Does anyone know if there were alternative character generator ROMs available for the IBM MDA/Hercules adapter?
I have a Paradise Color/Mono Card [1] with a socketed 27C64, it'd be fun to have some switch-selectable alternative fonts.
In the years before smartphones, HP took a completely different take on mobile computing from Palm or Apple. They shrunk a whole #msdos Turbo XT #retropc to fit in the size of your hand. And people quietly bought them by the truckload. This blog post speculates why. https://dfarq.homeip.net/hp-200lx-and-related-palmtops/
One of the cool things about playing with home computers on the #MISTerFPGA is that you have to learn how to load games from disk, tape and, occasionally, hard drives in their native form.
On my quest to play the classic games on every system, I'm investigating the Acorn Electron and currently sitting at a command line prompt.
How to load a game on an early 80s, niche, British home PC?
Return of the Obra Dinn half off for the next day or two on Steam and Switch - genuinely one of my favorite games of all time. An intricate ghost ship puzzle, perfect for spooky season. Stellar soundtrack as well, dukope@mastodon.social is a genius. https://store.steampowered.com/app/653530/Return_of_the_Obra_Dinn/
So I picked up a thing last night! 😁 An almost minty copy of Doom 2 for $70 Canadian dollaroos! That's about $51 freedom bucks! Feeling REAL lucky right now! 😁
Anyone know how to refurbish and upgrade an IBM Model M from 1998 with the rubber mouse nipple to have USB. I feel like this needs some TLC and it still works but nothing I have uses PS/2 anymore unfortunately and I would love to use this in the homelab when tinkering with SBC’s and my servers #IBM#keyboard#mechanicalkeyboard#opensource#repair#computer#retro#retropc
Ok, #RetroPc bubble. I just had a discussion which yielded a very interesting question. Old systems had a PCI-2-ISA bridge. How does the bridge determine where to route a specific IO-read/write?
How does it know that e.g. 0x388 must be routed to the OPL2 on a ISA soundcard?
🕹️ Dive into the nostalgic world of 8-bit gaming! 🚀
Discover iconic titles that defined the golden age of computing. From #ZXSpectrum to #Commodore64 and beyond, "The 8-Bit Book: 1981 to 199x" takes you on an epic journey through gaming history. 🎮📚
My GA586HX v2 (with K6-II processor) won't POST. Hopefully this is one of those boards which plays possum if the CMOS battery is flat. Otherwise I'm in for a Not Fun Repair. #retropc#retrocomputing
Il y a un vendeur de PC rétro au marché aux puces de St-Michel, qui déménagera de Montréal dans quelques mois !
Ils cherchent à vendre tout leur stock avant de déménager. J'ai écrit un petit article (en anglais) sur certains des articles intéressants que j'ai vus à leur stand. Il est possible qu'ils fassent de l'expédition, mais je ne peux pas parler pour eux.
There is a retro PC seller at the St-Michel Flea Market, that is moving out of Montreal in a few months!
They are looking to sell off all of their inventory before moving, I wrote a short blog post on some of the interesting items I saw at their stand. There could be a chance they do shipping but I can't speak for them.
In 1986, #YKK Global (famous Japanese zipper+ maker) created their own PC system: FACE16. I've been trying to find more info on this system online, but to no avail.
I've found photos from one Japanese blog, with no replies from the blog owner. I've also gotten information back from YKK Global, but it was relatively generic ("standard parts... office use")...
This blog owner, 武田俊哉 (TAKEDA, toshiya) has written some interesting vintage/retro PC emulators as well. このブログのオーナーである武田俊哉（TAKEDA, toshiya）さんは、ビンテージ/レトロPCエミュレータについても興味深いことを書いています。 http://takeda-toshiya.my.coocan.jp/
DREAMM Release: 2.1 (aarongiles.com)
DREAMM is a DOS Retro-Emulation Arena for Maniac Mansion and other LucasArts games.
Only $4,495 for a System B? What else could I buy with this kind of money?