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Re: AI users?

Posted on 2024-07-05, 22:14

in Milliways

in Milliways

My guess is that it's more a playground. An experiment to see how well it works. It could be also an individual having fun with AI, feeding the posts to an AI agent and copy-pasting back the answers.. or worse, fully automating a bot.. which would be terrible if let loose to make as many accounts …

Re: AI users?

Posted on 2024-07-05, 20:29

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in Milliways

AI posts is a waste of my time both reading and answering. I'm not sure I understand you fully. AI posts is a waste of my time both reading and answering. Please elaborate. What makes you think that AI posts are a waste of your time both reading and answering? I mean a post made by AI has no …

Re: Basic questions about 486 motherboards

Posted on 2024-07-05, 19:46

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Agree with PS2 mouse, it would be very convenient. Just wanted to add that 486 mobos are probably the richest with jumpers among most generations. Packs of jumpers for FSB, cache, processor, and god-knows-what 🙂

Re: AI users?

Posted on 2024-07-05, 16:17

in Milliways

in Milliways

AI posts is a waste of my time both reading and answering. The thread I've been helping in recently just became more and more indicative it's an AI rather than a stupid user. Answering a direct precise question (what did you use as a search query in YouTube?) with a very generic and kinda stupid …

Re: 5.25 floppy disc not formatting

Posted on 2024-07-05, 12:04

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

What was your search query on YT?

Re: AI users?

Posted on 2024-07-05, 12:02

in Milliways

in Milliways

Qbix wrote on 2024-07-05, 11:44: Please report the posts. Thanks! I sent one to you in PM. Don't want to charge the guy in public in case I'm mistaken. It's not a clear cut case.. but various indicators summing up to the feeling it's an AI having fun.

Dell OptiPlex 466LE 5.25" drive rails

Posted on 2024-07-05, 11:32

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hi guys, the Dell Optiplex 466LE I recently got has a drive cage in which 5.25" drives slide in and snap without the need for screwing them to the cage.. similar to many of the modern cases. Bummer is the rails are proprietary and none of the common ones I have managed to properly fit... so, 3D …

AI users?

Posted on 2024-07-05, 11:04

in Milliways

in Milliways

Am I being paranoid or do others feel with me that we have several AI chat bots in the forum? I noticed recently the presence of posts that indicate a certain level of dumbness/inaptness from the author. And as their thread develops in, it feels more that they don't listen well or do not follow …

Re: 5.25 floppy disc not formatting

Posted on 2024-07-05, 10:50

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hi I downloaded the program I’ve tried following your instructions but when I press space bar it just makes a noise I’m not Shure how to get to format disc option I have tried a few options and I just get a error message ive sent a picture of the error message I get Heh? Seems to me you didn't even …

Re: 5.25 floppy without ISA?

Posted on 2024-07-05, 00:49

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

DOS won't recognize a USB floppy, unless your BIOS supports it as a boot device I guess (some BIOSes do). But you should be able to replace the 3.5" with a 5.25" and use it fine. My HP Z400 workstation is also limited to one floppy drive, and I got used to live with it. Most of the time I'm on the …

Re: 5.25 floppy without ISA?

Posted on 2024-07-04, 19:44

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Exactly, I would expect the BIOS to offer the options for two drives. If so, just grab a 5.25" drive and plug it in with the same cable you're using for the 3.5" drive (assuming the cable has the proper plugs).. enjoy 🙂

Re: Wing Commander is flying like hell

Posted on 2024-07-04, 19:21

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

This cache thing works in a weird way. A P3 without caches goes down to an MMX, yet my Xeon 3.46GHz with caches disabled goes to a 386 DX 33! (as estimated by TopBench).

Re: DOS Cant read files off of cf card on 386 machine

Posted on 2024-07-04, 08:22

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Alright, I guess Ill have to find or (more likely) buy some other CF cards, do you have any brands you'd personally recommend? I have more luck with smaller-sized cards. People here seem to swear by those Cisco low-capacity cards as they are industry-grade. They should be pretty abundant as they …

Re: How to change partition letter under windows 95? And under windows 98?

Posted on 2024-07-04, 07:38

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I tried it recently and had no trouble with it. WinXP keeps its Program Files and user data on its drive. The only thing it will change on C in such case is that it will install its bootloader there, which will show the boot menu for XP vs. Win98. You'll need to be careful when installing software …

Re: IBM PC Cassette Interface... as a sound card??

Posted on 2024-07-04, 07:30

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Interesting. I'm guessing the software internally renders the audio and runs it via the output as a mix. It won't be higg-quality of course, plus it could be too heavy a technique to be employed in a fast-paced game. I'm guessing the cassette to stereo cable is just the same cable used by many home …

Re: DOS Cant read files off of cf card on 386 machine

Posted on 2024-07-04, 07:20

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I found that not only CF cards vary in behavior, but also the adapters too. Try all cards you got vs. all adapters you got.. maybe you'll get lucky and find a winning combo. Otherwise, you can also try different floppy controllers.. also double-check the CHS parameters you're using and try to get …

Re: turboC programming question

Posted on 2024-07-03, 23:17

in Milliways

in Milliways

Typically, your handler will just check the status of keys that interest you, and update global variables to reflect the current status of each key. Example, a global variable named keyUP represents the state of the UP arrow key. Your INT handler will detect changes to the UP arrow key. If it's a …

Re: "Lemmings 2: The Tribes" with QEMM or EMM386

Posted on 2024-07-03, 23:04

in DOS

in DOS

Yes the game requires a mouse. I was suggesting trying a different driver rather than disabling the driver. If you were using ctmouse, try GMouse (most compatible with Lemmings 2), or MOUSE.COM (Microsoft). Anyways, it's a slim chance that this would be your problem.

Re: Drivers for EtherStreamer LAN card

Posted on 2024-07-03, 22:57

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Just posting my findings on file sharing with modern OS. With Win10/Win11, you need to install the (by default) missing SMB 1 protocol from Windows Optional Features. Once done, Win11 will be able to see and access shares made in WfW's File Manager. I tried it on two machines. But on one of them, …

Re: Wing Commander is flying like hell

Posted on 2024-07-03, 22:41

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

SetMul can disable the caches regardless of BIOS support, no?

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