Re: My finally working "Project 98" computer !!!

Posted on 2016-06-30, 14:04

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Using the "cable select" option is inadvisable. Don't leave it on Cable Select either. the Maxtor has it in cable select Come on, seriously? ...In case it's not obvious, you need to remove the jumper entirely to set the Maxtor drive as "slave". Also, now that I have the model of that 2nd HDD to …

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Re: Glide help

Posted on 2016-06-30, 02:34

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Good job to those who helped. Retro gaming win!

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Re: My finally working "Project 98" computer !!!

Posted on 2016-06-30, 00:15

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Ok, let's just stop and take a systematic approach to diagnosing the issue. FIRST, check the drives themselves, like you did...but this check, we want to set the jumpers properly. For that, we'll need to know the EXACT MODEL of both of your hard drives. I looked up the first one from the code on the …

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Re: Retro Gaming PC (1998)

Posted on 2016-06-28, 16:32

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Love slot 1 machines ever since MY 1st PC back in 98! Nice you still have some of the original parts as well :) Also a fan of SLI although that's more recent, I missed out the original time round and more because of the novelty of the idea. Not sure if your aware but you don't need matching cards …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2016-06-28, 00:30

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Retro activity today... hmmm. Let's see.... I totally used a hot glue gun to anchor a case pin on the front of my ancient ATX case after I had super-glued the pin in place first a few days ago. Hopefully, the hot glue will anchor it securely enough for me to take the front panel on and off as I make …

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Re: Retro Gaming PC (1998)

Posted on 2016-06-27, 23:48

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2016-06-27, 01:26

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A few months ago I surreptitiously replaced Vista on my wife's laptop with 7. Reinstalled her wallpaper, programs and bookmarks, moved all her files from the old HDD to the new one in the same folders, put all icons on the desktop in the same places(only approximately because icons are slightly a …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2016-06-26, 19:57

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Yesterday I was having issues in Windows 98 with my CD-ROM drive making Windows lock up when I put a disk in with audio. I did two things that helped solve the issue. 1. Turned of DMA on the CD-ROM drive. 2. Disabled Windows Media Player for CD Audio. So now putting in an audio disk...still makes …

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Re: Project95

Posted on 2016-06-26, 02:37

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The difference between 1.0, 1.1, and 2.0 is all bus-based. The wiring are identical. It's not until you hit USB 3.0 that extra wires/contacts get added. That device would work with any USB port up to 2.0.

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Re: Project95

Posted on 2016-06-26, 00:08

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/141718217822?lpi … s&ul_noapp=true Something like this will do. This is just an example I found quickly on the Bay, but maybe you can find one in your area.

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Re: Project95

Posted on 2016-06-25, 16:23

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I'll tell ya, though, looking at that motherboard brings me back to my pre-teen years and my father's old 80486 MS-DOS PC. It had Windows 3.1 on it, but you had to type in the command to start it and we used to play mad DOS games on it like Wolfenstein 3D and DOOM, Jet Fighter Advanced Tactical …

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Re: Retro Gaming PC (1998)

Posted on 2016-06-25, 16:17

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Just downloaded and ran CPU-Z version 1.76 for Windows 98. I got this: http://valid.x86.fr/292dps To compare, this is my current Skylake system: http://valid.x86.fr/lhbar1 The Pentium II ranks in at about 2% of the Skylake i7 for single-thread and about 0.5% for multi-thread performance. @.@

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Re: Project95

Posted on 2016-06-25, 01:51

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Without turning over the board in my own hands, I can't be sure, but looking at your picture, this is what I think...

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Re: Retro Gaming PC (1998)

Posted on 2016-06-24, 22:15

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Actually, from my own experience and the benchmarks I've seen on this forum a 450MHz Deschutes is not a big bottleneck if you are playing in 1024x768 with your dual voodoos. There is a difference when you have a P3, but it's marginal (as long as you play in high res that is). Well I just ran the …

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Re: Anyone got nVidia TNT2 chipset drivers for Windows 98 for this motherboard ?

Posted on 2016-06-23, 22:43

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I mean, I have no idea what could cause that on a machine that's easily got enough processing power to make it smooth, but doesn't. My first guess would be to look for running background programs, but that's because I ALWAYS look for running background programs on a computer if someone is having …

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Re: Anyone got nVidia TNT2 chipset drivers for Windows 98 for this motherboard ?

Posted on 2016-06-23, 20:29

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If you're ever willing to spend any kind of money to boost that system up, I read that you can get a Voodoo3 PCI card that does 2D/3D just fine, in fact it's supposed to be in 3D games about as fast as 2x 8MB Voodoo2 cards in SLI, but I can't say any of that from experience, just what I've read up …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2016-06-23, 20:14

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Re: My ULTIMATE V2 SLI cooling

Posted on 2016-06-23, 12:48

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archsan wrote: ^ Actually if Voodoo3's came with the original "3Dfx Interactive" logo and splash screens, I WOULD learn to love them more! 😁 Wait, is that the Voodoo2 card doing that when it gets switched to? I thought it was the game doing that with the Glide API.

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Re: Retro Gaming PC (1998)

Posted on 2016-06-23, 12:46

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DexDrive - PlayStation (a must when you have 40+ burned games and only 15 memory card slots to save to on your card) This isn't really the right place to brag about your burned disks. It's a pretty strict "nothing illegal" place here. :) That aside, that's a solid Slot-1 rig. I don't think your …

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Re: Post your 'current' PC

Posted on 2016-06-22, 23:32

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My Current PC was built in November 2015. The pictures here were taken June 2016. http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l516/FFXIhealer/DSC00605_zpsplmjo6fu.jpg That's an Acer Predator XB271HU 27" 144Hz 1440p IPS monitor. The other two are just regular 23" 1080p 60Hz LED monitors. http://i1121. …

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