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Reading files from DEC Rainbow drive image

VCFed about 6 months ago

I read the ST-412 (RD51) drive into a sector image using Dave Gesswein's mfmemu and would like to loop mount the MSDOS partition under Linux and read out the files. So far I've been able to decipher the Rainbow partitioning scheme (described in the DEC MS …

Rainbow 100 Hard-disk partition scheme?

VCFed about 6 months ago

I have a failing ST-412 in my Rainbow 100B and would rather not lose the files that came on it. Today I was able to read a sector data image from it using a Gesswein mfmemu. However I cannot figure out how to loop mount the partitions on a Linux system a …

32-bit acorn software: classic games • Decent PD, Freeware, Shareware Games?

Stardot about 6 months ago

Below are some of my favourites, please feel free to suggest more (including cover disk exclusive games).Ace Crusader - decent Defender clone with end of stage bosses - below average graphics but plays pretty wellShangai - the version by Julian Jiggi …

Vintage software diskettes and CDs

VCFed about 6 months ago

I'm looking to get rid of a collection of software installation disks dating to the mid 1990s. Before just tossing them in the trash, I'm exploring whether anyone collects such treasures. I see some of this software is being sold via eBay, but I wonder i …
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Chit Chat • Unpreserved games: Have you played any?

Lemon64 about 6 months ago

In my case as a CPC/MS-DOS/PS1/PS2 guy, I have the good or bad luck of having played one MIA game (Missing in Action, games that were never preserved).But it was probably a homebrew game that was basically very close to many other games but with a few var …

IBM ISA 16 BIT 16/4 Token Ring Adapter issues

VCFed about 7 months ago

Hi guys, Has anyone setup the IBM ISA 16 BIT 16/4 Token Ring Adapter under MSDOS? I'm trying to use the IBM local area network support program 1.1 (DXMA0MOD.SYS and DXMC0MOD.SYS in my config.sys) which I used with my 8bit ISA Token Ring network adapter but …

Crimbo - A remake of the ZX Spectrum game for MS-DOS by Jvdw007

Indie Retro News about 7 months ago

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(msdos) how to get the most out of floppies with bad sectors

VCFed about 7 months ago

Hi everyone, I have a done quite a few repairs but I have never tried to repair floppies. I know that there is an entire community around preserving vintage floppies, with specific tools that I have never used, one of which with 'flux' in the name,iirc …
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Anniversary: Sam & Max: Hit The Road Turns 30 This Month

Time Extension about 7 months ago

"You're an ignorant dolt, Max".Sam & Max: Hit the Road, one of LucasArts' most beloved point-and-click adventures, is 30 years old this month (thanks, @Bhaal_Spawn).Based on Steve Purcell's anthropomorphic detective duo, the game launched on MS-DOS in …
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Cinemaware's Rocket Ranger Is Coming To Atari Jaguar 35 Years Later

Time Extension about 7 months ago

Take to the skies!Atari Age has announced that Rocket Ranger, Cinemaware's action-adventure game inspired by The Rocketeer comics, is getting a port for the Atari Jaguar that will be arriving on its store.Originally released in 1988 for the Commodore Amiga …

PC 486SX (ao486) • etherdfs-client and MS-DOS 6.22 on PC 486SX!

MISTerFPGA about 7 months ago

Hi!I've downloaded the official Dos Tools for networking on AO486 core here https://github.com/MiSTer-d... ... s_ftpd.zip.In AO486 I've installed MS-DOS 6.22 on a VHD partition, I've launched PPPDD.EXE and I've got correctly a 192.168.1.254 ip on …

Windows 2.x Installation Disk/Files

VCFed about 7 months ago

So, here is my conundrum, I have a 286 computer, with ms-dos installed. I want to however, also install Windows 2.x, preferable Windows 2.1, windows/286 onto as a "graphical" interface. I originally wanted to download some windows 2.1 files onli …
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Games • Is Bruce Lee the only game where player 2 can control the "bad guys" while player 1 completes the levels?

