Re: This forum is very hard to use from a mobile device

Posted on 2019-10-12, 03:41

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by schmatzler

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Most of the things floating around the web about iOS hacking is fake news. Of course. There are no exploits in the Apple ecosystem. And if there are, they only affect a small number of users - like the Uyghur Muslims for example. On topic: I really hope a mobile design for this website gets …

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Re: Modern laptops vs. more traditional designs

Posted on 2019-10-10, 01:45

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to me the worst compromise is heat dissipation (particularly in apple computers) It's not just Apple, a lot of manufacturers cram the biggest CPU's into the thinnest cases for marketing reasons. My Thinkpad L390 Yoga is an amazing device - replaceable SSD, up to 64GB of replaceable RAM, Wacom …

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Re: Windows Me with 3.5GB of RAM

Posted on 2019-10-05, 12:23

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It is actually not free. His son has made it clear that he wants us to preserve his fathers software. It is a busy time right now but I did want to clear the air regarding the patches. I would like them to continue to be distributed, for his work to be remembered and to be beneficial to others. So, …

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Re: XP Era Gaming Pc Help

Posted on 2019-10-04, 11:31

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by schmatzler

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nothing sucks power like a GeForce 8400GS Did you mean "GeForce 8800 Ultra"? :cool: Had one of these years back. What a massive beast - with two power connectors. Of course it slowly killed itself because it ran too hot - after the glitches and freezes became too annoying and frequent, I tossed it …

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Re: Radeon 3850 + i815EP + winXP = freeze

Posted on 2019-10-04, 11:16

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I see reports of HD4670 running on a Pentium 3 Tualatin so maybe yours should work.... I have one of these running in my 1.4GHz Tualatin system (when I dualboot XP, anyways). Getting drivers for this thing was an absolute pain - ATI had a legacy driver website for their cards with an AGP bridge …

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Re: How much do you pay for Old hardware Repairs ???

Posted on 2019-10-04, 11:04

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by schmatzler

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Sometimes I pay around 20 to 30 bucks for good capacitors to repair old hardware. It's a bit steep, but also a lot of fun. My Abit VH6T came back to life after a complete capacitor replacement and the next hardware will be my Dell UXGA monitor that started to flicker and also needs a bunch of new …

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Re: Ideal Voodoo 2 Cooling?

Posted on 2019-10-04, 10:36

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This is my ideal Voodoo 2 cooling setup: IMG_20191003_221318.jpg IMG_20191004_010318.jpg Parts used: - Radeon 9600XT - Zalman ZM80D-HP - Zalman ZM-OP1 - a couple of cheap heatsinks The big fan cools both cards very well and since it's running only on 5 volts, it's very quiet. It also looks pretty …

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Re: Sound card for super socket 7 ?

Posted on 2019-10-03, 11:27

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by schmatzler

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Finally, I've also had very good experience with ForteMedia FM801 cards My experience with one of those was one of the worst. The drivers are constantly crashing on Windows 98 and the DOS emulation can be summarized with "Hopefully it works". There are a lot of games were the sound is garbled or …

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Re: Sound card for super socket 7 ?

Posted on 2019-10-03, 00:41

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by schmatzler

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Try to get a card with an OPTi 82c929 chipset - I have a Mad16 Pro and I can throw anything at it. The original drivers are already pretty good and the new ones by JKnipperts are even better: https://github.com/JKnipperts/OPTi82c929_Driver

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Re: Poll: most annoying game controls

Posted on 2019-10-01, 22:57

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I love and hate the controls of "Edge of Chaos: Independence War 2" (or I-War 2 in short). It's a mixture of excessive keyboard shortcuts paired with full joystick controls. The learning curve for this game is extreme (and only topped by "Diaspora: Shattered Armistice"). I started playing this when …

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Re: Terminator: SkyNet

Posted on 2019-10-01, 22:48

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by schmatzler

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Sometimes Terminator: SkyNet crashes on level transitions on my 1.4GHz Tualatin. I run it on Windows 98SE, not in real DOS mode. That's the only problem I have with this game, though. I save very often because of it. ...Got stuck in between objects a few times, though. 🤣

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Re: Zalman VF900-Cu led on a Geforce 7900GS AGP

Posted on 2019-09-26, 21:09

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I would use a Zalman ZM80D-HP instead and pair that with the additional OP1 fan that can be run on a very low speed. There's a manufacturer that did this combo officially on a 7900GT so it should be fine: https://www.pressebox.de/pressemitteilung/computation-systemhaus-gmbh/Passiv-gekuehlte-GeForce- …

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Re: NEW iPhones

Posted on 2019-09-26, 20:23

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I give more attention to the appearance of my computers than one would think a Thinkpad fan does. I'm also a Thinkpad fan and the black/red color combination is pretty timeless. Still a very good design. I prefer it over the Macbook "trashcan" optics with their aluminium body. Also, Lenovo isn't …

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Re: Rudolph Loew apparently passed away in September 2019

Posted on 2019-09-26, 19:27

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there must be only ONE place for Rudolph's products collection. Anyone can upload the software to archive.org - as long as the creator name field is correctly filled with: Rudolph R. Loew it can easily be found in one place here: https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Rudolph+R.+Loew%22 …

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Re: NEW iPhones

Posted on 2019-09-25, 19:29

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People rip apart every design choice Apple makes, and have since they became a majority player. Their marketshare isn't even that good compared to Android. But it looks like you can make a lot of money by putting big profit margins on your devices, treat your brand like a religion and don't give …

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Re: What is that? ... Only agpx2

Posted on 2019-09-24, 20:55

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by schmatzler

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Intel took massive shortcuts to increase their performance, though. Meltdown and Spectre are a disaster and all of the software security patches now needed make older processors significantly slower. We still haven't fully recovered from that even with the current generation of CPU's. And all of …

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Re: What retro hardware you killed today or in the past :(. Killing spree stories+serial killers are welcome.Rest in pieces.

Posted on 2019-09-23, 21:29

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by schmatzler

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I just killed my Radeon 9500XT. This thing was way too loud, so I wanted to put a passive cooler on it. Still had a Zalman ZM80D-HP around that I used without a problem for a GeForce before. I screw that onto the card and - crack - there goes the chip. F*CK! :dead: It was a pretty good card. At …

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Re: What is that? ... Only agpx2

Posted on 2019-09-21, 16:29

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I really don't understand how people during the 586 and 686 generations could put up with VIA and their endless problems. The best board I own is an Abit VH6T with a VIA Apollo Pro 133T and I don't have ANY problems with that thing. I tried Asus and FIC before and was never able to fix extreme …

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Re: NEW iPhones

Posted on 2019-09-20, 23:10

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Totally unimpressed. I would be back to Android in the blink of an eye if the company didn't force me to use the iOS environment (and supply me with the phone). I work in a company where I'm the only person without an Apple device. It all depends on how you can sell to your boss that you are much …

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Re: The value of keeping a Windows 98 installation? (aka which games run poorly on newer OSes)

Posted on 2019-09-19, 19:18

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by schmatzler

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I think they dropped the Gameport with Windows Vista, but there is an unofficial "Gameport support pack" out there that works with Vista and 7 to bring it back. That only runs on the 32bit versions, though.

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