Re: What to do with a Laserjet ?

Posted on 2020-08-19, 04:37

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C'est bien l'idée. Si c'est un truc qui intéresse un amateur, je la donne à qui vient la chercher. Dans le cas contraire, je la mets en pièces sans scrupules. The goal is if it's have any kind of value, I prefer to give it to anyone who will enjoy it instead of just using parts and garbage the rest …

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Re: What to do with a Laserjet ?

Posted on 2020-08-19, 02:55

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The comments are interesting, but a bit off topic. Please read before answering. The question is quite simple, and with an easy answer. Is it worth saving it ? English is not my native, I'm french. So if "Is it worth saving it ?" has no meaning, please tell me and correct my bad language.. Should be …

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Re: What to do with a Laserjet ?

Posted on 2020-08-19, 02:44

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by nali

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I'm in old uggly things. Hahaa Then you should try to get it working ! Some of the old Laser printers are great and inexpensive to get toner for. Old ? Are you kidding me ? :D A Laserjet 500 Plus is old maybe, this thing is modern. It was still sold in the 90s! 800px-LaserJetPlus_Montage.jpg Source …

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Re: What to do with a Laserjet ?

Posted on 2020-08-19, 01:25

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I'm in old uggly things. Rubber can be rejunaveted with brake fluid and a solvant.

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Re: What to do with a Laserjet ?

Posted on 2020-08-19, 01:22

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If it is still functional there is absolutely no reason to use it for parts or whatever. Those things are tanks and pretty cheap to use. Options: 1. get a parallel printer to USB adapter. 2. Get the network card for the printer. Yes, it will still work,even in Windows 10. Sorry, I just use Linux or …

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What to do with a Laserjet ?

Posted on 2020-08-18, 23:18

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I've been given a HP LaserJet 5L with a // connection. It's really in good shape. Even not yellow ! :) My goal is just to dismantel it and use the motor. But I'm not sure ... I have no idea if it's a rare thing, or can be useful for vintage lover. If it's worth, I prefer giving for free instead of …

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Re: "ATIQuake" miniGL for Q1 & Q2 on Rage Pro

Posted on 2020-07-06, 14:57

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The difference with a Voodoo 1 is you can get about 40 fps on this one in Quake, with a light overclocking in a batch file. I don't think it's possible with an Ati.

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Re: "ATIQuake" miniGL for Q1 & Q2 on Rage Pro

Posted on 2020-07-06, 09:33

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I had a Ati Xpert Play PCI with a 233 MMX, Quake 1 kinda worked. Maybe at 20/25 fps, difficult to remember. Same card as the Xpert Work, but with TV out. I think it was a Rage Pro. With the usual Ati OpenGL defects , all particles are squarred 😀 Adding a Voodoo1 was a great improvement.

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Re: Mouse Serial VS Mouse PS/2

Posted on 2020-06-20, 04:43

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The slowest machine I used with a PS/2 mouse was a Pentium 75 / 64 Mo ram. It was a dedicated gateway/firewall when I was sysadmin in 1999/2002, of course Debian. Never had any problem with PS/2. Here we are speaking about archeology 😀

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Re: Mouse Serial VS Mouse PS/2

Posted on 2020-06-20, 04:39

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Fun fact, this problem of "jumpy" PS/2 mouse exist also in old versions of Linux. You have to select IMPS2. Also on FreeBSD. /dev/sysmouse is sometimes a bit obscure to understand.

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Re: Mouse Serial VS Mouse PS/2

Posted on 2020-06-20, 01:32

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I don't have a retro machine for now. My oldest is a P2 333 ... Which is quite "new", seeing the standards on this forum. Maybe a PS/2 is more cpu dependant ? No idea. So for old games, a serial may be enough. You won't play Unreal Tournament on a 386 :) And use the great Mouserate to tweek to 100 …

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Re: Mouse Serial VS Mouse PS/2

Posted on 2020-06-19, 23:39

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I prefer the feeling of a PS/2 mouse. Sampling is usually faster for the data, and it's way more smooth to use.

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Re: Mouse Serial VS Mouse PS/2

Posted on 2020-06-19, 22:18

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by nali

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There are adapters Ps/2 -> Serial. This may help to use an optical mouse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_H84iGJeDo

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Re: QDOS 3Dfx port: music volume and video resolutions

Posted on 2020-01-09, 02:02

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by nali

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Does it run well on your computer ? I tried it on a Pentium 2 333MHz, 3DFX and FreeDOS. The game itself runs well, but each time it needs to load a texture the access to the hard disk is so slow it's unusable. BTW I didn't manage to get any udma driver work.

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Re: Retro OSes for retro computers

Posted on 2020-01-09, 01:49

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I remember playing Quake 3 with QNX, on my BP6 with a Voodoo 3. There was a version of the game ! 😀

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Re: Save my 9800 ! :)

Posted on 2019-12-21, 17:40

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Progress ! I baked the card, and changed the main capacitors. When the card is cold, Linux see it, but after a reboot it's already hot and no sign of life. so there are chances there's a bad solder. Need to reflow correctly ... Booting with "nomodeset" : #dmesg : [ 4.535280] [drm] VGACON disable …

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Re: Colorgraphic Predator LT 2 PCI

Posted on 2019-12-20, 15:47

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I think it's a factory fix. There are several versions of the board, and some of them have the same. Example here : https://www.recycledgoods.com/colorgraphic-co … video-card-pci/

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Colorgraphic Predator LT 2 PCI

Posted on 2019-12-20, 01:39

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Here's a funny card I have. Colorgraphic Predator LT 2 PCI, with 2 Savage 4 and a Hint bridge. Since there's Savage 4 , we could expect some minimal performances, but it's a piece of garbage. The only interest is it supports 2 screens natively, but I estimate the 2D performance as low as a S3 Trio. …

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Re: Save my 9800 ! :)

Posted on 2019-12-20, 01:18

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Maybe there's hope ! After baking in the oven, Linux tried to load the "radeon" module. Since the primary card is a (strange) Savage 4 Dual screen, it can only be the 9800. It failed to complete to boot, and the next one doesn't find it. Nothing in "lspci" . But it's better I suppose 😀

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Re: Save my 9800 ! :)

Posted on 2019-12-19, 22:10

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That's what I plan now. Can't be worse then it is 😀 I just wait my french fries to be ready before 😜

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