there was like 2 events i had to prep my computers for the DFW retro
computing meet up. and the retro show in hurst
both are great!
i had a blast at both
and people actually used my pcs in the retroshow in hurst i was so HAPPY!
*^^* i never been that heart warmed ever

all these floppy disscussions is amazing too! <3
the cyber deck xcomputersd are cool i just cannot build one yet because i am broke but i got an x230 thinkpad at the dfw retro computing meetup! FOR FREE! :D and it worked i just needed to upgrad it to 167 gb of ram and an ssd with
a new cmos and a new system battery! <3

so good to be back here

i should share my contacts xD

ill be on more often

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and people actually used my pcs in the retroshow in hurst i was so HAPPY!

Which pcs are those?

oP!

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i had to do a OS upgrade on all of my systems because FreeDOS 1.4 released
and it was painful using fdimples (it is very sluggish)

but it is worth it so many fixes!
<3

i got a 1.4 installation ready but i dont know where i put it xD

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On Fri, 9 May 2025 05:57:51 +1200
"mary4" (21:1/204) <mary4@f204.n1.z21.fidonet> wrote:

there was like 2 events i had to prep my computers for the DFW retro computing meet up. and the retro show in hurst
both are great!
i had a blast at both
and people actually used my pcs in the retroshow in hurst i was so
HAPPY! *^^* i never been that heart warmed ever

all these floppy disscussions is amazing too! <3
the cyber deck xcomputersd are cool i just cannot build one yet
because i am broke but i got an x230 thinkpad at the dfw retro
computing meetup! FOR FREE! :D and it worked i just needed to upgrad
it to 167 gb of ram and an ssd with a new cmos and a new system
battery! <3

so good to be back here

i should share my contacts xD

When? Where? I didn't hear anything about that. I might have taken my
BBC Micro along and showed off my BBS.
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Which pcs are those?

this one! my insane 286 from 1991 @ 25 MHz with 16 mb of Ram and 2mb of EMS! and it is all psimped out!

my fast overclocked buggy 486 at 160 MHz it can run quake at 17.5 fps!
it got 256 mb of ram (insane!)


and my thinkpad 600e from 1999
an amazing dos system!
it too has 256+ mb of ram!

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Which pcs are those?

this one! my insane 286 from 1991 @ 25 MHz with 16 mb of Ram and 2mb of EM and it is all psimped out!

Oeh Legacy indeed!

my fast overclocked buggy 486 at 160 MHz it can run quake at 17.5 fps!
it got 256 mb of ram (insane!)

Very nice, I wanted the joys of oldskool systems with new motherboard and CPU. Ended up with Nixsys system, installed my old soundblaster pro and enjoy doing some DOS stuff indeed. In the end I want to be able to play all old Sierra/Lucasarts games.

oP!

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Re: Re: hey i am back from being very busy with DFW events!
By: opicron to mary4 on Thu May 08 2025 07:20 pm

Which pcs are those?

this one! my insane 286 from 1991 @ 25 MHz with 16 mb of Ram and 2mb of EM and it is all psimped out!

Oeh Legacy indeed!

my fast overclocked buggy 486 at 160 MHz it can run quake at 17.5 fps! it got 256 mb of ram (insane!)

Very nice, I wanted the joys of oldskool systems with new motherboard and CPU. Ended up with Nixsys system, installed my old soundblaster pro and enjoy doing some DOS stuff indeed. In the end I want to be able to play all old Sierra/Lucasarts games.

oP!

I never heard of Nixsys! People are still making system with ISA slots!?

thats kind of crazy cool.

I am desperately in need of a wroking MOBO with an 8BIT ISA slot. Sadly the XT and 486I have with those slots are not longer functional. I've got a CGA card and monitor I want to work, but the card cannot be plugged into a 16bit ISA slot due to overhang on the card.
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Very nice, I wanted the joys of oldskool systems with new motherboard a CPU. Ended up with Nixsys system, installed my old soundblaster pro and enjoy doing some DOS stuff indeed. In the end I want to be able to play old Sierra/Lucasarts games.

I never heard of Nixsys! People are still making system with ISA slots!? thats kind of crazy cool.

I am desperately in need of a wroking MOBO with an 8BIT ISA slot. Sadly t and 486I have with those slots are not longer functional. I've got a CGA and monitor I want to work, but the card cannot be plugged into a 16bit IS slot due to overhang on the card.

The Nixsys N370-T70 is perfect, turn off all cashing and it can be a slow as a 486 =).
I really recommend it, I use a IcyDock for SSD drives and have seperate ones for DOS, Windows 95 and Linux.

https://nixsys.com/nx370-t70

Both Nixsys and Synology are overpriced but it saves me so much time and I can do what I actually like.
They allow me to use the devices as a hobby instead of building and maintaining them as a hobby ^^.


oP!

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Re: Re: hey i am back from being very busy with DFW events!
By: opicron to Boraxman on Fri May 09 2025 06:03 pm

Very nice, I wanted the joys of oldskool systems with new motherboard a CPU. Ended up with Nixsys system, installed my old soundblaster pro and enjoy doing some DOS stuff indeed. In the end I want to be able to play old Sierra/Lucasarts games.

I never heard of Nixsys! People are still making system with ISA slots!? thats kind of crazy cool.

I am desperately in need of a wroking MOBO with an 8BIT ISA slot.
Sadly t and 486I have with those slots are not longer functional. I've got a CGA and monitor I want to work, but the card cannot be plugged into a 16bit IS slot due to overhang on the card.

The Nixsys N370-T70 is perfect, turn off all cashing and it can be a slow as a 486 =).
I really recommend it, I use a IcyDock for SSD drives and have seperate ones for DOS, Windows 95 and Linux.

https://nixsys.com/nx370-t70

Both Nixsys and Synology are overpriced but it saves me so much time and I can do what I actually like.
They allow me to use the devices as a hobby instead of building and maintaining them as a hobby ^^.

HArd for me to justifiy the cost, and more importantly, collect yet another computer in my already burgeonong collection
MY wife certaintly would not be happy with another addition!
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thats kind of crazy cool.

I am desperately in need of a wroking MOBO with an 8BIT ISA slot. Sadly the XT and 486I have with those slots are not longer functional. I've
got a CGA card and monitor I want to work, but the card cannot be
plugged into a 16bit ISA slot due to overhang on the card.

yo u can get XT clone mobos rather cheap (checks) from, like $70+ to about
120$ and systems go about 120$+

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HArd for me to justifiy the cost, and more importantly, collect yet another computer in my already burgeonong collection

i wanna see! <3

MY wife certaintly would not be happy with another addition!

yo i hear this exact quote all the time in the retro world at DFW!

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On Fri, 9 May 2025 08:37:01 -0500
"Boraxman" (21:2/138) <Boraxman@f138.n2.z21.fidonet> wrote:

I am desperately in need of a wroking MOBO with an 8BIT ISA slot.
Sadly the XT and 486I have with those slots are not longer
functional. I've got a CGA card and monitor I want to work, but the
card cannot be plugged into a 16bit ISA slot due to overhang on the
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(21:2/138)

Join the Vintage Computer Sales group on Facebook. They have all sorts
of old tat going for sale.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2103793056560583
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