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Win95/98 Travan SCSI Tape Drive Setup

VCFed about 11 months ago

Hi, I would like to install a HP DLTVS 80 SCSI TRAVIN tape from in my PIII WIN95/98se system. I an not too good with SCSI or tapes drives and I want to learn more. I have a Adaptec 2940W/2940UW PCI card. This card has two ports, 50-pin and I think is the …

System Specs • The Plumas Chronicles - dual Xeon "salvaged workstation" build

Vogons about 11 months ago

So, after years of paring down my collection and generally staying out of retrocomputing in general, I suddenly got the insatiable urge to build a computer.This build would have a story of sorts. A legend, if you will. Lore. Kayfabe. The elevator pitch is …
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Mac IIsi no power to BlueSCSI

Tinker Different about 11 months ago

I bought a fixer upper IIsi from the VCF East swap meet in June. Had been recapped already but was missing any RAM expansion, the floppy drive is dead, and it had no hard drive. I’ve since maxed out the RAM, bought and assembled a BlueSCSI V2 for it, and …

General Old Hardware • Firewire CD-ROM drivers under Windows 98SE

Vogons about 11 months ago

Hi guys.I will start by saying Im a long time reader first time writer on here.I would also appologise if this has been asked and answered before, I did have a search around but cant seem to find a fix for my particular problem.So Ill tell you everything …

Minimig (Commodore Amiga) • AmigaVision (MegaAGS) 2023.07.07 Released with Improved Hardware Compatibility & More Analogue Pocket Configurations

MISTerFPGA about 11 months ago

We are happy to announce that the latest release of AmigaVision/MegaAGS is available!AmigaVision is the ultimate, open source Amiga setup for MiSTer andAnalogue Pocket FPGAs, emulators, and real hardware.This is a minor update to the recent major 2023.06. …

PC Emulation • Trying to put XGA/A in an IBM PS/2 Model 80 in 86box

Vogons about 11 months ago

I have a IBM PS/2 model 80 set up in 86box with a 486DX-33 and 8 MB of ram, I have it all setup with it's reference disk and I have installed MS-DOS and a couple of applications on it, it seems to be working fine. The problem comes when I try to install a …

Color Classic Screen / Dim Spot

68Kmla about 11 months ago

I am the fortunate owner of a Color Classic. However, it has a screen issue. Basically, there is a big chunk of the screen that appears a bit dimmer than the rest. I've tried playing with the brightness, tweaking the (exposed) CRT settings, and even starte …

General Old Hardware • Unisys 4253sx running OS/2 Warp 3.0

Vogons about 11 months ago

I purchased this Unisys server during the pandemic and trying to push it to its limits. I would blame Halt and Catch Fire. It was small and had a SCSI interface and a 8 UART serial card. When I booted it up, it ran SCO Unixware with two drives that were …

General Old Hardware • Gateway e-5400 dual p3 with adapter 29160n ultra scsi controller

Vogons about 11 months ago

I just got a bunch of older computer and one of the was a gateway e-5400 dual p3 733 mhz system. There is also an adapter 29160n scsi controller with an 18gb hard drive. It powers up fine and the controller bios says the HDD is good. Booted it with dos 6. …
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LC with No SCSI Drives Recognised

68Kmla about 11 months ago

Afternoon folks. My dad dropped over an original (020) LC last week and I've been bringing it up. Its in reasonable condition, corrosion wasn't too bad. I've recaped it, I'm using a known good PSU, and has been cleaned in an ultrasonic. So far, the PS …

Unidentified Apple Plus like computer

Apple Fritter about 11 months ago

Hi, I just aquired this 1986 Apple Macintosh Like Plus Portable / Luggable Industrial Vintage Computer.I don’t know much about this machine other than it’s based on a 1Mb Macintosh Plus machine, it’s completely custom made in around 1986 and it does …
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System Specs • TYAN Thunder i7525 (S2676) Motherboard/ Dual 3.8GHz Socket 604 Xeon/ 8GB RAM/ Adaptec 2420SA/ Adaptec 2020ZCR/ GTX 690

Vogons about 11 months ago

I've just committed to purchasing this brand new motherboard, including 2 x 3.8GHz Socket 604 Xeon's with copper coolers, 8GB ECC RAM, an Adaptec 2420SA SATA II Raid card and an Adaptec 2020ZCR SCSI RAID add-on card (Basically a one-stop-shop!!!)The mot …

General Old Hardware • Any hope of fixing an NEC 2x SCSI CD-ROM that won't read?

