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

Posted on 2018-09-20, 13:17

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by Cobra42898

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"do not use or store inflammable substances near the monitor." If a substance is flammable, it could burn (flame). Why would I worry about an inflammable one? If it's inflammable, what's the problem?

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Device support/included drivers for different windows versions

Posted on 2018-09-18, 13:26

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I've been around computers quite a while, but I could use a bit of schooling on the pros for different versions of windows. My experience went from 3.x on 286s to win95 on a 486, then a p3 1ghz with winme, then later 2000 pro. There are different things different versions of windows do well, like …

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Re: Recent WinXP/POS2009 update causes errors with PIII systems

Posted on 2018-09-17, 09:40

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by Cobra42898

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I thought end of support for winxp was in 2014? How are there still new updates?

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Re: Luckybob goes on a tirade...

Posted on 2018-09-17, 09:20

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[Jeff goldblum voice] Or..... Or..... Ah.... Um.... You could have told her no, you won't waste time and money on nonsense. [/Jeff goldblum voice] I don't give a crap what color they are. Why didn't their parents raise children to respect others and their property? I love technology, but it doesn't …

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Re: To what extent are heatsinks/fans cross-compatible?

Posted on 2018-09-15, 22:01

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by Cobra42898

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What about a duct directing the AC to the air inlet in the PC? Solves two problems at once.

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Re: Anyone still use ball mice?

Posted on 2018-09-15, 21:56

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by Cobra42898

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I use a optical mouse on my 64 bit stuff, but everything else I use a regular ball mouse. Yes they some times stick, but cleaning is just maintenance. You get used to the shakey-move when they get sticky. To me it's nostalgic. If you're recreating something 20 yrs old, but it works better, operates …

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Re: Windows 98 long load times?

Posted on 2018-09-10, 21:43

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by Cobra42898

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If you can get into device manager, does it have any conflicts?

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Re: IBM 350 Personal Computer / 200mmx

Posted on 2018-09-05, 16:16

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by Cobra42898

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It's taller than my PC340. Interesting slide cover, and built in USB ports. I have neither. Similar stand up card for attaching add-on cards, but mostly set up for the left side. How strange. Cool toy though, definitely more upscale. Great for win98/95 or a Dos/win3.11 machine.

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Re: Time capsule Tandy 1000 TL

Posted on 2018-09-05, 10:27

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by Cobra42898

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Is that a hard card? My 1000SL is very similar. No 5.25 drive though, I have a Seagate st-225 20mb instead. Built in DeskMate? Tandy dos disks?

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Surepath bios 8gb HDD limit?

Posted on 2018-08-25, 02:23

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by Cobra42898

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Just because I wanted to try something new today, I tried installing a 20gb barracuda drive in my ibm pc340, p100. The BIOS only sees 8gb of it. The bios appears to have no hdd settings in it at all, save a "compatible" or "enhanced" mode. It detects whatever it wants. No idea if it's using CHS or …

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Re: P133 Revival

Posted on 2018-08-24, 11:17

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by Cobra42898

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That's awesome for a P1 system. No bios issues running that hard drive on there I presume? Windows 95b or c for the fat32 drivers at a minimum, if not win98se. I always wonder how people find these machines out there. Sadly so many have been scrapped over nothing, or one minor correctable problem. …

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Re: Help me ID these two video cards

Posted on 2018-08-23, 13:42

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by Cobra42898

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So maybe the i740 is a bust. That's okay. I consider the bundle still okay for what it is. I dont come across much of this stuff anymore so I take what I can get. So I have a p100 with a cheap cirrus logic on the motherboard, and a P1 200mhz/mmx with a rage ii on the motherboard. I wonder what's the …

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Re: Help me ID these two video cards

Posted on 2018-08-22, 16:40

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by Cobra42898

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I've never seen the two separated and not used interchangeably. Maybe my experience is not as large as compared to others here. My experience is that video on the motherboard with its own separate (non-borrowed) RAM is probably more rare than a pile of chicken nipples. Id never expect to find one. …

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Re: Help me ID these two video cards

Posted on 2018-08-21, 14:18

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by Cobra42898

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Well, I suppose the responses make me wonder what the heck the donor PC was supposed to be. In a p3 system, the agp i740 wouldn't be much of an improvement over the onboard video, would it? Looks like the pci rage pro was the better deal for me personally. I have a p100 system and a P1 200/mmx …

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Help me ID these two video cards

Posted on 2018-08-21, 12:27

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by Cobra42898

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First card: IMG_20180821_081630.jpg IMG_20180821_081801.jpg Second card: IMG_20180821_081900.jpg IMG_20180821_081924.jpg First off, what are they? What machine would they most be at home in? Next, did I get a good deal? I got them from a guy scrapping an old Dell p3 optiplex. I got the two cards, …

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Genuine Intel 815 board dead. What to look for?

Posted on 2018-08-20, 13:35

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by Cobra42898

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815 board, 1ghz p3, 512 mb ram. Integrated video/audio/Ethernet. I've had the board in a PC I've had since new in 2001. It was used heavily til about 2011, then I had it running again about two years ago. It was working perfectly until one time I went to turn it on, and nothing. Tried another good …

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

Posted on 2018-08-16, 20:23

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by Cobra42898

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I've been trying different combinations of parts and OSes in my machines, and decided the best way to go with my ibm pc340 p100 was to go fully win95c. After trying a few sound things I found an old SB Vibra16c. Plugged in, it works like a charm. At least it did in the second slot I tried. Installed …

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Re: FYI: Steam drops XP/Vista in 2019

Posted on 2018-08-12, 01:45

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by Cobra42898

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Isn't it the antithesis of an obsolete games platform to not support anything besides the latest OS? I read all 4 pages, and this reminds me of the day my wife and I woke up to find our Wii had deleted/disabled our existing apps. Was it really necessary to make the YouTube app stop working? Knowing …

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Re: Oh F*ck this Noise (newest Micro$oft cash grab)

Posted on 2018-08-12, 01:10

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Microsoft is and largely has been a company that owes it's current state to it's long legacy of products. Antitrust cases aside, it's basically a monopoly. In a competitive environment, they'd be forced to provide a less bloated package. I have office 97, which has a flight simulator tucked in as an …

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New member introduction

Posted on 2018-08-11, 14:10

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by Cobra42898

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Hi everyone. I decided to register because every time I need info on some obscure piece of minutia, I always get directed here. I've got a few systems, slowly accumulating one from each kind of era. Current toy: IBM pc340, P100, 40mb ram, 850mb HDD, SB Vibra16c, win95c. Also in the stable: Sony vaio …

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