Re: Games that justify building a Windows XP PC

Posted on 2020-09-17, 13:45

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Global settings don't work properly (DOSBox, for example, uses a dosbox.conf Located in a home directory instead of its application folder). That's by design, as a cross-platform app DOSBox always looks for a user specific config by default. If it's not found it will fall back to looking in the …

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Re: Games that justify building a Windows XP PC

Posted on 2020-09-17, 08:33

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2D support on XP is also better. XPDM supports GDI acceleration, DirectDraw overlay/frame buffer access and in some cases, VGA modes (NTVDM; DOS games). On Vista onwards, it is emulated. Though Win 7 and its driver model support things like GDI (not GDI+) acceleration again. Also, XP 32-Bit can run …

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Re: Games that justify building a Windows XP PC

Posted on 2020-09-17, 08:12

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DirectMusic/Software Syntesizers (SYXG50, Sound Canvas etc) are also better supported by XP. On later systems, Timidity and such must be used. But I'm not sure if they support DirectX still or or use MCI API only.

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Re: VGA games with only 16 colors

Posted on 2020-09-16, 21:11

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I think it wasn't a lack of video memory. The original IBM EGA only shipped with 64K, but it was also an expensive and slow behemoth that didn't catch on in the home market. But isn't that true for EGA altogether ? :confused: When I was very young in the 90s, I pretty much associated EGA as a sub …

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Re: MP-32 : Pi based MT32, GM, ... module

Posted on 2020-09-16, 17:07

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Cool! I'd be near perfect with a Faraday cage. A bit of cardboard+aluminum foil or a wire mash would suffice, I assume. That way, it would come close to the real MT-32 which had a metal case. Edit : https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/91367/how-much-electromagnetic-or-radio-interference- …

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Re: VGA games with only 16 colors

Posted on 2020-09-16, 16:37

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Hi, wasn't the lack of video memory not also one of the reasons that 640x350 mode got neglected? I have no IBM EGA at hand, but from what I read online, the original EGA card shipped with little memory originally. 😅 Also, there was 640x200 mode, still, which resolution-wise is viewable on CGA …

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Re: Emulation on MS Windows 3.1x ?

Posted on 2020-09-16, 05:10

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Update. Found N88 BASIC for Windows ("N88互換BASIC for Windows"). It's a programming language similar to the N88 Basic language of the Japanese PC-8801 platform. Both this and a Win95 version can be found at hp.vector.co.jp site.: https://www.vector.co.jp/soft/win31/prog/se025866.html https://www. …

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Re: Apple is getting off Intel CPU’s ?

Posted on 2020-09-15, 19:29

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leileilol wrote on 2020-09-15, 00:42: Save Arm Thank a lot for the link, leileilol! Though I wonder if this 'invitation' is meant for UK/GB/English people only, Europeans, or the whole humanity. I wonder, because petitions that target government people are usually meant to be supported by the …

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Re: Graphics card choice for 386DX-33 system

Posted on 2020-09-15, 17:28

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Hi! Do you play 320x200 games mainly or games in full VGA/SVGA? Programs and games from the late 80s/early 90s do know of video modes for Trident, Paradise/WD, Tseng, OAK, Video 7, Realtek etc. But not S3, sadly. Also, the slow old cards have emulation modes for CGA, EGA and Hercules. S3 cards have …

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Re: Emulation on MS Windows 3.1x ?

Posted on 2020-09-15, 06:27

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Update. While not really an emulator, but a game engine/interpreter/IDE, Klik & Play also runs fine on Windows 3.1x. Screenshot attached. PS: Sample game found here: http://www.caiman.us/scripts/fw/f666.html I remember that. Came with one of the install disks for SimTower. Thanks for the tip! I'm …

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Re: Windows XP on newer Systems (Intel >Haswell/AMD Ryzen)

Posted on 2020-09-14, 18:04

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There's also PiHole (?) which runs on a Raspberry Pi and filters incoming/outgoing traffic. Could be handy for otherwise reckless semi-retro systems.. 😉

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"DOS" on Famicom/NES systems

Posted on 2020-09-14, 15:03

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Hello everyone, Just like to share some interesting links that I found. :) Apparently, in the 90s, Chinese developers created a DOS-Like system called "BBGDOS" (aka BBG-DOS). It looks and behaves just like MS-DOS or MSX-DOS and has its own developer tools, even. The OS ran on Famicom-like systems …

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Re: Schneider VGA AT System 70 CEG power connectors pinout

Posted on 2020-09-14, 00:27

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Hi again, sorry for the delay! It was weekend and I wasn't browsing Vogons. No worries, I can understand your parents point of view. The internet is a place full of weird people, some of which are harmless and some of which are not. 🙁 By coincidence, I'm from the same country. Which makes shipping …

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Re: Cannot stop a Turbo Basic program on DosBox

Posted on 2020-09-12, 20:41

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Control-C or Control-Z also sometimes cause a break of program flow.

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Re: Schneider VGA AT System 70 CEG power connectors pinout

Posted on 2020-09-12, 20:21

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Wilius wrote on 2020-09-12, 20:12: 2. Thanks for the picture Jo22. May I ask, wheter this is the chip, you've got amongst your spare parts? Hi, yes, it is. It's installed on an old Euro AT mainboard and should be fine. I can send the chip to you via mail no problem. And other chips, too, if you …

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Re: Emulation on MS Windows 3.1x ?

Posted on 2020-09-12, 16:59

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Update. While not really an emulator, but a game engine/interpreter/IDE, Klik & Play also runs fine on Windows 3.1x. Screenshot attached. PS: Sample game found here: http://www.caiman.us/scripts/fw/f666.html

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Re: Drivers doing stuff on their own and other horror stories

Posted on 2020-09-12, 16:05

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A story about printer drivers.. Never thrust them. 20+ years ago, when Euro banknotes were new and were still considered toy money..: *Some* people intended to made a joke and scanned one of these and tried to print it out in black/white. The result: The printer driver noticed, printed half of the …

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Re: How is Vinyl Goddess From Mars so slick?

Posted on 2020-09-11, 23:14

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Vinyl Goddess from Mars was originally intended to be a sequel to Jill Of The Jungle. But why it is so slick, I have no clue why, but perhaps it was programmed well ? :-) I think so. Vinyl always worked with any sound cards that I had got. So I assume the code is not as messy as that of Jill, where …

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Re: MT32 (old) firmware and game incompatibilities?

Posted on 2020-09-11, 13:54

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^Thanks a lot for the details! ^^ Well, it's academic really, because there's probably no point in using an old firmware. What you're suggesting may be possible, but there is the added complication of there being two EEPROMs (odd/even). I'm mainly curious about others' experiences. That, and it …

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Re: Looking for a list of dos games that require an intelligent mode MPU-401

Posted on 2020-09-11, 11:06

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Hey folks, quick question on this. I see one game that is listed as requiring intelligent mode is Space Quest III. I have only tried this so far with dosbox and a Rolan UM-One cable to the MT-32 The music did come out perfectly, so what’s the deal? Does it break elsewhere, or does the UM-One cable …

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