Back up to tweaking my old 486 DX2-66. Got Genecyst, MAME, ESNES, and a few other things working on the emulation front, kind of surprising how well MAME Works, ESNES is better than I remember it being, and Genecyst - have to rename all *.GEN files to *.BIN to make them work.
Still working on the 2-3 games I posted about here last - still working on artwork, trying to draw sprites that look good for the walking animation, resorted to using Guybrush Threepwood as a template to work off of. Also working on a DOS version of Five Nights at Freddy's that's more it's own thing that's not a part of the normal game. The other horror game is starting to have the puzzles added, and the humor game is still mostly in the artwork stage (49 floors of a business + about 20 auxiliary screens is nothing to sneeze at for one guy. One lofty achievement was on the FNaF game I got 8-bit digital audio working in AGS 2.3.1 - so I can use my own full stereo soundtracks with the game now (!!!) instead of resorting to MIDI For everything. MIDI has been kind of a.....PITA to say the least. Surprisingly I'm still not taxing the machine too much despite being under spec.
Since I was last here, the 486 was moved into my 286 full AT chassis as my XT PSU blew up in the old one. I have a baby AT PSU laying around but am coming to find that desktop cases and replacement XT PSU are bloody expensive now. I also added DOS 7.01, and a second 20GB HDD with FAT-32 partitions (that's why I upgraded DOS to an unofficial release) - bringing the total space up to roughly 28GB (that's a stupid amount for a 486 - I've still got 3 FAT-32 partitions with nothing on them, 🤣).
Busy thinning the herd a bit mentally as well - moving my focus more to my 80286 parts, 486, and 8088 - and might be offloading some stuff on ebay or trading to fund these projects to pass the time while I hunt for a house. Just fixed up a Playstation 2 and I have a dead mint 1995 Gateway 2000 P5100 with the original SCSI HDD, CD-ROM, and all other parts I upgraded to 64MB of RAM, plus a Compaq Portable 486 that needs a screen (I'm tired of looking for one), and a Mac SE FDHD assuming my wife is willing to let me part with it. Currently will be looking at selling a Playstation 2 I just fixed up though.......been very busy on the digital front that's for sure.
For the 486, have been shopping E-bay for a DX4-100 or 5x86 to replace the one I lost, plus some Cache SRAM (DIP 28/32 pin 32Kx8 TAG & 4X 128Kx8 or 64Kx8 for the actual L2 Cache - running NO cache at the moment), and looking at some of those new-in-box desktop cases, particularly the open one for $69.99 with the speakers built in - but we'll have to see how the Playstation 2 auction goes first before I decide to dive in to buying something for that much money. Would love to put the GEM 286 back in it's proper case and give the 486 a new home in something more suitable to the task (and easier to replace the PSU on since it's almost a daily driver for me at this point - it's surprising how helpful the 486 has been for tabbing out guitar stuff). I've been a tad tempted to see how far one can REALLY go witn Windows 3.11 For Workgroups in 2017 - it still sees the web occasionally even (as ugly as it may be on certain pages in Opera 3.62).