Re: Would you like a custom version of win98
Posted on 2021-09-27, 15:23
I would like to see that, for sure. It’d save a lot of time. - Alex
Re: *nix software and systems
Posted on 2021-09-18, 06:10
My experience was similar. I started things off, in the UNIX world, when my mother took me with her, to work, and she put me in front of a Wang system running some flavor of UNIX System V, and I played Colossal Cave/Adventure. My first home *nix experience was with Linux, kernel 0.99, delivered via …
Re: How low can you go with modern, user-friendly Linux?
Posted on 2021-09-18, 01:45
If browsing is what holds you back from using legacy hardware, then there are a number of solutions for that. For one, I have used https://github.com/ttalvitie/browservice with quite some success. Browservice does all of the rendering that the modern web requires on a proxy host, and renders …
Re: My youtube channel: Necroware
Posted on 2021-09-16, 19:27
The gameport to USB adapters that scorp designed are really cool. I have build 5 of them, so far, for myself, and for friends. - Alex
Re: The Ultimate Hardware 2019 (UH19) project- a stason.org/TH99 alternative
Posted on 2021-09-01, 22:16
Fantastic work!
Re: FreeCom 0.85a with tab completion beep removed
Posted on 2021-08-17, 15:07
What would be very cool would be to make it optional to blink the screen, instead of beeping. Many X11 terminal programs have that as an option. - Alex
Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga
Posted on 2021-08-04, 16:02
Nice looking machine!
Re: The premiere of my new YouTube channel - the "Rusty Bits"
Posted on 2021-08-01, 00:45
Re: PCem v17
Posted on 2021-07-02, 18:08
It was a great gesture by you, Sarah, to pass the project on. I have a huge amount of respect for all of the effort that you have put into PCem. - Alex
Pentium II Overdrive in an Intergraph TD-300
Posted on 2021-06-25, 11:21
I just picked up a pair of Penitum II Overdrive CPUs, and I was about to install them into my Intergraph TD-300, when I noticed that the motherboard has one socket 8 ZIF and one LIF. What an odd combination! The overdrive’s installation manual specifically says that it is not compatible with LIF …
Re: PCem v17
Posted on 2021-06-16, 22:27
Indeed, your work is far more than impressive, Sarah. I hope that all goes well with your future endeavors, no matter what those might be. - Alex
[EVENT] Vintage Computer Festival East 2021 is On!
Posted on 2021-06-16, 01:17
All, If you are anywhere on the east coast of the United States, or willing to travel, please consider coming to Vintage Computer Festival East, which is happening October 8th - 10th, 2021, at InfoAge Science Center, in Wall Township, New Jersey, USA. https://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer- …
Re: Help Identifying UMC 486 SBC Motherboard
Posted on 2021-04-15, 14:39
Has anyone seen anything similar? - Alex
Re: Help Identifying UMC 486 SBC Motherboard
Posted on 2021-04-09, 23:18
Here is the location (I think) for the unpopulated RJ45 port, and the onboard LAN IC: Filename 480817C5-51E2-4E95-9B3E-3D9C2D0DE13E.jpeg File size 315.02 KiB Views 224 views The missing cache, I believe, would be here: Filename B1F2CB6B-75D0-4D48-9A08-927A85F85122.jpeg File size 333.4 KiB Views 224 …
Help Identifying UMC 486 SBC Motherboard
Posted on 2021-04-09, 22:36
I just acquired this UMC-based SBC 486 motherboard, from eBay: D3D2D857-B40F-4F1C-AE39-3871DFCCC259.jpeg And here is the back: 646FD4AF-CB41-4E38-AE9E-05CB9B64DBF0.jpeg It came among with this attached VGA card: 219FD2B3-76BD-4FED-8A8C-CF9650F00A1C.jpeg The only label on the board is INS-UMB486DX/ …
Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !
Posted on 2021-04-08, 13:26
I’d also be interested in an 8088/86 - 80286 version. - Alex
Re: Real hardware DOS gaming console for HDMI displays
Posted on 2021-04-08, 13:23
This is quite an interesting project. I’ve had similar ideas, so I’ll be very interested to see what you end up with. - Alex
Re: Gotek Floppy Emulator with FlashFloppy
Posted on 2021-02-15, 02:35
Yep, it appears to, as of version 0.9.23a: https://github.com/keirf/FlashFloppy/blob/mas … r/RELEASE_NOTES - Alex
Re: Gotek Floppy Emulator with FlashFloppy
Posted on 2021-02-14, 17:13
I’ve got 2 of those SFR1M44-U100Ks, that I purchased in the past week. Both flashed to FlashFloppy, via the direct USB flash method, just fine. - Alex
Re: Open Source PC104 Soundcard
Posted on 2021-02-14, 16:58
I’d say go for it, ExplodingLemur, since rasteri set the license on his work to GPLv2. He clearly wanted others to benefit and modify it. - Alex
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