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ONESTOP.MID ▀ GREAT MUSIC WRITTEN FOR TESTING PURPOSES BACK IN THE 90S

ONESTOP.MID ▀ GREAT MUSIC WRITTEN FOR TESTING PURPOSES BACK IN THE 90S

Ok, we are almost in the middle of the summer. Some words about computer music history to celebrate this. Onestop.mid is a midi file found within the Windows Media folder on most Windows starting from Windows XP back in the 90s. It was composed by David Yackley. Despite Wikipedia assurance that the main purpose of it was an easter egg thing, music was mostly used as a troubleshooting demo song for Microsoft technicians, which was available on almost all Windows installations.
MAXIMUM POSSIBLE HARDWARE CONFIGURATION FOR WINDOWS 2000 DATACENTER

MAXIMUM POSSIBLE HARDWARE CONFIGURATION FOR WINDOWS 2000 DATACENTER

Desperately need a help of Windows 2000 adepts. I’ve decided to build a [Windows 2000 Datacenter] machine. Especially after discovering the news about porting of modern fully-fledged [Supermium] browser into W2K environment. Here are the results of my investigations. Correct me and add additional preciseness to details. Important statements [please correct me if i’m wrong]: Maximum number of CPU threads including hyper-threaded ones can be 32 [so 16 cores + 16 HT threads is an absolute maximum] Maximum amount of RAM is 32Gb [accessible via PAE technology, which introduces some latency and affects performance a bit, browsing the web i’ve seen some non-clear evidence of 64gb RAM configurations].
AMD FX 8370 8-CORE CPU UNDER THE WING OF WINDOWS 2000

AMD FX 8370 8-CORE CPU UNDER THE WING OF WINDOWS 2000

▒ SOME PREFACE WORDS …. Is it really possible? Read on to find out. Windows 200 is known for very fast performance, even compared to Windows XP and famous for absence of preinstalled bloatware. However, lack of drivers and software cripple system a bit. I was curious about ability to use this old operating system in 2022, maybe not as daily driver, but as a backup machine for secondary tasks.
LATEST SOFTWARE FOR CLASSIC WINDOWS 98SE/2000/XP/7

LATEST SOFTWARE FOR CLASSIC WINDOWS 98SE/2000/XP/7

Some really quick software lists with information on which version of application is a last one to run on Windows 98/2000/XP/7. [Windows 98SE Gold] [Windows 98SE KeX] [Windows 2000 SP4] [Windows XP SP3] As for Windows 7 SP2 ESU i maintain my [personal list of trusted’n’latest software] . Coz Seven is my daily driver system. So Windws 7 list will be constantly updated! Don’t forget about my [dedicated WINDOWS 98/2000/XP/7 support page] Imagery by spacedrone808 @Adobe Imagery by spacedrone808 @Freepik
LIST OF COOL RETRO SITES DEDICATED TO LEGACY OPERATING SYSTEMS

LIST OF COOL RETRO SITES DEDICATED TO LEGACY OPERATING SYSTEMS

UPDATED: 2021-10-05 Some good old-school sites regarding ‘puters and technology. I will update this post when stumble upon something very cool. [Razorback95] ► cool guy doing retro stuff [DXZeff] ► small vintage computer forum, also guy has pretty neat YT channel [Retro revival blog] ► excellent selection of vintage software [Vogons forum] ► the most important place for old school gamers [Old-games.ru portal] ► very vibrant old games Russian community
FASTEST AMD-BASED CARDS FOR LEGACY WINDOWS 98/2000/XP/7

FASTEST AMD-BASED CARDS FOR LEGACY WINDOWS 98/2000/XP/7

Quick breakdown of the most powerful AMD-based cards for legacy operating systems. [X850XT PE] ► WINDOWS 98 [official drivers] / Omega drivers ] [HD 3870 X 2] ► WINDOWS 2000 [official drivers] plus some INF tinkering, will review that one later on [HD 5970] ► WINDOWS 2000 [Blackwingcat hacks] [R9 270X] ► WINDOWS XP [official drivers] [6950XT] ► WINDOWS 7 [official drivers] ◄ currently rocking on that one under Windows 7 wing.
░ ■▀■ WINDOWS 7 X64 EXTENDED SUPPORT + CLASSIC 98SE/2000/XP

░ ■▀■ WINDOWS 7 X64 EXTENDED SUPPORT + CLASSIC 98SE/2000/XP

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