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Bekki Doll |
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A cynical yet secular shiny retrogamer, thread ressurector and fan of the word "gay".
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Reged: 01/28/12
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Posts: 771
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Loc: Freeport, PA
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Re: Anyone remember the "good ole days" of hardware?
02/27/12 06:56 AM
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I couldn't afford a SoundBlaster back then so had to settle for a Pro AudioSpectrum.
When I got my 80286 CompuAdd I bought a cheap MediaVision Thunder Board for it. And it worked well.
While the Thunder Board hasn't been in my possession for some time I still have the ol' stock 8-bit Paradise VGA card that the CompuAdd had installed. It is a great retro card that can perfectly emulate Hercules, CGA and Herc modes. Wild, wacky stuff! And it's in my 486SX right now.
I tried running W16 on it but due to the low RAM on the card I can get the full 640x480x256. But the palette-changing was very snowy. It didn't crash and it still ran.
To me it is THE video card for retro DOS games just for the video emulation alone. An old DOS shareware game called "SpaceWar" looks quite faboo in hi-rez Herc as opposed to CGA 640x200x2.
Maybe I can boot up the CompuAdd with only 512KB of RAM...
--Bekki
Combating functional illiteracy with latex-clad drama since the '80s, because old video games rule!
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