/retro/ - retro, vintage, old computers

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>>56181267
I like eating shit from my hands, don't you?

>>56181347
English?

>>56181267
I need the laptop on the right

now

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>>56181497
GRiD's are fucking awesome

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>>56181267
Sometimes I hate it.

>>56181900
Fucking nice anon!

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>>56181267

Reposting just to trigger that one guy.

>>56181347
found the pajeet

>>56182135
Can't see shit, but 10/10 aesthetic.

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How is this power connector called?

>>56181267

I actually miss those old beigebox towers.

Anyone know if there are mods or cases like the old late 90s early 2000s (non neon) towers out there.

Asking for a friend.

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Hmmm... How many cylinders, heads and sectors...? Any idea if I can use this in a 386?

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>>56182170
a power connector

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>>56182204

Thx, have this for your reward. Its a shame I dont have any floppies.

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>>56182165

How? Like this.....power connector.... Power CONNECTOR..... Get over here now fucking stupid POWER CONNECTOR!

>>56182185
If it has an IDE controller, yes.

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I've had to ramp down my old computer tinkering in the last few years due to time and space constraints, but I'll always keep a DOS palmtop or two in the drawer

test

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retoasting my epic retro cyber haxx0r setup

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>>56182588
Also OC from previous thread

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>>56182616
>lynx terminal meme

>>56182524
What is that box connected to the voltage regulator and the cat5 cable?

>>56182185
Depends on the CF card you use, a CF card is basically an ATA hard drive, same protocol, you should just be able to use fdisk and format.

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>>56182588
>stealing wallpapers

>>56182735
Travel router with openwrt. A 80186 can't really do encryption so I telnet into it for SSH/irssi/elinks/alpine/etc. Someday I plan to replace it with a serial link to a C.H.I.P.

>>56182170
Compaq-on-Meth

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>>56182769
I didn't steal nothin, you stole mine

also, how did you achieve that neat purple lighting aesthetic?

>>56181267
fuck off

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>>56182955
Non-UV blue LEDs!

Awesome if you're pulling all-nighters.

>>56182748
But what Parameters should I use?

>>56182170
What computer is that?
I think I had a laptop with similar connector eons ago.

>>56182283
You could fit a good few graphics cards in there.

>>56182173
Just get an old case, I don't think anybody makes any new ones like that.

What's some good retro tech channels on youtube? Watching vwestlife at the moment.

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>>56183091


Here u go.

>>56183090
Does it not auto detect it? It should register as a normal ATA drive.
Also parameters depend on the CF card used.

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Highscreen: dead PSU
Privileg: hdd Controller failure
No Name: No setup Disk...

Shit.

>>56182882
Cool stuff brah

>>56183132
Well, at first glance I guess one of those holes on the connector is 5.6V and one 7.5V and one GND.
You could possible just make your own once you figure out what pin is what.

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>>56182283
I forgot, are you running an MDA card in it or an HGC?

I need to figure out a good software setup for my XT.

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Is the X60 retro yet?

>>56183102
>>56183177

I've got an ATI VGA Wonder running in MDA compatibility mode.

>>56183190
No

>>56159870

>>56183137
No autodetect available on this machine...

>>56183164

Tbh I am really not that good with electronics, do you think the outer ring does not have current thrugh it?

>>56183190
no

All the pre-lenovos IBMs are tho.

>>56183206
That's fucking awesome, that's like the best thing you could put in there.

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>>56183190

why do you shits keep reposting same images every single thread

instead take one of your shitboxes, put NT 4.0 with IIS on it and host a blog with the images

>>56183214
What CF card are you planning on using?

You have to calculate out the parameters depending on the size, Google can help you.

Things like heads might depend on the CF card, again, Google.

>>56183222
X60 had the option of the IBM logo at the time. It still works pretty good.

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>>56183241

>>56183244
Amazing, this level of butthurt fags get. Fuck off.

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>>56182135
Reposting my Apple //e terminal to also trigger that one guy

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>>56183241

>>56183249
Hmm, Thanks so far. I will take a look and try some cards.

>>56183241
Looks solid. I wish I could get a nice bulky laptop and pretend I'm in the 90s but with all the latest gen Intel processors and graphics. Laptops could be so much faster if they stopped trying to squeeze everything in a small chassis. Although, battery life I can understand.

