Re: 1MB Video RAM upgrade - are they all standard?
Posted on 2022-05-26, 07:21
SteveC wrote on 2022-05-25, 15:09: Onboard is a Trio64 (no V or V+) anyway Ah, sorry. My condolences. 😢
Re: What is the best image format for older computers?
Posted on 2022-05-26, 07:18
Ah, sorry for being a little bit off-topic.. The nostalgia is just so strong.. Here's some picture too of the pager I had in ~'96. Everyone wanted a fancy Skyper so badly, but all I got at the time was a numeric model. 😢
Re: What is the best image format for older computers?
Posted on 2022-05-26, 06:42
By the way, that was a common online experience in my place in '96.: No internet, nope. We just got that brand new "KIT" system for Datex-J (aka BTX). - The BTX central computer was stationed in Ulm, I think. Software in '96 was T-Online 1.2 on Windows 3.1/95 or Mac. If you clicked on that globe, …
Re: What is the best image format for older computers?
Posted on 2022-05-26, 06:01
Older computers = Computers from the mid 90's, between 486 dx2 66 and pentium 166 .. In '96, my father had a 386DX-40 with Win95 and Netscape 2.01! And data/fax modem with ~28k8! :smiling_face_with_tear: Please let's don't forget Macintoshs. You may not like them, but they were authentic, period- …
Re: Apple QuickDraw 3D Accelerator Card
Posted on 2022-05-25, 21:41
So Classic environment is allow 68k and PPC software to work on Mac OS X (PPC based)? With out RAVE, GLIDE, OPENGL Rosetta allows Mac OS X PPC based software to run on Mac OS X Intel CPU? The Mac OS 9 running on PPC executes 68k apps directly? much newer MAC's ARM based is not support OpenGL, and …
Linux kernal v5.18 switches from C89 to C11
Posted on 2022-05-25, 09:08
Hi everyone, Just saw this news. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.18-Does-C11 Maybe it's relevant to some of us who compile their own kernals for vintage PCs etc. Personally, I just love old K&R C. ♥️ For my personal homebrew projects. It's so much more compact and tidy. …
Re: Be careful how you store your stuff!
Posted on 2022-05-25, 08:46
I'm using banana boxes made of cardboard. They're storing my stuff for 15 years now. Plastic boxes as an alternative aren't too bad, I guess. I'm using some, too. But I'm worried about water/mold from condensation if the air inside is hermetically sealed. So some newspaper must be included. Also, …
Re: 1MB Video RAM upgrade - are they all standard?
Posted on 2022-05-25, 08:05
Nah, that's okay for the moment! The Trios aren't super rare yet. Just please don't throw the card away, if possible. The EPROM could still be useful, for example. It could be used inside emulators, for example (DOSBox uses a Trio32/64 predecessor, btw). Or maybe it has a higher VBE level (VBE 2.x) …
Re: Opensource AT BIOS
Posted on 2022-05-25, 07:57
Hi Phix, what's new? I can't make any promises, but I'll try to find some generic BIOSes in my free time. - I'll send you a PM if I find something. Hope that's okay. 🙂 And please don't let anyone disencourage you. Your idea is neat, I think. The AT was equally important as the PC/XT, I think. I'd …
Re: Members of Vogons, what shows do you currently watch?
Posted on 2022-05-25, 07:21
Judging by all the recent fuss about equality, "the little difference" (gender obsession), I believe today everything's possible. 😂 Especially if the baby is cis, white, male with brown hair.. 🙄 Nah, let's just relax and watch "The life of Brian" and "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"! 😁 Edit: there …
Re: VMware acquisition by Broadcom?
Posted on 2022-05-25, 06:55
I wouldn't say that. WineD3D worked for me since the late 2000s. I loved VBox, always satisfied my humble needs.. The best of VBox was its strong forward/backwards compatibility, I think. You could mix old VMs with new VBox hosts and vice versa. Also, VBox was available to older or obscure hosts for …
Re: Getting DOS games to work under OS/2 Warp 4.52
Posted on 2022-05-23, 20:41
^I agree. OS/2 Warp is/was very sophisticated. For example, the DOS VM could have 736KB of RAM if video is limited to CGA or text-mode. That configuration once existed on expanded XTs with CGA card or equivalently configured PC/XT emulators for Atari ST/Amiga/.. There's just one thing that needs to …
Re: VMware acquisition by Broadcom?
Posted on 2022-05-23, 20:30
Me, neither. It's worse enough that Oracle has control over Virtual Box, I think. If they would finally being able to shutdown the rival.. Not a happy sight.
Re: Is there any unofficial Internet Explorer 6?
Posted on 2022-05-23, 20:27
I mean some unofficial version of IE6 for win 9x that has fixes, and support new things that microsoft never did. Ah, I see. You mean some sort of community maintained IE6? Possibly, not sure, though. But Visual Basic 6 had/has such a community. They created patches and modified DLLs for VB6 …
Re: VMware acquisition by Broadcom?
Posted on 2022-05-23, 20:11
Hm, I just saw the news and thought it might be an important news. Some of us use VMware products for their projects/hobby, after all. Hopefully not Oracle or Adobe. These companies didn't have an exactly, uhm, lucky hand with their business decisions from an user's point of view, I think.
Re: Recording PC Speaker?
Posted on 2022-05-23, 20:05
Thank you very much! 🙂👍
Re: USB ISA cards?
Posted on 2022-05-23, 19:48
Plasma wrote on 2021-12-05, 20:44: EMM Computers designed an XT clone that boots from USB using a CH376S module. The code for the option ROM is here. There's a new feature at hackaday.com: https://hackaday.com/2022/05/21/building-your … xt-motherboard/
Re: Members of Vogons, what shows do you currently watch?
Posted on 2022-05-23, 19:40
i probably watch more youtube etc home grown stuff than professional/commercial tv/movies/social media channels (alot of youtube is at least semi-pro / commercial, but much more isn't) Me, too. But there are times I do watch VHS, too. There are less known works that never made it to DVD or Blu Ray, …
VMware acquisition by Broadcom?
Posted on 2022-05-23, 19:22
Hi everyone. Just saw this news a moment ago. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/23/broadcom-vmwa … ources-say.html What does this mean to VMware Workstation/Player? I hope nothing negative. Best regards, Jo22
Re: Revisiting an x86-based alternative to the Raspberry Pi, optimized for retro gaming
Posted on 2022-05-23, 14:05
I agree. OEM P4sand even Athlon 64 systems are literally like VD. Shit is everywhere. It used to be the same with P2/3, Pentiums, 486s, etc. Give it 5-10 years and supply will begin to dry up. The next jump in hardware is then to XP which has a very wide range of hardware you could use, and it's …
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