PIC32MZ Iomega ZIP100 Parallel Port Emulator [Part 2: LPT100 Hardware Design]
A few months after successfully getting Super 8086 Box, DOSBox-X, and QEMU to emulate an Iomega ZIP100 parallel-port ZIP drive,
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PIC32MZ Iomega ZIP100 Parallel Port Emulator [Part 1: DOSBox & QEMU Testing]
In early 2023 my beloved Iomega ZIP100 parallel port drive started to randomly eject disks. I figured that the drive
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Windows 3.1 and Windows NT 3.51 on Fujitsu Siemens S210 thin client
My Fujitsu S210 thin client, bought in 2022, is still working well on Windows 98, with drivers for the SIS315E
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Pocket 386 retro laptop experiments: AdLib, Covox, and VGA
The Pocket 386 comes with an OPL3 sound card, which is just barely enough for DOS gaming. For a $200
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Exploring MSX-DOS and CP/M on OneChipBook FPGA-powered laptop
The OneChipBook, available on AliExpress for around $200, is a very interesting FPGA-powered laptop with 32MB RAM, a 10-inch 1024×768
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Internet access from Pocket 386 retro laptop using Wemos D1 ESP8266 serial Wifi adapter
Although there is a USB port on the Pocket 386, I seldom use it for file transfer. The device driver,
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MM-9M 10″ portable 800-line vintage B&W CRT monitor
I love B&W CRT displays, for they bring back old memories of the long-lost past, of the first time I
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My journey with the Book 8088: swapping CGA/VGA cards, broken CF slot, and USB booting
Out of curiosity, I purchased two Book 8088 units from AliExpress, one with CGA and the other with VGA, hoping
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Sharp Font Writer FW 600 Vintage 1984 Word Processor with Printer
In late 2022, I acquired the Sharp FW-600 Font Writer – a vintage word processor with a built-in printer, originally
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Toshiba 14AF43 14″ stereo CRT TV with composite, S-video and component inputs
I came across the Toshiba 14AF43, a rare 14″ stereo CRT TV with composite, S-Video, component inputs, and decided to
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Dial-up Internet access in 2024 using the Viking DLE-200B telephone line simulator
I got to know the Internet in secondary school, using a 33.6Kbps US Robotics dial-up modem on my Pentium I
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Tandy 2500RSX: a solid 386 workhorse from the DOS era
My first introduction to computers came in primary school with the Tandy 1000RSX, an 80386SX machine running at 25 MHz.
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Repairing a failed Tecsun S-8800 radio due to damaged charging board
In June, my Tecsun S-8800 which was purchased in Feb 2020 stopped working totally. It had started 2 months earlier
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dsMP3, my LW/MW/FM/SW radio with MP3 recording/playback [Part 2 – Firmware Design]
UPDATE (May 2025) – Check out Hackaday’s write-up of the dsMP3 project here In my previous post I described how
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dsMP3, my LW/MW/FM/SW radio with MP3 recording/playback [Part 1 – Hardware Design]
UPDATE (May 2025) – Check out Hackaday’s write-up of the dsMP3 project here Wondering why even high-end multiband radios such
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