Maybe has memory mapping issues where the board was built at a time where they thought that 4GB address space ought to be enough for anyone and expected you to have 2GB in the RAM slots and mapped the video RAM in the 2GB above that.... putting more than 2GB of RAM or a video card with memory …

Hey, so time for an epic necro. I was able to put the PC together, the only components it's currently missing are the ZIP drive and the two magneto-optical drives, which are expensive components and to be bought over time at my leisure. Still, I have problems with the PC refusing to post. There is …

Take a case like this: https://i.postimg.cc/q7tkJktG/fullcase.jpg Filling out the bays, top to bottom: Big ones: 1. DVD-RW 2. HDD caddy for moving your hdd to other retro systems (hopefully SATA compatible, if there are any like that) 3. Maybe something exotic like a drive-bay speaker if I can find …

I'm also interested in emulating grayscale, but with the particular flavor of Samtron SM-470. It was not perfect monochrome - much warmer and sicklier, and it rendered dark blues, reds and purples as black. Don't think exact specs of the display are still available online, much less an emulation of …

Ok, thanks for that info! I can't really get precise specs for that monitor, but maybe there is some similation software that could take care of it.

Howdy folks! In one of the discussions I had today on the Descent discord, the topic came up of my old, monochrome monitor that I used to play Descent on. After about an hour of searching, I was able to zero in on the model number - it's an SM-470. What's interesting about this monitor (and what I'm …