HP 100 / 200LX: Disassembly for Repairs and Upgrades Palmtop Tube 2021-11-12 | The HP 200LX is an MS-DOS Palmtop PC from the early 90's.This tutorial will show you how to safely disassemble and reassemble the bottom shell of your HP 100 or 200LX system to gain access to the motherboard for repairs and upgrades.The HP 200LX palmtop is an IBM PC/XT compatible MS-DOS system with a 16-bit 80186 CPU and CGA graphics system-on-a-chip, a serial port and a 16-bit PCMCIA expansion slot containing a 2GB CompactFlash card for main storage.If you have any technical questions, or are interested in obtaining upgrades such as double-speed crystals and/or memory upgrade headers and boards, please contact me in the comments and I can help you obtain what you need.
HP 200LX: Hosting a modern website on a Retro DOS Palmtop. Will this crazy idea work ? Palmtop Tube 2022-04-30 | The HP 200LX is an MS-DOS Palmtop PC from the early 90's.The PalmtopTube channel needs a new website, and what would a palmtop focussed website be if it was not hosted on a palmtop itself! In this video, we try to build a moderately fast webserver using a nearly 30 year old HP DOS Palmtop and have it serve a modern website. Watch the video to find out if this crazy idea will work, and find out how I installed and configured the whole system in detail.Visit the website here: palmtoptube.comThis HP 200LX palmtop is an IBM PC/XT compatible MS-DOS system with a 16-bit 80186 CPU and CGA graphics system-on-a-chip, a serial port and a 16-bit PCMCIA expansion slot containing a 2GB CompactFlash card for main storage. It has been upgraded with a double speed crystal, doubling the CPU's clock frequency from 8MHz to 16MHz, and a 2MB RAM expansion board, raising the total amount of RAM in the palmtop to 3MB.If you have any technical questions, or are interested in obtaining upgrades such as double-speed crystals and/or memory upgrade headers and boards, please contact me in the comments and I can help you obtain what you need.Chapters:0:00 Introduction2:01 What OS to use ?3:58 mTCP DOS TCP/IP software4:42 Requirements for complete hosting setup9:12 Diagram overview10:23 Palmtop webserver configuration23:06 Testing the Palmtop webserver25:44 Adding support for HTTPS / SSL28:37 Raspberry PI Linux and Apache2 Reverse SSL proxy setup45:15 Performance Statistics52:48 Adding storage using etherDFS55:38 End and appeal for subscribersCredits:Thanks to Michael Brutman (mTCP software),and everyone that helped my test the website hosted on the palmtop on the HPC:Factor forums.Music by Max Anson.
Will It Play ? Prehistorik with S2P (MT32) on the HP 200LX Palmtop Palmtop Tube 2022-02-09 | The HP 200LX is an MS-DOS Palmtop PC from the early 90's.In this video series titled "Will It Play?" we test various MS-DOS games on the HP 200LX Palmtop and demonstrate the game running aswell as give fitness scores based on the playability of the game on a system with the limitations of a 200LX Palmtop.In this episode we take a look at Prehistorik, a side-scrolling action platformer released by Titus in 1991, and we use a Serdaco S2P parallel port General MIDI sounds card, patched to emulate MT-32 sound.Link to HPC:Factor DOS Palmtops forum: hpcfactor.com/forums/forums/forum-view.asp?fid=52S2P Patching by Cloudschatze.The HP 200LX palmtop is an IBM PC/XT compatible MS-DOS system with a 16-bit 80186 CPU and CGA graphics system-on-a-chip, a serial port and a 16-bit PCMCIA expansion slot.Note: This 200LX as been upgraded to a 16MHz CPU clock speed (double the standard 8MHz), and has an additional 4MB of memory fitted, for a total of 5MB RAM memory.(If you own an HP200LX and are interested in upgrading it, contact me and I can provide you with the necessary information to get started)
