Re: Noobs can pwn world's most popular BIOSes in two minutes

Posted on 2015-03-28, 00:53

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eL_PuSHeR wrote: It's up to mainboards manufacturers to patch up their lousy bios code. It's up to the end user to secure there own systems from abuse. Games over once you give your system to someone else.

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Re: What's a recommended live linux distro these days?

Posted on 2015-03-27, 23:46

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Linux has supported wifi out of the box for a while now. I'm using an old version of CrunchBang (based on Ubuntu and now no longer developed) Live Distro which I decided to install on the hdd. Being pretty minimalist I added few repositories and am running XFCE as my primary desktop enviroment and …

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Re: How do I setup a serial terminal with a modern system?

Posted on 2015-03-27, 19:56

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There's bucket load of tutorials for setting up terminals as QBin mentions. Even your humble XT can be used as one http://www.sorgonet.com/8086/8088_linux_dumb_terminal/ I just typed "Wyse 50 serial terminal linux" and this was my first hit http://www.vanemery.com/Linux/Serial/serial-console.html …

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Re: Need opinion on these ISA sound cards

Posted on 2015-03-27, 19:47

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Just try them all, pick the one that you think is better and then post back your results.

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Re: Question: Why do you think retro computing is important?

Posted on 2015-03-23, 23:28

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Nostalgia,-having something you could'nt own when new, learning, doing things that you never thought would be possible 20 or more years ago with them and there's is fun aspect as well. There's also a sence of community being a member of a forum/s for a specific breed of hardware.

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Re: MSCDEX alternatives?

Posted on 2015-03-23, 17:20

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That's the reason I asked the question, to determine what setup he has. His machine may well be able to use slaved IDE or faster ide cdrom off a sound card ide header. I've certainly done that in the past using a 286. In Robins case it just may be a "period correct" thing, which is ok as well. Of …

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Re: MSCDEX alternatives?

Posted on 2015-03-23, 16:45

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OT but is there any particular why reason you are using a 1x cdrom? They are very limited in the CD format types you can use.

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

Posted on 2015-03-22, 00:55

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Scored some software for my Acorn A4000 Acorn software.jpg ImageMaster with scanner drivers ANT Internet Suite II RISC ix Sleuth Equasor ArcScanner RISC OS printer spooler SCSI utilities Atomwide Pocket Ethernet adapter Replay Compression CableNews Splice Tween Mogul Euclid Orrey Logo GraphBox Acorn …

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

Posted on 2015-03-21, 22:15

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by Caluser2000

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smeezekitty wrote: I thought 3.11 requires a 386? Standard 3.1 will work on a 286. The wfw 3.11 setup WILL be a 486. Windows 3.11 on the other hand DOES run on a 286. Also wfw 3.1 will run on a 286 but you forgo the networking functionality.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-03-21, 01:28

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Picked up a beige LCD monitor. Filename IMAG0178.JPG File size 99.2 KiB Views 6104 views

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Re: Trying to set up Linksys Ether16 LAN Card Non-PNP

Posted on 2015-03-15, 06:27

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by Caluser2000

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It should be run directly from dos without the need to load the packet driver. That's not a good sign then that the card is not detected.

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2015-03-15, 06:15

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Filename xbill.png File size 13.73 KiB Views 1767 views

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Re: Trying to set up Linksys Ether16 LAN Card Non-PNP

Posted on 2015-03-15, 05:56

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by Caluser2000

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I take it you have the dos setup program for the card to set up its irq and base i/o address then. Does it have a half duplex/full duplex setting? If so try half duplex or whatever the opposing current setting is. Unrelated but it's probably a good time to mention there was a Winsock update for …

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Re: Need Easy-to-Acquire Edutainment Suggestions

Posted on 2015-03-15, 05:26

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I don't see Math Rescue listed. Rescue Rover is a nice little problem solver, my grandson likes it.

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Re: Trying to set up Linksys Ether16 LAN Card Non-PNP

Posted on 2015-03-15, 01:54

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by Caluser2000

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It's an ISA card so fitting it to a PCI slot will not work. Could be just a duff card, it happens. What version of Windows 95? Also do you have another card you can use? Testing the loop back or trying another ISA slot is a good idea though. Another thing you could try is dropping to dos or even …

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Re: Trying to set up Linksys Ether16 LAN Card Non-PNP

Posted on 2015-03-14, 22:23

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by Caluser2000

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Give it a static ip address and see what happens. Some older nics need to go though a 10/100 switch/hub to play nicely with more modern routers/networks.

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Re: DEAD hardware...any uses?

Posted on 2015-03-14, 22:12

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Some folk keep them to scavenge parts off of.

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Re: Where do you find your retro gear?

Posted on 2015-03-14, 20:04

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by Caluser2000

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My favourate? When folk just give me stuff. Had a 386DX25 system and a dead 486 dropped off under the car port while I was at work. An Intergraph system handed to me at work, as well as a flat screen crt 18.5" monitor and some Dell system with W2K on it.

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

Posted on 2015-03-14, 19:12

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Sweet!!Another 286 up n running. With a nic the world will be your oyster ;) 30 pin simm holders will fit into the SIPP holders if you ever decide to add more ram to the mobo. After a memory jog I tracked down a suitable cable to piggy back the LS120 drive to the back pack cdrom drive. It was buried …

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Re: Philosophy: What kind of office

Posted on 2015-03-14, 18:35

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Of course there's always BreadBox Ensemble http://www.breadbox.com/ or earlier GeoWorks versions. You don't even need Windows of any sort, just dos. For just basic Windows stuff I normally slap on Abiword for word processing. Though support has for Windows has been dropped Gnumeric might do for …

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