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March 4th, 2021, 10:39 PM

Trixter replied to a thread V30 not recognized in PS/2 Model 25 in PCs and Clones

I think you've answered your own question: You were sold a relabeled part. Try rubbing the top with alcohol and see if the original printing comes...

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March 4th, 2021, 10:27 PM

Trixter replied to a thread Ethernet card stoped working when added a SCSI controller. in PCs and Clones

You have an IRQ, port, or DMA conflict. You will have to inventory all of the cards you have installed and figure out where the conflict is. Don't...

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March 4th, 2021, 10:22 PM

Trixter replied to a thread Best (non-sierra) games for the Tandy 1000 in Tandy/Radio Shack

The TX is one of my favorite Tandy models, which is why I have 3 of them. The extra speed was just enough to counter the extra 16K of video ram (32K...

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March 4th, 2021, 10:17 PM

Trixter replied to a thread Why the bleep is eBay so expensive?? in PCs and Clones

Not sure if this is the relevant time period, but I was editing broadcast-quality 480i video on a Windows NT rig with specialized video...

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March 4th, 2021, 10:14 PM

Trixter replied to a thread Why the bleep is eBay so expensive?? in PCs and Clones

That seems really easy to overturn, as they absolutely did match the description. What was he trying to do, claim they are now working when all he...

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March 4th, 2021, 10:06 PM

Trixter replied to a thread Video output over parallel port? in Vintage Computer Hardware

Maximum LPT output speed is 150KB/s and an 8088 can get close to roughly half that. 80x25 text screen is 4000 bytes. So if you sent that at the...

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March 4th, 2021, 10:00 PM

Trixter replied to a thread Flash Disk ISA Card with IBM XT 5160 in Vintage Computer Software

No, that creates a conflict. If the board were truly PC/XT compatible as it says, it wouldn't need that since 1% of XT-era systems have that. ...

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March 4th, 2021, 09:53 PM

Trixter replied to a thread MCE2VGA with a PCjr in PCs and Clones

I don't have any, no. Some MCE2VGA threads might have examples.

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March 3rd, 2021, 09:38 PM

Trixter replied to a thread 8253 PITfalls in Vintage Computer Programming

Seconded. PIT channel 2 can be used for all sorts of neat little things (my favorite obviously being "interrupt on terminal count")

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March 3rd, 2021, 09:17 PM

Trixter replied to a thread 8253 PITfalls in Vintage Computer Programming

There are different techniques presented for various goals and environments. If you're trying to do precise timing in a multitasking environment,...

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March 3rd, 2021, 09:08 PM

Trixter replied to a thread Flash Disk ISA Card with IBM XT 5160 in Vintage Computer Software

Okay, and what address is your VGA card's ROM sitting at? It's probably C800 or C000, so maybe you should rejumper your flash card to a Dxxx range....

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March 3rd, 2021, 07:04 PM

Trixter replied to a thread 8253 PITfalls in Vintage Computer Programming

bakemono, I suggest you read up on how to properly read the PIT: https://www.phatcode.net/res/246/files/pctim003.txt

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March 3rd, 2021, 07:00 PM

Trixter replied to a thread Flash Disk ISA Card with IBM XT 5160 in Vintage Computer Software

Your pictures are not helpful because it's impossible to see what jumpers are on what pins due to the angle. XTs don't normally have RAM in high...

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March 3rd, 2021, 06:25 PM

Trixter replied to a thread MCE2VGA with a PCjr in PCs and Clones

The MCE2VGA works well for its intended purpose, which is to connect to 4:3 VGA monitors and LCDs. It performs some rescaling, which may or may not...

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February 28th, 2021, 06:24 PM

Trixter replied to a thread Best Hercules games for a 5150? in Vintage Gaming

finlay31, fix your post; you need to copy the link, not the text you see on the screen.

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February 26th, 2021, 12:09 PM

Trixter replied to a thread PCjr Monitor Question in PCs and Clones

That's almost par for the course for a PCjr monitor. I'll set one up tonight and take a photo. Brightness and contrast, to get them as...

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February 25th, 2021, 08:04 PM

Trixter replied to a thread PCjr Monitor Question in PCs and Clones

There is some small amount of fringing on a "perfect" PCjr monitor (which I have). I still content that the thin font makes your problems worse, not...

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February 25th, 2021, 08:02 PM

Trixter replied to a thread Seeking Top Shelf, a program for benchmarking vintage PCs in Vintage Computer Software

Well, it is a top-shelf product. I forgive you. ;-)

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February 25th, 2021, 07:56 PM

Trixter replied to a thread End of an Era - Frys gone in General Off Topic

I am thankful I live 25 minutes away from a Microcenter. I needed a DP-to-miniDP cable, and was there and back in 50 minutes.

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February 24th, 2021, 11:27 AM

Trixter replied to a thread PCjr Monitor Question in PCs and Clones

Reverting back to the regular font is recommended; the thin font was only intended for use on monochrome and/or high res/quality monitors. It will...

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February 23rd, 2021, 07:41 PM

Trixter replied to a thread PCjr Monitor Question in PCs and Clones

The RGB crosshatch pattern in my CGA tester is probably best for fixing convergence, as it displays solid white grid lines on a black background,...

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February 23rd, 2021, 03:19 PM

Trixter replied to a thread PCjr Monitor Question in PCs and Clones

There was a thin-font modification for the PCjr, and if this is the PCjr I'm thinking of, I saw Tempest buy it at VCFMW about 6 years ago. It also...

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February 22nd, 2021, 07:50 PM

Trixter replied to a thread unstacking a stacker compressed drive in Vintage Computer Hardware

Any drive compressed with Stacker doesn't need the coprocessor card to read the data, only the driver. It should be booting and working normally...

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February 22nd, 2021, 12:29 PM

jackrubin replied to a thread PDP-8 stuff saved from a scrapper in Utah, needs a good home. in DEC

Tom, If it gets to the point where the RK05F is being scrapped, I'd like to get a handful of the quick-turn fasteners that hold the sheet metal...

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February 20th, 2021, 01:11 PM

Trixter replied to a thread Spinrite may have changed how data is stored on drive in Vintage Computer Software

When a file is not found, you do get the error "file not found" when you try to run something that doesn't exist. "Invalid media type reading drive...

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February 20th, 2021, 01:07 PM

Trixter replied to a thread 1000SL: "Err I/O of port 378h", not booting in Tandy/Radio Shack

I've never burnt an EEPROM, let alone one with a BIOS, so I defer to other experts here to answer your question.

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February 19th, 2021, 06:10 PM

Trixter replied to a thread Spinrite may have changed how data is stored on drive in Vintage Computer Software

I'm not clear on what you did exactly to get the drive working. Did you forget to run FDISK to write a partition table after low-level-formatting...

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