Re: SCSI on a modern PC
Posted on 2021-08-07, 16:32
This thing works 😁 I just can't find the adapter I need now to convert the 68 pin down to 25 pin 🙁 I had to use these drivers https://www.savagetaylor.com/2018/02/11/scsi- … 0-adaptec-78xx/
Re: Your least used complete vintage system
Posted on 2021-08-05, 20:59
Yeah I feel bad for it 😀 I have seen that and am rather tempted - a bit of a facelift might make me like it again!
Re: Your least used complete vintage system
Posted on 2021-08-05, 19:31
In working condition, I have an Apple iMac G4 Pixar lamp style one that is in that middle age where it's too slow to be usable for anything modern but it's just not exciting enough for period stuff either for me. Also an Amstrad PPC1640 portable which has a awful LCD and no hard drive, just dual …
Re: Retro paradox?
Posted on 2021-08-05, 09:46
Jo22 wrote on 2021-08-05, 04:40: (loads of interesting stuff) I just wanted to say I love the passion and effort in your posts 😀
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-08-04, 12:41
I replaced the batteries in a Psion Revo yesterday and although it still doesn't 'snap' shut, it works perfectly 😀
Re: Retro paradox?
Posted on 2021-08-04, 12:39
Teletext/Ceefax was a huge thing in the UK - a nice way to get the news, sports, find a holiday, play games even (Bamboozle)! It lasted until 2012 before being shut down! On Twitter this guy https://twitter.com/grim_fandango often restores Teletext pages from recorded TV 😀
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-07-31, 10:29
As mentioned in my SCSI thread I picked up a USB Zip250 off eBay so I can transfer stuff over to my retro PCs that aren't networked via an original parallel port Zip drive.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-07-31, 10:26
Brawndo wrote on 2021-07-31, 05:56: I got 3 NOS Maxtor IDE hard drives, 3.5 GB each. Planning to use them for early socket 7 builds. […] Show full quote I got 3 NOS Maxtor IDE hard drives, 3.5 GB each. Planning to use them for early socket 7 builds. Nice find!
Re: SCSI on a modern PC
Posted on 2021-07-31, 10:21
The USB Zip 250 turned up and it is a little flakey - generally doesn't want to eject when asked but it's good enough for the amount I'll use it! But WOW it's so fast compared to the parallel port one on the PS/2!
Re: Retro paradox?
Posted on 2021-07-30, 09:28
My father got a membership solely for the numeric e-mail address, I believe. The e-mail system was one of the oldest around, with a huge number of users. I had a 5 digit username (before the comma) first time round but my main one was 6 digits - 106345,3672 in 1999. On top of that, CServe was …
Re: Retro paradox?
Posted on 2021-07-29, 23:42
Speaking of CompuServe, a dude was able to save some CS servers/hosts/mainframes (working!) - along with user data. Maybe we'll see some forum data (database data) be preserved?! 😃 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBKHT1GodBk https://paperpc.blogspot.com/2009/06/compuserve-classic-so-long-old-friend …
Re: SCSI on a modern PC
Posted on 2021-07-26, 21:01
I could just buy a USB Zip drive I guess but that's being defeatist And that, my friend, is the CORRECT answer. Its super convenient as well. And I think others mentioned windows compatibility, and I wanted to chime in and say, I use 7 & 10 64bit and have zero issue with the USB version. I tried …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-07-26, 16:59
Just gave me shivers thinking about hand scanners - you never got dead straight scans or ones that weren't stretched/squashed 😀
Re: Retro paradox?
Posted on 2021-07-26, 12:01
Instead of slowly forgetting about details of, say, tube technology or old computers, todays knowledge of the old, it seems, actually steadily increases with temporal distance. There's no paradox. You just had more time and interest to study the subject. And you can easily find out so much now. …
Re: Retro paradox?
Posted on 2021-07-26, 11:07
I think that also it's down to 30+ years or so ago much of the tech seemed like magic and beyond comprehension but now looking back, much of it is more understandable for many people as it was way simpler technology. However it is just mind-blowing how the developers of the time though were able to …
Re: SCSI on a modern PC
Posted on 2021-07-26, 10:00
No I didn't specify 64 bit, but yeah I do mean 64 bit 😀 Thanks for the input everyone!
Re: SCSI on a modern PC
Posted on 2021-07-25, 16:15
Oh boo! Well I'll have a bit of fun trying to get an old PCI SCSI card working on Windows 10 64bit anyway! If they don't work, what else could I use this adapter for...... does the Matrox M3D work in Windows 10!?!? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-07-25, 16:14
Spent a little while tidying up my mancave/home office and thought I needed some music to tidy up to. I wasn't sure if it would work but it did perfectly - a few dozen ROL files from http://cd.textfiles.com/somuch/smsharew/MUSIC/ and PLAYROL.EXE and the OLP2LPT adapter on my PS/2 Model 70 😀
Re: SCSI on a modern PC
Posted on 2021-07-25, 16:07
Oh I literally just found this on eBay after posting that and have bought it! I have some PCIe extender cables so I can have an old PCI SCSI card hanging out the back of my PC I hope! 😀
SCSI on a modern PC
Posted on 2021-07-25, 16:04
I have a SCSI Zip250 I'd like to hook up to my main PC (to make life easier copying or running stuff to/on my PS/2 Model 70 386 which has a parallel Zip100 attached). But USB to SCSI adapters are REALLY expensive on eBay and I can't find a PCIe SCSI adapter with a 'normal' external connector - I …
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