Will It Play ? Budokan with S2P (MT32) on the HP 200LX Palmtop Palmtop Tube 2022-01-20 | The HP 200LX is an MS-DOS Palmtop PC from the early 90's.In this video series titled "Will It Play?" we test various MS-DOS games on the HP 200LX Palmtop and demonstrate the game running aswell as give fitness scores based on the playability of the game on a system with the limitations of a 200LX Palmtop.In this episode we take a look at Budokan: The Martial Spirit, a Martial Arts Fighting game released in 1989 for MS-DOS and Amiga personal computers, by Electronic Arts, and a Serdaco S2P parallel port General MIDI sounds card, patched to emulate MT-32 sound.Link to HPC:Factor DOS Palmtops forum: hpcfactor.com/forums/forums/forum-view.asp?fid=52S2P Patching by Cloudschatze.The HP 200LX palmtop is an IBM PC/XT compatible MS-DOS system with a 16-bit 80186 CPU and CGA graphics system-on-a-chip, a serial port and a 16-bit PCMCIA expansion slot.Note: This 200LX as been upgraded to a 16MHz CPU clock speed (double the standard 8MHz), and has an additional 4MB of memory fitted, for a total of 5MB RAM memory.(If you own an HP200LX and are interested in upgrading it, contact me and I can provide you with the necessary information to get started)
HP 200LX with SCSI bus: Adding more SCSI devices to the Palmtop. Part 2 of 2 Palmtop Tube 2021-12-31 | Please watch Part 1 first! Link: youtube.com/watch?v=BaFWoF5bMcYThe HP 200LX is an MS-DOS Palmtop PC from the early 90's.This is the second part of two videos, which show how to connect SCSI-2 peripheral devices such as hard drives, an IOMEGA ZIP 100 drive and in this second video we add a CD-ROM drive and Flatbed Scanner to an HP 100LX or 200LX DOS Palmtop, by using the Linksys ParaSCSI Plus Parallel to SCSI adapter, and the Quatech SSP-100 PCMCIA EPP Parallel port interface adapter card.The video contains adds a CD-ROM drive, a Flatbed Scanner and 2 more Hard Drives to the SCSI bus, and benchmarks the throughput of all the SCSI devices, comparing them against the Palmtop's RAM drive and a CompactFlash/PCMCIA card.It is recommended you watch the first video before watching this video, as it will explain more about the initial setup of all the hardware featured in this video.This HP 200LX palmtop is an IBM PC/XT compatible MS-DOS system with a 16-bit 80186 CPU and CGA graphics system-on-a-chip, a serial port and a 16-bit PCMCIA expansion slot containing a 2GB CompactFlash card for main storage. It has been upgraded with a double speed crystal, doubling the CPU's clock frequency from 8MHz to 16MHz, and a 4MB RAM expansion board, raising the total amount of RAM in the palmtop to 5MB.If you have any technical questions, or are interested in obtaining upgrades such as double-speed crystals and/or memory upgrade headers and boards, please contact me in the comments and I can help you obtain what you need.
How to connect a serial or PS/2 mouse to an HP DOS Palmtop Palmtop Tube 2021-12-22 | The HP 200LX is an MS-DOS Palmtop PC from the early 90's.This video shows how to connect a Microsoft or Mouse Systems RS-232 serial or PS/2 mouse to an HP 100LX or 200LX DOS Palmtop,and shows how to install and fine-tune the compact and flexible CuteMouse driver for MS-DOS.Where to purchase the Serdaco PSToSerial device: serdashop.com/PS2TOSERIALWhere to download the CuteMouse MS-DOS mouse driver: http://cutemouse.sourceforge.netRegarding purchasing an RS-232 NULL Modem adapter and Gender Changer it's best to google for them as they are very common and you can buy these online in your country, saving you expensive shipping costs.This HP 200LX palmtop is an IBM PC/XT compatible MS-DOS system with a 16-bit 80186 CPU and CGA graphics system-on-a-chip, a serial port and a 16-bit PCMCIA expansion slot containing a 2GB CompactFlash card for main storage. It has been upgraded with a double speed crystal, doubling the CPU's clock frequency from 8MHz to 16MHz, and a 4MB RAM expansion board, raising the total amount of RAM in the palmtop to 5MB.If you have any technical questions, or are interested in obtaining upgrades such as double-speed crystals and/or memory upgrade headers and boards, please contact me in the comments and I can help you obtain what you need.
