Re: Fur Elise
Posted on 2023-09-28, 08:12
A classical song converted into a very unpleasant experience. I wonder why this song is the preferred choice on phone calls.
Re: Definitive list of Amstrad branded PC software?
Posted on 2023-09-24, 07:00
Didn't they release Ability 2000?
Re: Problem with use of modern ATAPI device in 1990s Toshiba 470cdt / 490xcdt / 530cdt and similar retro laptops
Posted on 2023-09-18, 04:48
I tried to replace the driver on my Satellite 4030, without success. In that computer, the optical drive was undetected (but was able to boot). Somewhere I read that the drive MUST be configured as slave, but those drives have no jumpers so it must be done at firmware level. There was some utilities …
Advice on wifi adapters for ChromeOS Flex
Posted on 2023-09-17, 09:42
I'm repurposing an HP T620 as a "chromebook", "chromebox"... whatever. The thinclient was upgraded to 8Gb RAM, but still retains the 16Gb M2 SATA hard disk. I've installed the official ChromeOS Flex, and it works fine (the HP T620 is on the list of certified things). The problem is that my HP T620 …
Re: F-16MRF and MiG-29 Fulcrum Novalogic NoCD
Posted on 2023-08-20, 07:03
Re: PCem emulation speed is terrible
Posted on 2023-08-19, 12:24
***UPDATE*** guys i dont think that my pc isnt powerfull enoug Yes, it is. because when i run pc em whit the specs that i sayed the cpu isnt stressed at all it dosent even touch the 50% of utilize Are you talking about CPU overall or 50% in a core? In a 8 core CPU, 50% usage overall may be 4 cores …
Re: How to test a lot of hard drives fast?
Posted on 2023-08-17, 13:40
Keep in mind that MHDD can not test more than one disk at a time. A (maybe faster) way to do it would be: - Make one or more custom PCs maxxed with hard disks (i.e.: connect all ports, 4 HDD per motherboard). - Use a bootable linux with gsmartcontrol. - Open gsmartcontrol and reject any disk that …
Re: Windows XP: is there an AC97 version for Windows XP?
Posted on 2023-07-08, 17:19
Re: List of Currently Free Games
Posted on 2023-06-21, 14:42
GoG - Hell Division (While looking there, I've found another free game called Bloody Hell... also free on Steam)
Re: CD Switch Not Recognised In-Game (Game is the original C&C)
Posted on 2023-06-13, 16:20
I "mixed" the folders to save some space. There are four of them: c:\juegos\c&c is the "installation" folder. It contains this files: c&c.com c&c.exe c&c.pif conquer.ini game.new gdi.bat hmidet.386 hmidrv.386 insticon.exe local.mix nod.bat notes.ico read_me.exe read_me.txt read_me.wri runc&c.exe …
Re: CD Switch Not Recognised In-Game (Game is the original C&C)
Posted on 2023-06-12, 14:59
Not an answer for your question, but... did you know that C&C can be played without discs (I mean, without using any crack)? To do so, you need to copy the files from your CD to a folder, and use the -cd swith, like this: c&c -cdc:\juegos\c&c\cd (where c:\juegos\c&c\cd is where i put my CD files). …
Re: List of Currently Free Games
Posted on 2023-06-07, 04:54
GOG- Twinsen's Little Big Adventure Classic Twinsen's Little Big Adventure 2 Classic If you get the free "DLC" packs, it seems you get access to the full offline installers: https://www.gog.com/en/game/twinsens_little_big_adventure_classic_original_edition https://www.gog.com/en/game/twinsens_ …
Re: VGA cable signal degradation at high resolutions.
Posted on 2023-06-03, 11:45
In my experience, VGA cables are a hit/miss thing when going above 1280x1024. Any cable can fail (thick or thin), so you should get the next one and try again. In any case, I think that this is pointless... most cards and monitors that can do those resolutions have other means of connection (DVI, …
Re: Most disappointing games?
Posted on 2023-05-22, 04:57
What about Megarace? Last week, I've played it for the first time and I think it is (very) overrated. - Bad FMV. Lance Boyle is very overacted, and it doesn't get better on the sequels. - Overuse of FMV. It seems that you can't do anything without seeing some kind of videos (I know that you can …
Re: How will this affect DOSBox development?
Posted on 2023-05-21, 08:42
I guess it won't affect DOSBox at all. It seems that they will drop 16 bits instructions, but DOSBox does not have 16 bits instructions in it's code. The thing is that DOSBox uses 32 or 64 bits instructions to actually emulate the behaviour of the CPU (opposed as virtual machines like Virtualbox or …
Re: Ripping mp3 from games with CD audio tracks?
Posted on 2023-05-14, 08:29
Sorry for the late answer... I've been very busy... Don't know if it's useful to you, but I know that bchunk (linux) will convert bin/cue to a data ISO + individual music tracks in .wav format. Thanks. One of my goals was preserving some DOS games, so I wanted to do a cue/bin image and a (smaller) …
Ripping mp3 from games with CD audio tracks?
Posted on 2023-05-06, 06:58
I'm going through my games collection and I wanted to rip the soundtrack of some games that had CD audio (using fre:ac). So far, I've found this problems: 1.- No cddb info for most games. I wanted my mp3 to have tags with titles... but it seems that info is not in (default) cddb database. Does …
Re: targeting PC DOS 1.0 - how do you open files?
Posted on 2023-04-25, 04:55
AFAIR: - DOS 1.0 did not support directories nor hard disks; I highly recommend targetting DOS 2.x (or better 3.x) so you can support both directories and handles. - You have to build your own FCB before trying to open the file; then the OS will inform you if the file was opened succesfully. - FCB …
Re: Running DOS games in a real hardware. What issues am I going to encounter?
Posted on 2023-04-23, 10:39
And I wonder if there is a solution for this CPU/too fast problem other than emulation, or several computers. There are some slowdown utilities than can help (i.e.: moslo). Also, Jazz Jackrabbit will fail at around 200Mhz, but there are some utilities to patch it (look for borland error 200, or …
Re: Carmageddon looks terrible
Posted on 2023-04-22, 21:10
Carmageddon had options to run at 640x480 and, more important, 3Dfx support. Maybe you're looking at the 3Dfx version.
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