Re: Unity Runtime Fee

Posted on 2023-09-13, 22:00

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by wbahnassi

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Unity's main market is mobile games. Installs/uninstalls there are recorded as well as sales. Games using Unity on PC as a main platform are a much smaller market than mobile. But yeah, terrible idea. That's John Riccetello for you. When he finished with EA he came to Unity as the next victim 😅

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Re: Which old programming languages do you still use/play with today->

Posted on 2023-09-08, 06:15

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Well.. in real-mode you're dealing with segmented memory. C pointers don't exactly work that way. So the compiler tries to offer options around this segmentation in terms of so-called memory models (tiny, small, compact, medium, large). But even these modes aren't enough for a program that needs to …

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Re: Which old programming languages do you still use/play with today->

Posted on 2023-09-08, 00:10

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I'm coding C and ASM in Microsoft C 6 on DOS. I'm used to programming C/C++ on modern hardware.. and coming from that realm I find it funny what MS-C 6 does to support real-mode programming. Dare I say real-mode under ASM is easier? The only thing that keeps me from going full ASM is that I find it …

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Re: Build your own AT power supply

Posted on 2023-09-07, 00:22

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by wbahnassi

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I know it's a fun project. But other than that, any reason why not to use ATX PSUs with ATX->AT converters?

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Re: Help identify this 286 motherboard

Posted on 2023-09-05, 04:52

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by wbahnassi

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Some more digging. Apparently this motherboard was used in the Magnavox Headstart 500 https://wiki.preterhuman.net/Magnavox_HeadStart_500 https://wiki.preterhuman.net/images/f/fe/Headstart500-1.jpg https://wiki.preterhuman.net/images/c/c8/Headstart500-2.jpg https://wiki.preterhuman.net/images/3/3d/ …

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Re: Audigy 2ZS and Windows 3.11?

Posted on 2023-08-17, 05:37

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by wbahnassi

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From my experience with a PCI YMF744, no it's not possible without dedicated Win3.1 drivers, eventhough YMF744 emulates an SBPro2 very well. But I couldn't get it to work under Windows with the built-in SB driver nor the standard SBPro driver. Under DOS all SBPro tools work fine of course. DOS …

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Re: If anyone can help point me to some ?New? Or new old Stock? boards with Genuine..FULL/TRUE ISA compliance IRQ/DMA

Posted on 2023-08-10, 16:31

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by wbahnassi

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Did you see rasteri's ISA expansion for modern mobos? He was able to run a sound card on it, so DMA must be working too. https://youtu.be/putHMSzu5og

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Re: Help identify this 286 motherboard

Posted on 2023-08-08, 19:40

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by wbahnassi

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Coming again for this. Anyone knows what "burn in mode" switch is for on this motherboard: https://stason.org/TULARC/pc/motherboards/D/D … SX-CE-P334.html Cheers!

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Re: Were you ever hurt by a computer?

Posted on 2023-08-07, 10:09

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Had my share of cuts due to metal casings, but also a weird habit of trying to make sure that the fan is working well by touching it with a finger. BRRRRG! The higher the pain the better the condition of the fan 😅 I usually aim for the center of the fan to avoid the blades, but many times I miss. …

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Re: Connecting two computers to one pair of speakers.

Posted on 2023-08-06, 17:11

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by wbahnassi

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I'm using this little passive mixer from Ali. Works good for me. https://m.aliexpress.us/h5/item/2255800342830911.html I second that. I have it connected to 4 input sources: 2 modern PCs, one Pentium MMX, and one MSX! Everything works fine. You adjust the levers once to equalize all inputs then you …

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Re: VGA games with only 16 colors

Posted on 2023-08-06, 11:00

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Pirates Gold! is a gorgeous 640x480 16-color VGA game, as well as Incredible Machine (the first two at least). Syndicate has both modes (hi res 16-color during in-game and low res 256 color for menus outside gameplay). Operation Wolf! is a 16-color VGA game (EGA assets with color redefinition only …

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Re: Remastering games, is it really worth it?

Posted on 2023-07-27, 09:00

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Remasters bring the game to more platforms as a first-class citizen. Nice upscaled visuals and audio, and platform integration like modern controls and trophies/achievements. DOSBox isn't available on consoles, and I guess some people prefer their favorite couch to a PC chair. So all to say, there …

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Re: Scratching floppy disk 5 1/4

Posted on 2023-07-25, 02:07

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by wbahnassi

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I had a Teac drive that had exactly the same scratching issue. I got rid of it a few years ago without being able to fix it, despite all the cleaning. It started doing that after feeding it some moldy disks.Though I cleaned the heads well with IPA, alas, it kept scratching disks. Could it be that …

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Re: Microsoft Mouse repair! Need some help!

Posted on 2023-07-19, 19:20

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It could be dirt, or I also suspect something similar to this is happening: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dJgMCd25guY I fixed an old mouse this way. Kept playing with resistor values until I found the magical one that made the mouse smooth again.

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MPU-401/MT-32 + SB16 problems with some games

Posted on 2023-07-18, 00:21

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by wbahnassi

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Hi guys, I have a MPU IPC-T unit with its card installed in a machine that also has an SB16 ASP. The MPU unit feeds to an MT-32 rev.0. I want all MIDI in DOS to use the MPU, so I have the jumpers on the cards as follows: MPU IPC-T: IRQ 2/9, Port 330 SB16: Port 220, IRQ 7, DMA 1, HDMA 5, MIDI 300 …

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Re: Less popular Youtube channels

Posted on 2023-07-15, 19:47

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by wbahnassi

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Dr.Sbaitso has a new channel in which he is archiving game installations. It is light-hearted, with the later videos having some interesting things going near the end. Good material for sleeping over 😁

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Re: "Garbage" pixels or "snow" on the screen (DOS machine)

Posted on 2023-06-25, 02:28

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by wbahnassi

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in Marvin \ Video

My best is on faulty VRAM

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Re: Enable 5,25" floppy in BIOS

Posted on 2023-06-25, 02:25

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by wbahnassi

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If the BIOS doesn't expose it, chances are the built-in IO chip doesn't support it. Had the board supported ISA slot, I would've suggested to disable the on-board FDD controller and install an IO card. But I think this is as far as that particular mobo can go.

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Re: CD Switch Not Recognised In-Game (Game is the original C&C)

Posted on 2023-06-15, 10:18

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This bug occurs with the original game on original hardware as well. The game fails to recognize CD swaps properly on some configurations. In certain cases it doesn't allow you past the CD swap dialog, or sometimes it accepts it but can't play any movies from it onwards. You will have to exit the …

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Re: Older PCI gpu in newer system.

Posted on 2023-06-04, 22:02

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I installed a Voodoo 3 2000 PCI on a HP Z400 workstation next to an RTX 2080. Drivers work on Win3.1/Win95/Win98. Didn't test it on WinXP. 2D graphics work fine. But any moment I try to use 3D acceleration, apps hang or crash. I'm guessing there is something the card needs that the machine doesn't …

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