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Re: "...not a valid win32 application"

Posted on 2021-05-06, 17:30

in DOS
It are situations like this that make feel sad that Microsoft continued to release 32-Bit editions of Windows. :depressed: The company should have stopped this after Windows XP. OSes like Windows Vista/7 are as equally demanding as they are powerful. The OS itself needs roughly 2GB of the 3,5GB …

Re: Show us your custom Physical mt32-pi Builds

Posted on 2021-05-06, 02:03

in MT-32 General
Mine is just a normal Pi3B in an acrylic enclosure with an M-Audio Uno USB interface connected to it. It's not eyecandy but it works. I look forward to buying a decent prebuilt solution I can just plug my Pi3B into though. I like it. I'm a fan of translucent things! 😀 How about an MT-32 case …

Re: "...not a valid win32 application"

Posted on 2021-05-05, 21:01

in DOS
Still confused why windows would complain of "not a valid win32 application" for a small DOS exe being run in a DOS window; isn't that what the DOS window is for. Could understand if this were an actual game/program file that hooked into graphics, sound, etc.; but this patch is little more than an …

Re: German theme 486 computer.

Posted on 2021-05-05, 20:34

That's cool, imho! I've been quite a few times visiting Munich when I was little. But since my father's a ham , the electronics were important, also. We traveled by ICE (Intercity Express), I think. One time, it was winter and the snowy landscapes/sceneries going by were impressive. The ICE was a …

Re: no more iMac Pro

Posted on 2021-05-05, 03:31

in Milliways
To be fair, though, x87 is considered deprecated for years by now. https://www.realworldtech.com/physx87/4/ Don't get me wrong, I do really appreciate math co-processors. Installed them in my vintage machines, too. But perhaps it's time to move on. To be fair, if you say your OS can run x86 apps it …

Re: PCI Sound card for Windows 3.11 & Dos 6.22?

Posted on 2021-05-05, 03:22

in Marvin \ Sound
I believe I do have some backups of my configuration mentioned above. Not sure if they are helpful, though, since they use older/different drivers.. Can't wait... I have the files: windrv.z (71k) legacy.z (456k) & sndset.z (2.2mb) - but 7zip/WinRar can t decode them. Ok. I'll have a look at this …

Re: Strangest thing found on harddrives

Posted on 2021-05-04, 19:55

in Milliways
Cats. Hundreds of pictures of various cats. No pussy though. The cat of my grand grandfather was named Pussi.. Obviously, this was before the internet. When "Pussy Cat" (ger. Miezekatze) still was an innocent term (commonly). Edit: The Fixed Disk of my XT was infected with an ancient bootsector …

Re: no more iMac Pro

Posted on 2021-05-04, 16:32

in Milliways
You can still run old OS X through QEMU, so it's emulation. It is still lightning fast with a M1 Mac. 8GB is enough for very old OS emulation, 16GB is obviously better but not necessary. I don't care at all about Windows 7, 8 and 10, only about 3.11 and 98SE. XP is only useful if there is Glide …

Re: no more iMac Pro

Posted on 2021-05-04, 15:17

in Milliways
Anyway, Win 10 ARM can handle x86 and x86-64 binaries on its own by now, so that's not a huge issue as far as application support is considered. Not very well though. It's far slower than Apple's x86 emulation and there are bugs in the FPU translation - it looks like they thought using the native …

Re: no more iMac Pro

Posted on 2021-05-04, 12:28

in Milliways
ROFLMAO they just launched M1 MacBooks, and are set to launch new ones like a 14-inch model along with a new iMac this year, yet you come with this prediction? LOL. The M1 processor apparently isn't that bad, IMHO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpKQ1iASEfQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= …

Re: Rate my lil' 90s webpage

Posted on 2021-05-03, 20:37

in Milliways
Neat. 😎 Could pass as a late 80s Videotex(t) page, too. Or any other service using CEPT-like glyphs. Or ANSI mailboxes (BBSes). 😀 https://www.zdnet.com/article/before-the-web- … nline-services/ https://apple2history.org/history/ah22/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBfvIh2K4G0

Composite Video (CVBS) / comb filters

Posted on 2021-05-03, 19:38

in Milliways
Hi everyone, Just stumbled over an interesting thread! Apparently, comb filters have evolved since the 1980s and became an alternative to RGB video and its drawbacks. https://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=43526 Not sure if that's about real, analogue comb filters, though. The digital …

Re: Voyager probes 40th anniversary

Posted on 2021-05-03, 05:13

in Milliways
That'll be a fun mission to follow. I'm a huge rocket/space nerd. The Ingenuity helicopter is very exciting right now as well. I'm super excited that they extended its mission and to use it as a science and hazard scout for Perseverance. Hi there! Thanks for your reply - I think I feel the same. …

Re: Voyager probes 40th anniversary

Posted on 2021-05-03, 02:03

in Milliways
Quick update. There seems to be a successor planned for the Voyagers, currently named "Interstellar Probe". The mission is scheduled for the 2030s, with the sonde planned to leave solar system at "twice the speed". Source: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/proposed-interstellar-mission- …

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