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bison ✅<p>saving more old posts</p><p>13. Sep. 2019</p><p>It has finally arrived 😍<br>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/monotech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monotech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NuXT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuXT</span></a> is final here 🎉<br>Thank you <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lazygamereviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lazygamereviews</span></a> for giving this awesome retroware the attention it deserves 💖 </p><p><a href="https://monotech.fwscart.com/NuXT_-_MicroATX_Turbo_XT_-_955MHz,_832K_RAM,_XT-CF,_SVGA,_Floppy,_Serial/p6083514_19777986.aspx" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">monotech.fwscart.com/NuXT_-_Mi</span><span class="invisible">croATX_Turbo_XT_-_955MHz,_832K_RAM,_XT-CF,_SVGA,_Floppy,_Serial/p6083514_19777986.aspx</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hype</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrolove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrolove</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retroware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retroware</span></a></p>
bison ✅<p>saving more old posts</p><p>18. Sep. 2019</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NuXT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuXT</span></a>, a new <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intel</span></a> 8088 mainboard from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/monotech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monotech</span></a> </p><p>did I use a case with RGB? OF COURSE!<br>found it via <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lazygamereviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lazygamereviews</span></a></p><p><a href="https://monotech.fwscart.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">monotech.fwscart.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rgb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rgb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dos</span></a> #8088</p>
bison ✅<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NuXT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuXT</span></a>, a new <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intel</span></a> 8088 mainboard from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/monotech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monotech</span></a> with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rgblights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rgblights</span></a> ?<br>OF COURSE!</p><p>(repost from 18. Sep. 2019 :birdsite: )</p><p>cc <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bbs.kawa-kun.com/users/lazygamereviews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lazygamereviews</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lemmy.ml/c/linustechtips" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>linustechtips</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rgb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rgb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dos</span></a></p>
Mr Least<p>A while ago I accidentally fried the EEPROM containing the BIOS in my <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/NuXT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuXT</span></a> (IBM <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/PCXT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PCXT</span></a> compatible) machine.<br>I finally got around to dropping in a replacement, but also wanted to upgrade it at the same time.<br>At first the machine wouldn't boot and it took me a long time to realize a bug had been fixed in a later BIOS revision, requiring a wipe and reinstall of MS-DOS. A complete wipe. dd /dev/zero.<br>The NuXT is based on the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/micro8088" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>micro8088</span></a> but with the IDE controller at a different port, so the NuXT has its own BIOS image, however the official NuXT image hasn't been updated for quite some time, but the Micro 8088 sees regular updates.<br>After even more faffing about with builds and tools, I finally had an up-to-date NuXT BIOS image with both V20 and universally compatible XT-IDE option ROM, what <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Monotech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monotech</span></a> calls a "hybrid" BIOS.<br>I have put it up on <a href="https://github.com/csoren/nuxt_bios/tree/nuxt" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">GitHub</a>, it should be slightly easier to update it in the future. And there's a binary if somebody else needs it.</p>