The DALLAS RTC battery finally was done for, on the 486 system that I rebuilt back in 2013. I’ve modified these before, to use an external battery solution, but I really didn’t want to deal with that again, so I decided to go for a modern replacement solution for the DS12887 Dallas RTC chip. This
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Month: October 2025
19″ IPS Checkmate Retro Monitor
I’ve received my Checkmate Retro Monitor from their Kickstarter campaign a good while back, but I haven’t had the chance to really open this until now, especially since we’ve gotten some home renovations complete downstairs. Anyway, first impressions are already great! I think Steve did a really great job with this display! I wanted to
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Windows 3.1 High Resolution Plans
My nostalgia for my favorite childhood operating system simply grows more, especially when a friend of mine, PluMGMK has developed a Modern Generic SVGA driver for Windows 3.1 on GitHub, allowing you to really push the system to utilize more modern hardware. Which led to me getting some ideas, which I can thankfully try out
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