Re: Best and most compact compiler to build Freedos Kernel etc.

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by Cyberdyne

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Tested and answered myself, newest is always better. Watcom gives more optimized code, but strangely UPX-ed Microsoft gives smaller file. Well this just might be a glitch. Kernel has allmost no output, even the errors are minimal. And some unnneeded CONFIG.SYS stuff is also wiped. Now let us butcher …

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Re: Best and most compact compiler to build Freedos Kernel etc.

Posted on 2020-10-22, 06:22

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by Cyberdyne

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Akuma, so informative! PS. Read Unix Haters Handbook, it still kinda is relevant, and Linux is Unix with added stuff. :D another book After The Software Wars allso kinda shoots itself in the foot. God damn, we need backward compatibility. Oh by the way, both books are free to download, and are a …

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Best and most compact compiler to build Freedos Kernel etc.

Posted on 2020-10-22, 05:45

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It gives you options: :- Turbo C 2.01 :- set COMPILER=TC2 :- Turbo C++ 1.01 :- set COMPILER=TURBOCPP :- Turbo C 3.0 :- set COMPILER=TC3 :- Borland C 3.1 set COMPILER=BC3 :- Borland C :- set COMPILER=BC5 :- Microsoft C :- set COMPILER=MSCL8 :- Watcom C :- set COMPILER=WATCOM Maybe someone have had …

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Re: An AdLib-Compatible Card (1986) Older than AdLib (1987)

Posted on 2020-10-22, 05:00

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by Cyberdyne

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I always "like" the cynisysm of early hardware and software manufacturers, everybody stole from everybody and everybody went to court. Rubbing letters off the chips is one thing. But going to court all the time.... i am looking at you apple. So Even Adlib was stolen from someone else 😁

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Re: What display do you use for gaming ?

Posted on 2020-10-21, 10:08

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by Cyberdyne

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Cheap 1 year old 300EUR 55" LG TV, but it has VGA in sooooo SCORE. Few other 32" noname (Funai) under 100 EUR VGA in capable TV-s. And multitude of 17" and 19" LCD-s and well i have one 19" Black Compaq CRT.

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Re: Windows 95/98 games you never get tired of?

Posted on 2020-10-21, 05:03

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by Cyberdyne

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Red Alert 2 and Starcraft and Half-Life and Warcraft 2 BNE, but well i can play them all in my Windows 7 box.

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Re: Adding a serial port to a controller card with a game port

Posted on 2020-10-15, 08:59

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by Cyberdyne

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Beware there are 2 types of COM edge connector pinouts. 123456789 and 1526374859 type.

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Re: Favorite win3.1 software?

Posted on 2020-10-15, 08:55

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by Cyberdyne

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Paint Shop PRO 3.12, Warcraft2 MAP editor and winplay3 and of course Calmira.

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Re: Best old MP3 player for Win 9x/XP ?

Posted on 2020-10-15, 06:07

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by Cyberdyne

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I use WinAMP even now 2.95 for older Windowses and and version 5.8 in my main Windows 7 system. I have not find a better music player. WinAMP for music. Media Player Classic for Videos. Why upgrade a good working system. Winamp version 3.x is like Star Wars prequels.... 😁

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Re: what will you do when your last hardware fails?

Posted on 2020-10-13, 10:15

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by Cyberdyne

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In reality, all my 486 to P3 motherboards will die in about 20-50 years from now, maybe even later. I really doubt that newer 2D VGA cards and newer SB PRO clones win never die. Maybe i am wrong. I think I have replaced some of that with modern replicas. Because I sincerely think so, that in 10 …

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Re: The comprehensive list of all modern reproductions of vintage sound cards

Posted on 2020-10-13, 08:58

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by Cyberdyne

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Then we have to add Tndy2LPT also... but a nice list. Really gives you an overview of all the modern retro sound card options.

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Re: Adventure games for beginners

Posted on 2020-10-13, 06:04

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I do not play adventure games, but Sam and Max Hit the Road was pretty nice and easy.

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Re: Athlon XP VS Pentium 4 (478 Prescott) for 2003 build?

Posted on 2020-10-12, 13:04

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by Cyberdyne

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Too bad that you can not "like" a comment here. But yes I second that. Athlon is way better retro machine than a P4. I was a strange time in our computer history. Golden times of P3 were over and the renesiance of Core2 was around the corner. Athlon (XP) was the best bang for the bucks. Athlon 64 …

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Re: Mysterious XT keyboard issue with extended keyset

Posted on 2020-10-09, 12:18

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by Cyberdyne

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It smells like a buggy or incompatible keyboard bios routines.

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Re: My new DOS machine... Pentium 75Mhz. Some advice...

Posted on 2020-10-09, 12:17

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by Cyberdyne

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1.It just does not work, that´s it. 2. Voodoo will easily let you play older DOS/Windows titles even with a 75. 3. 256kb cache is enough. But more is nglible better. 4. Do not use SB 2, it is for XT to slow 386. SB 16 is the all around best choice. In reality allmost all games that are STEREO 8bit …

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Re: Is anyone excited for the Nvidia 3000 series cards

Posted on 2020-10-09, 08:10

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by Cyberdyne

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just waiting for Zen3 based 35W APU, then i will maybe upgrade my old A10-7800. But rather not, because I loose XP compatibility.

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Re: Best game to test Roland LAPC-i

Posted on 2020-10-09, 05:55

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by Cyberdyne

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Shooting from the hip... The Secret of Monkey Island

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Re: 3D Accelerated Demoscene Demos for DOS/Windows List (Proprietary APIs - including 3DFX)

Posted on 2020-10-09, 05:51

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by Cyberdyne

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Noice, now i know what to put on my boot flopies, to quicktest my 3d hardware. I knew few of those 3dfx ones, but others are real news for me. Especially that Riva TNT one... have to test it with a TNT2.

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Re: Micro ATX 486 - what's the degree of interest?

Posted on 2020-10-09, 05:46

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by Cyberdyne

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If NuXT is over 300, then i think that a ATX (486) (ISA) would cost over 1000 easily, so it is not economical. Even overpized 486 motherboards are 10 times cheaper. Just use underclock or throttle or disable cache with your ATX Socket7/Slot1/Socket370.

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Re: Your opinion on buying my first "Retro" PC

Posted on 2020-10-08, 13:02

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by Cyberdyne

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I have few Deskpro 4000 MMX, verry nice pc, well built, RTC battery is lithium, so no corrosion, but the original battery is soldered to the motherboard, so if it is emty, then you have to replace with a socket. Also i have never successfuly used a Sound Blaster AWE32/64 in it, it will say in the …

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