Palm revival and Internet access (2020)

Palm connectted through Android: BlueDUN+

Enable Bluetooth
Pair devices (i.e Note4)

Config Palm OS

Pref; Connection
New
Name: (i.e) DUN BT Note4
to: Local network
by: Bluetooth
device: Note4

Pref; Network
Click Top ;menu; New
Service: Access DUN Note4
Connection: DUN BT Note4
User: xx
Pass:xx
Advanced (by default)

Android device
Download and install BlueDUN+
Open BlueDUN+ app
Start service

Connect to Internet (from  PalmOs )
Open an Internet app

Web/Blazer and Xiino webbrowser can't connect through BT connection.


OperaMini can load quite modern pages (requires java)
WebPro (Palm web pro)(requires to disable its default proxy in its preferences)

Open a http url  (not SSL)
  http://www.360k.es
  http://www.mundoviejuno.com/blog.htm
  mowidi.com



checkWWW  (testing app)
Ping a server
  Ping: cisco.com
  or
  Ping: 72.163.4.185

  Ping: mowidi.com
  or
  Ping: 91.109.0.108

RescoNews (RSS reader)
 add  sources (rss v1)
  http://bloglon.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss

Internet old school Underground

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Raspberry Pi - Pimame/Piplay

Piplay 8.0.5beta (note for user with a compact keyboard;less than 102 keys, by default some keys required to play don't work)

Commands/files

Sudo raspi-config (overclocking)

press 'LeftCtrl+Q': quit to terminal   

Map Keys:
/home/pi/pimame/pimame-menu/controller.yaml

Default pasword: pi / raspberry

Menu
    PSX-Usb Joystick1 - OK

    PSX-Usb Joystick2 - OK

Emulation

Neogeo (Final Burn Alpha )

    PSX Joystick
         Plug in port2 psx2usb adapter

         Select: insert coin

         Analog mode: to be able to use Up and down keys

   Audio: OK
   Games:

         Armoredwar         

         Mpang (Mighty Pang)

         Dino (Cadillac dinosaurs)

         Winjammer CD  (failing)

 

Final Burn Alpha (Arcade Cabinet and Neogeo emulator)

PSX Joystick (same than neogeo)

Games:
     Metalslug2
     Magical crystals

SNES

PSX Joystick
         Plug in port2 psx2usb adapter

Games:

     All - OK

Neogeo pocket

  PSX Joystick

  Games

     Metal slug 2

Scummvm
   Games cannot be in zip files
   Unzip to folders
   Manually Add game, from roms folder
  Audio: OK
   Games:
      Loom
  
MasterSystem
  Joystick ¿failing left and right arrows??


ZxSpectrum
Games cannot be in zip files
Unzip to folder




c64
Games cannot be in zip files
Unzip to folder




Turbografx 16

   Failing, nothing is displayed in screen

pcsx-reARMed (PSX)

   Menu is not properly displayed
   Bios missing warning
.iso, .img, .bin/.cue or .mdf/.mds

.ecm file. These will not work in this emuator, but can be 'un-ECMed' by using the utility software unecm

GBA
   Bios missing warning (Gba_bios)

NES
   Failing

Mapping keyboard:
pygame module to work with the keyboard
KeyASCII ASCII      Common Name
K_BACKSPACE   \b      backspace
K_TAB         \t      tab
K_CLEAR               clear
K_RETURN      \r      return
K_PAUSE               pause
K_ESCAPE      ^[      escape
K_SPACE               space
K_RSHIFT              right shift
K_LSHIFT              left shift
K_RCTRL               right ctrl
K_LCTRL               left ctrl
K_RALT                right alt
K_LALT                left alt
K_RMETA               right meta
K_LMETA               left meta
K_LSUPER              left windows key
K_RSUPER              right windows key

Retro IT Culture

 

Best abandon books and webs where to read about the old times of IT

Basic Rules!!

