Re: Fixing "Bad Cluster" ?

Posted on 2019-02-05, 18:20

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by Intel486dx33

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Yes, It’s NOT a smart drive and Scandisk has already marked the Cluster as BAD. So it won’t be used again. I remember my old hard drives having BAD sectors too. Luckily this drive only has 1 bad cluster. Still has 518mb. Usable.

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Problems installing Win311 ?

Posted on 2019-02-05, 03:27

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by Intel486dx33

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I am trying to install Win311 but It stops working at detecting network card ? Is there anyway to disable network card seek during setup ? I know there is "Setup /F" which forces the seek of netowrk card but is there any switch to install Win311 without network card seek ? I am using a 486 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-04, 23:50

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by Intel486dx33

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Arrived today. 540mb. Conner Hard-drive “Made in U.S.A.” It spins up a little loud but tolerable. Has that unique Conner drive “Click-i-ty” sound when reading and writing. Very retro, I love it. It’s not to big, standard 3.5 drive but about twice the height of a standard hard-drive. I have it setup …

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Re: Ultimate Dual PIII-S Rig

Posted on 2019-02-04, 22:45

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by Intel486dx33

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Nice motherboard. It support Win95b, NT-4.0 and Win98 too.

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Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors

Posted on 2019-02-04, 22:38

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by Intel486dx33

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Yes, it was a wood grain tv. 19” I think. An RCA TV.

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Fixing "Bad Cluster" ?

Posted on 2019-02-04, 22:29

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by Intel486dx33

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I have a PC running DOS 6.22 I have an old 518mb IDE Conner Hard-drive. The drive is working fine but I performed fdisk and partitioned the drive. I then performed a format of the drive and a bad sector was found but format completed okay. I then ran scandisk and it displays a Bad Cluster. Is there …

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Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors

Posted on 2019-02-04, 17:50

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by Intel486dx33

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some more photos

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Re: Hello, World! :D - Robert B's PC builds - oogle away freely :)

Posted on 2019-02-03, 22:02

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by Intel486dx33

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Nice 486 CPU heatsinks and Fans. So you where NOT able to over clock these AMD 5x86 CPU’s to 166mhz or 200mhz ?

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Re: The MIDI General

Posted on 2019-02-03, 21:34

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by Intel486dx33

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I think this is the computer I have always wanted back in 1990's Very clean build. Thanks.

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Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors

Posted on 2019-02-03, 21:32

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by Intel486dx33

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My old CRT's. I use to use Matrox G400 and G450 graphics cards in my PC's And Dual frame buffers in the UNIX machines. ( Sun Microsystems and HP 9000 ).

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-03, 21:11

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by Intel486dx33

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@Dionb, @liqmat I've still got a very similar (working) drive, which came as part of my first 386 EISA desktop system in 1990, and they even supplied the manual :) , and yes it is comfortingly noisy :lol: Wren6.jpg This must be a trend, because I bought a BIG hard-drive too this weekend. But the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-03, 18:45

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by Intel486dx33

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A couple of Dinasur Power supplies so now I can put togeather my Dinasur 486 and AMD K6-3 computers.

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Re: Installation requirements for Windows NT 3.51 Workstation

Posted on 2019-02-03, 00:36

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by Intel486dx33

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I use a TP-Link WiFi extender. I plug in the Ethernet cable from the PC to the bottom of the extender. The TP-Link syncs with your WiFi router. Just Sync it to the Router using the Quick Sync button and then take it to another room where your PC's are. This is an easy way to give any PC WiFi …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-02, 17:05

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by Intel486dx33

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Transmeta was bout out by Novafora, but ironically (rather unfortunately), Novafora collapsed and went defunct in 2009, taking Transmeta with it. EDIT: Fixed typo I bet Win-tel had something to do with this? As Tranmeta CPU's weren't suppose to be reliant on any Operating System. I wonder if these …

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Re: AMD5x86-133 P75 OverClocked @ 160mhz.

Posted on 2019-02-02, 13:52

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by Intel486dx33

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I’ll have to check and see if it’s a AMD-5x86-P75 ADW or ADZ ? I am not sure? What exactly is the difference ? And what do these letters stand for ? Update: Never mind, I see. I just confirmed I am using the ADW model but it over clocks to 160mhz fine. Very stable and NO tweaking of the BIOS needed. …

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Re: SB AWE64 MIDI player not working ?

Posted on 2019-02-02, 13:06

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by Intel486dx33

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No, Sound Fonts don't load and AWE control panel will not start. error message was NO compatible sound card found ? MIDI player in Win95c loads but NO sound. everything else works fine. Just NO MIDI playback sound.

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Re: Installation requirements for Windows NT 3.51 Workstation

Posted on 2019-02-02, 13:02

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by Intel486dx33

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You are using NT 3.51 with a 386? And are using IE 5.5? Max IE for NT 3.51 should be IE 5.0 though. Could you clarify? I am using a very common Etherlink III 3C509B ISA card. While NT 3.51 has drivers for it, it doesn't auto detect for some reason. I must select it manually. Maybe it is I.E.-5.0 ? …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-02-02, 12:41

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by Intel486dx33

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Sony Vaio Picturebook PCG-C1VPK. Offered $40 and the seller accepted. Looks like it needs a hard drive, which I already have to fit it. Hmm, Windows ME or 2000? Originally it came with ME, but later offered Win2k. Or maybe if I can find a restore disc with all the original software.. because dat …

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SB AWE64 MIDI player not working ?

Posted on 2019-02-02, 09:14

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by Intel486dx33

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My install of SB AWE64 is not playing MIDI files. The error reads that the MIDI play is not compatible with sound card ? I have a SB AWE64 Value ISA card I used an original install disk. Everything installed fine. I am using Windows 95c. Everything works but MIDI playback. And my AWE configurator …

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Re: Installation requirements for Windows NT 3.51 Workstation

Posted on 2019-02-02, 05:43

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by Intel486dx33

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Yes, in my WinNT 3.5.1. Builds I use an ISA AMD chipset Ethernet cards because they are well supported in WinNT 3.5.1 and are auto detected by the WinNT 3.5.1 network setup program. I also installed the Service pack update right after install and that seemed to fix all my network problems. I was …

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