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Some questions about the Xi 8088….

VCFed about 2 months ago

Good day ! First, I'm showing off a little: I finally assembled Kh8088, which had been working for a long time, into a case. For some reason, I love 19" cases))) In the photo: Xi8088 by skiselev, CGA Redux by hkzlab, OPL2 and FDC by skiselev, VCF …
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CGA to SCART adapter

VCFed about 2 months ago

For all those that are interested, I made a CGA to SCART/VGA 15 kHz adapter. ... - profdc9/CGA2Scart: A PCB for a CGA To SCART adapter A PCB for a CGA To SCART adapter. …

EGA Card - Looking for Jumper Settings

VCFed about 2 months ago

Hey everyone! I picked up a EGA card hoping to use it in my 5160 with a 5153 that I picked up recently. Wanted to try some EGA games on CGA monitor. Having some trouble finding any documentation on the card though and wanted to verify jumper and switch …

PGC issues, displays only blue in CGA emulation

VCFed about 3 months ago

Wanted to get some feedback here before I go any further. My PGC powers and the CGA emulation does work, but it displays only blue. At first it was very dim, and I think it actually displayed only green (or maybe it was just very hard to see). It only work …

AT&T 6300 - 25-pin Monitor Model?

VCFed about 3 months ago

Hello folks, I've got an AT&T 6300 WGS that I'm looking to kit out with the period AT&T-ness to go along with. Inside the machine is a VDC400 video card, which seems to be a CGA-compatible card with the 25-pin connector that mates quite nicely with …

WTB: Graphics Gremlin

VCFed about 3 months ago

I would like to purchase a fully assembled Graphics Gremlin card (Either with just MDA/CGA or a version with more extended capabilities). …

Simcity Original for DOS

VCFed about 4 months ago

Im looking for a working version of the Original Simcity for DOS. I want to find a copy that works on ALL the video formats properly. I used to play this on my IBM 5160 with CGA monitor and want to relive that as well as try out other modes like hercules I …

Norton System Information fried the XT-CF-Lite in my 5160?

VCFed about 4 months ago

So, playing around with the XT system that I am putting together piece by piece. After succesfully plugging in and configuring XT-CF-lite 4.1 card, installing PC DOS 3.30 to my CF hard drive and playing around with some games in composite CGA mode, I decid …

Paradise PEGA1A EGA 8bit ISA Card - Strange Symptoms

VCFed about 4 months ago

Hello. I've recently acquired this EGA card. It is a PEGA 1A / AutoSwitch EGA 350 (OEM 3 - ASSY 28700 REV 2). Admittedly, it was a little dirty and corroded in parts. The EPROM was even missing its sticker! After a clean, amazingly it seems to work - well …

Help! Barney is eating my display! (5160 and 5153 only display in purple)

VCFed about 4 months ago

Good Day all. I recently added my long time want items to my collection (pile of misfit toys). We have an IBM XT 5160 with dual floppies (no HDD or controller), 256 kb of memory on board (but only counts to 64kb), a seemingly original CGA & parallel …

Two graphics cards at the same time in an XT

VCFed about 4 months ago

I'm still very new to all this, so I apologize if this is a stupid question, but... 1. ...would it be possible for me to attach both a CGA card and a VGA card to my motherboard at the same time? 2. And if so, is there a convenient software/bios* way to s …

Problems with the IBM PC AT (5170)

VCFed about 4 months ago

Hello everyone. Please help me repair the IBM PC AT (5170) motherboard. Problem description: The motherboard does not start and does not show the image on the monitor. Post code 21. Sometimes (rarely) the motherboard can start normally. This usually happ …

Guidance needed for setting up floppy drives for my XT

VCFed about 4 months ago

While waiting for my barebones 5160 XT system to arrive by mail (as described here), I've started planning which storage devices to use for it. I've looked through several threads here, as well as many pages on minuszerodegrees, but I would really apprecia …

