Fujitsu Siemens Futro S200 (S210, S220 for Retro Gaming

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Has any one bought one of these thin clients *Fujitsu Siemens Futro S200 (S210, S220 *there are a lot of different modals.From a germany seller on eBay.There are no views on utube.The seller sells lots of different versions of it.What i want to do is use one for Windows 98 and DOS gaming. This is the one is i am interested in.I like this one because it comes with a Pcie riser and does not need an external power supply. When sellers sell thin clients a lot don,t come with power supply.I take it no one has one of these. Or a thin client

 

[DExUS]

Hi, I have this one. (S220)
The machine uses internal CF card, it's very fast and easy to use.
But the CF card is the main problem here.
Due to the CF card I am having trouble to install any NT style OS. (tried W2000, W7, XP, XP Embedded).
There is standard ATA connector inside which is great, however there is no 12V power rail.... so you can't connect any HDD without the powersupply modification / replacement.
DOS works fine and it works with SBEMU !!! which is great.
Windows98 works, but .... I have some issue finding correct VGA drivers. Having a lot of OS related issues, probably downloaded some weird W98.iso ...
There is a ton of better thin clients out there that cost less, but this one has "all in one" which was one of it's pros. , the CF card sounds like a pro, but it forbids any use of modern OS on the machine.

 

[Greenslade]

Has any one bought one of these thin clients *Fujitsu Siemens Futro S200 (S210, S220 *there are a lot of different modals.From a germany seller on eBay.There are no views on utube.The seller sells lots of different versions of it.What i want to do is use one for Windows 98 and DOS gaming. This is the one is i am interested in.I like this one because it comes with a Pcie riser and does not need an external power supply. When sellers sell thin clients a lot don,t come with power supply.I take it no one has one of these. Or a thin client

I have a thin client this one.

Which at £32 the postage was more than the unit Again from Germany.
The other ones like the one you have are a lot more expensive Mine came with a power supply, i don,t know how it was so cheap i see it is lot derer now it was a frw tears ago now.

 

[Ferrum Master]

There is standard ATA connector inside which is great, however there is no 12V power rail.... so you can't connect any HDD without the powersupply modification / replacement.

You can use any laptop 2.5incher HDD and call it a day.

 

[Drye]

Hi, I have this one. (S220)
The machine uses internal CF card, it's very fast and easy to use.
But the CF card is the main problem here.
Due to the CF card I am having trouble to install any NT style OS. (tried W2000, W7, XP, XP Embedded).
There is standard ATA connector inside which is great, however there is no 12V power rail.... so you can't connect any HDD without the powersupply modification / replacement.
DOS works fine and it works with SBEMU !!! which is great.
Windows98 works, but .... I have some issue finding correct VGA drivers. Having a lot of OS related issues, probably downloaded some weird W98.iso ...
There is a ton of better thin clients out there that cost less, but this one has "all in one" which was one of it's pros. , the CF card sounds like a pro, but it forbids any use of modern OS on the machine.

I just received one of the s220 and would like to use the on-board sound card with Dos MAME in FreeDos. I've never used SBEMU before but giving it a try. I have it loading showing Sound Blaster emulation on AC97 Version 1.0 beta2c and it recognizes/finds the card as a VIA VT82XX AC97. Real mode support and protected mode support enables, OPL3 emulation enables at port 388h and the sound blaster 1.5 emulation enabled at adress: 220, IRQ: 7, DMA: 1. However, MAME does not seem to recognize there is a Sound card. Would you be willing to share your configurations in Autoexec.bat and Config.sys and what version of SBEMU you are using? Is there anything I am missing? Does anything need to load concerning the AC97 after SBEMU loads that I'm just not aware of? Any help is appreciated.

 

[Greenslade]

You can use any laptop 2.5incher HDD and call it a day.

That sounds like a good ide. All though i don,t have any of the 2.5 ones. I did see one at my local market,not sure how much she wants for it,that pateculer stall is not cheap.Plus you can,t barter with her.I have got a 1tb sata one i dare say that would be to big.I have not done anything with either one.all though one of them i have had for a couple of years.

I just received one of the s220 and would like to use the on-board sound card with Dos MAME in FreeDos. I've never used SBEMU before but giving it a try. I have it loading showing Sound Blaster emulation on AC97 Version 1.0 beta2c and it recognizes/finds the card as a VIA VT82XX AC97. Real mode support and protected mode support enables, OPL3 emulation enables at port 388h and the sound blaster 1.5 emulation enabled at adress: 220, IRQ: 7, DMA: 1. However, MAME does not seem to recognize there is a Sound card. Would you be willing to share your configurations in Autoexec.bat and Config.sys and what version of SBEMU you are using? Is there anything I am missing? Does anything need to load concerning the AC97 after SBEMU loads that I'm just not aware of? Any help is appreciated.

Well come to Techpowerup forums.

Drye ​