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Another Abomination - LC 580 DOS
Posted by: 360alaska on 2018-06-19 11:43:36
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I finally got one more 630 dos board for my 580. I was wondering if it was possible with 580's internal display but look:

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All of the regular windows drivers work but obviously the screen will only do 640x480.
Posted by: EvieSigma on 2018-06-19 12:01:59
Hey, it's the much slower and slightly older equivalent of this weird all-in-one Compaq I saved from being recycled!
Posted by: EvilCapitalist on 2018-06-19 12:13:36
That second picture looks exactly like the Quadtel BIOS my Gateway 386 has, which is strange because if I'm not mistaken Phoenix Technologies bought Quadtel.  640x480 is pretty good for a 486 though, especially if you're staying with Windows 3.1 and not going to '95.
Posted by: CC_333 on 2018-06-19 13:55:08
Yeah, 640x480 is plenty for pretty much everything. Windows 95 is fine at that resolution too, but it feels quite sluggish on a 486 (I have a relatively high end one that someone gave me, and I've never seen Windows 95 run so slowly! it had a decent (for a 486) 16 MB of RAM, too).

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