Re: Best way to image disks and scan old manuals?

Posted on 2021-07-08, 16:38

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by Vaudane

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Thanks for the information guys! I don't know what form the manual will be in, if its a thick book, booklets bound by arch lever, or stapled books but these are all good methods to know. For disk imaging under DOS environments I highly recommend M. Brutman's DskImage . It's a very simple utility, …

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Best way to image disks and scan old manuals?

Posted on 2021-07-06, 19:28

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by Vaudane

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All going well I will soon be receiving a new-old-stock piece of hardware with all manuals and installation disks. On all me searches online I have never found mention of either of these beyond they exist so it wouldn't be a stretch to say these may be the last in existence. For the 3.5" disks I …

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Re: Did a 486/50 Compaq Deskpro exist?

Posted on 2021-07-02, 23:20

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See a few mentions in the computer press of the time... https://www.google.com/search?q=50Mhz+486+deskpro&biw=1366&bih=667&tbm=bks&ei=ZZrfYOe6Is-stQaWxpvIBQ&oq=50Mhz+486+deskpro&gs_l=psy-ab.3...14948.21916.0.22532.10.9.1.0.0.0.1124.1890.2j3j1j7-1.7.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..2.0.0....0.-y0DTiT0N88 …

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Did a 486/50 Compaq Deskpro exist?

Posted on 2021-07-02, 22:48

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by Vaudane

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As the title says. I'd quite like to expand my Compaq collection with an old style 486. I have read mention online of a 50MHz version, but I can find no real trace of it aside from that mention. Did a 50 exist, or was 33 the highest it went?

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Re: With the announcement that Microsoft has purchased Bethesda...

Posted on 2020-09-21, 15:01

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they have nothing to do with apogee/ Interceptor 3drealms I stand partially corrected. Bethesda own Id sofware which has several Apogee titles in it, however Apogee itself seems to be 3D realms, which has purchased various ID software IPs over the years. Either way, with the potential legal limbo …

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With the announcement that Microsoft has purchased Bethesda...

Posted on 2020-09-21, 13:57

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by Vaudane

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And by extension, ID software/3D realms, anyone who wants it should make dumps of their legacy software they have here: https://legacy.3drealms.com/downloads.html Just in case M$ decide that they don't want to be bothered with that anymore.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-09-15, 15:08

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Today the PSU for my pentium III system arrived. I originally ordered an Aopen 300W psu, but it got lost in the post. The seller sent a replacement FSP unit, the FSP300-60PNA. Is this any good? It feels fairly solid but I've only ever heard FSP are crap in a can. AOpen used to order their ATX PSUs …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-09-15, 14:53

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by Vaudane

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Today the PSU for my pentium III system arrived. I originally ordered an Aopen 300W psu, but it got lost in the post. The seller sent a replacement FSP unit, the FSP300-60PNA. Is this any good? It feels fairly solid but I've only ever heard FSP are crap in a can.

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Re: Compaq Deskpro 386S boot loop

Posted on 2020-09-11, 12:35

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Okay so I've popped the memory and graphics card out and ran it with dip switches set to default (ie only on-board 1MB of memory and on-board graphics). Still have the same issue. It's been sitting off, but plugged in and thus I'm inclined to think it's a power supply issue. Will recap the PSU when …

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Compaq Deskpro 386S boot loop

Posted on 2020-09-11, 11:21

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by Vaudane

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This is something I've never seen before. Turned it on just to boot up and re-energise everything for maintenance, and its stuck on a boot loop. It keeps verifying the memory then restarting. "7168 kB OK" Has the memory gone faulty? Is it something else?

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Re: "I'm ready for my close-up now" said Ol' Bessie.

Posted on 2020-09-09, 00:29

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The memory: 20180803_001444r.jpg On top of the whopping 1 MB on board, we have this additional board - a Kingston KTC-1000s which supplies an additional 1 MB RAM and if documentation on the internet is anything to go by, it never existed at all. The pins are for additional memory modules (of which …

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Re: Softpaq diagnostic setup disk for 386/25e wanted.

Posted on 2020-09-08, 14:33

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I was lucky that I kept the disk when I had LTE 386s/20 (bought new in 1993! Was for college and worth having it for a grand purchase.) Works great, found out the Kingston KTC-1000E 1MB 32 bit expansion card itself is defective. Even that booted with diagnostic disc and detected correct size (eg …

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Re: Softpaq diagnostic setup disk for 386/25e wanted.

Posted on 2020-09-08, 13:50

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by Vaudane

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I was lucky that I kept the disk when I had LTE 386s/20 (bought new in 1993! Was for college and worth having it for a grand purchase.) Works great, found out the Kingston KTC-1000E 1MB 32 bit expansion card itself is defective. Even that booted with diagnostic disc and detected correct size (eg …

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Bug, V0.1

Posted on 2020-09-07, 22:24

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My "Y2K birthday build", which I have decided to name "Bug" after ... well... I'm sure know, has finally begun! And with this, I present version 0.1. bug01.jpg So far, it's in a temporary case I had lying around from an old inherited PC. Does the job but I'm on the lookout for a Coolermaster ATCS …

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Re: Softpaq diagnostic setup disk for 386/25e wanted.

Posted on 2020-09-07, 17:53

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by Vaudane

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Maybe try this from the HP ftp site - DIAGNOSTICS diskette(s) contain SETUP Version 8.00 DP256, INSPECT Version 8.00 DP256 and TEST Version 8.00 DP256 for Discontinued Products with at least 256k memory. For 720K (3.5 inch disk) ftp://ftp3.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp0000-0500/sp0308.txt ftp://ftp3.hp.com …

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Re: Recovery disc: Compaq deskpro DP2000

Posted on 2020-09-07, 17:52

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by Vaudane

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HP maintain an index of most of their old software. You can find it here: ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/ As for that individual system, I don't know what one you need.

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Re: How do YOU mount your CF2IDE card?

Posted on 2020-09-04, 22:25

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by Vaudane

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If you want it in a hard drive mounting location in an old case, just use any 3.5" to 2.5" SSD converter tray and use some velcro to stick it to that. (or better, use standoffs to mount it.. requires a drill, 2 m3 standoff risers, and 4 m3 screws) This is the best solution I've seen out them all …

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Re: How do YOU mount your CF2IDE card?

Posted on 2020-09-04, 14:23

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by Vaudane

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as all your front drive bays are spoken for and you don't want them sticking out the back... You could get the I/O mounted bracket style and mount that to the HDD bay with cable ties or whatever? Although as you have to open the case anyway, I'd prefer the ones that mount directly to the …

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Re: Any hope for this damaged 3dfx Voodoo 2 (Creative CT6670 8MB)

Posted on 2020-08-31, 10:06

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Couple of things strike me from the damage you've detailed. The smd caps having pulled off is a strange one. Says to be either something has hit the board, or the board has been bent at some point. The fix isn't easy, nor guaranteed to be long lasting. First of all, you may have to recap all the …

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Re: How do YOU mount your CF2IDE card?

Posted on 2020-08-30, 02:08

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by Vaudane

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I don't have experience of CF-IDE yet, but surely a connector with pins, as on a motherboard, is the male, and the female has the holes the male slots into? I'll soon be looking for an adapter I can slot into a FDD bay, so I can easily swap cards for different OS and other needs. It'll be easier …

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