Recent content by Anonymoose

Thanks for the help! I was gonna do this on my Compaq Portable, so does the original IBM card tidbit still apply? On Wikipedia it says that “When using the internal monochrome monitor the 9×14 font is used, and the 8×8 one when an external monitor is used”. Would I have to flash both fonts to...

Interesting! So creating some sort of custom font and flashing it to a rom is something I could do?

I know that there’s some programs to change VGA fonts, but is there one to change CGA fonts? Additionally, is there a way to change the font on a Compaq Portable CGA/MDA card? Thanks!

I’m sure there’s someone out there who could reverse engineer the outputs, it looks like someone already did? https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/compaq-portable-286-with-ega-wonder.70765/ I’d buy a copy of the adapter, but my tech skills are pretty null for this sorta thing.

I’m not sure, but that would be real convenient for me. I’ll look around for info on that one!

Sheesh, would be nice to have… what’s stopping anyone from reverse engineering these? (besides the time and money).

Awesome! Thanks!

Heyo, Not sure what it's called, but the manual for the ATI EGA Wonder says that it's compatible with the Compaq Portable using an "optional expansion module". Does anyone have any information, pictures, schematics, etc about said module? Thanks!

The version 3.5 you found online works! I'll still try compiling it anyways, I get an error of sorts that says "Hidden Line Removal not supported in LITE version".

Thank you!! This was very helpful. I’m not home at the moment but I’ll update my progress when I’m back :)

Not sure if this goes here or in software but… Anyways, I wanted to find a version of Gnuplot that works with an 8088, and the oldest version hosted on the SourceForge doesn’t seem to (3.7.3). I email some people, they tell me that I should rebuild my own version given the tarballs they provide...

Welll in a perfect world it would be nice to see some sort of animated loop of images (not necessarily a gif) as a fun demonstration. I didn’t have a set number of images or color depth in mind, just thought I’d make a post about it in case someone had any ideas. 640x200x2 works for me! I’ve...

Thanks! Yea, I tried emailing the company as well and nothing so far…

No worries, it’s probably about time I learn some sort of code given my interest in these old machines.

I’m attempting to pimp out my Compaq Portable with some applications and whatnot, wanted to know if there’s some sort of program to display image sequences in a loop. I’ve read of BLOAD being able to display binary images, but my coding knowledge is null. I’m also aware of the XDC codec, but it...