MrKsoft

**** The EDGE http://www.theedge.org.uk **** This ROM was originally downloaded from The EDGE http://www.theedge.org.uk or start.at/theedge if you downloaded it from anywhere else then please e-mail me at aaa@fullers21.freeserve.do.uk ATTENTION WEBMASTERS If you are going to upload this rom to your site you may remove this file but I would ask that you supply a link back to The EDGE

I was going through old backups a while ago and I still had some reminders of those days, like this text file from The Edge.
I remember EMUSA the most though, and it was the first place I downloaded MIDIs of game music, too.

A print from GlobalTalk that says "Happy" and then it fades out because the ribbon ran dry.

Great job! You guys wore out my ImageWriter ribbon. This is the one that was installed in there when I got the thing a good 10+ years ago. I just put a fresh new one in, let's see how that one does!
#MARCHintosh #GlobalTalk

Recapped IIci with a Daystar PowerCache! I usually use my Quadra 800 for 68k adventures, though, so that's why this one gets routing duties.

Well it's a 68030/50 with 32MB of RAM so that should be sufficient unless...

(blink)

32 bit addressing. Yep... I put in a new PRAM battery so of course that was turned off by default! Turned it back on, let's see if that helps.

Port statistics showing 1921 packet buffer overflow errors and 94.7% network reliability

#MARCHintosh #GlobalTalk
Apparently my router box froze up at some point. Never had that happen in previous years. I'm also seeing a reasonably high number of "Packet Buffer Overflow" errors reported in the statistics, also something I didn't see before. Anyone have any thoughts?

FM Melody Maker : Hybrid Arts Europe : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Music composition software for Atari ST computers.  Comes with a special cartridge containing a Yamaha YM2423 (OPLL-X) synthesis chip.  Disk image is in...

I recently obtained an #AtariST cartridge that uses the obscure YM2423 (OPLL-X) chip - a variant of the standard YM2413 (OPLL) with different built-in instruments.

I believe the software was previously undumped, so I have uploaded it to the Internet Archive.

archive.org/details/fm-m...

Oh yeah, #MARCHintosh is back soon. I went ahead and fired up the ol' IIci and ImageWriter again, so Wafflenet on GlobalTalk is back in business for the month!

I'm still surprised they are monitoring old versions of Fusion that closely. It feels very difficult to find things, just wiped off the face of the net. I have my MMF1.5 physical copy from 2004 but trying to track down older versions and extensions is impossible.

If you just dumped your extensions folder, I wonder if Clickteam is flagging some extensions that were in the "Bonus Packs" that required a serial number to install. Hopefully you can make this available; I have a number collected myself but more is always better.

Happy 35th #Lemmings anniversary!

Who'd have thought, 35 years later we'd still be talking about these little guys.

#Amiga #MSDOS #AtariST #Commodore #Atari #DMADesign #Psygnosis #RETROGAMING #Lemmings35th

Read about it's making here
lemmings.info/lemmings-gam...

Also, I'm not sure why it shows llvmpipe as a second GPU in fastfetch... it's definitely accelerated with the mesa nv30 driver according to glxinfo.

Screenshot of NetBSD 10.1 running on a Gateway G6-450 w/ Celeron "Tualeron" 1400mhz & Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 Ultra. Using the default ctwm window manager. Running apps are fastfetch, cmatrix, glxgears, xeyes, ico, xosview and fxtv (showing input from an Apple IIe via a Hauppauge capture card)

Okay, really impressed with NetBSD on here. The nouveau problem I had with the GeForce 3 actually doesn't happen on the FX5200 Ultra! This thing is just screaming along. The capture card even works out of the box! Now if only TDE built on NetBSD, I'd be right at home in early 2000s *nix bliss.

Well, this didn't last long. I updated the kernel and now the Nouveau kernel module locks up the whole machine on boot unless I disable modesetting (which of course means no X11). Happens on any kernel from 6.12.68 onwards. Maybe I'll try NetBSD for giggles?

Definitely putting the "noise" in "noise generator" - it overpowers everything else!

So cool to hear John Chowning just won a Technical Grammy for his invention of FM synthesis in 1967!

PicoIDE An open source IDE/ATAPI drive emulator for vintage computers

The PicoIDE Crowd Supply campaign is now live! Back the project to be among the first to get yours! PicoIDE is an open IDE/ATAPI drive emulator for retro systems. www.crowdsupply.com/polpotronics...

Leave it plugged in for a while and I bet it'll probably boot in a day or two. My 2000 iMac DV+ does that.

MSI K8T Neo "dynamic overclocking" option. Instead of just writing the percentages, they have to name each level. "Select each level increase the CPU frequency by, Private:1%, Sergeant:3%, Captain:5%, Colonel:7%, General:10% Warning! Dynamic OverClocking is an advanced overclocking function. Any damage or risk resulted from impropriety or overclocking are not garanteed." (sic)

Unnecessary use of military terms in computer hardware in order to attract edgy gamers was already in vogue in 2003.

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It's kind of funny how the legacy stuff rots out of Linux without anyone saying anything, or it is left partially working and it's not clear if it's a "me" problem or a "Linux" problem without hours of research. But it's also hard to blame anyone for not focusing on fixing stuff this old.

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This isn't a hardware problem, it's a nouveau bug going back years and years. I also tried a GeForce 3 with mesa-amber (these cards have been dropped from mainline) and had the same problem. It even happens on NetBSD. I also tried a Radeon 9250 and it works, but is very slow.

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-The big one: Mesa is a shit show. Nvidia NV30s are technically still supported, but X only does DRI2 and OpenGL won't use hardware unless it uses DRI3. If you force DRI3 it works, but if you use any WM more complicated than TWM (I tried TDE) the GPU will crash if the screen gets too busy.

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Don't worry, I built this using a binary package host on a faster machine.

Among things that are "semi broken":
-Adaptec SCSI controller spews a bunch of core dumps at boot, but then works fine
-My VIA VT6421A SATA card works fine but renegotiates the speed to ATA/33.

Screenshot of Gentoo Linux running on a Gateway G6-450 upgraded to a Celeron "Tualeron" 1.4Ghz and an Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 Ultra. It's running TWM, with top, fastfetch, cmatrix, and glxgears.

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.

Stewart Cheifet Obituary December 28, 2025 - Goldsteins Funeral View Stewart Cheifet's obituary, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

Looks like Stewart Cheifet (most famously known as the host of Computer Chronicles) passed away on December 28, 2025:

obits.goldsteinsfuneral.com/stewart-chei...

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...

You fucking did it, you madman! Congrats!

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!...

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?

Hah, didn't realize those branded Aqua mice were that prolific. Here's my boring one, advertising RV insurance, of all things.