Re: Hardware tools for speeding up file transfers to legacy laptops (and possibly other things)

Posted on 2019-12-19, 14:57

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by ragefury32

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Personally I just use a old pair of powerline ethernet adapters (they're both "Liveplugs", which are just rebranded Devolo ethernet plugs), they're only 10/100M but at least they do the job very well when I need to plug an old machine in the network. Certainly a bit of a kludge but that's what I …

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Re: Hardware tools for speeding up file transfers to legacy laptops (and possibly other things)

Posted on 2019-12-13, 17:08

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by ragefury32

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best way is to just use ethernet. :lol: Sometimes for physical reasons that's just not an option, so having something that makes it unneeded is very nice indeed. I will keep an eye out for this PQi pen thing, I have a need for one! It's for my original Xbox -- softmodded but in a location that I …

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Re: Hardware tools for speeding up file transfers to legacy laptops (and possibly other things)

Posted on 2019-12-13, 17:05

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by ragefury32

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best way is to just use ethernet. :lol: Not always - not every one of the old-school machines have ethernet (so that'll require a PCMCIA/cardbus adapter), sometimes you are physically challenged to plug the adapter in (if you have a 3Com XJack Ethernet card the insertion point for the cable might …

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Re: Retro gaming on eMac ?

Posted on 2019-12-10, 20:37

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by ragefury32

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Hell, a Firewire 400/800/USB2 HDD enclosure can be had for less than 20 USD and can store an entire library of games Wonderful. Then he'll need to add a Firewire card to his PC to get the downloaded games onto the Firewire drive... Or he could just connect his eMac to the internet and download …

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Hardware tools for speeding up file transfers to legacy laptops (and possibly other things)

Posted on 2019-12-10, 05:15

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by ragefury32

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Okay, so the purpose of this thread is to discuss some of the tools that can be used to potentially make your life easier working with legacy laptops/thin clients, and it can potentially be of use for desktops. So, here's a few that I've used on recent projects that made my life a little easier: …

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2019-12-10, 04:01

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keenmaster486 wrote: The Thinkpad 760XL has been arrived to the emergency room in critical condition. The patient's condition has quickly worsened. Going in for surgery soon. Pray for steady hands and healing... ...What happened to it?

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Re: Retro gaming on eMac ?

Posted on 2019-12-10, 03:30

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by ragefury32

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For oldschool stuff like DOS or early PPC stuff that might be fine, but if you are dropping an entire archive of oldschool game ISOs, you'll definitely want USB2 on your side. Even then, you don't need USB 2.0. What's the point in using retro hardware if you don't have the patience to accept the …

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Re: Retro gaming on eMac ?

Posted on 2019-12-09, 22:09

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by ragefury32

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I got an eMac with PowerPC G4 1.25Ghz, 768 DDR RAM PC2700, DD 40 Go. The graphic card is an ATI 9200SE i think. I don't know a lot about Mac Gaming. Does someone has list of cool games like Monkey Island ? Does this machine performs in 3D Gaming ? What game can use all its power ? For oldschool Mac …

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Re: games that are better on a Macintosh

Posted on 2019-12-09, 21:57

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Mac versions of early lucasarts adventures had digital sounds. Their PC counterparts had all analog thru OPL. The Macintosh interface of Indy3 is kinda interesting and every title from Monkey Island onwards offered graphics filtering similar to Eagle/SAI. Oooooh yeah. I really should do a side-by- …

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2019-12-09, 06:43

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I think, however, that I have figured one thing out: there is no perfect retro laptop that will fulfill ALL my needs all at once. So I have split it into two. Here they are: The DOS/Win31/Win95 laptop This will be capable of the following: Perfect or near-perfect DOS video/sound compatibility Not …

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Re: Retro gaming on eMac ?

Posted on 2019-12-08, 21:05

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by ragefury32

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Yes, it has USB 1.1. But unless you want to transfer gigabytes of data, it's fast enough. I have many systems with USB 1.1 only and even when copying ISO files over, it's not an issue. E.g. a 650 MB ISO image takes less than 10 minutes to copy with USB 1.1. That's not too bad. Quick reminder - …

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Re: Retro gaming on eMac ?

Posted on 2019-12-08, 05:48

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I can get one of those in mit condition for a few € , on paper it seems quite capable. Will it be capable of playing DOS ports in OS 9? Thanks in advance :) Eh, you mean, the old-school stuff on MacintoshGarden.org (and not DOS apps inside DosBox)? It'll do fine, but you'll need some accessories …

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Re: Retro gaming on eMac ?

Posted on 2019-12-08, 05:33

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Actually, it depends for what processor architecture and Mac OS version the games were made. Only OS X 10.5 can run both PowerPC and Intel CPU programs. 10.6 and later are Intel-only. I think older PowerPC versions of MacOS (not sure about OS X) should be capable of running 68k code, but there …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-12-02, 21:17

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should my adaptec card have a battery? i can't seem to locate any headers for it on the card and no mention in manual. The Dallas Real Time Clock chip on the card - that's the battery. It's supposed to hold your RAID cache in case you have a catastrophic loss of power, but in the PERC5s and 6s …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-27, 18:19

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Bought a Dell Latitude C600 - the one with the ESS Maestro 3i and the ATi Rage Mobility 128 graphics. Bonus: It's a Mobility M4 with 16MB of embedded DRAM. C600 Specs.png Downside: the vendor shipped the machine with 2 batteries and NO optical drive. Had to use a Y-Cable and my USB2-to-Cardbus …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-27, 18:09

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by ragefury32

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should my adaptec card have a battery? i can't seem to locate any headers for it on the card and no mention in manual. The Dallas Real Time Clock chip on the card - that's the battery. It's supposed to hold your RAID cache in case you have a catastrophic loss of power, but in the PERC5s and 6s …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-11-27, 15:47

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Vintage RAID/SCSI cards are one those items in vintage computing that are still fairly cheap to get even new in box. Some models are so impressive looking and complex with their own memory and CPUs. This particular model is visually one of my favorites. IMG_4788.JPG If the RAID card functions like …

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Re: games that are better on a Macintosh

Posted on 2019-11-25, 15:08

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dr.zeissler wrote: The Sound especially the music on the old mac-versions of the lucas-adventures are bad on mac compared to adlib or mt32 on pc. Yeah, but then the audio off the Mac sounds less juvenile than their SB/Adlib equivalents on games like Dark Forces.

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Re: games that are better on a Macintosh

Posted on 2019-11-20, 21:52

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Are we counting only 040 stuff? Or are we considering PPC/Classic and PPC/OSX as well? Monkey Island.png Monkey Island 3.png I am personally quite impartial to the blippy, bloopy version of Monkey Island on the 040/Classic Macs. i mean, granted, there is a certain charm to running the DOSBox+MUNT …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2019-11-19, 19:47

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(the TiBooks are notorious for being fragile as they age) The Pismo is even worse. I've got three and gave up trying to fix them. They have flimsy parts everywhere. The "thickness" of the plastic holding the hinges must be a bad joke by whoever designed that thing... Also what breaks easily is the …

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