Re: Online copies of games are not owned

Posted on 2024-04-15, 14:38

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This isn't just an issue with games, but also movies, and any other kind of media at this point. This is also why I don't trust others with "ownership" if the so-called "product" lives on THEIR servers of which I am refused the ability to manage the very existence of such data. I don't trust …

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

Posted on 2024-04-11, 14:27

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Well...not today, it's been a few months, but ALL of my Retro Boxes are now technically "Wireless"... The Tandy and Compaq in the garage are both using the iMac's ethernet port as a router to the iMacs WiFi. Currently I just pass the ethernet between the two but I have a Cisco Catalyst Managed …

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

Posted on 2024-02-26, 15:10

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Got both my vintage PCs in the garage on the internet via internet sharing on my Late 2015 iMac 21.5". I put MacOS Monterey back on it and got it running well, so I turned this feature on, and lo and behold, now I can have all three vintage desktops up all year round.

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Re: Ultima VII on DOS PC - Speech Card Initialization Failed/Memory Issues

Posted on 2024-02-07, 23:12

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Honestly, I'm surprised nobody has asked about the Unisound or what version of DOS he's using (FreeDOS, Ms-DOS, DR-DOS, etc...). Getting VII working on actual hardware is a royal PITA. It's all because of that VooDoo Memory manager which requires the computer be in "real mode" before it loads (hence …

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Re: Retro PCs, internet connection sharing, safety

Posted on 2024-01-30, 23:12

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I could always get a second internet line, but the price is not worth it for how often I would use it just for retro machines. I think it’s an overkill. Using VLANs would be more than enough. Actually, you just could get a cheap router and make a nested NATed LAN inside your NATed LAN and that will …

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Re: Retro PCs, internet connection sharing, safety

Posted on 2024-01-30, 21:03

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But you'd be amazed how much hate I've had in the past by armchair infosec dweebs who think that a connected DOS system is a security risk. There might be more of a risk if you're putting a retro system directly on the IPv4 Internet without a NAT, e.g. on a university network or something (not sure …

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Re: Retro PCs, internet connection sharing, safety

Posted on 2024-01-30, 02:57

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As far as I'm aware, internet connection sharing went away with Windows 9x. So as far as I know, no. And most likely, if they had it, it'd be restricted only to other machines running Windows 10 knowing how Microsoft tends to function (I worked there for 7 years doing I.T. Support), they probably …

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

Posted on 2024-01-22, 03:46

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Not much of a secret probably if you are into TAS, but I FINALLY got Ultima VII running in FreeDOS today..... - Using XMGR.SYS /T0 and a chopped down configuration in FDAUTO.BAT AND FDCONFIG.SYS - Basically all that's loaded are the SB AWE64 drivers, Mouse Driver, and XMGR.SYS - Seems I found a …

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

Posted on 2024-01-14, 01:26

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Got back into retrocomputing for awhile, started moving storage into my new abode (Garage). Now I have a computing spot in the garage with the Compaq and Tandy - so now all three PC's are running all year around (my 486 is in my office space now since it sees frequent use and a lot of …

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Re: Games with Adlib as an option for sound effects

Posted on 2023-12-14, 23:12

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I know SCUMM has already been mentioned, but the original VGA Release of The Secret of Monkey Island does this - 1990 - the one with the green text and the purple text-only inventory. Ultima VII parts 1 & 2 also supported sound effects via Adlib as well. Sometimes I'm forced to use that …

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Re: WANTED: Photos of vintage laptops for a large-scale documentation project!

Posted on 2023-12-07, 17:35

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And the last one for today is probably one of NanTan's first color laptops - the FMA3500C, in this case, one by Broadax Systems inc. - aka BSi - who are still around making servers today. These were also sold under the brands of Highscreen, Eurocom, and some others. The FMA3500C was a later revision …

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Re: WANTED: Photos of vintage laptops for a large-scale documentation project!

Posted on 2023-12-07, 17:19

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The NEC Versa P/75 was the last of the first generation NEC Versa PC-4xx series of laptop computers. It was released either in late 1994 or very very early 1995. The unit here is a January 1995 unit. The model# is PC-490-XXXX, and the majority of Versa P/75s that shipped were "HC" models. Very …

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Re: WANTED: Photos of vintage laptops for a large-scale documentation project!

Posted on 2023-12-07, 17:08

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NEC Versa V/50C - The Versa "V" Series I think stood for "Value" as these were the ones with a non-removable screen and were just a basic 486 laptop computer with a DSTN Monochrome, color, or Active Matrix TFT. These were a tad separate by model number, using PC-700/710/720. That said, I'm not 100% …

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Re: WANTED: Photos of vintage laptops for a large-scale documentation project!

Posted on 2023-12-07, 16:47

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Here's the NEC Versa M/75CP - another rare version, this time with a wired active Pen Stylus (I don't have), and a Touch screen (removed for now, as I'm replacing the glass as the original digitizer was cracked). This particular models was sold as a part of a AAC package known as a "Words+ System …

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Re: WANTED: Photos of vintage laptops for a large-scale documentation project!

Posted on 2023-12-07, 16:38

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Next Up, this post and another one, both Versa M/75 models. This one is the less as common NEC Versa M/75TC - the "TC" stands for "True Color". Versa laptops had unlisted model designations based on the panel they came with from the factory per below (no designation) = monochrome P = Pen w/touch …

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Re: WANTED: Photos of vintage laptops for a large-scale documentation project!

Posted on 2023-12-07, 16:25

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Here's the first of my NEC Laptops that I've taken pictures of over the years - a 1994 (March date codes) NEC Versa 40EC. The NEC Versa Line of laptops started with the NEC UltraLite Versa in early 1993, which were PC Mag's top performers in the graphics department at the time since they had VESA …

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Re: WANTED: Photos of vintage laptops for a large-scale documentation project!

Posted on 2023-12-07, 16:14

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Here's the other 9200 (I've owned 4 of these - back in 03' I had a Prostar 9200M and a Duracom 5110D - all the same, the 5110D was color like this one). Release Date: 1992 CPU: Intel 486 DX2 66MHz, Socket 3 compatible (these were sold with all sorts of CPUs under many names) Chipset: Unknown RAM: …

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Re: WANTED: Photos of vintage laptops for a large-scale documentation project!

Posted on 2023-12-07, 16:00

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Okay, I'll bite on this one. Doing the same thing ;) - but I'm only focusing on the models I have and use for the most part. First one is a Diamond Flower Inc (DFI) MediaBook - I think it was sold, per PC Mag circa 1994, as the DFI Mediabook NP9225. But it's really just a rebranded NanTan/Kapok …

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Re: The intentionally bad DOS gaming PC build

Posted on 2023-11-29, 20:36

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Well.....Creeping Net 1 in it's original incarnation was not a great whizz-bang DOS Gaming 486.....actually, it had a LOT Of hilarious idiosyncrasies...but also a lot like early 90's PCs that were "crap" - it was more of a configuration problem. So here's some ideas to work with.... ZEOS 386/486 …

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Re: high speed vanilla pc/xt clones

Posted on 2023-11-29, 19:28

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Up to 10 MHz, usually what you'll want to look for is something in an IBM PC XT style case with the elongated case badge indent in the front, or one of those DTK Chassis since DTK made a lot of "AT Style" XT Clone computers. They turn up on ebay pretty frequently. You'll want to be careful though …

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