Re: Pixel art / paint software for dos/win 3.11

Posted on 2018-01-17, 06:40

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I would be very interested to hear which has become your favourite, so if you have a moment to write how you liked (or disliked) the proposed programs, please do at some point. Thanks!

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Re: Packard-Bell sound card - worth it?

Posted on 2018-01-16, 11:38

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Yes, I did. Something is not right and I don't have the knowledge to pin point what it is. Gave it away to the guy who was helping me repair Toshiba.

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Re: Packard-Bell sound card - worth it?

Posted on 2018-01-16, 11:04

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Jesolo and oeuvre, my apologies for letting this hang unresolved for so long. Had some problems repairing Toshiba and it took longer than expected. Finally, when Toshiba was ready, it turned out that the card is broken. Took me another month of recapping and checking to give up and replace it with …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2018-01-14, 17:38

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Today I will try out using a controller card (ISA) in order to circumvent proprietary HDD and FDD boot restrictions on a Toshiba T3200. You don't give up, eh? :cool: Cool, share your findings once you're done. As for me, I have played a little bit with my Toshiba T3200sx with Compact Flash card and …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2018-01-06, 21:35

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Cyrix200+ wrote: http://i.imgur.com/JlIi8mcl.jpg […] Show full quote Is that EGA monitor and graphics?

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Re: Toshiba T3200SX BIOS?

Posted on 2018-01-05, 09:42

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Thanks for updating this thread for everyone else, jaZz_KCS! My two cents: I had BIOS 003F in my Toshiba T3200SX and the only option for a hard drive was 931/15/17 (C/H/S) - 120Mb. As jaZz_KCS stated above, it would only accept Conner Peripherals HDD. After using BIOS provided by HighTreason (003C/ …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-11-21, 10:20

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Tongue In Cheek Rant: I was meant to stop buying old hardware when I put together a PC that could run old DOS games. Then I was meant to stop when I put together a machine that could run old Windows 98 games. Then XP games. Then when I found a replica of my old Dell P90. Then when I found a 486 for …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2017-11-21, 10:18

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I've been testing GOG Win9x games on my Win98 and ME boxes. Surprisingly, a vast majority of them work simply by copying the folder over. A few require some config file editing to update paths. And a few seem to have updated 32-bit executables that won't run on 9x/ME. Here's a list of the games so …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-11-11, 13:52

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I don't like to boast, but today I will, because I am overjoyed and have to share it with someone. I managed to grab something I wanted for a long time: CGA/EGA/Hercules monitor: mon_CGA.jpg What's truly unique, though, is the switch that allows changing between colour and monochrome (green / amber …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2017-11-11, 12:44

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I don't like to boast, but today I will, because I am overjoyed and have to share it with someone. I managed to grab something I wanted for a long time: CGA/EGA/Hercules monitor: mon_CGA.jpg What's truly unique, though, is the switch that allows changing between colour and monochrome (green / amber) …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2017-11-10, 19:46

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gdjacobs wrote: I don't know. Maybe he figures you're really not human. Have any weird unicorn dreams lately? No, only naked girls. 😀 Back on topic, I did a lot of study on Compact Flash and IDE drives for my Toshiba T3200sx and a small photoshoot with a retro lamp that my brother-in-law made for …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2017-11-10, 15:50

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Still struggling with that Toshiba T3200SX. Put a couple hours into it, mostly experimenting with partition size / CF geometry but no luck just yet. Toshiba_z_CF.jpg In that state that either looks like a Voight-Kampff machine or an Esper Photo Analysis machine. Either way, you are now a Blade …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2017-11-09, 19:36

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Still struggling with that Toshiba T3200SX. Put a couple hours into it, mostly experimenting with partition size / CF geometry but no luck just yet. Toshiba_z_CF.jpg Oh, I see your problem right there.... it has assploded all over your dining table. Well, I don't have a garage or a mancave where I …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2017-11-09, 19:34

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Still struggling with that Toshiba T3200SX. Put a couple hours into it, mostly experimenting with partition size / CF geometry but no luck just yet. Toshiba_z_CF.jpg Hook up the CF card to another computer, such as a Desktop, go to the HDD detect settings on the right-hand side of the BIOS screen, …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2017-11-09, 18:21

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Still struggling with that Toshiba T3200SX. Put a couple hours into it, mostly experimenting with partition size / CF geometry but no luck just yet. Filename Toshiba_z_CF.jpg File size 87.4 KiB Views 949 views

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2017-11-09, 12:58

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Dismantled my Toshiba T3200sx in order to replace Conner drive with CF card. Turned out more challenging than I thought, so it is still in progress. 20171108_151025.jpg The 5200 has a BIOS limitation where you can only put in a Conner drive of the same size than the one the computer originally came …

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Re: Problem with CF card in Pentium laptop

Posted on 2017-11-09, 11:32

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Jepael, you are correct! Thank you very much for your help.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2017-11-08, 21:34

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Dismantled my Toshiba T3200sx in order to replace Conner drive with CF card. Turned out more challenging than I thought, so it is still in progress. Filename 20171108_151025.jpg File size 338.57 KiB Views 1190 views

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Problem with CF card in Pentium laptop

Posted on 2017-11-08, 21:31

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I have Panasonic CF-41 laptop with 256Mb Compact Flash card via adapter. Works like a charm, but I got greedy and wanted to have a bigger one (who doesn't?). And now I have a problem. I bought 4Gb CF card and prepared 2Gb partition with FDISK (Primary, Active). I then used FORMAT C: /S in order to …

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Re: Packard-Bell sound card - worth it?

Posted on 2017-11-08, 12:34

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Rest assured, I haven't forgotten about this thread and testing the drivers. However, the floppy drive malfunctions and I cannot move drivers to the machine in question. Will have to circumvent it, but this can take a while.

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