Will It Play ? Eye of the Beholder I on the HP 200LX Palmtop Palmtop Tube 2021-12-21 | The HP 200LX is an MS-DOS Palmtop PC from the early 90's.In this video series titled "Will It Play?" we test various MS-DOS games on the HP 200LX Palmtop and demonstrate the game running aswell as give fitness scores based on the playability of the game on a system with the limitations of a 200LX Palmtop.In this episode we take a look at the Dungeons and Dragons classic "Eye of the Beholder", a Dungeon Master-like, pseudo 3D role playing game with (limited) AD&D rules for MS-DOS. The HP 200LX palmtop is an IBM PC/XT compatible MS-DOS system with a 16-bit 80186 CPU and CGA graphics system-on-a-chip, a serial port and a 16-bit PCMCIA expansion slot.Note: This 200LX as been upgraded to a 16MHz CPU clock speed (double the standard 8MHz), and has an additional 4MB of memory fitted, for a total of 5MB RAM memory.(If you own an HP200LX and are interested in upgrading it, contact me and I can provide you with the necessary information to get started)
Running Minix on the HP 200LX, a UNIX-like OS Palmtop Tube 2021-12-15 | The HP 200LX is an MS-DOS Palmtop PC from the early 90's.In this video I show my journey to find a UNIX-like operating system that can run on the HP 100LX or 200LX Palmtop. After settling on the only option available, a version of Minix 2.0.2 called DOSMINIX 2.0.2, I demonstrate how to install and configure the system, connect an RS-232 terminal to it, and demonstrate the use of the system by compiling an old UNIX game, downloaded separately as C source code, and I compile and run it on the terminal.If you would like to run Minix on your HP Palmtop, and would like to get a copy of my fully configured DOSMINIX 2.0.2 installation with the EXPORT.MNX filesystem added, and all the dos files compressed into an archive, please ask in the comments and I will get you a copy.This HP 200LX palmtop is an IBM PC/XT compatible MS-DOS system with a 16-bit 80186 CPU and CGA graphics system-on-a-chip, a serial port and a 16-bit PCMCIA expansion slot containing a 2GB CompactFlash card for main storage. It has been upgraded with a double speed crystal, doubling the CPU's clock frequency from 8MHz to 16MHz, and uses the stock 2MB RAM in the system.If you have any technical questions, or are interested in obtaining upgrades such as double-speed crystals and/or memory upgrade headers and boards, please contact me in the comments and I can help you obtain what you need.
HP 200LX: Connecting SCSI devices to your Palmtop part 1 of 2 Palmtop Tube 2021-11-23 | Check out Part 2 here: youtube.com/watch?v=o65XAHaf2OYThe HP 200LX is an MS-DOS Palmtop PC from the early 90's.This is the first video of two, which shows how to connect SCSI-2 peripheral devices such as hard drives and an IOMEGA ZIP 100 drive to an HP 100LX or 200LX DOS Palmtop, by using the Linksys ParaSCSI Plus Parallel to SCSI adapter, and the Quatech SSP-100 PCMCIA EPP Parallel port interface adapter card.The video contains an introduction to the history and uses of SCSI, it's many different types, and it's evolution over it's lifetime, and, what kind of devices you can connect to a SCSI bus.If you already know how a SCSI-2 bus works, you can skip the introduction to SCSI by skipping to 17:45 into the video. This HP 200LX palmtop is an IBM PC/XT compatible MS-DOS system with a 16-bit 80186 CPU and CGA graphics system-on-a-chip, a serial port and a 16-bit PCMCIA expansion slot containing a 2GB CompactFlash card for main storage. It has been upgraded with a double speed crystal, doubling the CPU's clock frequency from 8MHz to 16MHz, and a 4MB RAM expansion board, raising the total amount of RAM in the palmtop to 5MB.If you have any technical questions, or are interested in obtaining upgrades such as double-speed crystals and/or memory upgrade headers and boards, please contact me in the comments and I can help you obtain what you need.
Will It Play ? SIMCITY for MS-DOS on HP 200LX Palmtop Palmtop Tube 2021-11-11 | The HP 200LX is an MS-DOS Palmtop PC from the early 90's.In this video series titled "Will It Play?" we test various MS-DOS games on the HP 200LX Palmtop and demonstrate the game running aswell as give scores based on the playability of the game on a system with the limitations of a 200LX Palmtop.SimCity was a very popular MS-DOS game released in 1989 for various computer platforms. It was created by Will Wright, the creator of The Sims and sold by Maxis, and received many sequels during the years after it's release.The HP 200LX palmtop is an IBM PC/XT compatible MS-DOS system with a 16-bit 80186 CPU and CGA graphics system-on-a-chip, a serial port and a 16-bit PCMCIA expansion slot.Note: This 200LX as been upgraded to a 16MHz CPU clock speed (double the standard 8MHz), and has an additional 4MB of memory fitted, for a total of 5MB RAM memory.(If you own an HP200LX and are interested in upgrading it, contact me and I can provide you with the necessary information to get started)
