Re: WfW choking on any and all DNS requests?

Posted on 2017-10-13, 05:53

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by Mister Xiado

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I'll hunt it down and give it a go tomorrow night, barring any major disasters. Wasn't sure on what would or would not play ball with a 16 bit NIC, as most of my Windows 3 and DOS experience was from the mid nineties, with NO Internet or network access available outside of the rare chance to use …

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WfW choking on any and all DNS requests? [RESOLVED WITH 32BIT TCP PACKAGE]

Posted on 2017-10-13, 05:17

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by Mister Xiado

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Oddly enough, if I try to browse Google via one of their IP addresses while using a Google DNS address, the domain name comes up in the address bar, but still fails to do much of anything. Browsing my own site's IP address throws an error, but it does the same on my main system, so that's just the …

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

Posted on 2017-10-11, 03:33

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by Mister Xiado

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I've been wrestling with my HP Vectra 486/66XM, and while the system itself appears to work well enough, it doesn't seem to like CD drives. It's possible that the hard drive doesn't like slave devices, since it has six jumper states with absurdly specific settings, but I've run out of Givadam™ for …

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Re: 3Com Etherlink III 509B ISA - Driver Doesn't Find Card

Posted on 2017-10-06, 03:24

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by Mister Xiado

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

There's a fellow on eBay selling new in box Linksys LNE2000T ISA ethernet cards that work fine. I have one in my jazzed up 486, and it works fine, but I've lost interest in horsing around with it for the time being.

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Re: A very long post about my retro pc

Posted on 2017-09-29, 13:57

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by Mister Xiado

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Very nice. Also, turbo mode was originally to slow computers down, IIRC, if you were running an application that was going way too fast at the processor's default clockspeed. I think it flipped around after years of confusion so that it had the opposite function. I resurrected my first computer a …

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Re: When you cant help but wonder...

Posted on 2017-09-26, 22:36

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by Mister Xiado

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The corporation I work for has idiotic naming sense. They have multiple systems with identical names, and think this is not a problem. Yes, multiple systems are called POS, with different acronymical breakdowns.

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Re: 486 asus motherboard with no slots

Posted on 2017-09-25, 01:04

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by Mister Xiado

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I assume that slot in the center of the board would host a riser card that would host PCI, and perhaps some ISA cards. Finding that card might be a task in and of itself, but if the board will at least POST with a processor and some RAM, then it may be worth it. All I do is just acquire random …

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Re: Problematic Hardware in Win98 SE

Posted on 2017-09-23, 17:16

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by Mister Xiado

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

If the LEDs on the port are illuminating or changing state when a cable is connected (to another device, natch) or when you try to issue network commands, but nothing is happening in Windows, it may be something screwy with the driver. I'll admit my troubleshooting experience with Win9X networking …

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Re: Where can I get drivers for Windows 95?

Posted on 2017-09-23, 17:13

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by Mister Xiado

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Not sure if it would help for ISA cards in any way, but using http://pcidatabase.com/ in conjunction with this site (Vogons) and the lamentable state of DriverGuide might help. I lucked out when resurrecting my K6-2 system with an ALI chipset, in that Windows 98SE had the drivers for all of the …

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Re: Anyone know about old laptop floppy drives?

Posted on 2017-09-23, 13:01

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by Mister Xiado

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I recently purchased an envelope full of various sized belts for use in a VCR for pennies on ebay, so that might be a better place to look for cheap shotgunning of a belt problem. The worst thing that would happen is that the belts are all too large or too small, and you're out a dollar or two. In …

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Re: Windows 98 build help

Posted on 2017-09-14, 23:49

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by Mister Xiado

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The hard part is, people don't ever seem to advertise their old computer stuff. I got a 33MHz 486 and a 6X MHz Pentium system, each in identical steel tower cases with plastic bases, plus printers and a monitor, with all the fixin's, for $20 at a yard sale a couple months ago that I stopped at on a …

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Re: I love all the Win98 lovers we have here!!

Posted on 2017-09-14, 23:43

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by Mister Xiado

in Milliways

in Milliways

Most of my time in Win98 was spent in Paint Shop Pro 4, Quake II, Mechwarrior 3, Qoole, 3DS Max, and Realplayer. Never had any real qualms with the OS itself, since I didn't often do much to cause it to fall over go boom. It played nice with my scanner, and dialup Internetting, so I was content.

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Re: Socket7 - heatsink tab broke :(

Posted on 2017-09-13, 23:26

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by Mister Xiado

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Perhaps fashion a new tab using black Loctite, and wax paper to keep it off of the board while it cures? On the other hand, that could cause more problems if it's formed too low on the processor mount.

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Re: will you run windows95 on a highend 386?

Posted on 2017-09-13, 22:36

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by Mister Xiado

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

IIRC, I've run Win98 on a 486, and it was only to do it, not to do anything with it. I didn't leave it like that, since that is a sin.

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Re: Can you help me archive a set of 5.25" floppies?

Posted on 2017-09-13, 22:33

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by Mister Xiado

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I'd offer, but I don't trust my 5.25" drives. The one in my main desktop was throwing Track 0 errors when attempting to format unused floppies. I can't imagine what it would do to known working disks. Insert new disk for drive A: and press ENTER when ready... The type of the file system is RAW. The …

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Re: where to buy AT style case in 2017/2018?

Posted on 2017-09-13, 22:20

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by Mister Xiado

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I put my Ali Socket 7 board in a Cooler Master Elite 330-something case, of which I have four or five. No longer available on Newegg last time I looked, but I'm sick of the style anyway. I want something plain and black, with lots of front slots. Seems to be going for about $35 on other sites …

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Re: What was the first game you played (and on what system?)

Posted on 2017-09-13, 20:11

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by Mister Xiado

in Milliways

in Milliways

Tempest (coin-op) in a pizza place that no longer exists.

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Re: I love all the Win98 lovers we have here!!

Posted on 2017-09-13, 20:09

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by Mister Xiado

in Milliways

in Milliways

Well, it came with my first computer, and I still have the CD and key for it. I guess I have to like it? Only thing I don't like is the fonts going weird at high resolution.

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Re: Does one extra megabyte of video ram make a difference?

Posted on 2017-09-13, 15:10

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by Mister Xiado

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have an ISA TVGA9000B 512K in my 486 PC, trust me I know. I wish I could find an affordable 1MB ISA VGA card. Technically, you can afford it, but like myself, cannot justify the expense. People want car repair money for decent ISA cards, and good Win3 compatible PCI cards. That money would be …

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Re: dcsliquidations on ebay are true dickbags

Posted on 2017-09-13, 06:11

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by Mister Xiado

in Milliways

in Milliways

Yeah, definitely involve law enforcement directly. Do not get eBay involved until necessary. Normally just takes one call, maybe two, to the state or city the seller is registered through. I'm sure eBay is like telecoms when it comes to information about its customers when law enforcement calls them …

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