MrKsoft
@wafflenet.com
I do things with technology and stuff. Yes, that is very descriptive.
Maintainer of The OPL Archive, an attempt to preserve the history of music for the Yamaha OPL2/OPL3 synthesizer chips (AdLib).
Check out my stuff at www.wafflenet.com!
Maintainer of The OPL Archive, an attempt to preserve the history of music for the Yamaha OPL2/OPL3 synthesizer chips (AdLib).
Check out my stuff at www.wafflenet.com!
Unnecessary use of military terms in computer hardware in order to attract edgy gamers was already in vogue in 2003.
January 23, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Unnecessary use of military terms in computer hardware in order to attract edgy gamers was already in vogue in 2003.
Guess I haven't posted anything in a while. I'll just say it's because I've been waiting for this to compile. /s
Wanted to see how x86 Linux is holding up since almost every distro dropped it. It lives! But there's also a lot that isn't necessarily broken - but also kinda doesn't work.
Wanted to see how x86 Linux is holding up since almost every distro dropped it. It lives! But there's also a lot that isn't necessarily broken - but also kinda doesn't work.
January 22, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Guess I haven't posted anything in a while. I'll just say it's because I've been waiting for this to compile. /s
Wanted to see how x86 Linux is holding up since almost every distro dropped it. It lives! But there's also a lot that isn't necessarily broken - but also kinda doesn't work.
Wanted to see how x86 Linux is holding up since almost every distro dropped it. It lives! But there's also a lot that isn't necessarily broken - but also kinda doesn't work.
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Looks like Stewart Cheifet (most famously known as the host of Computer Chronicles) passed away on December 28, 2025:
obits.goldsteinsfuneral.com/stewart-chei...
obits.goldsteinsfuneral.com/stewart-chei...
Stewart Cheifet Obituary December 28, 2025 - Goldsteins Funeral
View Stewart Cheifet's obituary, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.
obits.goldsteinsfuneral.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Looks like Stewart Cheifet (most famously known as the host of Computer Chronicles) passed away on December 28, 2025:
obits.goldsteinsfuneral.com/stewart-chei...
obits.goldsteinsfuneral.com/stewart-chei...
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Since 2012, Arthur O'Dwyer has had an updating web page called The Search for LONG0751 about a lost version of Adventure that was playable on Compuserve. It has long been one of the top early "missing" games.
It is now found and playable:
quuxplusone.github.io/blog/2025/12...
It is now found and playable:
quuxplusone.github.io/blog/2025/12...
LONG0751 has been found!
Back in 2021 I announced the rediscovery of a text
adventure named Castlequest (Mike Holtzman and Mark Kershenblatt, 1980).
This month another “lost game” has been found: David Long’s 751-point Advent...
quuxplusone.github.io
December 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Since 2012, Arthur O'Dwyer has had an updating web page called The Search for LONG0751 about a lost version of Adventure that was playable on Compuserve. It has long been one of the top early "missing" games.
It is now found and playable:
quuxplusone.github.io/blog/2025/12...
It is now found and playable:
quuxplusone.github.io/blog/2025/12...
Reposted by MrKsoft
Looks like UT2004 is gonna get the OldUnreal treatment - Epic-endorsed community patching and a free installer. The OldUnreal versions of Unreal Gold and UT99 are very good, so this is great news! old.reddit.com/r/unrealtour...
BREAKING: Unreal Tournament 2004 is back!
OldUnreal just posted this announcement on their [Discord](https://discord.gg/thURucxzs6): "Welcome Back, Unreal Tournament 2004! Hi everyone!...
old.reddit.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Looks like UT2004 is gonna get the OldUnreal treatment - Epic-endorsed community patching and a free installer. The OldUnreal versions of Unreal Gold and UT99 are very good, so this is great news! old.reddit.com/r/unrealtour...
I have a knowledge gap. I have this 168-pin RAM. It's FPM, not SDRAM, so I thought it was 5V RAM for a Power Mac 7500/8500/9500. But the chips (MT 4LC16M4A7) are 3.3V. Tanzania Mac clones/4400s used 168-pin 3.3V but shipped with EDO, not FPM as far as I can tell. What do these go in?
November 19, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I have a knowledge gap. I have this 168-pin RAM. It's FPM, not SDRAM, so I thought it was 5V RAM for a Power Mac 7500/8500/9500. But the chips (MT 4LC16M4A7) are 3.3V. Tanzania Mac clones/4400s used 168-pin 3.3V but shipped with EDO, not FPM as far as I can tell. What do these go in?
