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Although new VGA-equipped monitors can still be bought, the old standard is definitely on its way out by now, being replaced by high-speed digital interfaces like HDMI and DisplayPort. It …read more Continue reading Upgraded Graphics Gremlin Adds HDMI Video to Vintage PCs
Sometimes you really want to use your legacy SoundBlaster instead of emulating it for classic games. While modern PCs don’t have ISA slots, [TheRasteri] is fixing this shortcoming with his …read more Continue reading ISA over TPM to Your PC
A few years ago [Takaya Saeki] and fellow students of the University of Tokyo, were given a very limited instruction during their ‘CPU exercise’ class, along the lines of: Take …read more Continue reading Home-Built CPU Runs With Home-Built Toolchain
Having grown up with 386-level systems during the early 90s like so many of us, [Alexandru Groza] experienced an intense longing to experience the nostalgia of these computer systems from …read more Continue reading Building Your Own 80386DX ISA Single Board Microcomputer
These days, supply chain factors and high demand have made it incredibly difficult to lay one’s hands on a GPU. However, if you’re into older computers, you might find it …read more Continue reading Some Pleasing Experiments in 8-Bit Video Cards
Everything is better when you can program it, right? We have software-defined radios, software-defined networks, and software-defined storage. Now a company called Ascenium wants to create a software-defined CPU. They’ve …read more Continue reading Software Defined… CPU?
One thing about vintage computers is that they depend greatly on whether or not one can plug a compatible monitor into them. That’s what’s behind [Tube Time]’s Graphics Gremlin, a …read more Continue reading Retro ISA Card Means Old, Slow Computers No Longer Need Old, Heavy Monitors
If you used almost any form of networked PC in the late 1980s or the 1990s, the chances are that you will at some point have encountered the Novell NE2000 …read more Continue reading Was Novell’s NE2000 Really That Bad?
Join us on Wednesday, March 17 at noon Pacific for the Retro Recreations Hack Chat with Tube Time! Nostalgia seems to be an inevitable consequence of progress. Advance any field …read more Continue reading Retro Recreations Hack Chat with Tube Time
The ISA bus is a relic of the distant past, and no longer supported by the PC mainstream. Outside of retro fanatics and likely some long-term industrial users, it’s all but forgotten. That hasn’t stopped [Manawyrm] from hacking away, however, and he’s developed a nifty adapter for the modern era. …read more