Zip-Drive Emulator Puts Big Disks Back on LPT

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/03/17/zip-drive-emulator-puts-big-disks-back-on-lpt/

Parallel port sampler "Amiga Stereo Audio Digitizer 1.3"
The "Amiga Stereo Audio Digitizer" converts one or two analog audio signals into uncompressed 8-bit audio streams. According to the developer, it should be compatible with "most" corresponding Amiga software; it was tested with Audio Master IV.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2025-06-00093-EN.html

#Amiga #sampler #parallelport #converter

Es begab sich zu einer Zeit, als man zum Anschluss eines Computers an das lokale Netzwerk (nein, ich spreche nicht vom Internet) noch einen externen Adapter zum Anschluss an den Parallelport benötigte. Hier: ein Accton EtherPocket-SP EN2209
Der größte und vermutlich zentrale Chip ist ein EN50903 A.T.C. . Allerdings finde ich dazu kein Datenblatt.

18 Detailfotos unter https://w.wiki/CfCRv

#RaysTechnikFotos #Netzwerk #Parallelport

Printing ASCII Art with an Arduino and a Vintage Printer

https://makertube.net/w/qAFxEZVjMhN2kxFTsbnABB

Decluttering sucks.
Until you find that old Zip drive.
Now, how to connect it.

#Haiku
#Iomega
#ParallelPort
#ClickOfDeath

#HowTo get #entropy for #PRNG #PseudoRandomNumberGeneration on old hardware? #nondeterministic #RetroComputing

My #Amiga #A500 running my software makes the same sounds in the same order when powered on, when I really want it to be different each time. I seed based on `time()` but either libc from VBCC does not support it or the machine has no battery-backed real time clock or both.

Maybe I could use a #ParallelPort #sampler cartridge and hope its noise floor isn't too good? Allocate memory without clearing and hash it before using it (would that survive a cold boot?).

TNDLPT Brings Tandy Sound To Any DOS Computer

The Tandy 1000, among other contemporary computers and consoles of the 1980s, used the Texas Instruments SN76489 for its sound and musical output. This venerable sound chip can now be used on virtually any DOS machine, as long as it has a parallel port - thanks to the TNDLPT adapter!

The adapter consists of the SN76489, hooked up to the parallel port so that it can be addressed by the host computer via a DOS Terminate and Stay Resident program acting as a driver. With the TSR loaded, classic DOS games can be used with the TNDLPT sound output by simply selecting the Tandy 1000 soundcard at install. It can also be used in a variety of other ways, such as with the TNDY tracker for music creation, or the SBVGM soundtrack player.

For those eager to hear the soaring 3 voices (and one noise channel!) of the SN76489 once again, this is a great way to do it, with kits available on the Serdashop site for those wishing to solder up their own. Alternatively, get a different vibe with the OPL2 instead. Video after the break.

#mischacks #parallel #parallelport #sn76489 #tandy1000