Re: Volo's Gamepad to PS/2 Adapter. Device discussion (official thread) SHIPMENT POSTPONED DUE TO WAR (26.02.2022)

Posted on 2022-03-01, 04:44

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I've been away from vogons for some time now, but just thought of you Volo when I heard about the news of your country. Keep safe, hopefully everything will get solved soon.

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

Posted on 2021-10-04, 05:05

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Not PC retro related, but today I tried to play a CD on my discman sony D-E406CK: (pic is not of not my actual discman, but it is identical to mine) https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/GXYAAOSwrUlg-cvP/s-l500.jpg However it would not work. It turned on the screen for a second, turn the disc about 2 …

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

Posted on 2021-10-02, 03:42

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Not PC retro related, but today I tried to play a CD on my discman sony D-E406CK: (pic is not of not my actual discman, but it is identical to mine) https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/GXYAAOSwrUlg-cvP/s-l500.jpg However it would not work. It turned on the screen for a second, turn the disc about 2 …

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Re: Volo's Gamepad to PS/2 Adapter. Device discussion (official thread) (Starting shipping 31.08.2021)

Posted on 2021-09-18, 03:42

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Volo, this looks great. I'll see what I can do to pay for your adapters. If not, I may wait a bit until (if?) you make them available later with different way of payment. Thanks!

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

Posted on 2021-09-12, 14:50

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Caluser2000 wrote on 2021-09-08, 18:41: Installing Lubuntu 10.10 on my AMDk6-2 400 rig with 256megs of ram. Why? Because I bloody well can.....😉 Just out of curiosity: what do you use an old Linux distro for? I understand using old Windows for games, but what can you run on an old Linux that you …

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Re: maintenance floppy drives.

Posted on 2021-08-24, 00:42

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waterbeesje wrote on 2021-08-22, 21:33: Even butter would do better. This is an interesting thought.

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Re: Converting Digital gamepad into analog

Posted on 2021-08-22, 14:33

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IF the gameport-to-USB adapter included with [let's call it Xterminator rev.B ] also works with the (adapter-not-included, and different logo) Xterminator rev.A *, then your by-far-simplest hardware solution would be to just make your own passive adapter to USB, and leverage the already-existing …

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Re: Converting Digital gamepad into analog

Posted on 2021-08-22, 04:10

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IF the gameport-to-USB adapter included with [let's call it Xterminator rev.B ] also works with the (adapter-not-included, and different logo) Xterminator rev.A *, then your by-far-simplest hardware solution would be to just make your own passive adapter to USB, and leverage the already-existing …

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Re: Converting Digital gamepad into analog

Posted on 2021-08-21, 13:00

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So how exactly do this "proportional" D-pad and "proportional" flippers on the Xterminator work? They do not send a proper analog signal, I guess, otherwise they would just call them "analog". Do they have a few fixed levels? How does the Windows Game Controllers applet (joy.cpl) see them? They are …

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Re: What were the bootable ways to format a main hard drive of laptop ?

Posted on 2021-08-21, 03:47

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I would try to update teh BIOS to the latest version and see if there's any difference. Also, here are the user guide and hardware maintenance manual for your laptop, maybe there is something useful there: T570 User Guide: https://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles_pdf/t570_p51s_ug_en. …

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Re: Converting Digital gamepad into analog

Posted on 2021-08-20, 15:50

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So how exactly do this "proportional" D-pad and "proportional" flippers on the Xterminator work? They do not send a proper analog signal, I guess, otherwise they would just call them "analog". Do they have a few fixed levels? How does the Windows Game Controllers applet (joy.cpl) see them? They are …

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Re: Volo's Gamepad to PS/2 Adapter. Device discussion (official thread) (Assembly 12.08.2021)

Posted on 2021-08-20, 15:41

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arthur071169 wrote on 2021-08-20, 09:31: Paypal is definitely much easier for most people, and you can insist it is gifted so no additional fees. Sadly, some of us do not have the option to send money as gift using paypal, only the regular way.

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Re: What were the bootable ways to format a main hard drive of laptop ?

Posted on 2021-08-20, 04:55

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I am now pretty much confident that Lenovo blacklist some SSDs in BIOS and whitelist others. OEM 256GB Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK works right away but 500GB Samsung 970 EVO plus does not. My other PC reads 970 Evo Plus well with USB to NVME adapter: Sabrent EC-SNVE. I think twice next time I invest my …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-08-20, 04:49

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Law212 wrote on 2021-08-20, 02:37: Found this mouse today. Anyone ever seen one before? […] Show full quote Found this mouse today. Anyone ever seen one before? Is it metallic? if so: which metal? is it really silver? or more like polished steel or something like that?

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Re: Does anyone else experience Windows 98 randomly taking a VERY long time to load?

Posted on 2021-08-20, 04:47

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I experience this when the networking cable of my Win98 PC is unplugged. It happens because the loading of the OS seems to halt until the operation of the DHCP client fails, which can take more than a minute sometimes.

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Re: maintenance floppy drives.

Posted on 2021-08-20, 04:45

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Robin4 wrote on 2021-08-19, 22:45: Hi all What is recommended to grease the sliding rails of the head of a floppy drive? Lithium grease should work fine. Do not apply too much, though.

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Re: Build advice for ignoramus

Posted on 2021-08-20, 04:43

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I think for the voodoo 3 you can go with a Pentium 3, about 550 or 600MHz. Try to get a board with the intel 440BX-2 chipset, they seem to be the most compatible ones. The voodoo 5 would go well with a Pentium 3 of around 1GHZ, or even a Pentium 4. Intel boards are very compatible here, and also …

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Re: Converting Digital gamepad into analog

Posted on 2021-08-20, 04:32

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It would still be very interesting to come up with a solution if possible. After all, at heart we are only talking about a simple reading and translation of inputs. Easier said-than-done but still, it seems hardly "brain surgery", within the realms of computer science! It's not really that simple …

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Re: Blue Screen Crashing on W98 & XP Build

Posted on 2021-08-19, 22:11

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If you have changed all parts and the PC keeps failing the same way, I'd bet the issue lies in one of the parts you have not changed. It may sound silly, but try a different power supply and different HDD cables. Yes, cables can go bad. Also, I've seen memory that passes memtes86 but fail when used …

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Re: Converting Digital gamepad into analog

Posted on 2021-08-19, 21:59

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Sigh I will end up planning yet an other raspberry pi project and never finish it. I have so much other cool stuff to do! :-D I might just get an other joypad I guess hah. Sadly I could only find the box for my old gravis (the one that kind looks like a PS controller) pro maybe. A Raspberry pi …

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