Re: Voodoo/TNT2/GeForce or Voodoo/GeForce for Windows 9x?

Posted on Today, 07:06

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by chinny22

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I thought about installing two identical Voodoo 2s 12MB in SLI in HP Vectra VEi8 PCI slots and connecting its onboard Matrox GPU to Voodoo as 2D signal that Voodoo 2 needs/lacks. What max 2D resolution gives that Matrox GPU? That could be the first PC. Is it bad that it is 3D accelerator and not …

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Re: Late era 486 build

Posted on Today, 02:43

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by chinny22

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Beeper is definitely your 1st step. Good chance the PC is trying to tell you whats wrong by giving you a beep code that you have a ram/video/whatever error Even a cheap piezo buzzer will do. (proper speaker is preferred if playing PC speaker games though) https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/182990065587?_ …

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Re: Gotek Floppy Emulator problem - ACCESS DENIED

Posted on Today, 02:32

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by chinny22

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I know once your newer than XP the software is pretty buggy (and it's not exactly amazing in XP) This video is for Win10 but would think it still works for 11? https://youtu.be/Of9aVq_cQQQ?si=-zECKqLIlXSdwOEI Must admit I copy files from my modern PC's across the network to my XP rig and use the …

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Re: Pentium3 to look for?

Posted on Today, 02:11

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by chinny22

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Pentium 3 have massive retro tax slapped on them already. And there's not that much on sale, anyway. There's a ton of Pentium 4, but there doesn't seem to be much demand for them. I still think the P4 is a bit underrated for retro gaming especially when paired with an industrial board w/ ISA slots. …

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Re: Is it safe to connect to internet under Windows 95 or 98SE?

Posted on Today, 01:55

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by chinny22

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Update. Just recently, there had been a little controversy about XP and its vulnerability to internet malware. It's because of a YouTube video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uSVVCmOH5w Saw this video and was disappointed. I thought it would be good for the old "how safe is " question that comes …

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Re: Voodoo/TNT2/GeForce or Voodoo/GeForce for Windows 9x?

Posted on Today, 01:40

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by chinny22

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Speaking generally your probably safe with Vood00 + GeForce. Nvidia cards had good backward compatibility so most of the time isn't much need to go with earlier cards. But for a more informed answer we would really need to know Which games you want to focus on. Which Voodoo card Which GeForce Rest …

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Re: Windows Me - "Misunderstood Edition"

Posted on Today, 01:25

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by chinny22

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Back in 2000 were there actually many users who wanted, cared about or even know what native DOS mode was? Indeed more then you would think. You have to remember that computers were still very expensive while at the same time became obsolete much quicker. Many people either didn't want or couldn't …

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Re: Rise of the Triad Vibra 128 problems

Posted on 2024-05-17, 01:02

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by chinny22

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I can't remeber if this was one of the games that caused me issues on my related PCI 64. If you select SoundBlaster as the music device does that work?

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Re: To bay or not to bay

Posted on 2024-05-17, 00:51

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by chinny22

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Personally while all my PC's have a optical drive I hardly use it. Most my games don't use CD audio and the few that do I go without. however while not perfect you can get cd audio over DaemonTools DaemonTools No CD Audio

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Re: Do you keep a tech-journal?

Posted on 2024-05-17, 00:09

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by chinny22

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I have my "hardware" spreadsheet which now lives in google it lists Hardware type (sound, video, etc) Make, Model, Part number, Buy price, Sell price, Location (PC name or stored) It's useful for as I can't remember which soundcard is in which PC or when people ask here about prices or finding …

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Re: Should I purchase virgin floppy disks nowadays to have a retro system?

Posted on 2024-05-16, 23:44

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by chinny22

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

More important would be where have these been stored for the last 10+ years. Thats whats going to affect lifespan If someone's clearing out their garage that's damp in winter and boiling hot in summer, then you're going to get more dead disks then used disks that have come out an air-conditioned …

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Re: My experience returning to Win98 after 25 years

Posted on 2024-05-10, 03:44

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by chinny22

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whenever I get a "new" win98 pc I find it takes a few installs to find the right driver combinations but once you find it you know for next time. I install as little as possible, drivers, Direct X, Winrar Deamon tools no windows updates. (I also install IE6 and Office but not really needed) I figure …

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Re: Old hardware giveaway thread.

Posted on 2024-05-10, 03:01

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by chinny22

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Bad news and I remembered what happened to this tower. It seemed that the RAM slots were having issues. I did update the BIOS in the fall of 2015 to see if the new 256mb ram would work. It did for a while until the computer started to freeze and hang. Spent on and off trying to get it back up and …

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Re: Dell Precision 690 Windows XP BSOD problem

Posted on 2024-05-09, 02:33

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by chinny22

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I'm betting it's due to XP not having the drivers to detect your hard drive controller. It's pretty common issue on any SATA based PC and XP The below link is pretty good at going through all the steps though. https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/27312030/Remove-RAID-from-Dell-Precision-690- …

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Re: How important is screen resolution to you?

Posted on 2024-05-08, 00:07

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by chinny22

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it isn't. I'll still happily watch stuff on a standard def TV. Not that I watch much on the TV anymore. most my viewing is youtube videos, sometimes old TV shows that look like VHS quality and I'm fine with that. Computer side of things I'll just go with whatever the native resolution is. Aspect …

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Re: Clever / hacky usage of the ISA modems?

Posted on 2024-05-07, 01:33

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by chinny22

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Funny enough, I think I've only ever come across 1 ISA modem. Plenty of PCI of course. I'm more interested in external modems with their hypnotizing flashing lights. I do plan to do this mini POTS setup, mainly for wacky wheels multiplayer (only supports modem/serial) and maybe mess around with some …

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Re: Okay but did you ever PURCHASE WinRAR?

Posted on 2024-05-06, 23:59

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by chinny22

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LGR has, he did a whole video on it https://youtu.be/o7W6hv4kcvg?si=sOrz4lS_HJ2ICJQE

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Re: 1997 period correct retro PC build

Posted on 2024-05-06, 06:14

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by chinny22

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

No idea, checked and the IE4 cab files are in the iso? Whatever I'd be calling it a win, IE4 offers no benefit (and this coming from a guy that goes and installs IE5 even though that's pretty useless as well)

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Re: Upcoming Voodoo 3 rebuild- are the specs ok so far or what would you change?

Posted on 2024-05-06, 05:37

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by chinny22

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I find 600Mhz is enough for all my Win9x games, (especially Glide games) anything the needs more works fine on XP anyway so think your 700Mhz is fine. 256MB Ram is also fine for Win98. Audigy 2 ZS is the latest sound card for Win98, but personally don't find enough of a difference to justify paying …

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Re: Im unable to add network Card to 486 Siemens Nixdorf Scenic 4L

Posted on 2024-05-06, 05:24

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by chinny22

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All utility software detects this card and i can change settings This is a good sign and would seem to suggest more of a driver issue then hardware. I'd probably stick with Win95 for troubleshooting, nice easy modorn-ish GUI Which drivers are you using? I don't have any of the cards listed so can't …

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