Re: scalers other than normal2x/3x display in a small window

Posted on 2014-11-04, 03:34

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by mr_bigmouth_502

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I used to hate using wine, and I trashed many a Linux installation over problems I've had with it, but that was before I learned how to use seperate prefixes for my programs. Now, I use Linux as my everyday OS, and Wine works great for the programs I use on it. Also, I ran mprime recently, and it …

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Re: scalers other than normal2x/3x display in a small window

Posted on 2014-11-04, 01:42

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I've tried compiling DosBox before, and it's much more of a hassle than it's worth. I'm just going to stick with using the Windows version through Wine. The mainline build works great, and I'd almost argue that it renders the native Linux version unnecessary, at least on x86. 😉

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Re: scalers other than normal2x/3x display in a small window

Posted on 2014-11-03, 01:24

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I tried the binary blob driver, and I've found no difference other than poorer performance in certain applications, namely Chocolate Doom, and Foobar2000 when run under Wine. And I have tried other output modes. Nothing seems to help. The only way I can get proper scaling with the rgb2x shader is by …

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Re: scalers other than normal2x/3x display in a small window

Posted on 2014-11-02, 23:09

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I decided to try out the SVN Daum build under Wine, and I don't have this issue with the output set to direct3D, but I start running into other issues, like microstutter, and One Must Fall crashing after a match ends. XD Being able to use shaders is pretty awesome though. Using the Linux Daum build …

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Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow

Posted on 2014-11-01, 06:36

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Cube World looks pretty fun, and it's surprisingly polished-looking for something in an alpha state. I'll definitely have to check it out, if I can afford it. 😉

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scalers other than normal2x/3x display in a small window

Posted on 2014-11-01, 05:12

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by mr_bigmouth_502

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Whenever I use a scaler other than normal2x or normal3x, text-mode screens scale fine, but when I try to run a game, the window gets smaller in windowed mode, or the game uses a small area in the center of the screen in fullscreen mode. I'd keep using normal2x, but it looks like hell on my LCD, and …

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Re: Has anyone tried running an AGP Voodoo 3 alongside another video card?

Posted on 2014-10-20, 07:31

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by mr_bigmouth_502

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I'm basically looking at covering 1996-2000, with some spillover into 1995 and 2001/2002. This means I'm probably going to be doing some Glide games, some DOS stuff, some DX 5/6/7 games, and perhaps even some lower-end DX8/9 stuff. It's a pretty broad range, though it doesn't seem impossible to do …

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Has anyone tried running an AGP Voodoo 3 alongside another video card?

Posted on 2014-10-20, 04:01

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When I finally get around to building my Pentium III 440BX rig, I want to have some sort of a 3DFX card in it for running Glide games. I was originally planning on getting a pair of Voodoo IIs to go along a Geforce 4 or Geforce FX card of some sort, but then I thought that maybe it would be a better …

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Re: Best 3D Games Without Hardware Acceleration?

Posted on 2014-10-17, 21:00

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Does the OP refer to games that don't use hardware acceleration at all, or just games that don't require it? If it's the latter, Unreal Tournament actually plays pretty well in software mode.

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Re: What would you do with a Dell Dimension 4600?

Posted on 2014-10-16, 06:54

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

HighTreason wrote: http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2011/9/26/1317039265148/computers-landfill-007.jpg […] Show full quote What would you do with a Dell Dimension 4600? That's what I did with mine recently. 🤣

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Re: How do I get 16 Bit Games to run in DosBox?

Posted on 2014-10-10, 23:10

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Try running it in a VM with Win95 then.

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Re: FOSS Games and old hardware

Posted on 2014-10-10, 23:03

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If they say that Linux runs on "everything", why does it have such a hard time with older PCs? I installed Linux on a Pentium II system a few years back, and it didn't really go over so well. 🤣

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Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow

Posted on 2014-10-05, 23:34

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I'm using Pale Moon 24.7.2 (x64) on Xubuntu 14.04 with the Flashblock addon, and I used to be able to just click the play button to bring up the video player, but now it refuses to work. I could disable Flashblock, but I'm using it so my computer doesn't suck as much bandwidth and annoy the other …

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Re: A way to repurpose older PCs for educational uses

Posted on 2014-10-05, 10:16

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I would consider early Pentium II as 'barely XPable', and that's not something I would install Ubuntu on. If an XP-powered school PC is slow, chances are it's a Pentium IV at least (Dell Dimensions likely) and has some drive-by installed spyware sucking its resources, and 340 pixels of toolbar …

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Re: Doom 'MBF' for DOS, Maintenance release 2.04

Posted on 2014-10-05, 04:50

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DN3D performs better for me in 640x480 (no 640x400 mode in it), lowest I saw was 31fps , I would say that average it achieves 40fps. In some points in the 1st level the framerate hits 90+ fps Quake1 1.08 with sound enabled gives me 16.6fps in timedemo1 You can actually do 640x400 in DN3D by editing …

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Re: Sega Mega Drive/Genesis sound emulation

Posted on 2014-10-05, 04:39

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There are many different variations of the Megadrive/Genesis, an a lot of them sound different from one another. Not surprisingly, an emulator that tries to do a simple emulation of the YM2612 and the PSG will likely not emulate all of the little quirks in the sound circuitry that each variant has. …

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Re: Low-profile LGA775 coolers

Posted on 2014-10-05, 04:23

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I decided to look about and I found two choices. Zalman CNPS8900 Quiet. It supports all LGA775 processors, and it isn't too high. According to Zalman's site it's 60mm high, and pretty quiet. You can find it now on NCIX for 34,99 CND$, plus 10$ mail-in rebate. Cooler Master GeminII M4. Again a super …

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Re: Limit Frame-rate in Build games?

Posted on 2014-10-05, 04:16

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If you're playing Duke3D or Shadow Warrior, you could try a sourceport. If it's Blood, then you're SOL.

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Low-profile LGA775 coolers

Posted on 2014-10-04, 09:14

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A friend of mine recently gave me his old Core 2 Duo E8500 box, and it's a pretty nice machine. The only real problem it has is that it tends to run quite hot, and I would be tempted to just stick in a bigger heatsink than the POS stock cooler it has now, but it's in a Thermaltake Lanbox Lite case ( …

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Re: Crazy system requirements for its time

Posted on 2014-09-30, 11:38

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What kind of cooling system do you employ? I mean, that must be like a miniature nuclear reactor. 🤣

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