Re: FIC 486-PIO3 mobo - why's it so slow?

Posted on 2011-03-12, 15:21

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by Yushatak

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Man, you should have trusted Uniflash when it said "VERIFICATION FAILED"! Obviously it thought the backup was bad.. >.> I've got a chip flasher but I've never gotten it to flash anything. If nobody else offers to do it I'll give it a go for you, since you've offered to pay the postage back and forth …

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(Pentium I) Why isn't this box snappier, and why is it a bit unstable?

Posted on 2011-03-12, 15:15

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by Yushatak

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Allow me to present the specs of one of my boxen, currently named "Voodoo": Pentium Tillamook 266 @ 300Mhz (mobile->desktop from HK) VA-503+ Motherboard (epic board, IMHO, only downside is AGP2x only) VIA MVP3 chipset (FU, I like VIA chipsets and have had a good experience with them) 512MB SDRAM ( …

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Re: PS/2 6 pin cable - are they hard to find?

Posted on 2011-03-12, 14:47

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by Yushatak

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Personally I'd rather lose an AT PSU than a Mouse - but I've got a box of very generic PSUs and each of my mice is unique, so..

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Re: FIC 486-PIO3 mobo - why's it so slow?

Posted on 2011-03-12, 14:44

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by Yushatak

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Why use a separate I/O controller when the board has an on-board one in the first place?

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Re: No CRT Emulation? Why!?

Posted on 2011-03-09, 01:39

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by Yushatak

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Interesting thread. Personally I'm very happy that we now have LCDs and I don't need to look at a flickering pixel mush and I can see the games without the technical limitations of that time... And I think LCDs are better for many MANY things, such as the Windows desktop and all non-fullscreen apps …

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Re: No CRT Emulation? Why!?

Posted on 2011-03-05, 19:03

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This shader doesn't require a Radeon 9xxx, it's just an ordinary OpenGL shader as far as I can see - it may require that (or the nVidia equivalent, or other older competitors) as a minimum, though. After reading the page and realizing that these are OpenGL shaders, I have to point out that they're …

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Re: W9x program to bind keys to mouse wheel?

Posted on 2011-03-04, 15:36

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by Yushatak

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Autohotkey DOES work under 9x, you just need to use the older version. The docs constantly mention the differences for those who are using it under 9x, even.

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Re: DOSBox BIOS Font

Posted on 2011-03-03, 03:16

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by Yushatak

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Changing fonts via setfont or dosfont both stop being in effect upon CLS. I would continue to investigate that, but I also noticed that it did not change the height of the DOSBox window - no screen mode change, number of lines, font height.. In Windows it's 80x25 (rows/cols) by default in a command …

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Re: No CRT Emulation? Why!?

Posted on 2011-03-02, 21:00

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> CGA afterglow Do you know an example? Yes. King's Quest. It's only used in composite mode, an RGB monitor did not present the same hardware features. On an RGB monitor you experience the miserable limited color palette of CGA, but on a composite monitor it's like playing with EGA. If I'm not …

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Re: No CRT Emulation? Why!?

Posted on 2011-03-02, 18:19

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I've got a dozen or so functional CRTs, but the two that are of a quality that I could use with a modern machine for anything but DOSBox are damaged slightly. My 19" (one I used on my main desktop when it was new) is blurry, literally from the number of hours it was used. My 21", which I bought from …

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Re: No CRT Emulation? Why!?

Posted on 2011-03-02, 09:30

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Unfortunately that won't help on Windows (which I primarily use - yes, a technical person who uses Windows by choice... O.O), and wouldn't be cross-platform. DWM on Windows (Vista+ anyway) is also a compositing WM, but it's very undocumented and obscure to hook into it in almost any way (thus the …

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Re: Game Suggestion to Test Voodoo 1

Posted on 2011-03-02, 07:03

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by Yushatak

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I recommend MDK. It works on a 486, but is too slow. If you get a glide copy it should run playably on a (high-end) 486 with a Voodoo. Might be able to get GLQuake working using the HX extender, but I don't know if you could call the Voodoo card through it or if it would fallback on OpenGL emulation …

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Re: Reference Retro Benchmark Database - Discussion

Posted on 2011-03-02, 07:00

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by Yushatak

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How about Landmark Speed Test? I like it, it scales well.. There's also BYTECPU - scales really well, works on brand new 64-bit Windows and old 16-bit DOS. Thing is it's 32-bit, so you need the HX extender to run it on DOS, and it won't work on pre-32-bit boxen. Other than that caviat, it's great. …

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Re: PS/2 6 pin cable - are they hard to find?

Posted on 2011-03-02, 06:54

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by Yushatak

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I've got several mobos that have these headers. As far as I know, the 5-pins-in-a-row headers (your first eBay link) are standardized among themselves. I'd go with that bracket and try my luck - it will likely work. I've also got that same multimeter, but mine's red and also has a different brand. …

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Re: No CRT Emulation? Why!?

Posted on 2011-03-02, 06:43

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by Yushatak

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I've had that thought too, but I think it would be better to stick to just rendering the emulator surface to a warped model - I think that's what you meant as well, but I don't want to confuse anybody who might help us! :D There's two ways to go about that, the other being warping the 2D output …

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Re: Chronologistic PC emulation

Posted on 2011-03-02, 06:24

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by Yushatak

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I had forgotten about that emulator, I now remember using it to test PC/XT game compatibility at some point in the past. I suppose there's hope for me getting my virtual high-end 486/Pentium emulator at some point after all. 😁

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Re: No CRT Emulation? Why!?

Posted on 2011-03-02, 06:22

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by Yushatak

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Calling it an impossibility is just laziness. :P If I knew more about shader language I'd just make one myself and be done with it - it's very possible. I made my efforts, though, and didn't manage, as I said.. I've seen that screensaver - there's Stella (keep in mind it's emulating an aged late 70s …

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No CRT Emulation? Why!?

Posted on 2011-03-02, 06:06

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by Yushatak

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Every bit of PC hardware has been emulated from the inside of the case. What about outside? I realize you can't emulate physical objects, so a mouse and keyboard that are era-appropraite would have to be "brought from home", but what of the monitor? CRTs in good working order are becoming harder and …

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Re: Chronologistic PC emulation

Posted on 2011-03-02, 06:01

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by Yushatak

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Yes. Personally I'm only interested in era-locked hardware emulation - DOSBox can speed up and slow down to accommodate various software, which is cool for ease of use, but it doesn't emulate a particular CPU, etc.. It would be nice if I could tell it to have an Am5x86-133, and it would lag in Quake …

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DOSBox BIOS Font

Posted on 2011-03-01, 23:19

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by Yushatak

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I wish DOSBox was integrated into Windows like NTVDM, and I've coded things to do it, and found that while it can be done, it causes some bugs that can't be avoided due to (bad) code on Microsoft's end. Since I can't completely achieve that dream, I'd like to at least make DOSBox look like the NTVDM …

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