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DJGPP and floating point emulation.

VCFed about 4 months ago

This is probably a stupid question combined with my faulty memory playing tricks on me. For fun, I created a stupid little thing in DJGPP (v2.03) on 86box, emulating a 25 MHz 486 SX - no FPU - just like a machine I had years ago. Because the machine, rea …

Playing Retro Games on Your Phone

Retromash about 5 months ago

In the world of gaming, improvements in graphics and gameplay seem to happen almost daily. This can mean that a hunger for the next game full of the latest features can eclipse all others, and older titles tend to fall by the wayside. This can be a great s …
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$38 'FlippyDrive' ODE Lets You Keep Your GameCube's Optical Drive

Time Extension about 5 months ago

The best of both worlds.Optical drives are often the first thing to fail on retro consoles, which is why so many people choose to swap out their disc drives for an Optical Disc Emulator – effectively, a device which replaces the drive and allows you to l …
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Need Tandy 1000HX ROM for PCEM v12 windows

VCFed about 5 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? ... …

Hp64700 with 68000 pod

VCFed about 5 months ago

Hello I am in need of the software for a PC Running either DOS or Early version of Windows I have a HP64700B emulator that I got and am trying to get it working to get a 68000 board running …

8-bit acorn emulators • Beebit emulator

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hello and happy new year. Does anyone have experience with the Beebit emulator for RiscOS.These days I installed RiscOS 5.28 on Pi3 and tried this emulator.Overall, it works really well, but it has issue with the game Stunt Car Racer, which I wanted to …
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8-bit acorn hardware • Acorn Communicator Restoration

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hi AllTrying to restore and get working a Acorn Communicator, bought it 3 years ago during lockdown, it popped up on ebay, at the time hadnt a clue what a communicator was.. was on for 80Euros from Italy buy it now, so bought it...It looked like it had sp …

32-bit acorn emulators • Arculator v2.2 for Raspberry Pi 5 ‘menu’ not working

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hello all,I've built the linux version of Arculator (v.2.2) for the Raspberry Pi 5 and all appears to be okay, except for the menu. Whenever I right-click I get the following error in the terminal window and no menu pop-up:(arculator:179053): Gtk-WARNING …

Amiga (Minimig) • AmigaVision (MegaAGS) 2023.12.25 Released with Updated Game Configurations

MISTerFPGA about 5 months ago

We are happy to announce that the latest release of AmigaVision/MegaAGS is available!AmigaVision is the ultimate, open source Amiga setup for MiSTer and Analogue Pocket FPGAs, emulators, and real hardware.This is a straightforward, simple release to get A …

Ask for Job Guidance and referrals here. • ways to practice COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2 & CICS in any emulator for free?

zMainframes about 5 months ago

HI,What are the ways to practice COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2 & CICS in any emulator for free? I have even tried to participate in IBM ZXPLORE but in vain, I was unable to practice CICS COBOL along with DB2 there. Suggest me few ways to try all these for fre …

8-bit acorn hardware • BBC Master Sideways RAM vanishes shortly after boot

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hi ... I've got a weird problem with a BBC Master 128... LK18/19 set West, if you're quick with *ROMS on power-up it shows 7 (sometimes),6,5,4 as RAM, but after a few seconds if *ROMS is issued again, everything shows as ROM.I became aware of this when I …

Franklin Ace 1000 Won't Floppy Boot but seems OK?

VCFed about 5 months ago

I picked up an Ace 1000 and I'm trying to get it up and running. I have a floppy drive on it, and a BMOW emulator as well. I don't have a bootable floppy disk unfortunately. Powering on the drive makes the traditional clunkitah-cllunktah, so I know it's …

Under the Fir Tree: The Day of St. Claus

CD-ROM Journal about 5 months ago

What kind of life would a dog have at the North Pole? What could a puppy do to help Santa? Under The Fir Tree: The Day of St. Claus (??????? The Day of St. Claus), an interactive storybook for Mac released in 1994, follows a small dog after they get strand …
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communications • OBBS (without needing Pace Modem)

Stardot about 5 months ago

Afternoon all,I spent some time yesterday faffing with the copy of OBBS on the forum removing the dependency on the PACE hardware and getting it to answer calls via TcpSer, shockingly (for my limited knowledge) I've had some success...but for some reason …
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8-bit acorn software: classic games • Elite: load commander?

