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Re: List of Currently Free Games

in Milliways
Why does everybody keep forgetting about IndieGala? They're not forgotten. There are some posts talking about them. Usually they give away trashy games, the kind of games that you wouldn't pay for on Steam. As of March 5th, 2024 WarnerBrothers Discovery has 'retired' Small Radios Big Televisions …

Re: Clonezilla - Motivation and quick tutorial

The worst parts about Clonezilla are: - The inability to restore in smaller disks (even if it isn't 100% full). That's a pain in the ass when you're trying to restore a 120Gb SSD image onto another 120Gb SSD disk... and you discover that the new disk is a few blocks smaller than the old one. - It's …

Re: Nostalgia for old Graphics Programs?

Well, these are my picks: Print Master (the original, CGA, almost no printers to choose from): A novelty program that let you print one sheet banners, probably the first graphics program that I used on a PC. For a nostalgic overdose, I recommend using it with a dot matrix printer. Two things to note …

Re: how to setup italian keyboard on ms-dos 3.30

in PC Emulation
Some old MS-DOS (I remember it from an Amstrad PC-1512 floppies, but that was MS-DOS 3.20) does NOT have the keyb comand. They have a keyb xx command for every language supported. So it would be keybuk (UK keyboard), keybsp (spanish), keybit (italian)... Do a dir keyb*.* to find which ones are …

Re: When Microsoft has a go at Tetris...

If I wish to play Tetris, I'd play one of those versions: - Atari Tetris (Arcade). - Gameboy Tetris. - Varmint's Eittris. Varmint's Eittris is a blast to play with friends. Up to 4 people local multiplayer (I've played three on same keyboard), and a vast array of "weapons" to use against your …

Re: DOSBox-X branch

in DOSBox Patches
I've got a PCL and PS capable printer, that should be able to print if configured as a generic PCL or PS one (i.e.: Laserjet 2100). I thought that I could configure it using something like "file=\\x.x.x.x\print", but sadly that printer has no SMB support. Is there any means to dump directly data to …

Re: Nec Ultralite 286F

Sorry to hijack the thread... I've acquired another Ultralite 286F without PSU. It has no external signs of damage, so the next step would be powering it up. I've got one of those universal adapters (with only barrel type connectors), but it supports the alleged volts and amps. Does anyone knows the …

Re: Are there any equivalent to those printing tools in Linux?

in Milliways
Thanks for all the answers. As keenerb said, netcat was the right answer. I was able to send a test file using nc 9100 < test.pdf . I've used port 9100 because I think port 515 requires some kind of "talk" between the host and the printer before printing (opposed to 9100 that seem to print …

Are there any equivalent to those printing tools in Linux?

in Milliways
When I'm working, at times I've got to diagnose connectivity/drivers issues with printers. I've got two windows tools that make my work easier, but sometimes they won't work on some PCs (permissions issues). OTOH, I always have a Linux pendrive (S15Pup) so I could boot a PC and run tools from it. …

Re: 3D games you would like to see in high resolution

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Comanche: Maximum Overkill Road&Track Presents: The Need For Speed Special Edition No! NIet! Nein! Comanche: The sense of depth at low resolutions is awesome! It doesn't need more resolution! NFS 1 / NFS SE: Maybe that's nostalgia for me. The graphics were astounding for that era, I think that it …

Re: Is Canabalt DOS demake possible?

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Do you want a PORT or a DEMAKE? A PORT should be as faithful as the original; a DEMAKE should make the game like it would have been experienced if launched on that machine abiding to the limitations of that system. So yes, there are differences: - The game does not run at 60 fps. Even trying to run …

Re: Is Canabalt DOS demake possible?

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Sorry, but suddenly it seems very doable. Some context: a spanish page (bytemaniacos) makes a BASIC contest every year. The entries may be plain BASIC or compiled BASIC for the ZX Spectrum, and this year someone made Boriel RUNNER , a mostly faithful recreation of Canabalt. https://www.youtube.com/ …

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