Re: PowerVR Fun Thread

Posted on 2021-11-08, 10:06

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Its very useful info thank you! It means that PC-98 at least have one 3d accelerated game i found only video cards for this platform like: NEC Mystique (MSI API) NEC PCX1/2 (PowerSGL API) probably other card(s) for PC-98 that deliver 3d graphical API(s) also exist? Seems PC-98 is the same IBM PC MS …

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Re: PCem v17

Posted on 2021-11-07, 09:45

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Thanks to Stiletto, he pointed me to ATI Rage video card emulation https://github.com/dingusdev/dingusppc/blob/m … deo/atirage.cpp not sure on how it implemented but it can be helpful.

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Re: Apple QuickDraw 3D Accelerator Card

Posted on 2021-11-07, 09:30

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indeed sounds and feel really strange, i never touched nor qd3d nor RAVE but what i see its complicated, even Amiga Scene (not touched also) at the times of Warp3D is feels faster and easier. The PC Scene is most low level optimized, every Graphic API was fast , early ( https://www.vogons.org/ …

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Re: Apple QuickDraw 3D Accelerator Card

Posted on 2021-11-06, 07:24

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Hello, thanks for showing these things =) i thinking of buying mac especially for RAVE support, what you can recommend which one i should buy and which video cards support it? iMac g4 is capable? other mac models? p.s. Sorry for offtop. i just need list of mac and list of cards =) https://www.vogons …

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Re: Apple QuickDraw 3D Accelerator Card

Posted on 2021-11-05, 08:52

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WOW Thanks =) This is extra beautiful

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Re: PCem v17

Posted on 2021-11-02, 12:35

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I think should be compatible Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)

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Re: 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)

Posted on 2021-11-02, 12:20

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ATI 3D Rage documentation(s) https://archive.org/details/3drageprow-95-sdk … ?q=quickdraw+3d Seems it include register defenitions which probably will be helphful for PCEm or 86Box or similat PC Emulation projects

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is there any emulators with QD3D RAVE support?

Posted on 2021-11-02, 10:43

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as title says )) is there any emulators with QD3D RAVE support?

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Re: Apple QuickDraw 3D Accelerator Card

Posted on 2021-11-01, 12:24

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Exellent info: I just at moment trying to document as much more as i can games that use RAVE API https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=58687 and seems it doomed , i mean there is no way to play them on modern way(s), only by buying a retro Mac that os9 compatible. No wrappers , nmo emulators, …

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Re: FastDoom. A new Doom port for DOS, optimized to be as fast as possible for 386/486 personal computers!

Posted on 2021-10-29, 07:33

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P.S. I am sorry for offtopic i discovered yesterday another great optimization of doom project = "Doom 32X Resurection"

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Re: FastDoom. A new Doom port for DOS, optimized to be as fast as possible for 386/486 personal computers!

Posted on 2021-10-28, 08:26

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It soon possible to port doom on other weaker platforms if some one pickup your works/research. Nice work) Beautiful)

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Re: The Wrapper Collection Project

Posted on 2021-10-26, 18:09

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i propose to archieve this one and add to wrapper collection project: Macintosh: QD3D RAVE QuickDraw 3D Rendering Acceleration Virtual Engine: (Probably Wrapper is a https://github.com/jwwalker/Quesa) Glide: (Wrapped https://sourceforge.net/projects/macglide/) Amiga: Warp3D: (wrapped http://thellier …

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Re: 3d accelerators on other platforms not PC

Posted on 2021-10-26, 16:14

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from wiki Unveiled by Sega at June 1994's Consumer Electronics Show, the 32X was presented as a low-cost option for consumers looking to play 32-bit games. It was developed in response to the Atari Jaguar and concerns that the Saturn would not make it to market by the end of 1994. Though it was …

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Re: 3d accelerators on other platforms not PC

Posted on 2021-10-26, 15:03

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Thanks, i also looked on SEGA 32X and JAGUAR seems these two has 3d graphic also, and no emulators exist that can set HD resolution for them as Yaba Sanshiro or bsnes or mgba can do

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Re: ATI TruForm

Posted on 2021-10-25, 08:46

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What is name of this game?) Also i discover there is somekind of truform technology from nVidia NVidia Quintic-RT (or RT-Patches) OpenGL ext is GL_NV_evaluators (the ATI TruForm competitor at time)

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Re: 3d accelerators on other platforms not PC

Posted on 2021-10-24, 22:27

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Updated first post of some more info on what i found on Macintosh, Amiga, PC-98

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OpenGL or Direct3D discontinued functionality (Specific OpenGL extension games)

Posted on 2021-10-24, 18:04

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Well i thinking of the next thing GL_ATI_pn_triangles - is for ATI TruForm GL_NV_evaluators - is for RT Patches tesselation both of the discontinued and maybe there is some more OpenGL extensions that are discontinued and the same goes for Direct3D as ATI TruForm example. So its for future research …

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Re: ATI TruForm - all games, software that use that technology

Posted on 2021-10-24, 16:50

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https://www.saschawillems.de/pages/opengl/opengl-demos/ TRUFORM MD2/MD3-Viewer ATI’s TRUFORM gets nowadays used by some gaming titles to enhance the quality of the playermodels. To see this effect outside of a game I wrote this little viewer for MD2 (Quake2) and MD3 (Quake3) models that enhances …

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NVidia Quintic-RT (or RT-Patches) OpenGL ext is GL_NV_evaluators (the ATI TruForm competitor at time)

Posted on 2021-10-24, 15:39

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https://www.khronos.org/registry/OpenGL/extensions/NV/NV_evaluators.txt Some one even happen to know any game that uses this kind of tesselation from NVidia ? Found a demo using GL_NV_evaluators in attachment Video cards supporting that Technology: GeForce2 GeForce2 MX GeForce4 420 Go GeForce4 440 …

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Re: ATI TruForm - all games, software that use that technology

Posted on 2021-10-21, 14:23

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According to "OpenGL Extensions Viewer 4.1.2" Video cards that supports ATI TruForm should be these: (keep in mind that this is not confirmed !!!! ) supports "GL_ATI_pn_triangles": aTI Radeon 8500 Fire GL 8x00 MOBILITY FIREGL T2e RADEON 8500 RADEON 9000 RADEON 9100 RADEON 9200 RADEON 9600 RADEON …

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