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Re: Very old Linux native games on modern Linux

Posted on 2021-07-18, 12:56

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This reminds me of Kylix, the Borland Delphi version for Linux. It was a neat piece of software, but the limited ABI compatibility of Linux killed it before it became successful. IMHO, that's a general problem of *nix systems. Everything focuses on the source code and portability. Binary …

Re: Windows 3.0 Real Mode Software

Posted on 2021-07-18, 11:22

Hi, there are several programs from 1992 and before that will run in Real-Mode on Windows 3! You can find them at archive.org, if you browse old Shareware CD-ROMs. :) However, they also need a bit of RAM. So that alone doesn't fix your problem, I'm afraid. :( Windows 3.0, in Real-Mode, supports EMS …

Re: CP/M device files

Posted on 2021-07-17, 15:47

That's interesting. There also was Teledisk, right? Maybe a serial connection is also a possibility? My father told me that "KERMIT" was used to transfer files between CP/M machines. He said, this was because KERMIT was small and a receiver program could quickly be typed in by hand. That way, …

Re: CP/M device files

Posted on 2021-07-17, 13:50

Hi, I know little about Kaypros I'm afraid. But I remember that the serial device in CP/M was called AUX. DOS also has AUX, as an alternate device name for COM1. Good luck! 🙂 Edit: "TTY" wasn't exactly wrong. That's a reference for a serial terminal or an old school teletypewriter. Similarly, "CRT" …

Re: Why DOS died...

Posted on 2021-07-17, 06:04

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Of course there's hibernation and sleep modes, but I'm a stickler for not liking to leave anything "on" as even these low-power modes consume power all the time, and those costs do add up, especially at my power rates of 55 cents per kilowatt hour. You can justify your habits in any way you want, …

Re: You fly into space once and you're an astronaut

Posted on 2021-07-17, 05:40

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There's lower standards also, weren't pilots getting Astronaut wings for doing 100 or 120,000 feet zoom climbs in the 60s?? But if you wanna get really really technical, has anyone actually navigated between two different stars yet? Nope, therefore nobody is an astronaut. Interesting thought. …

Re: Why DOS died...

Posted on 2021-07-16, 21:17

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I read internal as "internal to dos" i.e. not a third-party addon. Guess it's a matter of definition. Yes, it's a tricky definition. That's why I said "external" and not "third-party". ;) Kids these days.. :rolleyes: RTFM - Read the fine manual, no need for guessing (in this case). :) In my PC-DOS …

Re: Why DOS died...

Posted on 2021-07-16, 18:49

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Yesterday on a windows 2016 server a file had a space at the end of the name, windows could not delete or rename it and could not delete the folder, DOS command "RMDIR [dir] / s" delete it. You do understand that RMDIR /s is a Windows command, available only at an NT5+ command prompt? "Real DOS for …

Re: Why DOS died...

Posted on 2021-07-15, 16:59

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It's not Dosbox fault at all, in any way, shape or form. MS already wanted to kill DOS since the 90s. Because it always was a security hell hole, because it didn't have multitasking at its core, did not have a flat memory model, etc... Dosbox exists because the lack of DOS support was already …

Re: Why DOS died...

Posted on 2021-07-15, 07:59

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This was easy post MS-DOS 6.0 but as someone who got into DOS gaming seriously with 5.0 (I had an XT with 3.x earlier for a while though) I can say that memory management was a nightmare for me before I found (a pirate copy of) QEMM. Yes, I do acknowledge that pre-QEMM and pre-DOS 6.0, memory …

Re: Why DOS died...

Posted on 2021-07-15, 05:12

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OEMs supplied power saving Dos utilities with their components/systems if those components/systems had power saving functions. Some normal 486 boards have green options too. Didn't have to be laptops and specific branded stuff. There's POWER.EXE in MS-DOS 6.x.. Alternatively, DOSIDLE, a third-party …

Re: Trouble installing MS-DOS 6.22 on a DeLock IDE -> CF adapter with Transcend Compact Flash 4GB 133x card

Posted on 2021-07-14, 14:16

..I'm often using 0.5, 2, 4 and 8GB CF cards with MS-DOS 6.22, though. 😀 Edit: Maybe the BIOS is to blame. One of my old 286 PCs had a Phoenix BIOS that hung when the CF card was connected. Setting HDD to none in CMOS Setup and using XTIDE Universal BIOS on a network card fixed it.

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