I succesfully activated Windows XP SP3 Home Edition using the phone activation a few weeks ago using the toll free number in Italy with no issues whatsoever. No idea about the online activation tho, if the server are still online the biggest problem right now is the lack of valid root certificates …

IIRC the issue with the raspberry is not the latency but the bandwidth of the GPIO headers, they're way too slow to sustain the required transfer speed of a CD/DVD unit controller. By the way, even if we're not talking here about a full controller replacement - just the required commands for …

No idea if such unit ever existed, but it would be probably like one of those old LG drives capable of ripping GC/Wii games using a weird mix of specific units, custom proprietary tools and hacked firmwares. Gave a quick look on the redump.org forum as they've started archiving more recent pc games, …

While Alcohol 52% version 1.9.5 tells me that it's ripping[1] the 2001 original, Securom protected, version of Colin McRae Rally 2.0 at the whizzing speed of...15KB/sec, or 0.1X , I was wondering if there's anything similar to Kryoflux or Catweasel for optical drives? I mean, besides not enjoying …

I'll give a look at DSOAL for Windows XP - I'm a bit confused about all the different configs available on that Google Doc, once I wrap my head around that I'll post some results.

Windows 7? Not much of a retro machine , innit? 😀️ Still, Thanks though - I'll give a look at DSOAL for XP. I'm rather surprised at the absence of a proper Audigy or earlier USB Soundcard actually, the USB 2.0 bandwidth would be more than enough to drive it, I mean I clearly remember using in the …

Hi everyone, I've been using an old 2010 iMac running windows xp for some retrogaming lately, mostly GOG games and a few random XP-era games. I was interested into getting the old EAX extensions (Reverb and whatnot) working so I bought the Sound Blaster X-Fi MB3 software package - with little luck, …