Re: Possible to output 320x200 for EGA games? (re: doublescanned 640x400)

Posted on 2022-10-14, 13:08

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by Namrok

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I wonder if this is related to something I noticed noodling around in EGA mode 0x0D. It's supposed to be 320x200, but polling the int 33 mouse driver for it's location returns double the X value, as though the screen is actually 640x200. Some amateur google sleuthing showed I'm not the only person …

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Re: Flagship GPU prices to rise exponentially?

Posted on 2022-10-13, 20:28

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Seeing the benchmarks of the released RTX 4090, I really wonder what it's even for. I mean, the X090 class cards have always been some weird hybrid of professional grade and super enthusiast. Prosumer perhaps? But this RTX 4090 is putting up 100+ FPS in the most challenging games that exist at 4K …

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Re: How do you store your games? How to you keep track? Database?

Posted on 2022-10-12, 13:40

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I like to keep my games in their jewel cases, on racks. Just enjoy the sight of them. Many of them are release day copies I've kept with me since I was a kid in the 90's. Minus the copy of Fallout that was missing from it's jewel case. I suspect my brother had something to do with that while I was …

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CRT Troubleshooting/Repair

Posted on 2022-10-12, 01:08

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by Namrok

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So I picked up a Compaq FS7600. Allegedly barely used, but I have little reason to think the guy was lying since it was a free giveaway. Just saving it from the trash. It seemed fine at first, but problems rapidly presented itself after I began playing games for any length of time on it. The picture …

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Re: Tandy 3 Voice Sound - SN76489 ISA Soundcard Project

Posted on 2022-10-11, 19:18

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by Namrok

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matze79 wrote on 2022-10-11, 17:58: A Revision update of the Card is in the works. I think early 2023 there will be a Chance to grab one 😀 Looking forward to it.

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Re: Stadia shutting down

Posted on 2022-09-30, 12:10

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Good riddance. A world where Stadia succeeds is a world where we have even less property rights concerning hardware and software than the illusion of ownership we're already left with. I'm sure someone will pull it off at some point, but I'm glad Google failing pushed off that future another 5-10 …

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Re: Need some help with assembly language

Posted on 2022-09-26, 00:23

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Funny, I'm in a similar boat to you, in that I'm learning assembly, and was wondering how measure time relatively accurately. I found this article pretty helpful. https://www.xtof.info/Timing-on-PC-familly-under-DOS.html#7--hardware-information-and-programming My understanding is that the best …

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Re: NuXT - MicroATX Turbo XT Motherboard - 9.55MHz, UMBs, XT-CF, SVGA, HD Floppy, Serial

Posted on 2022-09-23, 17:43

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by Namrok

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I saw my order is in the air now. Can't wait to get it. I'm really tempted to do it up in a self built wooden case, in the style of one of those 1960's furniture piece TVs. But that will likely be a project for another day. I just need to find an IO card for it with a gameport. There don't happen …

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Re: Windows 11 22H2 has been released

Posted on 2022-09-23, 13:19

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Even Windows 10 had it's share of bad, buggy or downright broken updates. Seems Windows 11 is even worse in this regard. I simply do not remember bad windows updates even being a thing before Windows 10. There were pretty consistent improvements in stability from Win95 to Windows XP, it more or less …

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Re: Help me debug a motherboard - no AGP video

Posted on 2022-09-21, 23:47

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by Namrok

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Once I had that problem. Turned out to be my ram. Why would that cause all agp cards to stop working? I assume it's because agp apatures use ram as extra agp vram. But I could be wrong.

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2022-09-21, 00:07

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I just beat Chapter 5 of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 last night. I felt like the game was beginning to drag, but holy shit did it just suck me back in. I'm not usually one for 2 hours straight of cutscenes in my games, but this had me on the edge of my seat. May have shed a tear in a few scenes. I'd say …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2022-09-20, 13:25

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The Gold Box games I've played/completed definitely had some annoying enemy casters (priests casting Hold Person were infuriating in Curse of the Azure Bonds), but I felt like they sort of tipped things in your favor. I found I often got initiative even without particularly high DEX, which let me …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2022-09-19, 18:26

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I have gotta be missing something, because these battles really aren't very fun. I don't understand how you could get through these without a mixture of knowing in advance what you're facing, and/or using cheesy tactics. Maybe I need to make more use of potions, but you only have three slots per …

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Re: Trying to build a DOS gaming system, and I'm having a hard time with sound. Can I get some advice?

Posted on 2022-09-15, 17:54

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I don't know about your spouse, but my spouse had no idea I added more retro PC's to my office, since I put them behind a KVM to the same monitor and keyboard, and the PC cases all go under my desk. A 4 way KVM was fantastic for that.

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Re: Games you are determined to beat one day

Posted on 2022-09-13, 17:00

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I still aspire to beat Might & Magic 1. Probably every other year or so I start it again from scratch, having forgotten everything I had been doing, how my party functioned, and losing all the maps I wrote I down. As I get older, and the gaps between play attempts lengthen, I've tried to knuckle …

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Re: NuXT - MicroATX Turbo XT Motherboard - 9.55MHz, UMBs, XT-CF, SVGA, HD Floppy, Serial

Posted on 2022-09-13, 15:02

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by Namrok

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I saw my order is in the air now. Can't wait to get it. I'm really tempted to do it up in a self built wooden case, in the style of one of those 1960's furniture piece TVs. But that will likely be a project for another day. I just need to find an IO card for it with a gameport. There don't happen to …

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Re: Windows98SE PC shuts off on its own after powering on

Posted on 2022-09-08, 21:24

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by Namrok

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I'd be more immediately worried about the psu. Is it known good? Is it newer or older? If its older, is the input voltage correctly set?

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Re: Shipping gone wrong, our stories.

Posted on 2022-09-08, 12:45

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I've been relatively lucky. Had a Creatures 2 cd snapped in half during shipping, that just got refunded. And a motherboard I ordered just... never appeared. Near as myself and the guy who dropped it off at USPS can tell, it's probably sitting in a corner somewhere, forgotten and ignored. The …

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Re: The Graphics card of the year 1997

Posted on 2022-09-06, 16:32

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In 1997 I had a Riva 128. I actually have a Riva 128 again in a mostly 1997, only slightly anachronistic PC I've rebuilt. It has a few problems. I think the first is a generic 1st gen 3d accelerator problem. It very quickly became obsolete. It came out mid 1997, I got mine Christmas of 1997, and it …

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Re: DOSBox debugger

Posted on 2022-09-05, 03:58

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Since I've been using DOSBox for development a lot lately , I've created an updated patch that adds a few more debugger commands and some fixes. The Debugger window can no longer be resized on Windows 10, which would mess up the formatting. The window can no longer be maximized either since it's a …

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