Re: More extended CPU testsuites like test386.asm?

Posted on 2024-03-12, 13:28

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Yeah seems legit, the double dash is used to signify the arguments that belong to the target executable. cargo run has the side-effect that it will try to recompile the target if it deems it necessary. If you don't like that, you can use the exe directly (it resides somewhere in the target …

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Re: More extended CPU testsuites like test386.asm?

Posted on 2024-03-10, 17:21

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Hi, that's great to hear. Unfortunately I have no recollection about how exactly I originally generated the floppy. Must have been with syslinux I guess? The executable can be updated with mcopy (part of mtools) as described here.

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Re: Need help downloading a driver from a chinese website

Posted on 2024-02-18, 14:48

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Hmmm... so this is how Windows users get their drivers, from random sites around net :D I guess they're asking for money (gold??) nowadays so there's no direct dl. They forgot about archive.org though: https://web.archive.org/web/20051117125340/http://www.mydrivers.com/dir4/d1900.htm (need to scroll …

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Re: Running an old benchmark program on newer OSes

Posted on 2023-11-08, 17:26

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Nice find! Here's the website. The download links don't seem to work for some reason, but the shareware version is featured on this CD . As you said, the install crashes midway on 64-bit OSses...did you try with Vista 32-bit? Btw the registered version complains about Serial, so is it necessary to …

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Re: Clang/LLVM port for dos 32bit?

Posted on 2023-08-01, 10:53

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Hi, Yeah one would assume something like that exists, I mean there's llvm-mos so why not llvm-dos? I think I have mentioned this project before: https://github.com/jayschwa/dos.zig It's not much, but it's something. It generates a COFF image which can then be run in DOS with some help from CWSDPMI. …

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

Posted on 2023-04-13, 12:12

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I'm no MrFlibble that's for sure, but here it is 😁 Found it at (you guessed it) archive.org, what else. https://archive.org/details/ProfitPress_Mega_ … 31_OS2_1991_Eng As Jo said it was a separate package. There's some other versions on that same CD-ROM too. Anyway, nice thread 😁

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Re: EGA/VGA card simulation on Hercules mono graphic card?

Posted on 2023-01-31, 18:00

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I guess you could patch the binary to force it to use some different memory region. (but that doesn't help with the EGA/VGA I/O ports...) Naturally, any implementation that requires copying stuff around (using 80s hardware) is going to be dog slow. My thinking is that if this kind of thing was …

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Re: P100 Hanging at "Updating ESCD"

Posted on 2023-01-28, 00:11

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This here page says 5IS v3.x is the same as 5IW v1.x? (It's stated in the manual title, see the "Downloads" tab). So that's the same model that you have, but a different revision (and a different BIOS id). Meaning there's bound to be some hw differences between them, but who knows what they are …

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Re: What to do with an Am3 / AMD 760G Chipset Motherboard?

Posted on 2023-01-15, 20:01

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Thanks guys, useful information here. I also have one 760G based setup which I'm not upgrading right now , but who knows...maybe some day... Yes, one. I'm not a collector of this stuff, honest :D I wonder if FX series processors would be a possibility for the OP here? Not officially supported of …

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Re: Retro Software Development?

Posted on 2022-11-04, 23:30

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Maybe this is something to consider too... Looks like some OS folks were not too happy about M$ acquirement of GitHub: https://sfconservancy.org/GiveUpGitHub/ The vogons forums would definitely be a more neutral ground from this perspective.

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Re: Looking for an old, non-PAE Linux Antix version 14.4, suitable for old Pentium 1 systems

Posted on 2022-11-02, 23:14

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Peter z80.eu wrote on 2022-11-02, 22:46: Did not find any hint about when the CMOVA (for example) instruction was introduced - does it exist since Pentium IV or later (Core Solo/Duo) or none of them, instead ... ? Wikipedia says it was introduced with Pentium Pro. So P4 and Cores most probably have …

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Re: Game environments that left a lasting impression

Posted on 2022-11-01, 14:09

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For me, that moment in Fallout3 when you first go outside of the Vault...just wow. Back in the day I was very sceptical about fo3 steering away from the isometric-turnbased style, but fo3 won me over very quickly once I played it. I did enjoy the sequel New Vegas too, but atmosphere-wise fo3 feels …

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Re: Looking for an old, non-PAE Linux Antix version 14.4, suitable for old Pentium 1 systems

Posted on 2022-11-01, 09:47

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That's weird cuz it works here, I've now managed to download the iso (boots just fine in qemu too). You're right though it usually is the case that .isos aren't always preserved by archive.org. However there's also this one: http://it.mxrepo.com/Downloads/Snapshots/MX-18.1_x86_non-pae_Apr_2019.iso …

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Re: Looking for an old, non-PAE Linux Antix version 14.4, suitable for old Pentium 1 systems

Posted on 2022-10-31, 18:19

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Well, I may have found something...check it out: https://web.archive.org/web/20161107094611/http://mxrepo.com/snapshots/ "October Update"? So perhaps this is actually a more recent one than the one you were looking for... I couldn't test this myself (my connection is too slow), but the download …

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Re: Memtest86+ old versions

Posted on 2022-10-01, 22:49

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Actually it's there, just buried in this subdirectory: https://web.archive.org/web/20130722051627/ht … g/download/old/

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Re: oldversion.com down?

Posted on 2022-06-22, 14:15

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It says 503, maybe the server is taking a summer vacation :D archive.org doesn't help here but AfterDawn seems to carry many versions: https://www.afterdawn.com/software/desktop/pdf/foxit_pdf_reader.cfm/v2_3_build_2825#all_versions I guess build #2825 is the one you're looking for (with #2923 …

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Re: Tom's Graphics Card Hierarchy Chart - Old Version

Posted on 2022-06-20, 12:15

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Yeah it seems to have been excluded from archive.org, you can try archive.is instead.

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Re: Games and digitized speech

Posted on 2022-06-17, 22:39

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C64+CHIMERA. 'Nuff said 😁

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Re: Which Nethack version on retro system with 1MB ram

Posted on 2022-06-17, 22:33

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^ Like your thinking kitten, but can DF run in 1MB? I don't think so. I have a vague memory of playing NetHack with only 2MB but that was in the early nineties, thats about 30 yrs ago so... If such version exists, it must be one of the very early ones ( 3.1.x 2.3e or earlier). EDIT: Yup apparently …

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Re: A program to determine the CPU features required to run another program.

Posted on 2022-06-14, 07:57

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Qemu has the -cpu switch which can be used to set CPU features, that may sometimes help. Run qemu with "-cpu help" to see what's available. I actually used it some time ago to track down a bug that only manifested with SSE4.1. TCG plugins are yet another possibility, take a look at contrib/plugins/ …

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