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  1. Depends on what you want. I have an ASRock 775i65PE inbound and a P4 3.8GHz for it. It does Win98, has 5 PCI slots, and supports 4GB ram. For a gaming PC you probably won't need all the PCI slots but I do. I'd stick to mobos that have Win98 drivers for them. Just my 2 cents,
  2. I have a project that I need to build a 486/Pentium1 computer to run MS LAN Manager 2.2a. The base OS is OS/2 1.3. The project will have a couple of MS-DOS 6.22/PC-DOS 7 Revision 1 & Windows for Work Groups 3.1 workstations accessing files from the MS LAN Manager server via 10mb Ethernet.. First step is to locate a 486 DX/DX2 (or a Pentium1) computer/motherboard that is known to run OS/2 1.3. Once running OS/2, then the next step would be to load MS LAN Manager. 1. I have OS/2 1.3 on hand and back in the '80's & 90's I used OS/2 1.3 to Warp 4 so I don't need help with the install of OS/2. 2. I have NEVER set up a MS LAN Manager server, I have set up MS-DOS CLIENT workstations for LAN Manager in the past. 3. I also need to track down the LAN Manager 2.2a software and a compatible NIC for it. Any ideas on how to do this? Thanks!
  3. I have a project that I need to build a 486 computer to run MS LAN Manager 2.2a. The base OS is OS/2 1.3. I am not sure where I should post my questions. Mods, please move this to the proper topic area. The project will have a couple of MS-DOS 6.22/PC-DOS 7 Revision 1 & Windows for Work Groups 3.1 workstations accessing files from the MS LAN Manager server via 10mb Ethernet.. First step is to locate a 486 DX/DX2 computer or motherboard that is known to run OS/2 1.3. Once running OS/2, then load MS LAN Manager. 1. I have OS/2 1.3 on hand and back in the '80's & 90's I used OS/2 1.3 to Warp 4 so I don't need help with the install of OS/2. 2. I have NEVER set up a MS LAN Manager server, I have set up MS-DOS CLIENT workstations for LAN Manager back in the day. I need to track down the LAN software and a compatible NIC for it. Any ideas on how to do this? Thanks!
  4. Thanks! Deciding what is really faster is hard to do I agree. Back in the day I ran a lot of simulations written in complied BASIC where I shut down the screen and and let the CPU run for days on a 500MHz K6. I am going to re-run a number of them and wanted to build the "fastest" P4 machine I reasonably can. I have a number of 775 motherboards in stock and most of the needed parts. I looked at the Pentium Extreme 965 3.73 GHz at 1066 MHz but they sell for $500-$1,000+. And it is a dual core. A P4 3.8GHz can be had for $100 or less. Right now the box I'm building has a P4 3.6GHz that I will use while I search for something faster.
  5. I read the closed thread about adding an MS-DOS section. I am not clear as to where I should post a question on MS-DOS. What is the recommended section to post questions on MS-DOS? Thanks! Tony
  6. What would the fastest pre-i3 CPU be for MS-DOS? Since DOS doesn't use multi cores, would a 3.8MHZ P4 socket 775 be faster than a Pentium Duo 3.2 GHz socket 775? Faster that the 3.0 GHz Quad Q9650 Socket 775? Thoughts?
