Tag Archives: XT

Some results from the modified XDC movie player for 8088/CGA

Posted on January 2, 2024 by Scali

For my modifications to the XDC player, I targeted my Philips 3105 XT clone. It has a turbo mode of 8 MHz, and an ATi Small Wonder CGA clone. The harddisk is a 32MB Disk-on-Module connected to an XT-IDE card. … Continue reading →

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MartyPC: PC emulation done right

Posted on May 30, 2023 by Scali

I would like to give a heads-up about the new PC emulator on the block. It is called “MartyPC”, which indeed is a reference to Marty McFly from the Back To The Future movies. And indeed, that is a tribute … Continue reading →

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When is a PC not a PC? The PC-98

Posted on January 7, 2023 by Scali

I’ve covered PC compatibility in the past, and tried to explain how just having an x86 CPU and running DOS does not necessarily make your machine compatible with an IBM PC. At the time, this was mainly about the IBM … Continue reading →

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Some thoughts on emulators

Posted on May 15, 2020 by Scali

Recently I watched Trixter’s latest Q&A video on YouTube, and at 26:15 there was a question regarding PC emulators: That got me thinking, I have some things I’d like to share on that subject as well. First of all, I … Continue reading →

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PC-compatibility, it’s all relative

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Scali

Update 21-12-2015: I have updated some of the information after testing on an AT with old Intel 8259A chips, and added some extra information on EISA and newer systems. I would like to pick up where I left off last … Continue reading →

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CGADEMO by Codeblasters

Posted on November 22, 2014 by Scali

Today I want to talk about a rather obscure, yet interesting demo, namely CGADEMO by Codeblasters, from 1992: As you can read from the scroller, what’s interesting about this demo is that it runs at full framerate (60 Hz) even … Continue reading →

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