Re: CompactFlash IDE the EVERYTHING?

Posted on 2021-05-19, 10:58

by

by Jo22

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

What I miss a bit on systems with CF cards is the sound of the moving of the actuator and stepper motor.. In the DOS days, I could recognize the current part of the boot process solely by ear. In the Macintosh scene, there was a discussion about this, too. Apparently, there's a site/shop that sells …

---

Re: What happens on a Hayes modem when ATDT; is dialed?

Posted on 2021-05-19, 10:48

by

by Jo22

in PC Emulation

in PC Emulation

Hi guys, I have got an Elsa Mikrolink 56k modem laying around that I found a few days ago in the garage. I'll try the command out this evening! :) Edit: Everything is ready, but I can't find the serial cable! xD Edit: Found the cable. Photos added.

---

Re: "...not a valid win32 application"

Posted on 2021-05-19, 07:30

by

by Jo22

in DOS

in DOS

jo22 in on post you stated the missing 1/2 gig was because of 32-bit Pentium architecture. Now you post more crap that is totally incorrect. I suggest you don't rely on your memory and go do some reseach on it before post ths stuff. I've you've made quite a few errors in other posts because you …

---

Re: Emulation on MS Windows 3.1x ?

Posted on 2021-05-19, 06:45

by

by Jo22

in Console & Arcade Emulation

in Console & Arcade Emulation

You're welcome. 😀 I've updated the fifth archive on p1, too.

---

Re: "...not a valid win32 application"

Posted on 2021-05-19, 05:37

by

by Jo22

in DOS

in DOS

jo22 in on post you stated the missing 1/2 gig was because of 32-bit Pentium architecture. Now you post more crap that is totally incorrect. I suggest you don't rely on your memory and go do some reseach on it before post ths stuff. I've you've made quite a few errors in other posts because you …

---

Re: Microsoft Global IME 5.02 for Japanese - with Language Pack?

Posted on 2021-05-18, 09:49

by

by Jo22

in Milliways

in Milliways

Hi, you're lucky, I've got that file on my backups. ^^ I downloaded it years ago from the MS site for my Win98SE. Unfortunately, that file is to big for an attachment (~5,3MB). I can send it to you via email, though, if you like. Just send me a PM. Best regards, Jo22 Edit: Good news! :D I noted the …

---

Re: "...not a valid win32 application"

Posted on 2021-05-18, 09:32

by

by Jo22

in DOS

in DOS

OSes like Windows Vista/7 are as equally demanding as they are powerful. The OS itself needs roughly 2GB of the 3,5GB that's maximally available (the remaining 512MB are reserved for PCI/PCIe i/o). Windows Vista/7 can run well with only 2GB... ? I'm using Win7 x86 on a Thinkpad T43 right now. Hi! I …

---

CompuServe RLE Graphics Format (GIF predecessor)

Posted on 2021-05-17, 23:03

by

by Jo22

in Milliways

in Milliways

Hi everyone, Just stumbled upon this awesome write-up. In the early 80s, there was a graphics format that was based on Run-Length-Encoding. It was monochrome and used ASCII characters to store pixel data. The resolution mainly was 256x192, which apparently was based on the TRS-80 CoCo, a home …

---

Re: 98 on tiny hard drive 128mb

Posted on 2021-05-17, 07:46

by

by Jo22

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

^Or just use disk compression (FAT16 only).. MS-DOS 6.2x comes with one. Double Space/Drive Space. I'm using it on both MFM/RLL HDDs and sometimes CF cards. Additionally, there's also a third-party product that can optimize the compression factor ("Double Tools for DoubleSpace").. Windows 95 to …

---

Re: Maybe a stupid question about 486 bios

Posted on 2021-05-17, 03:41

by

by Jo22

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

"Maybe a stupid question about 486 bios" As one of my teachers said, "there are no stupid questions, just stupid answers" . Some systems require a CMOS battery in order to work, because they directly read the BIOS settings from the little RAM that's inside the Real-Time Clock. Problem is, without …

---

Re: CP/M source code

Posted on 2021-05-16, 20:32

by

by Jo22

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

how tiny source code used to be, even for entire operating systems. I took a look at the 1976 'basic-e' code, just a perusal - very interesting Yup. That reminds me of my father's old Popular Electronics magazines from the late 1970s. At the time, they covered the basics of good old Control/Program …

---

Re: 98 on tiny hard drive 128mb

Posted on 2021-05-16, 10:05

by

by Jo22

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

The original Win95 took about 40 to 45MB of HDD space, too.

---

Re: Using VGA to S-Video / Composite adapter for connecting PCs to 15 kHz monitors like Commodore 1084s?

Posted on 2021-05-16, 08:18

by

by Jo22

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

By the way, display technology still has a long way to go. It's 2021 and we're still using RGB. :( Ideally, a monitor would have a single pixel that could change to millions of different colours, just like monochrome technology used to have. The current method of using three or four sub pixels (red/ …

---

Re: Using VGA to S-Video / Composite adapter for connecting PCs to 15 kHz monitors like Commodore 1084s?

Posted on 2021-05-16, 07:36

by

by Jo22

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

This reminds me of an episode on The 8-Bit Guy's channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkpSBK3g-gA That's very interesting! I've seen almost all the videos from his channel, but missed this one. It's amazing that such a simple circuit works so well! Hi again! I've just discovered another video …

---

Re: Emulation on MS Windows 3.1x ?

Posted on 2021-05-16, 02:26

by

by Jo22

in Console & Arcade Emulation

in Console & Arcade Emulation

The Mac one is very interesting to me... I know, it's been a while, but I've just found two web ports of the PCE emulators. One emulates Win 3.x, the other one System. http://jamesfriend.com.au/pce-js/ibmpc-win/ http://jamesfriend.com.au/pce-js/ No idea if this helpful, but I felt like I should …

---

High-Res monochrome graphics - what modern LCD monitors don't support anymore

Posted on 2021-05-15, 21:18

by

by Jo22

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Hi everyone, Just found and interesting read! https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/2014/04/14/atari-system-v-unix-saga-part-ii-tenoxvga/ It's about the ECL signaling method that old high definition "VGA" CRT monitors supported. The signaling was used on some Atari ST/TT computer systems, in order to …

---

Re: Using VGA to S-Video / Composite adapter for connecting PCs to 15 kHz monitors like Commodore 1084s?

Posted on 2021-05-15, 18:16

by

by Jo22

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Could that have been an XOR chip, i.e. the proper way to join the sync signals? The 7486 and 4070 come to mind. Joining the sync signals without resistors sounds dangerous. I believe the 1084 supports separate syncs. The sync combiner "circuits" discussed here would not be necessary. There is no …

---

Re: Emulation on MS Windows 3.1x ?

Posted on 2021-05-15, 13:45

by

by Jo22

in Console & Arcade Emulation

in Console & Arcade Emulation

Quick update. There seems to be another potential Win32s compatible emulator. It's "The Cinematronics Emulator" (early release). It plays the Star Castle game for the old vector graphics based Cinematronics system.. I'm having trouble finding suitable game files, though. 🙁

---

Re: Emulation on MS Windows 3.1x ?

Posted on 2021-05-15, 13:29

by

by Jo22

in Console & Arcade Emulation

in Console & Arcade Emulation

Quick update. There's a Win32s port of PuTTY, the famous terminal emulator.. https://github.com/Toyoyo/putty-win32s

---

Re: MPU-232 : RS-232 MIDI interface, compatible with SoftMPU

Posted on 2021-05-15, 13:07

by

by Jo22

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Thank you.

---