Re: Terminals, Terminal Emulators, Thin clients and seriel/parrallel file transfer and communication.

Posted on Yesterday, 16:15

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by lolo799

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I wanted to transfer some screenshots a while ago from 2 machines running BeOS without network cards, so i did what any sane person would which is not to try to free a pci slot for one but instead used a combination of tar -z (or maybe just zip), uuencode and cat to get the files out of the serial …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-05-23, 17:44

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by lolo799

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If you are feeling lucky you can try Scitech Display Doctor 7. It's abandonware and freely available if you search for it. Best case scenario you get 3D Accel and OpenGL going. Worst case scenario it screws up your entire install and you have to start over. Tried it, OpenGL works, the samples work …

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Re: How to get a packet driver onto my IBM XT

Posted on 2020-05-22, 20:55

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by lolo799

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I usually use ZIP for that, but that's assuming you have the debug and mode commands on your XT to transfer the program itself in the first place: Re: transfer files to old computer

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-05-21, 19:59

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by lolo799

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Installing Win98 on a Nexterm RT500 Geode LX thin client, finding drivers for it is probably not happening, maybe vbemp works on it... See if the driver bundle referenced in this blog entry will work -> http://www.toughdev.com/content/2015/03/exploring-amd-geode-lx-tr2350-mini-x86-compatible- …

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Re: Bought these (retro) software/OS today

Posted on 2020-05-21, 18:57

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by lolo799

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Received earlier this week: Filename SuSE 7.0 PPC.jpg File size 28.22 KiB Views 52 views Filename SuSE 7.0 PPC hardware.jpg File size 47.53 KiB Views 52 views I have two compatible machines on that list, hopefully atleast one of them still works...

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Re: Pentium 100S - 32MB - 2MB VGA - Ensoniq Soundscape Elite - DOS Midi Tower

Posted on 2020-05-21, 09:22

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by lolo799

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Any free PCI or ISA slots in it? I don't really like cramped desktop style cases for the lack of expendability, but then I have 9 desktop computers...go figure!

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Re: Gameport device not connected

Posted on 2020-05-21, 09:13

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by lolo799

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Only one version, but they don't to my knowledge and testing work under DOS as they can't communicate even in analogue mode, unless you're thinking of the 3D pro and not the freestyle pro(freestyle pro is the gamepad with motion control 3D pro is the joystick) The 3D pro does have limited dos …

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Re: Which old game would you like to see a remastered version of?

Posted on 2020-05-21, 08:57

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by lolo799

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Some genres have somehow gone extinct and they used to be incredible fun, I don't see why they are not revived as simple indie games; topdown racing games like Super Cars 2, Skidmarks etc. for example, where are they now? A potential sequel to Skidmarks was planned for PC and PS1 but was never …

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Re: Gameport device not connected

Posted on 2020-05-20, 21:27

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by lolo799

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In plain DOS, yes, with the Freestyle in analog mode, games just go through the usual joystick calibration routine. I played old flight sims with it, like Wings of Glory, Xwing and Tie Fighter Dos collectors editions, racing games like Indycar, stuff like that. I think there was only one version, …

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Re: Gameport device not connected

Posted on 2020-05-20, 20:16

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by lolo799

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Ah, wait. But you did install the Sidewinder Software 3.x, didn't you? It will not work without it, as it has no fallback mode to work as an ordinary analog joystick/-pad (unlike the Sidewinder 3D and the Gamepad). It will also not work in DOS because of this. The Sidewinder Freestyle works …

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Re: Treasure trove of vintage computers shutting down, what to get?

Posted on 2020-05-18, 15:14

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by lolo799

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If it were me i'd take the tower on the 3rd picture, the grey desktop on the 9th, and either the Celsius 1000 on the 8th or the blue ibm on the last picture...

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Re: ALR 6x6 Revolution and other PPro system with CPU from 4 to 12, OS choosing etc.

Posted on 2020-05-15, 17:35

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by lolo799

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Impressively cool! Have you ever tried running BeOS on that thing? Edit:the 450GX chipset is supported according to the Intel compatibility list. Someone did try it, found this screenshot in the ALR 6x6 Resources Archive on vogonsdrivers: Filename BeOS_screenshot.jpg File size 98.82 KiB Views 82 …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-05-11, 16:01

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by lolo799

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See if the driver bundle referenced in this blog entry will work -> http://www.toughdev.com/content/2015/03/exploring-amd-geode-lx-tr2350-mini-x86-compatible-motherboard/ Thanks for the link! I'm using Windows 98 1st edition, audio refuses to install, network does but complains it doesn't work and …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-05-11, 14:13

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by lolo799

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Installing Win98 on a Nexterm RT500 Geode LX thin client, finding drivers for it is probably not happening, maybe vbemp works on it...

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Re: Curious MPEG2 Decoder card... Help

Posted on 2020-04-30, 15:11

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by lolo799

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Now it's not the same chipset. There may be a card by Upmost that uses the Odeum chip, but i can't find the exact model...

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Re: Curious MPEG2 Decoder card... Help

Posted on 2020-04-30, 10:29

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by lolo799

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The driver and soft were available there: https://web.archive.org/web/19991104081502/ht … rt/drv_mpeg.htm

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Re: Windows 9x Parallel Port Compact Flash Reader Now (Mostly) Working in MS DOS 6.22

Posted on 2020-04-25, 19:26

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by lolo799

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

It uses the same driver as the Datafab model. You can directly load the driver from the .bat file, no need to add them into your config.sys.

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Re: Data recovery from a Broken Hard-drive.

Posted on 2020-04-21, 19:41

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by lolo799

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Could you try this tool on your hdd to see if you can access the files: https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk

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Re: Panasonic CF-62 PCMCIA woes - need drivers

Posted on 2020-04-21, 18:31

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by lolo799

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The drivers i put the link to is the one from the Panasonic ftp for your model, not sure why you you won't try it...

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Re: Panasonic CF-62 PCMCIA woes - need drivers

Posted on 2020-04-20, 22:54

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by lolo799

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Did you try that specific version of Cardsoft for Windows 95? Is 32bit pcmcia support active in Windows 9x? Alternatively, you can find a trial version of Cardware for Win98 at http://tssc.de

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