Re: React OS now with Voodoo5 support

Posted on 2025-05-09, 20:01

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Jo22 wrote on 2025-05-09, 04:15: Especially considering that ReactOS also has Russian developers, and Russia’s current political standing in the EU isn't better. That sounds a bit rascist, I think. I have no desire to take part in such an offensive discussion. For me, this discussion is over.

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Re: React OS now with Voodoo5 support

Posted on 2025-05-08, 23:08

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when xp first came out idk if it was the first to do product activation via net/phone but it was heavy handed drm. Yes, Windows XP was the first Microsoft operating system to require product activation over the Internet or telephone. Office XP also required this. Windows 2000 and Windows Millennium …

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Re: React OS now with Voodoo5 support

Posted on 2025-05-08, 23:02

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Why not? These groups could have an interest in somtehing new or may like ReactOS because it shares their values. My statement was about software pirates. Software pirates are typically not drawn to open source projects, since their motivation is less about accessing free software legally and more …

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Re: React OS now with Voodoo5 support

Posted on 2025-05-07, 17:46

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The typical home user get's a legal copy of windows by buying a new PC. Most will have a legal license of Windows XP or Vista or Windows 7 because they have purchased at least one new PC during this period. Hi, but but on other hand, I thought every gamer who gets a new PC does re-install Windows …

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Re: React OS now with Voodoo5 support

Posted on 2025-05-05, 22:21

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Pardon. I meant the "typical home user mentality" here, which I think is right. The typical home user get's a legal copy of windows by buying a new PC. Most will have a legal license of Windows XP or Vista or Windows 7 because they have purchased at least one new PC during this period. Who in the …

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Re: React OS now with Voodoo5 support

Posted on 2025-05-05, 21:21

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I know gog sells games that no longer work on modern systems... for example Bad Mojo Redux, its latest OS is Windows 8 https://www.gog.com/en/game/bad_mojo_redux with the use of ReactOS (or maybe something like XP mode from the old days) we could use the api/abis to emulate the conditions of the …

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Re: React OS now with Voodoo5 support

Posted on 2025-05-05, 19:45

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A license for Windows XP, on the other hand, doesn't cost much and can be placed in a protected VLAN. [..] This way you can also use Windows XP safely to run your old games and programs. That's the typical home user mentality, I think. :) Let's keep using our warez, pirated Windows and our cracked …

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Re: React OS now with Voodoo5 support

Posted on 2025-05-05, 10:19

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Does anyone use React OS and can share insights? I test it in a VM every now and then when a new version is released, but then I delete it again. I think the project itself is important. It's always good to have an open source alternative to the Windows NT branch. However, it will always be a …

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Re: Does the FreeDOS kernel offer internal inbuilt TRIM support and if not, would it be feasible?

Posted on 2025-05-02, 17:43

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The source code was released when the author died and it's not particularly large; someone could pick it up: https://rloewelectronics.com/source/TRIM.C (note certificate warning). If it's now under an open source license that allows further development, then someone should upload it to a site like …

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Re: Does the FreeDOS kernel offer internal inbuilt TRIM support and if not, would it be feasible?

Posted on 2025-05-02, 07:39

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jakethompson1 wrote on 2025-05-01, 18:55: There's a DOS trim utility from the late R. Loew His stuff is pretty solid usually, don't see any reason why FreeDOS would redo it It's a 3rd party tool and not in the kernel. It is also not open source and it also seems to be buggy and no longer being …

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Re: Does the FreeDOS kernel offer internal inbuilt TRIM support and if not, would it be feasible?

Posted on 2025-05-01, 18:52

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DosFreak wrote on 2025-05-01, 14:04: https://www.freedos.org/forums/ This isn't a forum, it's a mailing list. And I won't make my email address public.

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Does the FreeDOS kernel offer internal inbuilt TRIM support and if not, would it be feasible?

Posted on 2025-05-01, 11:43

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Does the FreeDOS kernel offer internal inbuilt TRIM support, and if not, would it be feasible and does that make sense? Or would TRIM support as an external device driver loaded via CONFIG.SYS be a better option, and how exactly would that work?

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Are there any DOS applications and games that cause problems with IDE or SCSI hard drives?

Posted on 2025-05-01, 11:26

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My question here is specifically aimed at programs that did not use the BIOS function 13h or DOS interrupt routine INT 21h for hard disk access and were specifically written for direct access to MFM or RLL hard disks? I could also imagine that PC booters that have been ported to DOS could also be …

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Re: Silicon Image 3114 BIOS flash

Posted on 2024-09-22, 03:31

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I don't have a SIL3114 in a currently bootable system, so I can't easily test it currently. AFAICR, TRIM does work on a PIIX4E controller (440BX) connected SATA SSD (through a JMicron or a Marvell based SATA to IDE converter) under Linux. I do have a Pentium 2 with an ASUS P2L97 motherboard which …

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Have any of you ever combined a PCI to PCI Express adapter with a modern PCIe SATA controller for a DOS/Win9x computer?

Posted on 2024-09-20, 01:35

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Have any of you ever combined a PCI to PCI Express adapter with a modern low profile PCIe SATA controller for an old DOS/Win9x computer with a Motherboard with only PCI and ISA slots? The modern controllers would support TRIM and ATA/ATAPI Command Set version 2 (short name: ACS-2) or later, which is …

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Re: Which is the best and most memory efficient CD-driver?

Posted on 2024-09-20, 01:03

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The more general question is, what features do the smaller drivers drop to have such a small memory footprint. This is not well documented mostly. e.g. Kanji file structures, CD-ROM XA, CD-I... That's a good question. Missing features can be a reason. But it is also possible to program more …

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Re: Which is the best and most memory efficient CD-driver?

Posted on 2024-09-20, 00:40

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I've done a LOT of testing on many different systems over the past two years using a mix of original & replacement drivers and I found the following: - CTMOUSE is not worth it - way too many games have issues with it: * games not detecting the mouse * game speed being wrong or X/Y axis having …

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Re: Phase-change memory (PCM, PCME, PRAM, PCRAM) could be a good solution for old retro computers

Posted on 2024-09-20, 00:06

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There's a miraculous new memory tech and miraculous new battery chemistry every 6 months, we only ever have about 10% of them reappear again after a decade of development. Buy some Texas Instruments stock, real sure that bubble memory will take off any day now. Stop trolling! You could already buy …

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Phase-change memory (PCM, PCME, PRAM, PCRAM) could be a good solution for old retro computers

Posted on 2024-09-19, 22:49

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A big problem with old computers is connecting modern storage devices such as SSDs to them. Even if you manage to connect modern SSDs to an old computer using an IDE to SATA adapter or SATA controller for the PCI bus, you still have the problem that TRIM is usually not supported. This would require …

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Re: Silicon Image 3114 BIOS flash

Posted on 2024-09-19, 21:19

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I got lucky. I ordered 3 cheap SIL3114 cards and they all have an SST 39SF010A on them . I never got TRIM or SMART working on a SIL3114 . Otherwise, they've worked fine for me . I wonder if the SIL3114 controller does support TRIM. TRIM requires ATA/ATAPI Command Set version 2 (short name: ACS-2). …

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