Re: Printing web pages from Vogons

Posted on 2023-05-25, 19:19

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by Ryccardo

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And I then really like to keep the page visually intact, instead of just a wall of text etc. Maybe it's more practical to save the page as a page? HTTrack is (IMO) the classic full site/page downloader, wget with a bunch of options is the runner-up, but for one-offs I like "Save Page WE" which, …

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Re: Printing web pages from Vogons

Posted on 2023-05-25, 07:14

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Yes, it's normal, of you look at the CSS you can (barely) see that a lot of options have the conditional ("media selector") of "@media screen"... and "Background graphics [and color", was called in IE6] is, well, just about that, not forcing the ordinary rendering in general; You can do that in …

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Re: Best Linux or Windows OS for a Pentium III??

Posted on 2023-05-22, 10:54

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It seems as if all major big distributions nowadays only do 64 bit. except "The Universal Operating System" (and Devuan, its fixed version which I recommend) :) Not as universal as 10 years ago, the "i386" version means Pentium Pro nowadays, same with OpenBSD which I also occasionally use, but even …

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Re: ide cf adapter udma 66/100 compatibility flop

Posted on 2023-05-20, 22:57

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by Ryccardo

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i'm a little perplexed on why this is happening. what is going on inside the connectors? i previously assumed blue, grey and black were all internally identical and the location of a cut wire determined the cable select positions. (so maybe without the cut wire only the blue/gray connector is …

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Re: Is a MK48T87B functionally compatible with a 1287 RTC?

Posted on 2023-05-07, 19:37

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According to the datasheet it's a "DROP-IN REPLACEMENT FOR IBM AT COMPUTER CLOCK/CALENDAR" so the basic functionality (I/O mapped SRAM with the first bytes shared with the RTC) is the same :) (This doesn't mean there may not be edge cases - the basic functionality of the DS12887 is also supposed to …

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Re: [ASRock Z77 Extreme6] Troubles with the PS/2 Combo Port when using a Y-splitter

Posted on 2023-05-06, 22:05

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Years ago when I bought a PS/2 Y cable for my Compaq laptop, the company that sold the cable had three different kinds of PS/2 Y cables; One for Compaq and two other kinds for other Laptop brands. I suppose they where all wired differently somehow(?) Generally for "PS/2 age systems", like these …

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Re: NUCs (and other really small PCs)

Posted on 2023-05-06, 20:27

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Obligatory shoutout to https://www.parkytowers.me.uk/thin/ - though if you want something modern, the frugal choice is an used USFF/Tiny computer like the Thinkcentre M73 I bought for 180 € in 2018, or to a lesser extent the larger but more flexible Optiplex 7010 I currently use (newer Dell USFFs …

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Re: Ripping mp3 from games with CD audio tracks?

Posted on 2023-05-06, 20:21

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1.- No cddb info for most games. I wanted my mp3 to have tags with titles... but it seems that info is not in (default) cddb database. Does anyone knows where can I get that info? Type them in yourself and then upload to freedb :P (Or even "better", they're actually complementary IMO though this …

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Re: Modern Retro PC cases, whats your favourites?

Posted on 2023-05-06, 19:49

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The In Win BL series takes a TFX PSU, uATX motherboard, low profile expansion cards, and have an external 5.25" and 3.5" drive bay. https://www.in-win.com/en/computer-chassis/bl-series/APAC I have a SiComputer Productiva XS (long-running series of a wholesale-only Italian computer brand) which is …

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Re: Shipping from US to Europe why so expensive?

Posted on 2023-05-06, 19:36

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Ebay will not accept a letter as safe shipment and will instantly reimburse the buyer Interestingly here in Italy it's no problem, as long as it's the premium "registered" service (that used to be the only option for legal matters) as opposed to the basic tracking on priority* mail that's much more …

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Re: Old IBM Terminal monitor

Posted on 2023-04-20, 18:45

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^ Yep but not in the photos, it's on the right side 😀

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Re: Old IBM Terminal monitor

Posted on 2023-04-20, 18:18

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by Ryccardo

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Big giveaway is that round connector (Twinax) - I vaguely know it was a big thing on AS400 - and THAT is the "computer input" (the other sockets on the left are respectively printer and monitor - apparently missing a cable according to the manual ) I did read, some years ago, about someone …

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Re: my collection now has more 64 bit than 32 bit, yours ?

Posted on 2023-04-15, 10:19

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Let's see: 32 bit: - generic PC Chips Celeron P3 tower - HP Vectra VL400 (Pentium 3) - generic Asrock Pentium 4 tower - Packard Bell iGO 4000 (Pentium 4 M) - iCOP 1st generation Vortex86 64 & 32: - Thinkcentre M73 (whatever's after Ivy Bridge) - Dell 755 (C2D, may get rid of it) - Dell 7010 (Ivy …

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Re: Olivetti PCS86 won't start - PSU?

Posted on 2023-04-10, 11:30

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D-Sub 15 conncector, but a D-Sub 9 MDA connector. Is there any way to make an adapter for this? Better solution would probably be to just get a display with vga output... ^^ Yep, nailed it - there are some such adapters but they are for early multimode VGA monitors, not for making a VGA card run in …

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Re: Magnetic Shielding in a PC Speaker

Posted on 2023-04-10, 10:49

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by Ryccardo

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Since you already have the monitor and the speakers... just put a nice picture on (windows + notepad will do) and bring them into place, magnetic distortion is gradual (and no shielding is perfect) so either it'll be unnoticeable or annoyingly obvious 😁

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Re: Annoying bug in printer scheduler for HP inkjet. Have to stop and start spooler to manually deleting in spooler fol

Posted on 2023-04-02, 17:23

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I thought this was corrected long ago starting with XP, seen this before. I'm running windows 10 with current version. No, in my experience it started with XP, and that's only because I don't remember much of when we used ME and a Lexmark Z52 whose problems were usually mechanical :P Invariably end …

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Re: Do you replace old case and PSU fans?

Posted on 2023-04-02, 09:49

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by Ryccardo

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No, if it's there and works it stays! Of course, given the love for plastic heatsink clips around the turn of the millennium, it refuses to "stay" most of the time... Meccano-mounted (or just rested on the motherboard for testing) 1200 RPM monster 14 cm fan to the rescue!

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Re: Problem with HDD/bios password on a Dell C610

Posted on 2023-04-01, 16:58

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to re-use the hard drive you can boot from a linux live cd and do a secure disk erase. This should remove the harddrive password and will remove all data present on the hard drive. Unfortunately you need the password to do that with ATA security (a problem solved in the SD Card equivalent... which …

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Re: Wario Land 2 Save Game Bug - Gameboy

Posted on 2023-03-31, 19:39

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by Ryccardo

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Nope, though I very vaguely remember using some kind of walk through walls cheat maaany years ago (around 2007?) - or was it Mario Land 2 or Wario Land 1, where you can easily go outside a level's area without gameshark/memory editing if you know how? I bet the cause is the same - your position …

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Re: After 40+ years of home printer technology, what have we learned?

Posted on 2023-03-31, 19:09

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by Ryccardo

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Rushed reply before I read the topic to avoid biases: Anything HP before 2012 or so (whenever they started taking down manuals and drivers for old PCs), can't really say what's up with them but - especially in printer space - they turned from kings to crap so quickly! Family color printer is still a …

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