Re: Old scsi peripherals on modern PC?
Posted on Today, 12:39
There are usb to scsi adapters from Adaptec and other brands, they will be more expensive than PCI cards.
Re: Debian Live - recovery by image on early 90s PCs
Posted on 2023-05-26, 20:44
You can also use a one-floppy Linux distro for the purpose, or a multi floppies rescue system, like the slackware boot and root/rescue disks: Re: Retro OSes for retro computers
Re: Debian Live - recovery by image on early 90s PCs
Posted on 2023-05-26, 18:47
On what kind of machines will you use this bootable CF card? Do you plan to dd the images from what source, the same card running linux, network?
Re: Any codec to make MovieCD (MVI2) videos?
Posted on 2023-05-26, 18:34
The compressor was available with the 2.72 version but it requires a license number. Re: old video formats for pentium 1 I posted screenshots on the last page of that topic.
Re: Monitor Adapter For Apple Power Macintosh G3 PowerPC - What Are They Called?!
Posted on 2023-05-25, 09:05
There are also many PCI graphic cards for Mac with both db-15 and vga connectors.
Re: Monitor Adapter For Apple Power Macintosh G3 PowerPC - What Are They Called?!
Posted on 2023-05-25, 07:20
Look for "mac db-15 to vga", there are many different models, some with dipswitches that let you select resolution and some very simple that only works upto 640*480. https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/documentation-for-db15-to-vga-adapters.318/ One of the simpler model is on amazon.co.uk https:// …
Re: PCMCIA cards
Posted on 2023-05-23, 08:36
You were correct and I even looked at that, but as I said, it is by adapter which means it really does not support express card and will be limited but the pcmcia slot anyway unless I am missing something. I will see how the amtron works but I think it will be great for my needs. we will see. I'm …
Re: PCMCIA cards
Posted on 2023-05-22, 19:44
To add to what Bondi wrote, there are also external docks with PCI slots that use a Cardbus card to connect to a laptop. Your laptop supports ExpressCard 34, you should look more into that type of cards for a performance boost: USB3.0, eSata, and adapters to full size PCIe or M.2 miniPCIe. I like …
Re: PCMCIA cards
Posted on 2023-05-22, 12:11
To add to what Bondi wrote, there are also external docks with PCI slots that use a Cardbus card to connect to a laptop. Your laptop supports ExpressCard 34, you should look more into that type of cards for a performance boost: USB3.0, eSata, and adapters to full size PCIe or M.2 miniPCIe.
Re: "New" to mobile/cellular data, help me calibrate my brain plz....
Posted on 2023-05-20, 08:10
Thanks, Opera Mini it is, good plan to use a different browser fine tuned for data. Current plan is $200 CAN yearly, unlimited talk/text US/CAN roaming, plus the spoonful of data and the new trickle. I was on a $100 a year pay-as-you-go plan with only free incoming, eves and weekends free outgoing …
Re: "New" to mobile/cellular data, help me calibrate my brain plz....
Posted on 2023-05-11, 15:24
Install Opera Mini if you can, there's an extreme data saving mode which is useful. Or atleast disable images loading in whatever browser your phone has. By sheer curiosity, how much are you paying for your mobile plan?
Re: NEC PC-9821 XT13 - P133 - Windows98/DOS - Voodoo Banshee - YM2608 - Roland MPU
Posted on 2023-05-10, 20:13
Very interesting machine! Could you try some specific pc-98 midi software? From the list I posted at Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?, especially sctime. And MIMPI v4, it must look great on a crt: http://www.oekaki.org/yuji/graphic/mimpi/mimpiv4.htm
Re: Retro OSes for retro computers
Posted on 2023-05-04, 15:58
Today, we will reach the sky with SkyOS, a one man project from Australia started in the late 90s as free, the system became commercial after a point, but the author decided to release the latest beta version publicly after stopping its development. Austria, not Australia. It basically was a one …
Re: PCMCIA Sound Cards
Posted on 2023-04-28, 15:40
Thanks! I noticed all the links to the pictures in the first post don't show up anymore, i'll try to fix it at some point... Yeah I remembered they use to work and lol 😆 are you willing to part with any of the pcmcia in your collection 🤔 All the pictures are still there on my internet provider …
Re: PCMCIA Sound Cards
Posted on 2023-04-28, 13:39
Thanks! I noticed all the links to the pictures in the first post don't show up anymore, i'll try to fix it at some point...
Re: What DOS games are there that support two simultaneous joysticks?
Posted on 2023-04-28, 08:46
LewisRaz wrote on 2023-04-27, 16:19: Settlers 2 had a split screen mode but not sure if you could use 2 joysticks The first Settlers game also has a splitscreen mode, you can use 2 mice with it, the 2nd player can use either a serial mouse, or a joystick. I think it's the same for Settlers 2.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2023-04-28, 08:39
Haa I still have my HP 48G calculator with all manuals from back when I was at engineering school: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_48_series It was amazing back then, you could transfer files to it via serial cable, share files between calculators using IR and there were even some games. It has a …
Re: Heart Of Darkness PC vs PS
Posted on 2023-03-18, 15:54
The above link will expire in 2 weeks. If I scan the whole magazine I'll upload it on archive or somewhere else.
Re: Heart Of Darkness PC vs PS
Posted on 2023-03-18, 15:19
I scanned the Heart of Darkness article from Edge issue 20 Filename 1.jpg File size 244.27 KiB Views 215 views https://www.mediafire.com/file/kqczg1w7kmn7p6 … 95-HoD.zip/file
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2023-03-07, 22:18
Got a proper cable SAS cable at last for the harddrives I had found last year: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1113934#p1113934 After some unsuccessful reformatting attempt with the LSI card bios, I managed to format them to 512 bytes per sector using the sg3 utils, and test them with hdat2. …
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