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Are there any equivalent to those printing tools in Linux?

Posted on 2023-11-19, 10:44

in Milliways
When I'm working, at times I've got to diagnose connectivity/drivers issues with printers. I've got two windows tools that make my work easier, but sometimes they won't work on some PCs (permissions issues). OTOH, I always have a Linux pendrive (S15Pup) so I could boot a PC and run tools from it. …

Re: 3D games you would like to see in high resolution

Posted on 2023-11-17, 18:27

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Comanche: Maximum Overkill Road&Track Presents: The Need For Speed Special Edition No! NIet! Nein! Comanche: The sense of depth at low resolutions is awesome! It doesn't need more resolution! NFS 1 / NFS SE: Maybe that's nostalgia for me. The graphics were astounding for that era, I think that it …

Re: Is Canabalt DOS demake possible?

Posted on 2023-11-01, 13:08

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Do you want a PORT or a DEMAKE? A PORT should be as faithful as the original; a DEMAKE should make the game like it would have been experienced if launched on that machine abiding to the limitations of that system. So yes, there are differences: - The game does not run at 60 fps. Even trying to run …

Re: Is Canabalt DOS demake possible?

Posted on 2023-10-31, 19:37

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Sorry, but suddenly it seems very doable. Some context: a spanish page (bytemaniacos) makes a BASIC contest every year. The entries may be plain BASIC or compiled BASIC for the ZX Spectrum, and this year someone made Boriel RUNNER , a mostly faithful recreation of Canabalt. https://www.youtube.com/ …

Re: Upgrade for a 386sx25

Posted on 2023-10-21, 09:26

If your SX is not soldered, you could try to get an AMD 386SX@40 so you could get a speed comparable to a lower spec 386DX (to get things more balanced). If it's soldered, I'd keep it as-is. Disabling caches and de-turbo 486s would give you performances on par with 286 and 386... so I think your " …

Testing / formatting SSDs (and pendrives)

Posted on 2023-10-21, 09:16

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So I was wondering how to test and format flash drives, because I think that the old ways won't work. Testing: Most tools test disks by trying to read every sector on them, but... I usually preferred MHDD / WHDD over SMART tests because they "timed" readings. On HDDs, a soon-to-fail or reallocated …

Re: Guide to the DOSBox debugger

Posted on 2023-10-14, 07:52

in DOSBox Guides
A dumb question... can I put a breakpoint on a port? I'm trying to know if a game has sound (it doesn't make any noise, but seems to have some sound related functions), so I would like to put breakpoints at the usual suspects (i.e.: output port=0x220, output port=0x388). Maybe I could find if it …

Re: Fur Elise

Posted on 2023-09-28, 08:12

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A classical song converted into a very unpleasant experience. I wonder why this song is the preferred choice on phone calls.

Re: Problem with use of modern ATAPI device in 1990s Toshiba 470cdt / 490xcdt / 530cdt and similar retro laptops

Posted on 2023-09-18, 04:48

I tried to replace the driver on my Satellite 4030, without success. In that computer, the optical drive was undetected (but was able to boot). Somewhere I read that the drive MUST be configured as slave, but those drives have no jumpers so it must be done at firmware level. There was some utilities …

Advice on wifi adapters for ChromeOS Flex

Posted on 2023-09-17, 09:42

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I'm repurposing an HP T620 as a "chromebook", "chromebox"... whatever. The thinclient was upgraded to 8Gb RAM, but still retains the 16Gb M2 SATA hard disk. I've installed the official ChromeOS Flex, and it works fine (the HP T620 is on the list of certified things). The problem is that my HP T620 …

Re: PCem emulation speed is terrible

Posted on 2023-08-19, 12:24

in PC Emulation
***UPDATE*** guys i dont think that my pc isnt powerfull enoug Yes, it is. because when i run pc em whit the specs that i sayed the cpu isnt stressed at all it dosent even touch the 50% of utilize Are you talking about CPU overall or 50% in a core? In a 8 core CPU, 50% usage overall may be 4 cores …

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