Re: Digital Starion 800i restore.
Posted on 2024-09-29, 02:12
Might find something here: Starion (All) Support Files and Links Starion 2xxi-9xxi Support Files and Links
Re: IBM-7024 PowerPc
Posted on 2024-08-09, 02:27
Some of these machines could run NT4, but supported configurations were fairly specific and limited. The NT 4.0 HCL lists these as being compatible: IBM RISC System/6000 7024 Model E20 Server 604/100 IBM RISC System/6000 7024 Model E30 Server 604/133 The pictured CPU card is a 133Mhz PowePC 604 so …
Re: What Are Your Favorite Motherboards?
Posted on 2024-08-06, 02:41
I think this Octek Hippo DCA2 looks pretty nice with the dark solder mask, black memory slots, yellow tantalums and labels: PXL_20240410_104206386.jpg Plus its got an MR-BIOS and it uses weird RAM which makes it more interesting. Haven't had a chance yet to see if its weird ED-RAM really does …
Re: Post Your Arsenals
Posted on 2024-07-13, 23:12
I don't even know for sure how many computers I have, much less have a list of them or what is inside them - this is something I'm working on but it takes a while to fully dismantle, clean, photograph and document just one computer. What I have done so far is here: https://www.zx.net.nz/computers/ …
Re: Looking for a way to 'BBS' in Windows 3.11
Posted on 2024-07-10, 22:04
I haven't used MS-DOS Kermit, but having a quick look at the manual connecting will involve something like the following: set tcp address 192.168.0.42 set tcp subnet 255.255.255.0 set tcp primary-nameserver 192.168.0.1 set tcp gateway 192.168.0.1 set term type Ansi-bbs set port tcp bbs.example.com …
Re: Looking for a way to 'BBS' in Windows 3.11
Posted on 2024-07-05, 01:24
Any thoughts on Kermit for DOS? It was known for having a bunch of terminal emulations. And it's still out there http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/mskermit.html so you can download a legitimate copy. I was about to suggest this. I believe running under Windows 3.11 was a thing it officially supported. …
Re: Bought these (retro) software/OS today
Posted on 2024-07-04, 21:29
Oh well, perhaps I read your question a teensy bit too literally then, heh... But seemed like you were a 'collector' of sorts, hence the vast array of options. At least now you know they really do exist on CD. No, no, much appreciated! Actually found myself the 1998 MSDN Platform Archive. There's …
Re: The AT cases with built-in stereo speakers thread!
Posted on 2024-06-03, 21:27
https://www.vogons.org/download/file.php?id=66789&mode=view Does anyone have info on how to connect all the wiring to make this one work? And who is the manufacturer of this case? Do you have one of these cases/do you have more photos? I assume the case has two 3.5mm jacks on the back and you just …
Re: Do you keep a tech-journal?
Posted on 2024-05-18, 11:52
Photos are very handy. I regretted not doing them when I went through and inventoried all my displays and loose expansion cards. Not making that mistake again - now everything gets photos! These days I'm trying to document things I have in enough detail that I don't need to actually go and find the …
Re: Do you keep a tech-journal?
Posted on 2024-05-15, 01:37
I document everything on my website. At first this was mostly limited to providing general information on some of my more exotic machines (AlphaServers, MicroVAXen, SPARCstations, RS/6000, etc) that might be of interest to others, but more recently I've been inventorying my PCs and started putting …
Re: How to install MSDOS 6.22 without disks?
Posted on 2024-04-18, 23:21
e0x is available from here: https://kannegieser.net/veit/programm/ If the disks are numbered (eg, disk1.img, disk2.img, etc) you can press F11 to go to the previous disk or F12 to go to the next disk. E0x flashes the border around the screen (won't appear on virtualbox) once its finished mounting …
Re: How to install MSDOS 6.22 without disks?
Posted on 2024-04-15, 00:03
I've used a floppy drive emulator program, e0x, to install DOS 6.22 from disk images living on a network drive. I've got a boot floppy that connects to the network, mounts a network drive, checks the state of C: and if its unpartitioned, unformatted or C:\command.com doesn't exist it mounts MS-DOS …
Re: Octek Hippo-VL Motherboard Repair Help Needed (MR BIOS)
Posted on 2024-04-10, 19:27
My board is this: PXL_20240410_104123782.jpg Which seems to match this page on TRW: https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/octek-hippo-dca-ii-486-33 - I assume its the same as what appiah4 had, though perhaps there are other models with this DCA stuff. I wonder what the chances are of finding more …
Re: Octek Hippo-VL Motherboard Repair Help Needed (MR BIOS)
Posted on 2024-04-10, 10:15
I pulled one of these boards out of storage and was struggling with the same beep code issue thinking the BIOS ROM was bad or, worse, the motherboard was bad. Eventually I landed on this post so figured I might as well post what ultimately fixed the problem for me. Reading the manual on TRW it turns …
Re: Alpha Dec Vobis
Posted on 2024-03-31, 04:55
What exactly is the machine? There were a bunch of different computers with an Alpha EV5 CPU so it's kind of like saying "windows setup can't find the hard disk on my Pentium 3 computer" If the computer has AlphaBIOS there is an option in there to partition the hard disk and launch windows setup. …
Re: DOS/SMB/Mounting images
Posted on 2024-03-30, 05:29
I'd like to point out that OP didn't specify any protocol/fs, so things like NFS or Novell Netware are still on the table. Though I have little experience with both, at least within DOS, but maybe one of you guys has an idea how appropriate they'd be here? The few NFS solutions I've tried have …
Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2024-03-20, 19:58
Had a Celebris GL 5133 a few pages back in this thread: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1228227#p1228227 Wow I had no idea they were that expensive! A really unusual buy in Ireland for 1995 that's for sure (especially because tech cost a lot more there even today) so I'm wondering was it …
Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2024-03-20, 00:11
@https://www.vogons.org/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=50642 You seem to like DEC computers! I've only encountered one in the wild before (actually my college may have had some old ones waiting to be recycled but I can't really remember). I found a DEC Celebris GL 5133 in a skip probably around …
Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread
Posted on 2024-03-18, 20:04
And for archives sake just a few more: IMG_20240307_160222.jpg IMG_20240307_160244_HDR.jpg IMG_20240307_160258_HDR.jpg IMG_20240307_162621_HDR.jpg Never seen one of the x86 Multias before! The case seems to be the same as the Alpha version, just with different plastic on the front. Looks like your …
Re: Computers based on the 80188 processor
Posted on 2024-03-09, 07:14
Only place I've ever encountered a 186 is on the DEC TQK70, a QBus TK70 (DLT II) tape drive controller for MicroVAX systems: Filename tqk70.jpg File size 114.45 KiB Views 706 views File license CC-BY-4.0
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