Re: Dominus: A New Font for DOS
Posted on 2021-06-05, 17:12
Would love support for 80x50 too! Though I would imagine it would be difficult to squish the font into 8x8 characters, so probably wouldn't happen. 😀
Re: Bought these (retro) software/OS today
Posted on 2021-05-31, 14:27
Re: Toshiba Satellite Pro 430CDT
Posted on 2021-05-07, 13:11
Hi dinth! Sorry to hear about all the troubles you've gone through with this! :'( Here's the link to all of the photos I took during disassembly (plus a bunch more from before and after), but I don't think there is anything in there that will help you beyond what I already shared in the first post …
Re: Small Footprint Keyboard
Posted on 2021-04-01, 21:23
No idea what keyboard specifically matches the one you describe using back then, but as far as other options for small footprint keyboards go with PS/2 connector ... I'm a big fan of IBM M2 Keyboards . Pretty compact for a full keyboard layout. But not without it's share of issues. Any M2 keyboard …
Re: Retro Development
Posted on 2021-02-12, 12:03
Would love to see some forum for people interested in this to talk about it (whether that's here on Vogons, or elsewhere). There have been topics about it here in the past, like what pan069 linked, but they get drowned out by other discussions. Understandably, as there are definitely more people …
Re: Do you keep your retro rigs offline?
Posted on 2021-01-23, 02:36
I keep my retro machines hooked up to my home network, and they can access the internet, yes, but there is no point in doing so. The only reason I keep them hooked up on my home network is to make the transfer of files to/from them easier.
Re: Toshiba Satellite Pro 430CDT
Posted on 2021-01-14, 01:26
Definitely, the 400CDT would be the perfect DOS laptop as far as I'm concerned. They do seem to be quite uncommon compared to any of the other 4x0CDT models, however.
Re: What old software do you still use daily ?
Posted on 2021-01-09, 17:40
Open Cubic Player is probably the oldest thing by far that I use on a near-daily basis.
Re: Toshiba Satellite Pro 430CDT
Posted on 2021-01-06, 01:16
No problem @flyboypuoi, glad it was helpful for you. 😀 Tecra 700CT is a nice machine!
Re: Let's talk about our hated trends
Posted on 2020-12-13, 14:34
Not exactly a "retro-themed" trend, but the chase for thinner hardware. Good in theory (why wouldn't you want your devices to be smaller and lighter?), but in practice it also seems to lead to much more non-user-serviceable hardware and furthering the much worse trend of disposable electronics. …
Re: Sony Playstation Classic gamepad works perfect on WIN98!!!
Posted on 2020-11-15, 15:47
D-pads on Playstation controllers are completely awful, even today, in my opinion. The 4 direction buttons being separated instead of being in a complete cross-shape as in your typical Nintendo controllers, makes it feel very wrong to me when you're rolling your thumb from one direction to the next. …
Re: Toshiba Satellite Pro 430CDT
Posted on 2020-10-23, 11:54
serenitatis wrote on 2020-10-22, 14:28: Can you upload your utility for time setup on boot? Sure, you can download the .exe and the .bas source code right here.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-10-19, 21:22
Received my Amiga 600! https://i.imgur.com/twKAM4Om.jpg I already have an Amiga 500 which is in great shape, and have a bunch of addons and accessories for it... but it has always been just a bit too big to fit on my desk comfortably (particularly once I plug in the ACA500+, it ends up being very …
Re: Crystal Caves HD!?
Posted on 2020-10-12, 15:15
Cool rerelease / semi-remaster overall. Haven't played it myself, only watched the LGR video on it (I don't really buy anything on Steam, so meh). I like the graphics updates overall, nicer looking but still in the spirit of the era. Feels like what the game would've looked like back then if Apogee …
Re: Share your AUTOEXEC.BAT + CONFIG.SYS
Posted on 2020-09-25, 12:53
For my 486: config.sys: [MENU] MENUITEM=NOEMM, No EMM386 MENUITEM=EMS, EMM386 Upper + EMS MENUITEM=NOEMS, EMM386 Upper Only MENUITEM=CODING, Dev (2MB ramdrive, 4MB smartdrv, EMM386) MENUITEM=WINDOWS, Windows MENUDEFAULT=NOEMM,5 [COMMON] SWITCHES=/F BUFFERS=11,0 FILES=40 DOS=HIGH,UMB STACKS=9,256 …
Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors
Posted on 2020-09-12, 17:18
Just double checked my Sony with a tape.. 15.5" maybe they had some different cases? That's interesting, haha. I just took my tape measure out again to triple-check and there's absolutely no way I can reasonably tilt the measurer or just measure it "differently" somehow to chop a full inch off of …
Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors
Posted on 2020-09-12, 14:45
Jeez that glass stand gives me anxiety. Not to worry. The manufacturer rates it for 60 lbs. The monitor + speakers combined are about 43-44 lbs at most (haven't weighed the speakers actually, but they are very light, guessing that combined they are only a few pounds). Also I think Klw2 maybe made a …
Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors
Posted on 2020-09-11, 20:44
Recent pickup. Sony CPD-210GS (17"). Pretty decent shape overall.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2020-09-08, 18:33
Every time I buy another CRT monitor, I tell myself "ok, now I really have enough. no more!" ... and then I buy another one. If only there was some way to ban use of certain search terms from yourself on places like eBay/craigslist/kijiji :) Sony CPD 210GS. Needs some cleaning but featuring a …
Re: Programming on DOS/Windows 95/98
Posted on 2020-09-02, 01:53
I bounce around a bit with what I program in on my retro computers. For me this is 486 DX2 and Pentium MMX systems. Right now, I primarily have separate on-going projects in both Turbo Pascal 7 and Watcom C. Turbo Pascal 7 of course has it's own included IDE which is awesome, but for Watcom C …
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