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Feature: Daiva Tried To End Format Wars Once And For All, But Almost Killed Its Creator In The Process

Time Extension about 27 days ago

"When I next woke up, I was temporarily blind".Imagine if the 1993 space opera classic Master of Orion had been released not only for DOS, but six other major formats, and its selectable races were locked to specific hardware. The NES version would be the …
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Game Boy Emulator That Topped iPhone App Store Gets Yanked For Copyright Infringement

Time Extension about 1 month ago

"To be clear, I’m not pissed at the developer".Apple recently changed its App Store policies to allow retro gaming emulators to appear on its iOS devices, finally bringing the likes of the iPhone in line with Android handsets, which have been able to pla …
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Open-Source Tomb Raider Engine Now Includes An "Experimental" 60 FPS Mode

Time Extension about 1 month ago

You can also slow down time.Open-source Tomb Raider engine TR1X has just been given a bunch of enhancements, including an "experimental" 60 FPS mode.The Windows, Mac and Linux-based engine has just been updated to version 4.0, which includes the new 60 FPS …

Newcomers Forum • How to Make Image of My SD Card (All 3 Partitions)?

MISTerFPGA about 1 month ago

The situation:Have a 256gb SD card, with all games, settings, etc to mine liking. Made periodically a backup of the EX-fat partition (games settings, etc) to mine NAS.. I like to tinker with the N64 Core, and some other thing. But therefore I have to …
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Feature: The Quest To Save Cookie's Bustle From Obscurity

Time Extension about 1 month ago

"This game is a work of art and it should be preserved".Perhaps the greatest contribution to society that American singer and actor Barbra Streisand made is the so-called "Streisand effect". That is the backfiring attempt to hide something from the interne …

Other Computer / System Cores • monochrome civ 1 for mac plus

MISTerFPGA about 1 month ago

I know this is not warez-bb but i bet monochrome civ 1 for mac plus is hardly warez, i can find .sit, . zips and disk collections with 1.4 mb disks but not the version that must have exists since i seen the videos which should run on 400/800 byte disks or …

Input Devices • 8BitDo Pro 2 Bluetooth Pairing Failed

MISTerFPGA about 2 months ago

I just received a new 8BitDo Pro 2 with the hall effect joystick but can't get the controller to pair with the MiSTer. The controller is detected and pairing is attempted but fails:Switch input devices(s)to pairing mode.Press Finish when doneSearching...N …
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Remember When Steve Jobs Promoted PS1 Emulation On National TV?

Time Extension about 2 months ago

VGS case would lay the ground rules for modern emulation.Emulation is in the spotlight right now thanks to Nintendo's tussle with the creators of Yuzu, but hardware makers have been chasing down this kind of thing for quite some time – as a new video by …

resurrecting/upgrading power mac 7500/100

VCFed about 2 months ago

I own a power mac 7500/100 that seems to have a bad processor card. If I am to replace this card, I'd like to upgrade at the same time. On ebay, I have found an Apple Macintosh Mac 820-0780-A G3/G4 Computer Processor Card. Is this card compatible w …

Compatible micro SDHC card for SD2IEC

VCFed about 3 months ago

Recently purchased an SD2IEC drive. Other people have used up to 32Gb microSDHC cards successfully with this device. I am trying a SanDisk 32Gb card and a PNY 4Gb card. The c128/c64 sees the drive but cannot read anything from the card. The Sandisk is bra …

Mac IIci parts, video cards, monitors for sale

VCFed about 3 months ago

I have a Mac IIci with a (I believe) ruined motherboard. The motherboard battery split while in storage and leaked, damaging components under the hard drive enclosure. The rest of the machine is in good shape. Except as noted, all parts listed were install …

More information on a Chinon drive?

