Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread

Posted on 2023-05-05, 10:27

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by Boohyaka

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And, frankly, if there is every such a thing as a completely finished, never to be tinkered with, Retro PC - I've not seen it. Truer words have rarely been spoken :) it's regularly discussed in here and I guess a vast majority of us spend more time tinkering with their hardware than actually using …

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Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread

Posted on 2023-05-05, 09:02

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by Boohyaka

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@smoobandit have you checked your CMOS clear jumper is not in the clear position? 😁 otherwise, maybe your motherboard has an external battery 4pins header and you could try that instead of the integrated battery holder?

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Re: Old 5 1/4 inch floppy disks..re-use

Posted on 2023-04-25, 11:21

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by Boohyaka

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Jo22, not fully following you there in regards to KryoFlux and images? KryoFlux (and Greaseweazle for that matter) do record low level raw magnetic flux transitions, but also create working image files straight from the DTC software (downloadable for free off the KF website). It is the most accurate …

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Re: Old 5 1/4 inch floppy disks..re-use

Posted on 2023-04-24, 12:04

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by Boohyaka

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Is that Windows 9x on the PC monitor ?! Beware, Windows 9x is a floppy killer! 😟 https://www.os2museum.com/wp/the-ihc-damage/ Windows 3.1x and WinImage 3 might be safer for making/restoring disk images and file transfer. Or Windows NT/2k/XP. The bane of floppy disk preservationists with kryoflux or …

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Re: Ethernet switch and router

Posted on 2023-04-23, 16:57

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by Boohyaka

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Don't know what trade you're in, but on my end this is literally 1st hand account of what's currently happening in the corporate world :) static IP's are only used for core switches, routers and hypervisors, literally everything else is DHCP reservation. You just need a very robust and redundant …

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Re: Ethernet switch and router

Posted on 2023-04-23, 15:49

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by Boohyaka

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Since the dawn of TCP/IP you can set DHCP and still manually set DNS and/or Gateway manually. I assume he has less retro machines that modern devices (including kids/wife/relatives/visitors iphones/tablets/computers/consoles/IoT devices or whatever), so DHCP is perfect for all of the modern use. Now …

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Re: Ethernet switch and router

Posted on 2023-04-23, 12:32

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by Boohyaka

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While none of this is wrong, this is such an overkill. The simplest way to address you scenario dionb is as said before, just set the default gateway on your retro machines to their own IP address and you're done...they can reach all your local resources (in a single VLAN obviously), but can't …

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Re: Ethernet switch and router

Posted on 2023-04-22, 07:22

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by Boohyaka

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-no known issues with retro hardware/OSes (DOS 5.x, Win3x, Win9x, etc) Actually, this is becoming an issue. 10Mb Ethernet uses different voltages (+-2.5V) to 100Mb/1Gb Ethernet (+-1V). It is still a requirement for 802.3 compliance to support 10Base-T, but I've been encountering more and more stuff …

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Re: Ethernet switch and router

Posted on 2023-04-21, 22:05

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by Boohyaka

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haha! while pfsense is indeed interesting, compared to what that person's goal is that just requires a $10 2nd hand Netgear GS308, that's quite steep both in hardware expense and learning curve 😁

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Re: Can't get 5.25 floppy drive to work

Posted on 2023-04-21, 21:54

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by Boohyaka

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EDIT: just saw that now: "- When I connect the 5.25" drive as drive A:, it works (after the twisted part of the cable)", my bad, deleting my now useless message.

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Re: Ethernet switch and router

Posted on 2023-04-21, 20:23

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by Boohyaka

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I must admit networking is not my forte, especially when it comes to choosing hardware. To be honest, for you I'd recommend any un managed switch, even from a thrift store ~ 5-10 € $ £ For your purpose 99,99% of the available switches will have no difference in performance. The only thing you might …

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Re: Ethernet switch and router

Posted on 2023-04-21, 20:09

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by Boohyaka

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Literally get any 8 ports gigabit switch from the last 15 years that you can get on the cheap in classified ads around you, shouldn't be more than a few 10's. With your requirements and admitted lack of networking knowledge, you definitely don't need a manageable switch. You're not going to do …

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Re: Help with Power switch connection ATX to AT Power Adapter

Posted on 2023-03-17, 20:59

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by Boohyaka

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My understanding is that he's going to use an AT style switch that has a toggle position, so it should be fine. I did this myself in the past with an ATX-AT adapter inside an AT case. You can connect the two prongs of the adapter to a pair of spades of the AT switch, you don't need all 4 connected. …

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Re: Modern retro-comptible monitor?

Posted on 2023-03-16, 19:07

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by Boohyaka

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I have no doubt that it is. Just saying that it doesn't seem to bother me personally, at least for now. And apparently, there are some people who can game for hours on a 60 Hz CRT monitor without experiencing any problems, while I can't take more than a few minutes of that without getting eye …

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Re: Searching for code wheels, The Games: Summer Challenge and The Games: Winter Challenge, both from Accolade

Posted on 2023-03-15, 13:58

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by Boohyaka

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Timber is a friend, I'll let him know 😀

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Re: Your AI generated 'dream' desktop systems

Posted on 2023-03-11, 09:33

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by Boohyaka

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those keyboards are frightening me!!! 😁 still, cool pictures!

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Re: 486 HDD Fail Message at POST

Posted on 2023-03-09, 20:32

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by Boohyaka

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Allright, glad it's fixed! Just noticed now jakethompson1 already had the right answer a couple of minutes before me though 😁

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Re: 486 HDD Fail Message at POST

Posted on 2023-03-09, 19:13

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by Boohyaka

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that looks to me like you have a secondary (non-connected) disk configured in BIOS

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Re: The Retro Web project - a better stason.org/TH99 alternative

Posted on 2023-03-02, 11:21

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by Boohyaka

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Congratulations on becoming my goto source! Amazing work guys. I've contributed what I could and will continue doing so 😉

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Re: FB2SCI - Yamaha FB-01/IMFC bank sysex to SCI patch converter

Posted on 2023-02-26, 10:31

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by Boohyaka

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as a major Sierra nerd and SQ in particular (see avatar 😁), this was indeed a great read and I'll be following with much interest!

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