Author Archives: kornakar
Retro PDA-projekti
Dell Axim X51v Onnistuin sitten löytämään vanhan PDA-laitteen firman roskiksesta. Mukana oli kaikki kilkkeet ohjekirjaa ja ajurilevyjä myöten. Itse laitekin oli hyvässä kunnossa. Asetuksista katsomalla näkyy että laitetta on käytetty viimeksi vuonna 2006; hyvää vuosikertaa jo siis. Unohtunut maailma Itse … Lue loppuun
Retrolanit
Retrolaneja on jo pidetty kunnioittavat 15 kappaletta. Ensimmäiset pidettiin joulukuussa 2005. Lähes kymmenenvuotisen taipaleen aikana retrot on pidetty mitä erilaisemmissa paikoissa (kauppahalli, toimisto, saunatilat, ravintola…). Yleisimpänä paikkana on ollut erään ATK-kaupan takahuone. Ensimmäisien lanien aikana suurin osa ajasta meni pelien … Lue loppuun
Long time no see
So I havent’ had much time to write about retrolan. We have had one retrolan since the last post. It was a great LAN and everyone’s still tuning their retro pcs to be more stable. Today I tested my main … Lue loppuun
Retrolan 0xD coming up
Retrolan 13 It’s only five days to our next Retrolan event! We all have been working very hard to make sure everything works perfectly. I’ve tested and re-tested all my eight PCs, configured the servers and gathered all important drivers … Lue loppuun
A device attached to the system is not functioning
Strange error I just tried to install Catalyst 6.12 drivers to the retrocompaq nr. 4, which has the Radeon 7000 32MB graphics card. The installer gave me this strange error telling me that the device isn’t working. I googled around … Lue loppuun
A new retro PC for myself
The retrokor II I started to build a new retro pc (”retrokor II”) for myself, because the current machine’s motherboard is suffering from bulged capacitors. The current pc still works, but I don’t want to take a risk of it breaking … Lue loppuun
Repairing my retro pc
The bulged capacitor I inspected my main retro pc’s capacitors and found out that one of them was already bulged and leaking. The capacitor was between two PCI slots, one of which has my Sound Blaster in it. The PC … Lue loppuun
Four new retrolan PCs!
Compaqs to the rescue I was given four Compaq Deskpro computers as donation via an internet forum. Three of them have a Pentium III 866 MHz processor and one has a Celeton 700 MHz processor. All computers have 256 MB … Lue loppuun
Building a retrolan PC from spare parts
We needed more spare PCs for the upcoming lanparty, so I decided to buy an old PC from an internet forum. It was only 5 € and had decent components, so I decided to buy it. It had the following … Lue loppuun
