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Sunday, February 16, 2014

Patching DOSBox by a Beginner for Beginners

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In order to apply a patch to DOSBox, you must first be able to compile DOSBox from its source.  Start with this tutorial : http://www.dosb...

Influences of the PCjr. - the IBM PC Convertible

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The IBM PC Convertible, Model 5140, was IBM's first attempt at a battery-powered laptop.  Of course, it was thick, had a small screen, a...
Saturday, February 8, 2014

Introduction to the PCjr., or How NOT to Destroy It!

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IBM PCjr. Startup Screen - Maximum RAM Count (but you can have more) Congratulations!  You have just won a PCjr off ebay, scored one o...
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Sunday, February 2, 2014

PCjr. Post-Cancellation, or the Afterlife of a Flop

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November 1, 1983 - IBM announced the PCjr. to great fanfare.  Commentators predicted and expected that IBM's new system would bring orde...
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Saturday, January 25, 2014

Meet another Video Card - The Prolink Systems, Inc. MVGA-AVGA4VL VLB Card

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Recently, I found a card nearly identical to this one from http://www.vgamuseum.info/ in an old system and decided to try it out : I h...
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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

SimCity for DOS - The Swiss Army Knife of Video Mode Support

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The original version of SimCity for DOS, 1.02, supported a variety of video modes.  Here is a screenshot of the title screen and an in-game ...
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Thursday, January 16, 2014

A Tale of Two Configs

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In an MS-DOS system with a 386 or better processor, when it comes to configuring the OS, typically the issue is whether to load or not to lo...
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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

SID and DOS - Unlikely but True Bedfellows

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The Commodore MOS 6581 Sound Interface Device, the SID, is one of the most famous synthesizer chips of all time.  Its inclusion in the Commo...
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