Re: SoftMPU project needs your help! (game & sound card testing)

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by bjwil1991

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I'm thinking of building one in the future. Just need to make a source code for it and build it on a real Win9x system and test it out on my 486 running Windows 95C.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-04-11, 14:12

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Neat.

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Re: How about a MR-BIOS ROM file repository?

Posted on 2021-04-11, 02:00

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Is there a specific EPROM speed that's required to work with the MR BIOS on a Jetway OPTI-495SX 3/486WB board? All I get are ---- on the POST card.

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Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors

Posted on 2021-04-09, 04:57

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Compaq Portable 1 internal monitor (Paradise Basic EGA card being used with the internal monitor header board I designed -- needs a bit of work, but it looks nice): https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/QFU3duAEpLZUPLEMoD--etEkINme-eXYPvNRrqRcKgPfgCu7YMJPI2YVwSTtMdk_dBCgnu-Cr99SWoeFOeD- …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-04-09, 04:42

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Won the following on Shopgoodwill's site: GameBoy DMG-01 Play it Loud! Clear version with Tetris Blast, Paperboy, Galaga/Galaxian, Defender/Joust, Super Battletank, and Turn and Burn, along with some manuals, and a case: GameBoy-PIL-DMG01.jpg Not-so-retro: ASUS A8V-UAYVZ Socket 939 with a CPU of …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2021-04-06, 22:17

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Bought two different VGA USB capture devices: a cheap one that only works with GUI (Windows and a few DOS games) 60Hz 2 weeks ago and a StarTech USB 3.0 capture device that does VGA/DVI, HDMI, and many others. The StarTech one: Screenshot_20210406-160328.png Screenshot_20210406-160303.png The cheap …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-04-06, 00:54

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by bjwil1991

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Thanks for reminding me. I gotta fix the floppy drive in my M/75 since it doesn't read diskettes very well (probably needs a lot of cleaning).

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-04-05, 09:30

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Swapped the Chips and Technologies 8D387-33 and the Intel i387 DX 16-33 FPUs around on my 386 build and moved my 386 to the center of the desk with my Packard Bell Pack-Mate 28 Plus to the right, the KVS switch box, and the monitor to the left on top of my MIDI boxes. Also found out the Write-Back …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-04-02, 18:14

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That's cute. Wish I had a 3D printer myself so I can make custom brackets for an EGA card and XT-FDC card for my Compaq Portable 1 system.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-04-01, 17:07

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Nice Deskpro keyboard. Looks similar to my Portable 1 keyboard, except mine doesn't have the LEDs for the numeric lock and caps lock. Did more work on the EGA card for the Compaq Portable 1 system and it's cleaner than before thanks to m-in on Reddit for the tips adding capacitors adjacent to the …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-03-31, 17:10

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After years of searching, I found a POD 83 and won the auction. Filename Screenshot_20210331-024919.png File size 380.92 KiB Views 188 views

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-03-31, 07:04

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Did more patching and tinkering with the internal header board I made for the Paradise Basic EGA card to use with my Compaq Portable 1 system by adding 3 ceramic capacitors adjacent to the diodes (in parallel) for the RGB lines. The text in the DOS prompt is a lot better, but games are either too …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2021-03-31, 01:58

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Bought a 9-cell battery for my main laptop since the old 6-cell died and installed it once I received it. Has a better battery life than the old one.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-03-31, 01:54

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Bought a Compaq Diagnostics kit for my Portable 1. Filename Compaq-Diagnostics.png File size 237.32 KiB Views 386 views

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-03-30, 03:35

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Decided to make an offer on the lot of 5 motherboard (386/486 board with the pile of modern ones) and I think I went overboard. Filename Screenshot_20210329-233420.png File size 581.06 KiB Views 199 views Filename Screenshot_20210329-233414-331.png File size 170.04 KiB Views 199 views

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-03-28, 09:15

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Bought an AST SixPakPlus NIB and a Zuckerboard Color video card NIB. Filename Screenshot_20210328-012511.png File size 303.36 KiB Views 548 views Filename Screenshot_20210328-012459.png File size 213.88 KiB Views 548 views

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-03-28, 04:28

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Did some experimenting with a Paradise Basic EGA card on a Compaq Portable 1 system using the internal monitor. It's not perfect in every way, especially the picture doesn't look well on the internal monitor since it's an analog display (also TTL supported), but the picture quality using the MCE2VGA …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-03-24, 21:17

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On this episode of hardware purchases: an NEC Versa M/75 Filename Screenshot_20210324-171422.png File size 195.23 KiB Views 461 views

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2021-03-23, 05:31

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Yep. DSTN is the ghost of displays past, much like the older green Phosphorus CRTs that have the low refresh rate. I have an Austin PN/312TFT and an AMS SoundPro P54 DSTN that are 486 laptops that have sound cards installed that are either integrated or an optional card was installed (eBay prices). …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-03-23, 02:24

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Wish I could find a decent CRT myself. The only system that has a CRT is my Compaq Portable 1 and a couple of TV/PVM sets: Toshiba TV/VCR and a Sony PVM-9L1.

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