Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2017-02-14, 19:20

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Little bit of LucasArts (TIE Figter CE was just a box but I already had the contents to fill it with): http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee443/Ariakos/Pelit/20170210_132514_zpsi65zhoce.jpg And my latest Ultima game: http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee443/Ariakos/Pelit/20170214_201451_ …

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Re: Crazy Idea - MT32 WaveBlaster Card

Posted on 2017-02-04, 21:52

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Well.. there do seem to exist PCMCIA MIDI cards.... Yes, they do exist. But they are few in actual numbers and even if you happen to have one it's always in General MIDI, not LA Synth. Quite understandable since LA synth was pretty much old news when PCMCIA cards came available and GMidi was The …

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Re: Crazy Idea - MT32 WaveBlaster Card

Posted on 2017-01-31, 20:57

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This is a neat project. But the things I would do for an MT-32 in a PCMCIA form, though... 🤑

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1991 Dream Machine (386 DX/33)

Posted on 2017-01-31, 20:49

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Motherboard: MG 38606 Cache: 128k CPU: Am386 DX-40 (choked to a DX-33 because of motherboard's restrictions) GPU: VFI VG-5000 512kt ISA (Tseng Labs ET4000AX) RAM: 8mb HDD: Western Digital Caviar 1.6Gb (with EZ-drive software) Floppies: 3.5" 1.44mb (Panasonic) and 5.25" 1.2mb (TEAC) Optical: DVD-R/ …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-01-26, 19:40

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Chassis badge & 386 CPU. And in case you're wondering... they're for separate projects. 🤣

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2017-01-17, 15:56

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Yet more Ultima. http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee443/Ariakos/Pelit/20170117_121525_zpsqlw54aer.jpg And flea market find: Curse of Monkey Island on sleeve (not even proper CD cover... but what the hey it was 1€). http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee443/Ariakos/Pelit/20170117_121647_ …

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Re: HardMPU, anyone?

Posted on 2017-01-15, 07:31

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I'm drooling... just a little bit. 🤣 Gotta buy as soon as they become available!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-01-11, 12:10

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Nothing too fancy, just a VLB controller card with two IDE interfaces (+ floppy, COM & LPT). Finally my VLB-486 project can have more than 2 IDE devices attached at the same time... 🤣

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2017-01-09, 21:27

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Yet another Ultima added to my collection. 😁

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2017-01-03, 09:22

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Just got another piece of Ultima from eBay (there was also a soft cover Ultima guide by Shay Addams included in the bid):

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Re: Show off your tiny PCs

Posted on 2017-01-02, 06:42

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by Ariakos

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Toshiba Libretto 50CT Pentium 75 32mb RAM 770Mb HDD

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-12-29, 15:49

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Couple a months ago I missed a great retro opportunity in Amibay: Toshiba Libretto mini laptop with Roland SCP-55. I was late only a day or two. Somebody had already made a contact with the seller and they came to an agreement. Good for them (sucked for me). I just couldn't let the idea go... So now …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-12-21, 22:04

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Standard buffer gates and an optocoupler. It'd be a good, straightforward project for anyone interested. I bought the parts for a simplified MCB-1 project a long time ago. The idea was to build only the MIDI OUT parts of MCB-1 so I could use MIDI modules through the MPU-401 part of LAPC-I. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-12-21, 18:16

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I finally found it: a loose Roland MCB-1 for my LAPC-I at "reasonable" price (~50€). http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee443/Ariakos/Retro-PC%20Vogons/20161221_200245_zpsd9yo3jzt.jpg Now my Roland MIDI collection is fully satisfied (for now at least). I have LAPC-I, MT-32, SC-55 MkII and SCP-55. I …

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Re: Roland SCP-55 PCMCIA sound card in a Toshiba Libretto 110ct?

Posted on 2016-12-20, 22:02

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Sorry for necroing the topic but I recently acquired the SCP-55 and eagerly tried to install it in my IBM Thinkpad 600E. I just thought to share some insights I achieved from the process. First of all, Win95 was no-go with Thinkpad 600E for me. I couldn't get PCMCIA drivers to work in Win95 or in …

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Re: Interview with AdLib employees! [done on 17/12/2016]

Posted on 2016-12-20, 07:36

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Whoa. I'm eagerly waiting for the edited version. Interview opportunities like this are pure gold. Also I'm sad that Adlib Gold never really got going on.

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Re: DOS games Sango Fighter & Sango Fighter 2 are available for free

Posted on 2016-12-20, 07:04

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I remember playing Sango Fighter (shareware or demo version with only two characters) with my 486 when I was desperately looking for some kind of replacement for Street Fighter 2. It was a decent clone of SF2. Thanks for the info, I'll definitely check them both now and relive my old memories! 😀

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2016-12-16, 16:21

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I got this IBM Thinkpad 600E (with carrying case, PCMCIA WLAN card & external floppy drive!) as a giveaway. It has lots of scratches & dents. The docking port especially is little bent (probably fixable, though). Despite the rugged looks it works perfectly. Awesome! :cool: http://i1228.photobucket. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-12-16, 13:04

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I recently "rescued" a Roland SCP-55 with breakout box from the Japanese Yahoo auction site to here in Europe. 🤣 It finally arrived today!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-12-15, 12:07

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Christmas came a tad earlier to my home... 😁

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