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

Posted on 2020-08-26, 07:25

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Just finished transferring all XT-Hercules (or simcga) capable games I own and could think of to a Schneider Euro XT. Time to see now on a so-rare-yourself-and-your-geeky-things Saturday night what actually runs on the 512KB RAM this XT beauty has. Sorry about the phone photos, I reallly don't know …

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Re: The GIF Thread

Posted on 2020-08-22, 19:23

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Keep pumping out those gifs. Some of us really enjoy it.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-08-21, 12:33

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Everywhere I look, it says Doom doesn't use FPU in any shape or form. Carmack supposedly referenced it explicitly when discussing Quake (which does), but I can't find the reference/quote anywhere. So it's unlikely FPU would make the difference. But something clearly was. My best bet would be cache: …

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

Posted on 2020-08-19, 13:56

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I went to my recently deceased Grandad's house to help my Dad sort through his stuff. Sadly he stopped being into tech in the 60 so there were no PCs but he did have this Word Processor (Sharp Font Writer FW-760) thing. https://i.imgur.com/LM1L3oph.jpg https://i.imgur.com/B1ZiR9yh.jpg It's pretty …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-08-19, 13:50

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debs3759 - thank you, i got confused i thought that both 386dx and 486dx had the fpu...whoops lol ill have to look into getting one once I am able to test that they work You don't need an FPU to run the board. Lots and lots of 386 systems didn't have one back in the day. It only made sense for big …

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Re: Best CGA & Hercules games

Posted on 2020-07-27, 10:36

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Love the small form factor of the Tandon - wish those were more common, because I would love to grab one of those somewhere down the line. Was that a Point of Sale, or an industrial computer? You seldom see PCs with those specs in such small form factor. I'm not really sure, but I think it was …

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Re: Best CGA & Hercules games

Posted on 2020-07-27, 07:48

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Wow. I mean... wow. I found this thread randomly googling for good CGA games and wow, this forum is so far up my alley I should be charging rent! Thanks for the great game suggestions, everyone! Thanks for the kind words! Are there any you’d recommend for excellent CGA artwork, specifically? Not …

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Re: Weird monitor behaviour in Kontron IP Lite Color laptop - please advise

Posted on 2020-07-16, 08:01

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I was, but they didn't find the files you requested. It's a guy, by the way. If he has time, he will copy the entire DOS and WINDOWS directories and share (but remember, it is someone I only met once when I sold them the computer, so...). However, he asked if you would be able to share the scans of …

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Re: Best CGA & Hercules games

Posted on 2020-07-13, 10:27

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Street Rod - already mentioned in the thread, but it was my favorite game on that PC Operation Wolf - it was good for a short time Future Wars - I couldn't understand English back then - so I never got far in it, but I remember running it only to enjoy the graphics and animation on my amber monitor …

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

Posted on 2020-06-14, 15:08

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Haha, I know that feel. Last year I bought large amount of used floppy disks. Dug around and found some DOS porn floppies with looped animations and some "story" behind it. :D Well, it's still a time capsule somehow. Were these by any chance the *.dl files (not *.dll, single d, single l)? If so and …

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

Posted on 2020-06-13, 15:32

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Was digging through some of my old new stock (so the computers that I bought, but didn't have time to play with properly). Found some porn on one of them. Sample below (censored it, of course, but if it's still in violation of whatever rule, please remove either the image or the post): 20200612_ …

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Re: Best CGA & Hercules games

Posted on 2020-05-28, 12:58

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While searching for info on Gobliiins and the Hercules version on the internet, I have found this interesting bit concerning DOSBox 86Box development: https://github.com/86Box/86Box/issues/260 It is interesting to compare screenshots without the patch: Gobliiins without patch.png with the blend …

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Re: Best CGA & Hercules games

Posted on 2020-05-19, 12:46

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dr.zeissler wrote on 2020-05-19, 09:25: What is the hercules-switch of the cga version of defender of the crown? I have no idea and I really would like to know, too.

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Re: Best CGA & Hercules games

Posted on 2020-05-19, 09:06

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goblins_000.png Same screen but on a real Hercules monitor: Gobliiins_title_HGC.jpg You can notice the difference in aspect ratio - read more about it here: http://nerdlypleasures.blogspot.com/2014/02/monochrome-hercules-graphics-aspect.html (by fellow VOGONS user https://www.vogons.org/memberlist. …

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Re: Best CGA & Hercules games

Posted on 2020-05-16, 16:25

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All right, I confirm, Gobliins works on Hercules graphics card (don't mind orange tint, that's my phone's camera playing tricks): Gobliiins_Herc.jpg I also took some other games for a ride, so here are screens of Drakkhen on Hercules: Drakhein_Herc.jpg Didn't know Frédérick Raynal worked on it! One …

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Re: Best CGA & Hercules games

Posted on 2020-05-12, 15:15

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liqmat wrote on 2020-05-12, 15:12: Not to get off the subject of this thread, but try the Amiga version of Arctic Fox for the best experience IMO. Yo, I'm happy for you and Imma let you finish, but Amiga version of Arctic Fox is the best experience of all time. Of all time!

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Re: Best CGA & Hercules games

Posted on 2020-05-12, 08:56

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Yes, that video is dope. Really wish it was in higher resolution (and possibly amber... :) ). Arctic Fox blew my mind back in the day! Thanks, I didn't know this game! In other news, I have recalled that Gobliiins had Hercules graphics option, but not every copy available on the internet still does …

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Re: Best CGA & Hercules games

Posted on 2020-05-06, 13:18

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Interesting approach. Have you been able to run Eye of the Beholder in emulated-CGA on Hercules? Also, would you be able to share somewhere your file / settings / game combo?

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Re: 486 with EGA? (and other EGA related questions)

Posted on 2020-05-06, 09:20

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Just a quick plug with my very own EGA monitor (output from Toshiba T5100): Catacombs 3D Filename EGA_Catacombs.jpg File size 436.25 KiB Views 111 views Crime Wave in high resolution Filename EGA_CrimeWave_hires.jpg File size 217.52 KiB Views 111 views Crime Wave in low resolution Filename EGA_ …

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Re: Best CGA & Hercules games

Posted on 2020-05-06, 08:00

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sorry for the "raw" material...native hercules via sometimes tweaked cga-emulation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vix4DRCoNHM First of all, thank you for adding information and participating in this thread. This is very useful! Also, I feel like a part of a fanclub of Hercules card, it's nice. …

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