Retrofanatic's "8Mhz TURBO BOARD" NEC V20 XT Build

Posted on 2015-10-08, 22:32

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I came across a nice XT motherboard I got as part of a large retro PC haul a few months ago...it originally resided in a large (wide) XT/AT combo, wanna be IBM PC Clone style desktop case that smelled of cigarette smoke. It is a really cool case though and it even had the "flip-top" style of opening …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2015-09-25, 15:54

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Just picked up some more big box games: - Indy Car Racing - Xwing vs Tie Fighter - Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego (been looking for this one in a box for a loong time now) - Janes USNF (Will post pictures soon) Still have to get photos of the above mentioned...just got these today locally …

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Re: Some PCI/ISA/VLB video cards info

Posted on 2015-09-10, 21:52

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386SX wrote: By the way I bought them all... 🙁 😁 Very nice!

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Re: Some PCI/ISA/VLB video cards info

Posted on 2015-09-09, 21:51

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If they are cheap get them all. I agree with Stojke...can you not get them all? But if you had to choose, I would also say CL. But getting all of them would be good to at least have extra VRAM chips to add to other cards. Yeah I think I will take them all. But I already have to spend a lot for 4MB …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2015-09-09, 17:42

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Just picked up some more big box games: - Indy Car Racing - Xwing vs Tie Fighter - Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego (been looking for this one in a box for a loong time now) - Janes USNF (Will post pictures soon)

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Re: Some PCI/ISA/VLB video cards info

Posted on 2015-09-09, 17:33

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Stojke wrote: If they are cheap get them all. I agree with Stojke...can you not get them all? But if you had to choose, I would also say CL. But getting all of them would be good to at least have extra VRAM chips to add to other cards.

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Re: List the PC games that you have beaten

Posted on 2015-09-09, 17:28

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Just finished GTA: San Andreas on PC and I know it's not a PC game, but I will mention it anyways, Super Mario Bros. Wii (but without all the stars...oh well, maybe in another lifetime).

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Re: Looking for DOS drivers for PCMCIA CF card.

Posted on 2015-09-09, 17:22

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Thanks lolo799...might be worth a try. I will have to give it a shot when I get some time.

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

Posted on 2015-09-09, 05:57

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jwt27 wrote: Hacked my IBM 5150 mainboard to disable onboard memory and parity checking 😀 Nice job. I'm guessing you did this to use an external 8 bit memory card instead?

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Re: Gemlight GMB-486UNP external battery?

Posted on 2015-09-09, 05:54

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Maybe a 4xAA battery holder (4x 1.5v=6v) is required that will connect to jp2. I ran into the same issue with a couple 486 boards I had and found that 3v worked on one and 6v worked on the other. I think there are some topics here on vogons discussing this...I would search and see what you come up …

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Re: Looking for DOS drivers for PCMCIA CF card.

Posted on 2015-09-09, 05:36

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Great question. I'm looking for the same thing for a couple of my pcmcia to cf adapters as well. I hope someone can shed some light on this. As a workaround you can use win98 on another partition and move your files within win98 and then make the dos partition bootable after the fact...I wouldn't …

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Re: Any good Windows 3.1 games?

Posted on 2015-08-16, 16:25

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Microsoft fury3. Not the greatest game but it's not too bad.

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

Posted on 2015-06-11, 18:15

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Received those switchs today : http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTYwMFgxNjAw/z/~XcAAOxydB1SlHe4/$_55.JPG Replaced all previous power switchs of my new bought atx cases (with AT hardware inside but using ATX psu with an AT adapter) to get back the old AT case power button feeling :happy: Are those switches …

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Re: Can you output VGA to Sony PVM /BVM?

Posted on 2015-05-27, 00:17

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http://retrorgb.com/vgatorgb.html http://retrorgb.com/rgbvideocard.html

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Re: Initial Thoughts on Acquiring a Toshiba Libretto 70CT

Posted on 2015-04-27, 07:30

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I have a lot of older laptops big and small and have always wanted to set them up as dos gaming rigs but the limiting factor for me has always been the lack of the gameport and the difficulty of getting a proper gameport and midi port operating in dos. Those pcmcia dos compatible gameport adapters …

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Re: If you could play any game for the first time ever again...

Posted on 2015-04-27, 07:21

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That's a tough one...there are so many great games out there that I would love to experience again for the first time... ...For Console gaming it has to be Phantasy Star II for me. For PC gaming, it is a close tie between XWing, Leisure Suit Larry I, and Space Quest III.

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Re: Hoard of BBS shareware DOS files, etc

Posted on 2015-04-23, 06:57

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Very cool...thanks for this.

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Re: Guess the game!!

Posted on 2015-04-07, 02:38

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smeezekitty wrote: Red Storm Rising Yes! I guess you're up.

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Re: Guess the game!!

Posted on 2015-04-06, 22:52

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Bud Tucker in Double Trouble Yes. Guess it's not as obscure as I thought, lol. Never heard of it until the other day. :P It was obscure to me too. The only reason I remember it was just because I saw it on this website http://www.squakenet.com/download/bud-tucker-in-double-trouble/5569/ a few …

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Re: Guess the game!!

Posted on 2015-04-06, 20:47

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Bud Tucker in Double Trouble

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