>>56183260
Topkek!

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>>56183232

Yeah, it works great, and the setup disk lets me adjust the colour/shade settings, it writes it into the cards memory and it persists between boots.

>>56183206
Oh yeah, that's right. I ran a VIP in my other one for a while, it was pretty nice.

This one's too damn immaculately stock though, maybe I'll find an HGC for it down the road but honestly MDA isn't all that bad if you're not as much into the gaming side of things, beats the fuck out of CGA for sure.

>>56183244
Welcome to generals, contribute something new yourself or fuck off, I'd be glad to see it.

>>56183312
>maybe I'll find an HGC for it down the road but honestly

I sold one for 10€ to a retro guy I know just a few weeks ago.

>>56183279
Good luck! Maybe you can use some other machine to detect the parameters and write them down?

>>56183273
Would GNU/Linux work on that?

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if any of you guys are able to move packets out of your oldass computers, consider signing up for a shell account at sdf.org. they're one of the last public unix systems that still allow telnet login. don't be sending sensitive shit through it of course

>>56183218
I can't seem to find the pinout for the power connector, I bet there must be some info about it, other wise you have to let some tech savvy dude figure it out for you.

My guess is building one yourself is still easier than finding one.

>>56183368

Indeed, I ran Debian on it for quite a while, had a nice windowmaker setup with NeXT icons.

>>56183381
Will check it out!

>>56183154
What a shame!

>>56183331
I've never even seen one in the flesh, strangely enough.

>>56183381
I like to surf their bulletin board, they even have a somewhat active retro tech section.

Still need to send in my $1 validation.

>>56183295
Wait, does it emulate Hercules, CGA and EGA like the EGA Wonder?

Also, does it do CGA/EGA colors in shades of green?

I remember wanting an EGA Wonder for that reason, is the VGA wonder basically the same with just an addition of VGA?

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>>56183381
reminds me of this one time...

>find telehack
>git gud
>level 30 meta
>pasting list of phone numbers to hack later into my account
>someone on the network (prob in ptycon) pms me and says "thanks for the numbers"
>sp00ks the shit out of me
>don't login for months

>>56183431
>I've never even seen one in the flesh, strangely enough.

You make me regret selling mine...

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>>56183358
That's the idea I had. Maybe I can replace some old HDD's with CF. Would be nice, especially for sharing files, Thanks to pic related easy access.

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>>56183272
Oh look, its Steve and Woz

>>56183501
Yeah, it's neat!
I'm using ATA-CF adapters on my Amiga and 486. It's faster too. But I share files mostly over network.

It makes me miss the HDD sound though.

>>56183465

I've never tried any Hercules stuff, but yes to the rest of your questions.

>>56183546
I really need to get one, right now I can only do Hercules and CGA and monochrome EGA, it would be neat to actually have "colors" on a old MDA monitor.

The VGA does not do VGA on a MDA monitor tought, right?

>>56181267
So did anyone else pick up any old Macs in Denver today?

>>56183614
No, not on the same continent, sucks though, but I'd love to hear what you got!

>>56183491
I think they were pretty common at least stateside, which is why it's so strange to me that I've never gotten a box with one. All of my PCs/XTs are MDA, everything else is VGA.

>>56183646
Yurop here, I had an XT box with Hercules back in the 90's and also a XT clone I picked up a while ago had a HGC in it, replaced it with an EGA card that does Hercules and CGA.

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>>56183420
Yeah... I'm still trying... For first I need a setup Disk.

>>56182233
Is the trackball wireless?

>>56183585

No, it can't.

>>56183695
Good luck! Nothing that Google and an USB floppy drive can't fix.

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>>56183721
I knew that! Just checking.

>>56183630
Got a couple Macintosh SEs, a keyboard, and a mouse for $30. No pictures currently because I can't think of a place to take them that wouldn't associate that with some of my other posts.

>>56183734
Thanks. I hope so.

>>56183759
Why can't we know what other shit you have?

>>56183717

No I made my desk so it has a flap to hide the cables at the back.

I wish there were more ways to make ancient tech useful in everyday life. It makes me seriously sad that machines that were once technological marvels now sit in musty attics and dumps, never again to serve the one purpose they had. Computers ought to meet their ends in service, not rotting away in some dark place somewhere.

It's enough to make me consider developing software for legacy operating systems, in hopes that it keeps some of these old beasts in use, doing what they do best.

