Re: I've an idea: Let's get some game development going

Posted on 2016-10-05, 17:39

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Could just go PC Speaker - there are some classics that have some awesome PC speaker soundtracks and sound effects. Programming is simple, should be little strain on even the earlier processors

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Re: USB keyboard / mouse in DOS?

Posted on 2016-10-02, 15:46

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by beastlike

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I heard there's some kind of problem with that kind of keyboard setup because the usb keyboard requires more energy than the at pin can deal (I belive it's right since I never saw this kind of setup working online) (And I could actually test it since I have an at to ps2 and a p2 to usb adapter) …

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Re: USB keyboard / mouse in DOS?

Posted on 2016-10-02, 15:10

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by beastlike

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Could very well be - sorry for any misinformation. I think I originally took that pic as a joke 🤣 but I actually ended up using the keyboard adapter setup all the time for AT machines

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Re: USB keyboard / mouse in DOS?

Posted on 2016-10-02, 14:43

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by beastlike

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Either with a motherboard that supports it and CuteMouse for the mouse support in DOS, or for older machines, this is what I do

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Re: Auto-Detecting Pri Master..Press to abort_

Posted on 2016-10-02, 12:06

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by beastlike

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Yup a BIOS update can solve this. Or you can configure the machine as not having a drive (or pick one of the built-in ones) and use Dynamic Drive Overlay software. Awesome - thank you. Do you happen to know if the latest version of AMIBIOS8 from the American Megatrends website would work on such an …

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Re: Auto-Detecting Pri Master..Press to abort_

Posted on 2016-10-02, 11:57

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by beastlike

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Yes it's way too big likely. Google the drive part number and see if it has a jumper to limit the capacity (make it appear smaller). Got nay smaller drives lying around? Ah. Makes sense. Could a BIOS update address that or is it a physical limitation of MBs in that era? If so, do you know if using …

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Re: Auto-Detecting Pri Master..Press to abort_

Posted on 2016-10-02, 11:47

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by beastlike

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What sizes are your drives? Make sure the HDD is set to master and connected to the end of the IDE ribbon cable. Rather then booting it, go into the BIOS and: - Load BIOS defaults - Change boot order to floppy (have a floppy drive attached with boot disk) - Run the HDD detection from within the …

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Re: Auto-Detecting Pri Master..Press to abort_

Posted on 2016-10-02, 11:26

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by beastlike

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xboingx wrote: What is the max hdd size the BIOS can handle? Usually my systems hang when I try hdd to big for given bios. That's a good question.. Wondering if a BIOS update would fix that. Another thing I'm wondering - would a PCI IDE card be able to bypass any such restrictions?

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Re: Auto-Detecting Pri Master..Press to abort_

Posted on 2016-10-02, 11:25

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by beastlike

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Look for a BIOS update. That is what fixed that same issue on my M748LMRT ver. 1.3D I used the last known BIOS revision dated 2001. Hope that helps. Ok I'll try that - the BIOS is dated 1999 - the drive I'd like to use is from 2004, and I don't think I have any drives that are older than that. Do …

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Re: Auto-Detecting Pri Master..Press to abort_

Posted on 2016-10-02, 11:23

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by beastlike

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Would it be correct to assume that the HDDs you tested were the only drives plugged into the IDE cable at a time? (E.g. only one drive attached to the cable.) If so, perhaps these drives have a "Single Or Master" jumper setting that you could try? (Have you tried this already?) Yes, it's the only …

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Auto-Detecting Pri Master..Press to abort_

Posted on 2016-10-02, 03:58

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by beastlike

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Wondering if anyone has experienced this: I have a Socket 7 Baby AT motherboard - I believe it's PC Chips. Best I can tell it's this one, this looks exactly like it: http://teamate.com/comput/100033.jpg I can't get it to detect a hard drive - I've tried multiple IDE hard drives that are tested …

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Re: I've an idea: Let's get some game development going

Posted on 2016-09-27, 19:21

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Ugh it's coming back how slow working with floats used to be lol. I knew a guy who was doing "fixed point" math which would let you do similar to floating point operations but a lot faster - could be a way to do get both the speed and accuracy: http://x86asm.net/articles/fixed-point-arithmetic-and- …

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Re: I've an idea: Let's get some game development going

Posted on 2016-09-27, 18:05

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Perhaps - an earlier commenter pointed to an older version of Allegro that supported DOS - but as far as the physics you get out of Box2D, to me it'd be cool to have a DOS game that had realistic physics. Even if you did the graphics yourself, which now i'm sure you would based on your work on the …

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Re: I've an idea: Let's get some game development going

Posted on 2016-09-27, 14:32

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As fun as it would be to write something from scratch, having some modern advances like Box2d would be super convenient for physics / collision detection / callback/delegates-based coding that makes game programming a lot easier. There's an implementation of Box2D for Allegro, not sure if it works …

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Re: Partition and Format 120gb Hard Drive win9x

Posted on 2016-09-26, 18:16

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by beastlike

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AOMEI partition assistant, mount the drive on a machine with a more modern OS, then put it back into your Win98 machine? I've done this successfully with 120gb

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Dragging .com files in Windows 98 SE Explorer creates a shortcut

Posted on 2016-09-24, 01:31

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by beastlike

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Dragging .com files in Windows 98 SE Explorer creates a shortcut. I forgot about this behavior 🤣 Were there any settings/registry entries to turn that feature off and make it just perform like a regular file drag? Thank you!

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Re: Mouse moves at souble speed horizontally

Posted on 2016-09-23, 15:13

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by beastlike

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Ultima 8 is calling function 0xf of the mouse driver to change the mickey/pixel ratio to 3 horizontal and 16 vertical. The default ratio is 8 horizontal, so no wonder the speed is off. Using the default ratio gives equal speed on both axes. Maybe there's some issue that causes it to use that ratio, …

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Re: help finding the name of a game.

Posted on 2016-09-22, 20:06

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by beastlike

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Mystic Towers

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Re: What is the biggest storage HDD Windows 98SE can use?

Posted on 2016-09-22, 03:52

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by beastlike

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I've been using 120gb drives no problem, although after installing win98 I've noticed I had to mount the drive and grow the partition using another OS. Remember there's a 4gb limit in FAT32 for individual file size, so music is probably good- movies or zip archives, watch out. Everything I keep …

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Re: Best way to clean dirty 90's beige boxes?

Posted on 2016-09-21, 13:57

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by beastlike

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A number of you are reporting success with isopropyl alcohol - is it just me or is the paint on these old beige boxes a little tougher and more resistant than newer cases? I was beside myself wiping down one of my newer black cases watching the paint come off, just because why wouldn't they use a …

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