  7. Thanks jadaz. Your post and the link are very helpful. I'm glad my Windows 10 computer is not dual booting.
  8. Thanks all! The good news is that the Compaq 6220 is now booting on its own . I followed RaniyShadow's instructions to use BOOTICE. It took two tries. The first time I used the NTLDR option under "Process PBR". It did not work. Same results as before i.e. black screen w/flashing cursor. Next I tried "Process PBR" with the BOOTMGR option. Bang! Windows XP is now booting! (I tried using Muti Quote but I must be doing something wrong as I could not get it work). For the record here are the answers to the questions that were asked: dencorso "What was the source computer?": It was a home built desktop. ASUS P5QL Pro socket 775 mobo Q9650 3.0GHz CPU 16 GB RAM. Vistapocalypse "What security software is installed?" None. The source desktop's AV was removed before the installation was cloned. jaclaz "For the record, the flashing cursor (top left, white on black) is often connected to an issue between CHS and LBA entries in the MBR partition table (and/or in the PBR geometry data). This often happens when a not entirely "proper" tool i used to do the partitioning or (this used to be a common case some years ago) when you transplant a disk from one PC to another (particularly laptops there were a lot of BIOSes around that used 240 heads geometry instead of 255)." Since the transplanted XP installation DOES boot with Hiren's CD, CHS/LBA & head geometry is not an issue. "Was it really-really BOOTMGR.EXE or more simply BOOTMGR?" It was BOOTMGR.EXE. "WHO told you that it was unneeded?" After I removed Win 8.1 from the source computer, it booted to XP with no issues. Then when I had the issues with the nc6220 laptop, I researched both XP & 8.1 boot processes. I deleted BOOTMGR.EXE from the desktop source XP installation. It still booted (and still does) XP just fine. So I also deleted it from the laptop. Here's my source on the boot process for XP & Vista and above : https://neosmart.net/wiki/windows-xp-boot-process/ Thanks for the info on GRUB4DOS. I normally use System Commander to dual boot Win XP & below. When I installed Win 8.1 I used it's dual boot feature which was - horrible. I will use it on another system that has Win XP and Win 7 on it. dencorso "But... where is the OP? Has he/she gone put out the trash and got hit by a 10-ton meteorite?" No, it was only a 1.657 ton rock as I took out our garbage/recycle bins last night and I was able to side-step it "Did he/she take out the Velostat cap to wash his/her hair and then aliens took the opportunity to abduct him/her?" No, I just send them a coded Morse code radio message and they pick me up take me where I want to go. But I stayed home last night and - slept "Or maybe the Compaq nc6220 laptop just disappeared in a puff of purple smoke as some old Compaqs are wont to do?" Not yet but I am also working on a Compaq LTE 5380 and while it was on life support it is now working and loving the Windows 98SE OS on it. It is a crucial computer in my recording studio and is un-replaceable. "So many questions... and no answers yet... it's sort of depressing, isn't it?" Not at all!!! Now that it's booting I'm happy as a clam POP QUIZ: Why would a 1997ish 133MHz Pentium with 80MB of RAM Compaq LTE 5380 running Windows 98SE be so important in a recording studio? HINT: It deals with the PCMCIA slot......
  9. I am trying to get a Windows XP SP3 installation to boot. All I get is a black screen with a flashing cursor. Bear with me, this is a complicated case. I have been fighting with this laptop for 4 days now. I have been installing XP since it came out. I have done easily over 500 XP installs. I have never had this issue. Please Note: ======================================== I CAN NOT DO A CLEAN INSTALL of Win XP!! I have to get this XP installation working. The old 80GB 2.5" hard drive died and I replaced it with a 120GB 2.5" Samsung hard drive. It contained a critical application (for me) that the vendor requires it to be "activated" by their server when you install it. If you do not "activate" it, it refuses to run after a few days. Here's the catch: The vendor has shut down it's server that does the activation for this version of the application. And the vendor does not offer an off-line activation option as "support" has run out. They say "buy a new version". The new versions do not offer me any new features that I need or would ever use. ======================================== The target computer is a Compaq nc6220 laptop. Compaq shipped this laptop with Windows XP Professional. It's specs are: 2.26GHz Pentium M 2GB RAM 120GB hard drive BIOS is the last one released The 120GB hard drive is partitioned with 3 PRIMARY partitions: Partition 1: 2GB FAT for IBM PC DOS 7 Partition 2: 68.37GB NTFS 3.1 for Windows XP Pro SP3 Partition 3: 41.43GB NTFS 3.1 for DATA. The new(er) 120GB hard drive passed diagnostics and is working fine. Partition 1 when set to ACTIVE boots IBM PC DOS 7 with no issues. Partition 2 when set to ACTIVE boots to a black screen with a flashing cursor in the upper left hand corner. I CAN boot the Windows XP partition IF I boot Hiren's boot CD 15.2 and use the the option to boot Windows. XP comes up fine and I have loaded all the nc6220 drivers and Device Manager is fine. My app runs fine. It just will not boot on it's own. Here's what I have tried: 1. I booted the Windows XP Pro SP3 installation CD, used the Recovery Console, and logged into the XP installation. I executed FIXMBR and FIXBOOT. No help. 2. I verified that BOOT.INI was correct to boot XP from Drive 0 and Partition 2. 3. Replaced NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM from the WinXP media & copied them into the C:\ root directory. No help. 4. I verified that the HD MBR has NT5.2 boot code in it. I am stumped. Why won't it boot on it's own when Hiren's Boot CD can get it booted? The MBR code has to be correct, the VBR has to be right, and NTLDR & NTDETECT.COM have to be correct for Hiren to boot it. Yet it hangs when it tries to boot on its own. The only thing different from the 80GD drive install is I now have a 3rd partition for data. More Info: ======== I used Macrium Backup to clone my desktop WinXP installation that had the app installed (license allows 1 desktop & 1 laptop installation). The desktop had been used to dual boot Windows 8.1 & Win XP. When I bought a new Win 10 computer, I removed Win 8.1 from the old computer and configured XP to boot alone. I did find BOOTMGR.EXE in the root of the cloned partition and deleted it. A leftover from Win 8.1. At some point I will use a boot manager to dual boot the laptop with PC-DOS 7 and WinXP but for now I would just like to get XP to boot on it's own. Any ideas what to do next? Thanks for your help!