>>56183759
Where there many people? Are you the guy who wanted to get a Compact Mac for shitposting?

>>56183781
Oh, alright.

>>56183793
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqT2uOa1-d0

>>56183793
at the very least they can still be used as dumb terminals to more modern stuff

>>56183795
>Where there many people?
There were a few groups of people, and some asshole came right away and took all the keyboards.

>Are you the guy who wanted to get a Compact Mac for shitposting?
Yeah, though I dialed back my expectations a bit.

>>56183793
Almost all old tech can still be used today for their intended purposes (word processing, terminal access, etc...). It's just that most people don't like dealing with transferring files and stuff.

>>56183821
Dumb terminals all the way. Basically the only thing I use my //e for nowadays. I just love the monochrome aesthetic.

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>>56183793
Regulary using this as a portable text processor.

>>56183880
>all the keyboards
ALL? Like how many?

>Yeah, though I dialed back my expectations a bit.
Why? Weren't there things like Color Classics and Performas?

>>56183938
Fucking hipsters.

>>56183979
>portable text processor.
Do you use that in public?
I'd like to see people's faces when you take that thing out.

>>56184080
See
>>56184064

>>56184064
>>56184118
beep beep fun police coming through

>>56184151
Kek

>>56183177
How does that expansion box work? It has extra ISA slots, but does it not run out of IRQs?

>>56184046
>ALL? Like how many?
Think it was a couple boxes.

>Why? Weren't there things like Color Classics and Performas?
Think other people picked those up right away, along with the working SE/30s.

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>>56184080
Mainly in hotelrooms. But damn, I like the idea... It would make me the hippest hipster at Starbucks. WiFi is on board via FlashAir SD Card. But that's only for exchanging files. maybe it would be cooler to use my xircom with a tiny access point.

>>56184229
>Think it was a couple boxes
What the fuck do you do with so many?!

>Think other people picked those up right away, along with the working SE/30s.
What a shame.

>>56184239
every retro dork needs a pe3 and mtcp on disk

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>>56184239
Not as hipster as a Macintosh Portable would be.

>>56183793
You can still use it for the same shit it did back then, nothing stopping you.

Done plenty of university assignments on my NT and IRIX workstations.

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>>56184064
>>56184118
>>56184278
>implying actual hipsters are into 80s tech
This is what a real hipster would use in a starbucks

>>56184274
Exactly.
>>56184278
Nah. It's GUI driven shit for wannabe retro hipsters with no style.

>>56184246
>What the fuck do you do with so many?!
Think he was planning on doing a USB conversion with them and selling them. The guy who owned the collection made him wait a good 15-30 minutes before leaving to give other people a chance to look, good thing too otherwise I wouldn't have a keyboard to use with the SEs I got and would have probably settled on a Powerbook or eMate 300 instead as I don't have any ADB keyboards sitting around and don't know how much they go for online (but I'd bet it's a lot).

>>56184080
>implying they'd give a fuck
why does /g/ think normies are as tech-obsessed as we are?

>>56184346
>Nah. It's GUI driven shit for wannabe retro hipsters with no style.

But it's Apple, must have hipster company product.

>>56184345
This.

>>56184363
>The guy who owned the collection made him wait a good 15-30 minutes before leaving to give other people a chance to look, good thing too
That's nice of him, was he a real collector?

>>56184363
>(but I'd bet it's a lot)
Nah, 20 bucks usually.

>>56184364
They are not, that's why they would look at him like he's nuts.

>>56184064
>>56184118
why are you dullards so obsessed with projecting your fears on everyone else? people like things for other reasons than looking hip

besides, there's nothing even remotely hip about old '80s garbage, hipsters gravitate to shit like retrogaming or mid-century modern mechanical tech

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>>56184366
Only mainstream wannabe hipsters use Apple products. The real hipster leaves the normie path.

>>56184427
exactly, so they wouldn't really give a fuck

normies are still unironically running XP on pentium 4s for fuck sake, they'll run whatever you throw at them

>>56184443
>the joke
>you

Right over your head.

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>>56184443
>there's nothing even remotely hip about old '80s garbage
80s tech looks sexy as fuck desu

>>56184457
That's way over hipster levels, more like retro enthusiast master race.

