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Today, 12:24 PM

chris_nh replied to a thread TallgrassTech/SOTA286i 8088 Accelerator Benchmarks - Plus a Question in PCs and Clones

Awesome to hear that card is working, and you wasted no time testing it out!! My sota 286 card has the same boot up behavior and I'm glad to hear...

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Today, 12:20 PM

alank2 replied to a thread Compaq 386/20e memory questions in Later PCs

I finally found the main board (Kingston KTC-4000E) at a reasonable price. It came in and works great so far, though it took a bit of a push to get...

8 replies | 394 view(s)

Today, 12:18 PM

PeterNC replied to a thread OEMs & clones on eBay (continuous listings) in Vintage Computer Auctions

8088 IBM: http://cgi.ebay.com/174667549463 8088 IBM: http://cgi.ebay.com/284206247214 286 AT&T: http://cgi.ebay.com/393166491860 486 IBM:...

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Today, 12:14 PM

lutiana replied to a thread DOS 6.22 bypass menuitems limit in Vintage Computer Software

Yes, this. IIRC you can have submenus in submenus too.

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Today, 11:49 AM

Chuck(G) replied to a thread DOS 6.22 bypass menuitems limit in Vintage Computer Software

My recollection is that you can extend the basic MENUITEM choices by using the SUBMENU command (i.e. nested menus).

3 replies | 31 view(s)

Today, 11:30 AM

kc8eyt replied to a thread Common hotkeys for turbo mode? in Vintage Computer Software

Some computers also required a special DOS MODE version made for them: MODE FAST MODE SLOW I know Tandy computers used this. Maybe others did...

2 replies | 35 view(s)

Today, 11:19 AM

kc8eyt replied to a thread DOS 6.22 bypass menuitems limit in Vintage Computer Software

Back in the 90's a local hospital wanted me to configure their PCs to run a network called "Little Big Lan" across a combination of LPT, serial,...

3 replies | 31 view(s)

Today, 11:02 AM

prybil started a thread Strange behaviour of 8296 in Commodore

Hi all, Got my CBM 8296 that I never could afford of my own. Back in the early 80ies I used to do programming on these things, even with a...

0 replies | 5 view(s)

Today, 11:02 AM

Eudimorphodon replied to a thread Original IBM CGA adapter: help interpreting part of schematic in PCs and Clones

Take this with a gigantic grain of salt, but I think the author of that linked blog is correct. D6->Q6 to A6 on the memory chips makes since because...

1 replies | 35 view(s)

Today, 09:13 AM

Cimonvg replied to a thread TallgrassTech/SOTA286i 8088 Accelerator Benchmarks - Plus a Question in PCs and Clones

hello my SOTA286 also had the resistor - i dont know why ? /cimonvg

2 replies | 46 view(s)

Today, 09:12 AM

AK6DN replied to a thread RL02 reading problem ? in DEC

To manually enter and run an M9312 boot prom drive unit 0 without running diagnostics, load and start at 773004 (or 773204/773404/773604 for the...

7 replies | 184 view(s)

Today, 08:28 AM

Agent Orange replied to a thread MCE2VGA with a PCjr in PCs and Clones

Delete this.

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Today, 07:54 AM

mt777 started a thread DOS 6.22 bypass menuitems limit in Vintage Computer Software

I have old IBM laptop and created various configurations (pcmcia soundcards, external cd, floppy etc). 9 items limit is a bit bad in this case. Are...

3 replies | 31 view(s)

Today, 07:45 AM

Dubis7 replied to a thread Free (Buyer Pays Shipping) Vintage Computers for Parts/Repair in Vintage Computer Items For Sale or Trade

The Coleco Adam parts may be spoken for.

3 replies | 145 view(s)

Today, 07:40 AM

ppieczul replied to a thread Looking for owners of a Kwarc / Quartz / Кварц - Soviet ZX Spectrum clone in Other

That's right for all ROMs except one - D84 is a ROM used to generate video sync signal. It is swept 26 times per second and one of bits is sent...

2 replies | 28 view(s)

Today, 07:32 AM

fjc618 started a thread Tandy 1400FD (Not HD or LT) in Tandy/Radio Shack

Since I'm new here I see a lot of activity so I hope someone out there can help me out. I have this Tandy 1400FD Model 25-3501. It powers on, floppy...

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Today, 07:29 AM

nullvalue replied to a thread Help compiling Pascal DOS application, NASM-IDE in Vintage Computer Software

Thanks I actually couldn't find 1.7 but I did find the final compiled version, 1.8 on the Wayback Machine. Can still be downloaded from here:...

5 replies | 88 view(s)

Today, 07:25 AM

Twospruces started a thread Toshiba T1000 - expansion bus pinout? in Handhelds/Portables

Considering a project to add an XT-CF card to a Toshiba T1000. Has this nut been cracked yet? (as far as XT-CF for Toshiba goes, there is this-...

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Today, 07:13 AM

Qbus replied to a thread RL02 reading problem ? in DEC

My system is using the 9301 Bootstrap/Terminator card and you have a 9312 card for yours, it almost looks to me that your 9312 is set to the wrong...

7 replies | 184 view(s)

Today, 07:04 AM

MIKECATANIA replied to a thread DEC Vaxstation 3100/30 in DEC

Unfortunately I just sold one with two RZ23's in it and 24MB of memory, however, I do have a Color Cables for Video.

71 replies | 2836 view(s)

Today, 07:00 AM

SomeGuy replied to a thread Floppy Disc(s) Fail (40) after replacing battery in Dallas RTC in Other

With the settings set to 1.2mb, try booting to DOS and running ImageDisk in alignment mode. That might give you some additional clue. You should be...

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