Re: Help with Zenith Data System Expansion cards (Z-386/25)
Posted on 2023-11-12, 16:50
@vetz, can you upload the manual to Internet Archive, so that we can all use it? Thanks! - Alex
Re: DosView
Posted on 2023-11-12, 16:49
Very cool, @SuperIlu. I wrote a Targa (old 24bit graphics format) viewer for MS-DOS 30 years ago, when I was in high school. It was a satisfying but also quite frustrating project. Maybe I should try to recreate it, one day. If I could write DOS graphics C code when I was a teenager, I surely can do …
Re: About 720K 3.5" drives for PC
Posted on 2023-11-04, 00:53
IBM used 720k floppies pretty extensively. They were available in the AT/5170, and were the default drive in the PS/2s powered by the 8086, including the Model 25 and Model 30. They were also present in the IBM 5140, and in many other early portable computers, including the Toshiba T1000 and it's …
Re: My experience with a KingSpec IDE SSD
Posted on 2023-11-02, 23:49
The cheapest performant solution is to get an mSATA-to-IDE adatper and a small mSATA SSD. Those are reliable and much faster. - Alex
Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.80a
Posted on 2023-10-23, 03:13
FYI, the 86box folks confirmed that what is happening is that Unisound is picking up the standalone game controller instead of the sound card. @JazeFox, any suggestions? - Alex
Re: UNISOUND - Universal ISA PnP Sound Card Driver for DOS v0.80a
Posted on 2023-10-22, 06:12
I've been using and enjoying Unisound for some time, but I discovered an interesting weirdness with 86box. With (at least) 86box v4.0.1 (and the latest beta), and Unisound v0.80a, when I attach a joystick to an emulated card (tried SB16, SB16 PnP, and Crystal CS4236B), Unisound stops detecting the …
Re: SBEMU: Sound Blaster emulation on AC97
Posted on 2023-10-16, 16:20
What other memory managers have folks used, rather than jemmex? Do we have a way to report success or failure, i.e. a pinned post? - Alex
Re: SBEMU: Sound Blaster emulation on AC97
Posted on 2023-10-13, 04:27
As far as I can tell, neither of those games has a command-line switch to force SB recognition. - Alex
Re: SBEMU: Sound Blaster emulation on AC97
Posted on 2023-10-12, 19:50
Thanks again for this great work @crazii and @thp! I have been experimenting with this on a variety of ultraportable 4:3/5:4 LCD P3 and P-M laptops, since they are a heck of a lot smaller and lighter, and have much better quality TFT displays that earlier machines that have real SB-compatible audio …
Intel 830GM Graphics and DOS Gaming
Posted on 2023-10-02, 18:44
I picked up a P3-based Dell X200 recently, and it has a nice 1024x768 screen, and reasonable performance. With crazii's AC97 SBEMU, it could be a great DOS gaming laptop, except that the i830 video doesn't seem to do all the standard video modes very well. For instance, Epic Pinball looks fine on …
Re: Orpheus II soundcard thread *** LT board now available ***
Posted on 2023-09-07, 15:45
Beautiful board layout, by the way! To be expected from y'all, of course, but I just wanted to say so clearly. 😀 - Alex
Re: Volo's Gamepad to PS/2 Adapter. Device discussion (official thread) SOLD OUT (06.02.2023)
Posted on 2023-09-06, 05:11
Wow, that's a really cool and minimalist QL system. Great work! - Alex
Re: Can your VGA card provide a hardware source for random numbers?
Posted on 2023-08-20, 23:24
This is such a cool hack. Kudos! - Alex
Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga
Posted on 2023-07-28, 17:57
I was the IT director for a small company that had nothing but Winbooks, and I had quite a number of those pass through my hands. They were good machines, but even at the time suffered from broken plastic. I hope you find one in good condition!
Re: Searching for manual or DIP settings: Jameco JE1044 FDD+HDD controller card
Posted on 2023-07-25, 15:43
Here's the manual for this: https://www.minuszerodegrees.net/manuals/Long … rs%20Manual.pdf It's an OEM version of the Longshine LCS-6220 REV:A3N, and more information is here: https://www.minuszerodegrees.net/manuals.htm - Alex
Re: Vogonians , how do you deal with fatigue?
Posted on 2023-07-18, 19:57
Also don't neglect your mental health. There's always been a stigma around talking about mental issues, but we need to bring that to an end. I suffered from general anxiety for most of my life, before starting to work with a therapist, and eventually starting on a course of anti-anxiety medication. …
Re: SBEMU: Sound Blaster emulation on AC97
Posted on 2023-07-18, 19:48
Definitely agreed. This is something that has been talked about for many years, but almost often written off as either not possible or not practical. - Alex
Re: ATX PSU Latching Circuit PCB for Momentary Switch
Posted on 2023-05-31, 15:36
Thanks for sharing these. I ordered a set from OSHPark, and will post my experience when I try them. - Alex
Re: USB to Serial Mouse using the Pi Pico!
Posted on 2023-04-27, 21:15
Definitely interesting. Thanks Calamity and Darmok! - Alex
Re: Informal poll on anecdotal failures of blank floppy media, specifically for documents needed for school or work
Posted on 2023-03-17, 03:39
I had lots of 3.5" 2MB floppies fail, brand new, because I used to buy super cheap white box floppies. It was all I could afford, at the time. - Alex
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