Re: New Performance Issue In Mac OS Catalina

Posted on 2020-03-13, 21:23

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I only ask because the SDL2 SVN build seems to be the first build where enabling vysync actually has an effect in macOS. It works great in some games (i.e Epic Pinball, Lemmings Chronicles) but horribly in others (i.e Lemmings 2, Warcraft 2) where it causes major slow downs and sound problems. As …

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Re: Zenith 80286 IBF-2527-ET Z-200 / Z-248

Posted on 2020-03-11, 02:04

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Here's the boards in my British Telecom Z-159 Filename 20170606-081556.jpg File size 1.67 MiB Views 576 views Filename 20170606-081713.jpg File size 1.49 MiB Views 576 views Filename 20170606-081619.jpg File size 1.51 MiB Views 575 views Filename 20170607-223013.jpg File size 1.58 MiB Views 576 …

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Re: Zenith 80286 IBF-2527-ET Z-200 / Z-248

Posted on 2020-02-27, 01:01

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Zenith systems were very well engineered - I guess that's why they held such favour with the defence industry. I've got a Z-159 (rebadged as British Telecom), which also has the debugger (built into the 'monitor' ROM - also has some test routines. Very nice system you have there.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-02-27, 00:49

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Predator99 wrote on 2020-02-21, 10:04: My Zenith 286 arrived - see here 😀 Re: Zenith 80286 IBF-2527-ET IMG_0148r.jpg I frickin' love Zenith stuff. Thanks to their government contracts, they actually had the biggest cut of the PC market in the late '80s!

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Re: Article "The Sound Blaster Story" History of Creative Labs & Interview with its founder/CEO

Posted on 2020-02-27, 00:16

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Really, what killed Adlib was that they were 3 years late to the market for PCM sound, against an existing standard that was already being used and developed for. My understanding, based on the Rich Heimlich interview, was that it happened well before the AdLib Gold was even in development. …

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Re: New Performance Issue In Mac OS Catalina

Posted on 2020-02-26, 12:49

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vsync wasn't enabled, frameskip=1 had a positive difference, frameskip=2 eliminated it. edit: for the hell of it I enabled vsync. Also fixed the problem, with frameskip=0. Go figure.

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Re: New Performance Issue In Mac OS Catalina

Posted on 2020-02-25, 16:38

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Yes, try the SDL2 or even the normal snapshot and make sure you have opengl or metal (with the SDL2) as output. Surface is seriously slow. Jmarsh made the 64bit dynamic core much faster in SVN, so both should give a nice boost Oddness. Downloaded SDL2 and found no difference. Systematically tried …

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New Performance Issue In Mac OS Catalina

Posted on 2020-02-24, 23:25

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Hi folks, firstly I wanted to give some love for the forum redesign - it's working brilliantly on every platform I've tried it on, and has made it even easier for me to connect with the buzzing community here. Secondly, I almost exclusively use DOSBox to play Indianapolis 500 on my Mac laptop. It's …

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Re: Article "The Sound Blaster Story" History of Creative Labs & Interview with its founder/CEO

Posted on 2020-02-21, 14:13

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They didn't pay Adlib a cent for "Adlib Compatibility" and yet they forced others to pay them for the Sound Blaster compatibility claim. It's kind of a moot point considering Ad Lib's inaction at the time. Had developers cited OPL2 as the supported hardware in their literature and setup programs …

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Re: 386sx Setup and Build

Posted on 2020-02-13, 00:03

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I made a list with pics of nearly every game I played on my 386. 1995 was waaaay too long to be using that platform before I upgraded though. The fun part was replaying all the newer games to see how they were intended!

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Re: Article about the history of Creative Labs / interview with its founder/CEO: The Sound Blaster Story

Posted on 2020-02-10, 17:36

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AlaricD wrote on 2020-02-10, 17:29: Mr. Sim didn't mention his BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal)? They sure they talked to him? He didn't mention NUTS (No U-Turn Syndrome) either...

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Re: Article about the history of Creative Labs / interview with its founder/CEO: The Sound Blaster Story

Posted on 2020-02-10, 12:15

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Benedikt wrote on 2020-02-10, 11:57: Didn't certain games have to be patched in order to support CMS sound on a Sound Blaster? I believe I read somewhere that the auto-detection did not work properly. EDIT: It must have been this blog post. I'd be curious to hear the Great Hierophant's point of …

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Re: Article about the history of Creative Labs / interview with its founder/CEO: The Sound Blaster Story

Posted on 2020-02-10, 11:47

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No, it says that by combining CMS and Adlib compatibility on one card they covered more games than either, which is true. Give me some numbers and I'll start listening. He does not have to credit AdLib with anything, he is not lying about what his product did and when, that is all. He is the CEO of …

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Re: 386sx Setup and Build

Posted on 2020-02-10, 11:41

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The mystery jumper is possibly for IRQ9 compatibility. It's something I've come across on a number of early 386 boards. Good luck with the build - a 386 was my first system as a kid and still my favourite selection of games.

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Re: Article about the history of Creative Labs / interview with its founder/CEO: The Sound Blaster Story

Posted on 2020-02-10, 11:08

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I'm sorry to say that, but your math is wrong. 1 Sound blaster every 4 minutes is 1/4 SBs per minute. That's 15 SBs per hour. That's 120 SBs per working day (8 hours) That's 600 SBs in five days. Phew I wasn't too far off then. I should have just stuck with the cards per day figure and left it at …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-02-09, 23:43

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Holy moly I didn't realise I'd not been here for so long that I had to trawl through seventy pages of purchases to catch up. The coolest thing I saw was the monstrous Soviet XT clone thing, closely followed by the 8-bit PAS, the Toshiba T1200 and the GUSes hidden among other boards. Artex is not …

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Re: Article about the history of Creative Labs / interview with its founder/CEO: The Sound Blaster Story

Posted on 2020-02-09, 18:17

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Sort of interesting interview, but totally uncritical interviewer. AdLib is mentioned only in passing, the PAS (almost certainly the driver behind SBPro and SB16) not at all. Still, the 'our customers didn't give a shit about feature X so it wasn't a priority to us' rings depressingly true. Well …

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Re: Article about the history of Creative Labs / interview with its founder/CEO: The Sound Blaster Story

Posted on 2020-02-09, 17:55

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The Sound Blaster Fairytale For what it's worth, the August, 1987 date attribution for the Creative Music System is correct, and relates to its release in Singapore. https://www.symphoniae.com/soundcard/Creative/CT1300/JPG/cms87_s.jpg I would have loved to have been more specific about that point. …

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Re: Article about the history of Creative Labs / interview with its founder/CEO: The Sound Blaster Story

Posted on 2020-02-09, 17:21

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The Sound Blaster Fairytale That's a really nice read, and it's awesome that you are linking to the sources that were used. One minor typo, the caption for the first image states "Source: PC Resource's PC Games, Autumn '98 " while it should probably be "Autumn '88". Thank you. And clearly your …

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Re: Article about the history of Creative Labs / interview with its founder/CEO: The Sound Blaster Story

Posted on 2020-02-09, 14:23

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I had to write an article to address the issue of AdLib being significant to Creative's success, even though he (Sim) practically denies it. The Sound Blaster Fairytale edit: detail

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