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I'm sure I'll have XP around and connected for a long time to come. That said it won't be my main OS and I won't really do any web browsing on it but either way if there is a problem I'll just reimage the box and all fixed! I mean if I am looking for something quickly I'm perfectly fine with going …

Re: Windows XP - Keeping Alive & Connected Beyond 2014...

Posted on 2014-03-04, 22:33

by DosFreak

in Milliways

The activation issue for XP was solved long ago as long as you don't mind unofficial fixes. As for patching new vulnerabilties it's possible that someone make look into porting the 2003 patches to XP in the same fashion that has been done with porting from XP to 2000 by WildBill and BlackWingCat …

Re: Quake III timedemo scores on a Tualatin PIII-S 1400

Posted on 2014-02-28, 00:48

by DosFreak

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Here's my scores from 2001 using my Abit VP6. Still have the mobo gathering dust in my closet. http://www.murc.ws/archive/index.php/t-26822.html http://www.murc.ws/archive/index.php/t-26815.html Looks like above 640x480 there was no benefit to using SMP with Quake 3. (at least with all the fancy …

Re: Which OS to use on new system?

Posted on 2014-02-27, 22:53

by DosFreak

in Milliways

I'm wondering if if there's an issue with memory timings or voltage. Try running memtest86+ or other hardware diagnostics.

Re: Which OS to use on new system?

Posted on 2014-02-27, 20:10

by DosFreak

in Milliways

I'm on my new system now, installed XP x64 but now I'm running into trouble. I installed XP by slipstreaming SP2 and AHCI drivers onto the CD with nlite, installed all drivers, ran windows update, then discovered that Windows setup made a mess of my partition table. So I got a gparted liveCD and …

Re: Can we have a section on Linux? (And about the 'Arcade Emulation' section...)

Posted on 2014-02-25, 16:16

by DosFreak

in Milliways

Linux emulation is, well.........who emulates Linux for playing games anyway? I think a couple of games on my list (less than 5? I'd have to check) don't run in modern Windows or in Windows run in a VM but they do run using Wine in a VM. It wouldn't be worth a seperate forum just for this unless …

Re: Which OS to use on new system?

Posted on 2014-02-24, 20:03

by DosFreak

in Milliways

I'm not sure if in 2020 Windows 7 will be really useful for modern rigs though, iiuc it will support a maximum of 16GB RAM anyway (except for the really expensive variants) and I'm already at 8GB in my main rig right now. I doubt people consider Windows 7 Pro expensive (well sane people anyway) and …

Re: Which OS to use on new system?

Posted on 2014-02-18, 23:24

by DosFreak

in Milliways

Nah, Microsoft has their beta releases that they get people to purchase and then they fix it in the following release. HOME LINE 1-2 - Sucked 3-3.1 - Good 95abc - Sucked 98FE-98SE - Good (for 9x) ME - Sucked XP - Good Vista - Sucked Vista SP2 - Much better. 7 - Good 8 - I won't say sucked but they …

Re: Who else is pumped for VR?

Posted on 2014-02-18, 11:37

by DosFreak

in Milliways

I'm not very enthused about strapping something to my head with wires or having to have other equipment in addition. Let me know when they can just implant a chip in your brain and I'll be all over that (after it's been thoroughly tested using chimps like Lawnmower Man ;) ) http://www.youtube.com/ …

Re: FastDosbox 1.6

Posted on 2014-02-18, 11:34

by DosFreak

in DOSBox Development

There is no vanilla DOSBox for the pi....at least not one that is supported by these forums,

Re: I'm confused about the continued use of GliDos

Posted on 2014-02-17, 00:59

by DosFreak

in GliDOS General

Just download the latest glidos and you can pick NTVDM,vdos32, or dosbox from the GLIDOS gui. Thanks for the information. I've thought about buying GliDos a few times, but what stops me is having to use an online unlock service for each install. Call me stubborn or weird if you like, but I really …

Re: I'm confused about the continued use of GliDos

Posted on 2014-02-16, 00:41

by DosFreak

in GliDOS General

Just download the latest glidos and you can pick NTVDM,vdos32, or dosbox from the GLIDOS gui.

Re: Where were you when the world was DOOMed?

Posted on 2014-02-15, 23:14

by DosFreak

in Milliways

First time I saw Doom was at the exchange on base while I was living in Okinawa, Japan in 1993 The tech who maintained the computers there was installing it and playing it and he let me play as well. I remember he was going to connect two of the computers via null modem so we could both play but he …