Questions tagged [old-hardware]
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I found an old CRT monitor with a RS-232 (not VGA) video input. How can I use it on a modern computer?
I found an old Samsung CRT color monitor. I was hoping to use it for playing retro DOS games, but the main issue that I'm facing is that it's using RS-232, which as far as I can tell, is a very unusual choice for a monitor. I'm fairly confident it…
link jones
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How to print from old computers that have only a serial or parallel port, using modern printers (like thermal printers)?
Old computers and devices have no USB support so they can only output via LPT or serial port.
New printers are either wireless or use USB, and require a computer to translate the data coming from old computers. As such if you have many old computers…
rataplan
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Retro PC: How to Install Windows XP to SSD Using PATA to SATA Adapter On ICH1 Through ICH6
I purchased a PATA to SATA adapter with a JM20330 chip to use with a cheap SSD on a retro PC (Celeron 1.2GHz on socket 370 with ICH2 chipset) running Windows XP. I booted the Windows XP installer CD and it could not detect the drive, but the system…
Jeff Tillwick
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Why do modern SCSI to SD adapters insist in being designed to a max. speed of 10 MB/sec.?
I just found out about BLUESCsi and wow, I didn't know it.
I was familiar with SCSI2SD, which has now reached version 6. However, I always find myself surprised and a little disappointed by these technologies. SCSI was a beautiful and robust…
N. Di Pietro
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Error trying to install S.u.S.E. Linux 5.2 in VirtualBox 7.0.16
Trying to install S.u.S.E. Linux 5.2 under VirtualBox 7.0.16 I get an error when installing the selected packages: "package aaa_base-98.5.20-0 is for a different architecture... ABORTED":
YaST error message
VirtualBox settings are
1 CPU (Execution…
Zaphod49
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Why does online retro game emulation run extremely poorly on Microsoft Edge on my Desktop PC?
OS Name: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
Processor: Intel(R) Core™ i7-10700T CPU @ 2.00GHz, 1992 Mhz, 8 Core(s), 16 Logical Processor(s)
RAM: 16.0 GB
Version: 22H2
I want to play the Sega CD version of The Terminator which is available to play online on a…
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Intel HD graphics Kext on OpenCore Ventura on Macbook Pro 2012
I've just installed Ventura on my Macbook Pro 2012 (MacBookPro9,2 - Ivy Bridge) using OpenCore Legacy Patcher (v 1.2.1).
So far so good, but there's a problem with drivers for Intel Graphics card.
Every time I boot, OpenCore tells me that Root patch…
skowro.net
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I found my old computer and now doesnt boot
I found my old computer, which was working perfectly before I stored it away. However, now that I've found it, it no longer displays any image on the screen.
The computer specs are:
AMD athlon 64x,
DDR2 1Gb ram kingmax,
Asus m2n 1394,
GeForce…
martinez
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