Re: Good OS selectors ?

Posted on 2020-11-26, 15:09

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by Jorpho

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"Pure dos" really doesn't offer any benefits over MS-DOS mode in Win9x and I would strongly suggest forgetting the whole thing. You can always use a boot floppy if you really need "pure dos" for something or other. Otherwise, if your hard drive is FAT16-formatted, then just install MS-DOS before …

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Re: Windows 98 and DOS Question

Posted on 2020-11-26, 15:03

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by Jorpho

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Wait so is this file for the Windows 98 version of dos, not pure dos, I am not installing pure. Also if I overwrite the files with the ones you sent me, isn't there a chance that I won't get the FAT32 support since some of the files are 6.22? olddos.exe is just a bunch of miscellaneous utilities …

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Re: Windows 98 and DOS Question

Posted on 2020-11-26, 06:37

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by Jorpho

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Actually I just checked out the torrent file and there doesn't seem to be anything but just olddos.exe, just that one file? Thanks. As noted above, it is a self-extracting archive. The easiest thing to do would be to just open it with 7zip and copy the files where they need to go. Or just copy …

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Re: Resident Evil 3 Nemesis blocky textures on high resolutions

Posted on 2020-11-25, 19:08

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Thought there was a Peixoto patch for this one, but nope. Peixoto's patches for a few old games

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Re: get google apps on PC

Posted on 2020-11-25, 16:05

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by Jorpho

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Memu is also popular. But I haven't had much luck getting either Bluestacks or Memu to work very well.

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Re: Windows 98 and DOS Question

Posted on 2020-11-24, 16:33

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by Jorpho

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mirando_flynn wrote on 2020-11-24, 11:37: If you have any DOS compatibility issues you can try Win95. It is more compatible with DOS software. Is there some DOS software in particular you're thinking of that runs in Windows 95 but not Windows 98..?

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Re: How to retrieve the content of an old backup made of 4 rar files

Posted on 2020-11-24, 16:13

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by Jorpho

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I tried the following : - selecting all the 4 files, making a right click and choose 7Zip > Extract here. I got a single new file which has approximately the size of 4 floppy disks (5600 Ko). The name of the file is CC12345A But this file has no extension and I did not find any way or any …

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Re: Win 98 - Write Fault Error - On shutdown

Posted on 2020-11-24, 06:27

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by Jorpho

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Not sure if you're fluent in English, but the r-word is touchy these days. Also, generally KQV is indeed regarded as thoroughly obtuse. Anyway, have you considered using ScummVM rather than struggling with an old Windows PC? The experience is practically indistinguishable, and ScummVM will run …

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Re: Any Tips for installing a replacement Creative Sound card?

Posted on 2020-11-23, 05:02

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by Jorpho

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Or, is there a way to archive the existing System.ini so I could reinstall it after performing a fresh install so that I can keep all my start menu items? System.ini isn't used for much beyond old legacy stuff – and certainly not for Start menu items – so I'm not sure why you're singling that out …

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Re: Sony Playstation Classic gamepad works perfect on WIN98!!!

Posted on 2020-11-23, 01:50

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by Jorpho

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I went to use them on my Windows XP machine and neither of them work in any of the USB ports I've tried, front ports or back ports on the motherboard. Perhaps it would be worth trying them in a USB hub? If you really want to be thorough, often it can be useful to resolve hardware problems by …

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Re: The Two Guys from Andromeda's latest SpaceVenture to be Kickstarted soon!

Posted on 2020-11-22, 06:24

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Hey, remember this? What a mess this project turned out to be. But did you know they actually got a demo out a few months ago? https://www.kotaku.com.au/2020/08/after-eight … ot-is-playable/

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Re: Windows 95/98 emulation/VM options?

Posted on 2020-11-22, 04:42

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by Jorpho

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And what about WineD3D? I had the impression it didn't really offer anything compared to dgvooodoo2. (I could be wrong.) Dunno, I'm clueless about passthru, even more for legacy OS passthru, and especially how QEMU works (virgl3d, looking glass, vfio?!), that's why I'm asking here. WineD3D has …

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Re: Windows 95/98 emulation/VM options?

Posted on 2020-11-22, 00:38

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2mg wrote on 2020-11-21, 21:17: And what about WineD3D? I had the impression it didn't really offer anything compared to dgvooodoo2. (I could be wrong.)

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Re: Divide error ?....

Posted on 2020-11-21, 19:14

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by Jorpho

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Were you going to say something about a "Divide error?..." Or did you write your thread subject incorrectly?

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Re: The game Time Commando does not open

Posted on 2020-11-21, 00:30

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by Jorpho

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Did you get this game from GOG.com? Because if you downloaded it from some random abandonware website, you may have gotten an incomplete or corrupted copy.

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Re: I thought Fat 32 was 32gb max

Posted on 2020-11-20, 02:12

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by Jorpho

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Standard Def Steve wrote on 2020-11-20, 01:29: 32GB was just an artificial limit imposed by WinXP because MS wanted you to use NTFS. The official excuse is that FAT32 starts to become slow and inefficient with larger partitions, e.g. because of larger cluster sizes.

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Re: Browser with built in Flash player

Posted on 2020-11-19, 21:37

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by Jorpho

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Does that just apply to apps on that page, or to all sites they have archived? A lot of sites seem to have links that can only be accessed if the flash extension in whatever browser is being used is active. That is a good question. I assume that ideally they would want to make all the sites they …

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Re: 8-Bit Guy video's are becoming a chore!

Posted on 2020-11-19, 21:01

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by Jorpho

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Many seem to agree that the AVGN's latest episode about The Legend of Kage bears a striking resemblance to some of his oldest stuff for some reason. I adore the stuff Technology Connections posts, and there are still so many older videos that he has done that I haven't seen yet.

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Re: Browser with built in Flash player

Posted on 2020-11-19, 20:58

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by Jorpho

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Isn't the Internet Archive already taking steps to ensure that old archived Flash content will still run under modern browsers? You can't possibly be the only one with such concerns, after all. I just saw a tweet about https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_flash which will apparently keep …

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Re: How do you get a serial mouse working

Posted on 2020-11-19, 16:08

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by Jorpho

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So the Amiga and Apple II used the same 9-pin connector used by the IBM PC serial port? A bit of Googling suggests that the Amiga used a 25-pin RS232 port , but the Wikipedia page on Apple II serial cards doesn't say. The 9-pin joystick port was pretty common back in the day, but they're the wrong …

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