Re: AMD drops the mic

Posted on 2017-03-08, 10:15

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Yes, if they're using approximation methods it would certainly complicate the problem. What do you mean by 'approximation methods'? Interpolation is done between each frame/state, each frame/state is only broken down into so much detail (time/topology) so its always going to be an approximation. …

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Re: AMD drops the mic

Posted on 2017-03-07, 17:00

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'Concurrent' programming tools (I'm assuming this means threading libraries?) have been pretty decent from the off? Look at something like OpenMP (1998ish) which makes parallelisation of number crunching routines a breeze through nothing more than C pre-processor directives (but you have to design …

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Re: Processor Time Zones

Posted on 2017-02-01, 17:23

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by spiroyster

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This might go nowhere, but I'm just sitting here thinking about the history of desktop CPUs, and for ME, CPU's have an "Age". Not age like "Oh, I'm so old..." I mean AGE like the Hyborean Age, the Bronze Age, the Stone Age, etc. With that in mind, this is what I think when I hear a processor name: …

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Re: Difference between Dell 486 machines

Posted on 2017-02-01, 13:23

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Yeah, the 4xx means 486, and the x66 means 66 MHz, but i'm not sure what the "i" is for. Does this look like your board? It was listed under "4xx/P, 4xxs/P, V4xx/i, V4xxs/i - NP" http://web.archive.org/web/19970225121241/http://www.dell.com/support/tech/DTA/4XXSIP/00000003.htm Thanks, yes layout …

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Re: Difference between Dell 486 machines

Posted on 2017-02-01, 09:58

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I'd love to see pics of that 466i. Sure... 466i.jpg Dell 466i precision & 466i dimension. It was the first time I opened them, and was greeted by these thingys... SB16s.jpg CT1740 & CT1810 This may help to clarify: http://web.archive.org/web/19961222080831/http://www.dell.com/support/tech/try486. …

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Re: Difference between Dell 486 machines

Posted on 2017-01-31, 17:25

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Don't know, but I have a "Precision 466i" (I think 486DX-66), and another "Dimension 466" (I think 386+387) boxes sat in the corner which were offloaded to me in the past for something aparently useful that I did back when... Will check what their 'vital statistics' later or tomorrow. I was told the …

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Re: How to display an image in D3D / OGL / Glide?

Posted on 2017-01-18, 11:21

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Yes I have some voodoo, but I don't have a complete 98 system (and what I have is in even more than the W2K offering) :(. I appreciate the Voodoo is 3D only, but since it only seems to kick in for fullscreen (i.e otherwise it simply passes the 2D image on to the display), I'm assuming it can only …

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Re: How to display an image in D3D / OGL / Glide?

Posted on 2017-01-18, 11:03

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Well I guess that's some form of improvement. :dead: Try same command, but with '/fullscreen' switch. Should spit out a message box if it comes across a problem, which I'm assuming it doesn't? I'll put some more debug outputs in to get more detailed info on states to see what's going on, there may …

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Re: DllMain Thread

Posted on 2017-01-18, 10:51

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@UCyborg & @Dege Many thanks for the clarification on these. Mucho respecto to your low-level skills there :). Didn't realise DllMain was such an issue. Personally I diverged away from using Dll's in this manner as I didn't like this tighter coupling between application and dll, opting instead for …

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Re: DllMain Thread

Posted on 2017-01-16, 22:40

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Why is this an awful practice? What are you debugging and how are you doing it?

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Re: How to display an image in D3D / OGL / Glide?

Posted on 2017-01-16, 22:03

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Have updated with VS6 compiled binary ppmgl.exe. Give it a whirl let me know. So which sdk should be used for Voodoo2 and other 3dfx? o.0

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Re: Is this the possibility of a Power VR SGL Wrapper?

Posted on 2017-01-13, 16:31

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P.S Is the SGL sdk and associated examples downloadable anywhere these days? http://vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=431&menustate=0 original host: http://web.archive.org/web/20130401013357/http://imgtec.com/powervr/insider/sdkdownloads/legacy.asp (it was only online again for a brief window in …

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Re: Is this the possibility of a Power VR SGL Wrapper?

Posted on 2017-01-13, 09:53

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I for one, am certainly interested in this. Please keep up the good work. :) Your idea, sounds far from stupid to me. I have done similar when utilising multiple different versions of GL (i.e immediate mode vs a more retained mode) with custom rendering engines. Engines implemented with certain …

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Re: Retro 3D Graphics/CGI Hardware/Software?

Posted on 2017-01-06, 12:15

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I had no idea there was a Sun implementation of PGC! Interesting! Ah sorry, didn't mean to imply the Sun cards used PGC. I don't think they would, although it certainly might make some draw routines more portable, and since a lot of those programs bridged platforms, maybe? I have no idea, I have …

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Re: Tell me this Vogons Wiki information about Voodoo 2 is false...

Posted on 2017-01-06, 12:04

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xjas you damn troll, you gone and given a perfectly valid answer on post #4 in relation to your own trolly question. Infact I would go so far to say that the question was answered perfectly satisfactory from the first 2 non OP respondants in this thread. Coupled with some experiences mentioned and …

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Re: Retro 3D Graphics/CGI Hardware/Software?

Posted on 2017-01-05, 16:21

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They may even go back further than that. From the book mentioned (High Performance CAD in C, which is alter revision of Supercharged graphics, L.Adams same author), Quadram QuadEGA/QuadVGA cards recommended. There was an Instruction set called PGC (Professional Graphics Controller) which seems to …

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Re: How to display an image in D3D / OGL / Glide?

Posted on 2017-01-05, 15:56

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Yes I can see the key, I just didn't want to risk jeopardizing others in the team (since they use VS6 for some form of professional endeavour 😵), unless its just one key we can all use. VC++ 2/1.52 don't require them so will stick with them methinks. Cheers Scali, much appreciated.

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Re: How to display an image in D3D / OGL / Glide?

Posted on 2017-01-05, 15:46

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If you have an MSDN subscription, I believe you can still download VS6. Not too long ago I even downloaded VC++ 1.52 from there :) Excellent thankyou, do you know if the legacy product key is the same for all?. Says its been claimed, but we usually get multiple keys to use? Nevermind, getting VC …

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Re: How to display an image in D3D / OGL / Glide?

Posted on 2017-01-05, 15:25

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PhilsComputerLab wrote: If you can do something with Glide, that would be even better 😀 Could even be made to run in DOS 😊 Yep, they may be slightly more difficult, but a GL/Glide program that runs in dos, I would be pretty chuffed with. Will aim for that, after SGL and Glide on Win9x. 😀

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Re: How to display an image in D3D / OGL / Glide?

Posted on 2017-01-05, 15:20

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Bugger. I really appreciate your effort. Could be one for the "too hard" basket. I was hoping it was something straight forward, but looks like it's not. It does not have to run under Windows 95! Windows 98 would be perfectly fine. Not soo much a hard exercise, just impractical given what's …

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