.0.0.9. 1.0.1.0. 1.0.1.3. See if this webpage has what you need: http://www.tunasoda.com/patches.html

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Re: How to get Realmagic EM8300 Mpeg decoder to work?

Posted on 2015-11-22, 02:55

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by JayCeeBee64

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MrGlasspoole wrote: How to upload them to the Driver Library? Read this post by SquallStrife, it will tell you what to do: VOGONS Driver Library (I'd rather do my own thing, much faster and easier for me 😜 ).

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Re: Yet another retro rig!

Posted on 2015-11-21, 05:53

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I've found some interesting items inside old PCs before (even small glass marbles inside an old Deer ATX PSU), but that CD case tray has to be the most random one yet. Of course without a case cover for so long it could be that someone just dropped one inside - that could also explain the paper …

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Re: What to do with old broken HDDs?

Posted on 2015-11-21, 05:32

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by JayCeeBee64

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^ What 133MHz said. (Plays around with the nifty magnets from a recently dead 40gb WD HDD 😁 ).

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Re: Spam, spam, spam

Posted on 2015-11-17, 05:08

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Topic 45635

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Re: Got a big problem with installing windows 95 from CD

Posted on 2015-11-16, 03:31

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by JayCeeBee64

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I can verify this is a so-called Companion CD. I got one of those back in 2002 when I decommissioned a P200 Acer; the OSR2 CD had no setup files at all - they were actually located in the C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS directory. I grabbed and combined them with the OSR2 CD files and created a new, …

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Re: What terms do your country have for these classes of machines?

Posted on 2015-11-13, 03:06

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by JayCeeBee64

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I've used both "custom" and "homemade" interchangeably over the years, and people here in Southern California seem to understand what I'm talking about when referring to computers (I've also used "one-off" every now and then). And while I haven't been back to my native country of Ecuador for over 35 …

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Re: Please tell me this guy is trolling.

Posted on 2015-11-11, 03:29

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Looks more like the video is not properly scripted - PC gaming history is too compressed/oversimplified and the narrator changes topics so fast he keeps tripping over himself (it's hard to pay attention with all the visual/verbal skipping and jumping around). I did spot a potential mistake or 2, but …

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Re: Clone / image question

Posted on 2015-11-11, 02:27

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by JayCeeBee64

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Ghost 2003 here as well. Works like a charm with MS-DOS 6.2 all the way to Windows XP Pro.

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Re: Standoffs, screws and washers all good stuff!

Posted on 2015-11-11, 02:24

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by JayCeeBee64

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That box looks very useful indeed brostenen. I know two local hardware stores that have them in several sizes, will give them a visit when I have some free time 😊 . Thanks!

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Re: Standoffs, screws and washers all good stuff!

Posted on 2015-11-10, 16:46

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by JayCeeBee64

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Hello everyone, do you have special concerns about these? For instance, do you use washers at all? Do you prefer the screws without the flange aroud the head? Use plastic vs metal standoffs? What's your say? Not particularly....... I just use whatever came with the case; if something's missing, I …

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Re: serial output with a USB interface

Posted on 2015-11-09, 20:44

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by JayCeeBee64

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This question should be in the DOSBox forums. Also, read this first: DOSBox IS NOT SUITED TO RUN YOUR NON-GAMING DOS APPLICATION Only suggestion I can give is to try an SVN build: http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/SVN_Builds

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Re: What is GUS-ACE really worth?

Posted on 2015-11-08, 21:46

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/261739314330 No memory upgrade, no audio patch cable, no manuals, no CD/floppies, no retail box, and a $319 asking price. No wonder it didn't sell. @brostenen : Since your GUS ACE looks complete with original box (I've seen the pics you posted elsewhere), I would say a $150 …

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Re: Copy protection removal software for DOS games

Posted on 2015-11-08, 17:29

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As a side note, since products by REM Software are already mentioned in above link, I'm looking for other product by the same company: Infinity Machine - a generic cheat engine similar to Game Wizard. I've lost my disk long time ago and back in a day I really liked it. I still have my copy of The …

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