First post, by Jo22
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Hello everyone,
You may have already seen my other thread, where I had slight issues with my 8088 PC.
As already mentioned there, the 8088 MPH demo isn't working on this very same computer.
Trying to run the demo on that machines results in a "crash" or more precisely,
a fall back to the DOS prompt (entering MODE CO80 blindly brings the normal CLI parser back).
Other CGA demos seem to work, though.
Anyway, I thought it would be interesting for some of you to know about this.
It's no critique.
The CGA CRT controller is an HD46505D5SP (aka HD46505SP) and the circuit provides monochrome picture output via RCA connector.
Games like Star Flight can be played just fine when selecting "Composite Mode", except for the abscence of colours.
As I planned to use an green monitor anyway, that's no real issue to me. 😀
I also did some tests with the 16X16X16 and 16ROWS programs.
Below, there's a quick comparison (the coloured are the originals).
Videos:
8088 MPH (fail)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGe_1leBy6k
CGA DEMO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psEM3mZgkGw
CGA dots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0azB_DJa6o
XPCGA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9pLLWg85_A
M35 Vintage Computer (MSD)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh0ZYSiGp08
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In what to one race is no time at all, another race can rise and fall..." - The Minstrel
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