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=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= You can now access all of this within a youtube playlist: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Made by discord user "EMWhite", youtube channel 8-Bit Wall of DOOM, these are succinct, helpful, uses old machine knowledge to put everyone in the right context. These videos are...

I just subscribed to a basic account for MidJourney and I'll share my results here. Let's start with: an exactly 512x342 resolution bitmap image with perfectly square pixels with only pure white or pure black as the only two possible colors showing the gameplay of a brand new platformer game...

Ryan from Everything is broken garage shared this useful tidbit of news for fans of retro PCs that need to install Windows 98. I know lots of people end up using the image from winworldpc, and that's fine if you want authenticity but I can't explain why or how but, that image has failed me on...

Here's what I worked with: Win98SE running inside a weeCee (Tiny Vortex86-based DOS gaming PC - weeCee ) DAEMON Tools 3.47 a script.bat file that attempted to do 2 steps: -unmount drive 0's mounted CD image -mount a specific CD image contents of the bat file: "c:\program...

SCOREBOARD (submit screens or photos between May 15th 2023 00:00 PST to June 14th 2023 23:59 PST Glypha: Vintage SCORE - NAME - DATE Glypha III v1.0.1 SCORE - NAME - DATE Tetris (Spectrum Holobytes) SCORE - NAME DATE 1,122,200 - Seirea - May 27th 2023 126,500 - Daxeria - June 14th 2023 7,253...

John Calhoun of Soft Dorothy fame has released an updated version of Glypha for modern machines (Windows, MacOS and Linux). Available since today on Steam at even a promo-reduced price until May 22nd 2023! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2318420/Glypha_Vintage/ Check out Gruz (of Classic...

(crosspost, but I never ever get to post threads about the Lisa, so I did when I could, right now!) New video about the USBV4C which (since mid-April) added support to early macs (128, 512, Plus) keeps support for ADB Macs and even adds the Lisa. Lets you use modern usb and bt devices for...

New video about the USBV4C which (since mid-April) added support to early macs (128, 512, Plus) keeps support for ADB Macs and even adds the Lisa. Lets you use modern usb and bt devices for these vintage computers. dekuNukem assures me I'm the first to buy and get this card in the world...

Have you been following the Commander X-16 saga by David Murray? Or the Commodore-65? These are 2 modern-day reimagined 8-bit computers with modern bells and whistles, with the goal of being more performing than their historical inspirations, while still attempting to capture the age of personal...

My last hurrah for #MARCHintosh, I found another cursed boot diskette (#02!) watch what happens - if you want to try what I coded as the INIT that I used, go here: https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/init-fakes-a-ms-dos-33-startup

It's happened a few times when an Apple/Mac enthusiast acquires a PC but doesn't know what to do with it, what games are good for it? What sound card should you get? Here's my take on it, having used a: 386 SX25 in 1992-1996** Pentium 1 166 in 1996-2000* Athlon 600 MHz in 2000-2004 etc, to...

This is the video that inspired me to follow in his track (Adrian's Digital Basement) and install a RGBtoHDMI pi zero + hat + buffer board to first my Macintosh Classic 1, then to my Mac Plus and eventually to a SE/30 in an upcoming update to this thread. Project page to RGBtoHDMI...

This has made the rounds on youtube and on Twitter, so here goes an attempt to make a comprehensive thread about it. A Canadian computer called the NABU, which didn't have disk drive storage, tape cassette or anything (just a keyboard, joystick port and expansion ports for printer, disk drive...

Every PC DOS gamer has lusted after the Gravis Ultrasound at a specific point in time near the mid 90's. It offered a significant audio sample quality boost compared to the massively standard sound blaster, SB Pro or SB16. What added to the frustration is that a handful of demos from the scene...

This a hardware capture (video using RGBtoHDMI for capturing the original 1986 software for the left half parts, audio using the speaker out port) from a Macintosh Plus running Bogas Productions' "Studio Session" a music software for Mac Plus released in 1986 capable of playing back 6 mixed...

Use case #1: Clone my Mac Plus signal to a HDMI capture stick, a small lag is acceptable Clone that signal to a LCD screen, sub 1-frame lag is needed here. This is what I've been using ever since I build my own RGBtoHDMI early in 2022, to great success (you can check that out here ) Use case...

Can't seem to give my PB170 interesting boot options. The internal HD is dead. PB180 Behavior: Everything works instantly with my PB180 (same power adapter, same external bluescsi assembly, working internal HD though). PB170 Behavior, initially: w/ external BlueSCSI plugged in: I got a gray...

✅THINK C was used ✅Studio Session was used ✅Discouraged alternate buffer hack was used Thanks to @Crutch and @YMK over on this thread: https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/scrnbase-and-its-alternate-screen-address.2299/page-2#post-19807 I was able to squash my bugs regarding a fast switching...

SCOREBOARD (submit screens or photos between January 21st 2023 00:00 PST to February 21st 2023 23:59 PST MOUSE STAMPEDE 2.0 SCORE - NAME - DATE CRYSTAL QUEST 2.2 SCORE - NAME - DATE CRAB ATTACK II SCORE - NAME DATE 291,863 - Mu0n - Feb 21st 2023 1,336,025 - Mu0n - Feb 13th 2023 2,560 - Mu0n...

Let's get it over with: paging @Crutch since I know he has tips inside his mind at the ready, with no need to consult any reference, like always. Goal: I want to prepare an alternate screen buffer graphic a few seconds in advance so I can instantly 'screen flip' at a precise time when needed...