Re: Most frustrating part of working on old computers?
Posted on 2017-12-26, 13:17
liqmat wrote: Basically spending money just to frustrate myself and call it a passion. 🤣 Ahhaa... That's it! 🤣 🤣
Re: Need help with connections/wiring for two pcs in one monitor, keyboard, speaker and mouse.
Posted on 2017-12-21, 14:45
What about this one? http://www.aten.com/global/en/products/kvm/cable-kvm-switches/cs62a/#.WjvIQuRrzIU It looks like just what you are asking for. I don't know the price, but shouldn't be expensive: http://assets.aten.com/product/image/CS62A-Cable-KVM-Switches-OL-large.jpg The one below is what I …
Re: Most frustrating part of working on old computers?
Posted on 2017-12-20, 14:23
Jumpers (my long nails), heavy/metai cases (my long nails again), IDE ribbon loop planning+fitting and replacing AT powersupplies Are you playing guitar? :blush: Mine is like this: You just finished a project. After days after days of working (collecting parts, making neccessary repairs, finding …
Re: Gaming like its 1999
Posted on 2017-11-14, 08:39
You use Outlook Express enough that you need a desktop shortcut for it? :) Good catch, maybe he uses it to transfer files via attachments? :lol: Actually, yes, I do use Outlook regularly, but not on that machine :happy: . it is there just because IE 6 installs it as default. I use my LAN, USB …
Re: Gaming like its 1999
Posted on 2017-11-14, 08:31
Here is the desktop of my late 90s to 2001 Windows98/DOS rig (see my signature): P3wme.jpg All the games installed are from 1995 to 2001 Enjoy! :-) Seems like you are playing cd-rips, or do you mount the original CD with deamontools or with a physical cdrom. All the games in that machine have real …
Re: Gaming like its 1999
Posted on 2017-11-13, 14:43
Here is the desktop of my late 90s to 2001 Windows98/DOS rig (see my signature): Filename P3wme.jpg File size 183.17 KiB Views 777 views All the games installed are from 1995 to 2001 Enjoy! 😀
Re: PS/2 mice vs. Serial mice?
Posted on 2017-08-23, 11:24
Try your ps/2 mouse and adapter first. Serial mice have nothing special about them. .
Re: Tecra 500CDT Windows98 / USB, CD-RW, WiFi problem
Posted on 2017-05-18, 09:06
your best bet might be to find a working card bus USB adapter with Windows 98 drivers. This will really widen your options afterwards: USB card readers, USB HDDs, USB opticals, USB FDD, etc. NUSB is not working and not recognizing anything that you inserted into your current USB adapter probably …
Re: Other hobbies?
Posted on 2017-05-18, 08:47
Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman wrote: I still play Lego sometimes. 😁 Me too. And tens of thousands of adults do, too! 🤣
Re: How do you feel about old hardware in modern cases?
Posted on 2017-05-05, 15:00
I have 3 active (sharing the KVM with my main rig and ready to use all the time) retro machines. One is the XP box (Opteron 180 on an Asus soket 939 board) and it has a reasonably period correct Aopen A600 (a really lovely aluminum case). The other two are a Pentium MMX and PIII Tualatin and both …
Re: A good AGP card for a PII machine.... ?
Posted on 2017-05-02, 14:20
It's of course depends on what you want to do with it and personal taste, but for any given PII / III class machine, I think Geforce 2/3/4 (any kind) is almost always a safe bet.
Re: If You Have Time To Waste...
Posted on 2017-04-26, 14:39
brassicGamer wrote: Did anyone else check out the parent directory? https://doc.lagout.org/ 😮 OMFG! 🤣
Re: Windows 2000 or Windows 98 SE for a 2000 build
Posted on 2017-04-21, 09:06
You might also want to check out Windows ME :) I've just recently used it with an Athlon 1000 build and it works great. In fact I had less issues than with Windows 98 SE. You can also run Windows XP and max out the RAM to what the machine can handle. I tried XP vanilla and that worked great, but to …
Re: Two USRobotics Modem Cards
Posted on 2017-04-20, 13:22
to get one the internet the way it would've been done back then, especially with 3.xx! If the "connecting by dialing" is not the thing you especially want, you can connect to internet with Windows 3.11 just fine from your current connection. Just install the TCP/IP pack for Windows 3.11, enable …
Re: Windows 2000 or Windows 98 SE for a 2000 build
Posted on 2017-04-20, 12:57
512 mb memory is the max for windows 98 so 2000 or xp might be a better choice. That is not true. Windows 98 can happily work with 1GB without any third party patches, etc (been there done that in may different configurations), providing that you add (or change the parameters of) just two lines in …
Re: socket 7 system not posting
Posted on 2017-04-20, 12:44
Roman78 wrote: CPU's don't die that easy... Maybe time for a PC-Diagnostic card, i got one of those for less than 10 bugs on ebay. Only 10 bugs for hundreds of bugs you can detect with it... Very nice investment, indeed 🤣
Re: Windows 98 hardware blues :-(
Posted on 2017-04-20, 11:30
I don't think any of the wires from my PSU fit this though, I will have to look in the morning, but I'm sure I left it untouched. I know I have a HD audio that I never used, but if I recall correct it was 7 pin plus a keyed slot. Thanks everyone. Speaker connector on the motherboard has nothing to …
Re: Is there any practical reason to dual boot MSDOS and Win98?
Posted on 2017-04-20, 10:08
I've often considered a super multi boot including PC-DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98, NT3.1, NT3.5, NT 3.51, NT 4, NT 5, and WinME. It would be stupid, annoying, unnecessary, but it would be bloody cool. I did that something similar in the past, taken apart for other builds last year or so. It was my …
Re: Socket 7 board having trouble with second drive.
Posted on 2017-04-18, 14:40
Socket 7 motherboards shouldn't have any problems with bigger than 528MB HDDs (it's 386/very early 486 era issue). I can expect a few of the older S7 boards having problems with 8GB limit, and most having problems with 32GB limit but not with a 3GB drive. I think the HDD in question is faulty.
Re: Issues Building a 386
Posted on 2017-04-14, 14:12
Tried Multiple cables... The cables are plugged in correct, I triple checked it....I dont think they would even pass the floppy seek on post if they werent connected properly. You are right about that. If the cable was plugged in reverse, your floppy drive indicator lamp will light on as soon as …
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