11 Feb
2014
11 Feb
'14
7:50 p.m.
hello all. i happen to have a dell optiplex gx50 and i got 98 on it and
when i started installing stuff to it i got so far then the os stopped
booting at all and black screened. i wish i could find a good windows 98
computer or setup. if anyone could help out let me know
11 Feb
11 Feb
8 p.m.
On Feb 11, 2014, at 7:50 PM, Derrick <rmx44 at aim.com> wrote:
hello all. i happen to have a dell optiplex gx50 and i
got 98 on it and when i started installing stuff to it i got so far then the os stopped
booting at all and black screened. i wish i could find a good windows 98 computer or
setup. if anyone could help out let me know
Personally, my belief is that there isn't such a thing as a good Windows 98 computer.
Even doing nothing more than running a game or two, your experience pretty much matches
mine when I was running Windows 98.
Unless things have changed, Windows is pretty much off-topic for this list.
Zane
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9:29 p.m.
On 02/11/2014 08:00 PM, Zane Healy wrote:
On Feb 11, 2014, at 7:50 PM, Derrick <rmx44 at aim.com> wrote:
Probably is--why not give the vintage computer forum a try? That's
http://vintage-computer.com. You'll probably find several kindred souls
there.
--Chuck
hello all. i happen to have a dell optiplex gx50
and i got 98 on it and when i started installing stuff to it i got so far then the os
stopped booting at all and black screened. i wish i could find a good windows 98 computer
or setup. if anyone could help out let me know
Personally, my belief is that there isn't such a thing as a good Windows 98 computer.
Even doing nothing more than running a game or two, your experience pretty much matches
mine when I was running Windows 98.
Unless things have changed, Windows is pretty much off-topic for this list.
9:40 p.m.
On 2/11/2014 9:29 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 02/11/2014 08:00 PM, Zane Healy wrote:
well i went to the vc chatroom on the irc network they are on but
because they say what i am playing with or want to play with they feel
isnt old enough they feel i dont belong there. like pentium to pentium 3
is to new they feel
On Feb 11, 2014, at 7:50 PM, Derrick <rmx44 at aim.com> wrote:
Probably is--why not give the vintage computer forum a try? That's
http://vintage-computer.com. You'll probably find several kindred
souls there.
--Chuck
hello all. i happen to have a dell optiplex gx50
and i got 98 on it
and when i started installing stuff to it i got so far then the os
stopped booting at all and black screened. i wish i could find a
good windows 98 computer or setup. if anyone could help out let me know
Personally, my belief is that there isn't such a thing as a good
Windows 98 computer. Even doing nothing more than running a game or
two, your experience pretty much matches mine when I was running
Windows 98.
Unless things have changed, Windows is pretty much off-topic for this
list.
11:56 p.m.
On 02/11/2014 09:40 PM, Derrick wrote:
well i went to the vc chatroom on the irc network they
are on but
because they say what i am playing with or want to play with they feel
isnt old enough they feel i dont belong there. like pentium to pentium 3
is to new they feel
VC has a chat room? Never used it--and I've been a member for a long time.
Try the regular forum. P1 is about as late as they "officially" go, but
there's an off-topic thread also.
(I have several systems running Win98SE, myself. Good underlying DOS
and Windows when you need it. All boot into DOS--and only enter Windows
when the "win" command is used. The "unofficial" SP2 is worth
getting,
IMOHO.
--Chuck
12 Feb
12 Feb
midnight
On 2/11/2014 11:56 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 02/11/2014 09:40 PM, Derrick wrote:
yes they do happen to have their own chatroom its not on freenode they
are actually on slashnet.org and their channel name is #vc
well i went to the vc chatroom on the irc network
they are on but
because they say what i am playing with or want to play with they feel
isnt old enough they feel i dont belong there. like pentium to pentium 3
is to new they feel
VC has a chat room? Never used it--and I've been a member for a long
time.
Try the regular forum. P1 is about as late as they "officially" go,
but there's an off-topic thread also.
(I have several systems running Win98SE, myself. Good underlying DOS
and Windows when you need it. All boot into DOS--and only enter
Windows when the "win" command is used. The "unofficial" SP2 is
worth
getting, IMOHO.
--Chuck
9:18 a.m.
Where are you located?
In El Cerrito, (near Berkeley, California), I have an eMachines
model 466id, with Win98SE. Plus their Energy star monitor.
466MHz (Celeron)
64MB
5X DVD
56Kv.90
"3D 4MB AGP"
It has all of the original stickers on the front of it, including a big
sticker on the face of it that promises "This computer is never obsolete"
Previously owned, and barely used, by my mother, who as of Tuesday is now
in a "skilled nursing facility" awaiting placement into a nursing home.
She hasn't used it for years, and never will again.
Free.
