Jaan's Tech Logs

Old computers:

• Toshiba T3200SXC (~1990)

Old add-in cards, internal and external devices:

• 3com Etherlink III Ethernet network card
• Aztech radio card
• Covox speech thing
• DS12B887 battery-backed real-time clock
• OPL3LPT
• TerraTec TT1816 sound card (~1998)

Old games:

• X.exe (a very rare and super small Xonix clone for DOS)

Old software:

• FMTuner for Windows 95 (not available as of March 2024, may come back online)

What I would like to do / test:

• Make AT keyboard socket to USB socket to get +5V on old computers with AT but without USB

Test or buy:

• MP32L, MT32-Pi compatible MIDI module
• PS2TOSERIAL
• Relatively Universal ROM Programmer
• SDPP, SD card on parallel port

The Retro Web:

• My contributions:
  • https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/jamicon-mb-km-t5-2-v1.1
  • https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/jetway-j-ib3
  • https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/abit-sg-80dc

ARM-based computers:

• Beaglebone Black & Green
• Raspberry Pies
• TS-7260
• TS-7800 (original version)
• A64-OLinuXino (open hardware board)

• 592125SC-2 (E27 lamp)
• FAN4800IN chip on 500-600W ATX power supplies

• Flashing EPROMs and erasing them with UV

I have some experience with compiling Linux kernel. I haven't written any drivers myself, but I'm able to modify Linux kernels usually.

• Bash scripts that can be useful
• Installing Linux from Linux without boot media
• USBC bug

• Forum bookmarks

This page is always going to be a work in progress.

2024 Jaan Rebane jaan_r@yahoo.com