Re: Compaq Evo N400c - Upgradability and more questions

Posted on 2020-08-05, 14:14

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by lolo799

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hi, and welcome to Vogons! Your username is familiar, I know you from AG/OG, right? I'm using unclejun there. I'll answer what I can without knowing the model specs: 2)BeOS won't work with over 512MB of RAM unless you use a patch 3) CF to IDE is the simplest as CF card are IDE devices, the CF to IDE …

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Re: Emulation on MS Windows 3.1x ?

Posted on 2020-08-05, 10:45

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by lolo799

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in Console & Arcade Emulation

Found another Apple II emulator for Win 3.1x called "Apple II Oasis": http://web.archive.org/web/19991005224658/htt … ley/Lakes/4414/ https://www.sac.sk/download/utilmisc/a24w_260.zip

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Re: Novell suggestion: upgrade your PC speaker

Posted on 2020-08-03, 20:52

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by lolo799

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

An interesting thread from last year with PC speaker music: System Beeps - a PC Speaker music album

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Re: Most beautiful Dos-Games for a 486...what are your favorites?

Posted on 2020-08-01, 21:19

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by lolo799

in DOS

in DOS

"Monster Attack" looks promising! Turbular Worlds does not scroll so nice on Mac as on PC due to the upscaling of the 320x200 to 640x400. Same goes for JazzJackRabbit2 on Mac with no hardwarescrolling. ---edit: Monster Attack is Krypton Egg ? Every tenth level in Krypton Egg is a special level, …

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Re: Sidewinder gamepads any good?

Posted on 2020-08-01, 19:52

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by lolo799

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Talking about DOS gamepads, I bought that one atleast a year ago: Filename 20200801_144451.jpg File size 56.69 KiB Views 95 views Filename 20200801_144627.jpg File size 49.84 KiB Views 95 views

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Re: Most beautiful Dos-Games for a 486...what are your favorites?

Posted on 2020-08-01, 19:41

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by lolo799

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in DOS

Turbular worlds has also very nice gfx a stutterfree-scrolling. nice! It's a great game, been enjoying it since I found the demo on a coverdisc in 94... Tried the Mac version today on my 6100, because why not play both versions at the same time! tubworldmacdemointro.png If you like Breakout clones, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-07-21, 18:32

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by lolo799

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I purchased a Compaq Armada 7792DMT laptop the other week. It was listed as spare/not working but the picture showed it powered on to Windows 95 and it was very reasonable priced. The laptop arrived today and overall its a really nice example, although its going to be a project as not everything is …

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Re: Compaq Deskpro build for OPENSTEP and BeOS

Posted on 2020-07-17, 09:13

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by lolo799

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Cool machine for playing with other OSes than Windows 9x. Have you thought about trying Rhapsody on it? There is plenty of gaming to do in BeOS, and MIDI related stuff as well. Starting with R4, BeOS has both x86 and PPC versions on the same CD by the way.

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Re: games that are better on a Macintosh

Posted on 2020-07-11, 09:03

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by lolo799

in Macintosh Emulation

in Macintosh Emulation

dr.zeissler wrote on 2020-07-11, 08:23: mklinux That's what I thought, you'd probably like what I've been posting in the retro OS/software purchases thread! Just got my 6100 out yesterday, why do I have 4 DOS compatibility cards for it and only one PDS slot...

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Re: games that are better on a Macintosh

Posted on 2020-07-11, 08:23

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by lolo799

in Macintosh Emulation

in Macintosh Emulation

Yes, it's a difficult choice! Are you running linux/ppc or mklinux on your 6100?

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Re: games that are better on a Macintosh

Posted on 2020-07-11, 08:16

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by lolo799

in Macintosh Emulation

in Macintosh Emulation

My 6100/66 is hybrid. It has 66Mhz PPC and 486/66 Dos in one machine. So no chance of getting a g3 update in that machine. it's simply not compatible with the 486/66 in the PDS slot. More 6100/DOS on LGR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UclHrIIaYA btw. the 486 card has a real SB with a real OPL3 ! …

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Re: Bought these (retro) software/OS today

Posted on 2020-07-10, 20:17

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by lolo799

in Milliways

in Milliways

The CD also includes the full FreeBSD 2.2.5, but what makes it interesting is the other stuff! Filename PocketBSDbook.jpg File size 41.15 KiB Views 378 views And a handful of coverdiscs from the japanese Mac Power magazine Filename macworldcd.jpg File size 169.19 KiB Views 378 views

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Re: Best OS with support for Dual Pentium Pro’s

Posted on 2020-07-10, 10:49

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by lolo799

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The title should have been "what is the best Windows OS for a dual PPro"! Cause the answer concerning compatibility and driver support is this: https://web.archive.org/web/20000815094229/http://www.be.com/support/guides/beosreadylist_intel.html But it all comes down to what you want to do with the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-07-10, 10:31

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by lolo799

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Predator99 wrote on 2020-07-10, 10:10: This will go to Ebay. I have no use for it and need some refund.... IMG_9682r.jpg IMG_9678r.jpg IMG_9680r.jpg […] Show full quote This will go to Ebay. I have no use for it and need some refund.... IMG_9682r.jpg IMG_9678r.jpg IMG_9680r.jpg A 9500 i see, it's a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-07-10, 09:38

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by lolo799

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Predator99 wrote on 2020-07-10, 09:29: Cool stuff! In the lot °2 picture there was a PowerMac motherboard, could you take a close picture of it? Thanks.

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

Posted on 2020-07-08, 19:47

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by lolo799

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Interesting, but did it mean that the drive couldn't work anymore or it happened sometimes and ruined the disk? Also I'd like to ask about the power supply. Does anyone has the diagram of the connector? I've seen is a 5V 1.0A one but which is the polarity? Just got a multimeter out, positive inside …

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Re: PCMCIA Storage

Posted on 2020-07-06, 20:09

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by lolo799

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Originally it came with a DOS bootable diskette, that had HDD cloning/backup software. It basically cloned sector by sector the internal HDD to the one connected to PC Card. Bit it was limited to 10 drives. The diskette was copy protected, and is not available online. Which is sad as it would be a …

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Re: Buying advice on a Compaq LTE 5000 notebook

Posted on 2020-07-05, 14:21

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by lolo799

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The only caveat i see is the price... You could get a Compaq Armada 1590 series foror a Toshiba Tecra 500cdt for example, and from the prices i see, for way cheaper than the LTE 5000.

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Re: MP3 player on a 386/387?

Posted on 2020-07-05, 09:52

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by lolo799

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Thread is here: MP3 hardware decoding ISA cards

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Re: MP3 player on a 386/387?

Posted on 2020-07-04, 17:46

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by lolo799

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

There were ISA boards for decoding mp3, i made a thread about those years ago...you'll have an easier time making the parallel device from the c't mag than finding one of the ISA cards though!

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