Namco built an arcade cabinet that stitches three screens into one race. Nobody had properly emulated the chip that makes it possible. This is the full story — two other people’s abandoned attempts, a ROM dump that can’t be released, a canonical chip emulation built from scratch, and a discovery near the end that changed everything.
A case-study post on why the Dell Dimension E520 looked promising for Windows 98, but turned into a more mixed DOS, Win98, and XP experiment.
A case-study draft on why the Dell OptiPlex 760 looked promising for Windows 98, but turned out to be much happier as an XP and DOS machine.
You don’t need a RetroTINK or Framemeister scaler to get excellent results — with careful capture and post-processing, you can still achieve native-resolution, documentation-quality video.
A practical step-by-step guide to turning an old ASUS EeeTop ET2010PNT touchscreen PC into a modern Linux kitchen calendar and email kiosk, covering legacy BIOS installs, GRUB fixes, touchscreen drivers, and networking quirks.
I wanted a retro PC that could do the full “greatest hits” tour of retro gaming: native DOS, Windows 98, and Windows XP — without spending silly money, without hunting rare parts for months, and without ending up with something that’s allergic to modern conveniences like SATA.
