Re: What is this external 5.25" floppy drive and what does it go to?

Posted on 2021-06-18, 03:49

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by Kahenraz

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That's been my thought and there isn't much of a difference in storing the bare drive over the enclosure. But being able to hook up an external 5.25" to PC would be pretty sweet.

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Re: What is this external 5.25" floppy drive and what does it go to?

Posted on 2021-06-18, 00:06

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Re: What is this external 5.25" floppy drive and what does it go to?

Posted on 2021-06-18, 00:03

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by Kahenraz

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More photos for you guys. Thanks for the interest! I was surprised to see that the floppy drive was manufactured by EPSON. I didn't know that they made this kind of hardware back in the day. Maybe it's rebranded? IMG_20210617_195535.jpg IMG_20210617_195501_resize_79.jpg IMG_20210617_195430_resize_2. …

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What is this external 5.25" floppy drive and what does it go to?

Posted on 2021-06-16, 18:33

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by Kahenraz

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I've references online to this being referred to as "CMS Enhancements", " EF-360U" as well as it being related to Heathkit. But what does it go to? What computer can it connect to and what software can be used to communicate with it? It's in excellent condition but I can't plug it into anything. …

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Re: Lessons learned while setting up my Fujitsu LifeBook U810 Mini-Notebook (UMPC)

Posted on 2021-04-02, 04:39

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by Kahenraz

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It's important that you install the Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 as this is what the tablet drivers are expecting. They also require that you have either DotNet 2.0 or 3.5 (which includes 2.0) installed otherwise the tablet drivers will install incorrectly and throw message box error on boot. …

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Re: Lessons learned while setting up my Fujitsu LifeBook U810 Mini-Notebook (UMPC)

Posted on 2021-04-02, 01:24

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by Kahenraz

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Truly a great little machine; mine is coral pink :D Folding it back for tablet mode, horizonal mode is a great gimmick. Fujitsu are really good in providing legacy drivers too. That's pretty cool. I knew that Fujitsu made a variant of this notebook in white but I didn't know that there was a pink …

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Why does mt32d listen on ALSA address 130:0 instead of 128:0?

Posted on 2021-03-29, 06:56

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I downloaded and built munt and when I start it up it listens on port 130:0 and 130:1 export ALSA_OUTPUT_PORTS=128:0 export SDL_AUDIODRIVER=alsa ... $ mt32d MT-32 emulator ALSA address is 130:0 Buffer resize: Requested 40 msec got 40 msec / 60 periods Starting MT-32 core MT-32 emulator ready …

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Re: Lessons learned while setting up my Fujitsu LifeBook U810 Mini-Notebook (UMPC)

Posted on 2021-03-28, 23:58

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by Kahenraz

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OpenGL Quake (fitzquake) running at full FPS at 1600x1200 on an external monitor. There is no VGA connector on the unit itself. A dongle is required. Filename IMG_20210328_194836.jpg File size 1.97 MiB Views 127 views Filename IMG_20210328_195958.jpg File size 1.78 MiB Views 127 views

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Re: Lessons learned while setting up my Fujitsu LifeBook U810 Mini-Notebook (UMPC)

Posted on 2021-03-28, 19:38

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by Kahenraz

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Final Fantasy 7 running on the Fujitsu U810. Quake 1 also runs great with OpenGL and leilei's Engoo engine.

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Can anyone confirm if these are the last Intel wireless drivers to be released for Windows XP?

Posted on 2021-03-22, 16:29

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by Kahenraz

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For those who are not aware, Intel removed links to drivers for all of their discontinued hardware. I did not see a backup of these on the Vogons Driver Library but I did find a complete backup on archive.org. As much as I like to have things like drivers backed up locally for ease of access, I did …

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Lessons learned while setting up my Fujitsu LifeBook U810 Mini-Notebook (UMPC)

Posted on 2021-03-19, 13:21

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by Kahenraz

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dims.jpg I've been working with a Fujitsu U810 miniature notebook lately and wanted to share some of the problems and solutions I had while working with it. This notebook is not particularly powerful but has some unique features such as having a left/right mount button and thumb stick available to …

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Found and restored a Nalu (mermaid) GeForce 6800 for my collection

Posted on 2021-01-29, 02:03

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by Kahenraz

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I don't feel that the 6800 series is particularly rare and most of them aren't as collectible as other cards from around the same era. But I was speaking with a friend who said that he had a 6800 with the mermaid on it that I could have. It turned out to be a 6800 128mb vanilla. I'm happy to have it …

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Can a framegrabber capture the correct output of a 3dfx card and save it to disk?

Posted on 2020-12-21, 20:57

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by Kahenraz

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I was looking at an eBay listing and was wondering. Can a card like this that receives the input from a 3dfx card like the Voodoo 1 or 2 capture to disk the correctly dithered output as it appears on the display. Maybe with a keystroke? I'm aware that captures with print screen don't contain the …

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Re: Were VLB video cards ever good?

Posted on 2020-11-12, 01:44

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by Kahenraz

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Were later ISA video cards ever as fast as VLB? Or is VLB consistently better than the best ISA card produced?

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Were VLB video cards ever good?

Posted on 2020-11-12, 00:56

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by Kahenraz

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I read all about the features of VLB and spot a few video cards on the format. But it seems like video cards for VLB are wholly underwhelming. A quick search on Wikipedia says that both VLB and PCI were released in 1992. So what's the big deal with VLB? Was it ever good at anything?

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Re: Are these Creative Voodoo IIs 8mb or 12mb?

Posted on 2020-10-20, 22:09

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by Kahenraz

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Both have chips on the back. Looks like I got a good deal. I hope they work!

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Are these Creative Voodoo IIs 8mb or 12mb?

Posted on 2020-10-20, 21:57

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by Kahenraz

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I've been passing these up for years and never had a Voodoo II in my collection before. So when I spotted what looked like a good deal on eBay for what I think is a pair of 12mb cards with all cables, I jumped on it. Are these the 8mb or 12mb variants of the Voodoo II? IMG_20201020_175017.jpg IMG_ …

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Re: How to power this ISA backplane computer?

Posted on 2020-09-19, 21:21

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How to power this ISA backplane computer?

Posted on 2020-09-19, 21:20

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by Kahenraz

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I was given this old "computer" by someone but I don't know how to connect it to power. Any advice on this? I'm guessing that these types of backplane computers were used in industrial applications. It's pretty interesting though. It also comes with a lovely Dallas clock chip. Yaay... IMG_20200919_ …

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Re: Pinout of IBM 3D PCMCIA Sound card audio cable

Posted on 2020-04-10, 13:54

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by Kahenraz

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Oh, wow. That's a really nicely made connector for soldering. I was wondering how it would fit together, as the original IBM cable doesn't come apart.

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