Re: Chess Expansion Card ISA - The Final Chess Card - 6502 Co-Processor
Posted on 2020-02-19, 06:25
How big a performance difference between 5 MHz 65C02 and 4.77 MHz 8088? PCs in those days didn't have many background processes wasting CPU cycles.
Re: Green thinking still companies change computers every 3 years.
Posted on 2020-02-19, 05:58
Do offices still run their desktop (not server) computers 24/7 /365? I remember at my first job I was told off for powering down my computer before going home. Everything was just left running overnight. This was before energy prices went crazy in 2008 though.
Re: Green thinking still companies change computers every 3 years.
Posted on 2020-02-19, 01:49
Deczor wrote on 2020-02-19, 00:59: "E-day" got banned afer about ten years because it turned out that everything they got was sent over to china to literally be incinerated. What are the economics of this? Who is paying who to do what?
Re: Chess Expansion Card ISA - The Final Chess Card - 6502 Co-Processor
Posted on 2020-02-18, 22:14
So people running 4.77 MHz 8088 machines would use this to get a stronger computer chess opponent?
Re: How can i save a complete website with drivers?
Posted on 2020-02-16, 08:10
Change link depth to 2 or more. Increase download speed as default is too low. If the site has links to external sites, you have to enable downloads from those as well. You will probably have to experiment with the settings to get the right configuration.
Re: Socket 3 motherboard with floppy drive problem.
Posted on 2020-02-16, 08:03
This topic came up here: How to fix your dead on-board floppy controller
Re: Mouse pad for laser mouse
Posted on 2020-02-16, 07:59
Right, surface too reflective is the problem. Makes sense.
Re: My Amigas
Posted on 2020-02-16, 06:40
The box has 'prototype' written on it. I don't think it's just a regular Amiga.
Re: External floppy drive
Posted on 2020-02-15, 00:48
Does anyone here have one of those exotic Japanese computers that use 'mode 3' floppy disks?
Re: External floppy drive
Posted on 2020-02-14, 23:21
I think HD drives were introduced with the PC/AT? I'm sure IBM's "solution" to this problem was to advise clients to just upgrade their PCs and PC/XTs. No old computers, no compatibility problems.
Re: Mouse pad for laser mouse
Posted on 2020-02-14, 21:46
An old hardback book works. What's the problem here? The mouse can't handle surfaces that are too smooth?
Re: External floppy drive
Posted on 2020-02-13, 05:18
The Amiga uses these drives, right? Can you just drop Amiga drives into PCs and have them work? (And vice-versa)
Re: External floppy drive
Posted on 2020-02-13, 02:35
I don't own any 720 KB 3.5" drives. Do these have the same compatibility problems with 1.44 MB 3.5" drives that 360 KB 5.25" drives have with 1.2 MB 5.25" drives? Can you write 720 KB disks in 1.44 MB drives and read them without errors in 720 KB drives?
Re: How to build a Win16 or Win32 App?
Posted on 2020-02-12, 21:37
onre wrote on 2020-01-19, 08:50: I'd suggest Borland C++ 4.52 as well. It does it all and the installer background image alone is worth the install. Is that the one with the car steering wheel and install progress shown in the speedometer?
Re: External floppy drive
Posted on 2020-02-12, 21:08
OT, but this reminds me of one of my machines, which is dual boot Windows XP and Windows ME. It has a DD (not HD) 5.25" drive installed which works fine in WME but which does not work in WXP. (I get an I/O device error when accessing the drive.) Was support for these drives dropped in Windows XP?
Re: Problematic Windows games list
Posted on 2020-02-12, 19:58
I remember having problems running Wings over Vietnam (2004) and Vietcong (2003) in Windows 7. They ran fine in Windows 2000 and XP. I haven't tried them in Windows 8 or 10.
Re: External floppy drive
Posted on 2020-02-12, 19:52
Is it possible to send an arbitrary file across a serial connection using only stock DOS commands?
Re: PC Gamer/Computer Games Strategy Plus completely gone?
Posted on 2020-02-12, 00:02
Yes, I have a collection of old comics I'd like to scan but haven't because I don't see a way of doing it without damaging them.
Re: What should I build with this case ?
Posted on 2020-02-10, 18:59
No this isn't an E-ATX case. I used to have one years ago, though I never liked it because the door kept getting in the way, and there's no easy way to take it off.
Re: Where is the CMOS baterry on PPro MS-6103 motherboard?
Posted on 2020-02-10, 16:17
That is the infamous Dallas chip. Google it and prepare your soldering iron.
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