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Category Archives: Oldskool/retro programming
Just keeping it real at Revision 2019
I visited Revision again this year. And I took my IBM PC/XT 5160 with me. And I made a quick release. That release was a plan that I’ve had for a while, and which I mentioned in my previous blogpost: … Continue reading
Posted in Oldskool/retro programming, Software development
Tagged 8088, After Burner, AMAME, Arcade, CGA, Composite, demoscene, DOS, DOSBox, Hang-on, IBM Music Feature Card, IMFC, IMFCDISK, MAME, MIDI, MS-DOS, music, SEGA, Space Harrier
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The IBM Music Feature Card and Yamaha FB-01
This has got to be one of the most obscure pieces of hardware I have covered so far. A sound card for the IBM PC, released in 1987. And by none other than Big Blue themselves! I am talking about … Continue reading
The DreamBlaster S2P: General MIDI from a parallel port
In the interest of catching up, here is the second blog that is long overdue. I want to talk about the DreamBlaster S2P from Serdaco. I received mine over a year ago, and it actually was an early prototype. The … Continue reading
Posted in Hardware news, Oldskool/retro programming, Software development
Tagged 8088, DOS, dreamblaster, DreamBlaster S2P, General MIDI, IBM, IBM PCjr, MIDI, oldskool, PCjr, retroprogramming, Serdaco, Serdaco SDK
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Keeping it real for Outline 2018
It’s been a while, but I’m back. Or at least, I hope to have some more time to blog again from now on. And not just to blog, because many of my blogs are the result of experimentations with software … Continue reading
Posted in Oldskool/retro programming, Software development
Tagged 8088, Adlib Tracker II, demoscene, DOS, oldskool, OPL3, Outline, PC, retroprogramming, Revision
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An emulator that 8088 MPH doesn’t break?
Breaking news! Or actually non-breaking news! Just now I have managed to run 8088 MPH in an emulator for the first time, with all effects showing, and giving a reasonably accurate rendition of real hardware. The emulator is 86Box, and … Continue reading
Putting the things together, part 2: MIDI and other problems
Remember a few months ago, when I explained my approach to playing VGM files? Well, VGM files are remarkably similar to Standard MIDI files. In a way, MIDI files are also just time-stamped captures of data sent to a sound … Continue reading
Posted in Oldskool/retro programming
Tagged 8088, chiptune, demoscene, IBM, James Pearce, lo-tech, lo-tech.co.uk, MS-DOS, oldskool, PCjr, PSG, retroprogramming, Skate or Die, SN76489, sound, Tandy
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What makes the PCjr cool, and what makes it uncool?
The IBM PCjr was a huge flop in the marketplace. As such, it has only been in production for about 14 months, and never even reached my part of the world. When I grew up, I had a vague notion … Continue reading
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