Ventura Publisher: 80s Desktop Publishing on a 30 year old HP 200LX Palmtop PC Palmtop Tube 2021-11-09 | The HP 200LX is an MS-DOS Palmtop PC from the early 90's.Ventura Publisher was a professional DTP (Desktop Publishing) application for early MS-DOS computers, and the first of it's kind on the platform. It ran on the GEM (Graphical Environment Manager) windowing system, an early competitor to Microsoft Windows, developed by Digital Research. GEM was the first graphical desktop environment released on the PC, just a few months before the release of Microsoft Windows v1.0. Ventura Publisher was originally developed by Ventura Software, a small software company founded by John Meyer, Don Heiskell, and Lee Jay Lorenzen, all of whom met while working at Digital Research, and was purchased and distributed by Xerox as of 1986.The HP 200LX palmtop is an IBM PC/XT compatible MS-DOS system with a 16-bit 80186 CPU and CGA graphics system-on-a-chip, a serial port and a 16-bit PCMCIA expansion slot containing a 2GB CompactFlash card for main storage.Note: This 200LX as been upgraded to a 16MHz CPU clock speed (double the standard 8MHz), and has an additional 4MB of memory fitted, for a total of 5MB RAM memory.(If you own an HP200LX and are interested in upgrading it, contact me and I can provide you with the necessary information to get started)
HP 200LX: Planet X3 Adlib / OPL3LPT Soundtrack Palmtop Tube 2021-11-06 | The HP 200LX is an MS-DOS Palmtop PC from the early 90's.The Serdaco OPL3LPT board used in this video is an Adlib compatible sound card that connects to the PC's parallel port.It contains a Yamaha OPL3 chip, a more modern, backward compatible stereo version of the OPL2 chip used in the popular Adlib and SoundBlaster PC sound cards from the late 80's and early 90's.The OPL3LPT is very useful for users of older systems which lack expansion slots for sound cards, such as old laptops, palmtops and exotic PCs which cannot be expanded but have a parallel / printer port.Planet X3 is a retro DOS game developed by The 8-bit Guy:youtube.com/watch?v=szhv6fwx7GYYou can purchase a copy of Planet X3 here:the8bitguy.com/product/planet-x3-for-ms-dos-computersThe HP 200LX palmtop is an IBM PC/XT compatible MS-DOS system with a 16-bit 80186 CPU and CGA graphics system-on-a-chip, a serial port and a 16-bit PCMCIA expansion slot which in the video contains the Trans Digital PCMCIA parallel port card.The card adds the required LPT1 port to connect to palmtop the OPL3LPT sound board.The game has native support for the OPL2LPT and OPL3LPT parallel port sound cards.You can purchase your very own OPL3LPT sound board on Serdaco's online shop here:serdashop.com/OPL3LPTNote: This 200LX as been upgraded to a 16MHz CPU clock speed (double the standard 8MHz), and has an additional 4MB of memory fitted, for a total of 5MB RAM memory.(If you own an HP200LX and are interested in upgrading it, contact me and I can provide you with the necessary information to get started)
HP 200LX with OPL3LPT Adlib synth plays Leisure Suit Larry 3 Palmtop Tube 2021-11-05 | The HP 200LX is an MS-DOS Palmtop PC from the early 90's.The Serdaco OPL3LPT board used in this video is an Adlib compatible sound card that connects to the PC's parallel port.It contains a Yamaha OPL3 chip, a more modern, backward compatible stereo version of the OPL2 chip used in the popular Adlib and SoundBlaster PC sound cards from the late 80's and early 90's.The OPL3LPT is very useful for users of older systems which lack expansion slots for sound cards, such as old laptops, palmtops and exotic PCs which cannot be expanded but have a parallel / printer port.Note: There is a small amount of noise in the audio signal, which originates from the headphone amplifier in my Logitech speakers, the sound coming out of the S2P doesn't have this amount of noise.Leisure Suit Larry III was a popular point and click adventure game released in 1989 for MS-DOS computers and various other platforms.The HP 200LX palmtop is an IBM PC/XT compatible MS-DOS system with a 16-bit 80186 CPU and CGA graphics system-on-a-chip, a serial port and a 16-bit PCMCIA expansion slot which in the video contains the Trans Digital PCMCIA parallel port card.The card adds the required LPT1 port to connect to palmtop the OPL3LPT sound board.To get the game to support the OPL3LPT over the parallel port, it must be patched first with the ADPatch tool in the ADLipt package, available here:github.com/pdewacht/adlipt/releases/latestYou can purchase your very own OPL3LPT sound board on Serdaco's online shop here:serdashop.com/OPL3LPTNote: This 200LX as been upgraded to a 16MHz CPU clock speed (double the standard 8MHz), and has an additional 4MB of memory fitted, for a total of 5MB RAM memory.(If you own an HP200LX and are interested in upgrading it, contact me and I can provide you with the necessary information to get started)Special thanks to:Peter De Wachter (for the development of the ADPatch tool)
