Re: Bought a PowerMac G4 450 AGP - Now what?
Posted on Today, 03:22
Play solitaire on it.
Re: Intel smashes Ryzen
Posted on Today, 02:13
robertmo wrote on Yesterday, 19:08: that's cause someone said how much of a difference amd did. well.. they sell 50% more cores for about 500% more price. (amazon prices without tax don't count outside usa) Wtf does that have to do with reality?
What retro software did you get today?
Posted on Yesterday, 19:34
A used bundle of Amiga Workbench 2.1 finally turned up. I'm going to install WB 2.1 on one of my Amiga A600s once I've installed a hdd in to it. Should be fun. WB 2.1 has CrossDos which allows you to access fat12 formatted 720k floppies. My current WB 2.05 doesn't have CrossDos included. I eventual …
Re: Intel smashes Ryzen
Posted on 2021-01-14, 05:12
robertmo wrote on 2021-01-13, 16:44: zen 6 cores is still way more expensive than regular intel 4 cores 😀 Core i3-10100F 4 cores- about 100 $ AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6 cores - about 500 $ You must be blooody joking 4 v 6. Try again with actual performance, power usage etc etc figures.
Re: Intel smashes Ryzen
Posted on 2021-01-13, 14:40
Who in the REAL world actually cares as long as the system does what a person requires? Isn't Apple Inc. going ARM? What is the point of this thread anyway? It's just another bitch fest....
Re: Are there still any worthwhile uses for an Apple G3??
Posted on 2021-01-13, 08:09
Yeah Crts are an issue with those but you could get creative and replace with a lcd the same size. It'd make a pretty door stop.
Re: Intel smashes Ryzen
Posted on 2021-01-12, 19:25
I was over the Intel vs AMD thing a couple of decades ago. Just use what I can get my grubby little old hands on...For nothing if possible 😉
Re: Value in IBM AT vs a 386 for retro gaming?
Posted on 2021-01-11, 19:59
Is there a point to running Windows 3.1 in Standard Mode as opposed to Enhanced Mode that I am not aware of? Yes. And it has been mentioned numerous times in recent months. As far as I am aware the only argument was that it performed better on a 286 vs enhanced on a 386sx, that is not entirely a …
Re: Why wasn't this 486 sold in the US?
Posted on 2021-01-11, 17:50
Thanks. But what was the point of building a CPU that knowingly infringed on a huge corporation's copyrights? Did they think that Intel won't notice and they can get away with it? Can't really see the logic behind it. Did UMC sell this CPU in the US before the lawsuit? I believe so for a short …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-01-11, 14:51
[...] Use plop from a floppy disk to boot the cd... or a lighter linux cd such as Damn Small Linux or similar. I suppose that would do the trick, it just combines two things I hate (floppy & CDs). You rearly need to get over that when dealing with old kit and doing something they were never …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2021-01-11, 08:41
Frustrating day. I want the impossible, and surprise surprise: it turned out to be impossible ;) What? a 2000s era Knoppix Linux install with hardware detection and enough useful software for a lot of diagnostics, on a HDD smaller than the 2GB BIOS limit. Nope. Knoppix 5.1.1 at least requires 512MB …
Re: 286 dead, long live the 286!
Posted on 2021-01-10, 23:27
Serial mice are fine for the systems they were designed to run. So good in fact IBM used the same protocol for their PS/2 mouse line up.
Re: Trying to find a manual for this old EGA video card
Posted on 2021-01-10, 21:21
For EGA cards, the situation is more difficult. The 350-line EGA modes do not have TV compatible timing, so the RCA jack is usually useless in 350-line modes. In 200-line modes, the two jacks might behave just like on CGA cards with two jacks, but (as people already mentioned in the thread) on a …
Re: Disney's The Lion King 2 Simba's Pride Gamebreak doesn't work on any Windows NT OS.
Posted on 2021-01-10, 19:24
What does the games system requirements state?
Re: Turbo XT / Faraday FE010A - Switch Turbo on with Autoexec.bat
Posted on 2021-01-10, 19:01
Fit a turbo switch. Bound to be a connector on the mobo. Also you may just be able to use a jumper on that connector.
Re: Trying to find a manual for this old EGA video card
Posted on 2021-01-10, 16:06
x86 Heath/Zenith hardware/sytem documentation is literally unobtainium unless you get the manuals with the components/systems.
Re: 286 dead, long live the 286!
Posted on 2021-01-10, 16:01
There is the XT-IDE bios fitted to an eprom that goes in a nic boot rom socket that gets over bios hdd limitaions as well a dedicated XT-IDE interfaces cards with IDE on them or you can go the SD card route. I have one of the latter in my Redstone XT Turbo.
Re: Value in IBM AT vs a 386 for retro gaming?
Posted on 2021-01-10, 07:38
appiah4 wrote on 2020-08-26, 13:18: Is there a point to running Windows 3.1 in Standard Mode as opposed to Enhanced Mode that I am not aware of? Yes. And it has been mentioned numerous times in recent months.
Re: Value in IBM AT vs a 386 for retro gaming?
Posted on 2021-01-10, 07:37
Also, I actually don't want VGA on this, I think its out of place on a 286, but that's me. Tandy graphics maybe, or EGA, but that's it. However, thanks for the pointer! Well you are losing out big time then. Not only is vga easier to set up and get monitors forit emulates CGA and EGA. I have a EGA …
Re: Drivers WIN95 AND WIN98
Posted on 2021-01-09, 05:22
Good on you.
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