Upgraded my XT with an SIXPAKPLUS card from AST, replaced the battery and patched the software to be Y2K compliant… welcome another XT to the 21st century 😀

Bit of idle speculation, but just read an 1992 interview (translated from Polish) Yes, I read a similar article in German (Computerwoche/Spiegel). But I believe they didn’t build the cases themselves as I had exactly that one back in the day with a DX2, custom built. I ordered all the parts …

I need help identifying this case. It was used by ASI Computer (Aquarius Systems International GmbH) and others. It must have been available as a stand alone case only without a prebuilt system, too. Does anyone know the name of the company which built it or furthermore a product name/number?

Thanks to the excellent documentation, provided on minuszerodegrees.net, I was able to fix the problems my ’83 Model F keyboard gave me. No more stuck keys, unreliable operation (solder joints/wire harness) or the dissolving mat. While I was at it I also flashed two 27C256-100 EEPROMS with the ’86 …

appiah4 wrote on 2020-05-13, 06:53: with this question: What ARE these nuts that connect brackets and D-SUB connectors called? I need to order a couple dozen of these..) In this data sheet they are called D-Sub female screw lock https://docs.rs-online.com/93f9/0900766b813dd633.pdf

Destroying original, never to be produced again, SB Awe 64 Value cards to build something so amateur and over-complicated, which offers so little improvement, if any, and it is not retro hardware anymore, over using 2 original retro sound cards in a true retro system, escapes my mind. Destroying …

EDIT :And do not use the FDISK /MBR command if the bootloader of your choice uses a custom MBR . Oh, and a bootsector virus can really ruin your day with such a setup (if you don't have backups), That statement is true for any kind of setup, even with single boot systems. Although issuing a command …

Back in the day I used to tackle these kind of "requirements" with LiLo and I still do it that way today. Lilo provides rewriting and change rules. Using those you can change drives 0x80, 0x81 and/or partitions to your needs, activating and deactivating on the fly. Rewriting partitions to type 99 …

Count me in - if there is still a spot available on your buyers list.

For my next retro project, an ISA/AT slot for my dual Tualatin board, I ordered some card edge connectors from the bay … well, shipping times from Taiwan - got to be patient. Furthermore the cost for shipping is higher than the price for the 5pc set. Seeing as you say "Kleinanzeigen" I guess you're …

I spent a little, almost nothing and way too much today… For my next retro project, an ISA/AT slot for my dual Tualatin board, I ordered some card edge connectors from the bay … well, shipping times from Taiwan - got to be patient. Furthermore the cost for shipping is higher than the price for the …

You’ve got a very nice setup there… If you ever get bored of switching the boot device in BIOS you can always setup multi-booting retro style using LiLo with a distro from back in the day.

Finally got rid of some loose wiring "solutions" and replaced them with "proper" adapters… I soldered/glued an adapter (game port <-> USB) for my Microsoft SideWinder Precision Pro and another adapter as a y-cable for connecting my Microsoft SideWinder 3D Pro and the Dreamblaster X2 to one game …