Re: TOP 100 applications for MS-DOS ? can you share some to the list?

Posted on 2021-03-17, 11:32

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DOS stuff that was common in the early 90s.. Central Point PC-Tools Symantec's Norton Utilities Novell DOS 7 PC/GEOS and variations DOS SHELL Quick BASIC 4.5, VB DOS, PDS 7.x, PowerBASIC Turbo Pascal 6/7 AutoSketch 3 Autodesk Animator (Pro) Autodesk 3D Studio, 3s Studio Max (different) Deluxe Paint …

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Re: New forum suggestions/Feedback

Posted on 2021-03-17, 10:14

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I don't know. This site is being crawled by Google bots constantly. If files can be searched, maybe there will be automated requests to put down content because of certain file names (written warnings). Just look what insanity happened just recently : https://torrentfreak.com/adobe-goes-after-27- …

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Re: PAS16: to sound blaster or not to soundblaster

Posted on 2021-03-17, 10:04

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https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=754080#p754080 Beware, the PAS16 uses port 388h as its control port and for OPL3. This works fine, because PAS16 has circuitry that takes care of this. If you install, say, a SB16 and doesn't disable its OPL3, you'll hear some annoying noice coming out of it. A …

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Re: Olivetti/Logabax/AT&T/Toshiba 640x400 hi-res graphics mode

Posted on 2021-03-16, 19:50

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Hi , I am ready to help test your files. I have Toshiba T3100e , and unable to start win (L.E. managed to start win2.03... work-in progress) and it seems that all EGA/VGA game requirements are out of my reach so... only CGA/Olivetti/AT&T remains.... Downloaded files now, will boot up system and …

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Re: CPU test program for 8086 emulator

Posted on 2021-03-16, 19:48

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Wow, that's a pretty cool project, I also always wanted to code some kind of emulator ... if you want to test the (graphics) compatibility of your emulator someday, try some of these releases :) http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=65371 http://www.pouet.net/party.php?which=204&when=1996 http://www. …

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Re: ISS contact using a 40 years young home computer

Posted on 2021-03-16, 13:27

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Update. The antenna cable for the Packet Radio/APRS station on the European Columbus module is "fixed". http://southgatearc.org/news/2021/march/iss-columbus-ham-radio-station-operational.htm If I do correctly understand, the SSTV station is part of the russian Zarya module, so it perhaps wasn't …

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Re: In this new decade, let us remember the Y2K Bug

Posted on 2021-03-16, 10:51

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Personally, I don't care what some church bureaucrats decided about when their prophet lived and died hundreds of years after the fact & got wrong because the number '0' hadn't been imported from Sanskrit yet. That reminds me of a fascinating science-fiction story that I once read. In this story, a …

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Re: CPU test program for 8086 emulator

Posted on 2021-03-16, 08:37

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Yea, the 186 tests got me to a point where FreeDOS runs (seemingly flawless). So does most games that I have tested. But I can still not boot any version of MS-DOS or Windows 3.0 yet. So there are obviously still issues with my emulator. Hi, I'm no developer, but I remember that os2museum.com …

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Re: DOS 6.22 - adpGeforce Boot Loader V2 ???

Posted on 2021-03-16, 07:45

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At some point, nvidia also made chipsets (nforce 4 etc).. Could be some sort of boot loader that was used to allow restoring stuff from a hidden backup partition (was used for running a recovery tool maybe). Anyway, these are just ideas.. 🙂 Edit: Next time, you can also wipe track 0, too. There are …

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Re: Do your old builds have 5.25 floppy drives and ISA cards?

Posted on 2021-03-15, 22:22

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^Yes, in old ATs or Turbo XTs two 5,25" drives are handy. If I correctly remember, my father, though, only had HD drives (5,25"+3,5") installed in his 386DX-40 PC running Win95. At the time, so circa mid-90s, these 5,25"/1,2MB drives were still around in my country/place. You could buy matching …

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Re: Which is the best and most memory efficient CD-driver?

Posted on 2021-03-15, 14:26

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The more general question is, what features do the smaller drivers drop to have such a small memory footprint. This is not well documented mostly. e.g. Kanji file structures, CD-ROM XA, CD-I... +1 Windows 9x also lost support for CD-i, for example. In order to watch old CD-i movies it's necessary …

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Re: How to tweak CGA / EGA game palettes easily :)

Posted on 2021-03-15, 13:25

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2) Popcorn (slowdown/acceleration, manual palette switch) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjvgAEPJqgQ Funny that you mention Popcorn.. 🙂👍 I've used it for testing purposes a while ago.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu88uKmqlEU Popcorn uses an alternate palette already (red vs pink). 4-greytones …

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Emulation of x86 PCs of former East Germany?

Posted on 2021-03-15, 07:38

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Hi everyone, I'm wondering if something like this already exists. Maybe in form of a partial emulation in obscure emulators of Soviet PCs. Especially emulation of one of these are interesting, since they used to run MS-DOS*.. errr.. I mean the totally original DCP OS (Disc Control Program)..: ;) …

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Re: Schneider Tower AT and XT-CF-Lite 4.1

Posted on 2021-03-15, 07:09

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Thanks for the information! I'll setup my Schneider within the next two days and do some tests, too. 😀

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Re: Schneider Tower AT and XT-CF-Lite 4.1

Posted on 2021-03-14, 19:31

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May I ask for which reason you use additional ISA IDE interface card instead of stock IDE at main board? Sure, no problem.🙂 My Tower AT is a model 220 and has no on-board IDE apparently. Originally, it came with a WD1003 compatible MFM/RLL controller card for ST-506/ST-412 HDDs. If memory serves, …

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Re: Retro Development

Posted on 2021-03-14, 15:28

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^Personally, I really like vcfed.org, too, but I also always feel unconfortable posting there on a casual basis, so I only do if I carefully prepared myself. Always makes me feel disturbing the super users and gurus over there.. The x86 asm magic they practice is just way over my head. Couldn't …

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Re: *The big list of 8086 real-mode Windows 3.0 compatible software - please contribute*

Posted on 2021-03-14, 07:59

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Hi everyone, If any of you are wiling to join to help finding more Win 2.x/3.0 Real-Mode compatible games, please check some old compilations at the internet archive: https://archive.org/search.php?query=windows+shareware+cd&&and[]=year%3A%221992%22&and[]=year%3A%221991%22&and[]=year%3A%221990%22& …

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Re: Schneider Tower AT and XT-CF-Lite 4.1

Posted on 2021-03-14, 00:11

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Personally, I also use XTIDE Universal BIOS (on an ethernet card). Now I'm trying XTIDE universal BIOS @ NIC but it hangs at line "Released under GNU GPL" and XUB menu at first line doesn't display. Which build did you used (_at, _atl etc.)? Have you done any specific configuration of XUB? Updated: …

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Re: Phil’s latest video - Voltage Blaster

Posted on 2021-03-13, 16:15

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^Thanks for your understanding guy! 😎 I guess I'm a bit over-protective (pun intended) when it comes to power supplies.. 😅

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Re: Phil’s latest video - Voltage Blaster

Posted on 2021-03-13, 14:20

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Also, some cons of this design that come to mind: Please don't mix 7805 and 7905. Although both are voltage regulators, they are used for different things. The 7805 is usually used to power something, that's why you could need all the other things you mentioned. The negative 5V and so 7905 is only …

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