Re: Willow - Windows 3.0 Real Mode applications on OS/2 1.x and up (and stuff)

Posted on Today, 08:44

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Quick update. Did experiment a little bit with productivity software on Windows 2.03. To my surprise, Clipper did actually run in such a limited environment. Both programs are from 1987, by the way. What didn't work was text output of the compiled executable. Or so it seems. There was a blinking …

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Re: MT-32 is no longer receiving data

Posted on Today, 03:48

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If anyone has bumped across this and has any ideas, please let me know. Otherwise, I see a lot of emulation in my future. Oh, well. If you have a retro rig, you can still use an Raspberry w/ mt32-pi software in place of your real MT-32. I do that, too and I'm quite happy with it. I do use my real …

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Re: Will the Book 8088 be a future classic?

Posted on Today, 02:10

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[..] I know this firsthand because I was also a digital dictionary gamer when I was a middle school student. here is part of that story: Chinese Dreams of Electric Words: https://chaoyangtrap.house/s02-episode-9-china-dreams-of-electric-words/ Thanks, pengan. This was very informative and …

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Re: Willow - Windows 3.0 Real Mode applications on OS/2 1.x and up (and stuff)

Posted on Today, 01:51

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It runs fine in DOSBox VGA machine mode, but not in CGA (blank screen). Of course - uses mode 0Dh, needs at least EGA. My bad, I didn't notice. Saw the comment about 640x200 hi-res mode and thought it's CGA hi-res. The yellow colour should have made me suspicious, though. I guess I assumed color …

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Re: Amiga - better graphics because of worse monitors?

Posted on Today, 01:20

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Quick update. Found an old ad about different dot pitch sizes. It's from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m79HxULt3O8 It describes an Standard VGA monitor as having 0.39 mm dot pitch. So I'm not making things up or imaging things (phew!). It may didn't last very long, but there was a time …

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Re: Willow - Windows 3.0 Real Mode applications on OS/2 1.x and up (and stuff)

Posted on Today, 00:32

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Windows 1.x and 2.x/286 may run a graphical DOS program in a window, but only if it does everything via INT 10h BIOS calls. And I bet there's very few programs that do graphics via INT 10h - it only allows to write a single pixel, drawing anything larger is sure to be slooow... Bye the way, do you …

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Re: Sound+FM=Freeze System

Posted on Yesterday, 23:19

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Hi there! Sorry to hear, that's a strange problem. I don't know what causes this, to be honest. Hm. Only workaround I can think of is to make a backup and try out different memory managers (Emm386+Memmaker, 386Max, Qemm). The reason is, that most of them use V86 and do provide features such as DPMI …

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Re: Electrical interference

Posted on Yesterday, 18:42

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Hi, I also think that ferrites are a good idea. If it doesn't help, some ideas: a) try turning the AC plugs, maybe "hot ground" is an issue b) try to use galvanic insulation. A pair of opto-couplers or a pair of AF transformers can help to electrically insulate audio connections. In its simplest …

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Re: Emulation on MS Windows 3.1x ?

Posted on Yesterday, 16:48

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Special is one word for it, but never realised it has a rare version of Windows, I'll have to try it out again. Mine is all boxed complete with manuals & BT click, so pretty rare here in the UK. It has some built-in Lotus office applications too, like 1-2-3 , not sure of versions. It's pretty neat, …

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Re: Willow - Windows 3.0 Real Mode applications on OS/2 1.x and up (and stuff)

Posted on Yesterday, 03:32

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The above screenshots are from the /286 version, right? I guess so. It's not the /386 version, at least. Sorry, I'm not used to think of the /286 version as something special. - When my father got a copy of Windows first time, Windows 2.03 (retail) was the "normal" Windows. There was no /286 …

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Re: Emulation on MS Windows 3.1x ?

Posted on Yesterday, 03:18

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Sorry just jumping in based on the thread topic, rather than thread conversation, so excuse me if it's already been mentioned. My first ever introduction to emulation was Microsoft Arcade for Windows 3.1, 1993/4? the follow ups Return & Revenge both Win 95. I'm pretty sure it was emulated, rather …

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Re: Willow - Windows 3.0 Real Mode applications on OS/2 1.x and up (and stuff)

Posted on Yesterday, 02:54

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Setting "Directly Modifies: Screen" in the PIF editor forces fullscreen. Yes. I've noticed, there's a quick description in the help system.. Windows 1.x and 2.x/286 may run a graphical DOS program in a window, but only if it does everything via INT 10h BIOS calls. And I bet there's very few …

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Re: Willow - Windows 3.0 Real Mode applications on OS/2 1.x and up (and stuff)

Posted on 2024-05-27, 06:28

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Quick update. I'm experimenting a bit with Windows 2.x and windowed DOS programs. The PIF Editor has a little help system built-in, I've just noticed. GW-BASIC also runs windowed so far and I can set SCREEN 2. However, direct screen manipulation seems to be bit of a challenge, still. I guess …

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Re: Willow - Windows 3.0 Real Mode applications on OS/2 1.x and up (and stuff)

Posted on 2024-05-27, 03:23

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But they are different stunts? Yes, that's right. Windows/386 uses V86 mode, and there's nothing special about V86 virtual machines running *any* DOS program in a window. Yes. Windows/386 is similar to Windows 3.0 here. On an 8088, however, it's only possible with software that displays stuff using …

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Re: Willow - Windows 3.0 Real Mode applications on OS/2 1.x and up (and stuff)

Posted on 2024-05-26, 23:26

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Quick update. Found an interesting article/blog entry from a few years ago.: A sneak peak at Microsoft OS/2 2.0 https://virtuallyfun.com/2014/05/09/a-sneak-peak-at-microsoft-os2-2-0/ It shows a preview version of OS/2 2.0 running MS Flight Simulator in a window. In EGA or VGA resolution, it seems. …

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Re: AMD 386DX-40 with Cyrix Fasmath 83D87-40-GP Benchmarks

Posted on 2024-05-26, 15:09

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I know it sounds weird, but the ET4000AX *might* be a bottleneck (depending on brand/BIOS maybe). On a 10 MHz 286 running Superscape benchmark, I got better score with an OAK OTI-67 once than I did with an ET4000AX. Both the VBE TSR and the VGA BIOS TSR had been loaded with the OAK card, so ROM code …

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Re: Is it safe to connect to internet under Windows 95 or 98SE?

Posted on 2024-05-26, 04:27

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^Thanks, I've just spilled my morning coffee. YMMD! 😂

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Re: MCGA monitor at 15 KHz?

Posted on 2024-05-26, 03:40

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subcritical@gmail.co wrote on 2024-05-23, 16:42: Year 2024, New games in MCGA 15KHz/60Hz NTSC, MaroLAND: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mfx1TEJyTjY Wonderfully drawn graphics! I've taken some photos from CRT. Just a few, I didn't meant to reveal too much of them.

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Re: MCGA Games (PC/DOS) - LCD vs CRT

Posted on 2024-05-26, 03:34

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.. continued

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Re: MCGA Games (PC/DOS) - LCD vs CRT

Posted on 2024-05-26, 03:29

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.. continued

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