Re: How do you keep old machine Windows 95/98 stable and no crash?

Posted on 2022-01-17, 22:16

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by Yoghoo

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leileilol wrote on 2022-01-17, 21:01: by upgrading to Windows ME Nowadays maybe for showcase PC's. Back in the day I downgraded my daily driver from Windows ME back to Windows 98SE after a couple of months due to all the crashes and blue screens.

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Re: Battery replacement 386 motherboard

Posted on 2022-01-13, 22:13

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by Yoghoo

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4 would probably work, but is in mild overvoltage territory when using lithium If using alkaline it's fine, but alkaline are trash and can leak Replaced the 2 alkaline with 3 lithium batteries. But still the clock runs too slowly. It's still getting behind a couple of minutes an hour or so. Should …

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Re: ATX I/O shield models for 3D printing

Posted on 2022-01-13, 07:39

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by Yoghoo

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Searched yesterday on Thingiverse for an I/O shield. Couldn't find something with only a keyboard hole. And today found this topic. Thanks for this! 😀

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Re: X-Wing, Not Enough Memory...

Posted on 2022-01-11, 19:19

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by Yoghoo

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It would be helpful to include some more information. Output from mem /c, content of config.sys and autoexec.bat etc.

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Re: Battery replacement 386 motherboard

Posted on 2022-01-11, 00:05

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by Yoghoo

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are the existing AA batteries alkaline? you could try switching to energizer lithium, they are a hair higher in voltage and/or switch to a 3xAA holder - in any case 3.0V is not gonna be enough to keep the clock in good time on the other side of the usual diode(s) Current ones are alkaline. I …

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Battery replacement 386 motherboard

Posted on 2022-01-10, 20:07

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by Yoghoo

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Just bought a "new" 386 pc which already has an external battery. It keeps the bios settings ok but the time is getting behind. It is using only 2 AA batteries at the moment which seems to be not enough. Now the question is should I go for a 3 or 4 batteries? Also does it make a difference if I use …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2022-01-10, 19:02

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by Yoghoo

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Running with -d should produce Debug File that shows where it hung. Try to run with HIMEM.SYS only if that will work then. Uploaded the debug file. Also tried it with himem.sys and it works correctly then. But I had to copy it over from another pc because DR-DOS as well as Qemm don't have himem.sys …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2022-01-10, 18:26

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by Yoghoo

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Got another problem as well though. If I start clean (so no drivers etc) and go to Mainboard info it says: Fatal Error - Cannot continue. The pc hangs at this point and I have to hard reset it. Ctrl-alt-del etc don't work anymore. Everything else is working in hwinfo. Only the mainboard info option …

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Re: Are we opening sealed copies of old games?

Posted on 2022-01-10, 13:22

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by Yoghoo

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I never understood the whole "keep the box" thing myself. Sealed or not. 😀 I always open what I buy and use it. After opening it I throw away the box and only keeping the disks/cd's and sometimes the manuals. But that's just me. I know a lot of people will cringe about that. 😜

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2022-01-10, 13:14

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by Yoghoo

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When I start hwinfo I get the following error: "Cannot run it under OS/2". After that I can only press OK which closes the program. I am running it on DR-DOS 6.0 with Qemm 9.0 though. Funny thing is it's running hwinfo16 without problems. Also it works after a clean boot (so only DR-DOS 6.0). …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2022-01-10, 10:24

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by Yoghoo

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When I start hwinfo I get the following error: "Cannot run it under OS/2". After that I can only press OK which closes the program. I am running it on DR-DOS 6.0 with Qemm 9.0 though. Funny thing is it's running hwinfo16 without problems. Also it works after a clean boot (so only DR-DOS 6.0). Lastly …

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Re: 16 gb CF card Kingston 266x

Posted on 2021-12-22, 16:41

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by Yoghoo

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Difficult to say as that can depend on what kind of cf to ide adapter is used. Some don't like a certain type of brands from what I've heard. But for me personally all CF cards that I tried work. I tried different adapters and pc's and used Transcend, SanDisk and Dane-Elec without problems. Sizes …

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Re: MP32L - Lite version of MP32 : Pi based MT32 synth

Posted on 2021-12-21, 20:43

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by Yoghoo

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Final version of MP32L Pi4B enclosure, it is available now, in red/black and in blue/black colors Hi dreamblaster. Can you make the STL's for the enclosure available on Thingiverse or somewhere else please? I ordered the MP32L before an enclosure was available and you can't buy it standalone. My …

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Re: Recommandations for thermal tape or glue - mainly for smaller or medium heat sinks

Posted on 2021-12-11, 00:24

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by Yoghoo

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I am using this one: https://www.amazon.nl/-/en/gp/product/B07MPBFRRH. Worked perfectly for putting a loose heatsink back on a 468 processor. Also used it for some chipset heatsinks without problems.

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Re: Best glue for vintage PC case plastics

Posted on 2021-11-08, 21:55

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by Yoghoo

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If it's ABS you can use acetone. Got the tip from this forum and it's used for 3D printing as well. Used it on one of my cases and worked perfectly.

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Re: Project looking for DOS Programmer (I can't do it myself)

Posted on 2021-10-17, 09:27

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by Yoghoo

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@bloodycactus you played stunts 1.0. Do you have the original game disks? We are looking for those. We have all the 1.1 versions but not the 1.0 I got Stunts on the original disk. Need to check the version though. Will let you know if it's 1.0. Why do you need that version? Archive reasons and …

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Re: Project looking for DOS Programmer (I can't do it myself)

Posted on 2021-10-16, 21:54

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by Yoghoo

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Daniel3D wrote on 2021-10-16, 20:22: @bloodycactus you played stunts 1.0. Do you have the original game disks? We are looking for those. We have all the 1.1 versions but not the 1.0 I got Stunts on the original disk. Need to check the version though. Will let you know if it's 1.0. Why do you need …

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Re: Coprocessors for the AMD 386DX 40MHz CPU

Posted on 2021-10-15, 23:02

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by Yoghoo

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CPU Galaxy did a review ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WCxrtuo8IA ) about 386 coprocessors. Cyrix are indeed the fastest coprocessors. But like said before take anyone you have as you probably won't notice the difference if you don't have a very special purpose for them (like Autocad). Here is …

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Re: Windows 95 keeps Removing wallpaper

Posted on 2021-10-11, 07:30

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by Yoghoo

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That computer is long gone now, but I do have a win95 era laptop to mess with. Yea its definitely something up with the unofficial service pack. I'm thinking about trying this out https://www.razorback95.com/projects/win95dl/index.php Tried to access this site but it's blocked by Bitdefender …

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Re: ACTION REWIND: a clone of the original IBM PC Action Replay card

Posted on 2021-10-10, 15:57

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by Yoghoo

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Very nice! Still busy with all the toys I bought recently so won't order one right away but will probably do so in the future.

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