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Re: Guess the game!!

Posted on 2017-11-30, 08:31

in Milliways
Found it. Fox Ranger 3. I'm gonna have to give this one a try, it looks like my kind of thing. 😀 I had the era exactly right when I was thinking Saturn BTW, I ended up going through every DOS platformer in 1996 & 1997 until I got it.

Re: 2D graphics benchmark

Posted on 2017-11-29, 21:16

in Marvin \ Video
Just for fun I wrote a quick & dirty palette rotation benchmark. The screen filling is done using QuickBasic's FILL statement, so that part of the benchmark is probably rubbish, but the palette rotation is all assembly. Source code included. Warning: ugly as hell. Results MIGHT be more accurate with …

Re: 2D graphics benchmark

Posted on 2017-11-28, 22:04

in Marvin \ Video
^^ Thanks, DIAG looks useful. Didn't know SDD had a benchmark, will look into it. I also found VideoSpd which is kinda what I want. It seems to rely on the Watcom C built-in graphics functions though. videodos_000.png dosbox_006.png I guess what I'm really after is something like DoWhackaDo or …

Re: 2D graphics benchmark

Posted on 2017-11-28, 12:17

in Marvin \ Video
^^ Yeah I know about that, but look what's in it - Superscape (3D), PC Player (3D), Chris's 3D Benchmark, Doom, Quake, and some CPU benchmarks. Not what I'm after. I want something that can specifically benchmark "2D" features of the video card, like scrolling, blitting, palette rotation, and page …

2D graphics benchmark

Posted on 2017-11-28, 10:14

in Marvin \ Video
Is there a good DOS benchmark for testing "2D" features that were common in games? Stuff like hardware scrolling, writing to video memory, filling (2D) polygons, page flipping, changing palettes, etc. A game or (demoscene) demo with an FPS counter would also be fine. You try searching and all you …

Fastest "Turbo XT"

Posted on 2017-11-27, 20:58

What's the fastest "8088-like" CPU (including NEC V20, etc.) that was used in a relatively-standard PC? (I.e. not some weird embedded thing.) Did anyone make a 20 or 25MHz machine with one? Just curious, I know these chips have been manufactured for a LONG time but stopped being used in PCs at some …

Re: Guess the game!!

Posted on 2017-11-25, 18:57

in Milliways
VileRancour wrote: Keeping to the theme of superpowered robotic protagonists: ＧϋҾϨϩ.png Sure looks like a Saturn game ... MegaMan X4?

Re: What was your favorite computing era?

Posted on 2017-11-11, 02:57

in Milliways
Now. Why? Because you can still dig up whatever antique hardware you like and build the amazing "retro" system of your dreams. Meanwhile, hobby hardware is a huge thing & is cheap as chips, homebrew games are abound for every system & are better than the 1st-party stuff from back in the day, nearly …

What's with the PCB cutout on some video cards?

Posted on 2017-11-07, 07:27

in Marvin \ Video
Like this one, the little piece in the lower left: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Diamond_Viper_V770_Ultra_Rev_C.jpg/640px-Diamond_Viper_V770_Ultra_Rev_C.jpg Why do some video cards have either a cutout or a "breakaway" tab there? Was there some weird POS or industrial …

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