>>56184278
>Swag bag
Holy kek I choked

>>56184488
That's why I kept all my old Radio Shack catalogs.

>>56184389
Probably, he answered some questions I had about the hardware when I was looking at the network cards he had and was wondering whether they were compatible with the SEs I was buying (they weren't according to him). Was also wearing an Apple shirt and smartwatch.

>>56184463
Normies clicked that Win10 update notification long ago.

>>56184488
totally, doesn't make it hip though

>>56184463
Maybe some grandmas, but the kid at school gets made fun of with hes XP laptop.

>>56181267
Fuck, i made a thread and i didn't see this..

Hey so, i'm going to fix up a 486, what do you guys recommend as the OS? FreeDOS 1.1 or MS-DOS 6.22?

>>56184548
Fuck, I should have let you get me some NuBus cards for a nice profit. He could have picked them for you.

>>56184553
yeah, it literally took microshit shoving it down their throats to get them to switch out

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So I recently acquired this Apple ][e setup (pic related)

Anyone here knowledgable on loading games off the internet via the cassette tape input port?

I have use the ADTpro software to successfully bootstrap ProDos and the ADT software, but am at a roadblock now. How do I get .dsk images on the apple 2e?

>>56184584
Just delete the old thread.

MS-DOS 6.22 or 7.0/7.1 with Win95/98.

What specs?

>>56184604
I think you're just supposed to use those as dumb terminals for your raspberry pi.
At least that's ALL I EVER FUCKING SEE ANY MORE, anyway.

>>56184584
>>56184613

I'm waiting for the CF card to arrive to replace Win95 with Win98 on my Compaq 486DX4, then I can also use my PCMCIA WiFi card, else I'd probably stay on Win95.
But yeah, by default it boots into DOS what I mainly use.

>>56184345
True. Hipsters don't know shit about real old tech. They like new, fake shit designed to look old.

>>56184651
Nice butthurt bro, fuck off.

>>56184604
>Anyone here knowledgable on loading games off the internet via the cassette tape input port?
I've never done it but I've heard it's quite easy
>I have use the ADTpro software to successfully bootstrap ProDos and the ADT software, but am at a roadblock now. How do I get .dsk images on the apple 2e?
Just put the dsk images in the dsk image folder in ADTPro (or have it point to the folder you want). Format a floppy, hit receive, and type in the disk you want to transfer.

>>56184696
I love you too, sweetheart.

>>56184457
Apple went to shit after the ][ series. Like right went they invested in their shit GUI.

>>56184604
I don't think you can load disk software from cassette port or serial, only cassette ones.
You need some SD card adapter I guess.

>>56184651
Post some content then, newfriend.

>>56184604
AsciiExpress and Asimov.

And what program is that, Anon?

>>56184734
Yes you can. Google "ADTPro" and "Ascii Express".

>>56184573
Nobody gave a fuck when I used a thiccpad in high school, hell, I've used NT4 in public unironically and nobody gave a fuck about that either.

>>56184753
>Post some content then
Like what, the same three pictures of an Apple shelling into a linux box for two weeks..?

>>56184613

Probably not going to do windows (maybe 3.11, idk)

Specs:

486DX2-66
32MB Ram
16GB CF Card
Jazz16 Sound card (Main card)
Awe PnP (I can't remember the model off the top of my head, wasn't crazy, had RAM interface and IDE for CD ROM (i only use this for CD-ROM and some audio shit)

It's a desktop Gateway DX2-66

>>56184778
Why are you asking us to think for you, retard? Post shit you want to talk about it fuck off already.

>>56181267
I got a keyboard from the 90's that has a propriety plug. Any suggestions on converting it to USB? It uses a 5 pin DIN socket.

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>>56184778
Create some? I know you're baiting or just new to these threads, the Apple IIe pictures with Pi where only on two threads before you began bitching on it.

>>56184810
>proprietary
The AT keyboard jack is about as standard as you can get, nigga.

>>56184810
>Proprietary
>DIN-5

Is it a big DIN, looks kinda like a MIDI connector?

If so, it may not be proprietary - you can find a DIN5 to PS2 and a PS2 to USB (If a DIN5 to USB doesn't exist)

>>56184837
XT/AT*

>>56184789
6.2+win3.1 all the way

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>>56184753
Its a intro to Apple ][e disk that I imagine shipped with the computer...

Bought it from the original owner, so it came with all the original books and factory disks.

