Re: Domark's Flight Sim Toolkit - any shareware or commercial games based on it out there?

Posted on 2021-04-12, 22:57

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Have you taken a look at all the other downloads available at: https://planetmic.com/fstdp/fstdp01.htm There are a ton of other files besides the ones on page linked to earlier. Edit: Nevermind. I missed that that you noted that a bit later. I saw on one page that the source code had apparently …

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Re: NeoMagic MagicMedia 256AV question

Posted on 2021-04-09, 21:13

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BTW did MagicMedia256AV have VBE 2.0 or 1.2 only? In case of 1.2 did UniVBE work with it to bring 2.0 support? MagicMedia256AV have VBE 2.0. UniVBE versions up to 5.0 give/increase VBE 1.2 support (VBE 2.0 released after UniVBE 5.0). UniVBE from 5.1 to 5.3a give/increase VBE 2.0 support, and UniVBE …

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2021-04-09, 20:07

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First of all, this thread was not about the perfect DOS gaming laptop. Somehow it turned into this focus on playing games Ok bro The title of the thread may read perfect retro laptop, but several of the "contingencies" on page one by the author are as follows 1. Perfect or near-perfect DOS video/ …

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2021-04-09, 18:41

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Neomagic is okay for most things because it's just a generic 2D VGA chip. If you want to play 3D games or those few DOS games that have compatibility issues with it, you should look for something else. It's not very complicated. For most people it doesn't matter that much. For me, I do some playing …

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2021-04-09, 18:13

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Second of all, there's only 1 entry for Chips and Technology (65554) and one for Neomagic, which is a Neomagic 256AV. That's a gen2 Neomagic GPU. There are 3 families from the PCI based NM2097/NM2160c (Gen 1), the AGP NM2200/2300 series (Gen 2), and the 2380 (Gen 3 with a very rudimentary 3D …

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Re: Domark's Flight Sim Toolkit - any shareware or commercial games based on it out there?

Posted on 2021-04-09, 17:33

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Domark.. Hm. Reminds me of MiG-29 Fulcrum combat/flight simulator.. https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/mig-29-fulcrum_ On DOS, there's a 16 colour version (German) and a 256c colour version (English), at least. Oh, and there's also "MiG 29 Super Fulcrum", presented by Domark.. Not sure if this any …

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Re: NeoMagic MagicMedia 256AV question

Posted on 2021-04-09, 17:31

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I have tested NeoMagic MagicMedia256AV with DOS games and it has a poor compatibility, actually NeoMagic MagicMedia256AV one of the worst. Hey Gona, when you said that it has bad DOS compatibility, can you elaborate a bit? How was it tested? I saw the charts that you published on the DOS_TEST but I …

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2021-04-09, 04:22

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I actually have a gateway solo 9550, and it is a beast of a machine for windows 98 with the 1ghz tualatin and 32mb geforce 2 g0; however, the ess chip sounds terrible in DOS. It works, but it is very quiet and definitely not as good as the DS-XG's. Did you run into any compatibility issues with DOS …

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2021-04-09, 04:06

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Name a single series of chip that has its 2D performance at its power budget and mass pricing during its heyday. Well lets 1st address your comment on 2d performance. Now maybe my definition of performance is too high of a standard but its pretty much most things that you would want performance in …

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Re: NeoMagic MagicMedia 256AV question

Posted on 2021-04-09, 01:47

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And anyway was that any good in DOS games or anything 2D compared to the alternative desktop older solutions? I have tested NeoMagic MagicMedia256AV with DOS games and it has a poor compatibility, actually NeoMagic MagicMedia256AV one of the worst. Hey Gona, when you said that it has bad DOS …

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2021-04-08, 22:15

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Warlord wrote on 2021-04-08, 17:08: good call neomagic is trash no offense to anyone that like them. which is the simgle reason the xke remains broken in storage here. Name a single series of chip that has its 2D performance at its power budget and mass pricing during its heyday.

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2021-04-08, 15:13

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Isn't "The quest for the perfect retro laptop" sort of a conundrum. There is no such thing as is there is no such thing as "The quest for the perfect retro PC" . Just my opinion but the title is wrong as it is very dependent on person perspective. That said I do enjoy all reading all the entries …

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Re: Domark's Flight Sim Toolkit - any shareware or commercial games based on it out there?

Posted on 2021-04-08, 05:02

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Using Google Images I found the pages of Florian Dietrich who created Battle of France and Battle over Germany : http://private.freepage.de/flodietrich/ Unfortunately, some files are missing as well, including the German version of Battle of France , I could only get the English translation add-on. …

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Re: Domark's Flight Sim Toolkit - any shareware or commercial games based on it out there?

Posted on 2021-04-07, 16:51

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MrFlibble wrote on 2021-04-07, 16:39: ragefury32 wrote on 2021-04-07, 16:21: That viewport issue more of a bug with fly v1.46 as used on Jaguar. Fly 1.47 shouldn't have that issue. Thanks! Should the simple replacement of FLY.EXE to 1.47 do the trick? (no need to edit other files, right?) Probably …

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Re: Domark's Flight Sim Toolkit - any shareware or commercial games based on it out there?

Posted on 2021-04-07, 16:21

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I finally got one of Ron Walker's sims, Jaguar , to work (I had to copy some BAT files from a sub-directory to run in SVGA mode). It looks very impressive so far, with one oddity: if I switch to external camera view (by pressing V) during or after taking off, and then back to cockpit view (Alt + V) …

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Re: Domark's Flight Sim Toolkit - any shareware or commercial games based on it out there?

Posted on 2021-04-07, 15:43

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Rwolf at MobyGames tipped me off to a couple more sims by a certain Fergal Monaghan: Gyroplane 2000 Cruz Of course the download links provided for both don't work. I can't find these two listed in Adrian Brown's catalogue either. Well, his name doesn't seem familiar. My guess is that he never …

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2021-04-05, 13:51

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dr_st wrote on 2021-04-04, 06:06: Horun wrote on 2021-04-04, 03:34: There is no such thing as is there is no such thing as "The quest for the perfect retro PC" . Modern PC running DOSBox with SW MIDI synths? *Anti-rotten-eggs defense systems activated* Mister AO486 core in a pi-top chassis.

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2021-04-05, 13:48

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my Toshiba 815em with XG works perfectly in every game I tried it on. It doesn't have sb-link, pretty sure DDMA is working though or the XG driver is magic. I actually have a gateway solo 9550, and it is a beast of a machine for windows 98 with the 1ghz tualatin and 32mb geforce 2 g0; however, the …

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2021-04-05, 05:05

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So... The laptop that stopped powering up last night was working again this morning. I tested my latest modded driver and it still doesn't output sound but it does make a click when the driver loads. I decided to go looking for a specific YMF754 driver and actually found a full package with …

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2021-04-05, 05:01

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Isn't "The quest for the perfect retro laptop" sort of a conundrum. There is no such thing as is there is no such thing as "The quest for the perfect retro PC" . Just my opinion but the title is wrong as it is very dependent on person perspective. That said I do enjoy all reading all the entries …

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