Looking for some kind of "mecha" game...

Posted on 2024-11-27, 05:50

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So, I was wondering what "mecha" game I played many, many years ago... some info: - It played it in my first or second PC (468DX2 or Pentium II, from 1993 to 2000). Probably in the 486DX2. - It ran on MS-DOS. - You had three kind of robots to operate: an "attack" one, a "support" one, and I don't …

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Re: Intel ME firmware issues

Posted on 2024-11-23, 08:46

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Some time ago, I prepared some HP 8300 for my friends and they have IME. On their support page, they list updates for IME , on sp80282.exe. That pack contains DOS based tools to flash ME firmware and the firmware itself, not only for that 8300 but for earlier and later incarnations of that. I don't …

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Re: PC Gameport Party (a pcb breakout of the db15 gameport)

Posted on 2024-11-06, 05:46

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Does it have MIDI isolation? I remember reading that using opto-couplers was almost mandatory on MIDI ports...

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Re: I had no idea DirectX was created because of Doom 95

Posted on 2024-10-28, 05:57

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I don't think that DirectX was born because somebody wanted to play Doom. I think that somebody decided that Windows 95 should be able to play games, but they knew that the OS architecture was preventing that (not preventing, but made things slower/harder). They decided to make a "gaming" API so …

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Re: Phils ComputerLab video on the Sound Blaster PCI 128

Posted on 2024-10-27, 07:37

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My girlfriend (now wife) had (almost) one of those in her computer. It was a PCI64, I guess that there was not much difference. It... worked. I don't remember having troubles with OS or games, but I remember that I could hear some kind of noise when the CPU was loaded. I thought that it could be …

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Re: Suicidal behaviour: Going into Windows 11

Posted on 2024-10-12, 08:29

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So, in the end, I upgraded from Windows 10 to 11 (almost) as planned. - I upgraded my own computer because I don't rely on patching from 10 to 11 24H2. - I used the pendrive as described earlier (23H2, some features disabled by Rufus). - I disabled TPM (and it's still disabled) before installing. …

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Re: List of Currently Free Games

Posted on 2024-09-26, 05:11

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Sorry, I thought it was another online game that collapsed.

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Re: List of Currently Free Games

Posted on 2024-09-25, 20:34

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DosFreak wrote on 2024-09-25, 10:46: Steam Go Ace It Keep in mind that it's free because they're going to kill it. On November 4th, it will be unplayable.

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Re: HDD replacements if bios locked

Posted on 2024-09-24, 19:01

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I guess that most HDDs will work (although limited to those values). The rule is that the new disk has to have at least the same cylinders, heads and sectors per track. I mean, if your disk is defined as 611/4/17, a disk with 1280/4/17 would work but a disk with 2560/2/17 not. Keep in mind that …

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Re: The Rage 128 Line of cards is confusing as heck

Posted on 2024-09-19, 17:46

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dominusprog wrote on 2024-09-18, 18:39: Rage < Rage 128 < Rage Furry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATI_Rage I'd like to see what happen if you ask some AI to get a picture of a Rage Furry. Or not. Maybe that's not a good idea.

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Re: Old inkjet printers - XP drivers

Posted on 2024-09-18, 05:03

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Also, you could try to NOT having a printer at home. If you only print a few pages every year, it may be cheaper to print to PDF and then go to your work or to a shop to get it printed. If you absolutely need to have a printer but you don't mind color, a cheap or second hand laser mono printer is …

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Re: Old inkjet printers - XP drivers

Posted on 2024-09-15, 07:22

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1.- That depends on your printer. If the printhead is on the cartridge (most HP), it would work. If it is on the printer, it probably wont (sadly, most Epson and Canon). You should get your cartridges out and check that before buying anything (BTW, I don't think that an inkjet printer stored for …

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Re: bleem! CD key - anyone able to successfully make a working backup copy?

Posted on 2024-09-13, 04:56

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I think that bleem! CD image is very interesting. It's not about piracy because you can download patched versions of bleem! that removes entirely the need to have the CD; also you can get better playstation emulators anywhere. The thing is that the disc was one of the most difficult things to …

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Re: FOR /F %%U IN ('TYPE %T1% ^| FIND "ADL" /C') DO SET CC1=%%U, a way to do this?

Posted on 2024-08-28, 04:51

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How about using 4DOS into DOSBox?

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Re: Found Hummingbird Exceed/DOS ie. X11 Server for DOS

Posted on 2024-08-19, 12:45

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I worked in a bank that had everything running on a Unix server, and we used Windows NT machines running the hummingbird software to interact with it. Apart from using it with xterm, we used Uni center to have task control. I never thought much about it, I assumed that it was the only available X …

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Re: a very nebulous bizarre request

Posted on 2024-08-10, 14:25

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HP had their own USB format utility (look the pictures to see if it rings any bell). It was simple, fast and reliable. Maybe I've got that tool somewhere, but it is not hard to find on the internet. In any case, I don't have an specific HP CD with that utility. Also, that utility has been superseded …

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Re: a very nebulous bizarre request

Posted on 2024-08-10, 06:55

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Could it be HP Big CD ? I got one of those bundled with an ink cartridge. It included: - Word Perfect 6.1 for Windows. - Corel Draw 4. - Corel Printhouse. - SoftKey Calendar Creator. - Hanes T-Shirt Maker. - Key Label Designer. - SoftKey PhotoFinish. - Compuserver 3.01. Every program is a complete …

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Suicidal behaviour: Going into Windows 11

Posted on 2024-08-05, 18:05

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Yup. My wife is updating her computer, so it seems a good time to "upgrade" (note the very sarcastic quotes) it to Windows 11. The status quo and some preparations: It's a Ryzen 5800 with 32Gb and it is beyond Windows 11 requirements. It has a 250Gb SSD with the OS installed and a 1Tb HDD with a …

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Re: did you ever create a game? (DOS)

Posted on 2024-07-27, 05:06

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I made a "Battleships" game in Turbo Pascal. As fun as a Battleships against a computer could be. It featured a very unbalanced AI... it had no strategy to find ships, but once it made a hit your ship was doomed. Both behaviours were intended (the second one to make the game difficult, the first one …

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Re: Games of the 80s and ways of playing them today

Posted on 2024-07-06, 10:20

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Two options: a) Emulators b) Using the real hardware.

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