Re: Software CDs -> Bulk archiving procedure & tool?

Posted on 2023-02-21, 02:53

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Sure, it's old, it's proprietary, it's weird.. But it does its job. Fair enough, but I *won't* sit down and rip it one CD after the other :D I think I got a solution. I can cobble together a little script to read from all drives at once and use Linux with "mkisofs". That should do the job just fine …

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Re: Software CDs -> Bulk archiving procedure & tool?

Posted on 2023-02-19, 16:35

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ISO's a terrible archiving format fwiw (no redbook tracks is the killer, but also no subchannels/protection data to have), at least consider bin/cue/ccd/sub. I get what you mean, but you need to consider what kind of data there is. Those CDs don't have any redbook tracks. In theory I could just …

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Software CDs -> Bulk archiving procedure & tool?

Posted on 2023-02-12, 14:26

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A while back I've made a few impulse buys and ended up with around 300 shareware CDs. Mostly cover CDs from random software/game magazines 1995-2003. I'd very much like to sit down some day and archive everything to push it to archive.org for others to browse around. The hardware wouldn't be the …

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Re: Poor abused Voodoo 3 3000 PCI ... could use some help saving it

Posted on 2022-04-12, 08:02

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Thank you all for the suggestions :) wear gloves and wet a dab on a cloth No way to apply anything directly with a piece of cloth. But the glvoes are a must of course! I have no idea what's in there, but old baked thermal compound just vanishes. Well, this much I can tell: This stuff is no normal …

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Re: Poor abused Voodoo 3 3000 PCI ... could use some help saving it

Posted on 2022-04-06, 06:59

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I would recommend trying to contact someone like TAGG XOC (on youtube) before holding the heat gun to the die. Oh, nice little channel. Will definitely check it out. I think I'll order some RAM in the meantime, while searching for ideas and asking around. Still the problem with the glued heatsink. …

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Poor abused Voodoo 3 3000 PCI ... could use some help saving it

Posted on 2022-04-05, 00:11

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Hey everyone! A while back I've rescued a poor little Voodoo from the dumpster. It's a 3 3000 PCI - SG version (210-0382-003) The picture of the cooler speaks for itself. Not to speak of the "DNA remains". I don't know what type of glue was used, but that stuff needs to go. Alcohol doesn't work at …

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Re: Sound Canvas comparison project

Posted on 2022-03-17, 12:54

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You can cover that device if you want [...] Yay! :D Gonna get it out of storage this weekend then. === Slightly offtopic: On the other side ... THANKS @Spikey !!!!! Because of this thread, while searching for a pic to post for the SD-35, I came across an SC-88 for sale and grabbed it immediately …

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Re: Sound Canvas comparison project

Posted on 2022-03-17, 10:55

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appiah4 wrote on 2022-03-17, 06:46: [...]SD-35 [...] Noooooo ... you've ninja'd me (by hours)! 😁 Got one too. And SC-55, but thats already covered I guess.

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Re: Point of sale systems - Cheap hardware, high quality ... or just a POS?

Posted on 2021-07-27, 13:22

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More pictures

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Re: Point of sale systems - Cheap hardware, high quality ... or just a POS?

Posted on 2021-07-27, 13:21

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nice photos looks like we get to see 2 models now Yep and here it is :) Intel Celeron D 352 (SL9KM) 512K Cache, 3,20 GHz,-533-MHz-FSB The clear cover is missing at the front, everything else just seems to need a cleanup. I think I'm gonna make the LCD cutout a bit larger (for another OLED or ... …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-07-26, 07:24

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Graphics cards bundle :) - Voodoo3 2000 PCI 16MB SG-RAM (210-0382-003) - Voodoo3 2000 (?) PCI 16MB SD-RAM (210-0366-001) - Voodoo1 Monster 3D 4MB (22150002-002) - ELSA Erazor II – P16 (nVidia Riva TNT), 16MB, PCI - ATI ALL-IN-WONDER RAGE 128 16MB PCI Not tested yet. Was a bit nervous if the package …

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Re: Point of sale systems - Cheap hardware, high quality ... or just a POS?

Posted on 2021-07-26, 07:14

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If you like it you could always use a IDE to SATA adapter? The ones I have right now are a bit ... let's call it wonky. Maybe I shouldn't have cheaped out on them. But I've talked to the seller. It was an honest mistake. They sent the right machine on the way and I'm gonna send back the wrong one. …

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Re: Point of sale systems - Cheap hardware, high quality ... or just a POS?

Posted on 2021-07-23, 06:54

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[Edit] Sorry, for doublepost. Not enough coffee yet ... [...] Got my package yesterday evening. Aaaaand ... of course it's the wrong model :( 5100 instead of 5200. It wouldn't matter much, but this one got no SATA ports and of course the awesome display is missing. Even if I kinda like the design of …

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Re: Point of sale systems - Cheap hardware, high quality ... or just a POS?

Posted on 2021-07-21, 13:53

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[...] some propietary hardware and lack some features that aren't needed for a POS system, in this case AGP. [...] True. But in this instance I've actively searched for a system without AGP because of the Voodoo 3 3000 (PCI). ISA would have been a nice alternativ to one of the PCI slots, but since …

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Re: Point of sale systems - Cheap hardware, high quality ... or just a POS?

Posted on 2021-07-20, 21:31

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Can't wait for it to arrive. So far it seems like standard hardware with a custom board layout and additional I/O and serial (up to 24V ... yikes. may need do try to disable them so prevent accidents. USB too) ports for drawer release and what else hangs around a cash register. Reminds me a bit of …

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Point of sale systems - Cheap hardware, high quality ... or just a POS?

Posted on 2021-07-20, 16:23

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Heya everyone :) Just out of sheer luck I've got my hands on some additional 3dfx awesomnes. So nostalgia is back on the menu for now. Because my retro systems are pretty much complete as they are, I was looking around for something *fresh*. I've stumbled upon some cheap POS systems (which I always …

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Re: Bad disks in big box games

Posted on 2016-08-08, 23:30

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I've always likes VGA Copy back in the day. The guy who developed it says it uses a bit of the vga memory to use DMA on low memory machines. Could get around read errors pretty good and had a nice interface. Last version is from 2006 and it's freeware now. Still native DOS. - heuristic bootsector …

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Re: System Shock 2 @ Windows 98/ME

Posted on 2016-08-07, 20:27

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Woah ... THANK YOU!!!! Kernelex did it! Didn't know this was a thing. Seems I need to learn a few things getting into the retro business. I found out Newdark needs the Visual C++ 2008 redist (msvcp90.dll and msvcr90.dll). Of course not much luck installing it, 2005 wouldn't work either. BUT copying …

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[Solved] System Shock 2 @ Windows 98/ME

Posted on 2016-08-07, 19:39

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Greetings! In a serious case of nostalgia I've cobbled a pseudo 2003 (my high time in gaming) high-end system together this week (the one from my signature). It may be a bit to high-end for Windows ME, but in truth I've always liked it and and XP was a bit to new for my taste :) It's pretty period …

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