>>56184848
They used the same DIN plug but they were a little different, after all. Easier just to call them by the AT standard since that's what they pretty much all were (or switchable)

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>>56184848
>>56184845
>>56184837
Sorry it's 8 pin not 5, had to dig for the keyboard.

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>>56184778
What are you referring to, Anon?

>>56184809
I'm not asking you for anything because you'll obviously fuck it up.
>>56184831
>only on two threads
And you call me new.

>>56184921
Kek, don't trigger the poor bastard more.

>>56184704

>Just put the dsk images in the dsk image folder in ADTPro (or have it point to the folder you want). Format a floppy, hit receive, and type in the disk you want to transfer.

So, ive gotten to that point. Whenever I hit receive the apple2e gives me a message that its waiting for the host to respond.

Do I need to have the apple 2 hooked up so it can "talk" to the host computer (my modern day macbook pro laptop)?

I only have it hooked up one way, since the macbook has a single all in one mic/headphone jack so right now the apple 2 can only receive cant transmit back to the laptop

fuck I hope that all made sense

>>56184887
That's awesome. I'll have to download it.

>>56184926
Post some pics of your retro machine or GTFO.

>>56184926
This is bait people, created by a butthurt faggot who want's to put rules on these thread, kindly ignore and hide it.

Thanks.

>>56184920
That looks like a Tandy jack, I think. Might be able to find the pinouts somewhere.

>>56184926
>he's still posting
Make your own thread and fuck off to it already, we're not here to spoonfeed you.

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>>56184933
*rubs nipples*

What was that, Anon? Oh, I'm sorry.

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>>56184961
Hes going to have a stroke, that's not funny!
Kek

>>56184939
>Post some pics of your retro machine or GTFO.
Sure, I'll just spam 87 pictures of my Workbench screen and bask in everybody's adulation.
>>56184954
>Make your own thread
What the fuck are you babbling about? Are you off your meds again?

>>56184974
Not the XT! He HATES the XT! You're gonna give him a seizure.

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>>56184976
>Sure, I'll just spam 87 pictures of my Workbench screen and bask in everybody's adulation.

Fuck off, you're the kind of retard that makes Amiga folk seem bad.

>>56184976
You can shitpost on /b/. It's not generally accepted here.

>>>/b/

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>>56184985
He's too stupid to realize it's an XT clone, he still thinks it's AT, even when we had a discussion about it being a XT clone many many times.

>>56184961
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>>56185013
It's the BB demo through serial, lol.

>>56184936
>Do I need to have the apple 2 hooked up so it can "talk" to the host computer (my modern day macbook pro laptop)?
yeah I think it's 2-way

You might want to invest in a usb-serial adapter and serial card

>>56185011
Exactly. And he thinks we're the same person.

>>56184961
How's the BB demo running? I'd expect it to run pretty slow, or do you have fast UART?

>>56185051
It's fairly slow, but it works. I'll upload a video of it to YouTube at some point.

>>56185051
This, I'm wondering too.

>>56185050
Got time make a webm of BB running on it?

>>56185000
>It's not generally accepted here.
It's fucking universal here.

>>56185011
He is probably pissed to see an Amiga and XT clone on the same picture

>>56185090
>He is probably pissed to see the same picture
ftfy.

>>56184225
ISA slots are wired in parallel, you braindead...

>>56183938
>Dumb terminals all the way. Basically the only thing I use my //e for nowadays. I just love the monochrome aesthetic.
No wonder you suck eggs. This is the worst kind of hipster in existence. He's the kind that would strip working SIDs from C64s to build an autistic homebrew synthesizer.

>>56185133
That's exactly why the cards need interrupts, what's the point in having shitloads of slots but only a few IRQs, drive controllers, sound cards, all need their own interrupt.

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halp
wut do
tried repairing with win98 floppy but it didn't recognize any installs

>>56185161
There are plenty of broken C64's to strip SIDs from.

>>56185164
You're probably not accessing more than 1-2 of them at any given moment anyway. It's a bleeding 4Mhz computer; you can't do a multitasking OS on that.

>>56185167
Hard drive controller not found. What machine is this?

>>56185187
Saic LC v2 with I think windows 95 but I'm not sure

>>56185180
Yeah, but you can't have two cards with the same physical interrupt, if you do, you can use neither.

