Re: Fruitless search for an ESS Solo-1 driver for... NT 3.51.

Posted on 2011-02-10, 00:12

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by MrKsoft

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The option is "Virus Warning" and it does describe it as protecting the boot sector... however it's disabled. I may have to try enabling it to see what happens then...

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Re: Fruitless search for an ESS Solo-1 driver for... NT 3.51.

Posted on 2011-02-09, 23:16

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by MrKsoft

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Interesting, they don't list one. More interesting is that they list a ton more drivers for it in the more recent pages. I'm going to guess that they never made their own but IBM did for their system. It probably doesn't work on mine because it's not identical. Either way, this project's now on hold …

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Fruitless search for an ESS Solo-1 driver for... NT 3.51.

Posted on 2011-02-09, 00:31

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by MrKsoft

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Yes, strange request, especially since we're on a primarily DOS/gaming board. It's relevant though. I picked up an old Compaq system (Celeron 500, 128mb, Intel 810 chipset) at a garage sale last spring (had to take it with the monitor I actually wanted from the sale) , glanced it over and thought it …

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Re: WPA Supplicant WPA/WPA2/IEEE 802.1X Supplicant

Posted on 2011-02-04, 03:51

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by MrKsoft

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I tried this the other day. I just put 2000 on my old P4-M laptop and needed a way to get onto my WPA network. It didn't work at all though. The interface lagged so much it was unusable-- but didn't actually use any CPU power so it wasn't that my system was underpowered. It took more than 30 minutes …

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Re: Where to download drivers?

Posted on 2011-02-03, 03:53

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by MrKsoft

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Finding drivers is turning out to be impossible these days. Even Google results now just point me to pages generated on-demand with fake downloads. I used to always go to DriverGuide, but now all you can get are those adware EXEs. There's really no good source to go to any more.

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Re: Speaking of Music, Anyone play any instrument(s)?

Posted on 2010-12-18, 14:26

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by MrKsoft

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I'm decent on the alto saxophone and I used to play piano years ago but I've fallen out of practice on it.

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Re: Hardware accidents

Posted on 2010-12-07, 23:53

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by MrKsoft

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I haven't really had any big computer accidents caused by me, other than software related stuff I did as a kid. Here's a somewhat interesting story though. I had a 500GB external hard drive that I kept on a shelf next to my computer and ran 24/7. For some reason, air just didn't flow there (even …

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Re: FTP client/server for Win 3.1

Posted on 2010-11-03, 11:23

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by MrKsoft

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I use WS_FTP LE. The latest 16-bit version is 5.06, and you can get it here. Works great.

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Re: Assembling a machine for DOS/Win3x

Posted on 2010-10-26, 22:30

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by MrKsoft

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I've had my system set up for a while and it's working well. It's the Pentium setup, 133mhz, 16MB RAM, S3 Trio 64V+, and a Vibra-based Sound Blaster 16. Quake runs pretty well (not as smoothly as the P2/450 I first played it on, but definitely not bad) and I haven't had compatibility issues with any …

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Re: What monitor do you use?

Posted on 2010-10-16, 17:59

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by MrKsoft

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It's probably a form of heresy, but my DOS computer is currently hooked up to a 22" Insignia NS-L22Q-10A LCD television's VGA input. Since it's for gaming, it's sitting next to all my game consoles, as a part of my "game corner". I can sit in my comfy gaming chair and put the keyboard/mouse in my …

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Re: Ensoniq / Creative AudioPCI

Posted on 2010-10-13, 21:37

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by MrKsoft

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My PII/450 that I used for several years had an integrated AudioPCI on the motherboard. I'm actually quite attached to the MIDI sound of it... it has this extremely "clear" quality to it, especially the percussion, that other MIDI sample sets seem to lack. (Although this might be an Ensoniq thing, …

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Re: What motivates you?

Posted on 2010-10-03, 19:12

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by MrKsoft

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I work with old computers a lot for the sake of old games. I much prefer how games used to be, what I played when I was younger. Additionally I am extremely interested in old computer audio solutions. For instance, I have a large MIDI collection and always find it really interesting to hear how they …

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Re: 80 video cards of 1999-2003: 3D benchmarking (ixbtlabs.com)

Posted on 2010-09-17, 22:35

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by MrKsoft

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Wow the performance jumps back in the day where massive... Just the other day I was discussing how little progress there is going from a S775 system to S1366 and now Sandy Bridge. Going from a PI to a PII to a PIII, now THAT was progress. Totally true. I got an extremely expensive P2/450 in 1999 ( …

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Re: Assembling a machine for DOS/Win3x

Posted on 2010-09-17, 02:56

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by MrKsoft

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Okay, so it turned out all I had to do was clean off the area around the leaked capacitor using some alcohol and cotton swabs. Now it POSTs fine and I even got it to boot off some floppy disks. I'll probably still replace the cap at some point because I doubt it's good to leave it dead even if it's …

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Re: Assembling a machine for DOS/Win3x

Posted on 2010-09-15, 21:45

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by MrKsoft

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MrKsoft - Can't you just replace the dodgy cap? Surely thats the "cheapest" solution (if it doesn't work after it will have only cost a couple of quid). Just make sure to get caps with the same capacitance/voltage I'm just building my first retro machine and have been getting stung price wise so I …

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Re: Assembling a machine for DOS/Win3x

Posted on 2010-09-15, 03:07

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by MrKsoft

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It's a bit difficult as a semi-poor high school student :P I can afford little things, a $5 CompactFlash adapter here, a $10 sound card there... but the motherboards seem to be a bit pricier than that. (Cheapest Socket 7 board I saw was $10 but it was a crap OEM board that didn't have any ISA slots …

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Re: Assembling a machine for DOS/Win3x

Posted on 2010-09-15, 02:47

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by MrKsoft

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Alright, I removed everything and it's the same deal. Removing the video card makes it do the beeps for "no video card" and then after a while it does the constant beep. However, I might have found the culprit. I found what appears to be a leaking capacitor on the corner of the board (If someone …

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Re: Assembling a machine for DOS/Win3x

Posted on 2010-09-14, 02:56

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by MrKsoft

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Okay, so, I got the motherboard into its new case. However, now I'm having a major problem. The system starts up fine and goes through the POST process, but right when it should finish, after checking RAM and detecting IDE devices, it stalls, then after about ten seconds the PC speaker just goes …

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Re: Assembling a machine for DOS/Win3x

Posted on 2010-09-09, 00:20

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by MrKsoft

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Okay, after looking over what I can do, I'm going to push forward with this Pentium board. If I have issues with certain games I can always go back to my 486. As Mau1wurf1977 said, I have it and it works, so why not use it? A few more random thought based on the responses: -Okay, so I probably won't …

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Re: Assembling a machine for DOS/Win3x

Posted on 2010-09-07, 11:34

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by MrKsoft

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I had no idea that the Pentiums were problematic (I thought it was just PII's and beyond). I wouldn't mind going for an AM5x86-133 system. I actually considered it but then I went on Ebay and realized that Socket 3 boards have their prices shot into orbit. And let's not even get started on the …

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