HP200LX plays beforeanother MOD file with CVX4 COVOX clone and Mod Master XT v26 Palmtop Tube 2021-11-03 | The HP 200LX is an MS-DOS Palmtop PC from the early 90's.The tracker software used to play this 4 channel .MOD file is called "Mod Master XT".It's extremely efficient and allows very old an slow systems such as PCs with 8086 and up to play .MOD files at acceptable bitrates.The Serdaco CVX4 board used in this video is a COVOX compatible sound card that connects to the PC's parallel port.A COVOX board provides a simple DAC providing 8-bit sound output at any frequency. (as long as the system's CPU can keep up with it)COVOX boards are very useful for users of older systems which lack expansion slots for sound cards, such as old laptops, palmtops and exotic PCs which cannot be expanded but have a parallel / printer port.The HP 200LX palmtop is an IBM PC/XT compatible MS-DOS system with a 16-bit 80186 CPU and CGA graphics system-on-a-chip, a serial port and a 16-bit PCMCIA expansion slot which in the video contains the Trans Digital PCMCIA parallel port card.The card adds the required LPT1 port to connect to palmtop the CVX4 sound board.Download the latest release of Mod Master XT here:vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=66350You can purchase your very own CVX4 board on Serdaco's online shop here:serdashop.com/CVX4Note: This 200LX as been upgraded to a 16MHz CPU clock speed (double the standard 8MHz), and has an additional 4MB of memory fitted, for a total of 5MB RAM memory.(If you own an HP200LX and are interested in upgrading it, contact me and I can provide you with the necessary information to get started)
HP200LX plays Aftertouch MOD file with CVX4 COVOX clone and Mod Master XT v26 Palmtop Tube 2021-11-03 | The HP 200LX is an MS-DOS Palmtop PC from the early 90's.The tracker software used to play this 4 channel .MOD file is called "Mod Master XT".It's extremely efficient and allows very old an slow systems such as PCs with 8086 and up to play .MOD files at acceptable bitrates.The Serdaco CVX4 board used in this video is a COVOX compatible sound card that connects to the PC's parallel port.A COVOX board provides a simple DAC providing 8-bit sound output at any frequency. (as long as the system's CPU can keep up with it)COVOX boards are very useful for users of older systems which lack expansion slots for sound cards, such as old laptops, palmtops and exotic PCs which cannot be expanded but have a parallel / printer port.The HP 200LX palmtop is an IBM PC/XT compatible MS-DOS system with a 16-bit 80186 CPU and CGA graphics system-on-a-chip, a serial port and a 16-bit PCMCIA expansion slot which in the video contains the Trans Digital PCMCIA parallel port card.The card adds the required LPT1 port to connect to palmtop the CVX4 sound board.Download the latest release of Mod Master XT here:vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=66350You can purchase your very own CVX4 board on Serdaco's online shop here:serdashop.com/CVX4Note: This 200LX as been upgraded to a 16MHz CPU clock speed (double the standard 8MHz), and has an additional 4MB of memory fitted, for a total of 5MB RAM memory.(If you own an HP200LX and are interested in upgrading it, contact me and I can provide you with the necessary information to get started)
HP200LX plays Aurora MOD file with CVX4 COVOX clone and Mod Master XT v26 Palmtop Tube 2021-11-03 | The HP 200LX is an MS-DOS Palmtop PC from the early 90's.The tracker software used to play this 4 channel .MOD file is called "Mod Master XT".It's extremely efficient and allows very old an slow systems such as PCs with 8086 and up to play .MOD files at acceptable bitrates.The Serdaco CVX4 board used in this video is a COVOX compatible sound card that connects to the PC's parallel port.A COVOX board provides a simple DAC providing 8-bit sound output at any frequency. (as long as the system's CPU can keep up with it)COVOX boards are very useful for users of older systems which lack expansion slots for sound cards, such as old laptops, palmtops and exotic PCs which cannot be expanded but have a parallel / printer port.The HP 200LX palmtop is an IBM PC/XT compatible MS-DOS system with a 16-bit 80186 CPU and CGA graphics system-on-a-chip, a serial port and a 16-bit PCMCIA expansion slot which in the video contains the Trans Digital PCMCIA parallel port card.The card adds the required LPT1 port to connect to palmtop the CVX4 sound board.Download the latest release of Mod Master XT here:vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=66350You can purchase your very own CVX4 board on Serdaco's online shop here:serdashop.com/CVX4Note: This 200LX as been upgraded to a 16MHz CPU clock speed (double the standard 8MHz), and has an additional 4MB of memory fitted, for a total of 5MB RAM memory.(If you own an HP200LX and are interested in upgrading it, contact me and I can provide you with the necessary information to get started)
