Re: A different way of recording old computers

Posted on 2016-06-22, 23:41

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by Orkay

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Is that phone being held by a tripod? How is it mounted? I'm using a particular tripod mount designed for phones; it essentially grips the phone with a clamp held down by some kind of spring. It holds a strong grip, to my surprise. They're common and cheap on eBay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ …

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A different way of recording old computers

Posted on 2016-06-22, 10:10

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by Orkay

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Three months ago, I published a YouTube video which incorporated a possibly unique style of recording old computers. This mainly involves simultaneously recording the VGA output and chassis, then laying the two clips side-by-side in a non-linear video editing software (Premiere Pro CS6 in my case). …

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Re: VIA 4-in-1 driver experiences

Posted on 2016-05-06, 13:14

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by Orkay

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

On my Asus K7M, enabling DMA on the boot drive with the VIA utility causes a BSOD, but I only remember that happening on Windows NT 4.0. Boot drive DMA may have worked properly in 98SE, but it's been nearly a year since I last installed that on the board. DMA on all other drives works just fine on …

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Re: Random BSODs in Windows NT 4.0 Setup

Posted on 2016-04-02, 09:30

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by Orkay

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I did buy a factory sealed retail copy of Red Hat 5.2 from a thrift store not long ago, maybe soon I'll install it! Sounds like a collector's item. :) I got rid of the shrink wrap a while back, effectively losing at least $20 worth on this. I have no regrets, though. I bought this thing because I …

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Re: Random BSODs in Windows NT 4.0 Setup

Posted on 2016-03-31, 22:02

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by Orkay

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

For the record, I want anyone to let me know if their faulty RAM ever causes an image of Betty White to display on their screen.

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Re: Random BSODs in Windows NT 4.0 Setup

Posted on 2016-03-31, 09:37

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by Orkay

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

You were right - the memory was faulty! After swapping it with good memory, Windows NT is running without any confusing errors and my 200MHz build is flying like every computer should! It just goes to show you what bizarre things bad RAM can do. This isn't the first time this happened to me. One …

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Re: Random BSODs in Windows NT 4.0 Setup

Posted on 2016-03-31, 08:53

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by Orkay

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Caluser2000 wrote: Does it play up with other 32bit OSs? I haven't tried anything on this computer other than Windows 9x. I'll swap out the EDO memory with 128MB of FPM memory now...

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Re: Random BSODs in Windows NT 4.0 Setup

Posted on 2016-03-31, 08:49

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by Orkay

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Caluser2000 wrote: IE6 on SP1-What are you smoking? You read the minimum requirements right? Hah, of course I updated to Service Pack 6a before installing everything else! Except now I can't even do that since I'm stuck in the middle of Setup.

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Random BSODs in Windows NT 4.0 Setup

Posted on 2016-03-31, 07:43

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by Orkay

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

There's some kind of phantom menace in my Pentium build I talked about earlier. Over the last two days, I have been trying to get Windows NT Workstation 4.0 to work properly on this computer. On my first tries, I was able to install NT4, but installing Internet Explorer 6 always locked up or gave me …

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Re: PS/2 mouse port blocked on AT tower case

Posted on 2016-02-29, 03:01

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by Orkay

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It turns out the solution was painfully simple. Possibly due to the confusing documentation against the motherboard's labels, I had the connector backwards. By reversing the connector with the correct pinout, my external PS/2 mouse port works just as expected! Now I don't have to worry about ruining …

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Re: PS/2 mouse port blocked on AT tower case

Posted on 2016-02-26, 04:23

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by Orkay

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Here's what I'd do, really. Remove the board from the case, flip it upside down. Find the PS/2 port and the PS/2 header's pins. Put your multimeter in continuity mode, touch one probe to one of the pins of the PS/2 port that you know works (you can get to these without sticking anything in the port …

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Re: PS/2 mouse port blocked on AT tower case

Posted on 2016-02-24, 18:40

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by Orkay

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I got the sewing needle, did the continuity tests, and rewired the pins appropriately, but I still couldn't get the external mouse connector to work. I'm quite certain I fried it some time earlier while trying to get it to work with the HOT-433 long ago. Due to the lack of available replacements on …

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Re: PS/2 mouse port blocked on AT tower case

Posted on 2016-02-22, 22:30

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by Orkay

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Azarien wrote: Use a sewing needle or pin. You're right... I don't want to saw away a chunk of a good tower just yet! I don't know where I'd find one, so I'll have to ask my mother soon. 🤣

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Re: PS/2 mouse port blocked on AT tower case

Posted on 2016-02-22, 02:38

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by Orkay

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Since I wasn't able to find a thin enough metal object to stick through the pin holes on the external PS/2 mouse port, I couldn't perform a multimeter continuity test. As such, I will use a serial mouse for now. When I'm ready (preferably some time after I receive the ODIN RTC battery), I'll find a …

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Re: PS/2 mouse port blocked on AT tower case

Posted on 2016-02-21, 00:45

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by Orkay

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Well, I'll get to the multimeter continuity tests tomorrow. Opening and closing computers can get a bit exhausting for me, kyuhuk.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-02-20, 21:17

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by Orkay

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Scandy wrote: Hi, just found this card: […] Show full quote Hi, just found this card: It seems in good shape but... what kind of card it is? 😅 Thanks Mind showing a side view so I can see the port? It almost looks like a SCSI connector, but the rest of the card says otherwise.

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Re: PS/2 mouse port blocked on AT tower case

Posted on 2016-02-20, 21:09

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by Orkay

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The following makeshift testbench setup allowed me to use the internal PS/2 mouse port. I've confirmed that port works just fine, as indicated by Windows 98 finding new hardware and the fact that the mouse cursor isn't stuck in the center of the screen. Either I'll have to get the multimeter out to …

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PS/2 mouse port blocked on AT tower case

Posted on 2016-02-20, 19:37

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by Orkay

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Last night, I got a Socket 7 motherboard in the mail, specifically a MSI 5128. I'm awaiting a replacement RTC battery for it, but that's not quite the point here. The issue I have right now is the onboard PS/2 mouse port being blocked off by three fourths of the tower chassis. http://i.imgur.com/ …

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Re: Alternatives to storage devices (hard disk drives) in "legacy" PC's - advice needed

Posted on 2016-02-19, 15:28

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by Orkay

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

On an additional note, if you want an old 486 computer to use a large IDE hard drive or a CF card, it may be necessary to install a separate PCI controller (assuming the computers in question have PCI). The Promise Ultra33 has worked well for me on my 486, although certainly not as fast an Ultra66, …

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Re: Problems with AverMedia VGA capture

Posted on 2016-02-17, 12:23

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by Orkay

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in Marvin \ Video

MediaCenter can't edit that setting required for DOS VGA capture. You need to use RECentral (newest Avermedia software) or VLC. In VLC: 1. Open Capture Device 2. Then select DirectShow, Avermedia HD Capture and the sound device that has the sound input. 3. Click Advanced Options and check Device …

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