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27  april     01h45
SvarDOSclean boot TPA: 584K
   SvarDOSclean boot TPA: 584Kdisk usage: 83KWinner: SvarDOSbeats DOS 5.0 by 3k TPA and uses 33k less disk space by utilizing compressioni find no...
    01h21
The Last MS-DOS, Version 6.22 was very desirable on 386 ...
   The Last MS-DOS, Version 6.22 was very desirable on 386 machines for its UMB maximizing featureswasn't much reason to put it on an 8088 which...
    00h48
MS-DOS 5.0 supports 3.5in floppies out of the box, larger...
   MS-DOS 5.0 supports 3.5in floppies out of the box, larger hard drives, has online help, and is generally nicer to usemost people were happy to...
    00h34
on floppy 8088 PCs minimal mem and disk usage is of utmost...
   on floppy 8088 PCs minimal mem and disk usage is of utmost importancelets compare some key DOS versions on identical emulated hardware (basic 640k...
    00h23
i want to distribute bootable
   i want to distribute bootable #Citadel-86 floppies that will serve a board on the earliest PCsi need a smol DOS preferably freeFreeDOS...
26  april     22h48
and it seems P.R. Glassel and Associates, Inc. is still...
   and it seems P.R. Glassel and Associates, Inc. is still around http: www.prga.com About.html#retrocomputing #MSDOS
    19h45
comes with other things as was the style of the time
   comes with other things as was the style of the timea not bad looking floppy( ) backup programa memory testerand a sorting thinger for large(?)...
    19h04
well it does indeed cache but its very complicated and a bit...
   well it does indeed cache but its very complicated and a bit overkill for the "just put on a floppy to make floppy go faster" scenario i...
25  april     19h23
lookin' for a floppy disk cache program for a...
   lookin' for a floppy disk cache program for a Toshiba T1000this one's from Stacy, MN #localangle oh yeah burn my name into the binaryi have a...
20  april     05h50
seems like the power supply itself is shorted now, cool
   seems like the power supply itself is shorted now, coolgoing to have to strip this thing downbut i'm done for the night ’ https: www.instagram...
    05h49
checked every single tant on the board and C77 is the only...
   checked every single tant on the board and C77 is the only one on the 12v railtantalum caps love to fail on the 12v rail probably because they loved...
    05h46
welp pulled all the cards, checked for shorts and...
   welp pulled all the cards, checked for shorts and they're goodbehind a panel on the bottom you can disconnect the mobo power, and indeed 12v is...
    05h30
time for warskunk's Compaq Portable on the repair...
   time for warskunk's Compaq Portable on the repair desklookit this chonkeri remember this running perfectly as recently as 2012 but now it...
19  april     01h44
now we're just doing CGA artifact colors really ...
   now we're just doing CGA artifact colors really #retrocomputing #MSDOS #demoscene
17  april     19h51
tweaking my mono LCD theme to look nice and gay in color
   tweaking my mono LCD theme to look nice and gay in colorhell yeah now we're writing code#retrocomputing #MSDOS
    18h18
true plotpixel is way slow we can't be read-modify...
   true plotpixel is way slow we can't be read-modify-writing all the timewe gotta unrollokay what if we just blast four or two pixels pairs like...
    18h14
we're demoscene up in here so lets hit that hardware...
   we're demoscene up in here so lets hit that hardware directlycribbing from my djgpp VGA code, lets get us a plotpixelcan we port munching...
    18h12
been meaning to write CGA code, why not do it on a CGA...
   been meaning to write CGA code, why not do it on a CGA machinegoing to attempt to use the IDE, finding the T1000 LCD does tend to be unusable with...
    18h06
been exploring what can be done with an 8088 PC
   been exploring what can be done with an 8088 PClets install Turbo C 2.0prob the best and last compiler that runs ON an 8086, many swear by it to this...
13  april     21h47
neat someone sent me 20that covers some...
   neat someone sent me 20that covers some microcontroller shenanigansESP32 for building a ssh capable wifi modem into my Atari STand a Pico 2 W for...