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I would like to have a small computer to run old XP games; nothing fancy, not planning to run Crysis or anything like that, but more like early 2000 games at 1280x1024 resolution or 1600x1200 at most. https://www.parkytowers.me.uk/thin/ Good place to start. Eg I built a 98 + voodoo box from this: …

Re: DOS 4.0 from source to system

Posted on 2024-05-23, 05:02

by myne

in DOS

It hasn't changed in over 10 years. Just how much newer can it be?

Re: DOS 4.0 from source to system

Posted on 2024-05-23, 02:59

by myne

in DOS

Are you sure /oem doesn't work? It's still in there. Typo? Case sensitive? https://github.com/FDOS/sys/blob/master/docs/sys.txt

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-05-23, 00:32

by myne

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Ah bugger. Wish the replies weren't on a different screen on mobile!

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-05-22, 23:21

by myne

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Large auction sites always set their prices to wealthy countries with more disposable income and that creates those inflated prices. You find the same with any global market. You can get Australian cheese in much of Asia. It costs about the same +shipping as in Australia though. Most new computer …

Re: Army Ranger: Mogadishu - How to get rid of the error "Failed to intialize the renderer" via hex editing

Posted on 2024-05-22, 15:51

by myne

in Windows

Lol you again. "game x has an error. Tell me the offset to hex edit it because I'm a 1337 game h4xx0r"

Re: Windows Me - "Misunderstood Edition"

Posted on 2024-05-22, 14:53

by myne

in Milliways

ElectroSoldier wrote on 2024-05-22, 12:14: Youre making several key ass umptions there. Classy. ElectroSoldier wrote on 2024-05-22, 12:14: Real MS DOS support is something we are interested in talking about nearly a quarter of a century later.. Dosbox first release: 2002. Nuff said.

Re: DOS 4.0 from source to system

Posted on 2024-05-22, 14:18

by myne

in DOS

https://home.mnet-online.de/willybilly/fdhelp … rd/base/sys.htm /oem:Ms ?

Re: DOS 4.0 from source to system

Posted on 2024-05-22, 05:32

by myne

in DOS

I suspect the problem is just the boot sector. There are tools which will write various boot sectors (possibly including freedos' sys command). The issue might simply be compatibility, or attaining the correct 512b boot sector file. This might help https://teaching.idallen.com/dat2343/09f/notes/ …

Re: Windows Me - "Misunderstood Edition"

Posted on 2024-05-22, 03:29

by myne

in Milliways

Back in 2000 were there actually many users who wanted, cared about or even know what native DOS mode was? Yes. Think of everything in computing as a mostly interchangeable module on a continuum. So you get a new pc with a new OS. Do you suddenly stop wanting your existing games/software? No. The …