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Avianceraviancer@hachyderm.io
2025-04-02

Installed Windows 3.1 on my 486 last night ^^ Dedication to the whole playing retro games in real retro gear! I’m getting Myst installed for my first playthrough and was surprised to find it’s a requirement.

Turns out drivers for video and audio are quite the tricky ones when you need SVGA support on a VESA card and audio from a SB Awe64. Both are required to play the game properly.

I’ll need to find working drivers for my S3 Trio64v2/DX card as well as something that is actually willing to install wave support for the Awe64.

#retrocomputing #retrogaming #dos #486dx #windows3x #Streaming #twitch #vtuber #enVTuber

Screenshot from a Twitch stream, a 3D vtuber bird avatar is in front of a Windows Setup/Installation screen comparing changes to be made to CONFIG.SYS and the original file. There’s also a counter for number of Tetris levels to play and current background song playing from zircon at top right. A Twitch follower goal for playing through Myst can be seen at the bottom right.Screenshot from a Twitch stream, a 3D vtuber bird avatar is in front of a black and white text filled DOS command prompt. svgapatch.exe is being run to patch svga256.drv to make it VESA compliant. The patching process has printed out a number of segments patched and has completed. There’s also a counter for number of Tetris levels to play and current background song playing from zircon at top right. A Twitch follower goal for playing through Myst can be seen at the bottom right.Screenshot from a Twitch stream, a 3D vtuber bird avatar is in front of an installer for the Myst game. A pop up box is saying the game requires a wave device to run properly, while none is found and whether it should continue. There’s also a counter for number of Tetris levels to play and current background song playing from zircon at top right. A Twitch follower goal for playing through Myst can be seen at the bottom right.Screenshot from a Twitch stream, a 3D vtuber bird avatar is in front of a Windows 3.1 desktop, with control panel and drivers open and a notification that the system cannot load the Creative Stereo Music synthesizer device driver. The file may be missing, try reinstalling or contact an administrator (that’s the bird herself). There’s also a counter for number of Tetris levels to play and current background song playing from zircon at top right. A Twitch follower goal for playing through Myst can be seen at the bottom right.
HappyStarDiazhappystardiaz@gladtech.social
2025-01-05

Os/2 WARP take 14 is online #os2 #retrocomputing #486dx

The image displays a computer screen running OS/2 Warp, featuring a blue desktop with various icons, including "OS/2 System," "WebExplorer," and "Get Netscape Navigator." The top bar shows system information and a vintage interface
HappyStarDiazhappystardiaz@gladtech.social
2025-01-04

Still trying very unsuccessfully to get an OS/2 install working 🫠 #486dx #os2 #retropc #Retrocompting #wow90sMacWasSoMuchBetter

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2024-10-22

...obviously #demoscene fans already got it through it's paces achieving #demo recreations that are on-par with #486DX systems.

youtube.com/watch?v=_67sF4onNQ

in ♥️ with PDA (and 🐧)inlovewithpda@chaos.social
2024-05-26

New bios battery, trackball is working, only the floppy is broken. But is the job for another day #SiemensNixdorf #486dx

Siemens Nixdorf laptopTrackball
XANTRONIXxan@xantronix.social
2024-05-03

I have learned I likely blew the fuse providing power to the external floppy drive on my Toshiba Portégé T3600CT. The crime? I plugged an IBM ThinkPad floppy drive with the SAME EXACT GODDAMN CONNECTOR into it. ThinkWiki says:

"ATTENTION!
Also Toshiba produced a cable with same connectors as IBM 74H0219. Toshiba 20mm connector pinout is different: at the very least, pins for power and ground are shorted relative to IBM. Tip by Ziginox."

😭

#retrocomputing #486dx

XANTRONIXxan@xantronix.social
2024-04-15

Ready battle bridge.

#486dx #retrocomputing

A Toshiba Portégé T3600CT with an Adaptec SlimSCSI, connected to a Panasonic SCSI CD-ROM drive. The OEM external floppy drive is plugged in as well. The laptop is open but not powered on currently. It is a small grey ultraportable with a 640x480 screen with a bezel about 1.5" thick. The laptop itself is also about 1.5" thick. To its left is my HP 200LX, open. There are Cambridge Soundworks speaker pods sitting behind the Portégé. There are black hexagon tiles in a haphazard pattern on a white wall.
Bloop Museumbloopmuseum@oldbytes.space
2024-04-07

We hit #80486, baby! Time to get some #DOSgaming on in celebration! Thanks to all the donors who got us here!

#DOS #gaming #games #gamer #videogames #computergames #msdos #Intel486 #486dx #PC #PCgaming #PCgames

A screenshot of the Bloop Museum fundraiser reaching $80486
RetroWizzardRetroWizzard@oldbytes.space
2023-01-14

Turns out there was no battery in this Dolch PAC61 but a Dallas RTC chip.
I got it back together with no screws leftover and still working, so that's a win.
Bonus: I found the little round plastic part rattling inside the case, so I was able to close the hole.
#RetroComputing #486DX #VintageComputing

Image of the Dolch PAC61 luggable pc. A large cubelike shape with an integrated screen and a detachable keyboard.
𝐻𝒶𝓎𝓃𝓎~⛧hayny
2022-11-02

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