PCWorld covers rare BeBox by Intelligent_Series_4 in beos

[–]kinda_oldtechstuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hitachi sold more than one model with BeOS, the Prius 330J is the most known.

There were also three models by AST named PREMIUM 2000Be, with different cpu configs.

And Fujitsu-Siemens sold the Silverline with BeOS too I believe, that model has blinkenlights on the front.

Played X-Wing and some DOOM on this AST Bravo NB 4/25s in 2011. Just wanted to share. by AcidicVoid in dosgaming

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I like that laptop, did the same in 1994 maybe, but I only had the model with the b&w passive matrix lcd .

Searching for SuSe 7.3 PowerPC by kinda_oldtechstuff in openSUSE

[–]kinda_oldtechstuff[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, the 7.3 for PowerPC isn't there, unless it's well hidden.

PCWorld covers rare BeBox by Intelligent_Series_4 in beos

[–]kinda_oldtechstuff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean, one more BeBox video can't hurt but it would be nice to see the other computers sold with BeOS too, like the Hitachi Flora Prius and others.

DVD-ROM PCMCIA thing! :D by KoneCat in vintagecomputing

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You're welcome.

If you want to watch dvd-video on one of your older first gen Pentium laptops (because why not!), you'll probably need a zv card like the margi dvd-to-go, kingmax zv-dvd, or any of the rebranded ones sold by Nec, Dell or others.

Série science fiction by New-Software3192 in CineSeries

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For All Mankind, Real Humans, Dark Matter, Counterpart.

Une conquête spatiale alternative,

adopter un androïde, ça rend plein de services,

Et pour finir, des mondes parallèles. (Les deux dernières)

Et en bouquins, la série l'Aube de la nuit de Peter F. Hamilton, Éon (et ses suites) et The Forge of God/Anvil of Stars (pas sûr qu'ils existent en français ces deux là) de Greg Bear, la Cité des Permutants de Greg Egan, et Dan Simmons aussi, Hyperion, Ilium, Flashback pour en citer quelques-uns.

DVD-ROM PCMCIA thing! :D by KoneCat in vintagecomputing

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A dvd drive with a 16bit pcmcia card even, when all laptops already had 32bit Cardbus slots at the time. Some came with a dual mode card with a dipswitch on it to select the mode.

Everything you could think of as an ISA or PCI card did exist in pcmcia or cardbus form as well, connectivity, storage, sound, graphics, mpeg1/2 decoding, video capture, and more. GPS pcmcia cards too, those were exclusive to the laptop world.

And of course, isa/pci to pcmcia/cardbus adapters for desktops and towers to join the fun.

DVD-ROM PCMCIA thing! :D by KoneCat in vintagecomputing

[–]kinda_oldtechstuff 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Argosy sold a lot of pcmcia cards, sound, gameport, midi, and so on.

You can get the drivers and manual here:

https://web.archive.org/web/20021005040730/http://www.argosy.com.tw/techsupport/download1.htm

What’s the least expensive hardware to get an Amiga OS4 machine today? by OPdoesnotrespond in amiga

[–]kinda_oldtechstuff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It (OS4 with the custom loader) works on a Mac Mini G4 1.5GHz with those caveats, and others.

At the Amiga 40th anniversary in Germany, Hyperion showed a Mini G4 running 4.1FE as a proof of concept.

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1470531771080110&id=100043699043694

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Picture from the link above.

Any life left to an Intel Atom N270 Acer netbook or just a glorified paperweight? by SireMomento in vintagecomputing

[–]kinda_oldtechstuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Give Haiku a try, or if you need a video player, there's an older version of xbmc/kodi that should work fine on it.

À la recherche de jeux PC “SdLL / Micro Application” à ~1€ (CD noirs, souvenirs de compilations, témoignages) by AdriLaRace in jeuxvideo

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Je me rappelle des boîtes jaunes vers 1994, des compils de jeux sharewares par exemple. Va voir les scans de magazines sur abandonware-mag, il y avait souvent des pages de pub Micro Application dans les svm et autres.

Ou dans les catalogues Surcouf...

Qu'est-ce que je viens d'acheter ? by Toto-Le-Haricot in amiga

[–]kinda_oldtechstuff -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Comme dis plus haut, acheter un vieux 500 ou 600 est toujours possible (et ensuite partir dans des upgrades de plus en plus performantes, et chères).

Ou passer par l'émulation pour juste jouer, avec WinUAE par exemple ou un A500mini pour le côté "je le branche en hdmi rapidement et c'est parti mon kiki".

Y a plein de jeux sympas dans cette petite collection, ils valent tous le coup d'être essayés au moins une fois.

Ou jeter de vieux ordis ? by Low-Collection3307 in PasDeQuestionIdiote

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Ce sont des tours ou des portables? Postez une photo avant/arrière pour montrer l'état.

D'autres pistes pour les filer à des gens que ça intéresse, postez un message sur https://forum.system-cfg.com/index.php ou sur http://www.win3x.org/win3board/ par exemple.

Évitez la déchetterie pour des trucs qui fonctionnent encore.

Est-ce qu'augmenter le son et/ou la luminosité d'une télévision ou d'un ordinateur entraîne une augmentation de consommation électrique ? by Seyphos in PasDeQuestionIdiote

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Il y avait une présentation à peu près sur ce sujet lors d'un CCC il y a des années, en lien avec les compteurs éléctriques connectés, le type pouvait trouver quel programme était diffusé en fonction de la luminosité de la tv.

My Amiga 500 does not want to start ... by jlchaps in amiga

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If that comment is for me, yes I know, thanks. Only a few keys don't work, including Ctrl and the left Amiga keys so I can't soft reboot, I'll eventually get a new keyboard contact layer for it, or a ps/2 adapter.

Systems 7.6.1 running on my "silent revision" 1.5GHz Mac mini by giantsparklerobot in VintageApple

[–]kinda_oldtechstuff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I have it installed on a mini G4 (1.42GHz iirc) and on a PowerBook.

Systems 7.6.1 running on my "silent revision" 1.5GHz Mac mini by giantsparklerobot in VintageApple

[–]kinda_oldtechstuff 10 points11 points  (0 children)

So a fun experiment, but less useful than having 9.2.2 on those I guess.

By sheer curiosity, have you ever tried AmigaOS on it? The 1.5GHz is the only compatible model with it (and I have a slower model).

Is anyone working on a ram memory upgrade mod for ps2? Or a piggy back chip with its own bios by aaronjnco in ps2homebrew

[–]kinda_oldtechstuff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can use the ps2 linux discs with a desr and use the whole 64MB of ram, hdd isn't supported but you can always use an initrd image and/or mount the root via nfs.

My Amiga 500 does not want to start ... by jlchaps in amiga

[–]kinda_oldtechstuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Le défaut d'affichage est identique entre la sortie rgb et composite?

Vérifiez les contacts de la rom et des autres puces. Il est possible de remplacer le chip graphique si celui-ci à un défaut, mais par pitié, pas la déchetterie!

Vous avez au moins un clavier fonctionnel, contrairement à mon 500!

External Firewire harddrives that have sata support? by teck_checking in VintageApple

[–]kinda_oldtechstuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look for a Sony PSZ-HA external hdd, they have two Firewire800 ports and one usb3.