Re: How to make a Pacman game on MS-DOS??
Posted on 2016-10-11, 19:14
Do you even know how to program?
Re: http://www.vogonsdrivers.com/ How do I submit/upload DOS/Win9x Drivers/Software?
Posted on 2016-10-11, 05:32
vogonsdrivers.com wrote: If something breaks, get in contact with SquallStrife via PM on the VOGONS Forums and we'll fix it as quickly as possible. I would assume he's your man. But I may be wrong as I don't know from experience 😀
Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.
Posted on 2016-10-10, 21:20
This is why: https://youtu.be/qpMvS1Q1sos
Re: Keen Game Engine: A Clone of the Galaxy Engine, with VGA!
Posted on 2016-10-10, 19:32
Another new version, this time probably the last one as I've reached the absolute limit of what QB45 can do and I'm simply not willing to rewrite the entire engine in QB71, which is only marginally faster anyway (I did some tests. It's about 5-10% faster, which is not nearly enough). There are no …
Re: I've an idea: Let's get some game development going
Posted on 2016-10-10, 07:23
Oh, interesting... thanks, that really clears things up about Mode 13/Mode X. I didn't know that... well, maybe Mode X is a good idea. But it is harder to implement, right? I just have no experience with it, having always used Mode 13 for everything I've ever done in DOS :lol: For music, maybe we …
Re: I've an idea: Let's get some game development going
Posted on 2016-10-10, 06:03
I've been thinking about this and I wonder, is a higher frequency necessary for OPL tunes because certain instruments need to be updated faster in order to sound correct? I know DOSBox uses 1000 Hz for DRO files, which I guess is pretty much guaranteed to make it sound exactly as it originally came …
Re: Early PCI sound cards and DOS gaming
Posted on 2016-10-10, 05:44
Yeah, PCI sound cards are really not worth it for DOS stuff. They're really for Windows 98 PCs that won't be used for DOS games much at all. On the other hand, DOS compatibility with PCI sound cards in Windows 98 is generally OK, AFAIK, as long as the card is meant to support it.
Is it possible to emulate a PC/XT at the transistor level?
Posted on 2016-10-08, 04:48
The 8088 CPU has 29,000 transistors in it. With current hardware, can we emulate the PC/XT at the transistor level yet? I know this is ridiculous; the only reason it might be useful is to make something that can run stuff like 8088MPH. I'm just wondering if it's even theoretically possible at this …
Re: DOTT talkie freeze
Posted on 2016-10-07, 21:53
Is there a way to temporarily redirect IRQ7 to something else that's harmless?
Re: Top private browsers
Posted on 2016-10-07, 19:30
Privacy? Well, I personally don't give a darn about my privacy. Google/Facebook/etc. could know my whole life and I couldn't care less; if I wanted them in the dark I wouldn't visit their websites. [the gov't is different though as they have claimed the power to snoop without me doing anything...but …
Re: I've an idea: Let's get some game development going
Posted on 2016-10-07, 19:26
OK guys, here's what I'm thinking on this: We should definitely not do MOD music if we want to target 8088/286 systems. For 386 it might be OK, but still, the low CPU overhead of OPL2/3 register dumps sounds pretty good. I'm thinking IMF files. But how much CPU time would we gain if we moved to, for …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2016-10-07, 01:14
Oh wow, awesome haul ElementalChaos! ElementalChaos wrote: school's robotics club FIRST?
Re: Found a 1979 Data General Dasher D200 and need some help
Posted on 2016-10-06, 23:04
Agreed. Welcome to the forums, ka1axy!
Re: Corrupt VGA Graphics, Please Help Me
Posted on 2016-10-06, 13:39
You could also try using FreeBasic. Just compile the program with the #lang "fblite" command at the beginning and it should work.
Re: Doom - Dosbox - Boom
Posted on 2016-10-06, 05:41
Why use real hardware at all, when you have DOSBox? This is the spirit of things, man!
Re: The old Windows 98 Memory question... Solution whit RamDisk?
Posted on 2016-10-05, 22:41
Could you place the page file/virtual memory stuff in the ramdisk and thus effectively get more memory?
Re: Slowing down a P6: Can I get a cliffsnotes for what's up here?
Posted on 2016-10-04, 23:16
SRQ wrote: Unrelated: What does the P in P5/6 mean? Pentium: 586? Yeah, I would guess because it was a "586" and they called it Pentium, so you end up with codename "P5". I don't know what, for example, "P54C" means though.
Re: 486/66 build -- ct1330a or ct1600
Posted on 2016-10-04, 18:21
The difference between the CT1330 and the CT1600, I believe, lies solely in the FM synthesis (someone correct me if there's some other difference). The CT1330 has two OPL2 chips, whereas the CT1600 has one OPL3 chip, which is superior in that it has more waveforms, stereo sound, more voices, etc. …
Re: Garages dangerous for retro hardware?
Posted on 2016-10-04, 03:47
Oh, where in Colorado are you? I'm in Boulder 😎
Re: Is there a list of games which need aspect=true anywhere?
Posted on 2016-10-03, 16:28
@collector, you're right, but on the other hand it is possible to imagine someone who always played these games on an LCD screen (on a laptop, for instance) and never knew how they were "supposed" to look, and therefore prefers square pixels.
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