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Interview: "We’ve Finally Sighted Land" - Free Stars, The Star Control Successor 30 Years In The Making

Time Extension about 15 days ago

"I liken this journey to the one that Odysseus went through".The story of the sci-fi action-adventure series Star Contol is a long and complicated one.Originally debuting in 1990 as a strategy game for MS-DOS and Commodore Amiga, it was the brainchild of a …
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Wind Runners Looks Like A Modern Sci-Fi Take On The Amiga Classic Jetstrike

Time Extension about 23 days ago

Coming "soon" to Steam.Over the weekend, the Brazilian developer Ludic Studios gave an update on its in-development Steam shoot 'em up Wind Runners as part of #screenshotsaturday, and it looks set to be a modern take on classic 2D dogfighting games like Wi …

Commodore Events - Both Old and New C= • Photos and video from Los Angeles Maker Faire 2024

Commodore.ca about 30 days ago

Check out the pictures and video of our exhibit at the April 6 Los Angeles Maker Faire 2024! We had many attendees come and talk about the Commodore and Amiga computers that were on exhibit. Thanks to SCCAN member Jerold K. for helping out through the d …
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Anniversary: The Elder Scrolls Series Is 30 Years Old

Time Extension about 1 month ago

When was your first trip to Tamriel?Bethesda's Elder Scrolls series is now 30 years old – the first instalment, The Elder Scrolls: Arena, launched on March 25th, 1994.Released exclusively for MS-DOS PCs, it used a combination of 3D environments and 2D sp …

PC 486SX (ao486) • This is a problem related to Windows 95 installation.(Boot disk image not working)

MISTerFPGA about 2 months ago

Hi!To install Windows 95, I mounted the Windows 95 boot disk image to "Floppy A:" and restarted, but "Booting from floppy..." does not proceed any further. Literally, booting does not proceed.The same thing happens if you replace it with another boot disk …

How long did CP/M have a hold before MS-DOS became a thing

VCFed about 2 months ago

I've had it in my mind that each had its own "era" in a sequential thing like "CP/M was it for 8 years, and then MS-DOS was it for X years", but the early date of the IBM PC in 1981 seems to throw that idea out the window. Obvious …

ZIP drives on Windows 10/11?

VCFed about 2 months ago

(Apologies if someone has asked this before, I looked and could not find a thread in this vein) In another trip to the thrift store this past Saturday I picked up a couple Zip 100 drives, figuring they would be a great way to transfer data between my vint …

Setting up a DECnet network with a Pro380 and Windows client?

VCFed about 2 months ago

Anyone have any experience setting up a DECnet network between a PRO and a MS-DOS/W95 computer? I recently acquired a DECnet card for my PRO. I also purchased a twisted pair transceiver. I have a W95 machine with a network card. I am hoping to get bot …

RCA CF Reader not working in DOS on 486

VCFed about 2 months ago

Greetings, I have a parallel port-based RCA CompactFlash reader which has been tested to work in Windows XP, and in MS-DOS 7.1 / WIndows 98SE on a Pentium III. I have MS-DOS 7.1 installed on a 486DX2 and have tried all sorts of drivers I found by scouring …

IBM PC, PCXT, Tandy 1000 • DOS Versions Wanted

MISTerFPGA about 2 months ago

For the VHD generator I'm writing I'm looking to gather as many original MS/IBM DOS versions as I can. I know that MS-DOS was originally distributed through OEM's so this is quite a tall order (I now have 53 OEM-releases of 2.x alone). I'm looking for DOS …

I'm Ben

VCFed about 2 months ago

Greetings VCF, I've recently started rebuilding my collection of vintage and nostalgia-inducing items, focusing on systems from the late 80s to the 90s. My journey began with an Amstrad CPC that I acquired from a family friend, who upgraded to an Atari ST …
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Zenith Z-100 can read early 8" 86-DOS disks

VCFed about 3 months ago

I was able to assemble Zenith's MS-DOS 1.25 source code to produce a functioning IO.SYS and by changing two variables in the disk tables, when it senses an 8" SSSD it reads the directory on track 2 and lowers the number of directory entries. It can no …
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Seattle Computer Products 8086 Monitor Collection

