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    Reorganization of 'Genres' Category

    I think this is a good step in the right direction, but would suggest a few other changes. 1.) Add a note to the "IBM PC, Clones and Descendants" category description directing non-PC IBM users to the Companies category. I didn't immediately see the new forum at first. 2.) While we are...
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    Kaypro Part Needed

    Sorry to take so long to reply, but I hadn't noticed this new thread until today. Kaypros in general used standard power cords. The 1982 Kaypro 2s I've seen used the same cord as the ones I mention for the Kaypro 4 in this post on the Kaypro Replacement Parts thread...
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    Gif Viewer for 8088?

    If you want to still go the animated GIF route, you should give lxpic a try: http://hplx.pgdn.de/ While it started out as a viewer for the HP 100LX palmtop, it has been greatly expanded to cover a lot more standard screen resolutions from CGA up to VESA. You can use it to view a number of...
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    Help with custom autoexec messages?

    I would think EVERYONE HERE would be interested in the source code! I am, at least.
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    Help with custom autoexec messages?

    SAY was first published in PC Magazine itself (like most of the programs found in DOS Power Tools) and you can read about it here...
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    Help with custom autoexec messages?

    This problem stems from the way Microsoft added the Unix functionality to MS-DOS back in version 2.0. While Unix had the escape character \ to prevent the shell from treating the vertical bar as a pipe symbol, no escape character was added in to MS-DOS's COMMAND.COM preventing the use of the...
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    ZX81 Speak & Spell "Talk can be Cheap" Software (ZX-Speak)

    They don't. Sinclair BASIC didn't have READ & DATA statements until the ZX Spectrum came out. So you can't load the machine code in that way. This was one of the greatest hurdles to programming in machine code on the ZX81/TS1000. There were many ways around it, from a simple BASIC program...
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    Alloy PC-Slave/286

    I found the manual a little confusing and its layout not the best. I just wanted to be sure you hadn't missed something. Oh well...
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    Alloy PC-Slave/286

    I think you might have problems using this card in a Pentium II. From looking at the manual on archive.org, I see that there is a requirement of no more than 21K clusters in any DOS extended partition. If your Pentium II is setup anything like the norm for this system, you're going to have FAR...
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    Comparison between mTCP's NetDrive and EtherDFS

    I seriously doubt the problem is caused by a Pi 4 and requires a Pi 5. I suggest putting Debian 12.4 (the one @mbbrutman is using) on a new sd card and seeing if that solves the problem. The Pi 4 should run the new OS version fine (it's not that slow), but the problem you're experiencing...
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    Anyone knowledgeable on FreeDOS 1.3?

    Let's start with the basics for any 86-DOS clone: What do the CONFIG.SYS/AUTOEXEC.BAT (FDCONFIG.SYS/FDAUTO.BAT) have in them? You should have a device driver for the DVD drive and the MSCDEX clone, SHSUCDX, loading in order to get any access to the DVD-ROM drive. You might want to set up the...
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    Public Brand Software disks--worth archiving?

    Exactly my take on it. You never know if a particular program was available from more than one collection or not until you've been able to see the program and compare it with other collections. (Just looking at the filename isn't enough: how many different people had their own ideas on what...
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    Public Brand Software disks--worth archiving?

    If you are going to toss them, I'll take them. I figure they are worth archiving regardless of their content, even if no one else does.
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    Kaypro 4: Boschert XL53-3601R PSU: Trying to find replacement switching transistor (Q1)

    Other people reading this thread, either now or in the future, might need it. So please post the information to answer the original question. It can't hurt to have the right part identified.
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    Loadstar archive on-line

    I realize a complete set is always a goal, but is there something specific in this particular issue you are trying to get? If so, maybe searching for that item would help to find the Grail. ;)
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    Loadstar archive on-line

    It's still available from archive.org (of course): http://web.archive.org/web/20221208184547/https://loadstargallery.webs.com/ Some spot checking seems to show that all the files are there. The link for Disk 208 still pointed to 209-1.D81 as of 12-2022. I doubt it ever got fixed.
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    What happened to old-computers.com?

    Would virtual hosting a simple html frame page on a free/low cost ISP server that redirects all access to archive.org be an option? That way you wouldn't have to use an old computer/OS and the site would be back up pending a more complete solution.
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    Running Minix, a UNIX-like Operating System on the HP 200LX DOS Palmtop

    I found it a little difficult to follow your process. It turns out you made a typo in the URL. So to make it easier, I'm including a direct link to a 2006 snapshot of the website: http://web.archive.org/web/20060828125731if_/http://minix.technoir.org/ Thanks for finding this @natcha!
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    Fixing Five Festive 5150 Boards over the Holidays (BOARD #3 Thread)

    Anytime, Rodney. I think all of your hardware updating work, and that of others like @MicroCoreLabs, is important to keeping the use of this era of machines alive. While the original equipment will likely become impossible to save eventually, being able to recreate these computers using modern...
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