Well, sure, there's the Microsoft networking client for DOS. But again, the only advantage there is that you can stream data and it most definitely isn't as easy to get going as FTP, at least these days. (It takes up a big chunk of RAM, too.) Curious what the current state of ease/difficulty is to …

Hah, that badge was the first thing I took a picture of when I got the machine! :) https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3837/14412844852_283333e9cf_c.jpg I'm currently working on getting an authentic, period-appropriate IBM SCSI CD-ROM drive working. The best choice would be the cartridge-based 2x model …

So I just tried Gods with one of the MPU-IMC's that have been coming out of South Korea on eBay. These are in sealed boxes and, at least for the one I received, have the extra PCB. Computer is a PS/2 Ultimedia M57slc with, as the name implies, a 386 SLC chip. The verdict? Works fine, except for a " …

Curious if you would be able to upload the 5330 drivers (in either complete or incomplete form)? I have a working SBPro MCV in an Ultimedia 57 and it would be great to have the original install / demo apps. Thanks!

Great find! This card is an essential component for running one of the few copies of Windows 3 MME in the wild -- see here for screenshots. Seems like every version of MME was OEM-specific. (The other version I have is for IBM PS/2 systems with Ultimedia adapters (M-ACPA.) Your analysis of the …

The DAC was also capable of acting like a fourth PSG channel with rectangle, triangle or sawtooth waves available. I do not know if this was ever used, but its doubtful. So for example the bullet sound that occur on the title screen of Police Quest I -- it's one of the regular audio channels, not …

Creative did produce the Sound Blaster MCV and Sound Blaster Pro MCV, essentially Microchannel versions of the ISA Sound Blaster 2.0 and Sound Blaster Pro 2.0 respectively. I thought some folks might appreciate a relatively detailed photograph of the Sound Blaster Pro 2 MCV, CT5330. Click through …

The only question is do games that support these SVGA-like resolutions work with the XGA adapters? Probably not, although in 1992 IBM released the VESA SVGA BIOS Extension TSR for the IBM XGA/A and XGA-2 Adapter . It's a TSR (sigh) that "makes your XGA/A or XGA-2 Adapter VESA-compliant for SVGA." …

This thread is a couple years old, but I thought I'd ask if the machine number is "2123" or similar? I believe your PS/1 is a very rare model, which is actually a re-skinned PS/2 Model 30. (It was apparently marketed as the PS/1 Pro in Greece, but a regular PS/1 in the USA.) The Model 25, which was …

Who says Microchannel machines have to be silent? 😀

The MCGA adapter is unique to the 8525 abd 8530, but it is not paired well with the processor and it is not compatible with EGA, the prevailing standard at that time... Although the MCGA adaptor works just fine for AGI and early SCI games (Sierra issued MCGA updates for almost all of the pre-87 …

Something I didn't mention before too: I actually have a small amount of experience coding for the 2600, as there was a point in time when I felt it would be a fun challenge to try to make 2600 homebrew games... it's REALLY difficult. The limitations are kinda ridiculous. You're only working in 8- …

Thanks for all the comments. So I'm thinking an earlier (circa 1989?) version of mixerset.exe would work (pure character mode), but that it would probably fail to engage with the SB16's mixer hardware correctly. ..

Thanks to help from folks on vintage-computer, I'm successfully using a SoundBlaster CT1730 in an IBM PS/2 Model 25, which has 8-bit XT slots. Everything is working, including digital sound, but I'm seeing some visual corruption in mixerset.exe. Screen looks like this: http://thegogglesdonothing.com …

I should just add that my main interest is in getting the "original" experience of installing (and running) these games -- it's often that our old computers (whether personal or bought from eBay) contain a C:\SIERRA directory, with games that got there either using these batch install scripts or by …

Great, that was what I presumed... thanks for the confirmation!

If I understand them correctly, the structure of the original hard drive installation for Police Quest 1 is: INSTALLH.BAT 1) test for a drive letter (usually c:) 2) test that the user has run this batch file from the right directory If both of these conditions are met: 1) create the /SIERRA/PQ …