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

Posted on 2021-07-11, 10:01

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by lolo799

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Here's the recordings of my HDD, since that definitely counts as a retro activity. Just_HDD.ogg This one is with the fan and speaker disconnected, and the case open. Open.ogg Fan and Speaker connected, still open. Closed.ogg Closed up as apple intended. The shutdown is way smoother on yours. Been …

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

Posted on 2021-07-09, 22:29

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by lolo799

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I’m legitimately surprised at how comparatively quiet my 80 MB SCSI drive is by comparison. How does it sound at shutdown? Make some recording, there is a lack of hdd noises collection thread on the forums! It's not a "real" hard drive unless it makes you fear for the structural integrity of the …

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Re: 56K (or slower) modems, how is their flash memory for firmware arranged?

Posted on 2021-07-09, 22:00

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by lolo799

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Something like that yes, Message Plus maybe, it was possible to upgrade the flashrom to support whatever happened between the two competing standards at the time.

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Re: 56K (or slower) modems, how is their flash memory for firmware arranged?

Posted on 2021-07-09, 19:47

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by lolo799

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I still have the USrobotics modem bought in the 90s in its box somewhere, it could work on its own to store voice and fax messages on flash memory while the computer was off. It might have been possible to use it as an automatic answering machine offering multiple choices to the caller as well as …

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

Posted on 2021-07-09, 14:52

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Removed the dead battery, the mobo reminds me a bit of the Acorn A7000 one by its size. 20210709_123109.jpg Transferred some files via floppy disks to try Linux/m68k 20210706_200050_1_1.jpg 20210709_123553_1.jpg It lives! 20210706_195337_1_1.jpg Waiting for some extra RAM to arrive. Lovely booting …

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Re: A troubleshooting guide for Caluser2000.

Posted on 2021-07-08, 19:59

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by lolo799

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The last time I remember compiling the kernel was to activate a commented out option in the sources for Linux for Playstation2 years ago, years ago.

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Re: Compaq armada 1750

Posted on 2021-07-08, 12:59

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You first need to know if it has a PCMCIA port, or PCCard. PCMCIA is very slow, but PCCard can handle wireless up to about 100mbps The usb 1 or 1.1 protocol can power up to the amperage required for most of today's accessories. Some pendrivers don't work either because they require a higher …

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Re: PC gaming magazines with full games

Posted on 2021-07-05, 14:19

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They were so many computers related magazines published in France, many were at some point in the mid to end 90s starting to give a full game or application each month. And not only PC centric ones, Macs magazines were doing it as well. I couldn't list the ones I got by memory, but the most notable …

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2021-07-05, 10:46

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by lolo799

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Guys, I'm thinking about how to bring files to T4700CT. Floppy dude is dead and taking HDD in and out is a mess. I bought a PCMCIA CF card reader on Ali (https://aliexpress.ru/item/1005002328839062.html) price was a joke so I wasn't thinking. But now wonder if such a thing will work in DOS on such …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-07-03, 23:06

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Nice machine! Got an older model last week with a coax network card installed, I'll need to find some Ts and terminators... 20210704_000957.jpg 20210704_001023.jpg20210704_001702.jpg You managed to score the one good 68k based Mac LC. It isn't crippled by having a 16 bit bus working under the 32bit …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-07-03, 22:32

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by lolo799

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Well, I managed to find myself yet another vintage Macintosh, this time one of the First-Gen PPC based machines that has that nice guitar boot chime. image0.jpg Here's a shot of that nice old processor, after the literally 26 year old thermal paste was removed. image1.jpg And nicely, it came with …

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Re: Does anyone know any "slave" board with memory processor, etc?

Posted on 2021-07-02, 09:26

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by lolo799

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The kind of cards you think of for personal systems did exist for a few PowerMac in NuBus or PCI format, Sun workstations had PCI addons cards too with emulated storage iirc and in some measure for the Acorn RiscPC (only as a 486 or 5x86 CPU add-on card, audio and video were emulated). I have a …

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Re: Does anyone know any "slave" board with memory processor, etc?

Posted on 2021-07-01, 21:58

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by lolo799

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but virtualpc and vmware are not emulators, they are virtualizers, they are almost the same thing as i install win98 directly on my core2quad, they can emulate a sound, video and network card, but they don't emulate a processor. The first version of Connectix Virtual PC for x86 host computers was …

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Re: Does anyone know any "slave" board with memory processor, etc?

Posted on 2021-07-01, 19:38

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by lolo799

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The kind of cards you think of for personal systems did exist for a few PowerMac in NuBus or PCI format, Sun workstations had PCI addons cards too with emulated storage iirc and in some measure for the Acorn RiscPC (only as a 486 or 5x86 CPU add-on card, audio and video were emulated). I have a …

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Re: Lol, anything out there that doesn't require an HDD?

Posted on 2021-06-26, 19:39

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by lolo799

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How much ram do you have? A ramdisk could be of use if your games need a minimal install just for config files and saves.

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Re: Partition software for Win98

Posted on 2021-06-26, 07:52

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by lolo799

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I found this freeware utility I never heard of. runs in dos use at own risk not recommended. https://web.archive.org/web/20190924014037/http://www.zeleps.com/download.html That one is good, and there is always the good old FIPS which was included on many Linux distros: http://archive.download. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-06-24, 18:21

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A quite handy usb/scsi adapter, a little 50 pins to 25pins converter and a Firewire Compact Flash reader. Filename 20210624_200011_1.jpg File size 144.75 KiB Views 418 views It's USB1.1, quite slow but good enough for the few SCSI devices I have. Filename 20210624_195758_1.jpg File size 80.15 KiB …

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Re: Roland Sound Canvas Prices

Posted on 2021-06-24, 18:09

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After shipping and everything else I have seen MK IIs on ebay for around 400$. That looked like the going rate when I was casually browsing. All of them coming out of japan. I use the Roland VSTi plugin instead, and then pass midi instructions to my modern PC using the Roland UM One USB midi …

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Re: Eiger Sound card doesn't work in dos...

Posted on 2021-06-23, 13:55

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by lolo799

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I tried to find all that soft, but can't find a working link to download... maybe you can send it to me ? Look for Systemsoft cardview on archive.org. Exact same card worked for me with these drivers. Note it does not require CS and SS, at least on my Thinkpad 360CE http://nwserveur.no-ip.org/ …

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Re: Eiger Sound card doesn't work in dos...

Posted on 2021-06-22, 20:01

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by lolo799

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List your config.sys and autoexec.bat. You're probably lacking Cardsoft Socket and Card Services, or you're using the wrong enabler. There are 2 very similar enablers, the one for the Fujitsu branded card is not exactly the same as the one for the Eiger branded one.

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