Having not been used in a long time, I don't know whether it still works,
I don't want to test it, and I most certainly don't want to ship it
(unless you throw money at it)
I do not want to pay to have it hauled away.
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12:54 p.m.
On 2/12/2014 9:18 AM, Fred Cisin wrote:
Where are you located?
In El Cerrito, (near Berkeley, California), I have an eMachines
model 466id, with Win98SE. Plus their Energy star monitor.
466MHz (Celeron)
64MB
5X DVD
56Kv.90
"3D 4MB AGP"
It has all of the original stickers on the front of it, including a big
sticker on the face of it that promises "This computer is never obsolete"
Previously owned, and barely used, by my mother, who as of Tuesday is now
in a "skilled nursing facility" awaiting placement into a nursing home.
She hasn't used it for years, and never will again.
Free.
Having not been used in a long time, I don't know whether it still works,
I don't want to test it, and I most certainly don't want to ship it
(unless you throw money at it)
I do not want to pay to have it hauled away.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com
http://www.xenosoft.com/FPUIB
i am in washington state myself and mostly no one
ever wants to ship here :(
2:25 p.m.
On Wed, 12 Feb 2014, Derrick wrote:
i am in washington state myself and mostly no one ever
wants to ship here :(
I sympathize, but I'm too overwhelmed with other crap right now to even
consider packing up a PC.
There is a possibility that I might be driving that way in JUNE, . . .
7:48 a.m.
On Tue, 11 Feb 2014, Derrick wrote:
well i went to the vc chatroom on the irc network they are on but because
they say what i am playing with or want to play with they feel isnt old
enough they feel i dont belong there. like pentium to pentium 3 is to new
they feel
The IRC channel is _vastly_ different that the VC Forum itself. In #vc,
if you've got a windows problem, you're pretty much on your own.
g.
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5:55 a.m.
On 2/11/14 8:00 PM, Zane Healy wrote:
Unless things have changed, Windows is pretty much
off-topic for this list.
Derrick, try asking on http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/
It isn't worth lifting that rock here.
6:38 a.m.
Try www.vogons.org , there are tons of people on that forum building Windows
98 era machines (mostly for gaming and sound card use).
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Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 8:55 AM
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: windows 98 pc
On 2/11/14 8:00 PM, Zane Healy wrote:
Unless things have changed, Windows is pretty much
off-topic for this
list.
Derrick, try asking on http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/
It isn't worth lifting that rock here.
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5:16 a.m.
On 02/11/2014 09:50 PM, Derrick wrote:
hello all. i happen to have a dell optiplex gx50 and i
got 98 on it and
when i started installing stuff to it i got so far then the os stopped
booting at all and black screened. i wish i could find a good windows 98
computer or setup. if anyone could help out let me know
Check your local dump (mine has a 'free' section, but it's not publicized
at all - you may have to ask), freecycle list, craigslist, and Facebook if
you're on there (at least for me there are lots of local FB groups; it's
the most piss-poor interface imaginable for listing items, but lots of
people seem to be doing so).
One problem is that a lot of stuff from that era was upgraded to XP - at
which point it became far too slow to be useful, and so was thrown into an
attic/basement and replaced. In other words, you can probably find a
machine of the right age quite easily, but the OS might be another matter.
Of the ~10 machines that I've salvaged (mainly in the hope of finding one
with a good floppy controller and 'legacy' ports) they've all either been
running XP or have been wiped.
cheers
Jules
12:50 p.m.
On 2/12/2014 5:16 AM, Jules Richardson wrote:
On 02/11/2014 09:50 PM, Derrick wrote:
around here its illegal to dump stuff in a dump. you have to take them
to be properly recycled cause here in washington state in 2005 they made
it illegal to dump electronics in a dump or garbage and then in 2009
they started the free electronic recycling program. so most old
computers have been killed off by pc recycling stores either parting
them out or crushing them. there used to be tons of stuff on craigslist
for free of full computers before 2009 but not now its now full of crt
monitors, keyboards, mice and printers.
hello all. i happen to have a dell optiplex gx50
and i got 98 on it and
when i started installing stuff to it i got so far then the os stopped
booting at all and black screened. i wish i could find a good windows 98
computer or setup. if anyone could help out let me know
Check your local dump (mine has a 'free' section, but it's not
publicized at all - you may have to ask), freecycle list, craigslist,
and Facebook if you're on there (at least for me there are lots of
local FB groups; it's the most piss-poor interface imaginable for
listing items, but lots of people seem to be doing so).
One problem is that a lot of stuff from that era was upgraded to XP -
at which point it became far too slow to be useful, and so was thrown
into an attic/basement and replaced. In other words, you can probably
find a machine of the right age quite easily, but the OS might be
another matter.
Of the ~10 machines that I've salvaged (mainly in the hope of finding
one with a good floppy controller and 'legacy' ports) they've all
either been running XP or have been wiped.
cheers
Jules
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