Re: QEMU 3Dfx Glide Pass-Through (WHPX/KVM works!!!)

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Regarding Half-Life on UTM in this video, there are a few things you should consider: - That video is from 1 year ago, UTM has improved massively in the last 12 months; - The youtuber is using a 64-bit Windows XP edition, not really a good idea for a 1998 32-bit game and for emulation. Nevertheless, …

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Re: QEMU 3Dfx Glide Pass-Through (WHPX/KVM works!!!)

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ruthan has a point. Look at people doing different DOSBox builds, they do not behave like superstars. They do not tell you to do ultracomplex “recipes” to compile yourself your build after installing 29474737 dependencies. They release full complete builds. DOSBox-X in particular, Jonathan Campbell …

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Re: QEMU 3Dfx Glide Pass-Through (WHPX/KVM works!!!)

Posted on 2021-01-23, 21:09

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All those emulation solutions would be much better served if the developers of all them had the good will to share their ideas and methods between them and the community. They could (proactively) help eachother to improve and the retro/gaming community would hugely benefit from that. As of now we …

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Re: Do you keep your retro rigs offline?

Posted on 2021-01-23, 14:42

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With a Netscape and roytam1’s NSS patch to bring TLS 1.2, I can surf a good amount of websites on Windows 98. However I use it only when I know where is what I want to download or read. for example, I can log into VOGONS, but CSS and JS does not work so well. Same for MSFN. For retro networking to …

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Re: QEMU 3Dfx Glide Pass-Through (WHPX/KVM works!!!)

Posted on 2021-01-22, 23:30

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I don't know how well Rosetta binary translation would work on old Windows games from the late 90's til 2001's era. If it works, then it is no doubt the best option. DOSBox dynamic_x64 is the fastest CPU recompiler I have seen. I have measured scenarios that it could be as good as WHPX on Windows. …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-01-22, 11:43

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For Windows 2000 multi core or dual cpu, I would recommend referring to the folks here with a similar issue: https://msfn.org/board/topic/174127-info-on-w … r-cpu-machines/ Sounds like the Update Rollup 1 has broken support for dual cpus. Well done, Microsoft.

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Re: Let's talk about our hated trends

Posted on 2021-01-21, 19:51

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Here's another trend: Widescreen monitors vs old-style squared monitors, for both desktop and notebook pcs? Which one people prefer? Now every screen (computer/tv/mobile devices) are widescreen. This is nuts.

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Re: Let's talk about our hated trends

Posted on 2021-01-21, 12:20

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I just can't understand why Microsoft does not make available as a single download from an downloads page. I very much prefer to shut down automatic updates completely and choose religiously what I want to update or not, whenever I want, not when they want me to. I stripped down a Windows 10 VM ( …

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Re: Technological critique

Posted on 2021-01-21, 12:12

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You can criticize USB-C all you want, but this change is happening as we talk now. IMO In at least two years or less everyone will have moved to USB-C and drop older USB ports. I have nothing against USB-C anyway, but I am not defending it either. I am just saying this change was and is inevitable. …

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Re: Let's talk about our hated trends

Posted on 2021-01-20, 22:57

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Everytime I see an article on Slashdot about the latest ruinous Windows 10 update it just further cements my intention to stick with Windows 7 (audience gasps). 7? I stick with 2000/XP lol. I never liked Vista, I almost threw up with 7 (never liked the Aero Glass theme), and I kicked the butt of …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2021-01-19, 19:50

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Indeed, a creative wall art! Very good

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-01-19, 17:28

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My old iPod Nano 1st gen (2GB) battery just ran out of power a few months ago, now I just recharged it and found that my songs were gone. No problem, I fired up my Windows XP virtual machine, loaded iTunes 7.x, turns out it was a mac-formatted iPod (wtf) so I restored it as a windows formatted iPod, …

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Re: Intel smashes Ryzen

Posted on 2021-01-19, 11:35

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I read every apple resource, not just macrumors. Would be silly to just put it all on only one resource. The “drugs” remark was for Intel486Troll, not for you. But if it fits you... If you wanna waste your time being a troll, believing that Intel is still great and calling others names and accusing …

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Re: Intel smashes Ryzen

Posted on 2021-01-19, 04:40

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@imi: I have to agree with you this time. @Intel486dx33: What drugs are you using? See Cal, he is definitely a professional Troll. *LMAO* Now, seriously: Both are wrong. Apple Silicon is not an ARM CPU per se, it is just a custom SoC with ARM based instruction set. https://www.imore.com/mac-moving- …

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Re: Intel smashes Ryzen

Posted on 2021-01-18, 23:33

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@Intel486dx33: It would be better for you if you could have something to prove what you say, otherwise, like @imi said, you might be posting a lot of false stuff with no stats or reference information to defend it. Try to put some references to prove it. Or better, don't even bother. @imi: Apple …

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Re: Do you keep your retro rigs offline?

Posted on 2021-01-18, 20:10

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I will just leave this here to elaborate more on mr.cat's post. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/windows-10-bug-corrupts-your-hard-drive-on-seeing-this-files-icon/ Pretty sure XP has some malwares still around, but again, user actions matters most. Just don't download anything shady …

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Re: Intel smashes Ryzen

Posted on 2021-01-18, 20:00

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Has this forum become a troll bait? When do you guys realize that Robertmo and Intel486dx33 are just trolls who aren't even remotely interested in having a conversation or discussion? Their only goal and intention is to provoke, trigger and troll everyone with statements which are (mostly) …

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Re: Do you keep your retro rigs offline?

Posted on 2021-01-18, 19:20

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Caluser2000 wrote on 2021-01-18, 18:43: And it's damn easy to accomplish. Use your oldies how they SHOULD be used instead of just gamez consoles 😀 I could say it's the first time we agree on something here.

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Re: Intel smashes Ryzen

Posted on 2021-01-18, 11:45

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And if Intel end up going fabless up against AMD, then they are totally fucked because as a chip manufacturer they are in shambles. They will prbably crash and burn, and I will shed not a single tear after them. I second that. Intel is kinda lost while AMD is supposed to be working in a ARM SoC to …

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Re: Do you keep your retro rigs offline?

Posted on 2021-01-18, 11:37

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Since I am behind a router with firewall, I see no problem in letting my retro virtual machines go online. There is no sensitive information in them, only games. When I am in the mood for more nostalgia, I go online with mIRC on Win98. I can’t believe IRC servers still exists, since the first time I …

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