Re: EGA/VGA card simulation on Hercules mono graphic card?

Posted on 2023-01-31, 18:00

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I guess you could patch the binary to force it to use some different memory region. (but that doesn't help with the EGA/VGA I/O ports...) Naturally, any implementation that requires copying stuff around (using 80s hardware) is going to be dog slow. My thinking is that if this kind of thing was …

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Re: P100 Hanging at "Updating ESCD"

Posted on 2023-01-28, 00:11

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This here page says 5IS v3.x is the same as 5IW v1.x? (It's stated in the manual title, see the "Downloads" tab). So that's the same model that you have, but a different revision (and a different BIOS id). Meaning there's bound to be some hw differences between them, but who knows what they are …

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Re: What to do with an Am3 / AMD 760G Chipset Motherboard?

Posted on 2023-01-15, 20:01

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Thanks guys, useful information here. I also have one 760G based setup which I'm not upgrading right now , but who knows...maybe some day... Yes, one. I'm not a collector of this stuff, honest :D I wonder if FX series processors would be a possibility for the OP here? Not officially supported of …

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Re: Retro Software Development?

Posted on 2022-11-04, 23:30

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Maybe this is something to consider too... Looks like some OS folks were not too happy about M$ acquirement of GitHub: https://sfconservancy.org/GiveUpGitHub/ The vogons forums would definitely be a more neutral ground from this perspective.

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Re: Looking for an old, non-PAE Linux Antix version 14.4, suitable for old Pentium 1 systems

Posted on 2022-11-02, 23:14

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Peter z80.eu wrote on 2022-11-02, 22:46: Did not find any hint about when the CMOVA (for example) instruction was introduced - does it exist since Pentium IV or later (Core Solo/Duo) or none of them, instead ... ? Wikipedia says it was introduced with Pentium Pro. So P4 and Cores most probably have …

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Re: Game environments that left a lasting impression

Posted on 2022-11-01, 14:09

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For me, that moment in Fallout3 when you first go outside of the Vault...just wow. Back in the day I was very sceptical about fo3 steering away from the isometric-turnbased style, but fo3 won me over very quickly once I played it. I did enjoy the sequel New Vegas too, but atmosphere-wise fo3 feels …

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Re: Looking for an old, non-PAE Linux Antix version 14.4, suitable for old Pentium 1 systems

Posted on 2022-11-01, 09:47

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That's weird cuz it works here, I've now managed to download the iso (boots just fine in qemu too). You're right though it usually is the case that .isos aren't always preserved by archive.org. However there's also this one: http://it.mxrepo.com/Downloads/Snapshots/MX-18.1_x86_non-pae_Apr_2019.iso …

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Re: Looking for an old, non-PAE Linux Antix version 14.4, suitable for old Pentium 1 systems

Posted on 2022-10-31, 18:19

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Well, I may have found something...check it out: https://web.archive.org/web/20161107094611/http://mxrepo.com/snapshots/ "October Update"? So perhaps this is actually a more recent one than the one you were looking for... I couldn't test this myself (my connection is too slow), but the download …

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Re: Memtest86+ old versions

Posted on 2022-10-01, 22:49

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Actually it's there, just buried in this subdirectory: https://web.archive.org/web/20130722051627/ht … g/download/old/

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Re: oldversion.com down?

Posted on 2022-06-22, 14:15

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It says 503, maybe the server is taking a summer vacation :D archive.org doesn't help here but AfterDawn seems to carry many versions: https://www.afterdawn.com/software/desktop/pdf/foxit_pdf_reader.cfm/v2_3_build_2825#all_versions I guess build #2825 is the one you're looking for (with #2923 …

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Re: Tom's Graphics Card Hierarchy Chart - Old Version

Posted on 2022-06-20, 12:15

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Yeah it seems to have been excluded from archive.org, you can try archive.is instead.

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Re: Games and digitized speech

Posted on 2022-06-17, 22:39

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C64+CHIMERA. 'Nuff said 😁

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Re: Which Nethack version on retro system with 1MB ram

Posted on 2022-06-17, 22:33

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^ Like your thinking kitten, but can DF run in 1MB? I don't think so. I have a vague memory of playing NetHack with only 2MB but that was in the early nineties, thats about 30 yrs ago so... If such version exists, it must be one of the very early ones ( 3.1.x 2.3e or earlier). EDIT: Yup apparently …

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Re: A program to determine the CPU features required to run another program.

Posted on 2022-06-14, 07:57

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Qemu has the -cpu switch which can be used to set CPU features, that may sometimes help. Run qemu with "-cpu help" to see what's available. I actually used it some time ago to track down a bug that only manifested with SSE4.1. TCG plugins are yet another possibility, take a look at contrib/plugins/ …

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Re: A program to determine the CPU features required to run another program.

Posted on 2022-06-13, 18:12

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For simple cases, "objdump -d" or equivalent (plus some grepping) might suffice. There are lots of projects that do some kind of platform detection on a file, but it's usually fairly limited (for the reasons mentioned above). For example, Ghidra and Cutter need to know what kind of platform they're …

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Re: StarForce Infected Games (Windows XP and Later; Major Warning Ahead)

Posted on 2022-05-09, 15:00

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mirh, have you actually managed to run any of the SF titles with Wine? AFAIK the demos have no need to access hardware such as CD-ROM directly, would that be what you meant by "purely software"? I guess SF was used in demos just to make the comparison with the retail version (and thus cracking) more …

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Re: UniPCemu Windows 95/NT progress and issues

Posted on 2022-04-29, 21:38

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It seems this same BSOD also happens in qemu if you use "-M isapc". Perhaps related.

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Re: UniPCemu Windows 95/NT progress and issues

Posted on 2022-04-29, 13:09

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Microsoft documentation on Bug Check 0x7B holds the explanation for the "garbage", it's an UNICODE_STRING structure holding a pointer to the actual string. OK. So the string is at E1101688h with 44h out of 46h bytes used? Yeah that's what I was thinking as well. The Microsoft page says this could …

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Re: UniPCemu Windows 95/NT progress and issues

Posted on 2022-04-29, 10:31

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Microsoft documentation on Bug Check 0x7B holds the explanation for the "garbage", it's an UNICODE_STRING structure holding a pointer to the actual string.

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Re: Step-by-step guide to QEMU and QEMU-3dfx for artards?

Posted on 2022-04-11, 22:12

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The previous thread about qemu-3dfx may be worth a look if you haven't seen it. There's talk about this compilation stuff and maybe you can get some explanation about why things are like they are :D As for tutorial, the one in the README should mostly "just work" but that's Linux. I wouldn't think …

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