Re: Unstable socket A board - what to do?
Posted on 5 minutes ago
The caps should have flat or slightly concave surfaces. Even if their appearance is fine, however, they may still be bad. It is probably worth it to replace them anyway.
Re: Microsoft disk bricking floppy drive
Posted on 25 minutes ago
The original MASM 5.1 Editor disk was the issue, but it wasn't a virus. The surface of the disk had failed and was depositing itself on the drive head. This caused excess friction which caused one side of the head to snap off its mount. Hmm. I wonder if this will become a more common issue as our …
Re: New forum suggestions/Feedback
Posted on 2021-07-19, 21:17
The Vogons admins strictly enforce the "not a marketplace" policy.
Re: Video playback on retro PCs
Posted on 2021-07-19, 19:08
Your system should be able to handle low res (400x300 ish) MPEG1 video software decoding, depending on the bitrate
Re: Change a game's name by one letter, to make it something completely different (just for fun!)
Posted on 2021-07-19, 15:40
Room. It's like Doom, but the entire game takes place in a single room. You're stuck in the room. There is no escape. Have fun!
Re: A "broad spectrum" 90s build?
Posted on 2021-07-19, 04:07
2mg wrote on 2021-07-18, 08:52: Pretty please pick ~3 of them. I'd prefer ones that do DOS as good as the do W9x, but DOS is primary here, as I can (should I?) get some 5.1 Live! for W9x exclusively. Plus I already have that AV511 CM8738, which as I noticed by Vogons is bad? YMF719 SB CT4170 Vibra …
Re: Dosbox exits when mouse pointer is on the edge of screen
Posted on 2021-07-16, 20:19
Yeah you would need to restructure your partitions and it may not even work that way. Again, this is kind of moot if you aren't using an authentic DOS computer... it might be a speed-related issue; who knows. I do not recommend trying to install DOS on your local drive if you don't already know how …
Re: Dosbox exits when mouse pointer is on the edge of screen
Posted on 2021-07-16, 19:35
Ideally you want a real DOS machine, not just booting your modern computer with DOS. You can boot MS-DOS from a USB drive. If your computer is set up with UEFI boot only rather than legacy boot enabled, you cannot boot MS-DOS from your local drive. Another testing option that will come closer to …
Re: Dosbox exits when mouse pointer is on the edge of screen
Posted on 2021-07-16, 18:31
DOSBox does not use MS-DOS. It emulates a DOS environment with its own system. Try testing it with MS-DOS in a real machine though and see what happens.
Re: Dosbox exits when mouse pointer is on the edge of screen
Posted on 2021-07-16, 17:21
Hmm. Maybe experiment with different memory managers on your real machine to see if you can replicate the problem there. That might help you narrow it down.
Re: YouTube translator for retro systems
Posted on 2021-07-16, 14:32
Bruninho wrote on 2021-07-16, 04:36: Definitely. Talk to Action Retro or some guys over PowerPC forums (MacRumors) about it, they have been working on something similar for macOS 9, maybe both can exchange some information... Really? Maybe I will then. Thanks!
Re: Most stable and compatible win9x configuration
Posted on 2021-07-16, 14:32
Scoob wrote on 2021-07-15, 19:57: Me lazy. Vogoneers do all the work years of experiments. Me play no trouble. 😎
Re: A "broad spectrum" 90s build?
Posted on 2021-07-15, 21:31
2mg wrote on 2021-07-15, 20:58: Can you recommend one that is readily available/inexpensive/simply gets the job done, nothing more, nothing fancy. Yamaha YMF. Sound Blaster 16 Value SB AWE64 Value Various ESS cards
Re: Dosbox exits when mouse pointer is on the edge of screen
Posted on 2021-07-15, 14:39
You need to try it on a real DOS machine before you can pin the problem on DOSBox.
Re: Most stable and compatible win9x configuration
Posted on 2021-07-15, 14:35
There is a DOS driver for the Yamaha YMF chips on those Dell XPS motherboards that will initialize the chip for use in DOS.
Re: Poor DOS performance on Compaq Armada 7800?
Posted on 2021-07-14, 23:55
No, there should be no DOS video drivers you will need. I honestly do not know what your issue is here. Maybe just keep the scaling enabled?
Re: Do you dislike the British?
Posted on 2021-07-14, 21:27
Every time I see the title of this thread I chuckle a little. It just seems to absurd to me on its surface. I cannot truly dislike the British, much less the English, being English myself by blood, though American by birth. My country was born out of England; we are part of the Anglo world. My …
Re: yellowish LCD
Posted on 2021-07-14, 20:18
What happens is the plastic right next to the backlight elements turns yellow over time, I think from the heat.
Re: YouTube translator for retro systems
Posted on 2021-07-14, 17:44
Should I resurrect this project?
Re: Do you backup your DOS savegames?
Posted on 2021-07-14, 06:53
No.
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