Re: New forum suggestions/Feedback

Posted on 2021-10-07, 20:45

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by leileilol

in Milliways

in Milliways

The cert's got problems with certain gecko browsers and given it's a vintage-centered forum, some will be hit with this. (Searching around shows it's common with firefox and Let's Encrypt for years where granting exceptions isn't possible to bypass)

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Re: Duke3D in Windows 98 crashes back to Windows

Posted on 2021-10-01, 03:41

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by leileilol

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

try starting with -forcegl

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Re: DOSBox is not a source port for old games

Posted on 2021-09-30, 09:36

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by leileilol

in DOSBox Development

in DOSBox Development

no one said it was. The DOSBox debugger however, was instrumental for certain reverse engineering projects that lead to some source ports.

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Re: Sound blaster live 5.1 and stuttering in deus ex

Posted on 2021-09-30, 08:58

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by leileilol

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in Marvin \ Software

My old workaround for this almost 21 years ago (!) was to alt-enter back and forth to clear it up.

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Re: Famous computer slogans and quotes ?

Posted on 2021-09-30, 03:04

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by leileilol

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Intel486dx33 wrote on 2021-09-29, 11:30: I have a NEW slogan if someone wants to use it - “Smarter is Better” Alliant Insurance Services

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Re: Voodoo 2 banding issues in 640x480 only

Posted on 2021-09-29, 19:56

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by leileilol

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

Have you tried moving the refresh rate sliders around in the Voodoo2's panel in Display Properties?

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Re: Head's up: Imgur is under new ownership/management

Posted on 2021-09-29, 11:12

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by leileilol

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in Milliways

it's been downhill for me since it just blanks out on my browsers whenever I view image directly or just visit the place in recent years. Thanks javascript internet

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Re: Program to make a simple installer for a Windows 3.x application?

Posted on 2021-09-29, 01:37

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by leileilol

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in Marvin \ Software

InnoSetup 1.2.16 is capable of building Windows 3.1 installers.

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Re: Games to play on a socket 7 machine with SiS 6326 graphics.

Posted on 2021-09-28, 21:54

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by leileilol

in Marvin \ Video

in Marvin \ Video

glquake's not that good of a benchmark on a 3d card's compatibility (given one blending mode other than alpha is just for the lightmap). You know what also was fast on that? PowerVR PCX2. Does it mean it's on the level of Voodoo2? No.

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Re: Printer Drivers Hard to Find?

Posted on 2021-09-28, 20:06

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by leileilol

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Don't forget scanner and fax drivers! The problem though is that often, these printer driver CDs would often ship with commercial productivity software packages, like card/banner/label makers... so you'd have to stick to the strictly-drivers floppies or the internet update files to stay safe.

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Re: Would you like a custom version of win98

Posted on 2021-09-28, 19:37

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by leileilol

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in Marvin \ Software

the problem with that prospect is drivers often reuse filenames and are incompatible with each other as the 2nd and 3rd generations of 3d accelerators happened. also no to windows bootlegs

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Re: What is up with CNET?

Posted on 2021-09-28, 02:22

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by leileilol

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Yep, they've 'ruh roh'd all their old vaguely detailed "tech specs" pages recently.

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Re: You guys ever forget the hardware in your rigs and are later suprised by how playable something was?

Posted on 2021-09-28, 01:24

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by leileilol

in Milliways

in Milliways

Oh yes. Because any given console has fixed specs and hardware, any games developer with enough skill, time, and the will to push the hardware can do amazing things on that console. Such as the original XBox, which did an amazing job of running very good ports of demanding (for the time) PC games …

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Re: Nirvana

Posted on 2021-09-27, 20:37

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by leileilol

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in Milliways

What no RATM?

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Re: i3(Haswell or similar) nettop for running old games

Posted on 2021-09-27, 20:27

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by leileilol

in Windows

in Windows

A couple things to note about Intel HD: - it's got powervr-style post-dithering for 16-bit color, so that looks better here than Nvidia and AMD and a lot of older (non-powervr) cards - it's slower in DX7 but much faster in 8 and 9. (at least that's how it was for win7 intelhd drivers) Windows 10 …

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Re: Web browser market share over the years.

Posted on 2021-09-26, 00:44

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by leileilol

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in Marvin \ Software

Seamonkey can still be configured to back to Communicator 4.x layout and buttons, and there's a few themes that bring back the Seamonkey 1.x/Communicator4 graphics (Seazilla etc) so all the old Netscape familiarism can still be had . (no good Netscape1/2/3 themes that I know of however, and nothing …

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Re: C&C Red Alert Screen Size/Aspect Ratio

Posted on 2021-09-24, 20:20

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by leileilol

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in Marvin \ Software

By default it's 640x400x256@70hz, but has a 640x480x256@60hz fallback for certain Windows display drivers (laptops usually) that don't react well to a less than usual SVGA mode (despite well, technically being the same as the 320x200 double-scanned VGA mode) My OG Red Alert CRT experience from the …

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Re: Nirvana

Posted on 2021-09-24, 19:42

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by leileilol

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ah yes nirvana

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Re: Games to play on a socket 7 machine with SiS 6326 graphics.

Posted on 2021-09-24, 00:45

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by leileilol

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in Marvin \ Video

HangarAte2nds! wrote on 2021-09-22, 05:29: The Rage 128 Pro is considered similar to the Riva 128. is it the number???????????

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Re: Does anyone own a MISTer FPGA and how is it?

Posted on 2021-09-23, 01:19

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by leileilol

in Console & Arcade Emulation

in Console & Arcade Emulation

Yes it's satirical, but it's also grounded in reality. When those mini classics were announced, there's always been at least a few haughty "just get pi all games etc" people in the comment sections, and before the Pi became popular, it was the Gameparks / Pandoras / Modded Xboxes / Pentium(core) …

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