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MYX:
Missed that, sorry.

Tiger-Heli:

--- Quote from: Fozzy The Bear on March 02, 2006, 11:45:32 am ---
--- Quote from: MYX on March 02, 2006, 11:41:08 am ---Well, I have the ArcadeVGA card. Should I put that in and use my arcade monitor for the install? I will have to turn my head sideways to read anything though.

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First thing to do... as I said,  is do a basic win98 install then run the XP compatibility tester.  That might give you the answers you need.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

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And/or, as I said earlier - leave 98 on it and use the iRotate program with the Arcade VGA (assuming they are compatible) - http://www.entechtaiwan.net/util/irotate.shtm

leapinlew:

--- Quote from: Fozzy The Bear on March 02, 2006, 11:45:32 am ---
--- Quote from: MYX on March 02, 2006, 11:41:08 am ---Well, I have the ArcadeVGA card. Should I put that in and use my arcade monitor for the install? I will have to turn my head sideways to read anything though.

--- End quote ---

First thing to do... as I said,  is do a basic win98 install then run the XP compatibility tester.  That might give you the answers you need.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

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Yeah, I usually don't think about the compatability tester... I've never had good luck with it - it almost always reports that XP will run into issues. I don't believe it.

As Julian suggested though, running 98 on this machine may be a better option. Does 98 install and run on the machine?

Tiger-Heli:

--- Quote from: leapinlew on March 02, 2006, 12:00:14 pm ---As Julian suggested though, running 98 on this machine may be a better option. Does 98 install and run on the machine?

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Well, it used to run on it in Reply #10.  Whether it installs on it now . . .

cdbrown:
Doesn't have a special onboard controller like a promise chip or something.  My old PC had a Promise controller which required special drivers to be installed during setup.  I'm pretty sure along the bottom of the screen it displays Press F6 for additional drivers otherwise it loads up standard drivers - of course then it can't actually control the hard drive properly.  It eventually asks for the driver which I had on the 3.5".  I eventually worked this out after a few restarts of the installation process.

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