I'm not big on aiming for Windows XP with a retro build. Just about everything that runs on Windows XP will run on a current version of Windows One notable advantage of WinXP is native EAX and DirectSound3D support. Microsoft removed that in Vista and later Windows versions. There are wrappers and …

I'm not big on aiming for Windows XP with a retro build. Just about everything that runs on Windows XP will run on a current version of Windows, so for the occasional nostalgia hit, I keep around a Dell XPS M1710 that I bought after college when I landed my first real job. Of course there are random …

Hey there, fellow PS/2'er here. Forget the Texelec clone cards for Adlib and sound blaster........ you want the ChipChat clone.... but its gonna cost you $$$ https://www.cognitoforms.com/vintech2/chatchipreloadedexpressionofinterest/ Also, we have a facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ …

Did you upgrade your reference disk? For the XGA adapters and some other adapters, you have to upgrade the reference disk. It's not as simple as copying the ADF, SC.exe needs to be replaced with an updated version. Make sure you get the complete options disk: https://www.ardent-tool.com/video/XGA1. …

I've been tinkering with this all afternoon, and its kind of hard to setup. I wanted to have portable setup so I installed freedos to usb stick, then put this to it and games. Now it works but it took hours to get it working... especially complicated process was getting freedos to install to usb …

I have PS/2 80 series tower in my collection. It is only 386. "only" The motherboard seem to be unusual type. YUUUUP. Welcome to IBM PS/2! Is there any way to upgrade the board common 486? What size I should look for in database? The power connector seem to be different :( Short answer, NO. Long …

Today's u1pdate: Going no where. I keep getting this error after entered "Computers". What am I supposed to do it correctly to get correct "value" it asks for? You did not enter the correct format for the What is this forum all about? field. Please read the field description for the expected format …

So I've made a lot of progress, but there are still some things I need help with: People who have PS/2 systems other than the Model 50 and the Model 80 to beta test the card People knowledgeable about MCA bus timings that can recommend PS/2 models to test the card with Recommendations for CPLDs to …

Are there any problems using the overlay software? The only thing I don't really like about it is that the HDD light doesn't work with the overlay software. That being said, you can hear the 2.1GB Maxtor I have in there so you know when the HD is reading/writing. Hard drives back then were loud as …

As I said in my post, you can easily use a larger hard drive with Disk Overlay software. I didn't think about adding an an ISA Ehanced IDE Controller, but you could do that instead. I have the latest BIOS and any drive over 529MB or whatever the max number just gets recognized as the max size …

I've got one of these and I just finished maxing it out. I'm at work so I am short on details, but reach out to me if you need. I was able to get a 256 Cache chip by luck, found a seller on ebay that had the motherboard from an extremely similar Valuepoint unit like a DX or something and it had the …

Look into a Latitude Dell D600. There's some actually reselling them on eBay preloaded with Windows98 at a price premium. See here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/DELL-LATITUDE-D600-WINDOWS-98-DOS-Gaming-Laptop-1-4GHz-512MB-40GB-CD-Floppy-/301846179464?hash=item46476f2e88:g:9xgAAOSw7FRWWeaD Of course I …