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Are you ready for #PicoIDE? It seems to be telling me it's ready. Coming soon: ATAPI optical disc emulation and IDE hard drive emulation. picoide.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Are you ready for #PicoIDE? It seems to be telling me it's ready. Coming soon: ATAPI optical disc emulation and IDE hard drive emulation. picoide.com
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A tease of something amazingly exciting... Mac OS 8 for CHRP PowerPC systems! 😳
I'm working to get this CD archived properly... (along with it's friends) 💿
Super thankful to the amazing people who helped make this happen. ❤️
Learn about CHRP here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_...
#CHRP
I'm working to get this CD archived properly... (along with it's friends) 💿
Super thankful to the amazing people who helped make this happen. ❤️
Learn about CHRP here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_...
#CHRP
October 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
A tease of something amazingly exciting... Mac OS 8 for CHRP PowerPC systems! 😳
I'm working to get this CD archived properly... (along with it's friends) 💿
Super thankful to the amazing people who helped make this happen. ❤️
Learn about CHRP here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_...
#CHRP
I'm working to get this CD archived properly... (along with it's friends) 💿
Super thankful to the amazing people who helped make this happen. ❤️
Learn about CHRP here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_...
#CHRP
I finally looked this board over in more detail today. All I had to do was pull the old CMOS battery and it fired up. Lol.
October 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I finally looked this board over in more detail today. All I had to do was pull the old CMOS battery and it fired up. Lol.
Boy, this "waffles" controversy is sure making me feel insensitive due to my username and website being "Wafflenet"
I'm with you, not them.
I'm with you, not them.
October 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Boy, this "waffles" controversy is sure making me feel insensitive due to my username and website being "Wafflenet"
I'm with you, not them.
I'm with you, not them.
Went down a weird rabbit hole today. Was drawing out an OPL "family tree" for an expansion to the OPL Archive. Found this whole line of Yamaha "melody ICs" for alarms/clocks/chimes that use 2-op FM. I don't have hard evidence, but they sound like OPL derivatives to me. Neat!
youtu.be/JSP0hTl42X0
youtu.be/JSP0hTl42X0
YAMAHA YMU251-D メロディIC
YouTube video by hoi9007
youtu.be
September 23, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Went down a weird rabbit hole today. Was drawing out an OPL "family tree" for an expansion to the OPL Archive. Found this whole line of Yamaha "melody ICs" for alarms/clocks/chimes that use 2-op FM. I don't have hard evidence, but they sound like OPL derivatives to me. Neat!
youtu.be/JSP0hTl42X0
youtu.be/JSP0hTl42X0
This is also a fun way to test another cool VCFMW find. A boxed AV Famicom in excellent shape! It's a somewhat late one, too, manufactured in 1998 if I read the date codes correctly. Such a neat little console.
September 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This is also a fun way to test another cool VCFMW find. A boxed AV Famicom in excellent shape! It's a somewhat late one, too, manufactured in 1998 if I read the date codes correctly. Such a neat little console.
So the Vibra 16S doesn't seem to work at all... switched back to my CQM menace the 16C. It'll be fine, I mostly play later CD audio games with it.
But the WinTV is awesome! I would've killed to have this as a kid. Excellent experience. You can even play games - no perceptible input lag to me!
But the WinTV is awesome! I would've killed to have this as a kid. Excellent experience. You can even play games - no perceptible input lag to me!
September 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
So the Vibra 16S doesn't seem to work at all... switched back to my CQM menace the 16C. It'll be fine, I mostly play later CD audio games with it.
But the WinTV is awesome! I would've killed to have this as a kid. Excellent experience. You can even play games - no perceptible input lag to me!
But the WinTV is awesome! I would've killed to have this as a kid. Excellent experience. You can even play games - no perceptible input lag to me!
That said, I'm reluctant to give up any cards to add that tuner. So of course I'm gonna pull stunts like pulling the bracket off the SATA card and sandwiching it in the "shared" PCI/ISA slot alongside the Vibra.
September 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
That said, I'm reluctant to give up any cards to add that tuner. So of course I'm gonna pull stunts like pulling the bracket off the SATA card and sandwiching it in the "shared" PCI/ISA slot alongside the Vibra.
Upgrades for my uncomfortably maxed out childhood Gateway G6-450: a TV tuner and replacing the secondary DOS gaming sound card, a Vibra 16C, with the "one good Vibra" the Vibra 16S with real OPL3.
September 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Upgrades for my uncomfortably maxed out childhood Gateway G6-450: a TV tuner and replacing the secondary DOS gaming sound card, a Vibra 16C, with the "one good Vibra" the Vibra 16S with real OPL3.
One of my top finds this year - a Power Computing PowerTower Pro 225. I don't like most "G2" Macs but I make an exception for clones cause they're unusual "stealth Macs". This is my first clone that isn't an underwhelming Tanzania based one. I have plenty of upgrades in mind!
September 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM
One of my top finds this year - a Power Computing PowerTower Pro 225. I don't like most "G2" Macs but I make an exception for clones cause they're unusual "stealth Macs". This is my first clone that isn't an underwhelming Tanzania based one. I have plenty of upgrades in mind!
