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Re: ddhack

Posted on 2017-03-31, 10:52

in Windows
By the way, I noticed that on Windows 10 Anniversary the main problem with 8-bit palette (broken colors) seems to be fixed, at least on the games I tried. The main reason for DirectDraw wrappers is gone :-) And contrary to popular belief, it was not a problem with DirectDraw per se - which works …

Re: do not sell dosbox to any company!

Posted on 2017-03-29, 10:26

But yes, if you wanted to relicense a project to closed-source commercial project, you would need to get in touch with all contributors past and present for it to be "legally done". Or, to be more precise, the contributors of 99% or so of the code, which would be much easier to do. Then you just …

Re: Visual C++ 64-bit executables jump to else clauses?

Posted on 2017-03-29, 10:16

There are some fixed heuristics, such as a jump to a lower address is always assumed to be taken (it is likely a loop), and a jump to a higher address is assumed to be not-taken (probably a special-case like error-handling). These may be the defaults, but x86 CPUs keep history of recent jumps, and …

Re: Visual C++ 64-bit executables jump to else clauses?

Posted on 2017-03-29, 10:03

In the case of the first code in my first post, Visual C++ executes the jz to the else block 15 out of 16 times it reaches that point, resulting in a big performance hit(it jumps 15 out of 16 times, of which the part containing the jump is executed quite a lot: it's generating PWM samples for 6 …

Re: Windows 10 machine does not stay asleep

Posted on 2017-03-25, 09:13

in Milliways
Open device manager, find your Ethernet card and open its properties. There on the power management tab disable "allow this device to resume your computer" (or something like that, I don't have english version of Windows at hand). This reduced for me unwanted wake ups to about once a day. Still …

Re: AMD drops the mic

Posted on 2017-03-22, 11:30

in Milliways
BTW for those interested: Anandtech - How To Get Ryzen Working on Windows 7 x64 I wonder if anyone tried with Windows XP ;-) BTW. this is wrong: PS/2 uses interrupts through the system, compared to USB which is based on polling. This results in different levels of engagement: the PS/2 keyboard …

Re: AMD drops the mic

Posted on 2017-03-09, 13:16

in Milliways
Isn't TDP Thermal Design Power? To my understanding, it's the power that the cooler is supposed to dissipate, not the power of the CPU. It would be interesting to see if this 95W TDP processor is capable of sustaining full load for extended periods of time (let's say 24 or 48 hours) having only 95W …

Re: Which XP?

Posted on 2017-02-28, 11:33

One Windows XP I almost never hear anything about is Windows XP Home Edition. Is it nothing more than a feature-reduced Professional, or does it have some low end PC benefit to it? If I had an actual Home install CD, I would use it to make use of occasional Home product keys. I don't think there is …

Re: x64 sys files and exe files still contain a MS-DOS stub?

Posted on 2017-02-27, 01:19

in DOS
Modern versions of VC++ (VS2012, 2013 and 2015) target Windows Vista by default, but you can also enable XP SP3 support. It seems likely that VS2017 won't have support for XP. (in pre-release versions it is still there but doesn't work) [UPDATE: VS2017 supports targeting XP SP3] The last version …

Re: x64 sys files and exe files still contain a MS-DOS stub?

Posted on 2017-02-26, 16:50

in DOS
They had to think what would happen if you run x64 exe on a 32-bit system. If it didn't have the MZ header, 32-bit Windows would think it is a headerless DOS .com file disguised as .exe. Trying to execute some random bytes could have disastrous results, especially on Windows 9x (and Windows Me was …

Re: DOSBox is completely unusable with a 4k monitor

Posted on 2017-02-26, 16:09

This whole "Problem" seems a tad ridiculous to my way of thinking. With modern resolutions so high, it is not unreasonable to have normal4x, 5x, 6x etc. scalers in addition to current 2x and 3x. My own solution is to use a nice big Hi-Def screen for Movies, and an old 21 inch Phillips for DOS …

Re: Which XP?

Posted on 2017-02-16, 16:08

Maybe it's just me, but I've never gotten that feature to actually do anything. Is there a list somewhere of games/programs that require it? I don't know, but it helped me more than once. Note also that Windows has a list of "well-known" programs that have various compatibility modes enabled by …

Re: IPX multiplayer with real hardware - over the internet?

Posted on 2017-02-15, 11:56

in DOS
OK, so how do I set up this "tunnel" and what is it? You'd need another PC (presumably with Linux), that your DOS/W9x machine will be connected to thinking it is the other player's PC. But in reality, all IPX packets will be tunneled through the internet to the other player. This way you don't have …

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