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PC 486SX (ao486) • ao486 ET4000 Video RAM

MISTerFPGA about 2 months ago

Ive got windows 95 running on the ao486 with the MISTERFB.DRV for the ET4000. I was wondering if there is and way to increase the size of the video ram, or is that hard wired? …

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 …

ZIP drives on Windows 10/11?

VCFed about 3 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 …

New 486 Build

VCFed about 3 months ago

I was able to find a DATA Expert Motherboard and it can take up to 128MB RAM. It says 72Pin SIMS and regretfully the manual doesn't offer much more other than for 128MB it would take 16*2 DRAM in each of its 4 slots to get the 128MB. Its been a long time …

PC 486SX (ao486) • Windows 95 Wheel Mouse

MISTerFPGA about 3 months ago

Is it possible to use a mouse wheel in Windows 95 through the a0486 core. I found some advice which pointed me to some random mouse drivers, the best one of which appeared to be https://it.driverscollectio... ... bbd7e3cb71 - this is a generic w …
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Fan Releases Translation Patch For 'Wind's Seed', A "Cute" RPG From Puyo Puyo Dev Compile

Time Extension about 4 months ago

Wind's Seed was released in 1995 in Disc Station magazine Vol. 07.A fan translation has just been released for a small PC-98 RPG from the Puyo Puyo developer Compile.Wind's Seed, in case you've never heard of it (and we wouldn't blame you), is a short 2-hr …

File/System Integrity Monitoring for Windows 95

VCFed about 6 months ago

Normally I like using TinyWatcher for this purpose and that works great on anything Windows 98 and above for watching changes in the registry, files, etc. However despite the system requirements saying it'll run on Windows 95 it has never run on any versio …
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My first IRQ conflict! Need some help.

VCFed about 6 months ago

Just installed a shiny new copy of Windows 95 onto a WinBook FX I just got in from eBay. Laptop needed a new hard drive and has a hinge problem I need to check but it’s otherwise working. I’ve got an audio issue though. Seems like Windows knows what it …

Gigabyte GA-5486AL / FinALi 486 PCI Chipset (ALi M1489/87) drivers?

VCFed about 6 months ago

I wonder if there were there any drivers or tools for the FinALi 486 chipset available for Windows 95 or DOS? Like for its integrated IDE controller to unlock higher PIO/MWDMA modes or change DMI table settings? …

"My Documents" as system icon under Windows 95

VCFed about 6 months ago

I use Windows 95OSR2.1 on my 486 and I would like to add a "system icon" (like "My Computer","Network Neighborhood") to my Desktop and Explorer trees which opens "C:\My Documents" folder, similar to the later impleme …

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 …

Hello from Virginia

VCFed about 7 months ago

Hi all, I just joined this forum because I'm interested in building a vintage computer. I've been a long time follower of LGR on YouTube and always wanted to build a vintage computer to play some games and use some programs I used when I was young. I'm int …

What to see in San Jose/Mountain View California

VCFed about 7 months ago

Hi Everyone, I'm visiting San Jose/Mountain View California next week for 4 days. I am already planning on seeing the Computer History Museum, is there anything people can suggest I go see or stores that sell used computers in the area. I collect Commodore …

Crescendo MIDI player for Windows 3.1, Windows NT, Windows 95, & Mac-OS System 7.1

VCFed about 7 months ago

Does anyone have the Crescendo MIDI player for Windows 3.1, Windows NT, Windows 95, or Mac-OS System 7.1? Alternatively, does anyone know where I can get it on the web? If you do have a link or download, please share it here. …

PC 486SX (ao486) • Joystick Support Under Windows 95?

MISTerFPGA about 7 months ago

How do I get the joystick set up in windows 95 in the A 486 core? …

PC 486SX (ao486) • Windows 95 with Internet ?

MISTerFPGA about 7 months ago

I have windows 95 installed and would like to use the internet explorer to surf the net.I have read here twas m null modem., but no idea what I have to do.does anyone have a tip on how to set up Windows 95 internet? …

IBM ThinkPad 760XL [1997, 166MHz Pentium, Windows 95, Black] [£250]

VCFed about 8 months ago

Unique opportunity to own a piece of IBM mid-1990s computing history. The ThinkPad 760 series was the high-performance series of notebook available from IBM at the time. The 760XL sub-model was in turn the top of this range, with an SVGA+ screen and incre …

WTB: Toshiba Dynapad T200 or T200/CS (also interested in accessories)

VCFed about 9 months ago

A long time ago, I had a 1994 Dynapad T200/CS. It was a really great machine, but I recall I bricked it while trying to install Windows 95. I’ve lost track of it since. I am hoping to find another one someday, or even just the monochrome T200, to somewha …

FS: ThinkPad 560 Pentium laptop

VCFed about 9 months ago

I have for sale a ThinkPad 560 in very good condition. The system has the following specs: -133MHz Pentium CPU -2gb hard drive with the original IBM Windows 95 preload on it -40MB of RAM -AC adapter -main battery (holds a charge but only keeps the machine …

Compaq LTE Software diskettes/images

VCFed about 9 months ago

Okay, hear me out... I picked up a really nice LTE Lite 4/25E on my way back from VCFw (the battery even still holds a five minute charge!) and it still has an intact system partition but someone has blown away the rest of the disk and reinstalled Windows …

IBM ThinkPad 760e with all the trimmings

VCFed about 10 months ago

Located in Virginia I have an IBM Thinkpad 760E with Windows 95 Specs: Intel Pentium Processor 48MB RAM 2GB Hard Disk Drive 2 PCMCIA Ports PS/2 Mouse port VGA, Parallel, and Serial ports on back. Headphone and Mic Jacks as well as a modem jack. Comes wi …

Windows 95 retail upgrade automated installer

VCFed about 10 months ago

AUTO95.EXE is a simple program I wrote to streamline the Windows 3.1x to Windows 95 retail upgrade process. The application will scan your removable and networked drives, as well as the current working directory for the Windows 95 source files, then copy …

Software • Public Service Announcement regarding 98se updates

Vogons about 10 months ago

98se is in a way a cumulation of work done to windows 95 all way up to 98 Second Edition. Think of 98se as 95 Service pack 5.The core OS didn't change it was improved on and bugs were fixed. By the time 98se droped all of the bugs from 95 and 981st had …

General Old Hardware • IBM Aptiva (Needing some help)

Vogons about 10 months ago

First off it's been a long time since posting here a lot has changed since 2018 some posts are gone, some people banned. I just back into collecting again after selling of everything. Despite all of that how is everyone doing?I just recently acquired two …

DOS question

VCFed about 10 months ago

Is it possible to install MS Dos from a directory on the hard disk instead of off of floppy disks? I know that you can do this with windows 95/98 by copying the files to a directory and running setup(this is my preferred method). I tried this with an ms d …