Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2022-10-22, 08:51

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by xcomcmdr

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I vote for Red Alert Allies campaign. The maps design is really improved compared to the GDI campaign, and same for the FMVs. ...or move on to Red Alert and finally beat the Allied campaing which I've never done. Hmm but then Red Alert has those damn special forces missions where you have to sneak …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-10-18, 18:28

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I already used Gnome 2 in the past, and preferred Xfce. I began to use Gnome 4 without any intent to keep it, or being aware that it was the default on Fedora. I wanted something recent, but not Archlinux, not Ubuntu, not Slackware, not Manjaro, not Linux Mint... I got used to it and really like it. …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-10-17, 19:15

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by xcomcmdr

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If you install Linux and it nukes Windows that'a a PEBKAC error. Nope, sometimes the installer is that buggy. (Thanks, Ubuntu !) Fedora 14. It's the last release with the Gnome 2 desktop. Every release since has been a step backwards. The experience is better than anything that you can find on any …

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Re: [URGENT] EVERYTHING Flickers when using Direct3D 12 with Glide

Posted on 2022-10-16, 18:10

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How is this URGENT ?

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Re: NTVDM on windows 10 x64

Posted on 2022-10-16, 15:29

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It's allowed by the GPLv2, just like the blob for the nvidia linux kernel driver... It also won't extend anything, it's not like you can use that on native Linux...

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Re: NTVDM on windows 10 x64

Posted on 2022-10-16, 14:15

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Still nothing to do with EEE, since Linux is entirely distributed and open-source...

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Re: NTVDM on windows 10 x64

Posted on 2022-10-16, 13:28

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WSL2 uses a real Linux kernel and HyperV, no relation to DirectX...

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Re: NTVDM on windows 10 x64

Posted on 2022-10-15, 20:07

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superfury wrote on 2022-10-15, 09:46: Easy: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_exte … _and_extinguish It was20 years ago, at least. How is that "not too distant" ?

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Re: FastDoom. A new Doom port for DOS, optimized to be as fast as possible for 386/486 personal computers!

Posted on 2022-10-15, 07:06

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Fantastic release ! I'm looking into integrating (in the far future, when it has 32 bit code, and other than only VGA Mode 13h support :D ) a FLOSS or freeware software into my DOS Emulator CI/CD testing. FastDoom with FreeDoom assets could be a viable option. Sadly, I didn't find a LICENSE file. …

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Re: NTVDM on windows 10 x64

Posted on 2022-10-15, 06:59

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TechieDude wrote on 2020-06-28, 17:16: xcomcmdr wrote on 2020-06-28, 13:30: Pah ! Ridiculous. You know nothing about open-source if you think this is MS's strategy. Linux zealots... Sure, except they've proudly done so in the not-so-distant past... Do you have a quote ?

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-09-24, 08:59

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I bought an old but like new Asus eeePC 900. Remember those useless eeePC ? Well, it's even more useless now. Looking at Linux , it seems to be fully supported. A Debian or Fedora system would fit nicely on its 16 GB (!) SSD. It will be still hard to make anything useful out of it. 900 MHz CPU, 2 GB …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-09-23, 18:05

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Today I learned that playboy apparently wanted to inform its readers about how cool the 3DFX Voodoo and Rendition Verité were. CDA2071E-578D-452B-A824-F3C76F95C51D.jpeg 1997 was a wild time, and just look at that off-model Duke. Well as a 3Dfx hater [...] So much hate for everyone and everything. …

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Re: VIDEO - 3dfx voodoo emulation (SDL1)

Posted on 2022-09-18, 09:15

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by xcomcmdr

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DOSBox-X aim is not only to run demos, but also Windows 9X, and PC-98 games, and be accurate when doing it.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-09-13, 06:09

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Thank. You.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-09-11, 17:51

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Yeah, no links or any sort of proof, yet again. This is going nowhere. Opinions are fine, but for someone who wants to know more, this is disappointing. I don't agree with flat earthers and anti-vaxxers either You do you, my dude. 🙄

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-09-11, 16:24

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It was better than VHS in everyway except ...Sony owned it. Not... really. It was sort of comparable to VHS, at best. *points to the movie studios that used it till just recently, you know why .. Arguments of authority don't count. it was far more reliable than VHS ever was, it could also handle …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-09-11, 15:17

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I know BetaMax was before VHS and it only had 1 tape reel that was visible and the other side was not. That and magnetic tape which can fit up to 5 hours of shows, movies, etc. If my memory serves, the BetaMax lasted from 1975-about 2002 when recorders weren't being produced since the sharp decline …

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Re: Mechwarrior 4 Mercenaries Mouse Lag

Posted on 2022-09-10, 08:26

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Thank you sooooooo much, Dege ! I've been trying to make this game work for so long ! You are AWESOME ! 😁

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Re: VIDEO - 3dfx voodoo emulation (SDL1)

Posted on 2022-08-30, 19:46

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by xcomcmdr

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Better put it in DOSBox Staging.

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Re: Is it worth throwing away nostalgic stuff?

Posted on 2022-08-13, 20:30

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by xcomcmdr

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Muz wrote on 2022-08-13, 08:58: Is it worth throwing away nostalgic stuff, old pc games, etc.? Never !

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