Re: Newbie installing DOS for the first time: Where is "COMMAND"?

Posted on 2017-04-08, 06:17

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by yawetaG

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Why not create a Win9x, 2k, or XP boot floppy directly from Windows using the Windows floppy format utility, boot the PC onto which you want to install MS-DOS with that (it should create a RAM drive with all required utilities), and do a base format of the hard disk and create a bootable FAT16 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-04-08, 06:12

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dexvx wrote: Was rather surprised to see the a Nvidia ES sample today, so I picked it up. No idea if it works or not. Looks like G72M is a mo […] Show full quote Was rather surprised to see the a Nvidia ES sample today, so I picked it up. No idea if it works or not. Looks like G72M is a mobile chip …

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Re: CP/m machines .... do anybody own or collect ?

Posted on 2017-04-07, 22:12

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Did any of the PCW machines have expansion slots? I used to have PCW8512 we trashed it in 1995 - it had not any axpansion slots( only modem could be added somehow I think. That expansion slot (well, expansion bus ) on the back was the only expansion option available, but it could take various types …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-04-07, 16:22

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Just received this, which ended up costing me way more than expected because it was a lot larger and heavier than expected (and got intercepted by customs): IMG_7148.jpg It's a NEC Packard Bell machine with a Pentium 166 MHz on board, 32 Mb RAM, working CD-ROM (a pretty neat one too) and floppy …

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Re: NEC Packard Bell ProMate V2166CD

Posted on 2017-04-07, 15:02

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The CD drive on this machine is really cool, IMHO. It uses a tray that looks like a combination of a CD-tray and cart system, with a little door that opens up when the tray opens (and needs to be manually closed again once the tray is closed) and little moving tabs to keep the CD in place that move …

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Re: NEC Packard Bell ProMate V2166CD

Posted on 2017-04-07, 14:37

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The riser board sits in between the memory slots/sound card portion of the motherboard and the video portion: IMG_7153.jpg IMG_7157.jpg Missing wavetable headers on sound card portion of motherboard: IMG_7155.jpg The processor only has a small heat sink and fan: IMG_7158.jpg ...but there's a big fan …

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NEC Packard Bell ProMate V2166CD

Posted on 2017-04-07, 14:31

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Today I received the following system: IMG_7148.jpg This is a LPX system made by NEC just after they took over Packard Bell (explains the chassis format), mainly for the Japanese market (but the power supply has a 115V/230V switch). However, underneath the Packard Bell-y case there is a Intel …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-04-07, 14:15

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Just received this, which ended up costing me way more than expected because it was a lot larger and heavier than expected (and got intercepted by customs): IMG_7148.jpg It's a NEC Packard Bell machine with a Pentium 166 MHz on board, 32 Mb RAM, working CD-ROM (a pretty neat one too) and floppy …

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Re: Roland founder Ikutaro Kakehashi has died

Posted on 2017-04-07, 14:05

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Okay, fine, Scali is entirely right and has the only valid opinion*, I forgot about that (except...hardware samplers like the Akai S1000 (and I'll leave it at that...)). 🙄 * I won't be the first person to complain about this on this forum.

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Re: Newbie installing DOS for the first time: Where is "COMMAND"?

Posted on 2017-04-07, 07:42

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by yawetaG

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Why not create a Win9x, 2k, or XP boot floppy directly from Windows using the Windows floppy format utility, boot the PC onto which you want to install MS-DOS with that (it should create a RAM drive with all required utilities), and do a base format of the hard disk and create a bootable FAT16 …

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Re: Identify these ISA video cards

Posted on 2017-04-07, 07:27

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I plugged them into an ISA equipped pentium PC and powered up to confirm the LEDs on the cards were illuminated. Apart from that Is there anything useful I can do with them? Without the correct software that they originally came with or software compatible with them, and of course their drivers, …

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Re: Roland founder Ikutaro Kakehashi has died

Posted on 2017-04-07, 07:19

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MIDI would likely either not have existed, or would have been quite different and/or introduced later, since Roland was one of the companies (if not THE company) that started the push towards having a standard in the first place... Yea, but what does that have to do with PC games? MIDI is just a …

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Re: Roland founder Ikutaro Kakehashi has died

Posted on 2017-04-06, 17:38

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MIDI would likely either not have existed, or would have been quite different and/or introduced later, since Roland was one of the companies (if not THE company) that started the push towards having a standard in the first place...

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Re: About removing and replacing barrel batteries..

Posted on 2017-04-06, 10:36

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I would not consider soldering any NiCd on boards. Even coins can leak as we saw with the Roland SCs. If it's got an external connector pull a long wire and move it away from the board. Someone will thank you in the next 20 years :) TBH, if you are in the EU and your favourite electronics shop is …

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Re: CP/m machines .... do anybody own or collect ?

Posted on 2017-04-05, 06:57

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The Amstrad CPC systems were marketed as gaming machines. Of course, the more powerful ones had a color screen. The PCW was mostly an office machine, with several pretty awesome programs (most famously Locoscript, which still has stuff missing from modern word processors and operating systems, like …

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Re: Roland SC-D70

Posted on 2017-04-03, 11:12

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Why would it be? I can't think of any other module that has 4 maps that represent different synths.. Because Control number 32 (CC 32) is used as the map select message according to the MIDI standard (this comes straight out of my Roland PC-70 MIDI controller and SC-88VL manuals). Any module that …

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Re: Roland SC-D70

Posted on 2017-04-03, 06:49

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Spikey wrote: Finally, you don't have to use SysEx to change maps, for gaming you do, but in MIDI-land you can use controller 32 to change maps (I believe values between 0 and 3). Of course, that should be valid for any GM-compatible module...

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Re: Got a pile of old software to sort through...

Posted on 2017-04-02, 22:11

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Ye Data drives are particularly sought after for some reason I don't understand. I think it's because they support the Japanese "mode 3" floppy format? There are Windows 95/98 drivers available that work with other manufacturers' drives (provided the motherboard BIOS supports the format)...so …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2017-04-02, 18:24

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Just ordered this little bugger so I can hook up my MIDI keyboard controller to my laptop: M-Audio MIDIsport 2x2 USB

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Roland founder Ikutaro Kakehashi has died

Posted on 2017-04-02, 12:13

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Not a April 1st joke: http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2017/04/01/ … hashi-has-died/ R.I.P.

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