LaserBoy
Software => Other software => Topic started by: meandean on May 11, 2009, 11:21:31 pm
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Well, I just set up Win7 32bit RC1 (I plan to check out the 64bit rev later)... Not exactly a laser topic, but we all know the drill- inside of 6 months, all over-the-counter PC's will have this thing, so I thought it would be worth a look. It installed quite easily on my old Athlon system, but there's much testing to do... I've already noticed that its Media Player can play multi-channel wave (I couldn't get that to work in Vista, as it does in XP). Anybody else out there using Win7?
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I installed it on a Virtual Machine to check out. It seems OK.
I don't plan on doing much else with it until RTM, though.
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its bad ass.. its fast... and it is lean..
I work for a MS Partner and we have had RC1 for a while and like it..
RC1 will not make it to retail. i believe RC2 will tho.
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this is nice..
http://apcmag.com/windows-7-to-include-virtual-xp-for-100-xp-compatibility.htm
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I'll pass on that. I'd rather just update my software instead of running it in a virtual machine.
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well i was thinking about software that maybe is no longer maintained or some old game that you might be addicted to.
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I don't have anything that falls into that category but I know what you are saying. I'm not sure how well games would perform under virtualization, though. Also, the PC has to support virtualization in hardware for it to work. My current system doesn't support that but it is an old P4. Maybe the ones with hardware virtualization would run the stuff at near normal speed.
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thats the idea i think.. most modern machines are dual core or better and support this feature
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I like what I see so far, I doug out an old 60GB HD to test Win7_32 on an Athlon system from the 03 time frame.
It does seem to move along well, as far as startup and shutdown goes (some of that has to do with the fact that the
installation hasn't been junked-up with extra garbage yet- it's quite a novelty to see a clean desktop for the first
time in awhile). My only disappiontment so far is that it can't run old 16bit DOS apps in full-screen graphic mode
as XP can (32_Vista has this problem, too).
Media Player handles multi-channel wave (I don't know what Vista's problem is), and I was able to get my USB sound card
to work right out of the chute without having to dig for a driver (and nearly all of my other hardware was picked up
automatically as well)! I've only had it a day, but Win7 is already looking better than Vista (that's not hard to do)...
I'm curious about the XP virtual emulation mode- I haven't played with that yet.
I'll have to get my hands on a spare SATA drive to test the 64bit rev on my newest machine...
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The question is..........
Did you drop the hard drive on your driveway? :o ;D
Just checkin' ! ;D
James. :)
Would you please save me the time and agony of downloading this?
I'd like to have a copy!
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I could give you a copy, but you'd still have to get your own product key from MS to get the thing activated...
Downloading actually was painless, it took maybe 40min or so, and I didn't have to babysit...
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Oh.
Well maybe you could come over and hold my hand while we do it together.
You know how I am! O0
(I just had to use the new emoticon)
We need a good raspberries!
James. :)
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Does anybody know why 64bit Windows can't run 16bit code?
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Pride. :)
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Serious???
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Nah, I don't know why but it doesn't really surprise me considering that 16 bits app are pretty ancient. Try Win 3.1 in a Virtual Machine or something.
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I could give you a copy, but you'd still have to get your own product key from MS to get the thing activated...
Downloading actually was painless, it took maybe 40min or so, and I didn't have to babysit...
Well I have most of the information ready for Micro$oft to get my product key..... I'm still working out the sperm sample. :o ;) %) ;D
James. :)
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im re-installing 64bit 7 rc1 on my laptop this week.. im going to quad boot XP, Vista, 7, and sabayon linux
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What about OS/2? You slacker! ;D
James. :)
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back off or its gonna be OS/2 the moon for you
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The patient is stable... I finally got the free Win7_64 upgrade for the Toshiba laptop I bought a couple months back. The install took a long time, but nothing bad happened (they made it a point to state that 'Installation and use is done at your own risk'). Everything that I tested so far worked OK, except for my USB DAC (imagine that). I have the earlier CM106 card, and was using it with the CMedia driver in Vista64 with no problems. After the upgrade, I went to open the CM control app, and it locked the computer hard <rudeboot>. I then tried to uninsall the CM driver, knowing that Win7 has a simplified driver of its own, but the uninstall failed. Gee, let's try to reinstall the driver <reboot>- it still locked up when I opened the control app <rudeboot>, but I was able to sucessfully uninstall the driver after the system came back up <reboot>. Win then loaded a driver on its own, but it still didn't work right, as all 8 channels got crammed into stereo. Anyway, I found that even though the CM control utility went away with the uninstall, Win was still using the CM driver- I then switched it to the Win driver from the Control Panel. At this point, X & Y were OK, but nothing was coming out of the other channels <reboot>; and we're back in Kansas.
Months back, I had a much simpler experience with a trial rev of 7 on my desktop PC, but that was because I loaded it fresh on its own HD, and never installed the CM driver in the first place. If you have the later CM6206 with full 8ch wiring, keep in mind that the simplified driver does not cause or support the swapping of channel pairs 5&6 and 7&8, so you may have to modify your wiring for B&I and LR audio in the correction amp.
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Here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Sinclair-ZX81-Computer-Kit-25-Years-Old_W0QQitemZ170409112315QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item27ad2cb2fb
This is a much better computer and OS!
James. :)
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Unbelievable... O0
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Isn't that a beautiful thing? ;D
I kinda' want one! %)
Do you still have yours?
I traded mine for a Baldwin Double Six Electric 12 String Guitar just a few years after I got it.
I still have the 12 string!
If you look inside the grand fold LP jacket for Queen Jazz, it's right there in the middle.
This is half of the inside photo.
(http://vinylrecords.ch/Q/Queen/Jazz/queen-jazz-13.jpg)
The 12 string (not actually the one I own) is at the far left, in front of the huge drum set. It looks a bit like a Strat, but it's big, thick, solid, rock maple and weighs more than any other guitar I've ever picked up. It's a cinder block or two!
James. :)
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Yeah, I still have it, but the 16K memory module edge connector has a ding in it- I don't know whether it still works or not.
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I'm sure it can be fixed!
I took my 16K module apart and F-ed up the ribbon between the two boards. I replaced it by solding individual wires from one board to the other and it worked great after that!
GAWD! I have no idea why I remember these things! %)
James. :)
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What a deal! They're only asking 250% of the original price! ;D
Since we're on the subject of antiques...
I'm fixing up the Bootsy Speakers!
(Home made, crazy loud, 18 inch PA woofers with four piezo tweeters in each 12 cu. ft. box... circa 1985!)
I'm going to list them on craigslist.
I'm looking at $20 each for replacement, 15000uF, 100V, electrolytic caps for the 150W / ch. Fischer amp that goes with them. Remember that?
I'm hoping to get a new pair of scanners out of the sale of either the speakers or maybe both.
James. :)
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Let's here it for William Bootsy Collins!!!
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These speakers are easily worth $1,000,000.
We both know this.
James. ;)
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I had a Super 80 (Z80 based 1MHz machine 16K), I had a MicroBee Z80A 32K 4MHz (I think), it did graphics (sort of). Ahh CPM2.2, now there was an operating system, oh yeah and it had a 3.5" floppy that could hold 720K (wow I'll never fill that up).
Plus I built various other kit computers, those were the days when machine code was the go.