VCFed about 3 months ago

I have created a collection of all known versions of SCP's 8086 Monitor ROM. Versions 1.4 to 1.6 are intended for the SCP CPU support board model 300F, while version 1.9 is designed for model 301A. Both the source code and binary files are included for all …

Searching: Drivers for Microsoft Soundsystem soundcard for Windows 3.x

VCFed about 3 months ago

Hello, does someone have drivers for the Microsoft Soundsystem soundcard for Windows 3.x, probably for MS-DOS as well? The soundcard and it's drivers is very rare, for example used in the 486(slc) based Olivetti M4 / M6 desktop PC series and Olivetti Phi …
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Linux • TapTo x86 platform

MISTerFPGA about 3 months ago

Hi everyone!I have made several modifications to MiSTer_Main to support the TapTo device:Detection of the ACR122U reader in the menu.x86 support through CMOS memory, using the TapTo API service.I have not yet made a pull request to the official repository …

PC BIOS function int 21, 48

VCFed about 3 months ago

I tried using my own simple malloc by calling this bios function. Again in MS-DOS real mode. This bios function returns a 16 bit number and I don't really know if my code is correct to convert it to the actual address: Code:... _mallo …

HP 110 and HP Portable Plus Software and ROMs - survey

VCFed about 3 months ago

Several software products had been available for the HP 110 and the HP Portable Plus. Some of them came on floppy disks and some in (EP)ROMs. A few are available for example on hpmuseum.net or on www.jeffcalc.hp41.eu. Howe... there are still many progra …
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Seattle Computer Products manual scans...

VCFed about 3 months ago

I got a very nice All-SCP S-100 system yesterday and I got the manuals scanned and uploaded today. MS-DOS 2.00 Programmer's Guide: ... 2.00 Programmer's Manuals : Seattle Computer …

MS-DOS Reading keyboard port (60 61) without interrupts

VCFed about 3 months ago

I'm adding joystick support for my engine, and It is simpler to read joystick and keyboard at the same time after waiting for vsync. All keyboard functions and info I find, suggests I should read 0x60 port by inserting a custom function in interrupt vecto …

Wanted - Epson QX16 DOS disks

VCFed about 3 months ago

I'll looking for a complete set of MS-DOS disks for the QX-16. I have a single DOS disk that boots to DOS, but lacks any of the utilities. …

Microsoft Client Help

VCFed about 4 months ago

Hello all, I am new to these fourms so please correct me on anything I do wrong in my post. I have a 386 MSDOS 6.22 system, with a DE201 Ethernet card. I'm trying to get Microsoft Client working on but I seem to be running into an error while starting …
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Alone In The Dark's Digital Deluxe Edition Will Include Retro Skins Based On The 1992 Original

Time Extension about 4 months ago

Surely, this is the best way to play the game!Pieces Interactive and THQ Nordic's Alone in the Dark reboot launches in a couple of months on March 20th, 2024 (for the PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Windows), and will feature the actors David Harbour and Jodie C …

[yt] Video showing a deep dive into the earliest to date copy of 86-DOS 0.11.

VCFed about 4 months ago

This video gives an in-depth look at what is currently the oldest known copy of 86-DOS, the antecedent to #MSDOS aka #PCDOS, where we go through the process of moving from CP/M, translating Z80 to 8086 code, and assembling it. Since this DOS predates the I …
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Need Tandy 1000HX ROM for PCEM v12 windows

VCFed about 4 months ago

Need Tandy 1000HX ROM for PCEM v12 windows. I followed the instructions below to install PCEM and emulate the Tandy 1000, but unable to find the 1000 HX rom for PCEM that works. Has anyone tried PCEM with a Tandy 1000 HX ROM? ... …
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Ancient DOS

VCFed about 4 months ago

Very interesting article . . . ... known version of DOS unearthed – MS-DOS ancestor 86-DOS version 0.1 C is now available on the Internet Archive Disk contains just ni …