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Re: Virtualization showdown: VMware Workstation vs. Sun xVM VirtualBox

Posted on 2009-01-29, 19:59

in Milliways

Well the sad thing is that it doesn't emulate an s3 Trio like everything else. Needs its own VirtualBox graphics driver for the operating system.

Re: Anti-Virus Suite for Windows95

Posted on 2009-01-29, 19:56

by leileilol

in Milliways

Snover wrote: The page hasn't been modified since August of 2003, so who knows what happened… yeah you're right

Re: Anti-Virus Suite for Windows95

Posted on 2009-01-29, 07:43

by leileilol

in Milliways

Snover wrote: Disconnect that machine from the Internet at once. yeah, tell that to this guy

Re: Mechwarrior 2 - Won't run?

Posted on 2009-01-28, 08:13

by leileilol

in Windows

The special ATI Rage 3D version is not for dos, and it's also not Titanium, so DOSBox does not apply.

Re: Anti-Virus Suite for Windows95

Posted on 2009-01-26, 05:33

by leileilol

in Milliways

I use ClamAV in Win98SE, dunno if it works in Win95 because my 95 machines are on the weak side of the pentium performance spectrum.

Re: Perfect ISA soundcard, in theory

Posted on 2009-01-20, 05:23

by leileilol

in Marvin \ Sound

i've had issues with wss-based hardware being incompatible with having opl3 or pcm at the same time, or if it worked it had mad static (like in Tyrian)

Re: Most expensive classic games list on ebay...

Posted on 2009-01-18, 21:00

by leileilol

in Milliways

they stamp 'rare' on anything on ebay to gouge the starting bid with.

Re: DOSBox.com user database compromised

Posted on 2009-01-18, 20:56

by leileilol

in DOSBox General

i'm not sure if I even registered on the compatibility list D:

Re: DOOM/Heretic/Hexen over internet under DOS!

Posted on 2009-01-18, 20:46

by leileilol

in Milliways

My 486 can access the internet fine though it's a budget 3com lan card so there may be cpu chomping issues with good traffic :( One game that people play and runs well on 486s (in 640x480) is Continuum. (though i've had a disconnect crash various times and I couldn't reconnect to Trench Wars for 10 …

Re: Old notebook gaming

Posted on 2009-01-17, 19:35

by leileilol

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

My personal favorite is the Toshiba Tecra 730 - Pentium MMX 150MHz - real YMF262 (CS4232) - can underclock to 75mhz - CD-rom drive built in, floppy drive external - 1024x768 native - LCD ghosting isn't too bad, not that blurry. - Brightish screen - Its battery life doesn't suck even after the …

Re: What old games are still on your wants list?

Posted on 2009-01-15, 19:12

by leileilol

in Milliways

those obscure freeware gems i mention about from time to time that have been gone forever is on my priority higher than any commercial old title

Re: wolf 3d and Blood

Posted on 2009-01-15, 19:09

by leileilol

in DOS

They removed debug in wolf3d's later versions iirc.

Re: Descent (1 and/or 2) & Voodoo

Posted on 2008-12-10, 15:39

by leileilol

in DOS

i'd personally recommend the original retail Descent II since it doesn't have chopped up cd tracks (later editions reduce their times so interplay can fit some starfleet academy trailer swag on the disc)