Re: Will the Book 8088 be a future classic?

Posted on 2024-05-25, 21:39

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by AngelaTheSephira

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It is worth nothing that the CGA solution they have in this thing (and I think the 386 laptop they have) is actually two ASICs duct-taped together based on the IBM CGA schematics from what Ive heard *and* is a discrete card sold separately on their store. Only Book 8088v1 is equipped with CGA by …

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Re: Anyone know what this ISA card is for?

Posted on 2024-05-25, 04:10

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by AngelaTheSephira

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The EPIC chips are 16C552 chips, which are dual 16C550 chips. Those are serial UARTs. This card is a 4-port serial card. Two serial ports are on the 37-pin connector, and the other two on the two 26-pin pin headers. For the 37-pin connector, you need a break-out cable that converts it into 2*25-pin …

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Re: UMC and PIC IDE controllers

Posted on 2024-05-25, 04:09

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by AngelaTheSephira

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The fact the UMC one isn't working is odd, I've always heard UMC stuff was rock solid. I wonder if something's damaged.

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Re: Best inexpensive Windows 98 CD-RW drive

Posted on 2024-05-25, 04:04

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by AngelaTheSephira

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I remember Optiarc being a Sony-NEC joint venture. NEC drives were actually good, but I have also had lots of Sony drives fail. Samsung was slightly better, but still not what I would consider good. Unfortunately, at this point, all of my IDE optical drives have failed, and every drive I get fails …

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Re: Note FM Tracker

Posted on 2024-05-25, 04:02

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by AngelaTheSephira

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I hate to necropost, but has the entire music... I guess catalogue that was made with this program been archived anywhere? if not, anyone with access to it might want to do that before the servers are gone for good, if they aren't already...

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Re: Which USB 2.0 cards for old motherboards

Posted on 2024-05-25, 03:59

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by AngelaTheSephira

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What cards have you guys used that work reliably on old boards? I have a card with a VIA controller and it isn't even detected by 440BX or AMD 750. It does work on newer chipsets like KT266 though. Stupid question... Why did you want to connect this? For speedy USB 2.0 access to a flash drive. But …

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Re: Will the Book 8088 be a future classic?

Posted on 2024-05-25, 03:56

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by AngelaTheSephira

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A quick glance at the schematics shows that the video adapter shares the same interface as the Pocket 386. I personally don't really like this, it makes all the parts for the Book 8088 v2 go to waste. Edit: Also look like we can slot both 8086 & 8088. the technology is around and if enough of them …

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Re: Will the Book 8088 be a future classic?

Posted on 2024-05-25, 03:54

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by AngelaTheSephira

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It is worth nothing that the CGA solution they have in this thing (and I think the 386 laptop they have) is actually two ASICs duct-taped together based on the IBM CGA schematics from what Ive heard *and* is a discrete card sold separately on their store.

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Re: Newly made PCMCIA sound card

Posted on 2024-05-21, 22:31

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by AngelaTheSephira

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I also would really like one of these. Any word on pricing yet?

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Re: PicoMEM : Pi Pico on ISA, with full Memory and I/O bus access

Posted on 2024-05-21, 22:30

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by AngelaTheSephira

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Oof, that sucks. AFAIK the PCMCIA standard is just an ISA slot. EDIT: If the schematics ever get released, I may look into that. EDIT TWO: It is a 16-bit ISA slot, but it also has 24 address lines instead of just 16; and it has a system for getting data about the card like power requirements and …

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Re: Compaq FDD on parallel port - How to make it work?

Posted on 2024-05-21, 01:57

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by AngelaTheSephira

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There was mention of this So the bios detects it. but, indeed that does not rule out that some wires might be faulty. The best part is that no two vendors did the cabling the same way, often not even between different machines in the same line. So, the only way to know for sure is to either take …

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Re: PicoMEM : Pi Pico on ISA, with full Memory and I/O bus access

Posted on 2024-05-20, 02:22

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by AngelaTheSephira

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Will this be available in a PCMCIA form factor? Last time I checked, Freddy doesn't have PCI, PCMCIA, VLB, or even 16 bit ISA in his plans at his time. Oof, that sucks. AFAIK the PCMCIA standard is just an ISA slot. EDIT: If the schematics ever get released, I may look into that. EDIT TWO: It is a …

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Re: Compaq FDD on parallel port - How to make it work?

Posted on 2024-05-20, 01:55

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by AngelaTheSephira

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Dangit, I was hoping it would work out of the box since I'm fairly certain on later model compaq m700 it actually does work, though I would have to check to be 100% certain. I guess a driver of some sort will be required for these older machines, although since the bios sees the external drive when …

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Re: PicoMEM : Pi Pico on ISA, with full Memory and I/O bus access

Posted on 2024-05-19, 21:08

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by AngelaTheSephira

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Will this be available in a PCMCIA form factor?

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Re: Compaq FDD on parallel port - How to make it work?

Posted on 2024-05-19, 21:01

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by AngelaTheSephira

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Does the drive not respond when attached and you try to do a DIR B: in dos ? I tried and no it does not work. Dangit, I was hoping it would work out of the box since I'm fairly certain on later model compaq m700 it actually does work, though I would have to check to be 100% certain. I guess a …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2024-05-19, 20:55

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by AngelaTheSephira

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I've always wanted a PC in a clear acrylic case, and finally I got around to making one... I aimed for a late Windows 98 machine (with XP on dual boot), hence the specs: Sempron 3000+, ASUS K8V Deluxe, 512MB RAM, GeForce 4 Ti4600, Yamaha DS-XG. Since the mobo had onboard SATA, I went ahead and used …

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Re: Have you opened your SC-55 to check the battery inside?

Posted on 2024-05-19, 20:51

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by AngelaTheSephira

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Slightly offtopic, but it's a shame looking through this thread from the start and seeing all the dead TinyPic links. So much lost...

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Re: What happened to the Spez FTP archive?

Posted on 2024-05-16, 23:43

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by AngelaTheSephira

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kingcake wrote on 2024-05-15, 21:06: I have never had the supposed built in FTP in Win10/11 actually work. It always gives errors. Good old Filezilla will work no problem. Except it's not working. Everything is failing to see that IP at all or even get DNS for it on my home network.

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Re: What happened to the Spez FTP archive?

Posted on 2024-05-15, 20:05

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by AngelaTheSephira

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For some reason, my ISP is blocking that IP. I wonder why, or if they even know it's being blocked. Depending where you live this might be more of a political issue than technical one. Food for thought. Nah, I can access both Russian and Ukranian sites just fine. Unless the FTP server itself is …

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Re: What happened to the Spez FTP archive?

Posted on 2024-05-15, 20:04

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by AngelaTheSephira

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For some reason, my ISP is blocking that IP. I wonder why, or if they even know it's being blocked. If you are behind a Carrier-Grade NAT some simple implementations (without ALG) break, among other, the FTP protocol. I wouldn't expect an ISP using such a thing nowadays but who knows... Can you …

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