Something for you emulator folk to play with.

Posted on 2021-07-05, 05:35

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by Caluser2000

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Early IBM PS/1 emulator... ;) https://barotto.github.io/IBMulator/ Almost got one of the real things back in the early '90s. Thank goodness I went for a brand new generic clone 286/16 system which I could update the next 10 years by replacing it's mobo. First and only new x86 system I have ever …

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Re: EMM386 W/623k But Reboots

Posted on 2021-07-05, 04:52

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by Caluser2000

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I definitely agree! I just want to see if it can be accomplished with this set up, and to make sure I have the best configuration for when I play with WFW 3.11. I have been collecting period games and apps and will be installing them all and giving the Win 3.x version of multitasking a run for it's …

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Re: Purchasing a 4:3 LCD for DOS/DOSBOX/MISTER/OSSC games?

Posted on 2021-07-05, 04:26

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by Caluser2000

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in Marvin \ Video

My Packard Bell/NEC FT700 LCD monitor is great for Dos and Windows 3.x stuff...😉

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Re: EMM386 W/623k But Reboots

Posted on 2021-07-05, 04:21

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by Caluser2000

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I was going to use an external LS-120 and an external CD-RW, though I got lucky and found these two Gateways with internal LS-120 drives, and I am missing the power cable to the external drive (it looks proprietary.) Now I'll use the external LS-120 on my 486. I love them. I'm trying to find a …

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Re: EMM386 W/623k But Reboots

Posted on 2021-07-05, 04:01

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by Caluser2000

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Her's my 289s config.sys file. I load a BackBack external CDRom and external LS120 drive daisy chained to that and it leaves plenty of ram for Dos. As well as plenty to for up Windows with nic packet driver and winpkt loaded. I was going to use an external LS-120 and an external CD-RW, though I got …

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Re: EMM386 W/623k But Reboots

Posted on 2021-07-05, 03:33

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by Caluser2000

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Also add LASTDRIVE= to one letter after the last drive letter you can access physically.

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Re: EMM386 W/623k But Reboots

Posted on 2021-07-05, 03:24

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by Caluser2000

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Her's my 289s config.sys file. I load a BackBack external CDRom and external LS120 drive daisy chained to that and it leaves plenty of ram for Dos. As well as plenty to for up Windows with nic packet driver and winpkt loaded.

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Re: EMM386 W/623k But Reboots

Posted on 2021-07-05, 03:13

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by Caluser2000

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Scythifuge wrote on 2021-07-05, 03:04: Caluser2000 wrote on 2021-07-05, 03:03: Reduce your Files= entry to half of what you listed. Will do! If that works out go to Files=15 or 20 and Buffers=10

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Re: EMM386 W/623k But Reboots

Posted on 2021-07-05, 03:03

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by Caluser2000

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Reduce your Files= entry to half of what you listed.

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Shuttle XPC Barebone SB61G2 V3

Posted on 2021-07-05, 01:19

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by Caluser2000

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

This thread will be about my 2004 Shuttle XPC Barebone SB61G2 V3 PC I purchase of our local auction site trademe.co.nz for the princely sum of nz$50 delivered to my door. Manual etc. is available from Shuttle in Taiwan's site http://global.shuttle.com/news/productsDetail?productId=485 . Shuttle is …

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Re: Most stable and compatible win9x configuration

Posted on 2021-07-04, 23:40

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by Caluser2000

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Jorpho wrote on 2021-07-04, 23:31: Argh, yes, standoffs. People have blamed standoffs in the past. You really are ment to put those red/brown cardboard small cardboard washers between the brass/metal ones on each side of the mobo surface. They are usually the first thing to get lost when pulling a …

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Re: What hardware do you think belongs in a museum?

Posted on 2021-07-04, 21:22

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by Caluser2000

in Milliways

in Milliways

I agree with the time frames already discussed, all have fair points. There'll never be one absolute perfect answer/year. I know it's not a moving/relative reference, but the turn of the millennium is another very simple milestone which anybody can relate to. A somewhat inversion of the hopeful …

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Re: Most beautiful Dos-Games for a 486...what are your favorites?

Posted on 2021-07-04, 20:45

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by Caluser2000

in DOS

in DOS

It's called "kicking Boris Johnson in the nuts". No it isn't, I jest. It's the game known as football. An old pasttime whose few simple mechanics (and clunky interface ) lie over a vast wealth of complex possibilities and enjoyment, in the same way that old simple Tetris is merely "(the vast worlds …

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Re: Newly made 4MB 30pin SIMMs

Posted on 2021-07-04, 20:29

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by Caluser2000

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Awesome effort. I'm sure it is greatly appreciated by the community as a whole...😉

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Re: Ports better than original.

Posted on 2021-07-04, 20:26

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by Caluser2000

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It is not Jo22. I'm glad I could help you out...😉

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

Posted on 2021-07-04, 20:16

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by Caluser2000

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Getting my old Win98rtn system prepared to get fiired up for the first time after over 12 years of being asleep. It's an IMB PC300GL with Celery 300 slot 1 cpu. It served the familywell for around 5 years sharing a ppp connection with 2 other systems for a few years before we went ADSL. It is still …

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Re: What hardware do you think belongs in a museum?

Posted on 2021-07-04, 19:20

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by Caluser2000

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Xwindows rans fine on a P2000mmx with 4megs of vram...😉 Maybe you could do a *nix section just for variety.

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Re: Most stable and compatible win9x configuration

Posted on 2021-07-04, 18:54

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by Caluser2000

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Stand offs? Separate the mobo from contacting the case.

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2021-07-04, 18:37

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by Caluser2000

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

This is my Pentium ii rig Motherboard -ASUS P2L97 Cpu-233mhz 66mhz Fsb Memory-160 mb 66mhz SDram HDD- 8gb compact flash over a startech IDE adapter Optical -LG Lightscribe CD/DVD IDE drive Floppy- Samsung Floppy drive Sound cards- 1. ISA Soundblaster 16 4170 waveffects 2. PCI Soundblaster Live PCI- …

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Re: MS-DOS 6.00 Upgrade

Posted on 2021-07-04, 15:29

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by Caluser2000

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in DOS

It needs Dos system files for an the hdd the upgrade to commence Jo22. Similar to having a fake win.com for Windows upgrades to work.

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