Re: Best place for shareware/freeware? (re: trustworthy downloads)

Posted on 2023-10-05, 23:10

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I chuckled when I tried one of the ftp sites listed in the One Must Fall readme and it's still active today as an archive of the stuff that was hosted in the 90s: ftp.funet.fi

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Re: New MS-DOS Games Launcher / Menu System App

Posted on 2023-08-30, 00:59

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Offhand, would anybody happen to know how LaunchBox for DOS keeps track of the last selected item when it passes control to and from RUN.BAT and resumes? I thought maybe an environment variable but no. (Edit - I'm a goof, I totally overlooked LAUNCHBX.CFG.)

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Re: ISA Yamaha Audician no sound with Defender Of The Crown and CD-Man

Posted on 2023-08-22, 13:34

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I've found Audicians to be very unreliable - as if they don't reset properly. Try going into the text-mode setup screen and pressing the keyboard buttons to test the digital and OPL sound a few times until you get an audible response. Then exist the setup program and try your game. That's the only …

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Re: DOS programming tools

Posted on 2023-07-08, 15:48

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There's DJGPP versions running on Windows and Linux that target protected mode DOS as output. I'd use OpenWatcom if I wanted to make real-mode output though.

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INTERPOSE - the comic of the MS-DOS game!

Posted on 2022-12-10, 17:14

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The shareware side-scroller INTERPOSE is being made into a comic book! https://twitter.com/BenSlabak/status/1579669010702290945 I'm not involved with this but thought you'd like to know.

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List of Windows 3.x games that use gameport joysticks?

Posted on 2022-08-28, 13:39

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Is there a list of games for Windows 3.x that use gameport joysticks? I've installed IBMJOY and have been playing Zombie Wars with a gamepad, but I'm curious what other Windows games support one (or two) joysticks.

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Re: No video when running MS-DOS games in full screen

Posted on 2022-05-12, 20:48

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What monitor do you have, and what games are you trying to run? I suspect your monitor is too new to support the old resolutions that DOS games use. I don't think it's a problem with your PC itself. Your video card is almost certainly fine with running real MS-DOS games in 320x200 and 320x240 and …

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Re: Windows 3.11 Ultimate Build

Posted on 2022-04-04, 01:45

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One 3.11 game I think you'll especially enjoy is Operation: Inner Space. It's an asteroids-like game where all the currency pickups are based on the icons on your hard drive. Based on the number of applications you've got installed, I think you'll never be short of currency. 😁

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In Epic Pinball, what are the 'PARAMS'?

Posted on 2022-03-04, 11:19

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In Epic Pinball (and Silverball), during gameplay, if you pause with Esc and press F1 the game asks you to enter some params and press Esc to resume. https://i.imgur.com/V1yNI2q.png Does anybody know what these params could be? There's no visual response from the game as you're typing. I've managed …

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Re: Wing Commander 1 on DOS machine, why does it say 'no expanded memory detected'?

Posted on 2021-12-26, 20:53

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Can you tell us more about your system specs, and also copy the contents of your autoexec.bat and config.sys?

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Re: Anyone know a free 3d engine to build software for a 486/pentium?

Posted on 2021-12-19, 16:28

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Also don't forget that Rise of the Triad itself is open source so if you're trying to recreate their menu style you can use them as a reference Also I just found this, maybe Zox3d would be a useful reference as well. https://bearstrong.net/tekst97/data/programmering/pcgpe10/modex/ graphics engine. …

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Re: Anyone know a free 3d engine to build software for a 486/pentium?

Posted on 2021-12-19, 04:56

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Have you tried Allegro? If you can get an environment set up to compile the library and make Allegro projects in C or C++, it has a software renderer for 3D primitives (textured and untextured). It's not an engine in the sense that you can just include it and give it a BSP or some models and it'll …

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Re: Networking in Win 98SE: cannot get a DHCP lease

Posted on 2021-08-27, 21:44

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I have an RTL8139 card which also has some odd eeprom behaviour. ( https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=81518 ) On the Realtek drivers page ( https://www.realtek.com/en/component/zoo/category/network-interface-controllers-10-100m-fast-ethernet-pci-software ), you can find the "DOS Diagnostic …

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Re: DOS Shareware Collection CD

Posted on 2021-08-27, 16:36

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Great title screen 😁 Yeah almost any name will sound corny, but that's part of the charm of these discs.

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Re: How do I run DOS games on my Windows 98 PC?

Posted on 2021-08-27, 16:08

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Go to https://www.philscomputerlab.com/sound-blaster-live.html and take a look at the section labelled '​Audigy 2 ZS drivers for Live!'. There's two screenshots there, the left one shows the set of five driver installs for Sound Blaster Live! cards, and the right one shows the devices that appear in …

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Re: DOS Shareware Collection CD

Posted on 2021-08-26, 11:50

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These discs are very fun. :) I've had the urge to make a compilation disc myself, even though there's plenty out there already. A couple of things I'd suggest: - Giving the disc a name. Is it just called 'MS-DOS Shareware Collection'? That's fine if it is. :) I've been adding '... by gaffa2002 2021_ …

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Re: How can I test the IDE chipset on a motherboard, any utilities?

Posted on 2021-08-24, 13:37

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Thanks for that idea Warlord. I hadn't considered that it would be possible to have an IDE controller card to compare it against.

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Re: How can I test the IDE chipset on a motherboard, any utilities?

Posted on 2021-08-24, 07:48

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https://imgur.com/a/iX15XN8 This is the power supply it's using. Nothing fancy.

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Re: For anyone that needs ASound Drivers

Posted on 2021-08-16, 21:31

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Appreciated. 😀 Asound cards are cool.

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Re: How can I test the IDE chipset on a motherboard, any utilities?

Posted on 2021-08-06, 16:23

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20 year old PSU.... yeah, it should be recapped at the very least. Best is to replace it with a new ATX PSU that is at least 80+ Bronze rated from a respectable brand such as Seasonic or similar. You'll have infinitely cleaner power being supplied to everything and the PSU will run way cooler and …

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