HP200LX plays 12th Warrior MOD file with CVX4 COVOX clone and Mod Master XT v26 Palmtop Tube 2021-11-03 | The HP 200LX is an MS-DOS Palmtop PC from the early 90's.The tracker software used to play this 4 channel .MOD file is called "Mod Master XT".It's extremely efficient and allows very old an slow systems such as PCs with 8086 and up to play .MOD files at acceptable bitrates.The Serdaco CVX4 board used in this video is a COVOX compatible sound card that connects to the PC's parallel port.A COVOX board provides a simple DAC providing 8-bit sound output at any frequency. (as long as the system's CPU can keep up with it)COVOX boards are very useful for users of older systems which lack expansion slots for sound cards, such as old laptops, palmtops and exotic PCs which cannot be expanded but have a parallel / printer port.The HP 200LX palmtop is an IBM PC/XT compatible MS-DOS system with a 16-bit 80186 CPU and CGA graphics system-on-a-chip, a serial port and a 16-bit PCMCIA expansion slot which in the video contains the Trans Digital PCMCIA parallel port card.The card adds the required LPT1 port to connect to palmtop the CVX4 sound board.Download the latest release of Mod Master XT here:vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=66350You can purchase your very own CVX4 board on Serdaco's online shop here:serdashop.com/CVX4Note: This 200LX as been upgraded to a 16MHz CPU clock speed (double the standard 8MHz), and has an additional 4MB of memory fitted, for a total of 5MB RAM memory.(If you own an HP200LX and are interested in upgrading it, contact me and I can provide you with the necessary information to get started)
HP200LX plays Enigma MOD file with CVX4 COVOX clone and Mod Master XT v26 Palmtop Tube 2021-11-03 | The HP 200LX is an MS-DOS Palmtop PC from the early 90's.The tracker software used to play this 4 channel .MOD file is called "Mod Master XT".It's extremely efficient and allows very old an slow systems such as PCs with 8086 and up to play .MOD files at acceptable bitrates.The Serdaco CVX4 board used in this video is a COVOX compatible sound card that connects to the PC's parallel port.A COVOX board provides a simple DAC providing 8-bit sound output at any frequency. (as long as the system's CPU can keep up with it)COVOX boards are very useful for users of older systems which lack expansion slots for sound cards, such as old laptops, palmtops and exotic PCs which cannot be expanded but have a parallel / printer port.The HP 200LX palmtop is an IBM PC/XT compatible MS-DOS system with a 16-bit 80186 CPU and CGA graphics system-on-a-chip, a serial port and a 16-bit PCMCIA expansion slot which in the video contains the Trans Digital PCMCIA parallel port card.The card adds the required LPT1 port to connect to palmtop the CVX4 sound board.Download the latest release of Mod Master XT here:vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=66350You can purchase your very own CVX4 board on Serdaco's online shop here:serdashop.com/CVX4Note: This 200LX as been upgraded to a 16MHz CPU clock speed (double the standard 8MHz), and has an additional 4MB of memory fitted, for a total of 5MB RAM memory.(If you own an HP200LX and are interested in upgrading it, contact me and I can provide you with the necessary information to get started)
HP200LX plays BackWithAVengeance! MOD file with CVX4 COVOX clone and Mod Master XT v26 Palmtop Tube 2021-11-03 | The HP 200LX is an MS-DOS Palmtop PC from the early 90's.The tracker software used to play this 4 channel .MOD file is called "Mod Master XT".It's extremely efficient and allows very old an slow systems such as PCs with 8086 and up to play .MOD files at acceptable bitrates.The Serdaco CVX4 board used in this video is a COVOX compatible sound card that connects to the PC's parallel port.A COVOX board provides a simple DAC providing 8-bit sound output at any frequency. (as long as the system's CPU can keep up with it)COVOX boards are very useful for users of older systems which lack expansion slots for sound cards, such as old laptops, palmtops and exotic PCs which cannot be expanded but have a parallel / printer port.The HP 200LX palmtop is an IBM PC/XT compatible MS-DOS system with a 16-bit 80186 CPU and CGA graphics system-on-a-chip, a serial port and a 16-bit PCMCIA expansion slot which in the video contains the Trans Digital PCMCIA parallel port card.The card adds the required LPT1 port to connect to palmtop the CVX4 sound board.Download the latest release of Mod Master XT here:vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=66350You can purchase your very own CVX4 board on Serdaco's online shop here:serdashop.com/CVX4Note: This 200LX as been upgraded to a 16MHz CPU clock speed (double the standard 8MHz).(If you own an HP200LX and are interested in upgrading it, contact me and I can provide you with the necessary information to get started)
HP 200LX with S2P GM MIDI synth plays Leisure Suit Larry 3 Palmtop Tube 2021-11-02 | The HP 200LX is an MS-DOS Palmtop PC from the early 90's.The Serdaco S2P GM synth is a full General MIDI compatible synthesizer for a PC parallel port.The S2P is very useful for users of older systems which lack expansion slots for sound or MIDI cards, such as old laptops, palmtops and exotic PCs which cannot be expanded but have a parallel / printer port.Since this generation of Sierra games was developed for Roland MT-32 and compatibleMIDI synthesizers such as the LAPC-1 and CM-32/64 modules, which differ in terms of instrument sounds and banks compared to the newer GM MIDI standard implemented in the S2P, the instruments sound a bit different in this video than with a real MT-32 sound module or card.This is because the GM driver tries to map the MT-32 instruments to similar sounding GM instruments of the S2P synth as best as possible, but it's not always perfect, some instruments sound slightly different and sometimes the volume of certain instruments