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#386 #laptop repair and restore complete!
Backlight working again (cable break where it went through the hinge), keyboard ribbon repair.
A #vogons user integrated #xtide into the #bios for me (original bios has fixed parameters for 20, 40, 60 and 80Mb disks only) so now running 512mb CF card.
#floppydisk drive still works.
Dont have original psu and NiCad original battery bound to be dead so converted to usb c power - adding where was a space for a modem expansion
#retrocomputing

It's been a while since I updated you on my #vintagerepair project. Last time, I was knee deep in a Commodore PC50 III 386SX16, but things have gone a little out of hand since.

Shortly after I tasted the sweet, sweet flavor of success, I ordered a lot of 3 possibly dead #IBM #Aptiva system. Naturally they were exactly that - dead. One was missing a power supply and another had the wrong one. After a lot of work, I managed to get the beefiest system running - a #Pentium 133. The work is ongoing, and has so far involved ordering weird cable adapters from Germany, washing motherboards in the dishwasher and sourcing an original power supply from the US. Pro tip - if you're ever considering collecting desktop Aptivas, don't. They're incredibly difficult to get parts for, and - so far - pretty tricky to bring back from the dead.

And the BIOS is in Swedish.

If you're curious about the progress, you can follow my thread over at #Vogons: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=102881

#vintagecomputing #pc #at

...And today's book recommendation is:
"Vogon Poetry", foreword by Oolon Coluphid...

#scifi #sciencefiction #hitchhikersguide #vogons #vogonpoetry #poetry #books #bookrecommendation

Sometimes i feel like i should set the record straight on #Intel 80286 extended memory modes.

#Vogons has a pretty good table on them. 80286 is a 16-bit #CPU with 24-bit address space accessed through 4(!) different methods below with each having its own pros and cons. #DOS #Emulator development is hardcore:

#EMS #XMS #DPMI #x86

DOSBox Staging Basics
Today: ripa PC Speaker patch

We’ve integrated ripa’s impulse-model PC speaker patch alongside DOSBox’s existing (discrete-model) PC speaker implementation, which is still the default.
To use it, set the config setting 'pcspeaker=impulse'.

James-F and VileRancour have mentioned in the linked thread that it generally improves the accuracy of square-wave effects, such as in Commander Keen and Duke Nukem. This patch also can produce sounds when none previously existed, such as in Wizball, as noted by ripsaw8080.

Wizball (1987) — using discrete PC speaker emulation
https://archive.org/details/dosbox-staging-v0.79.0-pcspeaker-impulse-wizball

Original thread on Vogons
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=23371

#dosbox #dosgaming #msdos #emulation #retrogaming #linuxgaming #macgaming #foss #audio #pcspeaker #wizball #vogons

DOSBox Staging Basics
Today: Configuring MIDI device

DOSBox Staging supports the following MIDI devices for music playback:

-System/Host MIDI (default)
-FluidSynth for using SoundFonts
-mt32emu/MUNT for emulating Roland MT-32, CM-32L and LAPC-I synthesizer modules.

DOS-Retro-Sound with Roland MT-32 (Part 1/3)
(german video, translation available through YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKkjSfy4mic

"Unmissable MT32 experiences" thread on Vogons.org
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=77567

Phils ultimate MT-32 video, running time 3,5 hours!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLvsaJ4h-VY

See our WIKI for more information and setup guides
https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/wiki/MIDI

#dosbox #dosgaming #msdos #emulation #retrogaming #linuxgaming #macgaming #foss #MIDI #Fluidsynth #mt-32 #mt32 #Munt #Soundfont #philscomputerlab #vogons

DOSBox Staging Basics
Today: Configuring MIDI device

DOSBox Staging supports the following MIDI devices for music playback:

-System/Host MIDI (default)
-FluidSynth for using SoundFonts
-mt32emu/MUNT for emulating Roland MT-32, CM-32L and LAPC-I synthesizer modules.

DOS-Retro-Sound with Roland MT-32 (Part 1/3)
(german video, translation available through YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKkjSfy4mic

"Unmissable MT32 experiences" thread on Vogons.org
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=77567

Phils ultimate MT-32 video, running time 3,5 hours!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLvsaJ4h-VY

See our WIKI for more information and setup guides
https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/wiki/MIDI

#dosbox #dosgaming #msdos #emulation #retrogaming #linuxgaming #macgaming #foss #MIDI #Fluidsynth #mt-32 #mt32 #Munt #Soundfont #philscomputerlab #vogons

DOSBox Staging Basics
Today: Configuring MIDI device

DOSBox Staging supports the following MIDI devices for music playback:

-System/Host MIDI (default)
-FluidSynth for using SoundFonts
-mt32emu/MUNT for emulating Roland MT-32, CM-32L and LAPC-I synthesizer modules.

DOS-Retro-Sound with Roland MT-32 (Part 1/3)
(german video, translation available through YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKkjSfy4mic

"Unmissable MT32 experiences" thread on Vogons.org
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=77567

Phils ultimate MT-32 video, running time 3,5 hours!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLvsaJ4h-VY

See our WIKI for more information and setup guides
https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/wiki/MIDI

#dosbox #dosgaming #msdos #emulation #retrogaming #linuxgaming #macgaming #foss #MIDI #Fluidsynth #mt-32 #mt32 #Munt #Soundfont #philscomputerlab #vogons

DOSBox Staging Basics
Today: Configuring MIDI device

DOSBox Staging supports the following MIDI devices for music playback:

-System/Host MIDI (default)
-FluidSynth for using SoundFonts
-mt32emu/MUNT for emulating Roland MT-32, CM-32L and LAPC-I synthesizer modules.

DOS-Retro-Sound with Roland MT-32 (Part 1/3)
(german video, translation available through YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKkjSfy4mic

"Unmissable MT32 experiences" thread on Vogons.org
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=77567

Phils ultimate MT-32 video, running time 3,5 hours!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLvsaJ4h-VY

See our WIKI for more information and setup guides
https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/wiki/MIDI

#dosbox #dosgaming #msdos #emulation #retrogaming #linuxgaming #macgaming #foss #MIDI #Fluidsynth #mt-32 #mt32 #Munt #Soundfont #philscomputerlab #vogons

DOSBox Staging Basics
Today: Configuring MIDI device

DOSBox Staging supports the following MIDI devices for music playback:

-System/Host MIDI (default)
-FluidSynth for using SoundFonts
-mt32emu/MUNT for emulating Roland MT-32, CM-32L and LAPC-I synthesizer modules.

DOS-Retro-Sound with Roland MT-32 (Part 1/3)
(german video, translation available through YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKkjSfy4mic

"Unmissable MT32 experiences" thread on Vogons.org
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=77567

Phils ultimate MT-32 video, running time 3,5 hours!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLvsaJ4h-VY

See our WIKI for more information and setup guides
https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/wiki/MIDI

#dosbox #dosgaming #msdos #emulation #retrogaming #linuxgaming #macgaming #foss #MIDI #Fluidsynth #mt-32 #mt32 #Munt #Soundfont #philscomputerlab #vogons

on the occasion of #TowelDay ,
watching a remake -
and these words now sound oddly prophetic:

Ford #Prefect: [about #Vogons] "They don't think, they don't imagine, most of them can't even spell. They just run things."

#AI #ML #LLM #thereIsNoAI #chatgpt

3dfx site & vogons drivers library:

https://trackerninja.codeberg.page/post/3dfx-site-vogons-drivers-library

#3dfx #drivers #2000 #videocard #pas16 #audiocard #software #vogons #spacedrone808 #trackerninja #vintage #retro