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Re: Rant Time

Posted on 2009-05-15, 03:46

in Milliways
That was hilarious. My G15 keyboard has a switch to disable the Windows key, but I'm so used to it after well over a decade that I never hit it accidentally any more.

Re: Rant Time

Posted on 2009-05-14, 23:16

in Milliways
Some fancy CRT scaler effects would be interesting to see, especially with composite CGA games and such. I finally found another discussion about simulating CRT behavior on modern displays that I had come across a few weeks ago: http://nfgworld.com/mb/thread/660 http://nfgworld.com/mb/thread/661

Re: Which LCD monitor is best for old games: one with a higher native resolution, or one with a lower native resolution?

Posted on 2009-05-13, 23:59

Dopefish: Yes, assuming you set the monitor to perform aspect-correct scaling of the display: if it can stretch the source image by an integer multiple and have it fill up at least one axis of the monitor (while leaving black bars if necessary on the ends of the other axis) then it won't have to do …

Re: Which LCD monitor is best for old games: one with a higher native resolution, or one with a lower native resolution?

Posted on 2009-05-13, 22:58

LCDs are digital displays, and thus have discrete pixels that form a "native" resolution. For best quality, you'll want a display whose native resolution is either the exact resolution you want to run at, or an integer multiple of it. If you try to scale an image on an LCD whose native res is not an …

Re: DOSBox Project Name Change

Posted on 2009-05-13, 22:14

I don't think the name should change either. It's well-established and also describes its main use at the moment (I used to talk about making a real DOS box to play old games on, but DOSBox saves me from the hassle). If it did need to change, then maybe OldBox, x86box (xbox86 🤣), PCBox...

Re: Wizardry VII: Anyway to fix the sound?

Posted on 2009-05-13, 05:04

For sound effects, Wiz7 plays digitized sounds by rapidly throttling the OPL chip or PC speaker in ways that neither was intended to be used. DOSBox doesn't seem to be able to handle the way it throttles the OPL chip, but it's playable in PC speaker mode (albeit with pops as described). They did the …

Re: MMMMMMOWNED?

Posted on 2009-01-23, 01:47

in Milliways
Sorry everyone for the trouble. I've learned a lot about creating better passwords since I made my account here 6 years ago, but I guess I never got around to changing all of my existing ones along the way 🙁

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