DJ Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 right this should be fun i know absolutly all about computers soooooooooooooooooooooo here goes. my mate at work has given me a pc. monitor,hard drive,keyboard,mouse.....the lot. ive set it all up in my front room and its all workin fine. i originally got it just to store all my pics,videos etc on as the laptop cant store much more ive now decided that i might aswell use it for the internet aswell. it seems to be an old system as its still got windows 98 on and ive been told i need an ethernet card for the back of it as its only got a dial up connection on it. i need to know what i need to tell you lot to find out what equipment i need. (pc model etc) im proper gonna have to be walked thru this so please have some patience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stu Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 If it's too old it won't really be useable on the web.. modern websites have too much going on in them that cripples older machines.. do you know the hardware spec? If it has PCI slots just pick up an Intel Pro100 or 3COM 3x905b type card.. both are well supported, although you may need drivers for win98. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeWee Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 THISYou are assuming he has PCI slots & does it work on 98? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykez69 Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 ive never known a pc to not have pci slots :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Posted January 22, 2009 Author Share Posted January 22, 2009 THISYou are assuming he has PCI slots & does it work on 98?PCI slots? are they at the rear and look like little drawers?? there is a space where it looks like something can go in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 (edited) ive never known a pc to not have pci slots :S http://www.yesterpc.com/Hardware/ISA%20motherboard/IBM%20XT/slideshow/IMG_3592.JPG THISYou are assuming he has PCI slots & does it work on 98?PCI slots? are they at the rear and look like little drawers?? there is a space where it looks like something can go in. No, you need to look inside the computer really. PCI slots are typically white. Like here :- http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/markn26/squidoo/motherboard-parts.jpg Edited January 22, 2009 by Stu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Posted January 22, 2009 Author Share Posted January 22, 2009 ive never known a pc to not have pci slots :S http://www.yesterpc.com/Hardware/ISA%20motherboard/IBM%20XT/slideshow/IMG_3592.JPG wtf is that?? that scares me !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeWee Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 ive never known a pc to not have pci slots :S You havnt lived young mike lol, the windows98 bit means it is very possible it doesnt, not 100% though of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykez69 Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 ive never known a pc to not have pci slots :S You havnt lived young mike lol, the windows98 bit means it is very possible it doesnt, not 100% though of course. well i can honestly say iv never had windows 98 lmao before my time this one then i think lol carry on oldies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig855S Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 could very well have AGP.. ID say chuck the system on ebay and spend the money on a basic XP build (u can build a basic system that is capable of browsing the net and watching some movies on for little over 100 quid) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeWee Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 could very well have AGP.. ID say chuck the system on ebay and spend the money on a basic XP build (u can build a basic system that is capable of browsing the net and watching some movies on for little over 100 quid) Accelerated Graphics Port?That wont help him source a slot for an ethernet card though. You possibly mean ISA slots craig, these were commonplace before (and after for a time alongside) PCI slots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duffa Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 give it up... win 98 gonna run like a snail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Posted January 23, 2009 Author Share Posted January 23, 2009 give it up... win 98 gonna run like a snailive left you a reply "on the other side" about that card you got Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mutley Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 you n00bs to the pc world make me laugh.. its all easy peasy nowdays .. plug and play pah.. you wanna be old school and use jumpers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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