Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-04-27, 16:59

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by bjwil1991

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Kahenraz wrote on 2024-04-27, 09:57: You can also use a tool like GetDataBack Pro, to try and recover data from the FAT filesystem. This software has saved me many times in the past. Well, that's the only problem. I don't have a system with an IDE bus and my main laptop and MacBook won't detect the …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-04-27, 09:21

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by bjwil1991

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Ran fdisk /mbr on a 122MB HDD and Norton Disk Doctor to see if I can get it to restore. Eventually, the hard drive sprang to life, however, Norton Disk Doctor put files into DIR0000X directories and 17 _DD files that are mysterious, but I'm looking for a way to convert those files to the actual …

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Re: BIOS password bypass on Zenith Data Systems Z-Note 325L?

Posted on 2024-04-26, 02:06

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by bjwil1991

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Where can I find the SETLANID command? The original HDD I have in my Zenith is totally dead and I don't have recovery media for it.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-04-23, 07:56

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by bjwil1991

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Getting the Zenith Data Systems Z-Note 325Lc repaired. Fixed the floppy booting issues, but it doesn't want to read/write 1.44MB diskettes (I think the cable needs to be replaced), but ironically reads and writes 720K diskettes fine. I also made a 4.8V battery for the system to keep the time and …

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Zenith Data Systems Z-Note 325Lc adventures: repairs, woes, and other things

Posted on 2024-04-22, 16:31

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by bjwil1991

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I got a Zenith Data Systems Z-Note 325Lc last week and the original hardware (HDD and FDD) weren't working at all and I did some digging and found out the battery leaked and caused a bit of corrosion on the board. Currently, I installed a 1.44GB HDD and wrote a hard drive image to the drive from my …

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Re: Newly made PCMCIA sound card

Posted on 2024-04-19, 13:35

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by bjwil1991

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Imagine a Pico with different sound sources from Adlib to Sound Blaster, GUS, CD emulation (loading ISO files and music/audio files) with CDDA, and all of that using commands to switch from one to the other. Unless that's too much, but that would be cool to have. This is actually what it does. SB, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-04-18, 13:07

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by bjwil1991

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Bought a Zenith Data Systems Z-Note 325Lc bundle (equipped with an AAUI NIC, a cable for the 8-pin mystery port, docking station/port replicator, detachable trackball mouse, documentation, charger, and the laptop itself with a failing 120MB HDD). My plan for the Zenith laptop is to attempt to …

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Re: Newly made PCMCIA sound card

Posted on 2024-04-17, 13:57

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by bjwil1991

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Imagine a Pico with different sound sources from Adlib to Sound Blaster, GUS, CD emulation (loading ISO files and music/audio files) with CDDA, and all of that using commands to switch from one to the other. Unless that's too much, but that would be cool to have.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-04-15, 03:32

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by bjwil1991

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nfraser01 wrote on 2024-04-14, 13:02: bjwil1991 wrote on 2024-04-14, 12:53: Bought a Zenith Data Systems Z-Note 325Lc bundle Love tht aesthetic that Zenith had at that time... I agree. I also didn't know they used a tree as their logo back then. I also have a DigiSpeech Port*Able Sound parallel …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-04-14, 12:53

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by bjwil1991

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Bought a Zenith Data Systems Z-Note 325Lc bundle (equipped with an AAUI NIC, a cable for the 8-pin mystery port, docking station/port replicator, detachable trackball mouse, documentation, charger, and the laptop itself with a failing 120MB HDD). My plan for the Zenith laptop is to attempt to …

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Re: Newly made PCMCIA sound card

Posted on 2024-04-06, 22:16

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by bjwil1991

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GUS in PCMCIA form with the design you made.

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Re: What modern activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-02-20, 08:27

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by bjwil1991

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in Milliways

Published a novel.

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Re: What modern activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-02-13, 05:36

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by bjwil1991

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Gave my almost 12-year-old laptop Windows 10 Pro x64 back on the system since Linux was a bit of an issue and I needed a Windows system again to archive games, ROMs, and so on since MacOS has limited options. Which reminds me, I need to fix the trackpad buttons since they need to be pressed very …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2023-12-20, 00:40

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by bjwil1991

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What my home office looks like with a new desk. Got a lot of things to put back in and it'll be all set, eh? Filename 20231218_052917.jpg File size 666.05 KiB Views 2083 views Got my OfficeJet printer next to my desk on a side table and the phone next to it (not pictured).

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Re: CMSLPT : Creative music system (game blaster) on parallel port

Posted on 2023-12-08, 09:02

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by bjwil1991

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I found my CMSLPT and I'm wondering, for J2, can I connect a Molex power connector (5V) to it directly without the required mini USB cable (via soldering)? I'm out of those cables and I'm about to set up my 486 in the future once I get my stuff moved into another room. Clipped_image_20231208_040414. …

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Re: What modern activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2023-11-30, 08:28

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by bjwil1991

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Writing more pages for a novel I'm writing for fun.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2023-11-10, 06:14

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by bjwil1991

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Did some diagnosing and resolving the Emerson VT-1920N's picture problem. It needs the overscan fixed and might need a recap in the future (I cranked the brightness and contrast to 0, which is dead center or 50%) and it looks better than before. All's that's left is to get acetone on the sticker …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2023-11-10, 01:18

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by bjwil1991

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Well, I got the stuck tape out. And I have one small piece that slipped out from somewares, but I don't see where. Gotta get me a service manual to find out where the part goes and go from there. It also has purity/color issues that I need to fix, which could mean a lot of things from capacitors to …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2023-11-09, 01:11

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by bjwil1991

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I've done VCR repairs on a TV/VCR combo unit before. It's probably a bad belt for the load/eject mechanism and I have spare belts from the dead VCR from the Orion unit (the VCR stopped working one day and I was unable to get it going again after many attempts, but it served me well).

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2023-11-08, 21:37

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by bjwil1991

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Do TV/VCR combos count? Got this Emerson VT-1920N for free today. Filename 20231108_132725~2.jpg File size 1.91 MiB Views 1172 views

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