▲ 54 r/vintagecomputing+1 crossposts

book386 booting from floppy

in the bios it supports booting from floppy and cdrom. not sure how to get cdrom support , maybe using their official ISA expansion + IO controller ?

u/Real-Leek-3764 — 4 days ago
▲ 9 r/webdev

advice on blocking bots/scalpers

during popular event sales, our site can be hit by the tens of millions of requests

cloudflare waiting room is only good for crowd control, it doesn't block bots effectively. bots takes up queue, so legit users have to wait a long time to exit queue

cloudflare turnstile is too unreliable, too many legit users (including me) experience the turnstile not loading

google recaptha, hcaptha, friendly captcha is too costly.

i've implemented Proof-of-Work Altcha. works to a certain degree, but it still doesn't block bot requests from hitting the server, causing resources overload

could i put Altcha at cloudflare worker? kinda. the issue is cloudflare waiting room will always run before cloudflare worker, so it doesn't solve bots taking up queue

what i wish? i could block bots before they could enter cloudflare waiting room

do u guys have idea?

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u/Real-Leek-3764 — 16 days ago

kyoot frame confiscated by thai customs

not sure what happened. ordered two kyoot frameset (black and taro) separately from thailand to malaysia. one is seemingly on the way to malaysia, another is confiscated by thai customs.

trying to other another one (pink)

*sad*

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u/Real-Leek-3764 — 21 days ago

what makes 80s feeling cozy ?

i feel like "unintentional" makes a room more cozy and authentic. what makes a room feeling cozy? besides a small crt tv, warm lighting table lamp?

u/Real-Leek-3764 — 1 month ago

house loan question

out of the blue after over a year waiting, my application for rumah selangorku is now at "penawaran" , so i guess it is pre-approval stage?

ok question is, should i go for 90% loan, then if i get bonuses, pay extra?

or go for 70% loan and lower monthly payment?

reason i ask is im already 47 and tempted to pay off sooner. is that a mistake?

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u/Real-Leek-3764 — 1 month ago

Book386 + 5.25" floppy drive

the "new" Book386 with its custom floppy interface cable

i can't wait to bring this to a starbucks and make floppy drive noise

u/Real-Leek-3764 — 2 months ago
▲ 5 r/LGR

portable book386 + 5.25" floppy drive

received book386 floppy cable few days ago. took me many days of tinkering to get this to work. then found a post on vcfed , makes me realise i need to "flip" floppy connector vertically, and i figured out i can use two floppy cables to do that

u/Real-Leek-3764 — 2 months ago

portable Book386 + 5.25" floppy drive

Book386 + 5.25" floppy drive works !!

book386 floppy adapter + 34pin extender + floppy drive cable + 34pin extender + floppy drive cable

why two floppy cable? because the way the connection flips. it is not enough to turn one floppy cable connector the other way round

the second pic is from vcfed forum which made me realise i need two cables

u/Real-Leek-3764 — 2 months ago
▲ 136 r/irc

lets chat. 386sx windows 3.11 mirc

which servers/channels are u active in? i need ideas

u/Real-Leek-3764 — 2 months ago

best web browser for 386sx windows 3.1?

pictured is Book386.

no math co processor installed. and netscape 2.02 couldn't load at all.

lookinng for lightweight web browser

u/Real-Leek-3764 — 3 months ago
▲ 67 r/LGR+1 crossposts

trouble getting mouse(touchpad) and networking to work in windows 3.11 wfg

hey guys. this is the new book386, successor to the pocket386.

the touchpad is a serial "mouse" on com2

running dos mouse command works with dos games and programs like edit and qbasic

but mouse doesnt show or if it does, it wont move in windows 3.11 wfg. it does move during windows installation

second problem is networking. i can get it all working, but as soon as i set the resolution to 800x600, the networking seem to "freeze". have anyone experienced something like that? is it a memory addressing conflict or something?

u/Real-Leek-3764 — 3 months ago

book386 , successor to pocket386

built-in LPT1, usb reader, CF slot, LAN port, game port , serial, ps2 ports, vga port, plus the same ISA expandable, and floppy expansion, 387 math slot, touch pad, 4:3 aspect ratio

386 sx 40, 16mb ram

u/Real-Leek-3764 — 3 months ago
▲ 2 r/GlInet

gl inet mango, nginx access control origin

hi guys. im accessing some applications via /cgi-bin

in the gl.conf, in cgi-bin location, i added

location /cgi-bin {

proxy_hide_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin';

add_header B-SERVER "HAHA" always;

include fastcgi_params;

fastcgi_read_timeout 300;

fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/fcgiwrap.socket;

add_header X-SERVER "YES" always;

}

but still i dont get response header B-SERVER and X-SERVER when I request it, either GET or POST.

I even tried putting add server on top of server {} section.

does anyone know what im missing ?

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u/Real-Leek-3764 — 3 months ago

new synth day : Amyboard

initial test:the juno and dx7 patches sound good, reverb is surprisingly good,

can't wait to learn more about this thing especially for loading multisamples and maybe re-creating casio CZ style synth

for $29 it is no brainer

u/Real-Leek-3764 — 3 months ago

easiest to use vintage samplers in 2026

hi guys. im looking for vintage sampler rack (maybe keyboard too if it doesnt weigh a ton)

purpose is to do basic sample import , so i dont do actual sampling directly.

couple of waveforms, assign to key/note/range etc...

so which one in this day and age should I get? something that i can easily swap the floppy with standard PC ide floppy gotek and copy files, and the file format should work in modern computers

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u/Real-Leek-3764 — 3 months ago

this blows my mind

guys. i was trying this thing with my pc DAW

yes it could do the usual stuffs like other audio interface. record from multiple inputs, then output to Main output

but the thing is, it can do so much more

from my DAW

u can play something to sidekick's channel 1-Left, then at the same time DAW track 2 record back from that channel. so in total you really get 6 separate mono channel recording, if u don't count the Main L and R, which u can also record

not only that , the usb audio is mixed with analog audio input

channel 1 you can set to output to Cue only or Main only or Both. why?? so you can do pre-fader aux send . so u can have 100% wet signal from external effects. this feature only exists in large mixers. the cheaper mixers can only do post-fader aux sends.

im still getting my head around this thing.

im curious on what trick do you guys know!

for my main purpose, i will use this on stage as mixer for my two keyboards + phone and process the sounds 100% wet using external effects.

u/Real-Leek-3764 — 3 months ago

EP-136 questions

hi guys. im looking for something small for my keyboards and something that also functions as interface

question 1 )

from one youtube video , it mentioned about Channel splits to control each split setting

so can i pan Right of channel 1 to Left? the main out will only hear sum of Channel 1 L+R only on the left speaker?

question 2 )

can i send Left side of channel 1 and 2, or Left + Right side of Channel 1 > then output to external Effect, then from the external effect > mono back in to the EP136?

question 3)

if yes, can I set prefader aux send? meaning the main outs will only hear audio from the external effect return (100% wet)

question 4)

can I set mono audio to pan Center ?

thanks in advance. sorry for asking so much questions but im genuinely interested in this unit, for the portability, versatility and price

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u/Real-Leek-3764 — 3 months ago