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Using i-RAM to preserve classic computers

Awesome idea. I hadn't thought of that. That even solves the volatility problem of using RAM. No need for a UPS in the event that the power goes out for more than 12 hours. Thanks Ayah!
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- Post #11
- Jul 23, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Using i-RAM to preserve classic computers

But of course, IDE hard drives will eventually disappear as well. That's only a temporary solution. Virtualization solves the software problem, but not the hardware problem. I use DOSBox to run DOS games on my Windows XP computer every day, and I've toyed with Virtual PC 2004 and hope to get...
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- Post #9
- Jul 23, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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HDrive question, need a quick answer.

Sounds safe to me, but how much information are you talking about recording? Personally, I'd grab a pen and write down everything that's written on it, and then there'd be no risk at all.
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- Post #4
- Jul 22, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Using i-RAM to preserve classic computers

Many older motherboards won't recognize hard drives larger than 520M/8G/32G. Soon all hard drives will be hundreds of gigabytes and require SATA, then they'll all be multi-terabyte Super SATA, then they'll go wireless except for the power connector, before finally being replaced by solid-state...
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- Post #3
- Jul 22, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Need some help with my friends computer.

Wouldn't it be easier to prevent him from getting viruses and spyware in the first place? Go get a free virus scanner like AVG Free Edition, a free spyware detector like Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition, and give him a basic course on how to avoid trojans by not running attachments or downloading...
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- Post #2
- Jul 22, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Using i-RAM to preserve classic computers

Gigabyte's i-RAM has gotten a lot of attention for the promise of extremely fast access time, but the 4 GB maximum capacity is a limiting factor on a modern computer. My first thought when I heard about it was that it could be used to replace aging hard drives on old DOS computers. I maintain...
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- Thread
- Jul 22, 2006
- Replies: 12
- Forum: Computer Building
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Free PC Games

The Zork Trilogy is NOT freeware. Activision made downloads of the games available as a promotion following the release of Zork Nemesis. The downloads contained the following license: GRANT. Activision, Inc. ("Activision") hereby grants you a non-exclusive license to use the accompanying...
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- Post #324
- Sep 2, 2005
- Forum: PC Games
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Dual floppy support

Oh, AN8! Sorry, I forgot about Abit. The Fatal1ty AN8-SLI and AN8-SLI do support dual floppy drives, though neither comes with parallel or serial ports, so make sure you have a USB printer or add a PCI card. Unfortunately, after hearing about the SLI X16, I really can't see myself buying...
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- Post #16
- Aug 9, 2005
- Forum: Motherboards
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Dual floppy support

I just downloaded the PDF versions of the manuals for the A8N-E, SLI, SLI Deluxe and SLI Premium and all of them showed only "Legacy Diskette A:" in the BIOS and didn't mention dual floppy support anywhere that I could see. That's exactly how it is with my K7V880, and an ASUS support tech...
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- Post #14
- Aug 7, 2005
- Forum: Motherboards
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Dual floppy support

The MSI K8N-Neo4 supports only 1 floppy, so the DFI LanParty may be the last of a dying breed. That's too bad since my last MSI board still supported two floppies. I did, however, find one PCI floppy disk controller. It's expensive, but it's designed to read almost every disk format ever. The...
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- Post #11
- Aug 7, 2005
- Forum: Motherboards
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Dual floppy support

Awesome, that's a good board. It's nice to know that DFI still cares.
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- Post #9
- Aug 1, 2005
- Forum: Motherboards
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Dual floppy support

The BIOS only has one entry for "Legacy floppy drive A:", and I can't get Windows to detect the second floppy. ASUS replied to me that their current motherboards only support one floppy drive. I don't understand why. If a motherboard has a floppy connector, why wouldn't the BIOS support two...
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- Post #7
- Aug 1, 2005
- Forum: Motherboards
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Dual floppy support

Yeah, that's a thought. They may eventually stop putting a floppy drive connector on motherboards at all, and there isn't going to be a 5.25" USB floppy drive. PCI should stick around for a while, though. Do they make FDC PCI cards?
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- Post #5
- Aug 1, 2005
- Forum: Motherboards
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Dual floppy support

Yeah, my Plextor 716SA can do that. Unfortunately, it refuses to play Commander Keen floppy disks. What's up with that? :P
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- Post #3
- Aug 1, 2005
- Forum: Motherboards
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Dual floppy support

I'm an old DOS guy and I even have my own DOS games website (www.classicdosgames.com), so I still use 5.25" floppies on a regular basis. I have always had both 3.5" and 5.25" floppies in all of my computers, which was never a problem until I got burned on my last motherboard purchase, an ASUS...
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- Thread
- Aug 1, 2005
- Replies: 16
- Forum: Motherboards

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