Questions tagged [compatibility]
For questions regarding compatibility of retrocomputers and peripherals.
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Do I need an extra driver to use PS/2 port computer mouse? [closed]
There are several PS/2 mice with an 800/1000 DPI optical sensor, three buttons, and a scroll-wheel. Several modern motherboards have a PS/2 port, such as the MSI Pro B650M-P, ASUS Prime H610M-A, ...
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Can you use 3.5″ high-density floppy disks in a double-density drive?
I remember using high-density disks at a pinch with an Amiga 500 back in the day, after my friend's mum couldn't get a pack of double-density media. We would tape over the HD hole (possibly ...
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Last LibreOffice for a Windows 7 32bits [closed]
What is the last version of LibreOffice compatible with Windows7 32bits?
I don't mind about the official release or an unofficial fork.
Other software alternatives are welcome too
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In what ways was the Windows NT POSIX implementation unsuited to real use?
Windows NT implemented POSIX compatibility because some US government contracts required such. It is said that the POSIX implementation was only pro forma, not intended or suitable for real use (i.e. ...
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What disk packs are compatible with the DEC RM05?
While the majority of DEC's PDP-11 systems used UNIBUS or QBUS based peripherals for storage, some of the larger PDP-11s, along with larger machines such as the DECsystem 20 and the VAX-11/780 used ...
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Why does trying to break into the NT 3.1 kernel reboot my 486DX4 machine?
I installed Windows NT 3.1 on a Compaq ProSignia 3080 system, because of several reasons: I know that this machine was running Windows NT 3.1 when it was in productive use. And I think this machine ...
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How did games written for tape-based BBC micro, get officially and unofficially ported to disk, bearing in mind extra workspace needed by DFS ROM?
If I recall, PAGE = &E00 for a BBC Model B system with cassette tape based storage.
On installation of Acorn DFS ROM (with 8271 Floppy disc controller), the ROM allocated more memory, increasing ...
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"Restoring" a 1986 Compaq Portable II (Cabling question)
I am in possession of a working 1986 Compaq Portable II. However, I couldn't find a 5.25" floppy with the proper version of DOS on it to actually make the computer, ya know, work.
I've since ...
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Did the Harris 80C286 differ from Intel's 80286 in its behaviour?
The Harris company, well known for being an early second source making x86 chips under license, eventually produced a fully static CMOS 80C286 of their own design (later known as the Intersil 80C286 ...
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Lotus 1-2-3 and Microsoft Flight Simulator as unofficial compatibility benchmark?
Do I remember correctly about an unofficial but popular test of "PC compatibility" in the early 1980s? Basically if a machine could run vanilla versions of both Lotus 1-2-3 and Microsoft ...
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What was the second most common incompatibility in MS-DOS machines? [closed]
When the IBM PC was released, it did not take long for people to figure out that there would be a big market for compatible machines.
The first wave relied on MS-DOS as the compatibility layer. The ...
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Why does MS-DOS 5.0 EDIT hang on my XT-class machine with a German 102-key keyboard?
Most times whene I call EDIT on my XT-class machine with MS-DOS 5.0 installed on the hard disk, the menus of EDIT appear, but the window that should contain the file contents stays blank and the ...
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Why did the PlayStation 2 implement backward compatibility that way?
It is well known that the PlayStation 2 implemented compatibility with the previous console by essentially incorporating a PS1 on a chip.
The fact of backward compatibility is unremarkable as far as ...
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Fan for old socket A Athlon cooler [closed]
I put together a retro gaming setup with a 2000ish spec (can post specs if required) and it's come together pretty nicely except the CPU fan is insanely shrill (it's a Coolermaster something).
If I ...
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Are all CP/M-80 implementations binary compatible?
I never was into CP/M, but I knew it was very popular and the amount of software out there was significant. That being said, when you looked beyond the Kaypros, the IMSAIs, the SOLs and the like which ...
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