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Re: Rotational controller for games?

Posted on 2012-01-24, 06:26

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This came up in a Google search: a do-it-yourself guide using a cannibalized mouse. http://arcadecontrols.com/files/Miscellaneous/spinner.pdf But there are lots of hits for , and as I said, it seems some people have indeed used an Atari 2600 paddle controller via a USB adapter.

Re: Did you guys know about these?

Posted on 2012-01-23, 19:36

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...Really, is there some reason you can't just put "Champ-Em" in your subject line instead of "these" ? Yes, because the word "these" makes people curious to see what the thread is about. But if you used "Champ-em" instead of "these", people could satisfy their curiosity by looking at the index and …

Re: Rotational controller for games?

Posted on 2012-01-23, 17:07

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I believe these are more frequently called "paddle" controllers. They were well known on the Atari 2600; most recently, I had an N64 "racing" controller that was quite similar. Either of those options would require an adapter of some sort, of course.

Re: Did you guys know about these?

Posted on 2012-01-23, 17:04

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...Really, is there some reason you can't just put "Champ-Em" in your subject line instead of "these" ? And sure, I remember them. I don't think arcade emulation was quite as feasible then as it is now; there also seem to be many more ways to hook up old digital joysticks nowadays.

Re: Know any good ms-dos GUIs?

Posted on 2012-01-20, 19:41

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MS-DOS 6.2 Dosshell will do the job. MS-DOS 6.2 actually didn't include the MS-DOS 5 dosshell; it had to be added separately. (You can get it from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/135315 via olddos.exe .) Aside from Norton Commander, Norton Desktop for DOS is pretty nice. Wikipedia calls Norton …

Re: Which OS?

Posted on 2012-01-20, 19:20

Update: Okay, so Windows 3.11 does NOT run on FreeDOS whatsoever, ugh. :depressed: Are you sure? Perhaps you started reading http://www.freedos.org/freedos/news/technote/200.html but did not scroll down to the Update at the very bottom? (Seriously, I did that at least once myself. The FreeDOS …

Re: Questions on getting started with tracker music

Posted on 2012-01-18, 22:24

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In the end, it's really just something like MIDI music with custom instrument samples, I understand. Offhand, everyone seems to like FL Studio (formerly FruityLoops) for that sort of thing. That's expensive, but there's a demo available, I think. Otherwise, ModPlug Tracker springs to mind. Seems …

Re: 256MB XMS

Posted on 2012-01-18, 21:43

Ooh, this looks like fun. In 1995, high-end gaming was limited to SGI Workstations where games like BZFlag were played on $10,000 computers with Intergraph hardware using IrixGL. They didn't use 128mb ram, either. I was about to ask if there were in fact 486 chipsets in 1995 that could contain 128 …

Re: pclinux

Posted on 2012-01-18, 05:59

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Thanks for all the feedback here. I wasn't really looking for advice, just trying to start a general discussion. I actually like PCLinux, I have had better luck with it than any other version I've ever tried. Everything actually works - internet, sound. etc... So, do you in fact have a swap …

Re: Best games and application software for 486 dx2-66 era PC?

Posted on 2012-01-17, 21:48

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As far as video editing, no, of course I wouldn't do that on a system like that, if I tried at all it would be a technical exercise to see if it was even possible. At the time, professionals probably had ultra high-end workstations for that kind of thing, when they weren't just working with analog …

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