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Moving files around.

VCFed about 2 months ago

Just wondering what different people do to move files around with old PCs... Without USB, it's kind of difficult and laplink won't talk to any modern machines. I've been using a ZIP drive, with a parallel port interface, and floppies to lo …

ZIP drives on Windows 10/11?

VCFed about 3 months ago

(Apologies if someone has asked this before, I looked and could not find a thread in this vein) In another trip to the thrift store this past Saturday I picked up a couple Zip 100 drives, figuring they would be a great way to transfer data between my vint …
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Versatile Amiga Testprogram – Version 5.92 Beta Released

Old School Game Blog about 3 months ago

Hi everyone, A new version of the Versatile Amiga Testprogram has been uploaded to Aminet. This is version 5.92 Beta. The author states: “An Amiga TestProgram for all Amigas. Remove hardware from the parallel port when doing tests on this port and re …

MicroSolutions 190130 CD-ROM BACKPACK notes in 2024 (vs SDLPT)

VCFed about 3 months ago

I finally got time to try out one of those BACKPACK CD-ROM add-on devices, that use a parallel port to add CD-ROM support to a legacy system. Setup: Toshiba T1960CT 486DX laptop Using TSETUP in TOSHUTIL folder, verified parallel port set to Bidirectional …

MicroSolutions 190130 CD-ROM BACKPACK notes in 2024

VCFed about 3 months ago

I finally got time to try out one of those BACKPACK CD-ROM add-on devices, that use a parallel port to add CD-ROM support to a legacy system. Setup: Toshiba T1960CT 486DX laptop Using TSETUP in TOSHUTIL folder, verified parallel port set to Bidirectional …

RCA CF Reader not working in DOS on 486

VCFed about 3 months ago

Greetings, I have a parallel port-based RCA CompactFlash reader which has been tested to work in Windows XP, and in MS-DOS 7.1 / WIndows 98SE on a Pentium III. I have MS-DOS 7.1 installed on a 486DX2 and have tried all sorts of drivers I found by scouring …

The ZippA - does anybody has preserved the BIOS?

VCFed about 3 months ago

Hello, there was a software/hardware called The ZippA to boot from parallel port ZIP drives even on XT class computers. There used to be two versions: 1. with modified MBR on the local harddisk load some function and then the system can continue to boot f …
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ZPPA (Bluesky Innovations) bootable Parallel Port ZIP

VCFed about 3 months ago

Does someone know this pretty nice ROM extension, which lets you use a parallel port ZIP drive for booting (e.g. a different operating system) ? I found an early article about it: https://brianlivingston.com... …
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Kingston Pocket Ethernet Adapter KNE-PKL2 DOS/Win3X

VCFed about 3 months ago

So I am trying to use my KNE-PKL2 (parallel port ethernet adapter we used to use only old machines to get them on the network back in the 90s) that I have had in the box for almost 30 years. Its probably been 15 to 20 years since I used it. Im having a n …
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Old Parallel Port Dongles

VCFed about 3 months ago

Is there a place that lists what programs old parallel port dongles go with? I have a sentinel Pro Dongle from Rainbow Technologies , Inc Irvine CA and wanted to know what app it was meant for. …

Emulated parallel printer

VCFed about 3 months ago

Has anyone developed a kind of "emulated parallel printer"? You attach it to a vintage/classic parallel port, and perhaps it can emulate a variety of printers (or the protocol of just a few popular ones). But you could "print to" the …

BACKPACK CD-ROM to BACKPACK HARD DRIVE

VCFed about 4 months ago

I used to own a backpack Hard drive. I dont know what happened to it. I may have lost it, or it broke many years ago. I cant remember. I still have two Parallel port CD-rom drives which work (one is the backpack burner, external cdRw) and an external 1.44m …