VCFed about 3 months ago

My friend, who is new to vintage computing, didn't take enough pictures while he was opening his McD-800 drive for the first time. The drive is a Macintosh-compatible-branded Chinon 800k drive. I was told similar drives were used in the Amiga 2000 and 3000 …
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Mac+ won't boot but gives startup tone

Apple Fritter about 3 months ago

I pulled out my Mac+ out of storage and tried to boot it up today. It gave me the start up tone that sounded correct, but the screen was black with a messed up looking insert disk image in the center. I put in a bootable disk, but nothing happened. Restart …

ADTpro null modem cables

VCFed about 3 months ago

Hi everyone. Is it possible to run ADToro on a 68k Mac ( Mac is 8.1 ) and an Apple 2c ? Also, can you null modem between an Apple 2c and a 68k Mac. I would need the pin layout for such a null modem cable if I have to build one. …

Get mac software onto old macs without a floppy

Apple Fritter about 3 months ago

Getting software onto my old macs has always been a pain in the butt crack so I made http://www.themacatti... which works on really old browsers so I can download what I need. I can even upload which is good for macs with broken floppy disks.Hope someo …

Quicksilver - No serial number

Mac OS9 Lives about 3 months ago

My Quicksilver reports no system serial number in either OS9 or 10.3/10.4. There is a serial number on the system spec badge on the back which leads me to believe the system board was replaced at one point. Is there any way to flash the old serial numb... …

RIFA Caps replacements to have on hand?

VCFed about 3 months ago

Hi I would like to have a small supply of RIFA cap replacements on hand for when I might need one. But I do not have the vocabulary to find what I need on mouser or digi-key. They would be for like apple II line PSU's, AT PSU's, Printer PSU's, Mac PSU's, …

733 MHz Quicksilver network problem

Mac OS9 Lives about 3 months ago

I'm trying to get my 733 MHz Quicksilver online. The built-in gigabit ethernet interface has never worked as long as I've had this, so I've always just used a PCI ethernet card. Well last night I got it back out, and reinstalled a fresh copy of …

M-AUDIO Delta 1010LT - need "Control Panel"

Mac OS9 Lives about 3 months ago

Hi, my first post here.I have resurrected a Mac G3 wih OS9.2 and succesfully installed a M-Audio Delta 1010LT PCI Card, it works great so far.I have found a copy of the drivers for the Soundcard but I am missing its "Control Panel" softwareDoes …

FS/FT: HP Ultra Slim Dock 2013 Docking Station (D9Y32AA#ABA)

Apple Fritter about 3 months ago

I have an HP Ultra Slim Dock 2013 Docking Station (D9Y32AA#ABA) in need of a new home.  It is in cherry condition, and works perfectly.  Has PSU, no box, no docs. Asking $15  USD (obo) plus shipping.  Will ship anywhere, including APOs. Will accept t …

RAM inspection

Mac OS9 Lives about 3 months ago

which of the various tools i probably got somewhere let me inspect the RAM, so that i can at least see which applications or documents are loaded by a MacOS9 system itself and how much memory they use?one of my G4 with a heavy modified system folder r... …

Wanted :: Pro tools Hd compatible with Os9 (uk)

Mac OS9 Lives about 3 months ago

Hey People Pretty new to the forum but have been messing with macs for a while - just got like 10 pro tools hd pci/pcix/pcie cards and am finally ready to find a compatible copy If anyone has for sale or swaps I'm dead keen I have for potential swap.. …

Device Driver development for Mac OS 9

Mac OS9 Lives about 3 months ago

Hey there! So, I recently watched a video from Gaming Historian about the Virtual Game Station [1] and I decided to give it a try. It works very well on Mac OS 9, but I lack a usb controller that's compatible. So, I was thinking about coding my own dri …

RTL8169 NIC performance

Mac OS9 Lives about 3 months ago

Has anyone used the RTL8169 cards and gotten meaningful performance out of them?I have one of the TrendNet cards in my PowerTower 166 (PowerLogix G3 @ 310MHz / 62MHz bus) and it *works* but the performance is not meaningfully better than the onboard 1... …

Lexicon LXP-5 Pot Deterioration - 100% EASY FIX

Mac OS9 Lives about 3 months ago

I've been using a pair of LXP-5's for the past 35 years to elevate my vertical mix. The pitch delay algorithm has an ambient Reverb that can be detuned to help with this. I bought this particular LXP-5 along with another 20 years ago. This one had …