Re: CD-ROM Drive with no jumper selection
Posted on 2020-02-28, 10:32
Need a photograph for people to advise/help on this I think. If you have it on it's own on an IDE cable is it detected by your BIOS?
Re: Snappy Driver Installer
Posted on 2020-02-25, 11:00
How do you get all the older driver packs as when I'm running it on my Windows XP laptops it wants to go online to get the drivers and seeing as Ethernet drivers always seem to be missing that's not possible so ideally I'd like to have all the older driver packs as at the moment it only works …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-02-25, 10:58
Jed118 wrote on 2020-02-25, 02:44: Retrobrite complete. Do you have a 'before' photo for comparison?! 😀
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-02-24, 13:03
This morning I have upgraded my Shuttle PC by installing a black facia Floppy Disk Drive so I can create disks via a propper drive rather than a 'modern' USB one! :) Loving the XPC's .. Especially back in the days, when I built a kick-ass system in such a small form factor .. :) The best thing …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-02-24, 10:19
This morning I have upgraded my Shuttle PC by installing a black facia Floppy Disk Drive so I can create disks via a propper drive rather than a 'modern' USB one! 😀
Re: Snappy Driver Installer
Posted on 2020-02-22, 11:40
I've just tried this on a Pentium 4 Samsung laptop that I've been struggling to get drivers for and in the 16GB download I got it doesnt have any of the missing drivers in it so I could really do with knowing how to get the full 90GB of historical drivers (a download link would be useful please) - …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-02-20, 22:59
Met some Vogons: AEBF1C67-B5DE-4E4E-A60B-DD4AB389899B.jpeg LOL - that's great! I used to have a Psion Series 5 - several in fact as I kept on breaking the screen but I had accidental damage cover so I didn't have to keep paying for the repairs. Wish I had kept is now I've become a retro/vintage …
Snappy Driver Installer
Posted on 2020-02-20, 22:57
I've just been reading another thread and the Snappy Driver Installer was mentioned so instead of hijacking that thread I've started this one... If I'm understanding it right, I can use SDI to install drivers on the Retro Windows XP laptops that I have? I've been to the official website and at the …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-02-18, 12:13
Yesterday and today I have (retro computing wise) I have mainly been wiping and testing old IDE 2.5" HDDs from 351MB to 120GB - approx 50 in total! All ready to use on the many laptops I have that dont have them.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-02-14, 14:20
Today I have been creating a 'Golden Image' on a Pentium 4 HP/Compaq nx9010 laptop with Windows XP and some open source software ready to image the other ones that I have in my collection :) What tool did you use? I am testing out image creation, using DD on my Linux machine. (Learning or trying to …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-02-14, 12:37
Today I have been creating a 'Golden Image' on a Pentium 4 HP/Compaq nx9010 laptop with Windows XP and some open source software ready to image the other ones that I have in my collection 😀
Re: Resetting BIOS password on Toshiba Satellite 4010 CDS
Posted on 2020-02-12, 13:58
Broke my Toshiba 3330V laptop while trying to reset boot/bios password with LPT/Parallel port device :( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WebSYPUN3fo Am I missing something as I've watched the video and it shows the laptop being fixed as the device has done what it is supposed to do and remove the …
Re: Resetting BIOS password on Toshiba Satellite 4010 CDS
Posted on 2020-02-06, 08:00
Use a KEY disk - very quick and simple to create and use. See here: https://www.retrocomputing.co.uk/2019/10/rese … op-bios_18.html
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2020-01-30, 22:22
The retro thing I've been doing today is making replacement CMOS batterys (not paying £6.99 for one on eBay) using the existing lead, some conductive tape and some heat-shrink tubing! https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c40xGG3-Qtk/XjNURLYzyrI/AAAAAAAAIUQ/xa5sWunynKImVbr_0TGhXhMTwJgzsReXACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/ …
Re: IBM ThinkPad 380D Adventures
Posted on 2020-01-30, 08:46
The BIOS is normally stored on the laptop itself and not on the HDD. Thanks for that, at least I know that's no the issue then. Back to the drawing board it is then... [EDIT] I took the laptop apart during my (extended) lunch break today, removed the HDD, replaced it with another one I just …
Re: Not for the faint hearted
Posted on 2020-01-29, 15:47
I wonder what the clock speed of them is?...!
Re: IBM ThinkPad 380D Adventures
Posted on 2020-01-29, 15:26
That's the only way to get into the BIOS. Press and hold F1 and then power on the system. Check the keyboard connections to make sure they aren't loose. Mmmm. If I hold down any other key and power the laptop on I get a 301 keyboard error (stuck key I assume), but if I hold down F1 and then power …
Re: Newbie Saying Hi!
Posted on 2020-01-29, 14:14
The short answer is for several weeks on the trot (on a Tuesday after work) I met a bloke in a public car park and paid 66p per laptop and transferred them from the boot of his car to mine!!! The longer answer is, I met a bloke at a Car Boot Sale and snapped up all the retro laptops he had (£1 each …
Car Boot Sale Swagger - Laptops and Shuttle PC
Posted on 2020-01-29, 13:59
Here's a photo of my latest bag of swag from a car boot sale I went to 2 weeks ago: 82989365_10222036309762943_1265214012971286528_o.jpg I've had Man Flu for the last couple of weeks so only just getting around to check this haul out! Apparently the car boot seller has 30+ more of this age laptops …
Re: VOGONS Driver Library
Posted on 2020-01-29, 12:24
OMG I can't believe I'm only just coming across this! What a great drivers website, this is going to save me a lot of time and trouble searching for random drivers that I need to get some random vintage/retro laptops that I have up and running! 😀
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