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

Posted on 2023-08-31, 22:44

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by fosterwj03

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Well, I'm back to report I've been hit with both the most fampus and the most weirdest to fix bug on that P6VBX7. Remember how on Virtualbox you'd encounter a race condition due to a bug in the 2k IDE driver? Well, my board seems to be the rare case where that happens on a real hardware - setup …

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Re: Drivers for USB in Windows 95 (Intel 82371)

Posted on 2023-08-31, 13:34

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by fosterwj03

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The Windows 95 OSR2 CD has USB drivers. They're in a folder named something like \OTHER\UPDATES\USB. The folder has a Readme file to explain the installation process, but you basically need to run two .EXEs with a reboot after each. Windows will detect the ports after the reboot. Keep in mind that …

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Re: PCI/AGP cards and their tinkerability

Posted on 2023-08-29, 13:45

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by fosterwj03

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Many Matrox PCI cards have programmable DACs. The drivers allow you to specify signal parameters. That's how I get 1080p in NT 3.52 and OS/2. Windows 3.1x, NT3. 5x, and OS/2 drivers hold these values in a text file called MGA.MON organized by monitor entries. You can modify the file, but you'll need …

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Re: GA-G41M-ES2H - decent idea for Win98 SE?

Posted on 2023-08-27, 16:34

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by fosterwj03

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Does "officially supported" matter to you? Windows 98 supports all of the critical chipset features (PCI bus management, bridges, clocks/timers, memory addressing, etc.) out of the box. If you plan to use supported PCI or PCIE expansion cards for video, audio, networking, or any other functions, …

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Re: DTC1181 BiOS Adapter 1998 Pre XTIDE Adapter Info and Rom

Posted on 2023-08-26, 00:33

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by fosterwj03

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It took some trial and error, but I manage to burn a working copy of the Y2K BIOS onto one of the 64K EEPROMs using a Realtek PCI network card (it has the RTL8139C chip). I'm using the EEPROM in a Realtek RTL8019-based ISA card in my IBM 300GL which normally only handles drives up to 8GB in size. I …

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Re: Fastest integrated GPU Platform for Windows XP?

Posted on 2023-08-20, 17:35

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by fosterwj03

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I'd say that the AMD integrated graphics would out-perform almost any Intel integrated graphics. Here's a comparison of integrated graphics from Anandtech: https://www.anandtech.com/show/8227/devils-canyon-review-intel-core-i7-4790k-and-i5-4690k/4 It shows the integrated graphics of the AMD A10 …

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

Posted on 2023-08-20, 12:51

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by fosterwj03

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Win2K Pro licensenindeed capas out at 2 processors, no limits on Win2K Server though. So not true, pached you can use 4 core cpu. Phenom II 965 Patched with what? It is an unofficial solution and more a hack than a patch. There is a "patch" of sorts. Someone wrote a program a few years ago that …

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

Posted on 2023-08-20, 02:09

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by fosterwj03

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Sounds great! I presume there's a "for fun" angle (of course!), but there are some caveats to be wary (of which you may already be aware): You don't need Advanced server for multi-core or hyperthreaded machines. It is licensed by socket up to 8 physical sockets. Regular server is licensed up to 4 …

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

Posted on 2023-08-19, 20:42

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by fosterwj03

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Sounds great! I presume there's a "for fun" angle (of course!), but there are some caveats to be wary (of which you may already be aware): You don't need Advanced server for multi-core or hyperthreaded machines. It is licensed by socket up to 8 physical sockets. Regular server is licensed up to 4 …

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

Posted on 2023-08-19, 19:53

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by fosterwj03

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I upgraded my Windows 2000 (Vanilla) retro rocket from a Core i5-3570 to a Xeon E3-1280V2. It's an excellent match for my Gigabyte GA-P75-D3 since the board doesn't have video outputs. I've spent the morning installing Windows 2000 Advanced Server on a 120GB SSD so the OS can make use of all 8 …

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

Posted on 2023-08-19, 18:59

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by fosterwj03

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I upgraded my Windows 2000 (Vanilla) retro rocket from a Core i5-3570 to a Xeon E3-1280V2. It's an excellent match for my Gigabyte GA-P75-D3 since the board doesn't have video outputs. I've spent the morning installing Windows 2000 Advanced Server on a 120GB SSD so the OS can make use of all 8 …

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Re: What do you do with hardware that you don't need (cases, monitors, drives, etc.)

Posted on 2023-08-19, 18:51

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by fosterwj03

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I'm a bit of a packrat (although I tell people I'm a "collector", not a "hoarder") so I hate to throw out still useful items. I store my computer components in either their original boxes or basic component boxes, and stack them neatly. I often encounter times when I need some old component to solve …

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Re: DTC1181 BiOS Adapter 1998 Pre XTIDE Adapter Info and Rom

Posted on 2023-08-17, 22:46

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by fosterwj03

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@ fosterwj03, wow you're in luck, I was just working on this :) So I plugged mine into the eeprom reader, my chip is labeled TMS27PC256-70JL. It dumped without any trouble. See attached. The file is completely different than what I expected and what was dumped here by OP, and almost certainly …

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Re: Using a retro ThinkPad for retro gaming

Posted on 2023-08-12, 02:16

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by fosterwj03

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I have a T42 with the Radeon Mobility 9000. It's an awesome retro computer! I use it for DOS with it's beautiful screen. I pair it with the IBM Dock II and a discreet audio card (Aureal Vortex) to make a compact retro battle station. The CPU responds well to slowdown utilities.

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Re: How to learn about hardware

Posted on 2023-08-06, 22:01

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by fosterwj03

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I used to and still do read hardware manuals. The old computer and parts manuals explained how the hardware operated and how software interacts with it. Newer hardware manuals at a minimum explain how to install drivers for various operating systems, and how to troubleshoot problems.

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Re: Looking for help putting OS to hardware

Posted on 2023-08-06, 13:59

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by fosterwj03

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Reminds me of some stories in the papers a few years ago about a guy who run his diesel engined car on used cooking oil. It worked but erm... Actually, it was pretty awesome! I wrote about it in the following post: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=93477&p=1172195#p1172195 I also agree …

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Re: Looking for help putting OS to hardware

Posted on 2023-08-06, 03:23

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by fosterwj03

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I think Ill be running Windows 98SE on a GX270. So you think those two PCs are to powerful for 3.1 and or 95c? I got Windows 95 running on a Core 2 Duo recently, so your computers aren't too fast. I've run Windows 3.1 on a Core i7, as well. The hardest trick to both is finding OS drivers for …

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Re: Looking for help putting OS to hardware

Posted on 2023-08-05, 15:04

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by fosterwj03

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I concur with mulit-booting for more fun. I use a SATA to IDE adapter with my older computers. I connect that to an external SATA enclosure, and just swap SATA SSDs when I want to use a different OS.

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Re: Looking for help putting OS to hardware

Posted on 2023-08-05, 13:41

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by fosterwj03

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I used Windows XP with a Celeron 1.3 GHz back in the early 00's. I thought it was great. I'd pair it with a nice graphics card, though. Almost any GPU will improve the graphics performance over the integrated Intel graphics. I never had a 1 GHz Pentium III, but you probably won't go wrong with …

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Re: Graphics card - Compaq QVision 1280/E - What is that expansion connector for?

Posted on 2023-07-29, 19:33

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by fosterwj03

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I just watched the YouTube video on the CRT Terminator. That's pretty neat. I like that the creator claims it would work for VLB-based graphics cards as well as ISA. I wish I had better soldering skills because 200€ before shipping is a bit steep. I can't blame the creator for wanting to make money …

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