Re: QBasic games.

Posted on 2017-11-04, 10:05

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Also have a look at QuickBasic (QB, QB45) related game development. QuickBasic 4.5 is able to execute and compile QBasic programs. It also comes with an on-line help system and has got more features (you can include external libraries, such as qb.bi). Or if you find a cheap copy of Visual Basic for …

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Re: How to install DOS Plus (PC1512 version) ?

Posted on 2017-11-04, 06:28

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Thank you. That's good to know. So chances are good it will be compatible with my PC clone, too. That one has got a 20MB fixed disk installed (5.25" model). While small in capacity, it's huge in size and very loud! ;) PS: I believe you're right. MS-DOS 3.2 tries to set up a RAM drive (config.sys …

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Re: Frustrating IDE problems with 486 build, I need help

Posted on 2017-11-04, 05:41

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This LBA/CHS issue reminds of a video I watched earlier: https://youtu.be/wNpq0sybH6Q?t=496 I guess quite a few DOS/Win 3.1 users with disk overlay software must have had a similar experience at some point, as well. - Not knowing, that earlier versions weren't Win95-ready yet, they ended up with a …

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Re: How to install DOS Plus (PC1512 version) ?

Posted on 2017-11-04, 03:10

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Any PC1512/PC1640 users around ? Basically, all I need to know is what the user's manual says about the hard disk installation..

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Re: Vintage laptops with electroluminescent display (ELD)

Posted on 2017-11-01, 19:58

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by Jo22

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Also got some Compaq SLT stuff and an Olivetti with LCDs. These are 386 machines from ~91. I once had a Compaq SLT 286 from 1988. I was a really nice portable laptop, albeit it had a weird accu. Once upgraded mine to 4MiB of memory (used special modules). It ran DOS 6.2 and Win 3.1 nicely. Homepage …

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How to install DOS Plus (PC1512 version) ?

Posted on 2017-11-01, 09:28

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Hi folks, I've got a little question to you Amstrad/Schneider PC1512 owners. (This thread is mainly about DOS Plus, rather than the old PC1512 hardware.) I'm trying to install DOS Plus from my old PC1512 disk set, but I do not own the official manual anymore. Is it right to assume that the …

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Re: HP historical archives destroyed.

Posted on 2017-10-31, 15:27

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by Jo22

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Very sad. Gone, like the ancient library of Alexandria.. 🙁

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Re: Tiny mouse driver ?

Posted on 2017-10-31, 03:23

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by Jo22

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Multimedia Cloaking was featured in one episode of The Computer Chronicles. 😀 https://archive.org/details/LosingMe

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Re: Tiny mouse driver ?

Posted on 2017-10-30, 18:39

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Thanks fellows, I solved it for now! ^_^ akula65, also thank you very, very much for that link about Multimedia Cloaking! I'm just using a 286 PC here, but I'm fascinated by the article nevertheless. If only more people knew about it, most of the memory issues back then would have gone away. Anyway, …

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Re: Windows for Workgroups birthday

Posted on 2017-10-30, 13:53

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^Yeah! 😎

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Re: AD1816 or ALS100 for DOS?

Posted on 2017-10-30, 12:28

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I don't want to be intrusive, but I've written about the ALS100+ in an other thread some time ago.. 😀 ALS120, ALS100 Plus audio fix ?

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Tiny mouse driver ?

Posted on 2017-10-30, 08:08

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Hi, i've got a question about mice drivers.. I'm currently using good old MS Mouse driver 6.24BZ ('88) with a serial mouse and it works like a charm. The only downside is the amount of memory it takes, since I've got no free upper memory blocks in that particular PC to load it into. So my quesion is …

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Re: Best Pentium for 88-95 DOS?

Posted on 2017-10-30, 06:48

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Hmm.. That's hard to say. By the turn of the century, my DOS/Win9x/3.1 rig was a Pentium 75 w/ 16MiB (or was it 24MiB ?) and ~500MB HDD. Later, I had got Pentium 133 to 166MMX PCs. The Pentium MMX was my most powerful machine at the time. I was so happy it could run Windows XP with a heavy 64MiB of …

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Re: 286 EGA build mk2

Posted on 2017-10-29, 12:47

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by Jo22

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Hm. Just double-checked on my 286 and DOSBox.. It works fine here.

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Re: ES688 card crashes 486 system, need help configuring it.

Posted on 2017-10-28, 10:41

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by Jo22

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Hi, just try to remove the jumpers completely. Perhaps this disables the interfaces.

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Re: Sound Blaster Issue - works but no sound

Posted on 2017-10-27, 18:21

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by Jo22

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Hi, is the audio missing for both FM and samples (sound effects) ? AdLib (FM) is sometimes not enabled by that PnP utility.

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Re: 286 EGA build mk2

Posted on 2017-10-27, 14:45

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I see, makes sense, thanks. At least the OAK does support some of the more important CGA stuff, at least. If I had access to an actual EGA monitor, I would love to do some testing and compare the results with a true EGA adapter! 😁

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Re: 286 EGA build mk2

Posted on 2017-10-27, 13:48

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^ try it with GODS or Supaplex and see what happens - mode is ignored Okay, so I tried. The Supaplex game works fine in VGA mode, but not so well in EGA. :( That had to be expected, though. Because the EGA was so similar to VGA, there probably was little reason to implement a full emulation of it ( …

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Re: My First 286

Posted on 2017-10-27, 12:47

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No problem. Just take what you can get. ;) Even though it probably is against popular belief, 286 machines lived well into the first part of the 90s when the SB Pro/16 was released. In fact, I had such unpopular configuration myself.: http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=528281#p528281 I believe …

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Re: 286 EGA build mk2

Posted on 2017-10-27, 12:22

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The OAK cards have got a nifty little mode utility called VGAMODE . It works from the 037c model onwards and allows for a selection of CGA, EGA, VGA and Hercules(!) This is nice for CGA games in particular, because the emulation supports palette 0 via registers (tested with Starquake). Here's a …

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