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by axelmasok
Thu Apr 11, 2019 4:30 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 20th Anniversary
Replies: 4
Views: 16110

Re: 20th Anniversary

You're probably right. I can't remember when I bought mine at all. Must have been 1999 if I bought it new. Amazing bit of history.
by axelmasok
Thu Nov 08, 2018 9:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: BP6 back in action as a backup NAS
Replies: 2
Views: 13541

Re: BP6 back in action as a backup NAS

Still running. alex@dual500:~$ date Friday 9 November 13:09:06 AEDT 2018 alex@dual500:~$ lscpu Architecture: i686 CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit Byte Order: Little Endian CPU(s): 2 On-line CPU(s) list: 0,1 Thread(s) per core: 1 Core(s) per socket: 1 Socket(s): 2 Vendor ID: GenuineIntel CPU family: 6 Model: ...
by axelmasok
Mon May 15, 2017 1:52 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: BP6 back in action as a backup NAS
Replies: 2
Views: 13541

Re: BP6 back in action as a backup NAS

Um, it won't turn back on when power is restored which is something I didn't expect. The BIOS option on power restore set to = ON. I'm running the RV BIOS with HPT. If it's not BIOS, it's the PSU, or something I can't fix. Otherwise it's working great. I rsync 2G of data to it, no errors, no dramas.
by axelmasok
Mon May 08, 2017 10:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: BP6 back in action as a backup NAS
Replies: 2
Views: 13541

BP6 back in action as a backup NAS

G'day extremely quiet forum, I have found a good use for my BP6 finally. I needed to do something with some excess hardware and solve an offline, off-site backup need. A few months ago a re-soldered the caps on the board as I wasn't happy with the last attempt with inferior soldering equipment. Boar...
by axelmasok
Fri Mar 01, 2013 1:54 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: BP6 and OS/2
Replies: 4
Views: 14407

Re: BP6 and OS/2

Yes mine still works.
I have kept it as my last remaining retro machine.
I loaded XP on it and found it very hard to get working properly.
MS looks to have broken Direct X on purpose so it won't install. Bastards.
by axelmasok
Fri Feb 22, 2013 7:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: BP6 and OS/2
Replies: 4
Views: 14407

Re: BP6 and OS/2

What a nightmare OS/2 is to install. The memories are flooding back.
I've resorted to eComStation 2.0.
Runs nice with SMP kernel. ECS is a world away from warp 4. I'm even slightly impressed.
by axelmasok
Wed Feb 20, 2013 3:41 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: BP6 and OS/2
Replies: 4
Views: 14407

BP6 and OS/2

Hi die hard bp6 fans! My machine still sits close by at all times, I fire it up for fun sometimes. More as it was the anniversary of OS/2 recently I have been somewhat tempted to load it on my bp6 for fun. I can't remember ever loading it on this machine so am wondering if any drivers work. We shall...