Re: What is the best retro OS 8088-Pentium 4 IYO?

Posted on 2017-02-02, 12:50

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by lolo799

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ELKS runs well on my XT with 512k of RAM, not the last version but one of the earlier, 0.1.0 or 0.1.4, forgot which, running from a 360k floppy disk. Haven't tried Minix2 yet, something I want to do eventually. QNX also had a version running on 8088 cpus.

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

Posted on 2017-01-13, 12:47

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by lolo799

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I use the IBM card services package. It can be found at http://john.ccac.rwth-aachen.de:8000/ftp/mirrors/ps2supersite.homedns.org/pccbbs/mobiles/ file pctpx130.exe (it's a self-extracting disk image that needs to be run on a DOS machine with a blank floppy in the drive). Once that's installed from …

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

Posted on 2017-01-12, 12:31

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by lolo799

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Also, while doing that I went through a huge stack of floppies trying to separate the bad ones from the usable ones. I needed a total of 14 working blank floppies to transfer all the drivers needed onto the Thinkpad. I tried to use a CF card through a CF/PCMCIA adapter, but it didn't work. If I …

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Re: PCMCIA CD-ROM DOS Driver for IBM TP 560

Posted on 2017-01-07, 23:04

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by lolo799

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Try here: http://web.archive.org/web/20100524004125/htt … alldriver.htm#3 Here's the manual for the 948 model that uses the same PCMCIA card as the 930: http://web.archive.org/web/20100608234558/htt … /7450368-00.pdf

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Re: Acclaim Entertainment computers recovered from a Brooklyn warehouse

Posted on 2017-01-05, 16:34

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by lolo799

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You should make full dumps of all the harddrives while they work fine...

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Re: PCMCIA Sound Cards

Posted on 2017-01-03, 17:20

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by lolo799

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Found a new SCSI FM Sound card to add to the list, the Caravelle PC-SD16ST, a rebranded version of the Panasonic CF-JSC101 shown at http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=30840&start=20#p310105 Caravelle_PC-SD16ST_box.jpg Caravelle_PC-SD16ST_card.jpg Caravelle_PC-SD16ST_specs.jpg Caravelle Sound …

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Re: Space Shooters like WC and Freespace - Opinions?

Posted on 2016-12-27, 19:22

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by lolo799

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Darklight Conflict is missing from your list, a 1997 DOS game with a software 3D engine only: http://www.mobygames.com/game/darklight-conflict

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Re: Toshiba 400CDT

Posted on 2016-12-24, 12:18

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by lolo799

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Straight from the maintenance manual: Enhanced port replicator port Enables connection of an enhanced port replicator. The enhanced port replicator has two PC card slots (Type III), and expands connections to the following devices: PS/2 keyboard, PS/2 mouse, serial port, parallel port, external CRT, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-12-17, 19:55

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by lolo799

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Some stuff from Japan and elsewhere, a non working floppy drive for the Tecra, another PCMCIA soundcard, an old laptop, and some 8bit ISA cards for the XT. IMG_4843.JPG IMG_4842.JPG The box wasn't shown in the auction picture for a very good reason, it reeks, as do the card and cables... IMG_4847. …

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Re: PCI PCMCIA card drivers

Posted on 2016-12-12, 13:02

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by lolo799

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You'll need an updated version of a Socket and Card Services compatible software with support for your particular chipset. The only one I know of is Cardware 7 for DOS/Win3x from http://www.tssc.de/ It's not free but there's a trial version available and it supports a lot of PCMCIA and Cardbus …

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Re: Is it possible to make external FM synthesizer?

Posted on 2016-12-09, 18:03

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by lolo799

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BloodyCactus wrote: there was a yamaha pcmcia fm sound card on ebay the other day, a YMF289 OPL3 (aka YMF262) one. Can you post the link, just to see if it's one I covered already, thanks.

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Re: Socket Ruggedized serial card PCMCIA DRIVERS?

Posted on 2016-12-09, 17:53

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by lolo799

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Here you go, the drivers 2.40 from my floppy, the 2.90 and the manual which I got from the official website a few years ago.

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Re: Is it possible to make external FM synthesizer?

Posted on 2016-12-08, 22:26

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by lolo799

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As sprcorreia wrote, a PCMCIA card is what you want, or an even rarer parallel port device such as the Digispeech Portable Plus.

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Re: Socket Ruggedized serial card PCMCIA DRIVERS?

Posted on 2016-12-08, 22:18

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by lolo799

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Is it that one? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Socket-Ruggedized-ser … 0-/262711131418 I have the non ruggedized version, I'll dump the floppy this weekend.

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Re: Toshiba Libretto 50CT Multiboot question.

Posted on 2016-12-08, 19:02

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by lolo799

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DSL should work, considering its required specs, but installing it will be problematic, so you'd better start with a plain Debian and use the install from hdd option (which many distros used to support, with some caveat, like RedHat needing the supplemental floppy but not supporting your PCMCIA …

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Re: old video formats for pentium 1

Posted on 2016-12-06, 19:59

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by lolo799

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Does anyone remember the Motion Pixels codec and player from 1996? Its minimum system requirements were 486 DX 66Mhz/8 MB RAM/128K Cache/1 MB VESA Local Bus Video card/4x CD-ROM/SB card or compatible/DOS 5.0/Win3.1 The recommended specs: Pentium 75 MHz/16 MB RAM/256K Cache/1 MB PCI Video card/DOS …

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Re: PCMCIA cards you use/like?

Posted on 2016-11-25, 12:41

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by lolo799

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Let's see, SCSI devices, legacy joysticks, video capture, sound/music cards, Zip drive, DVD drive, serial port, ethernet, the list is long!

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Re: PCMCIA Sound Cards

Posted on 2016-11-13, 13:02

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by lolo799

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Those SCP-55 on Yahoo are the best choice for you, and yes the Digigram VX doesn't have DOS drivers, the PCXpocket model does but it's not General Midi compatible.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-11-08, 10:29

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by lolo799

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Cyrix200+ wrote: I bought this bunch for a bit less than 1 euro per card. I'm drowning in NICs, but I can't really throw them out! Analogue modems do get binned though, I see no practical use for them... Those are 3C509 cards, right?

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Re: Interesting obscure ISA hardware stuff + Midiman 2x2 driver help?

Posted on 2016-11-08, 10:10

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by lolo799

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Found the original website: https://web.archive.org/web/20020808142205/http://www.soundmindstech.com/ And the speakers for sale on ebay and amazon: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sound-Minds-Technology-Inc-Twin-Sound-Speaker-T41643-/351703420606 https://www.amazon.com/Sound-Minds-Technology-Inc-Speaker/dp/ …

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