Re: Intel to remove all BIOS updates on November 22nd, 2019 from their website
Posted on 2019-09-16, 22:34
The sites may go. The ftps normally hang around quite a bit longer. a lot of people forget that.
Re: Dos 6 conventional memory tricks
Posted on 2019-09-16, 21:04
600k is adaquate for the vast majority of Dos software. Having a lot of free conventional memory can also confuse some Dos applications.
Re: need help choosing a dos version for 286
Posted on 2019-09-16, 20:57
You can still buy 3.5" floppy disks easy enough if you want to. http://www.athana.com/html/diskette.html
Re: need help choosing a dos version for 286
Posted on 2019-09-16, 19:08
MS/PC Dos 5 or DRDos 5/6. Devon also give GeoWorks a try. It will run quite well on that system. I used DrDos 6 on my original 286/16 and now use MSDos 5a on my current 286/12 system. You need to download a disk image/s(ima, img file extensions) then convert that to a real floppy disk using a …
Re: Show us your IBM Compatible PC games collection
Posted on 2019-09-16, 04:40
No limit. Show it all.
Re: cd-rom problems
Posted on 2019-09-15, 23:52
AZO CD-Rs possible but not the newer stuff.
Re: cd-rom problems
Posted on 2019-09-15, 22:34
Early CDRoms drives were incabable of coping with CD-R or CD-RWs
Re: Fresh Windows 95 on Olivetti Envision 400
Posted on 2019-09-15, 21:37
Try running CheckIt to see if there is a ram issue. 8megs is a bit lean as well. 16megs would be better. 32 ideal.
Re: Posting Challenge-Oldest Browser, OS and hardware.
Posted on 2019-09-15, 08:12
Good effort Ultrax. Nice thing now is ram is only a fraction of the cost, if not free and gives the systems a bit more of an edge. Keep 'm coming folks.
Re: Recommended DOS Replacements
Posted on 2019-09-15, 07:53
Can you run Windows 3.1 in 386Enhanced mode yet in FreeDos? FreeDos primarily aims for 386 systems up and you are better of with a traditional Dos for lower spec systems. Personally I've no real issues with traditional Dos. Right up to IBMs PC Dos 2000 it was backwards compatible with XT class …
Re: What sort of PC is this
Posted on 2019-09-15, 02:43
Fun fact Solaris worked faster on x86 architecture than Sun architecture.
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2019-09-15, 02:34
Made a post on vogons.org this this ol gal download/file.php?id=68665&mode=view
Re: Was Win95B the best version?
Posted on 2019-09-15, 02:19
There was wee free program called IEOff as well that allowed you to dissable certain fubctions of the IE desktop.
Re: CD-ROM failing to work, what to do?
Posted on 2019-09-15, 02:10
I'd like to know what is so special about it too. If the current one is non functioning it just makes sence to just replace the silly thing with one that works.
Re: Posting Challenge-Oldest Browser, OS and hardware.
Posted on 2019-09-15, 00:07
Didn't take long really. It's the 286 or lower version so is quite a bit snapper than the standard one and less crap under the hood. Having tons of EMS helps also. From starting to submitting the post about 5 minutes. I'd trimmed it up quite a while ago so knew I'd have no issues. Faster internet …
Re: Posting Challenge-Oldest Browser, OS and hardware.
Posted on 2019-09-14, 23:13
Wouldn't even worry until that time comes.
Re: Posting Challenge-Oldest Browser, OS and hardware.
Posted on 2019-09-14, 22:51
It's really a matter of who is using the oldest kit you've got that can do a post here on the Vogons 😉 Whatever that may be. Have a bit of fun with it as it were. A good thing about Vogons is you can interact with the old stuff and don't need the latest kit.
Re: Posting Challenge-Oldest Browser, OS and hardware.
Posted on 2019-09-14, 22:33
Fired up the 1990 Zenith Z286LP Plus 286/12,8megs,VGA,400megIDE hdd,D-Link DE220 10Mbs nic, connected to a D-Link DES-1005D switch connected directly to the fibre ISP supplied router using CAT5A cabling. Static IP address. Running MS Dos 5a, nic Dos packet driver and ARACHNE v1.97/GPL/286- Web …
Re: Posting Challenge-Oldest Browser, OS and hardware.
Posted on 2019-09-14, 21:55
Awesome. That's the spirit.
Posting Challenge-Oldest Browser, OS and hardware.
Posted on 2019-09-14, 20:35
As the title suggests this thread is about using the oldest web browser, operating system and REAL (not VMs) hardware to make a post and upload a picture if you or provide a pic using another system. So far I've managed to use a P166mmx testing rig , 1997 era, a number of times running Netscape …
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