Re: The Need for Speed Special Edition for Windows "DOES WORK"
Posted on Today, 08:36
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on Yesterday, 16:41
Did you notice all the corrosion on the PCI contacts? If you use a pencil eraser to clean that up it may work fine. If there are any stubborn "chunks" you may need to scrape gently with a tool, just be careful not to damage the contact any more than it already is. seen the corrosion, I will try to …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on Yesterday, 14:40
AlessandroB wrote on Yesterday, 10:42: This board, complete with P4 3ghz… is a good board?? Asus were at the top of the game back then. I'm sure without checking that it's a fine board.
Re: The Need for Speed Special Edition for Windows "DOES WORK"
Posted on Yesterday, 07:24
I realise I'm late and haven't read the whole thread, but I got nfs porsche 2000 running on w10 via the nvidia voodoo wrapper whose name I forget right now.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2024-05-16, 02:26
Anyone know what PC this motherboard has come out of? I can't seem to find it on Theretroweb. It does not look like standard AT or ATX, so I doubt it can be put in anything except maybe a custom made case? So I guess it's from some kind of OEM? Compaq or HP maybe? Doesn't look like IBM to me.. Gut …
Re: Crashday (2006) won't start on Windows 10
Posted on 2024-05-15, 10:49
I think you're barking up the wrong tree with the hex editing. I'd try dxwnd because its memory emulation hooks and exception handler are likely to make it work without modification. The other option is the windows compatibility toolkit. I can't say much more than that. The local expert I'm aware of …
Re: Crashday (2006) won't start on Windows 10
Posted on 2024-05-15, 08:11
You're going to have to put more effort into explaining what happens and what you've tried. Because right now it reads like the classic "it worked fine yesterday!" which is true of literally everything that dies - including people. Eg Error message? Compatibility modes tried? What on earth makes you …
Re: Pocket 386, the brother of Hand386 and Book8088, the story so far ...
Posted on 2024-05-14, 02:55
Thanks. It's been a long time since DOS. Do folks think I can partition current cf/Win95 into two partitions, install Win3.1, and load either one at c: prompt? No real reason to partition. Just install 3.11 to a different directory. If you have to, temporarily rename the windows directory so the …
Re: Intel wants to drop 16/32bit. A possible opportunity...?
Posted on 2024-05-09, 15:39
Despite the lack of positive feedback, I've updated the concept a little. The CMI8330 is apparently more compatible than SB16. Only 3 hardware IP vendors would be needed. Intel, Nvidia, C-Media. Estimated die area ~15mm2 (based on intel 14nm presentation 43,500,000T/mm2)
Intel wants to drop 16/32bit. A possible opportunity...?
Posted on 2024-05-07, 08:58
Most of you are probably already aware that intel wants to drop the legacy 16/32bit modes from future CPUs. https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/envisioning-future-simplified-architecture.html I think this could mark a rare opportunity, if a community like Vogons …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2024-05-07, 03:30
Saw this card in a flea market. My brain just went "it's an ISA card, must buy". It looked like a serial port interface, and the fact that it has a Z80 CPU made it interesting. Paid 1€ for it Upon closer inspection... I don't know what it is. It only uses 7 contacts of the ISA slot (haven't yet …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2024-05-07, 03:30
Saw this card in a flea market. My brain just went "it's an ISA card, must buy". It looked like a serial port interface, and the fact that it has a Z80 CPU made it interesting. Paid 1€ for it Upon closer inspection... I don't know what it is. It only uses 7 contacts of the ISA slot (haven't yet …
Re: Clever / hacky usage of the ISA modems?
Posted on 2024-05-06, 15:15
Small discussion starter from me: I wonder if it would be possible to play sound with ISA modems and some fancy custom TSR/drivers? No technical reason why not. It IS designed to create sound waves after all. The quality is likely going to be crap due to the restricted audible range of phone lines …
Re: Windows asks for Windows 95 Setup Floppy disks instead of Windows 95 CDROM
Posted on 2024-05-06, 11:28
Re: Windows asks for Windows 95 Setup Floppy disks instead of Windows 95 CDROM
Posted on 2024-05-06, 11:09
Huh? Is the OS booting or not? If yes, then that will be in regedit and it will be set to something like "a:\" The only other suggestion I have is to replace c:\windows\inf\layout.inf with one from the cd which is probably in one of the precopy.cabs Ideally you rename the original first.
Re: Windows asks for Windows 95 Setup Floppy disks instead of Windows 95 CDROM
Posted on 2024-05-06, 10:54
iirc the install paths are in the registry, but that aside, if you just hit enter it should offer you the option to browse for : FILENAME.EXE;CABNAME.CAB Just browse to the CD path and the cab should be selected automagically. If you want to try regedit: hlkm\software\microsoft\windows\ …
Re: 2004 Condition Zero resolution limit?
Posted on 2024-05-05, 09:04
I had a quick look. CZ =counterstrike =half life =quake 2 derived Correct? I find it hard to believe carmack had limits like that. It might be worth looking into cs/hl/Q2 limits for some hints
Re: Pocket 386, the brother of Hand386 and Book8088, the story so far ...
Posted on 2024-05-05, 03:00
So much for the U in USB
Re: 2004 Condition Zero resolution limit?
Posted on 2024-05-04, 07:09
I assume you've tried all the compatibility modes, and patches, so I'm out of ideas
Re: Exercises and Example Programs that teach the C Programming Language
Posted on 2024-05-03, 13:05
I've done a bit of the python course here: https://www.codecademy.com It's fairly bite sized lessons and it has a... kind of fake machine for you to write and run code in so there's no messing around with IDEs etc. However, I have been paid to code in a different language, so I guess I'm a …
Page 1 of 13