Re: Orange Pi Plus 2, now what?

Posted on 2017-02-01, 21:23

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Thanks for all the input. I am really looking forward to test the board out with a Linux distro first. I think I will try that Lubuntu wich I can download from their site, then the Debian server.

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Orange Pi Plus 2, now what?

Posted on 2017-02-01, 01:31

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Yeah.... Bought this after looking at Phils most recent video and discovered this one has SATA port on it: http://www.ebay.com/itm/RC-Orange-Pi-Plus-2-CPU-/322305604214?hash=item4b0ae93a76:g:PeQAAOSwiDFYM6gX The price is REALLY low compared to Rapberry PI and it should be able to handle RPI images. …

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Re: Test system advice

Posted on 2017-01-31, 23:05

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Only a very few AGP pro GFX cards were ever produced. Mainly for Mac and so on. They are however out there, and as far as I remember, they were for industrial use. You know.. 3D rendering and so on. Why Asus used the slot on motherboards I do not know. Running both Voodoo3 and GF4-ti4200 on my …

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Re: Newly made Gravis Ultrasound compatible cards ... what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2017-01-31, 22:39

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It would indeed be a shame, to see one of these cards go for sale on eBay for 600% of the original price. As much as I like GUS cards, I have no use for one. I just wanted to say that I hope this will be for the community only.

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Re: Test system advice

Posted on 2017-01-31, 21:05

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rpz wrote: Enlight cases doesn't ring a bell to me - were they popular? It does have the right 90's look though 😀 Mostly an American thing. Not something I have seen at all, before I joined Vogons a couple of years ago. I mostly remember that we used to have Zitech cases and A-Open cases in the …

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Re: Reviving an old Unisys 286

Posted on 2017-01-31, 20:06

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Did a convertion of the scan's. Now they are JPG and a lot smaller in size. I have uploaded it to Vogons Drivers as well as the system installation disk. Hope you can use it. 😀

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Re: Test system advice

Posted on 2017-01-31, 14:23

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Yeah.... Though I fear that they are flimsy as every other early-00's cases. Never the less.... They are a start, untill something better shows up.

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Re: Test system advice

Posted on 2017-01-31, 14:03

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This seller, has 4 computers that might or might not be at some interrest to you. http://www.dba.dk/brugerens-annoncer/brugerid-4672990/

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Re: places to buy old hardware?

Posted on 2017-01-31, 13:29

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Within EU it's mostly regulations that forbid "junk" from being sold or given back to consumers. Once something is deemed recyclable there is a process where it gets torn to bits and all the metal, plastic etc. is reused. I'm sure the people working there would be willing to give it away, but …

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Re: Test system advice

Posted on 2017-01-31, 13:17

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If it is a pure Win98 setup, using nothing but Win98 software, then ISA soundcards does not matter at all. Then I would say that a Socket-A system with something like an AthlonXP 2400+ to 2800+ is a good choice. Slot 1 systems with ISA slot, are for those systems, were late Dos games and early Win98 …

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Re: Test system advice

Posted on 2017-01-31, 12:47

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I would say universal AGP or AGP-Pro slots (essential Universal + more) Go for an Intel D815-EEA2 or an Asus A7V266-E board. They both seem to be fairly cheap, and they are solid boards. At least solid and stable in my book, as I have used them in a couple of build's from time to time. Hejsa! ;) Hm …

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Re: places to buy old hardware?

Posted on 2017-01-31, 12:36

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90% of all thrift stores here in Denmark, have a special agreement with recyclers from poland and other former "eastern" countries. Other than that, I can only say that I find some gear/hardware, on the Danish online trading places. I have bought a couple of items through Amibay as well. Other than …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2017-01-31, 12:31

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stoof wrote: It starts up to the point of asking for a boot disk, which is normal operation apparently. So next up is digging up a compatible DD floppy disk, and setting something up to get the OS on it. 720kb? If yes, then grab a 1.44 and put some tape over the hole. 😉

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Re: Test system advice

Posted on 2017-01-31, 12:24

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I would say universal AGP or AGP-Pro slots (essential Universal + more) Go for an Intel D815-EEA2 or an Asus A7V266-E board. They both seem to be fairly cheap, and they are solid boards. At least solid and stable in my book, as I have used them in a couple of build's from time to time.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-01-31, 09:48

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Nice to see that people can still source stuff like ET4000 and ET3000 cards. Stuff are getting really hard to source now a days. That Covox are looking great. I did not know that they produced ISA cards. I actrually thought that they only produced that "Speach" thingy.

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Re: Reviving an old Unisys 286

Posted on 2017-01-31, 09:37

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Yeah.... I have seen them empty sockets as well, one of them is were you plug in a 287 co-processor. Even think it is labeled on the PCB. A shame that the HDD is dead. It really sounds special, when it is running. The downside of that miniscribe is that it is really loud. If you are having trouble …

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Re: What is retro collecting for you?

Posted on 2017-01-30, 23:50

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Tetrium wrote: And another reason is that I had always liked the hunt! Trying to find out about all this weird stuff I only read about on wiki's and from magazines and from old memory All hail he, who brings home the biggest "kill"..... 😁 Filename The-Hunt.jpg File size 184.21 KiB Views 1108 views

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Re: Hot-plugging game port joysticks

Posted on 2017-01-30, 23:38

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I just fried a joystick by hot-plugging it into a Sound Blaster 16. Strong smell of burning from the stick. I don't know if the card is also damaged. I didn't know this was dangerous. Has anyone had similar experiences? Plugged an Amiga joystick into a COM port, back in the golden 80's. Nothing …

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Re: Reviving an old Unisys 286

Posted on 2017-01-30, 23:15

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Some 5 to 6 hours later.... I have scanned all 270 pages of the manual, and it is one big chunk of data. The complete size is 6.74 gigabyte uncompressed, so I actually need to know were I can dump all the data. The manual holds information about the EGC2 gfx adaptor (Paradise card) and stuff like a …

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Re: Reviving an old Unisys 286

Posted on 2017-01-30, 10:40

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The harddrive number should be number 9. It is written on the harddrive it self. On the image file I posted, there is a "park" utillity, that you need to use when transporting or moving the machine. It is used to park the heads. This is important to know. Park before powering off every time. The …

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