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What Makes a Vintage Gaming PC?

June 4, 2022June 4, 2022 DanielUncategorizedLeave a Comment on What Makes a Vintage Gaming PC?

These days if you asked a group of people what a retro gaming PC was, you’d get a pile of different answers! That’s because there are entirely different generations who want to re-live a specific era. My experiences spanned 3…

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Retro News – So much has changed!

May 2, 2022May 16, 2022 DanielBlog UpdatesLeave a Comment on Retro News – So much has changed!

Tempted to turn this site into more of a news type site. I’m blown away by all the projects going on out there that keep retro computing alive.There’s a lot going on right now! Here’s just a handful of the…

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[Solution] Frozen on Verifying DMI Pool Data

March 2, 2022March 2, 2022 DanielUncategorizedLeave a Comment on [Solution] Frozen on Verifying DMI Pool Data

Had a really frustrating time recently with a M5ATA Biostar Socket 7 board. This system is a Pentium 233MMXQuantum 6GB72pin EDO or 128pin SDRAMW/standard floppy, CDROM & SB sound. It all started with random CDROM errors while reading discs. I…

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There’s A Team Preserving Vintage PC Knowledge

December 28, 2021December 28, 2021 DanielUncategorizedLeave a Comment on There’s A Team Preserving Vintage PC Knowledge

Long ago… when you bought a motherboard or an entire computer, you’d get a set of books, installation and driver disks. If you needed help, you could telephone the manufacturer or write a letter. Some had dial-in bulletin board systems…

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[Download] DOS PC Magazine Labs – Benchmark from 1986

September 3, 2021September 17, 2021 ThisOldTechUtilitiesLeave a Comment on [Download] DOS PC Magazine Labs – Benchmark from 1986

I don’t know the history behind the PC Magazine Laboratory Benchmark Series… But… I was going through some old 360k floppies when I stumbled upon a copy of this program. PC Magazine Labs – PC Magazine Laboratory Benchmark Series Release…

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KenTech Video Drivers

August 31, 2021September 17, 2021 ThisOldTechVideo DriversLeave a Comment on KenTech Video Drivers

Found a disk with a Driver tool for a KenTech ISA graphics card. The utility appears to set different VGA screen settings. Making this available to anyone who wants or needs it. VERY basic DOS program. Here’s the link to…

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The Saga of the Artist Graphics 2000i PCI (3GA Graphics Accelerator)

May 14, 2021September 17, 2021 ThisOldTechGraphic Cards, Hardware HistoryLeave a Comment on The Saga of the Artist Graphics 2000i PCI (3GA Graphics Accelerator)

Why I started researching the Artist Graphics 2000i 2-meg PCI I picked up a cool 25lb box of random ISA/PCI cards from the 80s-90s from someone in Georgia who was getting rid of them all. Had it shipped all the…

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Captain’s Log… Stardate April 30/21

May 1, 2021September 17, 2021 ThisOldTechBlog UpdatesLeave a Comment on Captain’s Log… Stardate April 30/21

I guess this is the first page on this website… People usually make promises about what they’re going to do… but not here! Alas, all you’ll find is another site dedicated to sharing whatever I want about retro hardware. You’ll…

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