Re: Floppy disk archaeology tips

Posted on 2016-02-02, 15:05

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by Stiletto

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Incidentally this may be one (of a few) reasons why LS-120 drives are better at reading dodgy disks. They may have a completely different controller than a normal PC (since they don't have to retain PC Floppy compatibility) so they might be able to apply more advanced algorithms to the data. A …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-02-02, 15:02

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by Stiletto

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Have been searching for a long time for an Apple-][ machine, at last found it's clone - Franklin ace 1000+. Kudos for this awesome find! I hope you get it working - these older machines are sometimes easier to fix than newer ones because of their relative simplicity electronically. A great project! …

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Re: nGlide

Posted on 2016-02-01, 23:49

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nGlide 1.05 released! Windowed mode and Edge AA added to nGlide 1.05 http://www.zeus-software.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=874 nGlide 1.05 changelog: Glide2: -added support for F-16: Fighting Falcon -added support for Space Haste -fixed Actua Golf 2 ui issues with older Radeons -fixed Actua Soccer …

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Re: My first Pentium MMX build

Posted on 2016-02-01, 23:14

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Here's a GPU I could not identify at all. 2016-02-01 23.12.25.jpg These are quad-head S3 Virge cards. Looks like there are at least two S3 Virge 325 chips on each board. They use SCSI to VGA cables! One of them (the one that didn't have a bracket) seems to be fried — it produced horrible artifacts …

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Re: Searching for Sonnet Crescendo 7200 Pci card

Posted on 2016-02-01, 21:14

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by Stiletto

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Moved. 😀

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Re: Floppy disk archaeology tips

Posted on 2016-02-01, 20:18

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I guess we're starting to get off-topic, but: Here's some LS-240 drive part numbers, mostly extracted from CNet. Addonics Pocket SuperDisk LS-240 240 MB External USB - Part Number: AEPSD240UM Fujitsu Celsius S26391-F300-V300 CELSIUS MOBILE -FSC1 - Part Number: QUT 1FDDZZZFXC7 HP LS-240 (SuperDisk) …

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Re: Floppy disk archaeology tips

Posted on 2016-02-01, 17:35

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If Kryoflux is cool, and LS-120 SuperDisk is cool (wonder how LS-240 is...), wonder what an ATAPI version of Kryoflux (with appropriate software updates) combined with an LS-120 would do! 😁

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Re: Slightly damaged YMF718-S, need advice.

Posted on 2016-02-01, 17:04

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Moved.

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Re: Bitchin'Fast! PC '99 - My DOS/Win98/Glide Rig

Posted on 2016-02-01, 16:54

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I love the name reference.

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

Posted on 2016-02-01, 03:22

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Worked on the MAME Relicensing project. Tracking down developers across the years.

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Re: Emulating EAX on any onboard sound hardware?

Posted on 2016-02-01, 00:04

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Keygens? What about "There is no material that is knowingly illegal here." *moderator blinks*

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Re: Floppy disk archaeology tips

Posted on 2016-01-31, 23:50

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bjt wrote: The LS-120 is a bit of a revelation for regular floppies. Several times as fast as a regular drive and just breezes through most (but not all) tricky read errors. Knew about the read speeds, but had no idea it would be a bit better with read errors! 😀

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Re: The Wrapper Collection Project

Posted on 2016-01-31, 23:26

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breech wrote: Stiletto wrote: Also? http://ronwarez.com/bosloader/ bosloader has screen tearing issues for me unfortunately. Okay, thanks for testing.

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Re: Strange flickering CRT monitor issue...

Posted on 2016-01-31, 23:18

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This bump is moderator approved 😁

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Re: Bitchin'Fast! PC '99 - My DOS/Win98/Glide Rig

Posted on 2016-01-31, 23:10

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All hooked up and ready for some big screen, plasma-powered arcade action! The game on the screen is Cyber Troopers Virtual On. It's the software/MMX version of the game, so it doesn't really make use of any of the Voodoo's features. Keep an eye on Tuxality's PowerVR wrapper, that may eventually …

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Re: RAID with ISA Hard Drive Controllers

Posted on 2016-01-30, 18:58

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Yeah, well this was supposed to be on that Supermicro board which I can't find the drivers for. It has an ISA slot. Can you get into Windows and get an Internet connection? On Win2K or better you should be able to run one of those stupid driver finder tools like Driver Booster if it's really tough. …

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Re: The Wrapper Collection Project

Posted on 2016-01-30, 05:51

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breech wrote: aqrit wrote: https://github.com/narzoul/DDrawCompat Nice, this fixed my Balls of steel tearing problem in 7x64. .. I should rephrase.. but I won't 🤣 Also? http://ronwarez.com/bosloader/

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Re: Midi player for DOS? supporting SB1, SB PRO, SB 16, ADLIB, General Midi...

Posted on 2016-01-28, 16:55

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collector wrote: Necroposting is frowned upon here. True, this one's not too bad tho - three years from former most recent reply to current most recent reply.

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Re: Need help with my 486DX4 system

Posted on 2016-01-28, 16:13

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johnnynismo wrote: I'm confused. On earlier pictures it looks like you have socketed, 32-pin, 15ns SRAM with a 28-pin TAG. On these latest ones, it's soldered onto the board. Were the previous pics just examples you found? Yes he did, here's the source: http://motherboards.mbarron.net/models/ …

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Re: Anyone used one of these USB2ISA adapters? (inside DOSBox)

Posted on 2016-01-28, 15:50

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search.php?keywords=usb2isa

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