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Dan
I plan to add Linux for testing and will result in Qua-boot (4x) -- what
Linux solution do you suggest and any suggested reading about Linux --
thanks in advance for the comments. The below is posted for people's
interest and also for comments about what they think of PCI Express and
the viability of a RAID configuration. Thanks for looking and I enjoy
hearing your comments. Sorry for being off-topic but I just wanted
users to know that it is possible to have a great system in this day and
age and not to worry about Microsoft and its end of support of 98 Second
Edition on July 11, 2006.
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Tri-boot (3x) created with help from Boot It NG
98SE -- w/ Fat 32 --- customized version -- meaning a full complete
clean install of the 98 Second Edition on my computer with a customized
registry and customized drivers and everything customized on this -- I
LOVE it -- posting in newsgroup with Thunderbird via Comcast Cable with
98SE -- protected by NAT router and Zone Alarm Professional grin as well
as other safeguards -- on Western Digital 40 gigabyte hard drive
XP Professional -- w/ NTFS -- and Windows Vista Ultimate -- 32 bit
edition -- w/NTFS of course --- XP Professional on one side of partition
--- Windows Vista on other side of partition ---- 80 gigabyte hard drive
-- Western Digital --- XP Pro. with Itunes since I have an Ipod Mini
Windows Vista --- being tested --- needs stronger Internet Explorer
defaults still --- Firewall testing will start soon --- will need to
direct connect to modem and see how the Windows software Vista firewall
handles the attacks that are sure to come -- grin --- Yeah now I am
getting interested
System Build: was
1. Falcon Northwest Gaming Rig -- only metal case w/ plastic front
remains as well as 3.5 inch -- 1.44 mb floppy for backwards
compatibility as well as original Optiquest V773-2 cathode ray tube
monitor -- works like a charm with Aero glass interface after installing
2. Ati Radeon 9800 XT -- 4x/8x AGP card -- using 8x AGP with current
ASUS motherboard, large case with plenty of cooling of course, 430 watt
Antec power supply -- you need 400+ watts of power in this day and age
and even 500+ watts of power is not ridiculous if you are building a
power system
3. 512 megs. of 2700 ddr ram -- upgrading to 3200 ram -- 2 gigs -- will
use 512 chip in other system
4. 2 Hard drives using Ide interface -40 Western Digital gigabyte as
well as 80 Western Digital hardrive for XP Pro. and Windows Vista
Ultimate 32 bit -- RC1 with build 5728- have not got up the courage to
use RAID yet and not sure of support options if any of RAID in 98 Second
Ediition
5. Sound Blaster Audigy 1 -- great older sound card that is now the
minimum I think of the Creative line that is still supported with
drivers --- may have to upgrade this eventually but I hope Creative can
provide another solution that will keep 98SE in the loop -- critical
since I need 98 Second Edition for older legacy programs like Space
which runs in Windows 3.1 and greater and will not work in Windows XP
even with compatibility mode.