Tecnología Obsoleta:
http://www.alpoma.net/tecob/



The probably the best IT books ever published including the best illustrations:

http://www.paraquenoseolviden.com/gallery2/v/electronica/

http://www.paraquenoseolviden.com/gallery2/v/equipos_electronicos/

Just DIY:
http://www.paraquenoseolviden.com/gallery2/v/comohacer/

Games from the past

I still remembering the time I spent playing some games in my 1st computer, in fact that was an 8086 from Olivetti, with a Nec CPU running at 10Mhz, even it was much cheaper computer than a IBM or Inves(PC Compatible Spanish brand) it had a VGA card instead the CGA,EGA cards included with the most of personal computers in that date, and even better was the price which was lower than the most of models in the market including CGA/EGA and 5,25" floppy disk.

Old graphic PC BIOS

Anyway for me the Amiga 500 or even the more expensive A1200 had be perfect, good machines for games and cheaper than PC, but my parents thought a PC was a better tool to do homework or learn computing. Perhaps it was a correct decision.

My first games were a original 4 games pack including "California Games", "Ballistix", "Sub Battle" and "Billiards" and I could enjoy enough time playing the first two until I met people to who share software. In In fact I paid few times more for software ;)



After that time I managed to copy in diskettes as many games as I could.

I feel nostalgia from that old times when Spanish software companies, such as Dinamic, Opera, Topo... were as proficient as foreigner software industry. These companies developed games with very good quality.

In fact, I enjoyed a lot playing with some of them. i.e Madmix, Madmix2, Army moves, Phantis, Freddy Hardest, La abadía del crimen or Mundiales de futbol. Even I tried the newer hammerboy,


I would recommend the next games:

-Barbarian (Psygnosis 1987)
-Stunt Car Racer (1989)
-Madmix2 (Spanish game)
-Indiana Jones and the last crusade(Arcade)
-Xenon 1 and 2 (1989)
-Centurion (1990)
-Ikari Warriors 3
-Cobra Mission (1991)
-4x4 supper off road
-Metal Mutant(1991)
-Wizball (1987- Atari St)
-SimCity(1989)

Windows95 Recopilación de programas (tested on a 486)

"Todo necio confunde valor y precio." Antonio Machado

Esta entrada (que me gustaria actualizar en un futuro) con las pocas actualizaciones de programas que sigan funcionando bajo Win95.

A continuación hay un listado de software que considero interesante por su bajo consumo de recursos y su funcionalidad.


Hardware empleado:
486DX75,
8Mb+ 16Mb RAM Card(proprietary memory cards, slightly resembling CompactFlash.)
10.5″ passive DSTN  max. 640x480.
ESS AudioDrive ES1688F sound card
BIOS:  Phoenix 486  v.??  update to supports discs above 500 MB (LBA).
Hard disk:  420Mb (44/50 pin classic 2.5″ ATA connector) [40pin+4 power]
PC card 16bits( PCMCIA II/III)
Graph: Western Digital WD90C24A2.
Docking station connector

Correo: Foxmail 4.0 beta 2
Mensajería instantánea (msn, jabber,etc): miranda 0.5
Procesador de textos: Abiword 1.9
Navegador web: opera 5.02
Paquete ofimatico: Lotus Smartsuite 97 (1-2-3, Word pro),602 Pro PC Suite V2000b
PDF: Foxit Reader 1.3
Visor imágenes: Acdsee 32 v2.4
Editores de texto: Notepad++ 3.8, Pspad 425 (selección en columna)
Reproductor MP3: Zinf 2.2.0
Cliente IRC: Xchat 1.8.10
Visor excel: Excel viewer 97
Control remoto: Ultravnc 1.01
Compresores: 7zip v4.23, Winrar 2.90
Cliente FTP: Wsftp 95 V5.08 LE
Telnet: Tera term Pro 2.3
Capturas de pantalla: Snagit 32 4.3.6


Optional 
Servidor TFTP: 3cdaemon v2.0 rev10
Programación: Turbo Pascal 7
Citrix v 8.100


Games:
Many DOS games run on Windows 95....

-Portable Apps-


(Algunas de las anteriores ya cumplían los requisitos para ser portables ya que no escriben en el registro ni usan directorios de sistema, pero en esta sección meteré versiones de programas que generalmente si tienen estos requisitos)


-Enlaces donde conseguir software o actualizaciones-
http://www.oldversion.com/