Re: Best CGA & Hercules games

Posted on 2020-10-18, 20:30

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https://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/169-the-ancient-art-of-war-dos-screenshot-title-screen.gif How could you guys not be talking about The Ancient Art of War in it's CGA glory ? It's a lovely game, thank you for sharing. How does it look in monochrome? Can it be emulated on Hercules? I used to …

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Re: Rare storage media aficionado build

Posted on 2020-10-18, 20:02

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by Dhigan

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As the wise Tetrium wrote : I'd first make a list of what exact formats you will want to support. In the end it will come down to saving as many internal connections as possible by using as many external ones as you can Ow man, there's so many different roads that you can walk to try and get what …

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Re: What is the best Thin Client for Windows 98 (SE)

Posted on 2020-08-06, 15:21

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How about using a portable pc without a display panel ? You then have plenty to chose from and can pick the one that suits your requirements.

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Re: The AT cases with built-in stereo speakers thread!

Posted on 2020-08-06, 15:13

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compaq-presario-desktop-2200-restoration

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Re: Colorado Jumbo 350 Tape Backup Drive QIC Floppy Interface

Posted on 2020-04-30, 13:40

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Ok, bad wiring was the cause ... It's now working using W98SE MS backup. I restored a little less than 120Mb in 34 mn ...

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Re: What was the first fan-made level/map/mod for a commercial game?

Posted on 2020-04-27, 19:47

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In the strategy game family, The Ancient Art of War in 1984 was among the first (if not the first) to have a campaign editor. The game allows players to create their own maps, formations, and missions. https://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/171-the-ancient-art-of-war-dos-screenshot-game-options. …

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Re: Colorado Jumbo 350 Tape Backup Drive QIC Floppy Interface

Posted on 2020-04-22, 09:28

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Thanks for reply. https://jeffpar.github.io/kbarchive/kb/135/Q135896/] Microsoft Backup works only with the 1992 or later versions of the tape drives listed below. .... The following tape drives are compatible with Backup: - QIC 40, 80, and 3010 tape drives made by the following companies, and …

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Colorado Jumbo 350 Tape Backup Drive QIC Floppy Interface

Posted on 2020-04-21, 17:48

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Hello, I am trying to have fun with tape drive . But still no joy with the colorado 350 ... https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-a1x7hg2jgk/images/stencil/608x608/products/1107/7070/colorado-350mb-internal-tape-drive-350-1.18__43886.1489919892.jpg?c=2 https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/uB0AAOSwRLZaTpAJ/s- …

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Re: Games for Hercules monitor

Posted on 2020-04-01, 06:56

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How about you don't have a graphic card but, just a Monochrome Display Adapter ? You can play games but in ascii. You could try the first Wizardry as an example. I can't find pictures of what it looked like ... But it was pretty playable, I spent countless hours on it !

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Re: Best CGA & Hercules games

Posted on 2020-03-21, 08:32

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by Dhigan

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How could you guys not be talking about The Ancient Art of War in it's CGA glory ?

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Re: Backpack 5.25" Floppy Drive for PC?

Posted on 2020-03-18, 21:58

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Well ... I tried but no luck 🙁 Did DOS and win98SE versions. I can see the green light of the floppy drive, but can't figure out if the drive is dead or if I don't have the good driver. Any ideas ?

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Lowest PC configuration to play 3gp video ?

Posted on 2020-03-18, 21:52

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Following this thread on TCPMP MP4 Can Be Played on Windows 95/98/ME! well ... the answer is : if you have the right CPU ! virtual machine is cheating ;-) But, what would be the lowest configuration to play 3GP video files ? We know it works with any P3 and 128 Mo with win98SE. - 3gp (container) …

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Re: Backpack 5.25" Floppy Drive for PC?

Posted on 2020-03-09, 21:45

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Horun wrote on 2020-03-08, 21:14: Have you tried the BackPack Floppy driver ? Thanks ! I will have a try at them and let you know.

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Re: Backpack 5.25" Floppy Drive for PC?

Posted on 2020-03-08, 20:46

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Hello ! I have the ROTEC RF542BT à 360ko floppy drive parallel port. Still looking for the driver ... Anyone please ?

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Re: Tualatin Laptops

Posted on 2020-02-21, 11:11

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Compaq Presario 2700 family specs : Intel PIIX4 Ultra 100 Chipset. Intel Corp. AC'97 Audio Controller ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M6 LY Never been able to find service manual though ... (ok for 2500 and for 2800 but not 2700 ?)

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Re: Creating Your Own Dial-Up Connection At Home: No Line Simulators Needed!

Posted on 2020-01-21, 08:09

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by Dhigan

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On the same subject, has someone done the same with ISDN modem ? It does not seems possible with ADSL modem.

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Re: Sony MP-F40W-17 / TEAC FD-235J 2.88MB 3.5” Floppy Drives

Posted on 2020-01-19, 17:57

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by Dhigan

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Hello, At http://www.retrotechnology.com/herbs_stuff/drive.html#288 you can read read that : You also need a floppy controller that's capable of decoding/encoding the 2.88MB higher data rate. Intel produced a controller chip for ED, the 82077; there's a tech-note AP-358 as referenced on this Web …

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Re: DOS 6.22 / Windows 95 dual boot.

Posted on 2019-06-03, 18:57

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My "easy" way is the following : Partition the first hard disk of the PC (using a floppy with DOS 6.22 and fdisk) with FAT16 2GB partitions (4 partitions maximum per hard disk) and format. Then install Windows 9X on C: When I need DOS6.22, I simply insert a DOS 6.22 floppy (with all relevant DOS …

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Re: Cute games for DOS

Posted on 2019-03-28, 19:58

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by Dhigan

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https://archive.org/details/msdos_Jill_of_the_Jungle_1992 was a good one !

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Re: What are your favorite Windows 3.1 games?

Posted on 2019-03-28, 19:46

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by Dhigan

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The freeware Sokoban 2.2.5 from Allan B. Liss https://archive.org/details/Sokoban_1020

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