Re: Open Watcom C++ 16 bit: issues with allocating huge memory and catching bad_alloc exceptions
Posted on 2025-04-03, 17:00
Isn't there also a (storage) modifier for 'new' required or is this handled transparently?
Re: How much for an old retro gaming PC
Posted on 2025-04-02, 17:40
Watch out for the capacitors on these P4 boards ... all of the P4 boards I bought had faulty ones. Are you in Vienna?
Re: CRT Terminator Digital VGA Feature Card ISA DV1000
Posted on 2025-03-31, 08:12
Great work!
Re: cache?
Posted on 2025-03-26, 08:23
Depending on your timings L2 can either be slower or quite a bit faster than no 2nd level cache. Seek rams in DIP format on ebay - 32KiB/15ns ones are the most common.
Re: How many "hobbyist" PCs do you have?
Posted on 2025-03-01, 09:45
I have a few socket 4 and one socket 3 system.
Re: Help test something in real hardware
Posted on 2025-02-28, 20:39
I got this... after hitting return a blank screen, and after hitting return again I'm back at the prompt.
Re: What Is Your Favorite Operating System(opinion poll):
Posted on 2025-02-27, 19:41
DOS Do U feel all versions of DOS equal? All the way from CPM prototypes with FAT8 only all the way up to FreeDOS 1.4 not excluding MS-DOS 8.0 ? Because if U wrote just "DOS",U just added equal votes for all DOSes...including MS-DOS 4.0, 4.01 & 8.0 & also for 1.x & earlier,which cannot be installed …
Re: Doom8088: Doom on a 286 / 8088
Posted on 2025-02-26, 15:43
Very impressive!
Re: What Is Your Favorite Operating System(opinion poll):
Posted on 2025-02-26, 08:31
DOS
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2025-02-25, 10:45
Bought an Acer 2560x1440 "gaming" screen to try the 3x upscale option of the OSSC and it does only work in DOS text mode - perfect picture. "320x200" does not work though. The problem seems to be related to the OSSC as the LED is turning red at that mode... one has to get the Pro version because …
Re: Unreal 1 - What is your opinion about it?
Posted on 2025-02-21, 16:56
It was interesting from a technical standpoint but as a game I did not like it at all - I was pretty disappointed by its style & aesthetics. Only thing I really like about is the flyby at the beginning... that was really cool.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2025-02-17, 18:03
Nice one, does it pass-through the refresh rate? Like 1600x1200 144hz? There's any refresh rate (hz) limit imposed by ossc itseld? Best regards As far as I can tell - yes, the refresh rate is untouched which can be an unpleasant surprise if you're on a television not supporting rates in excess of …
Re: Compaq (197005-001) cache module - open source reproduction
Posted on 2025-02-16, 14:40
Great work!
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2025-02-15, 18:58
After a LONG time I finally got to buy an OSSC and try it with some of my old PCs... I have to admit it's pretty nice!(It would be prefect if more monitors had a vertical resolution of 1200 pixels) Only drawback one needs a monitor/TV able to display refresh rates higher than 60hz. I have some CRTs …
Re: Serial optical mouse. Breed bred for DOS.
Posted on 2025-02-14, 17:57
Clever Engineers like you Darmok are direly needed to keep a beautiful niche thriving & breathing - similar to the old (sports) cars "segment".
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2025-02-14, 17:49
I managed to repair a 237-pin ZIF socket (socket 3), it is a socket 235 now: A motherboard I was trying to test had issues with the CPU socket. After some deliberation I though of three options to fix the board: repair the socket, replace the socket or remove the socket and solder the CPU straight …
Re: Super annoyed by eBay sellers jacking up prices and inflating shipping
Posted on 2025-02-13, 19:34
Shipping seems to have gotten more expensive and people a bit more greedy - nice retro combo. Up to 450 Euro for a Pentium60 board. If I really want something I'll buy it on ebay because some of the German sellers are expensive but trustworthy. Only cheap older stuff I can find on there is from …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2025-02-09, 18:39
I installed a SCSI card in the PackardBell P60 I got today and checked if this would yield some performance gains compared to the IDE controller - it did but it was a "µ-improvement". In DOS, DOOMII / demo3, the SCSI's fastest time to the IDE's slowest time was 4522 to 4525 realtics - so less than …
Re: How to supply power to socket 4 on DEC Celebris 560?
Posted on 2025-02-09, 10:34
Awesome - if you find the time, maybe take a few more shots of the system (running a few benches).
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2025-02-09, 08:30
If you have an easy way of copying files to your hdd, the personal edition will do fine. Ok, I'll download it and post some findings next week. Thanks! It's a windows installer by default, if that's an issue I can make a zip archive of the installed version. You'll also need a benchmark like …
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