Re: Commander Keen 4 - Composite CGA Edition

Posted on 2016-05-25, 07:30

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Awesome work! Congratulations on a job well done. I've tested this patch on my "CGA" card and I'm glad to say it works. :-D Scrolling is fine so far, just the colours are a bit funny, not to say funky. But maybe that's either because of my setup or Billy hasn't seen a doctor in a while. :-) http:// …

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Re: Windows Me - "Misunderstood Edition"

Posted on 2016-05-24, 15:00

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Fascinating post! I guess you had got a good Win Me experience because you where one of the few who actually installed it correctly. Part of ME's bad reputation was caused by fact it mainly shipped as an upgrade and people installed it on top of an earlier, possibly broken installation (it was also …

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Re: How different is Windows 9x from NT? Are they not the same?

Posted on 2016-05-24, 05:15

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This thread somehow reminds me of an old Windows Me parody, Windows RG (Really Good Edition). It's a flash demo, which not only makes fun of Win Me, but also of Clippy and his friends. So that demo is pretty much the whole Win9x experience in a nutshell.. I hope you've got a good sense of humour. …

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Re: How different is Windows 9x from NT? Are they not the same?

Posted on 2016-05-23, 06:22

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This thread somehow reminds me of an old Windows Me parody, Windows RG (Really Good Edition). It's a flash demo, which not only makes fun of Win Me, but also of Clippy and his friends. So that demo is pretty much the whole Win9x experience in a nutshell.. I hope you've got a good sense of humour. …

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Re: Joyce/Armstrad PCW 8256

Posted on 2016-05-22, 14:31

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I don't own one myself, but they look really cool! Almost like the CP/M version of a Macintosh. 😀 Btw, I heard Amstrad used colour monitors with only the green tube actually connected. No idea if thats true, though.

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

Posted on 2016-05-22, 08:45

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Strange, any chance something is using self-modifying code here ? That usually interferes with all kind of CPUs which use internal cache. Because you mention EMM386, here's a quote from FreeDOS' EMM386 developement : Currently EMM386 attempts to reset the cache after the self-modifying code by the …

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Re: AHCI Windows XP

Posted on 2016-05-19, 23:34

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Hi, that's a cute little board! But why you want to use AHCI ?

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Re: Old shareware compilation CDs - is anybody besides me interested in this?

Posted on 2016-05-19, 08:09

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Yep, and I do also collect shareware CDs for the aforementioned reasons. Sometimes they come with nice things, like old articles or Amiga modules. Besides, not everything is available on the net yet. So it's also kind of a preservation thing. I've got a lot of respect for everyone who takes the …

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Re: Windows 95B

Posted on 2016-05-19, 07:42

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I remember that one of my favorite games, The Last Half of Darkness, required a printer. Without one you were unable to create a map of your current location. Plus, output was linewise for continuous paper. So a normal image output is rather useless here. A normal text file would be much more suited …

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Re: Ideal Win98 laptop with SBPro compatibility?

Posted on 2016-05-19, 04:48

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Hello, I respond as there are no replies so far.. The chipset seems to be the ES1978(?), so for Windows 95/98 you may need Compaq's softpaq no. 18571 (sp18571.exe). There's also one for 2000/XP (sp20191.exe).. Note, that you can also try WDM drivers made for Win2000 on Win98SE. This works sometimes, …

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

Posted on 2016-05-19, 01:58

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Repaired one of my vintage head phones, a Cherry KS-208. The cord was broken, so I replaced it with a new one and added a shiny new plug. There's not much to say except it was made in Japan somewhen in the mid/late 20th century (1970s ?).

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Re: Windows 98 PC suddenly stopped appearing in the Network on my main (Windows 7) PC

Posted on 2016-05-16, 19:50

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Workgoup networking is pretty dumb. Nah, it's a challenge! ;-) Often PC's don't show, and even sometimes they DO show even though they are turned off? That's not a bug, it's a feature! It's called "Ghosted Network Drives" . You can Ping the PC ok and stupid windows will still fail when you go \\pc. …

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Re: Windows 98 PC suddenly stopped appearing in the Network on my main (Windows 7) PC

Posted on 2016-05-16, 19:47

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Quick update.. Connecting from Win95 (4.00.950) to a share worked like a charm.. No passwords this time, you can't expect this to work from such a dinosaur. Tip: Also check that "Local Security Policy" thingy in Win 7. There's a lot you can tweak.

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Norton Commander Anniversary

Posted on 2016-05-15, 15:05

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Hello everyone, I just realised the now famous Norton Commander was released about 30 years ago*. It's astonishing how much time has passed since then and how technology evolved. Back when Norton Commander was new, the NES was the new hot games console everyone wanted. The first Amiga just came out, …

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Re: Gamepad/Joysticks on vintage hardware

Posted on 2016-05-15, 01:42

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By "newer digital gamepads" I meant something like the Microsoft Sidewinder Gamepad with the 15 pin connector as opposed to something like the old Gravis Analog Joystick or those Kraft Analog Joysticks (both with 15 pin connectors) similar to the Tandy/PCjr ones. The former came out in the mid 90s, …

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Re: Gamepad/Joysticks on vintage hardware

Posted on 2016-05-15, 00:40

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The old analogue gamepads consist of two or more potentiometers and some switches. The decoding is done on the gameport card. This card consists of an simple adress logic and several timer ICs, like the NE555. Because of this, back in the day people were able to built awesome stuff with the gameport …

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Re: Anyone tried the USB to Floppy 34pin adapter?

Posted on 2016-05-15, 00:02

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Thanks for your understanding. (^_^) Other people often get mad about me because I'm such an oddball at some point. For example, I'm fascinated also by 70's tech (I even have an old RadioShack catalogue in my collection) and like big old casings (like big AT towers) or vintage radios (and old music …

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Re: Anyone tried the USB to Floppy 34pin adapter?

Posted on 2016-05-14, 22:37

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Thanks for you understanding, that was my point. Besides, a 7800 series regulator also provides a clean current. Others, like dc converters or cheap switching psus, cause noise sometimes (the better ones are okay). Yes, I know, I know, you can fix this with a cap here and there. But a good psu is …

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Re: Octek hippo vl+ and eeprom

Posted on 2016-05-14, 21:35

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PhilsComputerLab wrote: Mr. BIOS? Sounds interesting 😀 It's an abbreviation for Microid Research Systems BIOS, I think. It was also used in InnoTek VPC 4x.

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Re: Flashing a bios on older hardware.

Posted on 2016-05-14, 19:11

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I use an eeprom programmer, like FaSMaN. But sometimes when the flash chip is soldered or too tiny, I do boot from flash media. Be it an USB pen drive or a CF card.. And I also have some floppies in my drawer in case this doesn't work.

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