Search found 336 matches

by Tempest
Tue Feb 22, 2022 11:13 am
Forum: PCjr Software
Topic: DOS Program Menu System
Replies: 4
Views: 325

Re: DOS Program Menu System

Interesting. I guess I'll have to play around with it sometime and see if it will work for me.
by Tempest
Thu Feb 10, 2022 10:48 am
Forum: PCjr Software
Topic: DOS Program Menu System
Replies: 4
Views: 325

Re: DOS Program Menu System

Thought I would post about the menu system I decided to use: FDO or Fixed Disk Organizer is some IBM software I stumbled across on Ebay which was quite a struggle to get working but after figuring it out I was really impressed with how clever it's operation is. The biggest hurdle was the software i...
by Tempest
Mon Oct 04, 2021 5:16 am
Forum: PCjr Hardware
Topic: MCE2VGA with the PCjr
Replies: 0
Views: 220

MCE2VGA with the PCjr

I picked up a MCE2VGA board so I could hook my PCjr up to a VGA monitor. It works pretty well once you dial in the phase, but I see there is some 'garbage' on the sides of the screen. By this I mean some lines of multicolored pixels that come and go based on what the PCjr is doing at the time. Is th...
by Tempest
Mon Mar 22, 2021 12:19 pm
Forum: PCjr General Discussion
Topic: JrIDE Acting Stangely
Replies: 13
Views: 3242

Re: JrIDE Acting Stangely

Ah so it wouldn't have worked anyway. Oh well. I tried and couldn't get that connect to come off, I wonder if it was glued or something?
by Tempest
Mon Mar 15, 2021 7:59 am
Forum: PCjr Hardware
Topic: PCjr Accelerator
Replies: 12
Views: 4545

Re: PCjr Accelerator

GHiero wrote: You cast your line too far, your fish are much closer to shore : viewtopic.php?f=1&t=763
Ah, thank you. Are these boards still being made?
by Tempest
Sat Mar 13, 2021 6:05 am
Forum: PCjr Hardware
Topic: PCjr Accelerator
Replies: 12
Views: 4545

Re: PCjr Accelerator

Ok, thanks for the info. I await the day my PCjr can run some of those later games that support Tandy graphics at a normal speed. With a PC Sprint Mod your PCjr. can run games faster than many Tandys. Too fast isn't a good thing for compatibility. Got a link to this mod? PC Sprint Mod is a bit too ...
by Tempest
Fri Mar 12, 2021 5:42 am
Forum: PCjr Hardware
Topic: PCjr Accelerator
Replies: 12
Views: 4545

Re: PCjr Accelerator

Ok, thanks for the info. I await the day my PCjr can run some of those later games that support Tandy graphics at a normal speed.
by Tempest
Thu Mar 11, 2021 5:04 am
Forum: PCjr Hardware
Topic: PCjr Accelerator
Replies: 12
Views: 4545

Re: PCjr Accelerator

I see that now. Did anything every become of this? The last post is from 2017.
by Tempest
Wed Mar 10, 2021 5:08 am
Forum: PCjr Hardware
Topic: PCjr Accelerator
Replies: 12
Views: 4545

PCjr Accelerator

Did anyone see this? He's claiming that the PCjr can reach AT speeds with his plug in accelerator and a command line program. Seems too good to be true.

https://your.cheer.id/ibm-pcjr-fpga-acc ... r-mcl86jr/
by Tempest
Sat Mar 06, 2021 7:59 am
Forum: PCjr Software
Topic: Wasteland?
Replies: 6
Views: 1651

Re: Wasteland?

Thanks but I got it working. Was Wasteland the only game that made separate files for the different versions of the graphics? Most games just had all the files in the same directory.