PCI parallel port card / Windows 98

VCFed about 4 months ago

I am in moderate need of a 2nd LPT port on my Win98 box. I tried a cheap card off ebay based on the WCH CH351 chip set. While "something" was installed that vaguely resembled an emulated LPT port, I could never make it work. Seems like legacy …

Willem 50B update

VCFed about 5 months ago

I have programmed and used lots of 'modern' serial EEPROMs, but as far as I can remember, I have never programmed an 'old school' EPROM, but I always wanted to learn about them and use them. I remember marveling at those magazine projects about building yo …

CoCo µLabs (Micro-labs) CPrint centronics parallel port pak

VCFed about 5 months ago

I just bought one of these on ebay and have not been able to locate a manual. Software was apparently on a ROM, which must be on the reverse side of the PCB from looking at the attached photo. Does anyone have the manual or a link etc? See the review on …

CoCo µLabs (Micro-labs) CPrint centronics parallel port pak manual wanted

VCFed about 5 months ago

I just bought one of these on ebay and have not been able to locate a manual. Software was apparently on a ROM, which must be on the reverse side of the PCB from looking at the attached photo. Does anyone have the manual or a link etc? See the review on …
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Backpack 5 1/4 Floppy : 360KB on 1.2MB / TEAC 55-GFR

VCFed about 5 months ago

Thanks to help from @Chuck(G) and the invaluable @modem7 website - I was able to make a 5 1/4 Backpack work again on the parallel port of a Toshiba 2130 (486 era laptop) running msdos 6.22 The documentation of the backpack (the flyer) says this drive sh …

Compaq LTE Elite 486 4/75C - upgrades?

VCFed about 5 months ago

Hi Everyone, I'm a happy new owner of this almost 30 years old computer, looking forward for a couple of upgrades: 1 - the screen, its the one with the two slides on the right, brightness and contrast, hence it has a lot of ghosting: Is there a possibility …
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Does anyone have experience with these new Parallel SD card devices on vintage computers?

VCFed about 6 months ago

I just stumbled on this device while looking for storage ideas for my IBM 5140 PC Convertible I just finally got working. ... SD Card Adapter LPT Parallel Port External Drive Classic PC D …
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My first IRQ conflict! Need some help.

VCFed about 6 months ago

Just installed a shiny new copy of Windows 95 onto a WinBook FX I just got in from eBay. Laptop needed a new hard drive and has a hinge problem I need to check but it’s otherwise working. I’ve got an audio issue though. Seems like Windows knows what it …
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32-bit acorn software: other • ESP Parallel Port MIDI Disc Needed

Stardot about 6 months ago

Hi all,Does anyone have an image of the ESP Parallel Port MIDI interface. This fella has given up the ghosts and I wasn planning on playing around with a few things :Thanking you in advance for your help !!CheersDamian.Statistics: Posted by DamoJay — Mo …
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My Zenith Z-Star EX

VCFed about 6 months ago

My Zenith Z-Star EX Sound card It has is on the Parallel port from Serda shop, not the best option as not all games or Windows 3.x, but since the system has no built in option other then PC speaker, its a good option, good sound. It has a 512Mb SD card …

Hello from Ohio

VCFed about 6 months ago

Hello all. My name is Joe and I currently am working on a Zenith Z-Star EX laptop, I have an OPL2LPT sound card on the parallel port from Serda Shop, it's not perfect as the drivers aren't always supported by DOS games, sadly I didn't get the chance to tr …

L/F Technologies serial parallel card

VCFed about 6 months ago

Hello VCF, I purchased a s-100 serial card with no documentation on how to use it. I was wondering if someone knew where some example code for something similar to this I could look at and learn how to control it. The board is a L/F Techonogies SPIO boar …

General • Einstein as a cross-development platform

Tatung Forum about 7 months ago

Hi,I'm doing some research into the use of the Einstein 8-bit machines as a cross-development platform for the Spectrum, CPC, etc back in the day, with a view to possibly constructing a museum exhibit to demonstrate how this was done.I've seen mention of …