Vogons about 11 months ago

I have scads of old IDE CD-ROM drives which all work, but I have one NEC CDR-210 Double Speed SCSI drive that just won't read any disks and I'd love to get it working if at all possible. I'm pretty sure this drive was part of a MediaVision CD upgrade kit …
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Copying legacy software from internet repositories to 68k Macs

Tinker Different about 11 months ago

Dear All, I am sure the topic is thoroughly covered, but honestly I couldn’t find a single reliable source of information, so I decided to start a new thread. Topic: how to download legacy software from web archives (such as the Macintosh Garden) and e …

zip 100 plus drive

68Kmla about 11 months ago

I picked up a zip 100 plus drive that in theory can do either scsi or parallel. I'm not getting any luck using it with my mac, but found some one mentioned that you need their special cable that came with it. Can anyone verify this? …

General Old Hardware • Cheap SCA adapters from China

Vogons about 11 months ago

The availability of 50-pin SCSI hard drives, especially working ones, is poor the last years. On the other hand, SCSI drives with 80-pin SCA connectors are cheap and common. In the end, it's all SCSI, so why not just use SCA drives in retro PCs? I bought …

Milliways • Intel PR440FX - issues installing an OS

Vogons about 11 months ago

Hello!After sorting out the problem I tried to install a fresh copy of W2K, won't accept anything and it freezes at hardware scan.W98 has a Boot floppy and did go through, but 2K just won't go.From I tried via a SCSI card + cd-rom, but nothing. 98 I used …

General Old Hardware • Adaptec SCSI adapters - firmware upgrade?

Vogons about 11 months ago

I have 2 Adaptec 2940UW adapters and one 39320, latter one supports RAID levels 0 and 1 (but not 10, option in menu disabled). Forementoned do not have any HW RAID support at all. I have heard rumors that you can "upgrade" "ordinary" 2940 to 2940-R (RAID! …

"Appletalk cannot be opened" error resolved! Power Mac 7100 & 7600!

68Kmla about 11 months ago

I'm sure that this isnt noteworthy but I kept getting the above error on my 7100 and 7600 upstairs in the attic. Turns out that both Shared Library and Shared Library PPC needs to be on. I figured it out finally bc 7.5.3 on my LC 575 gave the error but men …

General Old Hardware • Looking for that specific hard drive sound.

Vogons about 11 months ago

I have a lc-550 mac it uses scsi 50 pin interface The one I used to have was was a 160mb quantum hard drive.One of the things I refuse to compromise on with this build is it HAS to have that same sound.I was kinda surprised to find that a 500mb version so …

General Old Hardware • The ECS Local Bus - Overview and Benchmarks on a 486DX-50 system

Vogons about 11 months ago

The pre-VLB/PCI 486 era is of great interest to me, in particular the attempts of several manufacturers to overcome ISA bus limitations by introducing their own proprietary local bus implementations, none of which seems to have been successful as shortly …

General Old Hardware • Windows 2k Sp3 vs SP4

Vogons about 11 months ago

I have aGigabyte ga-6vxe7+ pentium 3 coppermine 750mhz1.5GB 133MHZATI 9800 PRO 128mgAdaptec Array1000 "13 1u2" 3x scsi 9.3gb drives80gb IDEI was getting the old girl going agen I installed w2k sp4 and omg it was dog slow playing quake III Arena unplayabl …

FS: Micropolis 3.5" 50 pin SCSI hard drive

VCFed about 11 months ago

For sale is a used Micropolis 3.5" SCSI 50 pin hard drive. I don't have a SCSI setup to test this drive but I did apply power to it and it spins up and seeks. Asking $25 shipped CONUS for the drive or best reasonable offer. …

32-bit acorn emulators • Arculator v2.2 released!

Stardot about 11 months ago

Arculator v2.2 is now available. Changes from v2.1 :New podules: Acorn AEH50 Ethernet II, Acorn AEH54 Ethernet III, Acorn AKA32 SCSI Podule, Design IT Ethernet 200, Morley A3000 User and Analogue Port, Risc Developments High Density Floppy ControllerSuppo …

CMD Technology SCSIwatch Tape Monitor Utility software

VCFed about 11 months ago

Hello Folks, has someone this software in his collection? I found the manual including also a license. This software is for VMS version 4.5 and later, runs on Qbus, Unibus and VAXBI TMSCP scsi controllers. It has once been distributed through Exabyte or D …