Re: Vogons Video Announcement Thread
Posted on 2019-07-12, 12:21
How do you guys get data from / to your retro machines ? https://youtu.be/vBVWHsm7yOI
Re: Copying data using floppy disks
Posted on 2019-06-25, 16:49
The beautiful thing of CP Backup is (or was), however, that it creates a master disk with an information about the whole backup. You will see from the very beginning, what's inside each folder. CP Backup also has compression and CRC check and works on XT class machines nicely. RAR is an archiver …
Re: Copying data using floppy disks
Posted on 2019-06-25, 16:47
RAR also does this nicely (it has a graphical UI so you don't have to remember/search the command line parameters and runs even on a 8088 -although you don't want to unRAR 10MB on one :lol: ), probably other archiving utilities too Yes, context should be XT class machines with very little I/O (no …
Copying data using floppy disks
Posted on 2019-06-25, 13:25
Hi, To what extend can floppies be used to automatically copy datasets from/to hard drives that exceeds the size of the floppy thus forcing you to split the data across different floppies. Context is an old XT class machine with an MFM drive. No Compact Flash or network. For example : Imagine I have …
Re: Vogons Video Announcement Thread
Posted on 2019-05-25, 16:18
An old 386 paired up with an Atari monochrome monitor that needed lots of fixes... enjoy... https://youtu.be/IRVZC8z2fJE
Re: Vogons Video Announcement Thread
Posted on 2019-05-05, 00:33
Found some time to go over my IBM 5160. Next steps : Running some software and comparing it to my IBM 5150 https://youtu.be/2FcsJiSfktI
Re: Vogons Video Announcement Thread
Posted on 2019-04-25, 00:09
Really happy to have picked up this IBM 5160. Great machine in great condition with only 1 problem: it does not start :) In this video I'll show you how I diagnosed the issue, ended up finding the culprit (the diskdrive), and how I fixed it. In a follow-up video I'll go into more detail on the …
Re: Vogons Video Announcement Thread
Posted on 2019-04-17, 20:03
Scored a nice collection of microsoft software (games / microsoft home / operating systems / office stuff) in the beginning of this year. Now that I am able to run it on time-period correct hardware I'm really looking forward to giving them a spin. Especially looking forward to MS Flight Simulator …
Re: Vogons Video Announcement Thread
Posted on 2019-03-23, 18:40
I was fortunate enough to have picked up this AT&T Globalyst 590 PC witn an Intel Pentium 66Mhz. It was in pretty rough shape when I got it, it lacked a PSU / power button and hard drive and I didn't know if it still worked but I really like the look and feel of this case. So I added a PSU and a …
Re: Vogons Video Announcement Thread
Posted on 2019-03-16, 21:41
My AMD 486 DX4 100Mhz gets a much needed multimedia upgrade.... Welcome to IRQ hell, broken expansion cards and driver issues .... https://youtu.be/DcfMFE3ZtH4
Re: Vogons Video Announcement Thread
Posted on 2019-03-09, 09:45
Been thinking of doing a follow-up video on dual screens and old IBM PCs (5150). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zugZGBPTSA Any ideas what would be nice to cover ? Been thinking about doing a lightweight coding session on the 5150 to implement some dual screen magic 😀
Re: Vogons Video Announcement Thread
Posted on 2019-03-07, 16:13
The most beautiful 486 AMD in the world ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIKivkL4inA
Re: AMD 486 dx4 100Mhz thoughts
Posted on 2019-03-07, 09:06
I don't think I'll put more than 16mb in this system, and I think Windows 95 will run pretty well.(perhaps even with 8MB il will be do-able, but it will benefit from an additional 8mb). I also have the impression back in the day we were a lot more tolerant to low FPS in games, and the fact that we …
Re: 89/90 best sound card
Posted on 2019-03-05, 22:16
If you're lucky enough to find one : Creative Soundblaster 1.0 / 1.5 / 2.0 or Soundblaster pro 1 / 2 would be more or less time-period correct (assuming you take into account upgrades) and pretty awesome to have in a 386 build 😀
Re: The Perfect computer case ?
Posted on 2019-03-05, 22:10
Got this for free while I was in the process of purchasing a Commodore PC-20. Really lucked out here as the seller had to fetch something from the garage and I noticed the PC sitting there. PC was from around 1995 and I really love this case. (one of those upside-down ones where the PSU is at the …
Re: AMD 486 dx4 100Mhz thoughts
Posted on 2019-03-05, 21:33
Our first PC used a pre-lawsuit revision of the AMD 486 DX4-100. We got it in late 1995, and it had 16MB RAM and ran Win95 RTM. Yes, it was slow, but I'd still call it "usable", as it was the computer that got our house online for the first time. We used it for about four years, and over that time …
Re: AMD 486 dx4 100Mhz thoughts
Posted on 2019-03-05, 21:19
Very cool. I was surprised to see your youtube channel has soo much Retro content. Back in the day I had an Intel DX4-100. Trying to remember where I got it from, possibly CompUSA or Microcenter or maybe a computer show, but I don't remember even price comparing against AMD. I probably considered …
Re: Vogons Video Announcement Thread
Posted on 2019-03-05, 21:16
Hi guys .... just wanted to drop a link to my retro channel on youtube Just started in 2019, but already some stuff on IBM 5150 IBM 5162 IBM Dual monitor setups PCs (286 / 386 / 486 / Commodore PCs) Hardware repairs / replacements But lots more to come including retro laptops / hardware & software …
Re: AMD 486 dx4 100Mhz thoughts
Posted on 2019-03-05, 21:10
Was wondering about the windows 95 performance when given sufficient ram (was thinking 16mb or 32mb).I assumed during that time period, especially late 1995 when these CPUs were still around a lot of PCs starting to get shipped with windows 95, probably with something like 8mb of ram)
AMD 486 dx4 100Mhz thoughts
Posted on 2019-03-05, 20:54
Following my reddit post on my "new" AMD 486 dx4-100 that ended up getting lots of reactions, I decided to do a video on this computer. I want to go over its gorgeous mini tower case, the components and the AMD DX4 100Mhz cpu on my youtube channel I've done some research on the AMD DX4-100, but …
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