Re: Japanese retro computers - do you own any?

Posted on 2023-02-14, 00:43

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Again, not a collector, don't need all the peripherals just to have them. The main requirement is a gamepad, then a mouse if you want to play games other than shmups and jRPGs (and even some of those need mouse). Marty can emulate mouse with the pad but, since the pad is digital only, it's not all …

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Re: Japanese retro computers - do you own any?

Posted on 2023-02-13, 01:30

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By lucky do you mean they just plain worked or did you have to give them a quick service? I too have the feeling the market is not as people used to describe it, were it a few years ago I would have gave it a shot but nowadays even on auction sites I don't see much offerings in terms of numbers or …

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Re: There are RAM hoggers, and now there's an SSD hogger

Posted on 2023-02-12, 17:11

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Obviously you really like Edge or you wouldn't go through the motions with it. But speaking for myself I had Firefox for many years which was a total hogger as time went by, then Chrome, but since I started using Opera I've never looked back, on desktop and mobile. Chrome users can even use all the …

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Re: Japanese retro computers - do you own any?

Posted on 2023-02-11, 16:21

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As FM Towns owner I can confirm these machines were way ahead of western PC counterparts. Though it has to be said, their prices (both then and now, sadly) reflected that too. The good: These are really nice machines, JP quality, and just fun to play with. The bad: Keyboards are crazy, early pads …

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Japanese retro computers - do you own any?

Posted on 2023-02-10, 22:50

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Hello everyone, from time to time I see mention around here about Japanese retro computers when talking about beautiful computer designs, like the Sharp X68000 or the red X1, the Fujitsu FM Towns or for how ahead of their time they were in the 80's and early 90's, not forgetting the NEC-PC 98 and …

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Re: So, what is the #1 rule to have a stable Windows Millenium Edition PC?

Posted on 2023-02-07, 00:28

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I don't remember at the time like many here do nor do I have the technical acumen, but nowadays I'm 1000% sure from present experience that Win98SE is waaaay more unstable and picky than WinME. The amount of nuances and attention to detail needed to get it configured to WinME's stability level from …

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Re: So, what is the #1 rule to have a stable Windows Millenium Edition PC?

Posted on 2023-02-06, 20:06

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Recently I made a 1.4Ghz Tualatin build and used WinME as a reason to do it, I never had WinME installed on a build before. I absolutely loved it, it's the perfect bridge between Win98SE and XP for me. I think that having mature drivers after all this time made all the difference, very probably that …

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Re: Computer aesthetics: what is your approach to your builds?

Posted on 2023-02-05, 17:59

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When I started to go back and build a "retro" build I was very determined to learn to retrobright and try and restore everything to its absolute best, the clean beige case with the non yellowed CD-ROM and floppy drive, etc. That attitude made me learn a whole lot but I eventually relaxed and started …

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Re: Moving old case stickers to new case

Posted on 2023-02-05, 05:28

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What is the best practice to remove case stickers without damaging them? I have and old-syle ati sticker on a gutted acer sa90 and would like to place that sticker on a beigebox Wouldn't use chemicals if you're reusing the sticker. Definitely a hairdryer imo, just take the panel out so you don't …

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Re: Emulation on MS Windows 3.1x ?

Posted on 2023-02-02, 19:23

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Thanks for the detailed answer, meanwhile I tested some in my Win98SE PC and regarding Sharp X68000 I ended up using Winx68 High Speed, and for NEC PC-98 the Anex86 emulator. You're welcome. It's always a joy to share information and discuss such things with others. 🙂 NEC-98 has a few nuances to be …

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Re: CRT monitors and bloom

Posted on 2023-01-31, 01:29

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40k hours is reaching end-of-life for a kinescope of any sort. Good video amp stages are able to bias and drive the cathodes hard enoughand avoid discoloration and especially at dark end of the brightness ramp but eventually limits are reached and discolorations will appear that cannot be corrected …

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Re: Emulation on MS Windows 3.1x ?

Posted on 2023-01-31, 01:14

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Quick update. I'm currently trying to backport some stuff to Win32s. Some things already work. More information within the next couple of weeks or months. - Anyway, I just want to let you know that this isn't the end of the road. 🙂👍 There are some more frontends left, too. Btw, is there anything …

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Re: CRT monitors and bloom

Posted on 2023-01-30, 21:21

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Please don't mix up breathing and blooming. Breathing is a change in picture size (the complete picture gets bigger if the screen content is brighter). Breathing is influenced by the impedance of the flyback transformer: High brightness pictures put more load on the anode circuit. If that circuit …

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Re: Emulation on MS Windows 3.1x ?

Posted on 2023-01-30, 19:02

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Quick update. I'm currently trying to backport some stuff to Win32s. Some things already work. More information within the next couple of weeks or months. - Anyway, I just want to let you know that this isn't the end of the road. 🙂👍 There are some more frontends left, too. Btw, is there anything …

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Re: CRT monitors and bloom

Posted on 2023-01-30, 18:02

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This is called breathing. Please don't mix up breathing and blooming. Breathing is a change in picture size (the complete picture gets bigger if the screen content is brighter). Breathing is influenced by the impedance of the flyback transformer: High brightness pictures put more load on the anode …

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Re: ISA Graphics Cards - need solid advice inbetween all the confusing scene

Posted on 2023-01-29, 02:03

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Interestingly, on this new Commodore 64 build, https://youtu.be/Qhdc-jgwqVQ?t=372 , they pass the output through a bunch of trim pots "to reduce jail bars" Seems like we could make a VGA interposer that would clean up the video signal. No idea what that would entail, is it a realistic / accessible …

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How much of your retro hardware do you actually use?

Posted on 2023-01-25, 02:45

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Hello everyone, I'm not asking in the sense of arguing about having more or less hardware, the nuances and the whole spectrum between collecting or hoarding doesn't hold much interest to me. What I would like to know is, we all like to have our builds / hardware which we try to fix and maintain the …

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Re: ISA Graphics Cards - need solid advice inbetween all the confusing scene

Posted on 2023-01-21, 18:01

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For Windows 3.1 I think I'm using actual Trident drivers. I never noticed a single second of jailbars in Windows 3.1, it was always in DOS games. As for DOS drivers as people told me it didn't require drivers and in fact it would be better not to install any I didn't do anything. Jailbars on my LCD …

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Re: Gatekeeping in the retro hobby

Posted on 2023-01-21, 17:52

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As for gatekeeping, speaking for myself it does exist more and more in this hobby and I have felt it too. It's getting more and more similar to audiophile "culture", with the same attitude and lack of culture and knowledge sharing to which Vogons is a great exception, hence why I'm here. The only …

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Re: ISA Graphics Cards - need solid advice inbetween all the confusing scene

Posted on 2023-01-21, 02:30

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Here’s my post about jail bars a couple years ago. https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=964960#p964960 I have a CL5429 with terrible jail bars and a CL5426 with perfect video. I have a mach32 card made my ATI with perfect signal and a mach32 card from kia that looks terrible in 320x200 Mostof the …

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