Re: DoskBox Megabuild HPGL printing issue

Posted on 2012-01-30, 19:31

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by Jorpho

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Showing the hpgl data in a dos or win box is not what we need, we realy need to get the output from this old fashioned dosprogram to a printer output. The program can't run on xp or vista or win7 and it also crashed on modern cpu's. What I mean is that you can use the program in DOSBox to generate …

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Re: Retro Gaming Box -- help me build it!

Posted on 2012-01-30, 19:09

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But really, I am back and forth on a second system for DOS based games. Think a P60 would fair slightly better than a true 486? It all depends on exactly what you want to do! If you're dead set on using PCI cards, a 486 would probably be a bad idea. I think I'm going to go for a Athlon XP 1500+ …

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Re: NASCAR 2 by Papyrus music?

Posted on 2012-01-30, 16:34

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by Jorpho

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All that means is that the game does not have Redbook audio. It could still feasibly have MIDI music or something.

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Re: Retro Gaming Box -- help me build it!

Posted on 2012-01-30, 05:49

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I may also like to mess around with some games that were on 5 1/2 floppies, not really sure what, but I suppose anything that would tickle my fancy. Games like that may require a separate system though, maybe a P90 system? Even a P90 would be way too fast. At that point you'd have to start using …

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Re: Why emulate? just why?

Posted on 2012-01-30, 05:42

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I'm not dissing emulation, (or a least not trying to). But the fact is, emulation is an ass alternative to the real thing Try harder, sir. for starters i have several ways i'v heard SB 16 music/sound effects, DOSBOX, SBlive emulation, and a real SB 16. And in my own opinion NOTHING can beat the …

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Re: DoskBox Megabuild HPGL printing issue

Posted on 2012-01-30, 04:06

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by Jorpho

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eelcodegraaff wrote: When the program creates hpgl code If I'm not mistaken, there are plenty of Windows programs capable of viewing HPGL files (and printing them and converting them and so on). There is no need for DOSBox if that's the sort of file the program is creating.

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Re: Retro Gaming Box -- help me build it!

Posted on 2012-01-30, 04:02

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If I went with a faster CPU (P3/700, Athlon XP1500), how would Windows 98SE/DOS react? The OS has no particular problems at those speeds. How would DOS games react -- would they play too fast? That depends entirely on what exactly you want to play. There's no shortage of things for which a P2/400 …

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Re: Why emulate? just why?

Posted on 2012-01-30, 03:57

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And I don't know about you,ut i'd rather be playing Doom on authentic hardware than reading about it or playing some "good enough" emulation. With console emulation you might have a point. Aside from minor revisions, there is really only one particular hardware configuration that is a true Super …

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Re: problem with Al Unser Jr. Arcade Racing (Win 3.11 Win95) and Primal Rage DOS

Posted on 2012-01-29, 01:38

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by Jorpho

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The CD volume label is stored internally, independently of the file name of the BIN/CUE image, so unless you did something weird when you made the image, that would not be an issue. I dimly recall (thanks to threads like this) that you have to run the game with the "-f" parameter in some cases.

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Re: problem with Al Unser Jr. Arcade Racing (Win 3.11 Win95) and Primal Rage DOS

Posted on 2012-01-29, 00:57

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by Jorpho

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What commands are you using to mount the Primal Rage CD-ROM in DOSBox?

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Re: is there an emulation that can properly run old Windows games?

Posted on 2012-01-29, 00:47

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The deluxe Dragon's Lair package which included 3 full games was optimized to be used under Windows 95 and long ago after I moved to XP and now Windows 7 it hasn't worked ever again. Apparently some videogame control routines only worked for Windows 95/98. :( This still isn't helpful. What do you …

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Re: How to stop 'computer thinking' noise?

Posted on 2012-01-27, 21:52

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No its definitely coming through the speakers. If I remove the speakers/headphones there's no noise, or if I turn the speakers off the noise stops. I see... In that case, can you be certain that the noise is originating from the sound card and not within the speakers/headphones? If it's not within …

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Re: How to stop 'computer thinking' noise?

Posted on 2012-01-27, 20:28

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Actually, I think Keropi had the right idea with the PSU. A bit of Googling suggests the problem even happens with much newer computers: I work with one that, at times, whines at a slightly different pitch when I scroll a window up and down. Silly question, perhaps, but can you still hear the sound …

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Re: Diamond 3D II Voodoo2 Drivers?

Posted on 2012-01-27, 17:19

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by Jorpho

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Then you'll get lockups and blank screens once you get the cable, too – it will make no difference. You are probably experiencing some kind of driver problem. What drivers are you using now, anyway?

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Re: is there an emulation that can properly run old Windows games?

Posted on 2012-01-27, 16:18

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And since DOSBox does not provide any kind of support for an emulated older operating system Official support is not provided, but that hasn't stopped people from trying (with some degree of success, apparently). I have A-10 Tank Killer 2 and Dragon's Lair deluxe pack and I;d love to be able to run …

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Re: How to stop 'computer thinking' noise?

Posted on 2012-01-27, 16:10

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by Jorpho

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cdoublejj wrote: caps and coils make those noises Coils, maybe, but not capacitors. At least, there's no reason they should.

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Re: Diamond 3D II Voodoo2 Drivers?

Posted on 2012-01-27, 16:08

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by Jorpho

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I thought the drivers from 3dfxzone.it were the way to go. Are they not superior to the ones originally included with the card? I don't have the cable yet to make it work You don't really need the cable, if you don't mind reaching behind your computer and switching your VGA cable over to the other …

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Re: Floppy Disk

Posted on 2012-01-26, 22:25

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by Jorpho

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I'd advise 7zip... http://www.7-zip.org/ ...which unlike the suggestions of WinRAR/WinZip is freeware, and typically achieves slightly better compression than them as well. True that. I suppose you could even take the source code for the command-prompt versions and change the command line arguments …

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Re: DosBox on Mac: Win32

Posted on 2012-01-26, 17:47

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by Jorpho

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There are numerous programs capable of unpacking specialized .exe installers without having to run them. You may enjoy The Unarchiver: http://wakaba.c3.cx/s/apps/unarchiver Of course, if it's not a DOS program but some kind of Windows thing that installs new system files or needs to write to the …

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Re: How this cleaning disk works?

Posted on 2012-01-26, 15:53

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by Jorpho

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Iam have order some of Isopropyl Alcohol 99.9% Pure 100ml. So i hope that would do the trick. Only wait when its arrives. That's really kind of overkill, considering how much more expensive it's likely to be. But then, I suppose the price difference doesn't amount to much if you're only dealing …

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