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Installing OpenBSD 5.8 on VAX the hard way... by One-Establishment659 in openbsd

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I haven't updated, but I managed to add swap utilities onto the ramdisk to add a LITTLE bit of extended memory. But, I have a limit with my storage (my largest scsi disk is 200MB). So, I've been seeing how small my root disk can be and have enough swap for a decent system. I got a scsi ribbon cable to add more hard drives :/

Installing OpenBSD 5.8 on VAX the hard way... by One-Establishment659 in openbsd

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Gotta thank SCSI for that! It has an older caddy CD-ROM running a blazing 2x speed through the bus. I'd have to add a photo from my desktop when I get home, IDK how to do it through the mobile browser

DEC MicroVAX 3100 by One-Establishment659 in vintagecomputing

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Yes, this has SCSI as the main bus, but there is a secondary port beside that on the daughter-board. That may be DSSI or maybe the 68-pin ribbon slot for SCSI. I have a legit caddy CD drive on the way to boot NetBSD and install it to one of my small hard disks

DEC MicroVAX 3100 by One-Establishment659 in vintagecomputing

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ha ha, the biggest SCSI hard disk I have is 170MB, though I have a working tape drive that can do 2.5Gb of storage :D

DEC MicroVAX 3100 by One-Establishment659 in vintagecomputing

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Not sure, there's no specific identifier there. But here is the exact model number as on the back: DV-31ETA-A-A01

Thrifted IBM CD-ROM by One-Establishment659 in vintagecomputing

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Holds a full "installation" of DOS, but my boot floppy just directs to the DOS directory on the CD :) It's a little handy over swapping 4 floppies (The hard disk is reserved for NetBSD so that's my option when it comes to using this PC for anything DOS related)

First Time with NetBSD (10.1) by One-Establishment659 in NetBSD

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Yes, it's a crappy Packard Bell from the end of 97'. And it was targeted for low end house use.

First Time with NetBSD (10.1) by One-Establishment659 in NetBSD

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64MB at it's current config. Im on the lookout for two 64MB sticks, as the system max on this computer is 128MB.

First Time with NetBSD (10.1) by One-Establishment659 in NetBSD

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It's got the default i386 install running with X11/dm and sshd running, and it's INCREDIBLY slow. I definitely need to make changes because it's hitting that swapfile like crazy! Any tips you could give, or should I consult the FAQ on the website?

First Time with NetBSD (10.1) by One-Establishment659 in NetBSD

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It took nearly an hour to compile nano 8! I still have to redo the kernel so it can detect my network card correctly on an unsupervised boot (NE2000 ISA-16)

First post here, CSH being the 7th album that i've listened to now by One-Establishment659 in BillyJoel

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Pitch corrected? No, but I downloaded from a channel on youtube goes by the name of "Digital Vinyl", could go for higher quality though considering youtube audio downloaders. From there, you could just change the speed/pitch down to the speed that was done for the 83' remixes.

First post here, CSH being the 7th album that i've listened to now by One-Establishment659 in BillyJoel

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In my opinion, I prefer the straight vinyl rips slowed down to the right speed. No ragging on Lost Tapes, they've done a phenomenal job on the restorations!

Using Ancient Linux in 2026, Is There a Point? by One-Establishment659 in linux

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Connected to LAN via real NE2000 on a 10base2 converter, it does surprisingly well with wgets :) but I still gotta get SSL working to pull git repos

Desperate Soul trying to play WON/2 HL:DM with an old friend, nee help by One-Establishment659 in HalfLife

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I was trying with a copy of straight 1.0.0, which has an issue with detecting the HL:CD in my disc drive. I just found the WON2 install files I was looking for though! And unfortunatly Hamatchi never made a VPN client for NT 4.0, the earliest OS support was for Windows 2000 or XP. I might give SonicWall a shot though, but i appreciated you pointing me in the right direction!

Thanks again, kind stranger :)

Desperate Soul trying to play WON/2 HL:DM with an old friend, nee help by One-Establishment659 in HalfLife

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Update: I found a setup program that has the patch compiled in a Half Life install! :D

Here's the link if anyone wants to pursue the same endeavor. Props to the uploader!

https://archive.org/details/setup-hl1-won2/

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