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Re: Video TSRs for "modern" AMD Northern Islands graphics?

Posted on 2024-09-06, 02:38

in DOS
The one system that I own which has a Ryzen 2500 processor with AMD Vega integrated graphics is totally broken in DOS. No 8-bit display modes are supported at all VESA resolutions in DOS. There are VESA modes present but they only support 32-bit planar modes. No VGA modes are supported at all ( …

Re: is there a modern dosbox Frontend - Netbook

Posted on 2024-08-28, 01:12

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If it's got the ICH7 or ICH9 like my MSI Wind U100 netbook or HP t5745, I think it's supported by SBEMU. https://www.msi.com/Laptop/U100/Specification https://www.parkytowers.me.uk/thin/hp/t5740/ https://github.com/crazii/SBEMU https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=93006&start=620 Yes, the OP's …

Re: MS-DOS 6.22 on 2020 Thinkpad X13 Gen 1 with Intel i5-10310U

Posted on 2024-08-23, 00:52

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OK, well then unfortunately MTRRs can't be enabled on your 10th Gen Intel system. I have similar problem on my 8th Gen (with onboard Intel graphics). Running mtrrlfbe with -wc option freezes the system. And so does running Fastvid. It must be some sort of vBIOS limitation or broken or locked BIOS / …

Re: MS-DOS 6.22 on 2020 Thinkpad X13 Gen 1 with Intel i5-10310U

Posted on 2024-08-22, 02:36

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Please try HimemX, which enables only XMS memory from the JEMM package and do not use JEMM or JEMM386 (which enables EMS and XMS ). Also, you could try the NOEMS option in JEMM to disable EMS pageframe. But, I found for protected mode games, HimemX for XMS only is preferred. There's also another …

Re: MS-DOS 6.22 on 2020 Thinkpad X13 Gen 1 with Intel i5-10310U

Posted on 2024-08-21, 09:54

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Nice video. The screen is super bright and good colors, etc. Try options "u" and "v" in the benchmark suite to see if you support MTRR writeback cache combining. If your system does, the Quake 640x480 timedemo will go from 5.8 fps to probably hundreds of fps!

Re: MS-DOS 6.22 on 2020 Thinkpad X13 Gen 1 with Intel i5-10310U

Posted on 2024-08-19, 22:42

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You're welcome. Your system looks promising, indeed. I once had an HP laptop with 10th Gen Intel processor which had CSM and booted into DOS. Its real problem was that the onboard graphics were so poor as to be unusable (no LFB, no MTRR writeback cache combining, no VESA modes), but 320x200 8-bit …

Re: MS-DOS 6.22 on 2020 Thinkpad X13 Gen 1 with Intel i5-10310U

Posted on 2024-08-19, 10:13

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This is impressive, particularly that SBEMU works with the system. However, having read the blog and watched the video, it appears only basic DOS testing was done. For example, MTRRLFBE was not run to see if improved VESA speed is possible by setting the MTRRs to writeback cache combining. Neither …

Re: Xbox 360 Marketplace closing

Posted on 2024-08-11, 01:27

in Milliways
Good news is, it is not that difficult (and almost kind of mandatory) to hack your XBOX 360 to load your games onto it in any other manner in the future now that XBOX 360 Live will no longer be a thing.. There's a reason why every OG XBOX is softmodded after all. I thought there was still no …

Re: Running DOS on a modern PC

Posted on 2024-07-31, 22:24

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Sadly no, I built that image almost a decade ago. I remember that it needed the intel baytrail platform support module and some other BS. That's about it. I'm intrigued as well, as what you've done proves that it's possible to nuke UEFI (at least, 32-bit UEFI) and replace it with a proper real BIOS …

Re: Running DOS on a modern PC

Posted on 2024-07-31, 10:08

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Last week, I found a Toshiba Satellite I15-s104 laptop at a local thrift shop in excellent condition for $10. It hits most of the bases, even though it's not "modern" but circa 2006-07 vintage. Most importantly, it has a decent quality, AR-correct 4:3 LCD screen which no modern laptop has. It has a …

Re: Design choices you will never forgive

Posted on 2024-07-18, 08:08

in Milliways
But seriously, the 101-key layout - with clearances between Ctrl, Alt, and Shift - still remains my favourite. The clearances are there for purpose - the keys around them are modifiers, intended to be pressed blindly while looking at some other key, and the clearances make it much easier to blindly …

Re: Design choices you will never forgive

Posted on 2024-07-17, 03:29

in Milliways
The regression to 16:9 monitors in the PC world. It's atrocious. Even worse: curved monitors and ARs > 2:1. Just horrible abmoninations. 4:3 is best and should come back. CRT is also superior to everything but OLED (because of vibrant colors, blacks (infinite contrast) and low power consumption). …

Re: Looking for a game called "The Final Day"

Posted on 2024-07-04, 22:44

in Milliways
It's also possibly on a CD respository site such as http://www.retroarchive.org/cdrom/ hidden in a cryptic 8+3 DOS filename. However, that's a real needle in a haystack hunt. "PC Joker" magazine seems like that was the mag. Can't find archives of it anywhere online, either. Also, it could be …

Re: Looking for a game called "The Final Day"

Posted on 2024-07-03, 08:12

in Milliways
This game looks absolutely fantastic. Are you sure there was a DOS conversion? I've looked high and low and can find no reference to this game and DOS *anywhere*. Even on the deepest darkest Russian pirate sites, and even in the TDC 21. In that ~770 GB collection, they have a "missed" section for …

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