is a bit off.Note: There is a small amount of noise in the audio signal, which originates from the headphone amplifier in my Logitech speakers, the sound coming out of the S2P doesn't have this amount of noise.Leisure Suit Larry III was a popular point and click adventure game released in 1989 for MS-DOS computers and various other platforms.The HP 200LX palmtop is an IBM PC/XT compatible MS-DOS system with a 16-bit 80186 CPU and CGA graphics system-on-a-chip, a serial port and a 16-bit PCMCIA expansion slot which in the video contains the Trans Digital PCMCIA parallel port card.The card adds the required LPT1 port to connect to palmtop the OPL3LPT sound board.The S2P sound board is being driven by a modified version of the RAVI GM.DRV driver for the S2P for SCI0 generation Sierra Games, available here:github.com/pdewacht/s2ptools/releasesYou can purchase your very own S2P GM MIDI sound board here:serdashop.com/S2PNote: This 200LX as been upgraded to a 16MHz CPU clock speed (double the standard 8MHz), and has an additional 4MB of memory fitted, for a total of 5MB RAM memory.(If you own an HP200LX and are interested in upgrading it, contact me and I can provide you with the necessary information to get started)Special thanks to:Peter De Wachter (for the initial modification of the GM driver)Eric Weidenbacher (for helping debug the GM driver on 8086/88 and 80186 CPUs)Jim Leonard (for fixing an important bug that prevented the driver from working on pre-286 CPUs)Ravi Iyengar (for developing the original GM driver)
HP200LX Palmtop PC with CVX4 plays techno mod music with Mod Master beta 26 (HQ line-in version) Palmtop Tube 2021-02-11 | NOTE: This is a 2nd version of the previously uploaded youtube video, but with the audio re-recorded via line-in to a PC instead for higher sound quality, instead of the using the camera's microphone and a set of speakers as in the previous video.The HP200LX is a Palmtop PC from the early 1990s. It's running Mod Master, a MOD file player for MS-DOS PCs developed by FreddyV.It's an IBM PC/XT compatible PC with CGA graphics (on a monochrome screen with 4 shades of grey), runs MS-DOS 5.0, and this model is a 2MB ram version with a double-speed crystal oscillator installed, so the CPU runs at 16MHz, twice the normal speed.The Palmtop has a PCMCIA parallel port card inserted in its PCMCIA slot on the left and is connected to a CVX4, which is a COVOX compatible parallel port soundcard for PCs, sold by Serdaco (serdashop.com/).The 27-year-old SOC's CPU in this unit is capable of driving the CVX4 at a maximum speed of 28KHz of 8-bit mono sound, mixing down 4-channel sample-based MOD files in real-time. It sounds better live than in this recording, the sound quality is comparable to that of a regular audio cassette.This video is part of a set of 2 videos on my channel showing Mod Master playing 2 different mod files.The cable on the left of the Palmtop is the parallel port connector and cable going into the PCMCIA card that's inside the Palmtop and provides a parallel port as LPT1, and is connected to the CVX4 which produces the sound.The cable on the right of the Palmtop is a serial cable which is connected to a serial optical mouse (microsoft compatible) through a null-modem RS-232 adapter.Please contact me, or place a request comment, for technical details if you want to replicate this setup.
HP200LX Palmtop PC with CVX4 sound plays d&b mod music with Mod Master beta 26 (HQ line-in version) Palmtop Tube 2021-02-11 | NOTE: This is a 2nd version of the previously uploaded youtube video, but with the audio re-recorded via line-in to a PC instead for higher sound quality, instead of the using the camera's microphone and a set of speakers as in the previous video.The HP200LX is a Palmtop PC from the early 1990s. It's running Mod Master, a MOD file player for MS-DOS PCs developed by FreddyV.It's an IBM PC/XT compatible PC with CGA graphics (on a monochrome screen with 4 shades of grey), runs MS-DOS 5.0, and this model is a 2MB ram version with a double-speed crystal oscillator installed, so the CPU runs at 16MHz, twice the normal speed.The Palmtop has a PCMCIA parallel port card inserted in its PCMCIA slot on the left and is connected to a CVX4, which is a COVOX compatible parallel port soundcard for PCs, sold by Serdaco (serdashop.com/).The 27-year-old SOC's CPU in this unit is capable of driving the CVX4 at a maximum speed of 28KHz of 8-bit mono sound, mixing down 4-channel sample-based MOD files in real-time. It sounds better live than in this recording, the sound quality is comparable to that of a regular audio cassette.This video is part of a set of 2 videos on my channel showing Mod Master playing 2 different mod files.The cable on the left of the Palmtop is the parallel port connector and cable going into the PCMCIA card that's inside the Palmtop and provides a parallel port as LPT1, and is connected to the CVX4 which produces the sound.The cable on the right of the Palmtop is a serial cable which is connected to a serial optical mouse (microsoft compatible) through a null-modem RS-232 adapter.Please contact me, or place a request comment, for technical details if you want to replicate this setup.
