**DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab** @djsundog · 2018-06-15T13:09:44Z

DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab @djsundog

DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab @djsundog

I am going to need to find a pcmcia to cf or sd adapter that plays nice with the #DreamWriter to get #netbsd running on it. Wonder if I can find one locally.

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🐱💤 @Efi@mastodon.social · Jun 15, 2018, 13:10

🐱💤 @Efi@mastodon.social · Jun 15, 2018, 13:10

@djsundog you're gonna have to steal one from a high-security mega-corporation office, I bet

**DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab** @djsundog · Jun 15, 2018, 13:14

**DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab** @djsundog · Jun 15, 2018, 13:14

@Efi I have been training for this caper my whole life

**elomatreb** @elomatreb@social.elomatreb.eu · Jun 15, 2018, 13:14

**elomatreb** @elomatreb@social.elomatreb.eu · Jun 15, 2018, 13:14

@djsundog @Efi *sundog dancing through laser grids while smooth jazz plays*

**Software Archaeologist** @dashie@oldbytes.space · Jun 15, 2018, 13:11

**Software Archaeologist** @dashie@oldbytes.space · Jun 15, 2018, 13:11

@djsundog I have a pcmcia memstick reader, my best way to transfert files with old things

**Alexander Bochmann** @galaxis@mastodon.infra.de · Jun 16, 2018, 13:51

**Alexander Bochmann** @galaxis@mastodon.infra.de · Jun 16, 2018, 13:51

@djsundog One of the nice things about the IBM Workpad z50 was that it had both a CF card and a PCMCIA slot. So I can use a CF card to boot NetBSD, and PCMCIA for a network card. (Windows CE on that machine supports NE2000 PCMCIA cards too.)

**DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab** @djsundog · Jun 16, 2018, 13:55

**DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab** @djsundog · Jun 16, 2018, 13:55

@galaxis the Dreamwriter has a 10baseT nic on-board which is nice but for storage I'm left with pcmcia and 1.44mb floppy so a pcmcia-to-cf adapter is definitely in my future

**BlindBlindBlindBlindBlindBLIND** @calvin@cronk.stenoweb.net · Jun 16, 2018, 14:00

**BlindBlindBlindBlindBlindBLIND** @calvin@cronk.stenoweb.net · Jun 16, 2018, 14:00

@djsundog @galaxis ＷＡＶＥＬＡＮ (also don't bother with NetBSD, it "runs" on this kind of HW but usually only boots; despite the memes, NetBSD's hardware support isn't as great as people would let you believe)

**DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab** @djsundog · Jun 16, 2018, 14:11

**DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab** @djsundog · Jun 16, 2018, 14:11

@calvin @galaxis not sure I'm ready to try and set up a pre-802.11 wlan in the lab tbh ;)

**Alexander Bochmann** @galaxis@mastodon.infra.de · Jun 16, 2018, 14:37

**Alexander Bochmann** @galaxis@mastodon.infra.de · Jun 16, 2018, 14:37

@djsundog @calvin Oh, I'm well aware... The netbsd-hpcmips mailing list never was was high-traffic, and bitrot affects rarely used platforms with no active developers first...

**Andrew Roach** @ajroach42@retro.social · Jun 18, 2018, 18:32

**Andrew Roach** @ajroach42@retro.social · Jun 18, 2018, 18:32

@djsundog Do you have a Fry's Electronics near you?

Fry's sells (sold, as of 2 years ago) CF->PCMCIA adapters.