If anyone has a Tandy 1000 HX or EX lying around...
Posted on 2019-01-09, 18:44
I'd be interested in it or parts. Even if not working, perhaps. Thanks. bp
Re: ISA serial cards w/ 16-bit header in 8-bit slot
Posted on 2018-12-31, 02:48
Looking at the allocations, I think they are for the high IRQ lines, so it may work with that part hanging or cut off. Do you need two ports, this single port is way less expensive https://www.amazon.com/SIIG-1Ser-16550-Speed-Serial/dp/B00004Z66M I do need two lines. Mouse and WiFi modem. I ordered …
ISA serial cards w/ 16-bit header in 8-bit slot
Posted on 2018-12-30, 22:49
I’m looking to add a dual 16550-based ISA serial board to a Tandy with 8-bit ISA slots. What are the odds that these will do dual duty and work fine on a 8-bit slot PC? https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-RS232-Serial-Adapter-16550/dp/B00006B8C4/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1546210094&sr=8-1-spons&pi= …
Just got a Tandy 1000HX...
Posted on 2018-12-28, 00:02
So I was inspired by a friend's setup and found a local Craigslist Tandy 1000HX and picked it up today. System unit, CM-5 monitor, printer, box, manuals for $110. I ultimately want to have 640K, IDE + CF, and serial ports on the thing. Trying to determine if I should seek / wait for "Plus" …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2018-09-23, 19:38
I got up to this, this weekend: https://www.reddit.com/r/retrobattlestations/ … _emulator_in_a/ and https://www.reddit.com/r/retrobattlestations/ … _w_80col_video/ bp
Re: 5.25-inch drive for DOS machine woes
Posted on 2018-09-23, 17:00
Please clarify: 1) What model(s) are the 5.25" drives? It seems you don't even know whether they are DD or HD. 2) What kind of disks did you try reading? I don't think you can just stick in some disks from a TRS-80 Model 4 and read them on a standard PC. Did you try formatting a disk? They are both …
Re: 5.25-inch drive for DOS machine woes
Posted on 2018-09-23, 16:45
The drives are physically spinning. I just tried to "FORMAT B:" on both and with a "new" 5.25-inch DSDD disk, DOS reports (for both): Checking Existing Disk Format. [spins] Not Ready. It is connected on the first set of connectors distant from the motherboard. Further out on the cable after the …
5.25-inch drive for DOS machine woes
Posted on 2018-09-23, 16:08
I built a 5x86 box a few years ago and want to install a 5.25" floppy drive in order to read some old data disks and write out disks for my TRS-80 Model 4 using a DOS-based emulator. The system had a single 3.5-inch drive with a cable that lacked the edge connector for 5.25-inch drives. I found a …
Re: Running Quake (orig) on modern PC w/ software renderer?
Posted on 2018-02-19, 03:36
I have a software rendered port of my own but it broke CD music which is why i'm not self-promoting it here. but it does do the hor+ hd 16:9 faithful software thing (among other optional graphics cruft). I should mention Super8 isn't faithful as it changed the lighting to have a strange intensity/ …
Re: Running Quake (orig) on modern PC w/ software renderer?
Posted on 2018-02-18, 06:57
Re: Running Quake (orig) on modern PC w/ software renderer?
Posted on 2018-02-18, 00:41
1280x960 is the max I am seeing here, and it looks fine, but screen elements aren’t in the 16:9 aspect ratio of this 2560x1440 screen of course. Are there command line settings to square up the render at default full width (full screen) or to letter box it (full screen)? Also, is it likely that …
Re: Running Quake (orig) on modern PC w/ software renderer?
Posted on 2018-02-17, 22:41
Thanks. I just got WinQuake. It looks pretty good scaled up on this 32" 2560x1440. Can this be used to play all of the extension packs that are bundled with GOG and Steam's Quake packages? Some? Thanks. bp
Running Quake (orig) on modern PC w/ software renderer?
Posted on 2018-02-17, 17:48
Does anyone know the drill to getting the orig Quake running on a modern Win PC with the software renderer? At full res -- 2560x1440 in my case. I've purchased two packages from Steam and GOG trying together this working but to no avail (aside from the CD I purchased back in 1996). Any help much …
Re: Help with DOS + GUS + Cubic Player
Posted on 2015-04-17, 18:27
Manual was enlightening. Wow, CP can drive two GUS sound cards in the same machine for some kind of 3D effect. That would be amazing to hear. bp
Re: Help with DOS + GUS + Cubic Player
Posted on 2015-04-14, 15:55
I used CapaMod and the GUS for everything back in '96 or so until I ran into Onward.mod (from DOPE). 28 channels. I then found CubicPlayer 1.6 and used it as -- and I hope you can tell me if I'm remembering correctly -- that it does software mixing and outputs the result through the GUS (in the case …
Re: Help with DOS + GUS + Cubic Player
Posted on 2015-04-14, 15:49
Personally i've always preferred 1.6 (1995 November) over anything later as it didn't screw up playback of .mod files (even the ones I do with stuff that breaks later CPs) and didn't break the pattern view. Don't know how this would fare for GUS support though. I stopped using Cubic around 1997 …
Re: Asus 486 mobo PVI-486SP3
Posted on 2015-04-11, 23:31
I love this board. I had my first in 1996 and recently (re)built the ultimate 486-class machine on one I found on eBay. AMD 5x86 160 w/ Tseng ET4000/W32p VLB at 40MHz http://www.bytecellar.com/2013/11/26/setting- … -class-dos-box/ bp
Help with DOS + GUS + Cubic Player
Posted on 2015-04-05, 21:41
I have Cubic Player 2.0.6pre6 on my 5x86 160 DOS box with a GUS classic (1MB). Back in the '90s CubicPlayer did a fine job of playing the "larger" tracks that CapaMod could not. Right now, I get stuttered and broken playback of tracks with this version. Is there a version someone can point to that …
Re: Pre-VESA Proprietary 32-bit Local Buses?
Posted on 2015-04-02, 23:26
I just mentioned this in another thread and ran across this thread searching for details on the OPTI local bus, but I ran a system in 1994 that used the Chips & Technologies WINGINE local bus. Here's my write up and note the engineer on the project in comments on the post. http://www.bytecellar.com/ …
Re: ET4000AX Local Bus Card
Posted on 2015-04-02, 23:22
I've never heard of OPTI LocalBus before, was it common? I'm guess not. This reminds me of the fairly rare Wingine Local Bus slot I was using on a system fabricated in 1994 to run NeXTSTEP for Intel. My write up: http://www.bytecellar.com/2007/02/09/chips_technolog/ bp
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