  10. I am shocked reading this. I have been sick the last couple of years and spent little time building computers. Last week I got back into a project that I had put on hold. It is my second W98 4 GB computer and I had bought a second license for it. RIP Rloew, you are a legend and will be missed.
  11. OK guys, a lot of good work here - 24 pages! I am on WinXP SP3 4gb RAM. FF 52.9 ESR. Most You Tube videos do not play. Some do. I downloaded Primetime and put it in the correct FF folder (took a while to find for FF 52.9). It does not work or show up in Plug-ins.. I have looked and Googled for 2 hours and I can not find where the heck "Preferences" are in FF 52.9. I've looked through all the pages under "Options" and can not find "Preferences". Where do I I enter these Preferences in FF 52.9? : ================================== To be able to install and operate the Primetime CDM, add and/or set the following FF preferences in about:config (be careful, all of these are cAsE sEnSiTiVe!): media.gmp-eme-adobe.enabled (boolean; true) media.gmp-eme-adobe.forceSupported (boolean; true; FF 49.0+) media.gmp-eme-adobe.forcevisible (boolean; true; FF 45-48, no longer used in 49.0+) media.gmp-eme-adobe.visible (boolean; true; FF 49.0+) media.gmp-eme-adobe.version (string, not integer; 17; required for manual install now that automatic install is no longer an option) media.gmp-eme-adobe.abi (string; x86-msvc-x86 (EDIT: x86-msvc-x64 for 64-bit XP users); not required, you can set it if you want to more closely mimic automatic install) media.gmp-eme-adobe.lastUpdate (integer; 1500000000; not required, you can set it if you want to more closely mimic automatic install) media.gmp.decoder.enabled (boolean; true) media.eme.enabled (boolean; true; defaults to false if you downloaded a DRM-free version of FF; thanks @heinoganda for pointing this out) ================================== Thanks! Tony
  12. I can't recall the DOS file size limit but PQMAGIC.OVL is 818KB on my PQ Magic floppy disk. FAT partitions are limited to 2GB so it's somewhere between those two. Way biger than your 50K file.
  13. I am building a DOS & Win98SE game machine. The computer has 2 IDE drives. Drive0 has a 2GB FAT partition for DOS and a 8GB FAT32 partition for Win98SE. The second hard drive drive (DRIVE1) has a 2GB FAT partition for DOS data and a 6GB FAT32 for Win98 data/programs. I installed WinXP SP3 into the DRIVE1's FAT32. XP boots fine as does Win98SE from XP's BOOT.INI. DOS also boots fine if I set it's partition to ACTIVE and by-pass XP's BOOT.INI. When I boot to WinXP the C: drive is the Win98 boot partition with the Win98 WINDOWS directory but the BOOT drive is E: with the Windows XP. CD-ROM drive is F: .This is confusing but since I will use XP only for diagnostics/browsing I won't bother switching the XP drive letters around. QUESTION 1: How do I add PC-DOS to XP's BOOT.INI screen and get DOS to boot? QUESTION 2: What files does XP put on DRIVE0 and where? Thanks!
  14. CT4780 is a Dell OEM card - a Live Value! card. The Dell Part # is 180UR. The Dell drivers *should* work.
  15. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I downloaded & archived it as I have 6 computers still on WinXP. Tony
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