OpenWatcom - "next generation" test build

Posted on 2025-03-19, 14:51

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by Azarien

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Out of curiosity I went to OW website to check if it's still alive and it turns out there's been an update yesterday. It seems they're working on some kind of "next generation" version. Update! Starting today, you can also download a ready made "next generation" test build.

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Re: Class 3 UEFI and GPUs

Posted on 2025-03-17, 22:23

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by Azarien

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in Marvin \ Video

It is important for your PC to be configured for UEFI Mode [by this they mean CSM is disabled] to ensure optimal compatibility, performance, and user experience with your AMD Radeon™ RX 9000 Series and newer graphics cards. To fully leverage the benefits of UEFI, only UEFI Mode will be officially …

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Re: Volkov Commander and alternatives

Posted on 2025-03-13, 18:52

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by Azarien

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keropi wrote on 2025-03-13, 10:47: on slower machines I use DOS NAVIGATOR and on faster one Necromancer's DOS NAVIGATOR I haven't tried the original DN on my Pentium 233 MMX, but Necromancer's DN works painfully slow for me… to the point of being unusable. Is it normal?

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Re: Which New HDDs R Still Made as 512e(or 512n),thus Usable as Spare/Upgrade Parts for Legacy PCs & Legacy OSs.

Posted on 2025-02-24, 14:24

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by Azarien

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

If this becomes a problem in the future, I'm sure someone skillful enough will be able to build a kind of SATA-to-SATA adapter that reimplements the 512e layer.

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Re: How do you configure DOSLFN?

Posted on 2025-02-12, 16:49

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by Azarien

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I think I remember reading something about that. I've not tried it, but does that mean if I were to delete or copy a folder, along with its contents, I can type in the full name? Yes, in quotes if the name contains spaces. The final quote may be omitted if it's at the very end of the command. e.g. …

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Re: Some help with setting up SHSUCDX correctly

Posted on 2025-02-11, 09:01

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by Azarien

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I've never used shsucdhd but I believe it should be something like this: LH SHSUCDHD /F:"D:\CD IMAGES\SIMON_DOS\CD.ISO" LH SHSUCDX /D:SHSU-CDH

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Re: changing mixerset settings for sb16 ?

Posted on 2025-01-12, 18:48

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by Azarien

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in DOS

Try removing /P, it means mixerset should load previously saved values, maybe it's not possible to use /P and specify new values at the same time.

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LG Flatron dead?

Posted on 2024-12-28, 15:35

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by Azarien

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I took an old LG Flatron 795FT Plus out of the basement after more than 10 years. When I turned it on the "no signal" screen showed up, everything looked fine, so I connected it to the PC and saw the Windows 10 login screen. Success! But… after about 5 seconds the screen went black and all I can see …

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Re: Corrupt DOS 6.22 re-install.... Options?

Posted on 2024-12-05, 18:57

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chinny22 wrote on 2024-12-01, 23:32: Yes you can simply replace command.com (or any other corrupt files) from a boot floppy or wherever. The correct way would be to call sys c: when booted from a floppy (that includes the sys.com file).

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Re: What is that one computer habit that you got rid of?

Posted on 2024-12-04, 12:03

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I used to require a so-called "big ass Enter" keyboard (which combines the shape of horizontal Enter with vertical Enter to one big reversed L shape), to the point that I started stockpiling my favorite Chicony KB-9810 keyboards (an ordinary membrane keyboard except it has the one and only "perfect" …

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Re: Jazz jackrabbit 1 looking odd on my monitor

Posted on 2024-11-12, 15:25

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by Azarien

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Hmm I suppose it depends on my monitor, but I wonder if I can stretch, squeeze and adjust this thing to appropriately fill the screen, while not having it effect the display in other resolutions which already appear correctly. Will give it a shot tonight. I think part of the tweaked resolution is …

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Re: Sound Blaster AWE dos volume control

Posted on 2024-11-12, 09:48

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by Azarien

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in Marvin \ Sound

https://www.vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=65

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Re: windows 3.11 cant load any program afther changing ram size

Posted on 2024-11-04, 09:21

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by Azarien

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Removing the "a" attribute has no purpose if you're going to delete the file anyways.

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Re: What is your personal mouse choice? PS/2 or USB?

Posted on 2024-11-03, 19:09

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by Azarien

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I`ve recently being hit hardly with retro computers bug. I wonder do you have mouse that for you think will work the best for Windows 98/ early XP games?/ My main mouse is Genius NetScroll 220 Laser (PS/2), since about 2010, currently connected to my Ryzen PC running Windows 10. This is my second …

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Re: How do you play your Doom?

Posted on 2024-11-03, 17:17

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by Azarien

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Ah-hah. You're right as well. I've just re-installed and loaded it up. Okay, now I just need to figure out what files I need to copy from it. Unless it's just the files from the base folder...? Yes, the whole base folder. You may have to fix the paths in base\master\doomit.cfg to make the Master …

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Re: How do you play your Doom?

Posted on 2024-11-03, 16:47

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Hmm. Might have to try and find them elsewhere as I have those remasters on Steam, which I had for nothing since owning the originals. Strange that the first Doom isn't listed in my library though. The Steam version of "DOOM + DOOM II" remaster has the originals running under DOSBox, with a nice …

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Re: No DOS files on SD card even though I'm booting from it

Posted on 2024-10-25, 11:30

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by Azarien

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The minimal DOS bootable disk has only command.com, io.sys and msdos.sys. The two .sys files are usually hidden, so that normal dir won't show them (try dir /ah ). I don't think your problem with writing floppies is related to how your DOS partition is set up. I haven’t done that yet, and now, …

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Re: Where can I download MS-DOS Editor?

Posted on 2024-10-19, 18:47

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by Azarien

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Errius wrote on 2024-10-18, 20:09: ETA: There's also EDLIN of course, haha Windows 9x doesn't include EDLIN.

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Re: What modern activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-10-10, 14:31

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by Azarien

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Modern-ish, built my 4th silent mini PC with a J5040-ITX mainboard, works with 32 GB of RAM despite officially supporting 8 GB. The previous three are a J3455-ITX and two Q1900-ITX.

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Re: Windows 9X compatible file managers that work on the latest Windows

Posted on 2024-10-09, 09:14

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by Azarien

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Dos Navigator has also its modern continuation for multiple operating systems (DOS, Windows x86, Windows x64, Linux, etc.) : http://ndn.muxe.com/download/ By the way, the DOS version of NDN is runnable but veeery slooow on my Pentium MMX 233 MHz, making it unusable on real DOS machines (and I can't …

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