Monthly Archives: April 2021

mTCP: TCP/IP for DOS

mTCP is a TCP/IP stack for DOS. Well, not really a full stack, but rather some usefull TCP/IP tools which makes data transfer with retro computers way easier. Those tools are DHCP: a DHCP client for auto-configuring your machine for … Continue reading

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retroNET Wifi module in a ZyXEL 2964 modem

I recently found this little retro gadget: the retroNET v4 It’s basically a wifi chip on a small board with a serial DB25 interface. With a terminal program it gives a telnet or ANSI BBS connection over Wifi and the … Continue reading

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IBM xSeries 235

IBM xSeries 235 Model: 8671-2AXYear: 2002CPU: Intel Xeon 2.2GhzRAM: 3GB RAM (max 12GB)Disks: 6 SCSI 146GB, 10k, HotSwapother: Floppy, CD-Rom, IBM ServeRAID 4Lx Controller,2 redundant PSUs, HotSwap This machine is a tank of a server! It booted just fine after … Continue reading

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IBM Netfinity: fixing “RF-ID Tag has changed” issue

When I booted my old IBM Netfinity 3000 the first time after about 20 years in storage, I was greeted with a bang and smoke!I was afraid the server just died, but luckily it still booted. Well, kind of… It … Continue reading

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IBM Netfinity 3000

IBM Netfinity 3000 Model: 8476-50XYear: 1999CPU: Pentium 3, 500MhzRAM: 192MB ECC (max 384MB)Disks: 2x SCSI 18GBother: Floppy, CD-Rom, DAT Tape We sold quite a few of those little IBM servers. If I remember correctly we installed WinNT 4 on most … Continue reading

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