Re: Retro intel x86 cpu generations

Posted on 2024-02-13, 05:58

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by keenmaster486

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Architecturally, you have: 8088/8086 80286 80386 80486 Pentium/PMMX PPro/PII/PIII P4 Core series Those are the major architectural steps Intel took, except P4 was more of a stumble than a step.

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2024-02-10, 07:25

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by keenmaster486

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You're not going to cover Win9x era with any of those as none of them will get good framerates in 3D accelerated games. I'd suggest limiting your scope to DOS gaming with that lineup, and see where that takes you.

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Re: CRT Terminator Digital VGA Feature Card ISA DV1000

Posted on 2024-02-09, 16:34

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Higher resolutions like what, 640x480? Because it would be nice to get 640x480 high color in Windows.

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Re: Dual boot DOS and Windows 95 on different disks

Posted on 2024-02-04, 15:36

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by keenmaster486

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Use BOOTMGR from BTTR

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Re: Using a usb capture card to record retro pc screen

Posted on 2024-02-03, 01:25

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by keenmaster486

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OSSC to convert VGA to HDMI, then feed the HDMI into a nicer capture card such as an Avermedia or Elgato unit. That's about the best solution that's been found so far. You'll have to tweak the OSSC settings to get it to handle DOS resolutions a little better. It is not a great solution, but there …

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Re: Newly made ISA CGA cards with real 6845s?!

Posted on 2024-02-03, 01:19

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by keenmaster486

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People who spam marketplaces with multiple listings of the same products purporting to be different sellers (also known as "lying") ought to be looked down upon in polite society, as this is not the sort of thing that honest, upstanding people do. The rest of us create one account and sell our wares …

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Re: Newly made ISA CGA cards with real 6845s?!

Posted on 2024-02-02, 06:49

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douglar wrote on 2024-01-31, 21:28: I don't know what to make of their website at all ... […] Show full quote I don't know what to make of their website at all ... http://8086cpu.com/ Half constructed ? But they do have spec sheets: http://8086cpu.com/lm6/79.html It seems they also sell... bearings …

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Re: Bad luck with ebay video cards, asking for advice

Posted on 2024-01-31, 07:58

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by keenmaster486

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Glad to hear it. Trio64s are nice cards.

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Re: Retro PCs, internet connection sharing, safety

Posted on 2024-01-30, 03:17

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by keenmaster486

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Hook your old PCs up to a modern router and forget about them. Just don't open any ports to them, but remember to keep your other machines secure too - they are susceptible to a wider range of attacks since everyone is targeting modern software. I have my old PCs hooked up to my router and have for …

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Re: Bad luck with ebay video cards, asking for advice

Posted on 2024-01-25, 17:52

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by keenmaster486

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That's some bad luck. I've gotten almost all of my video cards from junk piles in recycle centers, having been squished and scraped around for months, and afaicr all but one out of a few dozen has worked. All of my eBay purchases have also worked with no issues. Maybe just try again? Besides, as …

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Re: Confirm a question about this forum

Posted on 2024-01-25, 17:44

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There are people here from all over the world, but most of us are probably from various places in the Anglosphere, or other European nations. There is also a strong Eastern European contingent, and a few Asians such as yourself. The forum administrators are listed here: https://www.vogons.org/ …

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Re: Do you think prices will stay high?

Posted on 2024-01-20, 22:20

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No one is bidding on it because $888 starting bid + $240 shipping is too rich for someone who likely just wants the 5162, a rare machine that absolutely should not be "sent to recycling" after the cards are harvested from it. At least he isn't doing that. My point is that he would have better luck …

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Re: Do you think prices will stay high?

Posted on 2024-01-20, 18:58

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There's this guy on eBay who wants $888 (starting bid!) for an IBM XT 286 and 5151 monitor together. He wants to charge $240 for shipping. Every time he lists it, it gets 0 bids. Zero. There is an "offer" button, but presumably he is rejecting them all. Every time it runs out with 0 bids, he relists …

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Re: 2024 - End of the era of Retro Computing Youtube channels?

Posted on 2024-01-19, 02:25

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>8-bit guy mentioned >thread devolves into flamewar over American politics

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Re: Anything better than AST SixPakPlus for an IBM 5150?

Posted on 2024-01-18, 18:48

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Zerthimon wrote on 2024-01-18, 18:45: MonotechPC XTIDE card with memory expansion. Getting closer, but suppose I use this card. Then I end up with: -Graphics card -Floppy controller -XT-IDE + RAM -Some multi-IO card for serial, parallel, RTC (since I still need that) -Network card One less card …

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Re: Anything better than AST SixPakPlus for an IBM 5150?

Posted on 2024-01-18, 18:45

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by keenmaster486

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Xircom Pocket Ethernet is what I use to save an ISA slot on my Tandy 1000 since it connects to parallel port. These are cool, but I have a printer plugged into my parallel port, and the SixPakPlus only has one. PicoMEM : Pi Pico on ISA, with full Memory and I/O bus access Great project, but …

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Anything better than AST SixPakPlus for an IBM 5150?

Posted on 2024-01-18, 17:41

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by keenmaster486

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As you all know, the IBM 5150 only has 5 expansion slots. This makes cramming as much functionality into as few cards as possible key to getting as much as you can out of the machine. The motherboard only has at most 256K of RAM. Early MBs have 64K. There is no onboard I/O except keyboard and …

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Re: MartyPC

Posted on 2024-01-17, 18:17

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by keenmaster486

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I would second the release of an unsigned EXE with a disclaimer or something. Everyone knows it's not actually a virus.

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Re: Preparing for POTS sunset: what next?

Posted on 2024-01-10, 18:23

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the3dfxdude wrote on 2024-01-10, 00:21: I have not heard this. However, I think I've seen the effects. Can you please share an article explaining that this happened for context? Here's one: https://www.nojitter.com/consultant-perspecti … quite-heres-why

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Re: Preparing for POTS sunset: what next?

Posted on 2024-01-09, 21:48

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DerBaum wrote on 2024-01-09, 21:03: I would say thats at least the case since 60 years. The transition from pulse dailing to tone dailing began in 1963. from this point on there must be digital circuitry involved. That's not what I meant. I'm talking about the connection itself.

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