>>56184651
>>56185161
>>56183938
If that were my computer, I'd be playing Lode Runner aalllllll night long, not using it for some faggy terminal shit.

>>56185207
Holy shit, that's awesome! It's not detecting the hard drive controller, did it detect a drive before? Might have to open it up and clean it?

>>56185211
Doesn't usually happen on an XT unless maybe you tried to use a serial mouse and a modem at the same time.

>>56185216
Guys, I warned you the Apple II dude was a troll and the last two threads he's revealed his true power level.

>>56185230
Try having a hard drive controller and soundcard on the same IRQ.
You also can't have more than one hard drive controller on the same IRQ, XT or not.

>>56185216
Yeah, but faggy terminal shit is all he knows how to do with it.

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>>56185259
>>56185216

>wahh stop liking what I don't like!

So here's what I recommend for the spammer.

1. Copy over Lode Runner/Donkey Kong/Shamus/Dig Dug/Agent USA with ADTPro
2. Hook up the thing to a TV to get color
3. Post pics

Otherwise you're wasting your time and should return yourself back to R e dd it from whence you came.

>>56185274
See
>>56185269

>>56185247
How often do either of those situations even happen?

>>56185274
>>>/vr/

>Otherwise you're wasting your time
That's cute, he's worried about about someone else's time

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>>56185282
>doesn't deny being from Reddit

>>56185285
That's why I ask about the expansion, because those things are prone to happen like that.

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>>56185226
it came with two hard drives, one with an OS, the other with a manual
the manual works perfectly fine

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>>56185295
I'm not him, sorry to disappoint.

I hate old computers. Anything older than a Core 2 Duo machine needs to be beaten with a sledgehammer.

Whenever I think back on the old computers I had, I just remember how slow and unresponsive they were. They belong in a trashcan.

A Core 2 Duo machine, as old as it is, is still a very functional computer to use for everyday uses. The only thing that a Core 2 Duo machine can't do that modern i5/i7 do is newer video games.

>>56185327
Nice bait, thanks for the bump though.

>>56185285
>>56185247
There's not any real point to putting a sound card in an XT since any games that can use one are generally better on a 286+.

>>56185314
But the OS does not? Does it say "controller not found" with the manual hard drive?

Silly question: has anybody tried making a SCSI connector thing that looks like a regular old disk to the computer it's connected to, but is actually a wifi bridge to storage on a modern computer? Or alternatively, the dongle would have flash storage aboard the device itself and would act as a server on a wifi network.

This thread kind of proves why VCFED and Lemon 64 are better sites for discussion. Those guys actually know their shit and threads aren't mindless "Let's post a pic and have the Reddit mob circlejerk over it."

>>56185360
You're still butthurt? Seek a doctor bro, that's not healthy.

>>56185349
>Does it say "controller not found" with the manual hard drive?
no, it just loads it normally

>>56185353
I have a hard enough time finding a way to hookup an external scsi to usb.

>>56185353
Haven't really needed that, I use a CF card and transfer files over the network.
I guess it would be possible, maybe with a Pi and some extra hardware.

>>56185377
Try cleaning it properly? Looks more like a mechanical error then software.

>>56185402
does it maybe mean the hard drive is dying? that's the only thing I could think of

>>56185426
Might be. Where did you get it anyways?
Back up the manual and try using that drive.

>>56185074
I'll post a webm in 1 or 2 /retro/s from now. Don't have it all set up at the moment.

>>56185450
Alright! Cool!

>>56185216
STOP SHITPOSTING ABOUT LODE RUNNER ON EVERY THREAD WITH AN APPLE II MENTION. JESUS FUCK!

>>56182185
Used an SD card/ide adapter in that PC
Worked fine for me with an 128 GB card

>>56182233
Flying Windows.scr
Great!

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>>56185441
estate sale
I'll figure it out some other time
thanks for the help

>>56185571
Dude, that's a fuckin BCS!

>>56185571
Awesome, take good care of her, good luck!

>>56185584
see
>>56185207

>>56185387
Probably wouldn't even need a pi, something like an arduino + es8266 should be adequate

>>56185623
I have an ESP lying around. How would one go about doing that? Never had a purpose for the thing before.

>>56185584.>>56185571
It's a military fire control data system.
The big round black thing is a NATO slave plug adapter for 24v

>>56185623
Yeah, I would be a good project to try.

