Re: PCI USB2 Card - Resource Conflicts at POST
Posted on 2023-10-26, 11:05
Did you enable PnP aware OS option?
Re: Windows XP system spec recommendations.
Posted on 2023-10-26, 10:16
Running an XP VM on modern hardware with PCI passthrough for the GPU and possibly the sound card is another option . See this example on how to get it working [1]. [1] https://forum.mattkc.com/viewtopic.php?t=206 EDIT : I missed reading this https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1205462#p1205462 …
Re: CrystalDiskMark 2.0 crashes at start under win98se - runtime problem. Any ideas?
Posted on 2023-10-26, 06:49
I use CrystalDiskMark 2.2 on Windows 98. (CryatalDiskMark 9x)
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2023-10-26, 06:27
Fair enough. I wouldnt consider it with anything less than RO water myself but if it works it works.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2023-10-26, 04:17
I washed some gross Sound Blasters that arrived from China. Is that soapy water? It's dish detergent. I like to use Joy Ultra for most cleaning, since it is very mild and easy to wash off. If there is something really gross or oily I might use Dawn. I use compressed air to blast any residual soap …
Re: System that REFUSES to boot to a valid/working disk
Posted on 2023-10-26, 01:01
Ok, so a Norton Ghost imaged drive will NOT work. What is Ghost doing that breaks this? Plugged the drive I used to create the image back in and it works fine. I've never, ever encountered this problem with the numerous different pieces of Windows 98 hardware I've set up through the years. I …
Re: How can i find drivers for SATA hard drives for windows 2000
Posted on 2023-10-26, 00:21
On the MSI website there are drivers for Win2k that pertain to the PATA/SATA drivers. Download those. That will get you an archive file, you need to extract that to a folder of the same name... You will find VIA_RAID_OM74\VIARAID_OM74\DriverDisk\TXTSETUP.OEM (the folder being "DriverDisk") You need …
Re: Windows XP system spec recommendations.
Posted on 2023-10-25, 23:35
that's interesting because i realise that i hardly use XP for games at all now - and thats largely thanks to Dosbox, gog and varying patches plus the fairly good compatibility of W7 itself it's worth having an XP machine, and indeed a 9x one, for some older games - hence i tend to think of specs …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2023-10-25, 20:54
Kahenraz wrote on 2023-10-25, 11:08: I washed some gross Sound Blasters that arrived from China. […] Show full quote I washed some gross Sound Blasters that arrived from China. 20231025_050643.jpg 20231025_070056.jpg 20231025_070352.jpg Is that soapy water?
Re: Annual specs for Ultimate Gaming Rigs from 1994 to 1999
Posted on 2023-10-25, 19:25
Show me a P2 that can drop onto a ZIF socket and Ill agree. I did, last picture is Pentium 2 for 615 ZIF socket https://web.archive.org/web/20070927060354/https://download.intel.com/design/mobile/applnots/24528401.pdf But its not about Pentium 2, NexGen is also a Flip Chip design, so are all K6s …
Re: System that REFUSES to boot to a valid/working disk
Posted on 2023-10-25, 18:54
Oh this is interesting.... If you can get as far as a command prompt from a Win98 boot floppy fdisk the mbr then take the disk out of the machine put it into another PC as a slave drive partition it and then format it using the OS on that machine. Once it has a partition and format put it back into …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2023-10-25, 03:48
Creative Nomad is an MP3 player right? Or does it use its own encoder?
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2023-10-25, 03:34
Wah, I think the UK recycler is getting bored of what they're selling. 3 items I bought from them recently: - A video card with broken memory - passes 2x tests so far in my video memory test after a brief cleaning - A VLB video card that doesn't work at all - there are some loose legs on the QFP …
Re: GPU Recommendations for Socket A Windows 98 Build
Posted on 2023-10-25, 00:25
For team green a pretty pokey card would be the 6800GT or 6800XT would be possible and they can be had for a reasonable price team red you have the X800XT or X800XL but they would be twice the price of the 6800 cards. The 7600GT would be nice but I dont think there are any Windows 98 drivers for it. …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2023-10-24, 22:01
gmaverick2k wrote on 2023-10-24, 11:27: looked in a cpu holder box thing and surprised to find a tualatin 1.4-s cpu and a pentium 3 1ghz cpu. 🤣, kept these from a failed tusl2-m motherboard build over a decade ago. 🤣 😀 Nice. Like a cheeky little present from yourself to yourself.
Re: What music are you listening to?
Posted on 2023-10-24, 21:53
Some tracks and albums I listened to the last few weeks. Metallica - Greatest Hits with For Whom The Bell Tolls, Orion and Master of Puppets being my favorites. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming Kraftwerk - Computer Love Massive Attack - 100th Window Major Lazer - Essentials Jean Michel Jarre - …
Re: Vogons users, how do you deal with anxiety?
Posted on 2023-10-24, 21:48
Vodka.
Re: Do you think prices will stay high?
Posted on 2023-10-24, 21:47
As the inflation levels continue to stay where they are people will get shorter and shorter of money, the prices will climb as people want to liquidate assets then as desperation sets in the prices will drop.
Re: My next retro build
Posted on 2023-10-24, 18:11
Going to be following this. I have often thought about those old VIA CPUs and what they can do.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2023-10-24, 18:08
Didnt buy today but it arrived today Logic3 PC Swift pad £6 XFX GTX 275 1Gb £15 XFX GTS 250 512Mb £15 Iomega Zip 750 with 2 250Mb disks £30 Sold for £30 because it doesnt write to 100Mb disks, which the seller thought meant it was broken in some way so reduced the price.
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