Re: Non-Steam/GOG/DOSBox old games that don't run on XP?

Posted on 2016-02-18, 22:43

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by Stiletto

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If you want to play old games that will not work on the newer systems then I suggest finding an old machine. Look into Ebay or thrift stores or build one yourself. Get thee away from this subforum, Marvin'er. This is ye olde VOGONS -> Windows. "Getting old Windows games working." ON NEW SYSTEMS. …

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Re: Non-Steam/GOG/DOSBox old games that don't run on XP?

Posted on 2016-02-18, 17:43

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by Stiletto

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Here's a few threads: http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33992 http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=27650 http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=25521 http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33884 http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=8784 A lot of these break down into "okay, THAT game doesn't …

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Re: dgVoodoo 2 for DirectX 11

Posted on 2016-02-18, 17:06

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by Stiletto

in dgVoodoo General

in dgVoodoo General

Is Zeus registered here too? I thought he only use his own forum. I don't think he is. There's a username registered named "Zeus" but it hasn't been used since 2004. There's also one named "zeus3dfx" but it doesn't seem to be him. daniel_u was simply stating his excitement at VEG's post, which …

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Re: What's the deal with this sound card? (XWave QS3000a)

Posted on 2016-02-18, 16:55

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by Stiletto

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Right, this is all starting to come back to me. The QS1000, QS3000, etc. seems to have originally been developed by a company called AdMOS and the series QDSP. Later this became/was acquired by a company called HWA Sound Source Co., Ltd. and sold by a company called Altonics. (I am a bit shaky on …

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Re: 8086 average clocks per instruction (when running normally)?

Posted on 2016-02-18, 16:40

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by Stiletto

in PC Emulation

in PC Emulation

reenigne was working on a PCB that could be used for measuring clocks per instruction on an 8088 for a cycle-exact XT emulator. http://www.reenigne.org/blog/isa-bus-sniffer-update/ http://www.reenigne.org/blog/isa-bus-sniffer/ http://www.reenigne.org/blog/i-bought-an-xt/

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Re: Non-Steam/GOG/DOSBox old games that don't run on XP?

Posted on 2016-02-18, 16:32

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by Stiletto

in Windows

in Windows

There's been threads like this before... buried somewhere in VOGONS. 😒

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Re: Has anyone else had their system catch fire?

Posted on 2016-02-18, 16:17

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by Stiletto

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Video card caught on fire in front of me once, wasn't mine but a client's. 2-inch visible flames on a 2007-ish AGP card, if I recall correctly. Also have witnessed a CRT imploding and releasing the "magic smoke" 😀

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Re: What's the deal with this sound card? (XWave QS300a)

Posted on 2016-02-18, 16:11

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by Stiletto

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

No idea. MAME has a sound device in it named QS1000 and it's surely from the same manufacturer, it's surely one of those Asian "knock-off" manufacturers. As for the card, you're in luck! The FCC ID code is valid and there's info in their database: 1. https://apps.fcc.gov/eas/GetEas731Report.do? …

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Re: Pinball Fantasies manual

Posted on 2016-02-18, 15:34

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by Stiletto

in DOS

in DOS

bjt wrote: Thanks. Now tell me what word is on page 5, line 7, word 3. 😀 Manual protection sucks! Yeah, I was about to say: that's pointless Davros since it doesn't have the page breaks (and hopefully has the line breaks accurate). 😉 Also, Davros posted the Amiga version.

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Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online

Posted on 2016-02-16, 15:31

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by Stiletto

in Milliways

in Milliways

gdjacobs wrote: Sutekh94 wrote: The person behind this listing is a fellow Vogons member. Can I guess? No.

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Re: Does anyone have access to RAD Game Tools Pixomatic SDK?

Posted on 2016-02-16, 03:59

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by Stiletto

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I've collected a few of its DLLs from older videogames that compiled it into the game, but I never tracked down a copy of the SDK. Would also be interested in this if found.

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Re: Is it legal to make my emulator create empty disk images with MS-DOS 5.0 boot loader code?

Posted on 2016-02-13, 21:51

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by Stiletto

in PC Emulation

in PC Emulation

Azarien wrote: Whatever you are doing, just use the code from FreeDOS, which is on GPL. But maybe superfury is reinventing the wheel for the fun of it. (though he never ceases with questions! 🤣 )

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Re: Aureal Vortex2 Project

Posted on 2016-02-13, 21:49

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by Stiletto

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I used to work for Staples so the first thing I'd do is take it into the Copy/Print center and digitize it to PDF lickity split. Then make a bunch of paper copies, but if there are any issues with that method I'll for sure send it your way. I'll cross my fingers that it's looseleaf or stapled in a …

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Re: Aureal Vortex2 Project

Posted on 2016-02-13, 21:10

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by Stiletto

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

I have a small army of documentation scanner/digitzation people at my disposal ZanQuance, if you can obtain the book and send it my way. 😉

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Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow

Posted on 2016-02-13, 19:09

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by Stiletto

in Release Announcements

in Release Announcements

My brother and I played the SHIT out of Shooting Gallery, and it was one of the first I betatested in DOSBox years and years ago. 😀

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Re: Does there exist such a emulator?

Posted on 2016-02-13, 17:41

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by Stiletto

in PC Emulation

in PC Emulation

You can download PCem 10.1, it just won't have the bleeding-edge improvements. PCem 10.1 only dates from November. http://pcem-emulator.co.uk/downloads.html I'm not sure if anyone is doing public nightly builds or anything, if I remember correctly the wishes of the lead developer is that no one does …

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Re: Booting from Compact Flash: Dealing with Virtual Memory

Posted on 2016-02-13, 16:19

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by Stiletto

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

gdjacobs wrote: Stiletto wrote: gdjacobs wrote: You unleashed ninja on me. what? Alexanrs posted pretty much the same thing i was in the middle of. Maybe not quite ninja, as I got distracted for a few minutes. Perhaps we should say he Shogi'd me. Ah. I woulda said "he ninja'd your post". Okay.

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Re: Aureal Vortex2 Project

Posted on 2016-02-13, 16:02

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by Stiletto

in Marvin \ Sound

in Marvin \ Sound

Neat, you found the block diagram! Dunno how useful that is going to be, but any documentation find is a good find when there's little public! 😀

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Re: Was Glidos named after Eidos?

Posted on 2016-02-12, 18:01

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by Stiletto

in GliDOS General

in GliDOS General

I always assumed it was just a combination of Glide and DOS. If Paul meant for it to rhyme with Eidos too, then that's a 15+ year old joke he got over on me. 😜

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Re: Is it legal to make my emulator create empty disk images with MS-DOS 5.0 boot loader code?

Posted on 2016-02-12, 18:00

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by Stiletto

in PC Emulation

in PC Emulation

What are you doing BTW? It sounds like you're making unit tests for your emulator. 😀

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