6. Printer -- Epson Stylus C64 -- nothing special -- now runs in Windows
Vista after loading current Windows XP driver and installing it on the
Windows Vista Ultimate side
7. 4.1 -- Speaker setup with Cambridge Soundworks -- decent older
speakers and subwoofers that I may eventually replace as funds allow
8. Windows Joystick --- Sidewinder Precision 2 Microsoft Joystick -- had
lots of fun with this in Wing Commander Prophecy -- I do not use it too
much nowadays
9. Microsoft Mice -- Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 -- older
optical mouse that is connected via USB works great + Microsoft wheel
mouse 3.0 w/ PS/2 connection that has older mouse DOS driver for support
in older DOS games
10. Microsoft keyboard --- Natural Keyboard Elite -- weirdly shaped but
I am getting used to it after using it for a while
11. ASUS Deluxe Motherboard and Plextor PX-708A DVD burner and Lite-On
CDR burner and Teac 3.5 inch floppy -- 1.44 mb -- still use this since
floppies are so cheap nowadays and although they hold very little -- if
I lose one it is usually no big deal and I keep backups of my data just
in case
12. Battery Backup -- Critical to protect against brownouts and other
power problems with the Electric Grid + other stuff -- too long a post
to go on anymore
Linux solution do you suggest and any suggested reading about Linux --
thanks in advance for the comments. The below is posted for people's
interest and also for comments about what they think of PCI Express and
the viability of a RAID configuration. Thanks for looking and I enjoy
hearing your comments. Sorry for being off-topic but I just wanted
users to know that it is possible to have a great system in this day and
age and not to worry about Microsoft and its end of support of 98 Second
Edition on July 11, 2006.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tri-boot (3x) created with help from Boot It NG
98SE -- w/ Fat 32 --- customized version -- meaning a full complete
clean install of the 98 Second Edition on my computer with a customized
registry and customized drivers and everything customized on this -- I
LOVE it -- posting in newsgroup with Thunderbird via Comcast Cable with
98SE -- protected by NAT router and Zone Alarm Professional grin as well
as other safeguards -- on Western Digital 40 gigabyte hard drive
XP Professional -- w/ NTFS -- and Windows Vista Ultimate -- 32 bit
edition -- w/NTFS of course --- XP Professional on one side of partition
--- Windows Vista on other side of partition ---- 80 gigabyte hard drive
-- Western Digital --- XP Pro. with Itunes since I have an Ipod Mini
Windows Vista --- being tested --- needs stronger Internet Explorer
defaults still --- Firewall testing will start soon --- will need to
direct connect to modem and see how the Windows software Vista firewall
handles the attacks that are sure to come -- grin --- Yeah now I am
getting interested
System Build: was
1. Falcon Northwest Gaming Rig -- only metal case w/ plastic front
remains as well as 3.5 inch -- 1.44 mb floppy for backwards
compatibility as well as original Optiquest V773-2 cathode ray tube
monitor -- works like a charm with Aero glass interface after installing
2. Ati Radeon 9800 XT -- 4x/8x AGP card -- using 8x AGP with current
ASUS motherboard, large case with plenty of cooling of course, 430 watt
Antec power supply -- you need 400+ watts of power in this day and age
and even 500+ watts of power is not ridiculous if you are building a
power system
3. 512 megs. of 2700 ddr ram -- upgrading to 3200 ram -- 2 gigs -- will
use 512 chip in other system
4. 2 Hard drives using Ide interface -40 Western Digital gigabyte as
well as 80 Western Digital hardrive for XP Pro. and Windows Vista
Ultimate 32 bit -- RC1 with build 5728- have not got up the courage to
use RAID yet and not sure of support options if any of RAID in 98 Second
Ediition
5. Sound Blaster Audigy 1 -- great older sound card that is now the
minimum I think of the Creative line that is still supported with
drivers --- may have to upgrade this eventually but I hope Creative can
provide another solution that will keep 98SE in the loop -- critical
since I need 98 Second Edition for older legacy programs like Space
which runs in Windows 3.1 and greater and will not work in Windows XP
even with compatibility mode.
6. Printer -- Epson Stylus C64 -- nothing special -- now runs in Windows
Vista after loading current Windows XP driver and installing it on the
Windows Vista Ultimate side
7. 4.1 -- Speaker setup with Cambridge Soundworks -- decent older
speakers and subwoofers that I may eventually replace as funds allow
8. Windows Joystick --- Sidewinder Precision 2 Microsoft Joystick -- had
lots of fun with this in Wing Commander Prophecy -- I do not use it too
much nowadays
9. Microsoft Mice -- Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 -- older
optical mouse that is connected via USB works great + Microsoft wheel
mouse 3.0 w/ PS/2 connection that has older mouse DOS driver for support
in older DOS games
10. Microsoft keyboard --- Natural Keyboard Elite -- weirdly shaped but
I am getting used to it after using it for a while
11. ASUS Deluxe Motherboard and Plextor PX-708A DVD burner and Lite-On
CDR burner and Teac 3.5 inch floppy -- 1.44 mb -- still use this since
floppies are so cheap nowadays and although they hold very little -- if
I lose one it is usually no big deal and I keep backups of my data just
in case
12. Battery Backup -- Critical to protect against brownouts and other
power problems with the Electric Grid + other stuff -- too long a post
to go on anymore