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>>56185656
how to fire nukes?

>>56185739
Don't you see the big red button with FIRE written next to it?

>>56185739
ask it if it wants to play global thermonuclear war

>>56185758
TOPKEK

>>56185739
Not that kind of fire control. It's basically a big ballistic calculator. It translates map coordinates into elevation and deflection for cannon and missile systems. Most are unix based. I'm gonna guess it had no hard-drive

>>56185788
See
>>56185314
>>56185167

>>56185623
Sounds a little like the plipbox; I'd consider that as a jumping-off point.

>>56185758
10/10 internets for you good Sir!

>>56185758
Wouldn't you prefer a nice game of chess?

>>56185314
Maybe the OS drive is scrambled on purpose? It it was in military service.

>>56185826
How about something that's not on the list?

Encrypted maybe. If you're lucky it was wiped. you may need unix to set it up

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I just got this working again. How much is it worth?

>>56185840
Go through falken's maze, perhaps?

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>>56185788
came with two, third one is one I bought on ebay while trying to repair the tan one (read my other posts)

the metal cases open up to reveal regular IDE drives

>>56185854
Type in tic-tac-toe!

>>56185852
150 bucks on a good day

>>56185845
>>56185833
it's not, I've plugged it into a regular windows xp machine to repair bad sectors
didn't really look to see what was on the drive though

>>56185852
What was the problem with it?

>>56185879
Do a format, fdisk and "sys c:" in a virtual machine with it and copy Win95 install folder onto it?

>>56185871
a strange game
the only winning move is not to play

>>56185876
Neat. I paid $80 for it a few years ago.
No point in selling it though.

>>56185884
I spilled water on it when I went full laptop for a few years. We have hard water, so I think some of the water dried on the membrane which was causing issues. I rinsed it with distilled water which fixed everything but the modifiers. My dad had electronic cleaning spray he uses on vehicles, so I used that on the keys giving me troubles (one of the alt keys) and everything works now.

>>56184994
that song, holy shit

>>56185912
Distilled water?
Always have rubbing alcohol and contract cleaner on hand!

>>56185852
$5

>>56185922
Kek, good times

>>56185929
I used alcohol, it didn't work. I needed water because we have hard water in my area, so I needed something that would dissolve the minerals deposited from the spill.

>>56185931
Wrong.

>>56185876
>>56185912
Are they really that expensive? They are a couple of bucks in old thrift/asset disposal stores here.

>>56185949
$4?

>>56185963
old IBM keyboards with the loud clickly-clacky keys are the ones that are worth the big bucks

>>56185856
Try putting the OS drive into the Manual drive box, the drive unit might be broken, that's why it says no controller. You will still have the Manual nicely on it's own drive when needed.

>>56185976
Yeah, the ones with mechanical keys, that's what I'm talking about.
Big bucks? Fucking hipsters I'm telling you.

>>56185949
$3.50

No way a mac could be worth more than that.

>>56186015
kek

>>56185852
take that model m away from that mac or so help me

>>56185963
In 'Murica and eBay yeah, but outside that they are worth pennies, it's only hipsters who got the prices up

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>>56186066
Why? This Mac has a better screen than your computer, desu.

>>56186293
I'd take 3 1440p 144Hz monitors over one slow 4k one any day.

>>56186309
>144hz
Literally 3 meme TN displays over one high quality high PPI 5k display.

>>56186319
Glad you like it, but I don't prefer it.

>>56186319
If anything's a meme then it's 4k or even worse 5k

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>>56186363
High PPI is superior. It's not a contest. 144hz might make UI animations look smoother, but that's about it. Then you also have to deal with the low quality IPS or "high quality" TN display and blurry thumbnails/text thanks to using a low PPI display.
It's almost 2017, there's no excuse to be using 90s resolutions.

>>56186380
Don't you know what meme in /g/ means you dip

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>>56186392
It means "I have shitty opinions" usually. When I use meme I mean "things people like because that's the flavor of the month for the herd".

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>>56186293
>Why? This Mac has a better screen than your computer, desu.
Topkek, that's the only thing you could come up with? There are screens that cost as much as your Mac alone.
Glad your parents bought you it but thinking that other people don't have better things is delusional.
Also stop derailing the thread.