Newbie with an XT - Options for displaying CGA

VCFed about 4 months ago

Hello everyone! I'm new to this community and, though I grew up with MS DOS and the x86 family, I have a limited knowledge about computer hardware (something I hope to correct with my new-found hobby). I recently bought this beauty of a computer: an XT s …

5153/5151 or era CGA monitor/Amber

VCFed about 5 months ago

Hey there. Looking for a nice 5153 ideally, happy to get a 5151, will take both if you got them! Happy if you have any sort of CGA monitor or Amber monochrome …

Strange modification in Hercules Color Card (GB200)

VCFed about 5 months ago

I recently acquired a CGA Hercules Color Card (GB200) with a strange modification. On the 74L00SN chip located in U18, a 74LS32N has been mounted, soldered only on PIN 7 (GND) and 14 (Vcc). The rest of the pins are not connected, except for 1 to 6 of the …

Paradise PVC2 questions on Olivetti M19

VCFed about 5 months ago

Hello, Usually documentation refers to graphics in this PC as Plantronics ColorPlus, but on the mainboard there's a PVC2 chip. System works in MDA, CGA and Plantronics modes. PVC2 also supports Hercules but as far as I remember it doesn't work. What I'd …

IBM PC, PCXT, Tandy 1000 • Tandy sound on Space Quest and odd CGA colors

MISTerFPGA about 5 months ago

Hi, I'm having a heck of a time getting Space Quest to run in Tandy mode on the pcxt core.In the pcxt mode with pcxt31.rom, I can load up my ao486 vhd to access the game directory. The colors are not correct in CGA (they show up as orange, green, etc.) My …

Vette! (1989) - Can’t get Hercules mode to work!

VCFed about 5 months ago

This game allegedly supports Hercules, but I can’t get it to run on my IBM XT with a genuine Hercules card! I have downloaded several different copies of the game, none of which have worked. I just get a blinking cursor and hear the game sounds, as if it …
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Horace Hagfish Is A New Puzzle Game On Steam With Glorious EGA Graphics

Time Extension about 6 months ago

Only you can prevent a gravy drenched future!Back in 1984, IBM introduced a new display standard for their IBM line of personal computers.Enhanced Graphics Adapter or EGA (as it was often abbreviated) was a vast improvement over the CGA (Color Graphics Ada …

Help on monitor issue with Taxan 770 plus, powers on but video collapses.

VCFed about 6 months ago

So this is a hard lesson to not recap things that aren't broke. I recapped my 1987 working Taxan 770 monitor and when I put it back together I had one high voltage crack on power on. Thinking it was just the anode cap getting settled back or something du …

Another Leading Edge DC-2010E Leading Edge Amber Monochrome Monitor issues

VCFed about 6 months ago

No video and no beeps. The voltage rails look good at 5V and 12V. The Varta battery had leaked, but I removed it and cleaned up the leaking. There wasn't too much and the traces that were leaked on look fine. I've tried the mono/cga switch in both posi …
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Games • BMX Simulator Pro 4 Player Adaptor Version

Lemon64 about 6 months ago

https://csdb.dk/release/in... BMX Simulator EasyFlash------------------... the originalA) BMX SimulatorB) BMX Simulator Pro (Std/Exp)C) BMX Simulator II (Std/Exp)without loading times, time trainer* or with 4 player adaptor (B &a …
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IBM PC XT 5160 RAM Errors on Bank 0 - It's not RAM?

VCFed about 6 months ago

I'm diagnosing this XT 5160 (64KB-256KB systemboard) that won't post. After replacing the IBM BIOS with Rudd's diag ROM I get a screen and it proceeds to test. It's failing in Bank 0 (2KB) with all chips except Parity shown bad bits. See screen... I've …

Trimming my collection

VCFed about 7 months ago

Local pickup in Pleasanton, CA Most of it items are in near mint condition and all work. NABU $100 IBM 5151 MDA Display. $100 IBM 5153 CGA Display. $200 IBM 5153 CGA Display. $200 IBM 5160 $200 = in original box = working original 20MB had …