Repacking prortable system battery packs.

Posted on 2020-12-22, 06:30

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by Caluser2000

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After the successful rebuilding of my NEC PC-8201A system I'd thought I'd try something a bit newer. In my HP/Compaq CQ62 I have a a battery pack that is totally dead and wont take a charge at all from my CQ62 desktop set up or notebook. HP Part number is is MU06 so quite readily available and used …

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Re: Best Chess for Win9X?

Posted on 2020-12-22, 06:13

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by Caluser2000

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Bruninho wrote on 2020-12-22, 06:10: Netflix’s “The Queen’s Gambit” influence? 😀 Do you intend to have another thread killed?

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Re: Ultimate OS/2 Warp 4 machine?

Posted on 2020-12-22, 01:54

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by Caluser2000

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dr.zeissler don't forget the Dani or IBM upgraded IDE drivers during your initial installation. Regarding NT vs OS/2 networking performance. NT was built specifically for 32 bit network support from the outset whereas OS/2 wasn't. That was the primary reason MicroSoft dropped out from the OS/2 …

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Re: Recomended OS, software and games for a late 286?

Posted on 2020-12-21, 20:30

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by Caluser2000

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Dos 6.0 MS-DOS 6.0 is buggy, avoid. 6.20, 6.21, 6.22 are OK, and they are pretty much equal - the only difference is in disk compression software. Yeah and a lot of Dos software complained about having the wrong Dos version unless setver was in place on MS Dos 6.x. GeoWorks Pro 1.2 is one example. …

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Re: Recomended OS, software and games for a late 286?

Posted on 2020-12-21, 18:53

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by Caluser2000

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Wfw 3.11 will not run on a 286 and Windows 3.1 is as fast/faster than 3.0 with more software. Wfw 3.11 needs 386SX or higher to because it runs in 386 Enhanced mode as mentioned above. There are half a dozen core files available to update Win 3.1 to Win 3.11(note-NOT Wfw 3.11 which is a different …

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Re: Recomended OS, software and games for a late 286?

Posted on 2020-12-21, 18:32

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by Caluser2000

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Later things need protected mode Windows 3.1 on a 286 runs in protected mode - it's called "Standard mode". Later things need "386 Enhanced mode". Yip and a 286 will run Win3.x in standard mode quicker than a equivalent 386SX setup. My 286/12 setup runs MS Windows 3.1 fine and is my main IRC client …

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Re: Recomended OS, software and games for a late 286?

Posted on 2020-12-21, 16:56

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by Caluser2000

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It's a bloated load of shit. I've got a boxed copy of IBM OS/1.3EE. Wouldn't touch it a barge poll. IBM were stupid in insisting on keeping it 286 compatible. Total waste of resources. Well, yes, OS/2 is too heavy for typical 286 machines. On the other hand, it's the most advanced system one can …

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Re: Recomended OS, software and games for a late 286?

Posted on 2020-12-21, 08:13

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by Caluser2000

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appiah4 wrote on 2020-12-21, 07:36: OS/2 1.3 ftw. It's a bloated load of shit. I've got a boxed copy of IBM OS/1.3EE. Wouldn't touch it a barge poll. IBM were stupid in insisting on keeping it 286 compatible. Total waste of resources.

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Re: Recomended OS, software and games for a late 286?

Posted on 2020-12-20, 18:24

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Upgraded it to 4mb ram now so that gives me a bit more to play with when running Windows. It will probably accept more but I'm not sure if I have any 4mb 30pin sims that I can put in this project at the moment. It probably won't accept more using SIMMs - 286 boards with support for 4 MB modules are …

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Re: Recomended OS, software and games for a late 286?

Posted on 2020-12-20, 16:59

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by Caluser2000

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Don't forget to post pics of your progress 😉

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Re: Recomended OS, software and games for a late 286?

Posted on 2020-12-20, 16:41

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by Caluser2000

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I run MS Dos 5.0 and Windows 3.1 on my Zenith 286LP Plus (286/12) with 8megs of ram. On my first 286, a generic 286/16 clone system, in the very early '90s I ran DRDos 6.0 and GeoWorks Ensemble 1.2 Pro. Later upped the ram from 1meg to 4megs and ran MS Windows 3.1. Eventual you will find a 100meg …

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Re: Bruninho's Virtual Machines (Windows, Linux, Mac)

Posted on 2020-12-20, 07:34

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by Caluser2000

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Been busy studying a bit of Magento Frontend Development these days, so not much retro computing stuff done. Hopefully I can do some soon after the first days on my new job next week. 3D games have been around since well at least MS Windows 3.1 on x86 systems. Is you r setup not good enough to run …

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Re: Celeron 400 for DOS?

Posted on 2020-12-19, 16:08

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by Caluser2000

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It'will be fine.

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Re: Let's talk about our hated trends

Posted on 2020-12-19, 00:06

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by Caluser2000

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It's been mentioned a few times, but I hate that a few days ago I couldn't browse the web comfortably on my Phenom2 3x3.6GHz system. It was incredibly laggy on some sites. What the hell. I still believe in basic HTML, but there's no way to get the world to go back to it now. It got "old", didn't …

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Re: Getting ancient ASC-88 SCSI controller to do something useful

Posted on 2020-12-18, 23:52

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by Caluser2000

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For some months now I've had an ancient 1986-era ASC-88 8b SCSI controller knocking around in the bottom of my 'to-do' box. Now I have an XT-class machine (Olivetti M24) I've decided to see what this device can do. I've been testing on a 486 system. Hi, A bit late, but... still around? I have some …

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Re: Barrel battery alternative ?

Posted on 2020-12-18, 17:27

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by Caluser2000

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adalbert wrote on 2020-12-18, 17:10: So please tell me how to fit AA battery here 😁 It's easy enough to make or buy a small enclosure to fit to the rear of the system.

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Re: Barrel battery alternative ?

Posted on 2020-12-18, 17:09

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by Caluser2000

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I just install fully charged NiHi AA or AAA batteries to the EXT_BAT connector making a holder out stuff laying about. If it charges well and good. If it doesn't still all well and good. No need to over think these things at all...

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Re: I really love portable games and programs!

Posted on 2020-12-18, 12:29

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by Caluser2000

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Cyberdyne wrote on 2020-12-18, 12:25: Well not windows games.... usually. What version are you talking about here?

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Re: I really love portable games and programs!

Posted on 2020-12-18, 12:16

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by Caluser2000

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I don't really get what this post is really about. Games have always been portable from the first time I put a 3.5" floppy disk in my pocket...

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Re: Why are 3Com NICs regarded in such high regard?

Posted on 2020-12-18, 00:27

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by Caluser2000

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Anthing based on realtech chipsets for me on pci systems including wireless networking. On ISA systems I'll use anything as long as there are windows or packet drivers for it. My main go to nics though for isa systems are GeniusLan DE220 series cards. Never failed me.

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