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Re: How many use linux?

Posted on 2014-07-09, 11:59

in Milliways
Tried to use it off and on since 1999 for desktop\gaming use but usually only use it for system recovery. My desktop at home is used for playing games so I want it to be fast,compatible and simple to use. Linux isn't there yet unless you use an emulator or a linux native game. Sorry but wine blows …

Re: Question about HIMEM.SYS and EMM386

Posted on 2014-07-05, 13:15

in DOS
IIRC technically dos4gw (and similar) doesn't need himem.sys or emm386.exe since it can access the memory directly. Of course if you don't load himem.sys and emm386.exe then what are you going to do with your other TSR/drivers unless you boot with a clean config. Also even though they may not …

Ars reviews FreeDOS 1.1

Posted on 2014-07-03, 20:52

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/07/dos-boot-ars-spends-a-day-working-in-freedos/ Twenty years ago this week, as Microsoft announced that it would end support for the MS-DOS operating system, James Hall announced to the world that he intended to create a public domain version of …

FreeDOS Is 20 Years Old!

Posted on 2014-07-01, 10:24

http://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/news/2014/06/freedos-is-20-years-old/ On June 29, 1994, we announced an effort to create a completely free version of DOS, that everyone could use. That was the start of The FreeDOS Project, 20 years ago! Since then, we have advanced what DOS could do, adding new …

Re: List the PC games that you have beaten

Posted on 2014-06-29, 16:39

in Milliways
Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure FMV looks great but in-game looks not so great (but good enough). Great to have Tex back in another game. Would be interesting if someone combined all the FMV clips and made a Tex movie. Onward to Mirror's Edge

Re: "Halt and Catch Fire" - AMC - starting June 1

Posted on 2014-06-20, 12:04

in Milliways
Well they have to keep the drama: Playboy with emotional and physical scars that makes out with employee and makes out with others to get what he wants. (Not sure if he's bi or just really wants to succeed). Punk rock programmer chick that makes out with boss Proficient engineer performing day job …

Re: Tell your story. What made you sign up to Vogons?

Posted on 2014-06-13, 14:46

in Milliways
I'd been using VDMSound since I went Windows 2000 only back in 2000? I would email back and forth with Vlad (author of VDMSound) and frequented the bravenet VDMSound forums. It was obvious that people had more than sound issues with getting games to work in NT and the bravenet forums were horrible. …

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