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If the cycles and core are set to the same value on two different computers and both can handle it (not 100% CPU usage) then the game will run at the same speed on both. 3000 cycles means that it tries to execute 3 million instructions per second, independent of the host. So a list could be made …

Re: Dosbox .72 Interlaced Video question: black line in middle? (Angel Devoid, GK2, Zork Nemesis intro)

Posted on 2009-01-25, 16:49

by h-a-l-9000

in DOSBox Games/Apps

scaler=normal2x or normal3x makes the window larger, so try it.

Re: Dosbox .72 Interlaced Video question: black line in middle? (Angel Devoid, GK2, Zork Nemesis intro)

Posted on 2009-01-25, 15:08

by h-a-l-9000

in DOSBox Games/Apps

What if you now put scaler back to normalxx?

Re: MANUALS for installing games via DOSBox

Posted on 2009-01-24, 18:59

by h-a-l-9000

in DOSBox Games/Apps

Hmm put it in the Wiki?

Re: Serial Port question

Posted on 2009-01-23, 18:04

by h-a-l-9000

in DOSBox General

It's most likely because DOSBox is not realtime capable.

Re: windows licences

Posted on 2009-01-22, 23:21

by h-a-l-9000

in Milliways

Would a computer screw work? xD

Re: Hard reboot

Posted on 2009-01-21, 18:44

by h-a-l-9000

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have a power supply that causes that behavior if the computer was off longer than about a day.

Re: 486 Motherboard Shipment Arrived

Posted on 2009-01-21, 15:36

by h-a-l-9000

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Now that I did a closer look I see something scary - On your first photo the bottom ISA slot has at least -5V shorted with a data line - I hope you fixed that before supplying power? If not, it might have killed the board and maybe the power supply.

Re: 486 Motherboard Shipment Arrived

Posted on 2009-01-20, 15:27

by h-a-l-9000

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I think you swapped + and - 😉

Re: The map requires a printer! Is your printer ready?

Posted on 2009-01-19, 14:42

by h-a-l-9000

in DOSBox Games/Apps

Try ctrl+F2 after the game says it has finished printing.

Re: Hybrid 386/486 motherboard?

Posted on 2009-01-18, 17:53

by h-a-l-9000

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks, it worked (I had an incident with something starting to smell but it still works - the first VLB slot didn't like a graphics card) . Cache works with 386. Linear framebuffer works with the 386 so VLB works. Some simple benchmarks: 386@33MHz, S3 864 graphics card, no NPU 9337 Dhrystones 171. …