Lemon64 about 7 months ago

Hey guys, I'm mostly a CPC/MS-DOS/PS1 fan from Spain, but I appreaciate all retro platforms. I believe the true war should be retro Vs. modern. I created this account to ask this question here as this seems a very active forum and Bruce Lee came out for m …
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Help & Support • Read MS-DOS disk with 1571 and zoomfloppy

Lemon64 about 8 months ago

Hi. I wanted to image some old MS-DOS 5.25" diskettes using kryoflux but found out that my disk drive has died.I understand the 1571 can read MS-DOS disks. Is it possible somehow to use that drive for imaging, in combination with zoomfloppy? I tried nibre …

CF PCMCIA card makes sound choppy

VCFed about 8 months ago

Hello! I installed a CF PCMCIA adapter to my Compaq LTE 5300 laptop and it makes sound from internal sound blaster compatible card choppy. Even in MS-DOS mode. Is it normal? How to fix it? …

retro-computing.com Windows 3.x Software Archives Fully Populated!

VCFed about 8 months ago

A while ago I posted here to introduce retro-computing.com, a new software repository and blog covering the full gamut of retro-computing, from the 6502 to Pentium IV (from Apple GS/OS to Microsoft Windows ME, and everything in between). At the time of my …

Artisoft "The Network Eye" / tne.exe; what was it?

VCFed about 8 months ago

I've seen a reference to an app called "The Network Eye", aka tne.exe; apparantly it was a remote control program for MSDOS systems. Anyone have any information on it? Can't find anything else beyond a passing mention... …

Do you think Tim Patterson infringed on DRI's rights with QDOS/MSDOS?

VCFed about 8 months ago

Those of you who used CP/M and then used MS-DOS, I wondered what your opinion on this was? From the books I've read and the interviews I've seen with Tim, I do not think that he copied any CP/M code into QDos. However, Gary Kildall threatened IBM with a la …
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Discovering R.B.I. Baseball on NES

Retro Arcadia about 8 months ago

I regularly come up with stuff here I say I’ll come back to and look at it more detail sometime later, and do you know what? Sooner or later I generally do! Either a man of my word or it just saves me thinking what’s next, take your pick! Let me give …

The Return of Traxtor - A great 8bit game by Juan J. Martinez gets an MS-DOS conversion!

Indie Retro News about 8 months ago

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Packet Driver for Xircom RE-100

VCFed about 8 months ago

Has anyone had any luck with a packet driver for the Xircom RE-100 PCMCIA card? I've been trying to get it to work under DOS with MTCP. But each time, DHCP times out and says to check the cabling and packet driver settings. I have Card Services running (C …
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Games • The Amiga Version of Covert Action - Keyboard Input

LemonAmiga about 9 months ago

I have been a fan of the game Covert Action for about twenty years now, playing it in binges on and off over the years. I was initially familiar with the MS-DOS version, but in the last couple of years I have had the opportunity to try out the Amiga versi …

Does Turbo Assembler or MASM come with an IDE?

VCFed about 9 months ago

Hi, What type of integrated development environment do you guys use when coding assembler in DOS for a PC-XT? it seems like neither TASM nor MASM comes with an IDE. Are there any good IDEs I could use or am I stuck using MS-DOS edit? Thanks! …
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Mario’s Early Years: Preschool Fun contains unique designs for Goombas in its two versions.

Supper Mario Broth about 9 months ago

Mario’s Early Years: Preschool Fun contains unique designs for Goombas in its two versions.Left: the MS-DOS version uses the design from Super Mario World (known as Goombas at the time, changed to Galoombas in 2013), but gives it a much more friendly …

MS-DOS 16-bit: can malloc() and _fmalloc() be mixed?

VCFed about 9 months ago

I'm not experienced with 16-bit realmode programming, so I'm sorry if this is an obvious problem. I'm not sure if I've hit some bug, or this is normal. Anyway, the main question is: is it possible to mix malloc()+free() and _fmalloc()+_ffree() calls in on …