Re: mTCP NetDrive: network attached storage for DOS 2.0 or better

Posted on 2023-12-21, 18:50

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by deepthaw

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Excellent work again mbbrutman, thank you! My use case is mostly creating drive backups into a single image file that's easy to update. A big plus is that it preserves file attributes, which I believe you cannot do with FTP. Although WinImage seems to ignore them when extracting files from the …

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Re: I love big crt's

Posted on 2023-12-20, 22:05

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by deepthaw

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Oh you just keep running big crts down buddy. You'll cry when they're all gone. Lcds are for sissys anyway. Hrmph! Sissies with their unbroken backs, I swear. Now excuse me while I die getting this 35" Trinitron to my basement so I can play PlayStation 1 games on it. huge.png Forum software keeps …

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Re: X2GS : Waveblaster board with dual soundbank support, official Dream/Roland licensed GS bank

Posted on 2023-12-20, 21:41

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by deepthaw

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From what I read in the DREAM programming guide and chip specs, you can get USB audio output if it's turned on in the firmware and it uses two of the unallocated CPU cores on the DREAM chips. I don't think it is enabled on the X2/X16 products, as nobody has said anything about it. Otherwise, you …

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Re: I love big crt's

Posted on 2023-12-20, 17:31

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by deepthaw

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I have a beautiful 20" Dell branded Trinitron I need to restore. Either the anode cap has gotten dirty or the flyback is going out. Fortunately, it's one of the rare models for which a flyback isn't difficult to locate.

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Re: mTCP NetDrive: network attached storage for DOS 2.0 or better

Posted on 2023-12-18, 03:04

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by deepthaw

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I posted this over on VCFED (https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/mtcp-netdrive-network-attached-storage-for-dos-2-0-or-better.1245903/post-1354721) copying it here: I setup my FreeBSD server to mount my drive images into its local filesystem so it's easy to add stuff to them. Here's how I did …

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OS/2 Monitor Refresh Rates

Posted on 2023-11-29, 23:29

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by deepthaw

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Not the right place to ask but I’ve been waiting several days for my os2world account to get verified… Does anybody know how to set custom refresh rates in OS/2 Warp 3? It doesn’t seem to identify my monitor’s capabilities correctly and I don’t see anywhere obvious to force it. 800x600@56hz hertz my …

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Re: Need some help with Vectra VL2 4/50e

Posted on 2023-11-28, 06:01

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by deepthaw

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KirillK wrote on 2023-03-28, 19:04: Yeah it's D3113-60100(as the sticker on case back says)serial number D3113A, but motherboard is D3121-69001 BIOS version number is GA.04.10 Any chance we can get you to copy and upload that BIOS file? I can't find anything newer than GA.04.06 (which is what mine …

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Silly XT-IDE Question

Posted on 2023-11-02, 18:15

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by deepthaw

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I have a 486DX4/100. The logistics of hooking up a CD-ROM drive and CFIDE adapter are tricky because I only have one ISA connector and the cable won't physically reach between them. Is a XT-CF-lite rev.2 going to be suitable for my situation, or are they really intended for even older computers? I …

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Re: YMF71X - disable SB?

Posted on 2023-11-02, 02:47

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by deepthaw

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darry wrote on 2023-11-02, 02:46: Why not use both and use the better one, as needed, with non-overlapping resource assignments configured ? That’s what I’ll probably end up doing. If I could get a SB16 and GUS to coexist back in the day, this should be a piece of cake.

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YMF71X - disable SB?

Posted on 2023-11-02, 01:20

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by deepthaw

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I’d like to run my YMF715 with my SB16 for the bug-free UART and the IDE port for my CD-ROM drive. Is it possible to totally disable its SB support to free up resources?

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Re: CGA composite from VGA?

Posted on 2023-10-30, 12:52

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by deepthaw

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Phew! Good question. To generate CGA artifact/composite video, an external colorburst circuit must be connected to the CGA video connector. Or more precisely, the VGA card's equivalent. Provided that the VGA card is register compatible with CGA, it may work. The external circuit would need to …

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CGA composite from VGA?

Posted on 2023-10-30, 12:07

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by deepthaw

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Is there any way to get a CGA composite signal from a VGA/SVGA card? I’m imagining the card both supporting the mode and being able to get it by wiring an adapter up to the VGA port. Seems highly doubtful but I’ve seen weirder stuff.

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Re: Orbotron 9001 back in stock

Posted on 2023-10-20, 17:29

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by deepthaw

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Got my email this morning and already placed my order. Use your Spaceorb 360 on modern PCs. Or if you're me, find a way to shoehorn it into working on your MiSTer for no good reason whatsoever. https://www.tindie.com/products/vputz/orbotron-9001-version-4/ And.... it's out of stock again. That was …

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Orbotron 9001 back in stock

Posted on 2023-10-16, 18:42

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by deepthaw

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Got my email this morning and already placed my order. Use your Spaceorb 360 on modern PCs. Or if you're me, find a way to shoehorn it into working on your MiSTer for no good reason whatsoever. https://www.tindie.com/products/vputz/orbotro … 9001-version-4/

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YMF715 PnP IDE issue

Posted on 2023-10-15, 22:46

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by deepthaw

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Moved my YMF715 into the 486 I picked up. Using the IDE controller on it for my cd-rom drive and have encountered a weird problem. Basically - when first powered on the IDE controller appears to not function until initialized with SETUPSA. But because videcdd.sys loads before that happens, it can’t …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-10-13, 23:24

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by deepthaw

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Nice, looks like a good $50 worth. That mouse is ZDS in the Bull era I think. IDK what I'd go with for a Win7 bruiser, something like a Phenom II x6 on AM3+ or i7-4790 or something. Can prolly go later, that's just what I think of. I’m assuming it was plenty fast for the time, so I’m hoping that if …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-10-13, 23:00

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by deepthaw

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Haven’t had a chance to test or even open it yet - but got this potential beauty locally off FB Marketplace for $50 IMG_3015.jpeg Looks like a Hewlett Packard Vectra VL2 4/100 which would be a 486DX4/100 possibly with PCI. Almost more interesting was talking to the guy I got it from. Easily in his …

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Re: AWE64 Gold to MT-32 PI - Is this possible?

Posted on 2023-09-06, 20:04

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by deepthaw

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If you’re comfortable soldering I think I have enough spare components and a pcb for a HAT with a traditional DIN MIDI jack to go on the mt32-pi. I had to order a minimum number on most of the stuff to make one and have them laying around extra.

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Re: Upgrading a 486SX (IBM PS1)

Posted on 2023-09-05, 01:15

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by deepthaw

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That was my PC back in the day. I threw in a DX4 overdrive and increased the RAM and called it a day.

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Packard Bell Spaceorb 360

Posted on 2023-09-03, 03:28

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by deepthaw

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Bought a Spaceorb 360 off eBay to finally give it a spin with Descent - somebody pointed out the Packard Bell logo and that this is actually a pretty rare thing I’ve picked up. Does anybody know more? I’ve only been able to locate one reference to it even existing: https://www.bluesnews.com/archives …

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