HP200LX Palmtop PC with Adlib sound plays Planet X3 Palmtop Tube 2021-01-22 | The HP200LX is a Palmtop PC from the early 1990's. It runs the original MS-DOS 5.0. It's running Planet X3, a game developed by "the" 8-bit guy.It's an IBM PC/XT compatible PC with CGA graphics (on a monochrome screen with 4 shades of grey), and this model is an original (unmodified) model with 2MB RAM. (640KB for MS-DOS and the remaining memory is the RAM drive for the "hard drive" as C:)The Palmtop has a PCMCIA parallel port card inserted in it's PCMCIA slot on the left and is connected to an OPL3LPT, which is an adlib-compatible OPL3 chip based adlib soundcard that works on parallel ports.This video is part of a set of 4 videos on my channel showing various games (demo versions) of Commander Keen 4, Leisure Suit Larry 3, Police Quest 2 and Kings Quest 4, all games that I played when I was a child ;)contact me for technical details if you want to replicate this setup.
HP200LX Palmtop PC with Adlib Soundcard plays Police Quest 2 thru a PCMCIA LPT card Palmtop Tube 2021-01-22 | The HP200LX is a Palmtop PC from the early 1990's. It runs the original MS-DOS 5.0. It's playing a demo version of Police Quest 2.It's an IBM PC/XT compatible PC with CGA graphics (on a monochrome screen with 4 shades of grey), and this model is an original (unmodified) model with 2MB RAM. (640KB for MS-DOS and the remaining memory is the RAM drive for the "hard drive" as C:)The Palmtop has a PCMCIA parallel port card inserted in it's PCMCIA slot on the left and is connected to an OPL3LPT, which is an adlib-compatible OPL3 chip based adlib soundcard that works on parallel ports.This video is part of a set of 4 videos on my channel showing various games (demo versions) of Commander Keen 4, Leisure Suit Larry 3, Police Quest 2 and Kings Quest 4, all games that I played when I was a child ;)contact me for technical details if you want to replicate this setup.
HP200LX Palmtop PC with Adlib Soundcard plays Kings Quest 4 thru a PCMCIA LPT card Palmtop Tube 2021-01-22 | The HP200LX is a Palmtop PC from the early 1990's. It runs the original MS-DOS 5.0. It's playing a demo version of King's Quest 4.It's an IBM PC/XT compatible PC with CGA graphics (on a monochrome screen with 4 shades of grey), and this model is an original (unmodified) model with 2MB RAM. (640KB for MS-DOS and the remaining memory is the RAM drive for the "hard drive" as C:)The Palmtop has a PCMCIA parallel port card inserted in it's PCMCIA slot on the left and is connected to an OPL3LPT, which is an adlib-compatible OPL3 chip based adlib soundcard that works on parallel ports.This video is part of a set of 4 videos on my channel showing various games (demo versions) of Commander Keen 4, Leisure Suit Larry 3, Police Quest 2 and Kings Quest 4, all games that I played when I was a child ;)contact me for technical details if you want to replicate this setup.
HP200LX Palmtop PC with Adlib Soundcard plays Commander Keen 4 thru a PCMCIA Parallel port card... Palmtop Tube 2021-01-22 | The HP200LX is a Palmtop PC from the early 1990's.It's an IBM PC/XT compatible PC with CGA graphics (on a monochrome screen with 4 shades of grey), and this model is an original (unmodified) model with 2MB RAM. (640KB for MS-DOS and the remaining memory is the RAM drive for the "hard drive" as C:). It runs the original MS-DOS 5.0.The Palmtop has a PCMCIA parallel port card inserted in it's PCMCIA slot on the left and is connected to an OPL3LPT, which is an adlib-compatible OPL3 chip based adlib soundcard that works on parallel ports.This video is part of a set of 4 videos on my channel showing various games (demo versions) of Commander Keen 4, Leisure Suit Larry 3, Police Quest 2 and Kings Quest 4, all games that I played when I was a child ;)contact me for technical details if you want to replicate this setup.
