Stiletto wrote:

We have a thread about this somewhere. […]
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PhilsComputerLab wrote:

My dream gadget is a CD/DVD drive emulator, like a GOTEK.

Connect to IDE, takes a 2.5" SATA drive, little LCD display at the front displaying the ISO / BIN-CUE image and some buttons to cycle through the images.

We have a thread about this somewhere.

Enclosures with this feature already somewhat exist and work alright in Windows.
http://www.zalman.com/contents/products/view.html?no=212

I believe the major failing is that most can't do mixed mode images.

Under Windows we're covered with virtual drive software, but AFAIK there is nothing for DOS beyond mounting ISO only discs with certain drives from FreeDOS project.

Stiletto wrote:

Oldskoolmaniac wrote:

Anyone else got idea on what computer related items that should exist that could be convenient for you?

There's a thread like this somewhere too, perhaps in Marvin, so if it gets found don't get offended if this gets merged later. 😀

Its all good.

In the days of Apple II, there was a Z-80 card so CP/M programs could be run. I think these sorts of things are rather niche.

There were 486, Pentium, K6 and Athlon cards for Sun workstations to run DOS apps, too (and some Win3.x and Win9x apps, and some folks managed to get Windows NT working on them, IIRC). There were also some 486 cards for Acorns with similar purposes, and there might have been some for Macs. While emulation, virtualization and standardization on ARM and AMD64 make these very niche now, I could see some use for "legacy coprocessor" cards to run old stuff on new hardware.

Why was there never a slocket adapter for the slot A platform?

Oldskoolmaniac wrote:

Why was there never a slocket adapter for the slot A platform?

I asked that on different site. The tread got closed by an admin before getting answered.

On the subject on non-existent CPU socket adapters, I'd find a Socket M/P to LGA775 adapter interesting because then I'd be able to use my spare T7300 CPU on my Dell GX520 desktop (BTW: Socket 478 to LGA775 adapters exist for Pentium 4 processors in case you thought this was impossible).

Personally, I think a 12-inch 800x600 LCD monitor is worth mentioning because those would be killer for older machines limited to that resolution (such as a Performa 6200CD or an old 486), too bad they're impossible to find, maybe one could be made out of an old laptop LCD panel?

Also, an AMD Athlon XP (K7) CPU with SSE2 would be nice but it's too bad those were never made.

Oldskoolmaniac wrote:

Why was there never a slocket adapter for the slot A platform?

This is actually a very good question. I've wondered about this myself, but never bothered to seek out an answer as I don't have any Slot A boards to begin with.

Jade Falcon wrote:

Oldskoolmaniac wrote:

Why was there never a slocket adapter for the slot A platform?

I asked that on different site. The tread got closed by an admin before getting answered yes

Why?

I suspect part of the reason why slotkets happened was because there wasn't an Intel based replacement for 440bx motherboards for the better part of a year. That situation never happened with AMD.

Tetrium wrote:

A 486 ATX board with AGP slot that's electronically a PCI slot.

Intrigued, may I ask why you would combine those two? Can you theoretically run an AGP card using only the PCI bus and perhaps some external power? Does such adapter exist or could it be made?

I guess you'd want to add SDRAM to that mobo aswell 😀

DeafPK wrote:

Tetrium wrote:

A 486 ATX board with AGP slot that's electronically a PCI slot.

Intrigued, may I ask why you would combine those two? Can you theoretically run an AGP card using only the PCI bus and perhaps some external power? Does such adapter exist or could it be made?

I guess you'd want to add SDRAM to that mobo aswell 😀

There was "AGP" slots like AGP Express and AGI, so I guess in theory it could. But there's a LOT of stuff that could be done in theory...but cannot or will not for a diverse set of reasons.

Tetrium wrote:

Jade Falcon wrote:

Oldskoolmaniac wrote:

Why was there never a slocket adapter for the slot A platform?

I asked that on different site. The tread got closed by an admin before getting answered.

Why?

He thought it was dumb question. 😵