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timagal

Posted 2007-12-14 11:40 PM

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Hello!

I would like to ask if any of you knows if it is possible to install windows CE on a dinossaur laptop.

I have an old Pentium MMX relic and would like to deactivate its noisy HD and possibly use a PCMCIA Compaq flash memory card instead.

All I have been able to find as information is an emulator, which requires XP and thus anihilates the entire idea, or a TFT photoframe from junk laptops (sad end for the machines), although there is no concrete data on how they managed to achieve it.

Thanks for looking

mr-mac

Posted 2007-12-15 5:38 AM

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I found someone doing this the other day to turn an old laptop into a picture frame.

He booted from CD but I guess it should give you some clues.

To start the project he used a floppy CEPC boot disk and I belive he used CE 4.2

anyway here is the link http://www.windowsfordevices.com/articles/AT8361803439.html

I`d be interested to hear how you get on.

Thanks

John

Edited by mr-mac 2007-12-15 5:40 AM

stingraze

Posted 2007-12-15 9:34 AM

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This is something I'm interested in doing too.

kitor

Posted 2007-12-15 10:03 AM

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I'm downloading CE5 Platform Builder, I'm going to build CE image for my old PC. It's really interesting

thcrw739

Posted 2007-12-15 12:53 PM

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I cant remember exactly how it was done,
but a wile back someone showed me how to boot a x86 version copying files from a cf card to the harddrive, then booting ce from command line in dos

I know it uses the avalible memory i just like in ce so atleast 32mb is needed

I do know that the availible driver for video didnt like the libretto 70ct as it never showed ce correctly..

I did plan on trying it again with my NEC ready 120lt wich i'll be getting again soon..

Just got to remember who showed me and ask how to do it again...

Edited by thcrw739 2007-12-15 1:04 PM

timagal

Posted 2007-12-15 3:24 PM

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Quote

kitor - 2007-12-14 5:03 PM

I'm downloading CE5 Platform Builder, I'm going to build CE image for my old PC. It's really interesting

OK! That is my problem right now: where can I get the platform builder from?

I think after the BIOS Bootloader is in, there should be no problem (so I hope

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Edited by timagal 2007-12-15 3:26 PM

kitor

Posted 2007-12-15 3:54 PM

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Edited by kitor 2007-12-15 3:55 PM

kitor

Posted 2007-12-15 5:39 PM

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Ok, I builded CEPC Image. System boots, only 3 things are not working - Network (i must edit irq-s), audio (currently not compatibile) and... keyboard

. But it boots up in 1024x768x16, I can run between harddish partitions, etc.

I'll ent it tomorrow, currently i'm going to sleep

cmonex

Posted 2007-12-15 5:39 PM

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and your license key for eval is: K9GBM-YMT9V-997M8-GGWW4-VPQVG

stingraze

Posted 2007-12-16 1:18 AM

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sweeet

kitor

Posted 2007-12-16 3:38 AM

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Ok, keyboard work, when I connect USB mouse, I must have also keyboard on USB, PS/2 don't work

. Now I'm looking for compatibile hardware or CEPC drivers for my soundcard

timagal

Posted 2007-12-23 4:25 PM

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OK!

My platform is finally built, I used the wizard and set it as a thin client, added up all the items I thought needed and with the sysgen got three .bin image files.

Thanks, Kitor for the links

My problem now is how to deploy it. The help instructions in the platform builder are somewhat confusing.

This is really a tough one: the dinossaur doesn´t have CD-ROM, no USB, I have no serial cables in the house and am trying to avoid using the HDD.

How lunatic does this sound?

Does anyone have any idea how should I get about booting from a CF card inserted in a PCMCIA adapter?

I know there is a possibility of running the CEPC from a USB stick, but I have no USB

In the last resort I would consider using the noisy HDD (it sounds like a machine gun when being strained)

thcrw739, if you would remember how it´s done, maybe it would be a solution, though not the perfect one.

Any suggestions?

Oh, and Merry Christmas to you all
May Santa bring you all nice HPCs

kitor

Posted 2007-12-24 12:30 PM

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Look at it:
http://www.windowsfordevices.com/articles/AT5357409251.html

i've recompiled TCPMP 0.66 and 0.72RC for CEPC, if somebody want, I can send it. 0.72 has problem with wavepack, but I think that wavepack from 0.66 will work with 0.72 too.

Full, not resized DivX movie (640x480) has about 105% in TCPMP benchmark on Pentium II 400MHz and 64mb of ram

Shot of working CEPC with MPEG movie on WMP:
http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/6216/dsc01812wz7.jpg

The boring thing is that CE basically support onlu Ensoniq ES1371 (known also as Creative AudioPCI), but it's very cheap (i've bought it for about $3 (9 polish zlotych) )

Edited by kitor 2007-12-24 12:40 PM

kitor

Posted 2007-12-24 2:24 PM

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kitor - 2007-12-24 6:30 PM
Full, not resized DivX movie (640x480) has about 105% in TCPMP benchmark on Pentium II 400MHz and 64mb of ram

my bad, PII 400 has about 80-85%, 105% is for Celeron 533

stingraze

Posted 2007-12-24 7:36 PM

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Can you post a pic of your laptop running Windows CE?

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