Re: Why no much attention to mac/amiga on this site ?

Posted on 2016-12-11, 06:59

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by Anonymous Freak

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Just to add on, I'm a big fan of just about every non-PC "retro computer architecture". But Vogons, because of it's original emphasis on DOSbox, is, by its nature, a site about PC-based gaming. There are plenty of other sites out there that concentrate on Mac, Amiga, Atari, etc. And I'm on most of …

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Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online

Posted on 2016-12-05, 10:04

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by Anonymous Freak

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Hey PPro collectors, wanna feel sick to your stomach? :cry: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-110-Intel-Pentium-Pro-Ceramic-Computer-CPU-Scrap-Gold-KB80521EX200-/322331621955?hash=item4b0c763a43:g:WywAAOSwXeJYLfpc Can you really net more than $25 per CPU in gold recovery on these? The guy is asking $ …

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Re: Are any of you photographers?

Posted on 2016-12-05, 09:20

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by Anonymous Freak

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As for "hipster power" - earlier this year on a lark I bought an Argus C3 from a thrift shop! Can take surprisingly high-quality pictures if you get the settings dialed in.

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Re: Are any of you photographers?

Posted on 2016-12-05, 06:33

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by Anonymous Freak

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As an amateur, absolutely. Got hooked on photography in high school, after taking our photography class. Got to borrow cheap SLRs, develop the film and print the pictures in-school. (Had a nice BIG darkroom, with 3 photo printing stations, two that could do up to 8x10, and one that could do much …

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Re: What fit on the slot connector on ISA video cards

Posted on 2016-11-29, 08:58

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by Anonymous Freak

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SRQ wrote: That pic is so big I think I can see microns. No, those are Fujitsu DRAM chips, not Micron... 😁

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Re: Interesting.. USB to PS/2

Posted on 2016-11-28, 14:38

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by Anonymous Freak

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Can't tell for sure, but the two separate dongles you pictured are for a keyboard or a mouse that is "USB native," but has PS/2 circuitry as well. The adapter just passively tells the keyboard or mouse to use PS/2 mode while physically changing the plug. Many newer mice/keyboards won't work with …

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Re: Games that show 16 colors ONLY in Tandy / PCjr mode?

Posted on 2016-11-18, 12:45

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by Anonymous Freak

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And if you were curious, I took photos of my PC/CGA and PCjr showing how King's Quest compares: http://imgur.com/a/YvBpO What's funny is that back in the day (mid '80s) when I first had a CGA computer, I didn't know that composite mode existed. I knew my computer had a composite port, and that my …

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Re: Games that show 16 colors ONLY in Tandy / PCjr mode?

Posted on 2016-11-18, 05:51

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by Anonymous Freak

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In addition to the PCjr game cartridges, many of Sierra's early AGI games were. King's Quest I, for example, was created at the behest of IBM specifically to show off the PCjr's sound and graphics. The original release is literally only usable on the PCjr. King's Quest II was similarly a "show off" …

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Re: Crazy idea: double ISA card.

Posted on 2016-11-17, 09:07

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by Anonymous Freak

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Are there any for Windows? And what speed? Can you use a HDD on the same Scsi adapter simultaneously? It's a plain SCSI device, so no separate device for Windows - it was just commonly used on Macs because they came with SCSI by default. You would need drivers, though, and the only ones I have seen …

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Re: OS for skulltrail?

Posted on 2016-11-16, 07:38

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by Anonymous Freak

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Unless you're specifically wanting to use it as a server, I'd recommend either Windows XP Pro x64 Edition or Windows 7. Unless you want "maximum backward compatibility", then I'd use plain Windows XP Pro, not the x64 edition.

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Re: Switch between aplications in DOS memory

Posted on 2016-11-15, 05:30

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by Anonymous Freak

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No. As others have said, DOS by itself is single-task, single-application. Individual applications can implement a "call out to DOS" functionality, (including DOS Shell, included with MS-DOS 5.0 or higher.) But the DOS kernel / Command.com itself has no such functionality. When using the "call out …

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Re: os9 games on a Mac mini ppc

Posted on 2016-11-14, 09:56

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by Anonymous Freak

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Personally, I like the first-generation of "iLamp" iMac G4, specifically the 800 MHz 17" model. It is the last one that can natively boot Mac OS 9 (so 100% native support for any OS 9 or older game, going all the way back to original B&W 68000 games,) plus decently fast running up to OS X 10.4. And …

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Re: DreamBlaster X1 : a rare card

Posted on 2016-11-14, 05:48

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by Anonymous Freak

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Definitely picking one of these up, I love my S1!

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Re: The American Brexit

Posted on 2016-11-11, 11:00

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dr_st wrote: leileilol wrote: yeah about that (Content warning):( I bet you wouldn't see this on that guy's page, would you? (content warning). 😐 Yes, both sides are doing ridiculous things - one side out of fear/anger; the other side out of emboldenment of their ideologies.

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Re: The American Brexit

Posted on 2016-11-10, 08:18

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by Anonymous Freak

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The majority of people only real reason to vote for him was to tear the system down. I'd be a lot more likely to believe that if more than two incumbents in the Senate had lost. And both were Republican-to-Democrat switches in Democratic-majority states. No incumbents lost in the primary. Only five …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2016-11-08, 04:54

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by Anonymous Freak

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Just started X-Wing again. On my vintage gaming hardware, rather than DOSbox. I could never get my USB joystick (Thurstmaster HOTAS) to be properly responsive on DOSbox on my modern system; my ancient joystick-port-native Microsoft Sidewinder is smooth as silk on my W98 machine. (I wish I still had …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-11-05, 03:45

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by Anonymous Freak

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Just bought an Apple "PC Drive NuBus card" from someone on 68kmla. It's an interface card to allow a Macintosh II-series computer connect to a specific Apple-made "PC" 360kb 5.25" floppy drive. (A drive whose sole purpose is to connect to that interface card; it is not compatible with Apple II 5.25" …

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Re: Generic Pentium II Driver Help

Posted on 2016-11-03, 08:19

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by Anonymous Freak

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This is your motherboard: http://zenux.ru/media/other/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0_E206922_PS-1__09-07-2011-22-48-40.jpg http://blackcatlinux.narod.ru/trash/M766LMRT.pdf Wow. That is one amazingly full-featured baby AT motherboard …

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Re: The OS/2 discussion thread

Posted on 2016-11-01, 04:42

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by Anonymous Freak

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My first experience with OS/2 was running the OS/2 2.0 beta (yes, beta!) on an IBM PS/2 model 30/286 that had a 386 upgrade, the bare-minimum 4 MB RAM, and a 20 MB hard drive partitioned in to a DOS drive and an OS/2 drive. Needless to say, it was painfully slow (seeing as it was only *EXACTLY* the …

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Re: Last DreamBlaster S1

Posted on 2016-11-01, 04:31

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by Anonymous Freak

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Just wanted to chime in to say that I'm loving my S1! Makes old Lucasarts games sound great on my SB16. Those games just sound better with real samples, rather than FM synthesis.

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