Another free pile Pentium 4 board, and a considerably nicer one: a Soyo Dragon 2. theretroweb.com/motherboards...
Sadly, it does not POST as-is. It appears to have already been recapped but I noticed at least one cold solder joint. I think it just needs a once-over and it'll work.
Sadly, it does not POST as-is. It appears to have already been recapped but I noticed at least one cold solder joint. I think it just needs a once-over and it'll work.
September 19, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Another free pile Pentium 4 board, and a considerably nicer one: a Soyo Dragon 2. theretroweb.com/motherboards...
Sadly, it does not POST as-is. It appears to have already been recapped but I noticed at least one cold solder joint. I think it just needs a once-over and it'll work.
Sadly, it does not POST as-is. It appears to have already been recapped but I noticed at least one cold solder joint. I think it just needs a once-over and it'll work.
From the free pile: ECS P4S5A/DX+. Uh oh... It's actually a PC Chips board! theretroweb.com/motherboards...
Among other sins, it has no P4 power connector and a SiS chipset. But it does have AMIBIOS 7, so that's kinda uncommon. Also, I forgot they made Northwood P4s below 2GHz 😂
Among other sins, it has no P4 power connector and a SiS chipset. But it does have AMIBIOS 7, so that's kinda uncommon. Also, I forgot they made Northwood P4s below 2GHz 😂
September 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
From the free pile: ECS P4S5A/DX+. Uh oh... It's actually a PC Chips board! theretroweb.com/motherboards...
Among other sins, it has no P4 power connector and a SiS chipset. But it does have AMIBIOS 7, so that's kinda uncommon. Also, I forgot they made Northwood P4s below 2GHz 😂
Among other sins, it has no P4 power connector and a SiS chipset. But it does have AMIBIOS 7, so that's kinda uncommon. Also, I forgot they made Northwood P4s below 2GHz 😂
Finally feeling recovered enough to dig into testing VCFMW finds, so I'll be posting about them. First off, an adapter to use my C64 power supply to power up this cable-less Plus/4 I've had for months.
It works! Now just gotta figure out what to do with it.
It works! Now just gotta figure out what to do with it.
September 19, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Finally feeling recovered enough to dig into testing VCFMW finds, so I'll be posting about them. First off, an adapter to use my C64 power supply to power up this cable-less Plus/4 I've had for months.
It works! Now just gotta figure out what to do with it.
It works! Now just gotta figure out what to do with it.
Another successful #vcfmw for the books. Great finds, great discussions, and lots of learning. But I'm totally beat - time to go into sleep mode...
September 15, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Another successful #vcfmw for the books. Great finds, great discussions, and lots of learning. But I'm totally beat - time to go into sleep mode...
This is a super long shot, but does anyone need the remote and receiver for that weird, rare Gateway Destination home theater PC? Cleaning stuff out, and I have no idea where I got this. I want to sell it to someone who needs it.
Can bring to #vcfmw
Can bring to #vcfmw
September 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is a super long shot, but does anyone need the remote and receiver for that weird, rare Gateway Destination home theater PC? Cleaning stuff out, and I have no idea where I got this. I want to sell it to someone who needs it.
Can bring to #vcfmw
Can bring to #vcfmw
Jumping on the bandwagon:
I'll be at #VCFMW on 9/13-9/14. The OPL Archive is back again!
-A playlist of great OPL2/OPL3 music!
-Live demo of my Mac 68k OPL3 hacking
-Free OPL logo stickers!
-Random crap for sale!
Come out there and make some noise with us! ('til they tell us to turn it down)
I'll be at #VCFMW on 9/13-9/14. The OPL Archive is back again!
-A playlist of great OPL2/OPL3 music!
-Live demo of my Mac 68k OPL3 hacking
-Free OPL logo stickers!
-Random crap for sale!
Come out there and make some noise with us! ('til they tell us to turn it down)
September 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Jumping on the bandwagon:
I'll be at #VCFMW on 9/13-9/14. The OPL Archive is back again!
-A playlist of great OPL2/OPL3 music!
-Live demo of my Mac 68k OPL3 hacking
-Free OPL logo stickers!
-Random crap for sale!
Come out there and make some noise with us! ('til they tell us to turn it down)
I'll be at #VCFMW on 9/13-9/14. The OPL Archive is back again!
-A playlist of great OPL2/OPL3 music!
-Live demo of my Mac 68k OPL3 hacking
-Free OPL logo stickers!
-Random crap for sale!
Come out there and make some noise with us! ('til they tell us to turn it down)
Yeah, it's #Sharptember. And the one I have looks as... Sharp... as ever.
September 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Yeah, it's #Sharptember. And the one I have looks as... Sharp... as ever.