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Re: Frontend for DOS mame

Thank you so much. That is really fabulous! Eliminates all the crap, bloat, images, art, etc and just provide a list of the games and opportunity to read in an ini file and start. Perfect. Suggestion for next version: allow optional 80x25 mode for longer titles. Otherwise, it's perfect and needs …

Re: Monkey Island 4 - wow ... I need a break ...

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mombarak wrote on 2025-02-09, 20:48: Thats true on a very bizarre level. But you would have to consider Return to Monkey Island (5) as Monkey Island 3 because it has […] Show full quote Thats true on a very bizarre level. But you would have to consider Return to Monkey Island (5) as Monkey Island 3 …

Re: modern smartdrv alternative?

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No, i use ems for some software, like lotus 1-2-3, pascal etc, or games, like Dreamweb, but specially software, i dont game much Because i like to use real mode, i use emsmagick to emulate ems, but this need 64+ kb upper memory, and i dont know any other ems emulator Anyways, right now with smartdrv …

Re: modern smartdrv alternative?

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Thanks guy i tested some of software you recommend, igully i tested caldera cache but or not work with FAT32 or the partition is too big, i tested nwcache from dr dos 7, but is far away in performance from smartdrv Sadly i think i need to live with smartdrv @theelf: Why don't you load smartdrv in …

Frontend for DOS mame

HI! i made a simple mame frontend for DOS, inspired in old bootleg famicom/nes multicarts, my idea was something small and fast, using only text mode Finally i decide to use 40x25 text mode, and made the sound similar to old multicarts using pcspeaker 0.png 1.png 2.png The frontend can read a ini, …

Re: modern smartdrv alternative?

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Hi guys, thanks Thats why i say modern alternative in title, because i have a 120GB FAT32 partition, and i dont want to have risk of corruption, or at least, minimize it. I already tried old solutions and some did not work, other did not work well, and two of them corrupt me the partition fat, PC- …

modern smartdrv alternative?

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Hi! a question, im building a Celeron 500, 256mb ram and IDE 120GB HDD, DOS 7.1, FAT32 I already tested - Smartdrv works great, but is 20-29kb - xhdd works ok, cache maybe faster than smartdrv, only 5kb, but SADLY not compatible with windows 3.1 (same with uide) - Lbacache only 10kb but is slower …

Re: Is the interest in retro PC hardware decreasing?

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All I can see is that prices are going up. At least on ebay. So, that implies demand is high. Though that is only for some things it seems. I won an auction for a beige IDE DVD drive for only 5 pence the other day. Seems nobody wanted it. Optical drives seem plentiful and cheap currently. Here in …

Re: Is the interest in retro PC hardware decreasing?

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Yesterday i put online for sell in a local platform two 386 mainboards, 1 486 board with VLB, and one amstrad 286 computer that i have duplicated... and i sell all in less than a hour! and a lot a LOT of message of pleople telling the same "still available?"

Re: Silverstone to release a retro-style desktop case

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I like to have one, i really wish!!! sadly is too exopensive, crazy price! Cases today are typically expensive, period, for anything with any thickness and quality. I'm still waiting for a reasonable price on a less-flimsy case without a side window, with a usb-c port on the front, and front i/o …

Re: Retro Consoles.... who plays them

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I'm a big Retro Consoles fan and had a few of them in the past (NES, SNES, Master System, Mega Drive, PS2, XBOX OG, XBOX360, Wii, Switch, PS4). Nowadays I cover all my console needs with a MiSTer Pi. It's always a pleasure to power it on, have an authentic but wireless controller in my hand and …

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