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>>56186441
>Topkek, that's the only thing you could come up with? There are screens that cost as much as your Mac alone.

By that point the benefits are not very visible and are more calibration/bit depth related, though even my screen is true 10-bpc.

>Glad your parents bought you it but thinking that other people don't have better things is delusional.
Bought it myself thanks.

>Also stop derailing the thread.
I'm not the one who brought up the Mac, desu.

>>56181267
Need more images with green and purple lighting

>>56186512
What the fuck?

>>56185963
industrial grey ones are, square label grey ones go for 800+. 99% are beige and only worth 20-30.

Anyone know why my Linux machine is reporting:
>dd: failed to open ‘/dev/fd0’: No such device or address
whenever I use dd to try to read/write a DS/DD floppy (with a real DS/DD floppy)? I have no problem writing DS/HD floppies.

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I've noticed people tend to like Apple on /g/, so I fired up the old G5 and am attempting to get nouveau drivers up and running. It seems there are issues with newer kernel versions. Any other Mac faggots out there running kernel 3.16+?

>>56187713
That's weird, I have no problems with a USB floppy drive with WinImage on Windows writing DD disks/images.

>>56187713
>>56188344
Wait is this a USB floppy drive or an internal? I don't think a USB floppy would land on /dev/fd0, but I could be wrong. Might be something fucked with udev rules.

>>56188462
Internal.

>>56188462
I think it's /dev/sd* usually, when using USB floppy.

But I guess he's is fd0, probably a real drive? Because it works with HD floppies.

>>56187713
So you can write DD and HD images with dd using HD floppies? But not with DD floppies?

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>>56187943
Couldn't get Noveau to work on my pci-e 2.0 before I bricked it. I haven't tested it on my 39 other G5s though

I'm having fun posting on my G4 that I found after a couple of years though.

Captcha is killing my machine right now

>>56188548
Yeah, though the DD images on HD floppies really don't help anything as the devices with HD capable drives seem to get confused about why there's an 760 KB HD floppy and devices with DD drives still can't read them.

>>56188568
How did you brick it?

>>56188616
I changed the "little-endian?" boot variable from false to true and it never booted after that
It was my personal one too

>>56188606
That's weird that it does not like DD disks... Can't seem to find an answer on Google right away

>>56188635
In Open Firmware? Why would you even do that? Also, why don't you just reset it?

>>56188685
>In Open Firmware?
Yes

>Why would you even do that?
I was curious.

I only pretend to be retarded, I swear

>Also, why don't you just reset it?
I've tried the SMU and removing the PRAM battery for a couple of days. Didn't work. cmd opt P R wouldn't bring up the second chime, and cmd opt O F wouldn't bring up Open Firmware. It initially chimes, but it never brings up the Apple logo. Maybe a NAND reflash would do it, but I mean I bought a whole bunch more at $20 a piece. It isn't worth the effort of finding the NAND (if there is one) and trying to reflash it. It isn't as well documented as the PS3

>>56188735
No comment, good Sir.

>>56188792
I know, I know, I'm retarded. I should have done it on the corroded 2.5 DP PCI-X. I didn't think I'd brick it

>>56188804
Just rent a heat gun and move the NAND from the corroded one and replace it, worth a try.

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>>56188828
Any idea which is the NAND chip? 2005 PPCs had NANDs, right?

Also, the one problem is that the corroded one is a different generation. It definitely is worth a try, and I'm dumb for not even thinking about it

pic unrelated

>>56188851
Don't really know much about G5's, but it's something to look into, even if it uses some other chip kind. Good luck anyways.

>>56188568
Going off this info here, you can get 2d nouveau acceleration. Unfortunately you need to recompile the kernel if page size isn't set to 4k. You also need to add a line to yaboot.
https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2015/06/msg00054.html
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCKnownIssues

>>56188975
Thanks anon. I'll try

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>2003 thinkpad G40
>might buy a T42 so i can get a flexview high res screen for it
>using an iPod touch as a wifi card via PDAnet

comfy af. I need to get some even older shit that isnt shit.

>>56189242
Nice?

>>56189242
Will PDANet work on windows 98?

>>56189397
it says xp minimum and you have to have itunes installed.

http://www.junefabrics.com/desktop/

>>56189397
There might be homebrew drivers that work with the iPhone/Pod, there are for sure for Android drvices.

NEW THREAD

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>>56190175
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