Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-05-30, 16:10
wirerogue wrote: brand new chenbro workstation case for my pentium 4 + 6800gt build. cool case! a lot of nice modern features in a retro looking case
Re: SVGA diagnostics software
Posted on 2019-05-25, 04:03
there's whatvga.exe, which can be found here: https://github.com/achernya/iap-6.828-website/tree/master/readings/hardware/vgadoc and here https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2018/readings/hardware/vgadoc/ whatvga.png this one is useful because it'll show you what modes you have available, and will let …
Retro styled modern development frameworks and projects
Posted on 2019-04-25, 14:13
I have been seing a lot of projects on GitHub lately, for modern web development/.net core cross platform development/etc, but with retro look and feel. I didn't write any of these and am not affiliated with any of these projects in any way, and hopefully these aren't already tracked in another post …
Re: Baby AT mobo slightly out of line of standoffs - is it safe to just rest it on them?
Posted on 2019-04-13, 01:06
Warning: I've had a bad experience with this - be careful WHERE the standoff lands - I lined up a motherboard onto a case that was set up differently, and I believe it caused a short
Re: Developing a small game on both Web and DOS platforms in less than a week
Posted on 2019-04-11, 20:43
In looking at some old code, I found some files that I must've downloaded from a BBS or FTP site back in the day; this is not the same as what I have, but some quoted google searches took me to some similar stuff, what I had was an earlier version of this: https://bos.asmhackers.net/docs/vga_without …
Re: StackOverflow site is having a "TimeMachine" theme
Posted on 2019-04-01, 21:04
Absolutely amazing. If there was an option to keep this on all the time I would do it in a heartbeat.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-03-28, 10:11
An early 2000's? Microsoft natural keyboard, shown next to my daily rider, the Microsoft Natural Ergonomic 4000 20190328_054055.jpg Love the beige/off-white look, and may possibly use it as my daily board just to enjoy the aesthetic. Would love a Model M, but I gotta have the ergo. A lot of the …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-03-27, 00:29
probnot wrote: Been a little scarce lately for vintage PC stuff, however I did just grab this off the local classifieds: 1966 GE Porta-color, all tube, possibly all original - very low hours 😀 Very nice find!! Would love to see NES on a classic like that.
Re: What game are you playing now?
Posted on 2019-03-23, 00:34
oeuvre wrote: Shantae: Risky's Revenge is a pretty fun platformer I had this on the iPad 3, was pretty decent. Never got past the forest level, I think mostly because I stopped taking the train and then sold that iPad. Graphics were pretty good though, I particularly enjoyed the parallaxed …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2019-03-21, 15:49
I still paid too much for shipping this, but I like how well it cleaned up, AND it boots! *Images and Text* And.....it doesn't fit! :depressed: https://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a166/ballsandy/Computer%20related/IMG_2683_1.jpg Awww. Is it possible to remove (what looks like) the AC/heat panel up …
Re: What are you eating/drinking? (the vogons food thread)
Posted on 2019-03-16, 00:57
meals: breakfast: 5 egg omelette w cheese lunch: tuna w chopped onion & celery on romaine wraps dinner: bout to smash some fried chicken wings (cheat meal) snacks: walnuts brazil nuts celery with peanut butter drinks: water black coffee (no sugar) black tea (no sugar) don't drink alcohol, but only …
Re: I am a father
Posted on 2019-02-23, 04:14
Re: any undocumented screen modes on MCGA?
Posted on 2019-02-22, 16:55
Try to find a copy of the book Zen of Graphics Programming by Mike Abrash, he has some pages on Mode X which I used back in the day to get some exotic resolutions. The closest I can find just looking quick is 640x350, but I think it's 1bpp :/ also try: http://nerdlypleasures.blogspot.com/2014/09/ …
Re: Game Recommendation for my 486dx 50Mhz.
Posted on 2018-05-10, 19:59
Zeliard - adventure/platformer Hocus Pocus - arcade platformer Budokan - fighting game. probably not that great of a game but I used to play this back in the day 🤣
Re: What are a few good wireless "retro" keyboards that replicate that full-size XT/AT 101-key feeling?
Posted on 2018-05-10, 19:53
I wish I could use one of these for my daily rider but I need ergo 😒
Re: Windows File Manager for Win10
Posted on 2018-04-10, 20:39
yey! actually runs in vs2017 🤣
Re: Is wood an antistatic material? My new ISA storage plan...
Posted on 2018-02-08, 21:47
Also one more thing, not to obsess too much! But where I live wood swells to the extreme in the winters and summers; the cuts could theoretically widen enough to loosen the cards in the winters, and squish the cards in the summers. Again not trying to be a ney-sayer at all I really like the design! …
Re: OPL2LPT
Posted on 2018-02-07, 19:51
I actually asked a while ago http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=49833 about doing this in DOS with my original ISA soundcards, and trackers were a common theme of what people recommended. it really would be cool to have a standalone application to do this, what would be the sickest is if a …
Re: OPL2LPT
Posted on 2018-02-07, 18:44
Would it be possible to send note and sound bank data to lpt1 without having any knowledge of dos or adlib? I'd like to write an app to take midi input from a keyboard and translate that into a data stream this device could understand, to use it as a synth that sounds like dos games :) similar to …
Re: The Reason For Vintage (again)
Posted on 2018-02-06, 04:28
One of the things that I appreciate about the true-to-era machines (or close enough to era) is that I either had machines very much like these when I was a kid, or wanted them when I was a kid. There's something about using a machine that was physically from the era you remember, vs emulating it. …
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