Stardot about 5 months ago

First post. I came across B2 emulator. And got Elite (Master 128) running on the MacBook. So cool, with the craters and much smoother than the Amiga port. Played a while, got a laser upgrade and shot my way to Average. B2 doesn't save state between sessio …
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The PS Vita is 12 and powering on into 2024

Portable Gaming Roundup about 5 months ago

 Updated: To celebrate the European launch... the last time I picked up a console in an actual shop! Checking the stores for the best bargain (thanks, HMV).. Then, the joy of the tiny cases and carts, the feel of sheer gaming power in a handheld and a …

other vintage hardware, software and languages • Frontier Elite II - combat

Stardot about 5 months ago

I was very excited when I saw a copy of Frontier Elite II in a games shop back in the 90s and immediately bought it. It ran superbly on my 486 DX4 100 on maximum detail etc. I remember marvelling at the scenery as I flew away from Merlin and up into the s …
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8-bit acorn software: other • Wider screen MODEs

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hello.Purely out of curiosity, since doing this eats more than 2K of valuable memory, but does this disc image produce the same as the screenshot (including the yellow pixels bottom right) on physical hardware? All emulators I've tried look fine but I've …

32-bit acorn software: RISC iX • Tutorial: How to transfer files RISC OS<->RISC iX

Stardot about 5 months ago

Transferring files from RISC OS to RISC iX and vice versa isn't too hard (especially from iX->ROS), but there's some interestingness for sure.From RISC iX to RISC OS:This is the easiest transfer direction. The RISCiXFS module loaded by !RISCiX can actu …
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new risc os games and conversions • Archimedes Hypercube

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hypercube, a 3D game of the Tetris genre for the Archimedes series of computers employing an isometric view. This was originally published in Archimedes World magazine May '93.Instructions attached and also within the application. I've got this running on …

software preservation • Help: Cassette Program Preservation

Stardot about 5 months ago

Greetings,I hoping someone might be able to help me a bit with a project I am trying to complete.Nearly 40 years ago my dad wrote a program in BBC basic for his 3 kids.It was a simple program that when you pressed a key on the keyboard it played a nursey …
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Tektronix 4052/4054 & A-Series Tech Data has 34 pages on microcode!

VCFed about 5 months ago

This is the Tektronix 070-2840-03 Nov 1982 revision of the 4052/4054 Technical Data Service Manual to include the 4052A/4054A: http://dvq.com... pages 142 to 175 have a LOT more detail on the ALU mi …

Virtual Box 6.1 (Mac OS X as Host) Various DAW Images

Mac OS9 Lives about 5 months ago

I get PMs occasionally on both the emulation route (QEMU) and the Virtualization Route, so I figured I would post a quick FYI about virtualization route (VirtualBox) since I have already included a complete QEMU section (emulator).If any members need ... …

Import Files Inside A CP/M Disk Image

VCFed about 5 months ago

Hello! I am trying kaypro2x rom inside MAME emulator. I have downloaded k2x22g.td0 and k2g-blnk.td0 disk images. These are compatible with the MAME kaypro2x rom. The first is a bootable CP/M 2.2G system disk (81-292-A) and the second is also a bootable C …

8-bit acorn hardware • PiBridge 2.1-dev pushed to github

Stardot about 5 months ago

Dear allI am slowly beginning work on the next release of the PiBridge software - v2.1-dev.https://github.com... default branch remains v2.0 (stable). v2.1 will have to be specifically selected to get this version.Code: git clone -b …