Re: Best inexpensive Windows 98 CD-RW drive

Posted on 2024-05-27, 18:10

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by deltapi

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I actually put a PATA DVD-RW into my Win98/W2K dualbooter recently. The only thing it lacks that earlier CD-ROM drives had is the audio control. I loved having a headphone jack and volume control on the front of my oldschool CD-ROM drives. And... I guess that means you lose the audio for games like …

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Re: Motherboard fried?

Posted on 2024-05-24, 16:31

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by deltapi

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Check the underside of the board for any leads that could possibly be shorting to ground, and look closely at any traces running to or from crystal oscillator packages. I received a board second hand that had a bunch of current dropped through it due to a loose screw, and it damaged a crystal. It …

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

Posted on 2024-05-24, 15:18

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by deltapi

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all that stuff shipped to africa as e waste, such a shame - unlikely to be around now. unfortunately, that e-waste probably wasn't handled well. I recall seeing a depressing picture of "e-waste recyclers" in southeast asia, where they'd pile stuff up, and burn it to get rid of plastics, then pick …

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Re: Thinkpad, A Better Place to Think.

Posted on 2024-05-24, 14:57

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by deltapi

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The 14.1" T43s looked exactly the same as a T41, but had some minor differences, like DDR2 RAM, PCI-Express and an ExpressCard slot in addition to CardBus, rather than 2xCardBus. ExpressCard and CardBus makes that very handy as a transitional-tech machine. I've got old PCMCIA flash cards and an E- …

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Re: I found a 775 to 478 adapter

Posted on 2024-05-24, 14:54

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by deltapi

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Were you able to boot? I think that board was supposed to do Pentium D and P4.

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Re: Best inexpensive Windows 98 CD-RW drive

Posted on 2024-05-24, 14:51

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by deltapi

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I actually put a PATA DVD-RW into my Win98/W2K dualbooter recently. The only thing it lacks that earlier CD-ROM drives had is the audio control. I loved having a headphone jack and volume control on the front of my oldschool CD-ROM drives.

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Re: End Of General Availability of the free vSphere Hypervisor

Posted on 2024-02-14, 21:51

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by deltapi

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Well, with that feedback Hyper-V is definitely not an option for you. Proxmox's remote console is fine for my use when using Spice. I haven't tried to do dos or win9x VMs on proxmox at all - the oldest VM I've run on it is XP, and it works like a champ. I don't use snapshots on my VMs simply because …

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Re: SCSI 40Pin has anyone ever heard of it??

Posted on 2024-02-14, 21:29

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by deltapi

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This document seems to have the pinout for your drive, detailing all the signals. https://www.ardent-tool.com/IBM_HD/dhas_spf.pdf

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Re: End Of General Availability of the free vSphere Hypervisor

Posted on 2024-02-12, 21:21

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by deltapi

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Last time I looked at proxmox a few months ago it couldn't handle my use case and we use ESX at work so it made sense to keep the same. I'll have to look at proxmox a little harder sometime this year. What's your use case? I use proxmox heavily - I'm writing this post on a VM hosted by proxmox with …

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Re: Gotek like Optical Driver Emulator - Is it possible?

Posted on 2024-02-12, 21:17

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by deltapi

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If you want to go the hardware route and are looking for something available now, you can get a SCSI card and a ZuluSCSI or one of several other scsi emulator options. Both tiny and ZuluSCSI can emulate multiple devices on the SCSI bus for you, and if you have a SCSI card with a boot rom, you can …

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Re: Native PS/2 mouse implementation for 386/486 boards using the keyboard controller

Posted on 2024-02-10, 02:36

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by deltapi

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maxtherabbit wrote on 2024-02-08, 20:01: Are you able to send and receive DMs? Send me your shipping address for a quote please I can't yet, but I will do so once I can.

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Re: 32-bit OS that will run best on 8MB 386sx-16

Posted on 2024-02-10, 02:31

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by deltapi

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deltapi wrote on 2024-02-09, 22:45: I have no idea how well it would run on a 386 though - my guess is that with 8MB ram it would be effectively unusable. Quick update, with the GUI loaded, it's using a good 23+ MB of swap just idling.

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Re: Retro OSes for retro computers

Posted on 2024-02-09, 22:50

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by deltapi

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I actually was maintaining my own private builds of the Linux Kernel in those days, including a big O scheduler, AGPART support, USB support, and some other fiddly bits. IIRC, I was using a MSI Super Socket7 board with a K6-2/400 and a Voodoo 3 3000 AGP. I also had a P166 (nonMMX) in a cardboard box …

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Re: 32-bit OS that will run best on 8MB 386sx-16

Posted on 2024-02-09, 22:45

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by deltapi

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For what it's worth, I think Debian 3.0, "Woody" was the last version to offer 386 cpu support. I don't know if you'd count this, as support for it ended in 2006. I consider it retro, but it's not necessarily 'era appropriate' for a 386. It includes Linux Kernel 2.2 and 2.4, Xfree86 4.1, KDE 2.2, …

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Re: Recommended DOS file manager?

Posted on 2024-02-09, 19:09

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by deltapi

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I have to agree with other posters, if the system is this broken and you don't want to lose data, it needs to be backed up ASAP. I'd even recommend a usb-to-PATA adaptor to back up that disk using a (different) modern PC. In most cases you can leave the original drive in place, just remove the PATA …

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Re: Broken AT case

Posted on 2024-02-09, 18:15

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by deltapi

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I think it looks ok. The putty/epoxy work the others describe would give you a look that doesn't appear repaired, but also is much harder to do with a satisfying result - it's almost like doing plasterwork or repairing drywall. What's most important though is - what do you think of it? Do you like …

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Re: a heretic for dos would be possible with the previous weapon, next weapon keys

Posted on 2024-02-08, 21:43

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by deltapi

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the original dos version itself doesn't seem to have any weapon switching other than the number keys, even if using a joystick or mouse. I've looked into the setup program and the heretic.cfg file and there simply isn't any configuration for weapon selection. Items? Yes. Weapons? No. Dosbox will let …

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Re: Did you create maps for games?

Posted on 2024-02-08, 21:30

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by deltapi

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I used to do a lot of doom map 'porting' to heretic hexen, the ability to have a 'hub' map made it possible to have a pwad with a bunch of deathmatch levels in it, which was really great for long DM sessions where you might want to replay a map a couple times or perhaps more importantly, not play a …

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Re: Native PS/2 mouse implementation for 386/486 boards using the keyboard controller

Posted on 2024-02-08, 03:57

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by deltapi

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maxtherabbit wrote on 2024-02-05, 17:33: If you're in the USA I'd be happy to give you a board, if not I would just want shipping reimbursement. I'm in Canada, but I'd gladly pay shipping expenses, thank you!

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Re: Native PS/2 mouse implementation for 386/486 boards using the keyboard controller

Posted on 2024-02-05, 01:27

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by deltapi

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maxtherabbit wrote on 2024-02-03, 21:10: Yes I even made a PCB for it That's awesome, have you posted it anywhere? I found your interposer files, I didn't see anything for this one. If you haven't, would you be willing to share it?

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