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Unknown_K
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Games in CGA look horrible, its better to get out the C64 and play them on that machine!
Was EGA used alot for games or did it go from CGA to VGA graphics? |
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johpower
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Location: Colorado North 40
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If you are replying to my 2/18 statement, I've amended it to more clearly mean that the 80's wasn't all CGA.
EGA was used from '83 to '89 generally. It was mainly in response to calls for better color depth and better than Mac video games for PC's at the time. Most games after '86 supported both VGA and EGA mode (not much diff between EGA and VGA coding). The advent of good cheap VGA monitors killed EGA.
You can even see the transition-ware. A big border would be put around an EGA video box and buttons added there for onscreen controls that the original didn't have.
And don't forget to add: "device(high)=c:\dos\ega.sys" to your config.sys to get the better res. |
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Tombstone
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Where can one purchase an old system like this? I've got a Pentium 133 (see signature), and even a Pentium 90, but they're too advanced for some of my favorite old DOS games (Gunship 2000, Pirates! Gold, etc.)
I have been hunting for a 386/DX40 (or thereabouts) for two years. Yard sales, eBay, you name it, I've checked into it.
I had one of those boat-anchors about 12 years ago. Who knew I'd be wishing I still had it? |
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Unknown_K
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| Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 1:38 am
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| Are you in the US? I have a 386SX/40 MB that needs a battery, maybe we could trade. |
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Tombstone
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| Unknown_K wrote: | | Are you in the US? I have a 386SX/40 MB that needs a battery, maybe we could trade. |
Unfortunately, I'd need the whole nine yards. I have old drives < 500MB for it, some old 4 - 12X CD-ROMs that I'm pretty sure still work, wads and wads of good 30 pin SIMMs, and that SB CT3990 VLB card for audio, but that's it. I don't even have an AT class chassis anymore.
I might still be interested, though...
Q. Does your mainboard have the on-board FDD/HDD controller?
Q. Does your mainboard have a ISA-VLB slot?
Q. Do you have the 386/40 CPU? |
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Unknown_K
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Onboard FDD/HDD controller didn't happen untill the tail end of the 486 era, so NO
The board has 8 and 16 Bit ISA slots, VLB was in the 486 era, so NO
The CPU is soldered onto the motherboard, Worked last time I tested it, so YES.
I also have a trident ISA video card, mpst likely a ISA HD/floppy controller too.
The unit takes 4 30-pin memory modules.
You would need a case, floppy, hd, keyboard, and serial mouse |
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Tombstone
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| Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 9:38 pm
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| Unknown_K wrote: | Onboard FDD/HDD controller didn't happen untill the tail end of the 486 era, so NO
The board has 8 and 16 Bit ISA slots, VLB was in the 486 era, so NO |
I've seen 386 compatible mainboards with one or both of these features, that's why I asked. |
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Unknown_K
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| Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 9:53 pm
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| Tombstone wrote: | | Unknown_K wrote: | Onboard FDD/HDD controller didn't happen untill the tail end of the 486 era, so NO
The board has 8 and 16 Bit ISA slots, VLB was in the 486 era, so NO |
I've seen 386 compatible mainboards with one or both of these features, that's why I asked. |
There were some exotic 486 boards that has 386 chips built into them so people could expand to a 486 when prices were reasonable. Those boards ended up using 486 chips before they were discarded and would be sold as 486 motherboards. |
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kreats
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Kazer0: You've got a colour classic II? Wow, they are mega-super-rare! You can get the same thing as a CCII by sticking a lc550 board in a CC1 - but having the real thing is even better  |
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