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Re: PCEm. Another PC emulator.

Posted on 2017-12-13, 08:34

in PC Emulation
Looked into why pcem linux wasn't finding roms. Seems it's because it wants them primarily in ~/.pcem. I'm annoyed when programs do this. I want them to run in the folder I put them in, not create duplicate hidden folders in my home directory and get upset when I don't put files there. The code …

Re: PCEm. Another PC emulator.

Posted on 2017-12-13, 01:31

in PC Emulation
The problem with the right alt not working with pcem in wine is to do with it getting mapped on this layout to iso_level3_shift instead of alt_r, which apparently is correct but pcem doesn't know to anticipate it. Mapping it manually with xmodmap to alt_r makes it work with pcem but breaks it …

Re: PCEm. Another PC emulator.

Posted on 2017-12-12, 00:15

in PC Emulation
Tried the new linux and windows versions in linux. For the linux version, got build errors in wx-app.h, so didn't bother with it. The windows version seems to work well in wine now, under ubuntu mate 16.04 with wine 1.6.2. Performance is good and 3dfx works, as does the virge's 3d acceleration. …

Re: Is worth DOS programming in these days?

Posted on 2017-12-06, 15:15

Qt's ide wired to run dosbox and build the dos part with digital mars c/c++ works great for me on linux. Integrates well with fasm for 16-bit assembly too. Then you design your c/c++ to be portable (e.g. interface + modules) and the same thing compiles for 16-bit dos and modern linux, windows, mac, …

Re: Is worth DOS programming in these days?

Posted on 2017-12-05, 21:48

But it also looks a little boring, so you may after all want to go dos and have to write a more interesting-looking wobbly integer renderer. The real challenge is to write wobble-free integer renderers in DOS. That is what originally got me started on the Just keeping it real-series of blogs: I …

Re: Is worth DOS programming in these days?

Posted on 2017-12-05, 09:03

This seems mostly specific to console programs in c? The easiest yet most visually accurate way I've seen to do triangle-based software rendering is the simple brute force barycentric method. It's too heavy for dos era machines though so you won't learn it there, oops. But it also looks a little …

Re: GOG.com games that work in Win9x/ME with no fuss

Posted on 2017-11-25, 14:17

in Milliways
I'd argue that the list is shaping to be not nearly as useful as it could. People are interested in solutions, i.e. the removal of fuss, while this list seems interested in avoiding them. The hitch is that a general list of instructions on how to get win 9x gog games running there will by nature …

Re: GOG.com games that work in Win9x/ME with no fuss

Posted on 2017-11-23, 05:45

in Milliways
I think both thief 1 and 2 have the original exes included. I had both running in win 98 too, can't remember what I did for thief 2 but for thief 1 I think i created install.cfg and for my setup put those in there: cd_path c:\games\ language english resname_base +c:\games\thief\res movie_path c:\ …

Re: dcsliquidations on ebay are true dickbags

Posted on 2017-11-18, 01:37

in Milliways
"This is the Unicomp 96U9700 M13 IBM compatible keyboard which seems to be identical to the IBM version ." It's not only just a guess but there's no indication of what the guess is based on. Does the seller know or care about switches? You don't know. If you fail looking up the model number and …

Re: dcsliquidations on ebay are true dickbags

Posted on 2017-11-17, 17:59

in Milliways
I looked at the listing yesterday and also at the negative feedback you left the seller. By my estimation if you're willing to argue that the feedback was just then you have to argue the same for the buyer. I wouldn't draw too many conclusions from ebay's decision here.

Re: Matrox G400/G450 Quake III Performance

Posted on 2017-11-17, 13:12

Next it needs to be shown that relative to the new drivers the older drivers don't simply trade image quality for speed, i.e. that if there's a difference in speed in favor of the older drivers, you couldn't get the same performance boost at the same level of visual fidelity on the newer drivers by …

Re: dcsliquidations on ebay are true dickbags

Posted on 2017-11-17, 05:09

in Milliways
If you can't tell from the photos, it's not mentioned in the listing, parts of the model number look unfamiliar, and you don't ask for details, you're plausibly not getting a desired outcome. The seller clearly wasn't interested in great customer service, but beyond that the case compiled against …

Re: Matrox G400/G450 Quake III Performance

Posted on 2017-11-16, 17:13

As far as I know, turbogl was something matrox pushed out to have at least something while they got their opengl act together. They probably prioritized fps over image quality too on that one since it was for gaming, but I don't know. I'd be interested in an image quality comparison between the …

Re: Matrox G400/G450 Quake III Performance

Posted on 2017-11-16, 12:34

I'll agree with phil on this since I see the g400 getting 42 fps with those settings in the q3 demo in my high-end p3-equivalent build with the newest matrox drivers. My guess is possibly either different settings for anand and/or matrox catering to gamers at the time. You should probably test with …

Re: Improving a sloppy socket 7 build

Posted on 2017-11-09, 19:26

Capture of some games running on the system. Audio capture isn't ideal, adds some hiss etc. but good enough for this purpose. DOS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BobPDuOBXRg. Adventures of robin hood ('91), rally-sport ('96), ultima 7 ('92), and deluxe ski jump 2 ('01). Windows: https://www.youtube …

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